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Writing prompt: The old house …

January 26, 2023 cheryl

Today’s writing prompt and my response. The old house, with its wildly overgrown garden, was silent, secretive Jamie didn’t like…

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Writing prompt: Where did Jamie go?

January 25, 2023 cheryl

Today’s writing prompt and my response. Where did Jamie go? ‘Always missing, that kid.’  Mrs Wilson grumbled her way to…

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Writing prompt: As he flicked through …

January 24, 2023 cheryl

Today’s writing prompt and my response. As he flicked through the letters, a small, handwritten envelope caught his attention. His…

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A dress to remember KL Small

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Princess Zarina learns some life lessons the hard way, and with the help of a dress which is at first…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: children's books, Fantasy, kidslit, middlegradefiction

Writing prompt: a picture …

January 23, 2023 cheryl

Today’s writing prompt and my response. A picture prompt today. Somehow, along the hippy trail of the 70s, he found…

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Writing prompt: She hadn’t meant …

January 21, 2023 cheryl

Today’s writing prompt and my response. She hadn’t meant to scare the child The mother had led the crying child…

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Writing prompt: Envy Bookcase Pipe

January 20, 2023 cheryl

Today’s writing prompt and my response. Use these three words: Envy, Bookcase, Pipe Today is one of those rare days…

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Writing prompt: She was going back

January 19, 2023 cheryl 2 Comments

Today’s writing prompt and my response. She was going back to a place she’d hoped she would never see again…

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Writing prompt: Amongst his mother’s possessions

January 18, 2023 cheryl

Today’s writing prompt and my response. Amongst his mother’s possessions, he found He had avoided the big clean up for…

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Writing prompt: You have found …

January 17, 2023 cheryl

Today’s writing prompt and my response. You have found something that will mean you’ll never be poor again – but…

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