A Writer’s Life by R.E. Brooker

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I’m on a magical ferris-wheel.  I never want to get off. The views here are breath-taking, enchanting  Imagination’s brush painting new landscapes over hills and seas,  chapters flooded in darkness, sprinkles of tinkling laughter, and far-away places –  not for you, or me The light bends, rainbow chinks A prism of my own making  ————- […]

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Why Do I Like Cleaning? The Mysteries of a Mess-Hating Mind!

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I wasn’t always like this…… When I was younger, I would often leave my bedroom in a complete mess, and somehow just be able to live like that! I would – (and I remember this so vividly) step over the clothes or toys that lined the floor, they were fine there….. and then, one day, […]

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The Poetry Pack part 1

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Time Ripples, like life lines on a fortune teller’s palmTide retreats, returns a constant under the blazing sunThe air is cold here, sharp, a barber’s rusty bladebut there is excitement tooyawning into the trail oflong, endless days Coffee Sitting in a busy-bustle universe,Hustle and rustle,Forward, backwards; the clatter of traysBrimming latte towers and stares,Wisps of steam furling,Silver mists […]

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When I met Lee Child during a book signing at Waterstones! I helped out for the evening

My #1linewed on the 28th April – Theme – Hero

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Lemony Snicket “We’re not heroes, Vi,” said Klaus, looking out of the grimy window in Olaf’s basement, “We just try and try and fight and fight – and the grownups don’t even believe us!” Violet bit her lip. “Grownups are very often wrong.” “You can say that again.” Harry Potter Ron pocketed his wand, sighing. […]

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Shooting for the Stars, cough, Pineapples…..

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Introduction Well, it has been a long road to my traditional publishing dreams; a road filled with so many twists and turns that I don’t even know where to look anymore. Experiences As I mentioned previously, I began Will Worthington and The Black Rainbow in 2007, and since then, it has gone through (I’m not […]

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My #1linewed on the 14th April – Theme – Egg

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Harry Potter “What shall we throw, George?” “I don’t know, Fred, what do you think we should throw?” “How about nothing?” said Ginny, “We can just de-gnome the garden like always.” “That’s boring!” chorused Fred and George, their eyes falling on a basket of eggs… “I bought a new one, ‘arry!” Hagrid said, with a […]

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My Magnified Study of My Favourite Villains…. And Their Most Villainous Ways

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By. R.E. Brooker Warning: Contains mild spoilers from the following book series – Lord of The Flies, Othello, Gormenghast, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Mysterious Benedict Society series, Darren Shan series, Harry Potter, and the Itch series Introduction Villlains. Don’t you just love them? From the snarling school bully, to the machievolan […]

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