Category: 100WCGU

    Tragedy is all around us. Sometimes I think we don’t notice it but it is there.  It could be thousands of miles away with bombs, death and carnage. The graphic photos that come into our homes move us but they can feel so separate from our lives that we can easily dismiss them to carry on with what […]

Some visitors do not know about 100 Word Challenge for Grown ups!   Are you a frustrated writer? Is there a novel inside you trying to see the light of day? Do you dread the blank page and the thought of 1000s of words? Would you like some constructive feedback on your creative efforts?  Well, a little bit of help […]

Did you know that 21st September is Peace One Day? I didn’t. You only have to look at the news headlines to know we are a long, long way from peace with an aid convoy being hit just minutes after the agreed ceasefire ended in Syria. This sort of action does not stop brave humanitarians from risking their lives or […]

  You may not know this but I run two other writing challenges and they have both been celebrating 100years of Roald Dahl!    100 Word Challenge – 100WC This challenge came before the one you are about to enter. It is run in the same way but appeals to young writers under 16. They have a variety of prompts […]

Here in the UK, the leaves are turning but what does ‘turning leaves’ mean?    September thoughts Autumn ‘Turning leaves’ mean September to me and the beginning of my favourite season – Autumn. I love the way the leaves change colour as the winter gathers in. I know of friends who have visited places across the world at the time of […]

Do you dread new beginnings? Share them here This is the place to stop and think about the new year that is starting. Well, it’s a new year if you are a student or a teacher. Here in the UK, the long summer holidays are almost at an end and thoughts are turning to the autumn and hard work.    […]

I was busy having a baby, but what do you remember about 1976? Sport Unlike this time, both the winter and summer Olympics were held in the same year. Innsbruck hosted those snowy, icy winter games, while Montreal welcomed visitors in the summer. This was the year of John Curry, Nadia Comaneci and Bjorn Borg, who won the first of […]