Andrew Wille

  • John S Alty replied to the topic Making sense? in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years ago

    Thanks Jane. The previous line, which I’m still working on, is something like:
    Go now, go now, don’t hesitate, your only master’s you,
    Don’t ever let yourself regret the things you didn’t do.

    I think in that context it’s clearer. No?

  • John S Alty replied to the topic Making sense? in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years ago

    Hmm. It was intended to mean if you seek adventure now it will not be necessary to later regret not having done so, but it does seem to imply the opposite.
    Good line but in the wrong song!
    Jonathan, I sing like a cat with its tail in a mangle, but maybe someone else might want to sing it. My interest is in the music and words.
    Thanks, both of you.

  • Does this line: “Don’t ever let yourself regret the things you didn’t do” immediately mean to you: Don’t regret being adventurous? When I analyse it, it seems to mean different things. Maybe context is important to the perceived meaning. It’s a song and so it needs to pan but I’m beginning to wonder if it means what I meant it to mean!

  • Raine posted an update 7 years ago

    I’m away to Cornwall via Bath tmrw for a tour of cousins. I have a pile of editing and the monthly comp to do while away… (don’t say to take time off and relax because I need something to distract me from my in-laws!!). Can English people confirm England is doing sunshine at the moment, please?

    • Libby replied 7 years ago

      Best to check forecast, @raine . Showers were predicted for the English west country – I think for tomorrow and Friday??

      • Bella replied 7 years ago

        I have relatives in Weston super Mare so keep the forecast for there on my phone. The forecast there is rain on Friday and Saturday and then fine weather again. Daytime temps around 20 degrees, starting to rise a bit from Sunday.

  • Bringing a gun into a house changes it.

    It doesn’t matter that it’s locked away, out of sight. There’s something tangible – a weight, a tension – that comes with the knowledge of its presence, which terrifies me more than him.

    He explained the gun’s for protection.

    What extra protection could he need? He has his expression, his speech…his…[Read more]

  • GippsGirl replied to the topic Publishing deal!! in the forum Podium 7 years ago

    What fantastic news! Congratulations, Kaz, and I read that you met your agent at a successful speed-dating pitch-event. That’s a great reminder to make sure we writers are best prepared for such meetings.

    I didn’t know of the Wheeler Centre. It looks like an amazing resource, and next time I’m home in Melbourne I’ll try to get along to an event there.

  • Not of the same calibre as some, I gladly concede (don’t envy the judge!), but this proved to be a great exercise to get the ‘fresh writing’ juices flowing – thanks, Sandra.

    Bringing a gun into the house changes it all, doesn’t it? As soon as she caught sight of Daddy’s new addition, taking pride of place in his shiny cabinet, Annie dem…[Read more]

  • I second that, Sandra. Struggling to get started on next WIP, so might try and come up with something this time.

  • Sensible lass, your daughter …

  • Woolleybeans replied to the topic Publishing deal!! in the forum Podium 7 years ago

    So pleased for you, Kaz. 🙂

  • Sandra replied to the topic Publishing deal!! in the forum Podium 7 years ago

    Saw this on FB, but deserves double congratulations. Well done.

  • Janette replied to the topic Publishing deal!! in the forum Podium 7 years ago

    Wooohooo! Bringing my happy dance onto here because it deserves a dance and it’s lovely to hear good news of such a brilliant degree.

  • Squidge replied to the topic Publishing deal!! in the forum Podium 7 years ago

    Bloody fantastic news, Kaz! Well done xxx

  • Athelstone replied to the topic Publishing deal!! in the forum Podium 7 years ago

    Wow, Kaz. Brilliant news and really deserved!

  • John S Alty replied to the topic Publishing deal!! in the forum Podium 7 years ago

    Well done, congratulations!

  • Bringing a gun into a house changes it. You can’t help it, of course. The trick is not letting on to everyone else that you’ve changed it. Keeping everything looking exactly the same, so all the neighbours, passersby, any visitors have no idea what you’ve done.

    It’s a specific kind of visitor we have in mind. The kind that bulldozes in mob-han…[Read more]

  • Bringing a gun into a house changes it. I move from hallway to sitting room. Little Kev is trying to hide behind a chair. Bang! I shoot him through it. This isn’t the house where Kev lives anymore. His mum stands on the stairs, screaming. Screams of shock and denial I suppose. Bang! Screamy house one minute, quiet house the next. I step over her b…[Read more]


  • Hey, Baz – REALLY good to see you – and yes, it has been too long!

  • Bringing a gun into the house changes it; that’s the truth. It’s not as if it was much of a gun, just an old Spanish automatic called a Ruby. Piece of junk, but cheap on the street. I never knew my dad to be scared of anything but he was scared now. Really scared.

    Before, when he hit my mother, we cowered in a corner of the kitchen, my sis…[Read more]

  • Sandra posted an update 7 years ago

    July’s competition – I’ve given you the first eight words; you only need add 200 more. @libby has set the standard, but I’ve no doubt there’s more than 200 variations to be had. Deadline 31st.

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