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  • Profile picture of RichardB
    RichardB - "Finest line of dialogue I’ve encountered for some time. From The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, by Natasha Pulley: ‘What does a clockwork octopus in an elevator shaft sound like?’"
    Active 22 minutes ago
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    Athelstone - "HURRY, HURRY, HURRY! The September Song short story challenge goes private at 10:00. If you’ve joined you must make your choices by then. If you haven’t joined, today is your last chance."
    Active 3 hours, 47 minutes ago
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    Squidge - "I always seem to come on here to apologize for not being here… Suffice to say that Life is a bit complicated and sad at the mo, and I’m not at my best. When I have the head space, I’ll be back. Power to all of […]" View
    Active 4 hours, 18 minutes ago
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    Active 21 hours, 10 minutes ago
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    John T - "Ooh, I missed the challenge. My fault for not looking in. But honestly, I have a busy time ahead locally, both writing and storytelling events. And there’s THAT first draft that isn’t yet complete. So, good luck […]" View
    Active 1 day, 4 hours ago
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    Libby - "Among all the relentless bad news in the world, something today which made me laugh, courtesy of Tom Cox on Substack https://substack.com/@tomcox/note/c-115447202 “In 1996 two neighbours in Devon spent an entire […]" View
    Active 1 day, 8 hours ago
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    Daedalus - "Finally completed a more-or-less subbable draft of the novel I’ve been working on since 2013. I did the Writers’ Workshop Self Edit course using this novel in October 2014 (back in the days when I hilariously […]" View
    Active 2 days, 16 hours ago
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    Kate - "I wanted to let you know that I’ve finally gone ahead and published my humorous middle grade book. I’m very excited! Some of you may remember the characters Pix and Gabe from one of Athelstone’s short story […]" View
    Active 3 days ago
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    Knicks - "Gentle one-week reminder for the Monthly Competition. This month’s prompt is dreams (or nightmare). Your piece can be inspired by a recent dream, or a recurring one. If you don’t dream, you can still write a […]" View
    Active 3 days, 12 hours ago
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    Active 3 days, 23 hours ago
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    Sandra - "Ten days left to write 500 words about a first time meeting with in-laws (and follow a link to a brilliantly vivid account of Liz Lochead’s experience)"
    Active 4 days, 5 hours ago
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    Woolleybeans - "I simultaneously get hooked on worldbuilding and dislike putting in a lot of exposition. I’m all ‘yeah, I only mention this one thing in passing, but it has much info in my head that you will never know’."
    Active 4 days, 16 hours ago
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    Thea - "Have just logged on to see that big congratulations are in order to Richard, Kate, Athelstone, and Daedalus! Well done all of you on your CAS listings! 🙂"
    Active 5 days ago
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    Janette - "So sorry, Jill. I hoped to be of a mindset to join in September’s comp, only this month has thrown up too many mind-scrambling obstacles to facilitate concentration. Seems you already have some excellent stories […]" View
    Active 5 days, 23 hours ago
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    admin - "I Like it! Top liker this month, Martini Rosso with 59 likes. 1st Martini Rosso 59 2nd Kate 56 3rd Libby 51 4th Sandra 48 5th Seagreen 44 I must try harder"
    Active 6 days, 17 hours ago
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    Active 1 week, 1 day ago
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    Seagreen - "Some of the comments in our SE group have gone into hiding. Can anyone remember what the fix is for this? @athelstone? @jillybean?"
    Active 3 weeks, 2 days ago
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    Pinkbelt - "Preparing for submissions is scary. I can’t wait to refresh my emails every twenty seconds for the next six months."
    Active 4 weeks ago