• My weekend was a busy one – in a good way. I was away at a writing event which was lots of fun. I hope you had a relaxing/productive one. Now it’s time for your fresh limerick challenge. Your new word is CALM Last week’s prompt was NIGHT. You came up with some clever limericks: Nicola

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  • I was delighted to have my short story ‘Invisible’ published over on Marsha Ingrao’s Always Write blog. I’d love you to head over for a read if you have time: https://alwayswrite.blog/2026/01/27/story-chat-digest-invisible-by-esther-chilton *** Image credit: Pinterest

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  • Can You Tell A Story…

    It’s Thursday and time for your new story challenge. Can you tell a story in 73 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 52 words using the following five words in it somewhere: Here are your excellent stories: Therapy Bits: At dawn, a wrestler practiced

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  • Writing Prompts

    Your prompt word this week is GAMES This week’s prompt came to me after hearing the song ‘Wicked Games’ by Chris Isaak. Sadly people do play nasty games on others. But there are lots of other, happier games, such as sports games. What about board games? I used to love Monopoly and Cluedo. Then there

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  • Funny Of The Week

    I love this… Image credit: The Sign Maker

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  • Good afternoon, everyone. I hope your weekend was enjoyable whatever you did. Here’s your new limerick challenge. Your new word is NIGHT Last week’s prompt was CRIME. You came up with some really funny limericks, as well as some sobering ones: Nicola Daly: I arrived home in the nick of time To see hubby committing a

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive. This week’s guest is Rohitash Yadav, who appears on my

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  • I hope you’re having a great week. It’s now time for your new story challenge. Can you tell a story in 52 words using the following words in it somewhere: The previous challenge was to write a story in 38 words using the following four words in it somewhere: Here are your very clever stories:

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  • Writing Prompts

    Your writing prompt this week is SHAPES There are lots of ways of interpreting this week’s prompt. You might think about circles, stars, squares or triangles. Or perhaps moulding something into something else. Our clothes and figures can lose shape. With some work, we can get into shape. You might see a dark shape in

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  • Funny Of The Week

    I do like a play on words… Image credit: Pinterest

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