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Flaunt it Friday

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How’s your week been? I’ve had an industrious week writing-wise. As well as continuing with the editing of my second children’s book, I’ve started work on two other short pieces.

One is for TenX9 Nottingham, where nine true-life pieces of no more than ten minutes are read. The theme for the next one is waiting.

My second piece is for Let’s Write, an online writing group I attend. This month we had a choice of three prompts. I spent some time deciding which prompt to use and made a start on my piece.

I’m feeling satisfied.

What are you pleased or satisfied with this week?

Ticking off writing tasks

Sum up Sunday

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How’s your week been? I’d love to hear your sum-ups in 25 words or less. Here’s mine:

Four jackets sold at the charity shop

Another ten thousand words written

Out here and there, cultural stuff

Home to unwind.

Writing requires a lot of thinking too! Lots went into My Books

Sum up Sunday

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How’s your week been? If you’d like to sum it up in 25 words or less, I’d love to hear from you.

Charity shop Monday

Write and clean Tuesday

Write more on Wednesday

Friends on Thursday

Library event Friday

Shop and write Saturday

And it’s Sunday again

Having the chance to read some of my children’s book, The Clocker, at the library was fantastic My Books

Sum up Sunday

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It’s time to sum up your week in 25 words or less. Here’s my week:

Guitar sale at charity shop

Cataract appointment comes through

Support at Let’s Write

First draft of second book moves on

The boiler is serviced.

As a writer, it’s good to have a supportive writing community

Wordy Wednesday

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Whether you love or hate sport, you’d be hard pressed not to have noticed that both Wimbledon and the football World Cup are currently playing. With that in mind, I have two words this week.

In tennis, the word love relates not to romantic love but a score of zero – she was 15-love down. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the origin comes from play for love, that is for the love of the game. Folk etymology also links the word with the French, l’oeuf, referring to a similarity in shape to an egg and a zero.

Moving on to football, I do enjoy seeing all the strips from different countries playing in The World Cup. This made me wonder why it’s called a strip, meaning the identifying kit worn by members of a sports team. The Oxford English Dictionary says this possibly comes from the idea of the clothes that players strip down to.

Ready to watch the football

Did you know that, in my children’s book, The Clocker, the main character makes up his own words? My Books

Flaunt it Friday

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I’ve felt a bit discombobulated this week, maybe returning home after a relaxing holiday or, perhaps, just one of those odd weeks.

I’ve been trying to sort out, since Wordy Wednesday, why my image playground has disappeared. Had lots of helpful suggestions but nothing has worked.

As for Flaunt it Friday, I’ve made it through. Sometimes that’s it and, after all, a nice pot of tea always helps!

Flaunt it Friday

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I was chuffed, on Wednesday evening at my writing group, to be asked to read the piece I’d written. It was also wonderful to have encouragement to submit the piece to Best of British magazine, which I’m going to do.

The prompt for this month’s session was music and it was great to see the many ways group members had interpreted it. We had poems, short stories and memoir pieces. An uplifting evening.

A writing prompt about music

Sum up Sunday

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How’s your week been? It’s Sum up Sunday so can you sum up your week in 25 words or less?

My week:

Cash only Monday

Busy, busy Tuesday

Writing Wednesday

More on Thursday

Free day Friday

Sunshine Saturday

Flaunt it Friday

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It’s Friday again. What are you pleased with yourself about this week?

I’m delighted to have had several more reviews of my children’s book, The Clocker. Especially gratifying were these two comments: “Once I started reading the Clocker, I couldn’t put it down” and “I can’t imagine a young person who wouldn’t love this book”.

It’s an amazing feeling when people not only read your book but take the time to write a review. It reminds me of the importance of doing this for other authors.

Oh, I also managed a volunteer shift at the charity shop with no internet, ergo no card payments. Cash only – like being back in the 70s.

5 star reviews – whoo hoo

Sum up Sunday

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What have you been doing this week and can you sum it up in 25 words or less? I’d love to hear from you. Here’s my week preparing for the publication of my children’s book, The Clocker.

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