Friday Picture Writing Prompt – Shoes Take You Places
They can be magical like Dorothy’s ruby slippers in The Wizard of Oz or mud-caked and work-worn like the boots painted by Van Gogh They can reveal character. Think of … Continue reading
A Spinster Too Shy to Speak Seeks the Help of Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper
Mrs Finnegan is the celebrated housekeeper at THE REGENCY TOWN HOUSE who offers advice on love, life and SILK dresses (sometimes) Will I always be the bridesmaid and never the bride?I struggle … Continue reading
Theft in Poetry – T.S. Eliot QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different. The good poet welds his … Continue reading
Friday Picture Writing Prompt – leap into the fantastic
This photograph stopped me in my tracks. There’s something delicious about the colours and the lines of the uniform. Out of context the men might be taken for actors or … Continue reading
Are you One of the Wishing Sisters? Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper can’t help wondering…
Mrs Finnegan – the celebrated housekeeper at THE REGENCY TOWN HOUSE – advises on love, life and (for one day only) parrots My name is Polly and I’m a housemaid.Amongst my duties … Continue reading
Writing Advice that Covers Every Situation – Dr Louise Tondeur QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Often advice for writers assumes that 1) you want to be published and 2) that you’re only writing one particular thing, which isn’t necessarily true. But there is one piece … Continue reading
Friday Writing Prompt – give a voice to the quiet
The title of this quiet painting is Nordic Summer Evening. If you were there, standing on the balcony watching this couple, you’d probably only hear sounds from the water: a … Continue reading
Even Mrs Finnegan likes a man in uniform…More from the Chronicles of Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper
Mrs Finnegan is the celebrated housekeeper at THE REGENCY TOWN HOUSE and most days can be found in her room writing to readers. Now that some of her heavy duties have lifted … Continue reading
Writing for Children – International Competitions for New Authors
If you have always wanted to write for children then consider entering one of these three competitions.Searchlight Awards have a rolling programme of new opportunities for aspiring children’s authors. Bedtime … Continue reading
Write what you REALLY see – Louise Doughty QUOTES FOR WRITERS
The first thing any art teacher tells a child is draw what they really see, rather than what they think something ought to look like. The same is true of … Continue reading
Friday Picture Writing Prompt – an original love story
A cat in love with his reflection….But does he know who he is looking at? Does he have a sense of self? My grandfather’s dog fell in love with his … Continue reading
The problems wrong coloured flowers can cause…but Brighton’s Regency housekeeper always has an answer
Confidante to the great and the GOOD, the confused and downright unreasonable, Mrs Finnegan administers advice while ALSO tending to her duties as housekeeper at THE REGENCY TOWN HOUSE May I … Continue reading
Something you may not have thought about before – what happens when a self-published writer dies
This is an interesting article by Derek Haines, a Cambridge CELTA English teacher and author who has been blogging for years about writing and related issues. Here he digs into … Continue reading
How to End a Story and How Not To – Colum McCann QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Nothing in life ever really begins in one single place, and nothing ever truly ends. But stories have at least to pretend to finish. Don’t tie it up too neatly. … Continue reading
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