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What To Wear To The ABBA’s! #BloggersBash

01 Jun 2017 39 Comments

by Ritu in Awards, Sonu Singh, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: ABBA's, Annual Bloggers Bash Awards, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Nominations, Vote, What to wear?

It’s exciting!

The ABBA’s are around the corner!

Who will I get to meet again? Who will I meet for the first time?

What will I wear??

Well, I managed to solve that one already!

I placed an order for some business cards… get me! All professional, like!

And then I ended up with a Personalised tee-shirt too!

And there was the offer of a personalised card holder… couldn’t resist!

That’s me sorted! I can mingle, chat and network at the same time!

Cards AND tee-shirt, woohoo!

Now, it’s a great tee and all that, but I’m more of a v-neck gal, and there wasn’t the option to buy v-neck. I am also not really a sewer, so after a virtual trip to YouTube, I made my own!

Excuse the creases but yay! I like it much better now!

And not to be selfish, the cat got the box!

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WRITESPIRATION COMPETITION #118 52 WEEKS IN 52 WORDS WEEK 22 – Super-Bad Villains!

31 May 2017 15 Comments

by Ritu in #Writespiration, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #Writespiration, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Competition, Superbad, Villain

Sacha has introduced a twist this week, with her #Writespiration prompt… read on to find out!

Write a piece of fiction with the most superbad villain you can in exactly 208 words.

Because this competition will run for four weeks, and writespiration this year is 52 words in 52 weeks, I’ve added all four weeks word counts together. So you will have EXACTLY 208 words to write this story/villainous piece of flash.

What am I looking for?

A seriously kick-ass villain. That’s it. It can be a short story, poetry, flash, or even an excerpt from an unpublished story. But it has to be about a villain and it must be 208 words exactly.

How To Enter:

Send your entry with your name, website (if you have one) email address, twitter handle if you have one, postal address for the signed copy to sachablack@sachablack.co.uk

Your entry piece should be in a word document, with a title. Please note, the title is not included in the 208 words.

Ok, so I am not the best villainous writer, but here is my take!

Serena’s Secret

Pushing the final bolt in place, Serena turned and leant against the door.

Finally, she would be able to get to the bash, and claim that award for herself.

There was a banging on the door. “Let me out! Serena! Please! I need to get to London in the next hour!”

“Sorry…” She whispered to the door as she turned on her heels.

The train left at 8.32am.

Sitting in the rocking carriage, she thought back to the day she realised that there was a big chance she wasn’t going to win.

She had been contacting all her friends, telling them to vote for her, and had even made an arrangement with several local businesses who had a plethora of computers. Vote for her and she would offer them free advertising on her blog!

Typical that her main competition happened to be her sister, that they had been put up against each other, and that she has overheard some of Serena’s conversations… She had threatened to tell the organisers about the cheating, and there was no way Serena could risk all her hard work…

Oh well, if Maria couldn’t be there, she would be unable to grass her up.

Meanwhile, Maria took her phone out to call Sacha…

One-Liner Wednesday – 31-5-17

31 May 2017 18 Comments

by Ritu in #onelinerwednesday, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #onelinerwednesday, baby, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, hope, Linda G Hill, New Life

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“Hope is born with each new life.” – Ritu

My entry for Linda Hill’s One-Liner Wednesday.

Inspired after visiting my new ‘niece’, the daughter of my best friend. Sikh, Muslim, Hindu, Christian… We are all the same, and with each new life, there is a new hope that this world will get better.

Voting is still open! #BloggersBash

31 May 2017 10 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories

Hey! Did you know there’s ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT to get your Bloggers Bash votes in? I know, time is flying! Make sure you’ve got your tickets if you’re planning on coming. Can’t wait to catch up with old friends from last year, and make some new ones! See you there… Source: 2017 Annual […]

via 2017 Annual Bloggers Bash Awards VOTING OPEN @bloggersbash #BloggersBash! — aliisaacstoryteller

I Have Been Interviewed…On Radio No Less!

31 May 2017 51 Comments

by Ritu in Audio, Humour, My Writing, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Annette Rochelle Aben, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Podcast, Poetic RITUals, Radio, Tell Me a Story, The Magic Happens

A few weeks ago the lovely Annette contacted me, asking if I would like to take part in her Radio Podcast Tell Me A Story on the radio station The Magic Happens.

I was tentative, nervous even, but a tad excited too… and you know me, I can be like a young excitable puppy sometimes!

The other night we sat ourselves comfortably down for a chat that should have lasted half an hour, but went on into the ‘over an hour’ range! And the interview was born! So if you would like to spend just a measly half an hour listening to my inane ramblings, and Annette’s dulcet tones, please click here or below…

http://themagichappensnow.com/tell-me-a-story-with-annette-rochelle-aben/

The Podcasts are in alphabetical order and I see I am in very good company, but mine happens to be at the top!

So please, have a listen and let me know what you think!

Pull up a chair and get cozy as we take you to England so you can enjoy this podcast of Tell Me a Story featuring Ritu Bhathal. She’s a lady who makes many of us look like we are standing still, what with being a wife, mother, daughter, teacher and friend. On top of all that, Ritu […]

via Tell Me a Story Ritu Bhathal — Annette Rochelle Aben