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    CHANGING ROUTINES…

    I am a creature of routines. Or at least I used to be. Alarm at five, cup of tea, check the news, rise, get ready, don the dark suit and crisp pastel…

    July 24, 2019 by admin
  • Essays

    Embarrassment: THE TIME I MET A FAMOUS PERSON

    A famous critic once wrote a book called “Keats and Embarrassment”. I have never read it but remember thinking that’s something really important you’ve stumbled on, the importance of embarrassment. For those…

    July 24, 2019 by admin
  • Poetry

    Poems by Richard, Part 5

    The final batch…for now 1963 The snow lasted that year Deep into Spring. The playground toilets Froze, school became Optional for those Who could stay at home Or had the guts to…

    July 23, 2019 by admin
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    Poems by Richard, Part 4

    It gives me great pleasure to read and publish these poems – I wish I had Richard’s talent…   M5 Swans I saw them again The swans grazing In little groups Of…

    July 23, 2019 by admin
  • Poetry

    Poems by Richard, Part 3

    Another batch of verse from Mr H. Snowdrops White dots On pale green shoots Winter’s first Punctuation. Hard to imagine A flower furled So unobtrusively. Hard to remember Such tiny heralds Of…

    July 23, 2019 by admin
  • Poetry

    Poems by Richard, Part 2

    Further poetry from the ‘pen’ of Just Write’s much-missed bard… TV Memories I try to think back To when Christmas Was not framed By TV memories Childhood, certainly. Even the Queen’s speech…

    July 23, 2019 by admin
  • Poetry

    Poems by Richard, Part 1

    Richard wrote this first poem after making a return visit to Chesham. He was in a coffee shop at the time, of course… Being Back The familiar shops Drinkers outside The brewing…

    July 23, 2019 by admin
  • Writing news

    Just Write in good company!

    On a recent visit to Waterstones in Amersham, it was wonderful to see our books of short stories being promoted alongside short stories by ‘other’ authors… With Tom Hanks, Jojo Moyes and…

    June 13, 2018 by admin
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    Donation to The Hospice of St Francis

    Just Write attended the garden party given by our local charity of choice, The Hospice of St Francis, in the grounds of Ashridge House on Sunday 3rd June. It was a beautiful…

    June 13, 2018 by admin
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    Egg and chips by Richard Hopgood

    I’m not an adult but a boy, fifty years ago. I’m seated at the end of a long table with thirty boys either side of it in a vast dining hall overlooked…

    April 19, 2018 by admin
  • Poetry

    Three phone poems by Richard Hopgood

    Not Like My Dad When I was still at primary school I swore I’d never get angry like my Dad When I grew to be a man And dreamed of chairing Family…

    April 19, 2018 by admin
  • The Legacy - 48 hours to help solve the mystery

    The Legacy – Chapter 10 by Emma Dark

    It had been a long day and Marina was tired. Her head ached with all the information she was trying to process. She decided to go back to the hotel, to try…

    April 3, 2018 by admin
  • The Legacy - 48 hours to help solve the mystery

    The Legacy – Chapter 9 by Richard Hopgood

    For once, Ivan seemed in more of a hurry to get away than Marina. ‘I need to take this to a jeweller’s,’ he said, stuffing the necklace into his back pocket. ‘I…

    March 31, 2018 by admin
  • The Legacy - 48 hours to help solve the mystery

    The Legacy – Chapter 8 by Nicki Kelland

    ‘So tell me, Sally, why are you here at the Yusupov Palace?’ Marina looked into the eyes of the man who called himself Ivan and thought about how ridiculous her story sounded.…

    March 31, 2018 by admin
  • The Legacy - 48 hours to help solve the mystery

    The Legacy – Chapter 7 by Liz Losty

    Marina knew why she was in St Petersburg, and why she was now standing in the Moorish drawing room of the Yusupov Palace. But why was Ivan here? She was following a…

    March 30, 2018 by admin
  • The Legacy - 48 hours to help solve the mystery

    The Legacy – Chapter 6 by Linda Cohen

    The journey across the River Neva was unbelievable. Buildings on either side rose up, confronting Marina, beckoning her further into this landscape which was both breathtaking and depressing depending on which side…

    March 29, 2018 by admin
  • The Legacy - 48 hours to help solve the mystery

    The Legacy – Chapter 5 by Lesley

    Marina’s heart was in her mouth as she rushed towards the zoo exit. The clue could only refer to one person in St Petersburg in 1917 – Rasputin. But which of the…

    March 28, 2018 by admin
  • The Legacy - 48 hours to help solve the mystery

    The Legacy – Chapter 4 by Debbie Hunter

    A chill wind wrapped itself around Marina’s shoulders as she walked away from the Fortress, her thoughts of the dismal prison cell adding to the gloom of the late afternoon. The sun…

    March 27, 2018 by admin
  • The Legacy - 48 hours to help solve the mystery

    The Legacy – Chapter 3 by Chris Payne

    After only a few steps Marina stopped short, feeling suddenly dizzy. She stepped aside from a tour group approaching the church door and sank down on a low stone wall. The scrap…

    March 25, 2018 by admin
  • The Legacy - 48 hours to help solve the mystery

    The Legacy – Chapter 2 by Carol Hall

    Marina breathed in the cold air as she stood at the top of the aeroplane steps. The sun was shining but the bitter St Petersburg wind needled her face as she descended…

    March 24, 2018 by admin
  • The Legacy - 48 hours to help solve the mystery

    The Legacy – Chapter 1 by Angela Haward

    It wasn’t a day for dying. It was early spring and hope was in the air. Birdsong was reaching a crescendo and new growth was everywhere, above and below. Cloistered in a…

    March 23, 2018 by admin
  • The Legacy - 48 hours to help solve the mystery

    The legacy – a Just Write collaborative serial

    Just Write is at it again! We are writing a new collaborative serial for publication on this website. Each author is writing one chapter and has 48 hours to write their section…

    March 22, 2018 by admin
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