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Sparkly Badgers Ghost Hunt #giveaway #books

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Be brave and grab your torches -  it's time for the Sparkly Badgers' Ghost Hunt! Find all the ghosts, collect all the letters and submit the spooky phrase to enter the prize draw and win sweets and books. Everyone who enters gets to choose a book prize but only one lucky hunter will go away with every eBook. Good luck and happy ghost hunting! For clues, visit the Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/373362076545635

#WIPpet Wednesday - Alumni: Sturdy Door

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It's WIPpet Wednesday... :) Brief Context This is another snippet from Alumni (HBTC #8). At the end of Reunions (HBTC #7), Josh was stuck in the loft, having gone up there to investigate some psychic tools Dan had discovered earlier. In this snippet, he’s  still sitting on the lip of the loft hatch, and he’s called Dan—I skipped forward a bit. WIPpet Maths for Wednesday 24th October, 2018 18 x 10 – 24 = 156 words And the WIPpet Snippet: A series of thuds, loud and likely emanating from a fist, echoed up the stairwell while a torrent of foul language poured out of Josh’s phone. “I can’t pick this, this…stupid…” There was another loud thump followed by a muted roar. “That’s it. I’m calling the locksmith,” Dan said. “No!” The word was out before Josh could check himself, and he scrabbled to take his phone off speaker. “I don’t want a locksmith.” “The guy’s not cheap, but he’s good,” Dan contended, mistaking Josh’s petulance for miserliness, but the cost was irrele

#WIPpet Wednesday - Alumni: Disappointed

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It's WIPpet Wednesday... :) Brief Context This is another snippet from Alumni (HBTC #8). At the end of Reunions (HBTC #7), Josh was stuck in the loft, having gone up there to investigate some psychic tools Dan had discovered earlier. In this snippet, he’s  still sitting on the lip of the loft hatch, and he’s accepted he’s not getting down on his own. WIPpet Maths for Wednesday 17th October 17 - 10 = 7 This is from p61 of my manuscript. 6 + 1 = 7 (Yes, I know it’s really convoluted…) And the WIPpet Snippet: “Mr. Sandison. Gordon Baines here.” Oh, thank all that is… “Hey, Gordon. Thanks for returning my call. I was…erm…wondering if, perchance, you still have a set of keys to the building?” “Keys to the building…” Baines sucked his teeth, the noise crackly and distorted against Josh’s ear. He moved the phone away and continued listening on loud speaker. “I might be wrong, but I think I only had the two sets I gave to you. Have you lost them?” “Erm… Not lost th

#WIPpet Wednesday - Alumni: What Goes Up...

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It's WIPpet Wednesday... :) Brief Context This is another snippet from Alumni (HBTC #8). At the end of Reunions (HBTC #7), Josh was stuck in the loft, having gone up there to investigate some psychic tools Dan had discovered earlier. I’ve been trying to figure out for ages how to get Josh down again, and I've done it. But first, here he is, sitting on the lip of the loft hatch, and he’s accepted he’s not getting down on his own. WIPpet Maths 10 paragraphs for the 10th of the 10th. And the WIPpet Snippet: Josh opened his contacts list and scrolled. Adele…no. If she sets eyes on this lot —he glowered at the attic stash— she’ll think all her Christmases have come at once. Andy…he’ll have me abseiling my way out. Would that be so bad? A quick downwards glance assured him it would. Baines Property Services…potentially. He mentally bookmarked Baines and continued scrolling through friends and business contacts, imagining the scenario for each, all of them horrific