Writing Competitions – Bad Things/Good Things?
I was thinking about writing competitions because I know that a lot of you are keen writers and I wanted to share a couple that I think sound pretty amazing. BUT I’m not… Read More →
View ArticleWild Life!
Like wild animals? Like writing stories? Here’s a chance to do both at the same time! The RSPCA is running a short story competition called Wild About Britain that could be just right… Read More →
View ArticleA Writer’s Work is Never … Hey, It IS!
I’m late getting my post up today for one simple reason – a deadline. WHICH I JUST MET! Hallelujah, Slightly Jones and the Case of the Hidden City is DONE! LIKE, TWO MINUTES… Read More →
View Article“I’ll Dance This Way!”
I want to share 6 and a bit minutes of a historical document (well, 1964 anyway) with you! Ever time I watch this I see more to be amazed at! Apparently it wasn’t… Read More →
View ArticleTry This …
Open a dictionary at any old page and pick the 4th word down: NIGHTSHADE (for example) Do it again and pick the 1st word: POEM Do it again and pick the 3rd word:… Read More →
View ArticleSlightly More Than Two Winners …
(I think silly titles must be catching …) Lots of right answers to the question of who the heroine of Joan Lennon’s Mystery series is – yes, it’s Slightly Jones – and out… Read More →
View ArticleCelebrate the Ordinary!
There are stories everywhere – everywhere you look – and sometimes, as in the video below, before you even open your eyes! I’d like to designate Saturday 23 March as the Totally Unofficial… Read More →
View ArticleLicking Mini-Bricks
The very first thing I can remember involves mini-bricks. I was sitting on the cold floor of our completely empty living room. The carpet was gone. All the furniture was gone. And my… Read More →
View ArticleA New Cover for Slightly!
And here it is – the coloured-in cover of the 4th Slightly Jones Mystery – The Case of the Hidden City! It’s a month or so still before I get to hold the… Read More →
View ArticleSupermoon Tonight!
Tonight is Supermoon Night – when the full moon is the closest it gets to the Earth in the course of its elliptical orbit – the closest and looking the biggest, brightest and… Read More →
View ArticleUtterly Otterly
Why am I showing you a whole bunch of otter photos? Because I discovered something amazing while I was away for 2 weeks on the west coast of Scotland concentrating on getting… Read More →
View ArticleThank you, Internet!
There is plenty about the internet that is rubbish – and there is plenty that is AMAZING! Like this Youtube video of a 14-year-old girl playing Patrick Rondat’s tribute (composed in 1996) to… Read More →
View ArticleYour Amazing Brain!
Click on this and have a go. Don’t scroll down or wander off or check the comments first – just do it. It’s really short. Isn’t that AMAZING?! A writer friend, Susan Price, had it on her blog and I...
View Article2,586 Things to do with Books
Okay, well, technically it’s 1 thing to do with 2,586 books, but when my writer friend Dianne Hofmeyr shared this video from her visit to the Cape Town Open Book Festival in South Africa, I was...
View ArticleWhat to Wear – 100 years ago
One of the wonderful things about the writing part of being a writer is not having to worry about clothes. Jammies, jeans, floppy sweaters, comfy slippers – they’re all just fine. But the other part...
View ArticleLittle Drummer Boy
How many women composers can you name? Well, no matter how long – or short! – your list is, here’s another one to add: Katherine Kennicott Davis. She wrote the Christmas song “The Little Drummer...
View ArticleOver to You!
I know lots of you GHBers are keen writers, so I thought you might like to have a bash at one – or both! – of these competitions, one for stories and one for poems. 1. Chris Evans’ Breakfast Show 500...
View ArticleLibrary Cats
(from wikimedia) That photo is from 1902, and shows two things I really like – cats and books. And if I think cats and a couple of books make a good thing, how much better would it be to combine cats...
View Article“A 13-year-old eagle huntress in Mongolia”
The moment I saw this BBC News article I wanted to share it with you! I’m uncertain about what all the copyright issues would be if I put one of these wonderful photos up here, so please, just go HERE...
View ArticleTop Ten – That’s Us!
Congratulations to all of us – writers and readers – here at Girls Heart Books! We are amazing! Well, we knew that already, but now it’s official - Breaking News! Girls Heart Books is number 3 of the...
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