Activity – Den of Writers

Jill posted an update 6 years, 4 months ago

Happy Mothering Sunday to all the mother Denizens.

Hoping to have a Facetime session with son and grandsons later today and I have younger grandson’s weekly story already written for him. The present series features all of us in one guise or another and I am back to the age of six, which is a lovely feeling. Each adventure begins in the…[Read more]
Jill replied to the topic Positive thoughts in the forum CoronaMo 6 years, 4 months ago

Thank you Jane and Raine. My immediate intention is to revisit/re edit a book for younger children and my Lucy Rainbow ‘opus’ with a view to submitting them again. Also to continue working on something which combines new prose and my past poetry. May never be a market for that but it will give me great satisfaction and may be of interest to fam…[Read more]
- Raine replied 6 years, 4 months ago
  
  Sounds like a nice range of projects for you to move between when the mood takes you! I struggle with the multi-projecting, which is all I’ve been doing for aaaages, but I’m hoping to actually pick one project and stick for it for a while!
  - Jill replied 6 years, 4 months ago
    
    Oh! How I emphasise . Lovely to have so many ideas, but must focus on one of a time if possible. On the other hand, I suspect we are both skilled multitaskers in many areas!
    - JaneShuff replied 6 years, 4 months ago
      
      I envy you both. I find it very difficult to work on more than one thing at a time.
Philippa East replied to the topic My ride so far on the rollercoaster that is publishing in the forum Blogs 6 years, 4 months ago

This is SO SO SO fantastic! And what a ride! Laure really has worked so hard for this, constantly writing and submitting short stories, going on courses, writing and re-writing her novel(s), and continually striving for her break. SO PROUD OF HER!
Philippa East replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 4 months ago

This is such brilliant news, Janette! I can wait to hear all about the book… and see it on the shelves in all its published glory! Xxx
Janette replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 4 months ago

Thank you, Bella and Mad x
Mad Iguana replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 4 months ago

Wowee Wowee Wowee Janette! Well done you!! Absolutely amazing news.
Sandra posted an update in the group CoronaMo 6 years, 4 months ago

“What’s new, Sandra?”
Regrettably, nothing. 42K+ words into my current wip, taking some pains to streamline the process, not make the same mistakes, I realise I am still incapable of identifying, plotting the story until the characters tell me who they are and what is happening.
After a couple of weeks of floundering (necessary, it appears) I…[Read more]
Elle replied to the topic My ride so far on the rollercoaster that is publishing in the forum Blogs 6 years, 4 months ago

Thanks @kazg and @raine! It’s really a dream come true to have got that far.
Sandra joined the group CoronaMo 6 years, 4 months ago

CoronaMo

View group
JaneShuff posted an update in the group CoronaMo 6 years, 4 months ago

I saw you’d done it @raine but I can’t look until I have had a go myself. Well done on the new pantser WIP. Enjoy. You can always be like me and spend months trying to get it into some sort of shape afterwards.
Athelstone replied to the topic March competition in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 4 months ago

Oh yes, under 400 words
Athelstone replied to the topic March competition in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 4 months ago

The Spring Has Sprung

‘The birdies is upon the wing, but that’s absurd.’

Tom was on his hundredth rendition of the poem when I clutched his hand and pointed to the merry-go-round.

‘Look, Tom. Your Uncle Fred and I used to play on that when we were your age. Do you want a go?’

He pulled himself free and ran to it with excited bouncing s…[Read more]
Raine replied to the topic My ride so far on the rollercoaster that is publishing in the forum Blogs 6 years, 4 months ago

I said on Twitter, but will say again here because this is worth double congratulations …. YAY!!! I’m so delighted for you. Not at all surprised that you’ve found yourself an agent, and cant’ wait to see where you go from here. 🙂
Raine posted an update in the group CoronaMo 6 years, 4 months ago

I did the decluttering exercise the other day, @janeshuff. But yes @janette, I might try the monthly prompt as a mini-challenge next week. I’ve actually just speed-written 1,300 words of a brand new wip with NO PLANNING WHATSOEVER, which is Very Not Me! I figure in the absence of an ability to concentrate, maybe I should give pantsing a go! 😀
- Janette replied 6 years, 4 months ago
  
  @Raine, I feel very guilty about this, but my meeting with the agent today has left me with quite a list of ‘to do’s’ she wants done quickly, and I’m not sure I’ll be able to make the comp.
  Re the new wip, best of luck, though I feel it is in very capable hands and sometimes no planning comes up with surprising results!
- Sandra replied 6 years, 4 months ago
  
  @Raine – sounds liberating. Long may it continue.
KazG replied to the topic My ride so far on the rollercoaster that is publishing in the forum Blogs 6 years, 4 months ago

Oh WOW @elle! That is such a brilliant ride – 3 agents offering rep, including your dream agent! That is truly the dream 🙂 And yes, it must be a ripper of a book. Having seen some of your writing, I’m not in the least surprised. CONGRATULATIONS!! Enjoy the giddiness 🙂
Elle replied to the topic My ride so far on the rollercoaster that is publishing in the forum Blogs 6 years, 4 months ago

Thanks @athelstone! Still going to have to do some editing before it’s reading to go out on sub. It was interesting to see how agents can see the same book really differently.
John S Alty posted an update 6 years, 4 months ago

Don’t anyone worry about the monthly competition. Janette and Jane or anyone else, please don’t feel any pressure to participate. I understand.
- Raine replied 6 years, 4 months ago
  
  😀 I guess March is proving a little distracting. But I think a mini prompt might be just the thing for week one of homeschooling!
JaneShuff posted an update in the group CoronaMo 6 years, 4 months ago

I am going to try @janette to combine the monthly comp and the decluttering exercise somehow. Maybe it will be a mistake!
Janette posted an update in the group CoronaMo 6 years, 4 months ago

Just noticed that no-one’s partaken in the monthly comp so far. Might this be a good distraction from that which shall not be mentioned? I’m pretty busy but will try and fit it in.
Bella replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 4 months ago

Fantastic news. Good for you.
Load More