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Athelstone replied to the topic Reorganization And Declutteration (have I created a new word) in the forum Blogs 2 months, 2 weeks ago
By the way, ” I’ve even written my gift list for next year”. I believe this is actually against the law.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Reorganization And Declutteration (have I created a new word) in the forum Blogs 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Oh yes, prevaricating about the bush as Wallace refers to it. I do a great deal of that. Top tip. Every so often, copy the contents of that 1TB hard drive somewhere else as well. Whether that’s the Cloud (Dropbox, One Drive, Google Drive, Apple iCloud and so on) or another sleek 1TB hard drive. The day may come when your adorable cat decides the…[Read more]
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Squidge posted an update 2 months, 2 weeks ago
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 your pens in the meantime though 😉
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John T posted an update 2 months, 2 weeks ago
For those of you who are interested, Apples in the Dark is now available as an Ebook (paperback coming at the end of June). Almost ten years in the writing, tearing up, rewriting, rewriting again, etc – but it has finally got there. Links to books and to website in my Linktree. https://linktr.ee/wordswithjohn
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Congratulations, John. I’ve picked up a copy.
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Thank you so much, Kate. I still hardly believe that anyone might want to buy my book!
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Sandra replied to the topic Monthly Competition – January 2024 in the forum Monthly Competition 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Thanks, Athers, for a competition theme that gave me much head-scratching before I found a direction, and for chuckling, since I didn’t intend to sound self-pitying. Also I thoroughly applaud your giving Pinkbelt the opportunity to challenge us in February.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly Competition – January 2024 in the forum Monthly Competition 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Well, what do you know? Three totally different old things.
Sandra, you brought a bit of Rembrandt’s brutal honesty in your piece. I’m not sure whether I was meant to but I chuckled along as I read this. It reminded me of the moment when I realised that my hands now resemble my own father’s as I remember them from years ago. It was an honest…[Read more]
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Wow. Never expected to win. My way of gently reintroducing myself. I’m dipping my toe back in so I’ll give it a go. Let me have a think and I’ll post a bit later.
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Sandra replied to the topic Monthly Competition – January 2024 in the forum Monthly Competition 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Hi Pinks. Good to hear from you. Hope you stick around a bit longer, cease lurking and share a few words.
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Thanks Sandra. I actually just made a last minute decision to pop in and have a nose about. The last few times I have, I just poked around a bit and left. I actually wrote that last night whilst watching the Liverpool match.
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Woolleybeans posted an update 2 months, 4 weeks ago
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’.
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John T posted an update 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Thanks to advice from Daedalus, Richard and Athelstone, my entry to Whodunnit with all the weird code is now fixed!
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John T posted an update 3 months ago
Anyone on here. Help. Something went wrong in the copying of my story to Whodunnit. It’s full of visible computer code. Anyone know how to cure that?
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Try toggling between ‘Visual’ and ‘Text’ and pasting into it set to one then the other to see if it works better. The only other alternative is to paste it into a notepad-type app where it will clear all the formatting, and you won’t get the code, but you probably will need to go through it in the editor and manually add things like italics (and…[Read more]
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Thank you – I’ll try.
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Sandra replied to the topic Monthly Competition – January 2024 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 months ago
‘Mirror, Mirror …
When I say my bathroom mirror is old you shouldn’t imagine some gilt-framed, spidery-silvered antique, for it is a bevelled-edged two-foot square of glass, bought in ~1969 and screwed at each corner onto the wall above the sink and opposite a window twelve inches larger in each direction.
In daylight, my image backlit…[Read more]
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Woolleybeans posted an update 3 months ago
Welp, as my laptop has decided my writing since…August does not exist, I am going to start over on some stuff. Which is a good time to work on the Den challenge, because so far I have a playlist I am listening to which is, in my mind, linked to this story. I just have no actual words yet… But that counts, right? Right?
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Right! Thumbs up. Sorry about the laptop.
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Of course it does! You can’t paint a picture without setting up the easel, preparing the canvas and laying out your palette, and this is no different. Sorry to hear about the laptop
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Athelstone posted an update 3 months, 1 week ago
Aha! I’m away at a writing weekend in Bournemouth! Still checking here and really happy to see the action. Must post soon.
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Athelstone started the topic Monthly Competition – January 2024 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Last year I asked for up to 500 words on something new. This year it occurs to me that this is also the time of year when we look back. The topic is “something old”. Up to 500 of your finest however you wish.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly Competition – December 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Thanks Alex. We don’t get many entrants to the competition any more, so winning can be, if not a poison-chalice, a hot coffee-cup. Your prompt was perfect for Christmas and I had fun writing about it.
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Sorry I didn’t manage to do a story, Alex. I had work to finish, and it’s a busy time of year.
Congratulations, Ath. A lovely story, exactly right for the season.
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Athelstone posted an update 3 months, 3 weeks ago
A very happy, prosperous and successful New Year to all Denizens.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly Competition – December 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Not sure what exactly is happening. Maybe old age is catching me up but I posted this already. There was an amusing intro about how it’s too long and how I’d have to take my chances. And so on. Anyway, it is too long (by loads), so I will have to take my chances.
The Stoggy
I’m a magical creature called a stoggy. Don’t get too excited bec…[Read more]
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Athelstone replied to the topic Season's greetings in the forum Podium 4 months ago
Libby, I thought I’d replied, but I was also looking at some site updates that need to be done soon, so my mind was obviously elsewhere and I didn’t press the button.
Absolutely. I quite agree. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and the same to all other Denizens.
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Hi Ath, you did reply! I received an email on Christmas Day: “And to you, Libby. And a very happy Christmas to all of us.”
It never appeared here on the site. I put this down to a computer glitch.
Thank you for this reply and the next one. Happy new year 🙂
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Athelstone replied to the topic A Corporate Crime Scene: Lac Mégantic, 2013 in the forum Blogs 4 months ago
Mr Burkhardt is an interesting character who has, it seems, been profoundly interested in trains his entire life. Your blog inspired me to research the man a bit and it does seem that he knows best in matters of running a railroad. Of course, he had “previous” for being the manager of a railroad that allowed a train to run down a sloap while…[Read more]
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