Erbacce-press, a UK-based publisher of poetry, arranges an annual, worldwide poetry competition, the erbacce-prize for poetry. They recently announced their 2020 long-list of around 140 poets, chosen from over 9000 submissions, and I’m on it! You can read more of my poetry here – some of these poems were submissions to the competition. Here is
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You want to make a video… Perhaps of you talking about something you’re passionate about, reviewing something, or teaching something? Even if your video will be chatty and informal, it needs to be planned and edited to some degree, so your viewers will like what they see. Here are 4 simple things to consider when
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It was a huge ask of parents to home-school their own children during the lockdown period. But lots of families caught the ‘home learning bug’, and now more parents are actively choosing to home school their kids, because they’ve seen their children thrive. For parents, this always involves a steep learning curve on what, how,
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Looking for off-the-shelf home schooling activities which are fun and engaging, as well as educational? Introducing Science Fiction Station: A series of themed mini-lessons for kids aged 9-12, in videos and matching worksheets, all done for you. The videos and worksheets are based on the kids’ Science Fiction novella Ilnoblet Elmer and the Alien Water
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While everyone’s doing home-schooling during lockdown, I thought it might be a nice gesture to offer you my Science Fiction eBook, Ilnoblet Elmer and the Alien Water Thieves, for free, via Kindle Unlimited. Like The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy for kids! Readers will love the “myriad of alien cultures”, and the “unique take on the humans
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Running out of ideas for fun and worthwhile home education activities? Why not let the kids explore The Germs Worksheet: Viruses and Bacteria? This 2 page set of worksheets is a great way for kids aged 9-13 to get educated about bacteria and viruses. It’s an established fact of psychology that learning about something, and
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Your book manuscript is finally ready. Edited, checked, unnecessary chapters removed, plot order tweaked, beta-tested, rewritten, ready! If you’re hoping to publish it via the traditional route – through a literary agent who finds you a publisher, or directly through a publisher – there are some documents, including different length versions of your manuscript you’ll
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A set of worksheets which encourages kids to practise their maths skills, at the same time as teaching them about Vegan and Factory Farmed Animal statistics. Four maths questions focusing on the environmental and animal costs of consuming meat, dairy and eggs. The worksheets cover maths problems and facts about: With answers, facts and website
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February 2nd, 2020 is a palindrome. A palindrome is “a word, phrase or number which is read the same forwards as backwards.” Words like ‘radar’ or ‘madam’ are palindromes. As are numbers like 4224 or 10001. Back to today’s date: 02-02-2020. Beautifully symmetrical! In fact, it’s the first time in over 900 years that a
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