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Viral Vocabulary

Photo: Lockdown Saturday in Oxford Street by Anne Marie Turner Shortly [...]

By chalkthesun|May 5th, 2020|Categories: Blog, Home page|Tags: Ardella Jones and Chalk the Sun Creative writing, coronavirus, Covid-19 vocabulary, lockdown, new words in OED|0 Comments

Locked down in Spain: Social … schmocial

One of Gaucin's eccentric residents Two weeks [...]

By chalkthesun|April 6th, 2020|Categories: Blog|Comments Off

Bon bon danke, dushi* Thanks very much, sweetie

Just before Covid-19 turned our world upside down, I was [...]

By chalkthesun|March 20th, 2020|Categories: Blog|Tags: creative writing classes and workshops in south London, Curacao, Jewish diaspora in Curacao, languages of the Caribbean, Papiamento, Papiamentu, slave-trading Portuguese pidgin Cape Verde, the Dutch Antilles, the history of Curacao|0 Comments

Is your Heroine Dull and Worthy?

Writers often tell me they have a problem with [...]

By chalkthesun|February 28th, 2019|Categories: Blog|Tags: Creating compelling heroines, creative writing character creation tips, how to create characters, problems with main protagonists, writing better central characters|0 Comments

Farewell Il Collegio, Masseria Impisi

In May we said goodbye to Masseria Impisi, the 16th [...]

By chalkthesun|November 7th, 2018|Categories: Blog|Tags: Ardella Jones and Chalk the Sun Creative writing, creative writing retreats, creative writing workshops in South London, Il Collegio Ostuni, Jamie Cooks Italy Channel 4, Masseria Impisi Ostuni Puglia southern Italy, sculptor David Westby and painter Leonie Whitton, Simona Sideri children's books publishing professional|0 Comments

Iceland: Land of Ice, Fire and Literature

I in 10 Icelanders will publish a book My recent [...]

By chalkthesun|July 3rd, 2018|Categories: Blog|Tags: creative writing in Iceland, Iceland in the World Cup, Icelandic literature, publishing in Iceland|0 Comments