@annechamberlain
Active 4 years, 7 months ago-
Squidge replied to the topic Hello All in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 10 months ago
Good to know Mashie’s Twittery thing’s working! (says she who has no idea how to Twitter). Good to have you on board, Alan.
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Squidge posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
@janette @athelstone – thank you! It’s a very short piece, but it was fun to write. Maybe I’m getting my writing mojo back after so much church based writing stuff…
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It appears so, Squidge, if this is anything to go by. Didn’t realise it had gone 😉
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Squidge replied to the topic Festival Dreams in the forum Blogs 7 years, 10 months ago
Oh, brilliant to hear how York was for you, Skylark! And I’m echoing Daeds when he says that you deserve it all, because you are one of the most generous writers I know. (That’s one thing we had oodles of on the cloud – those who were willing to step in and offer help and support to other writers, and I’m glad to see the ethos had carried through…[Read more]
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Daedalus replied to the topic Hello All in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 10 months ago
Hi Alan, good to make your acquaintance
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Daedalus replied to the topic Festival Dreams in the forum Blogs 7 years, 10 months ago
Superb blog, Skylark, and a great pleasure to read. I’ve wanted to go to the FoW for years, with it always a bit out of reach, but this year I really wanted to go for the sole reason of seeing your moment of triumph. (Not to mention hearing your words of wisdom). But there will be more such moments and I look forward to seeing them i…[Read more]
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Athelstone replied to the topic Festival Dreams in the forum Blogs 7 years, 10 months ago
I so wish I’d been there to hear you speak, Skylark. You may be tired of hearing it but you really do deserve your success. Not just for Home, which is a fantastic book, but for the years of contributions to everybody who knows you – the encouragement and the example and damn near 100% good nature and positivity.
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Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Receiving an email headed 'Offer of Representation'…. in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago
@kazg Yes! I’ve found several aspects of the publishing industry quite daunting and such a relief to go to my agent and say ‘Help!’ and she’s brilliant every time!
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Athelstone posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
@jd73 Enjoyed your comp entry. It reminded me of your namesake’s Struldbruggs (it isn’t you is it, Mr. Swift?) but damned by curiosity rather than fate. And an ending even bleaker than Swift imagined.
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Thank you, squire
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Amanda Berriman (Skylark) started the topic Festival Dreams in the forum Blogs 7 years, 10 months ago
What a brilliant weekend that was! A week on and the post-York anti-climax has just about faded though I still feel like I’m catching up on sleep. No change there, then!
A friend asked me this week if doing the keynote on Sunday was more or less scary than the Telly Thing. Easy to answer as I don’t think anything will ever be as scary as the…[Read more]
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Athelstone posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
@squidge great comp entry. Really enjoyed the play on decoration as a metaphor for life.
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Athelstone posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
@seagreen love the comp entry. Very moving take on the topic.
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Seagreen replied to the topic A Blank Piece of Paper (short Story – critique) in the forum Critiques 7 years, 10 months ago
Hi Elle,
Much too late to be of any use but I thought I’d stop by and tell you I enjoyed reading it. With the suggested tweaks you have this nailed! -
Squidge replied to the topic Den monthly competition September 2018 in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 10 months ago
All the colour disappeared from her world the day she moved in with him.
It’s minimalist, he told her. A blank canvas.
Surely, a blank canvas exists for the sole purpose of being filled, she wanted to say.
But didn’t, because it was all too new, too fresh, too…him. And more than anything else, she wanted him.
As time went on she still…[Read more]
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Squidge posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
@janeshuff – Terrible Minds is Chuck Wendig’s blog. Often off-the-wall, pretty sweary at times, but full of useful writing stuff. http://terribleminds.com
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Seagreen replied to the topic Richard's Literary Byways: The Dispossessed, by Ursula K Le Guin in the forum Blogs 7 years, 10 months ago
Great blog, Richard. While I didn’t get past the first few pages of Earthsea, I did discover a fondness for City of Illusions, and it may be that I need to explore The Dispossessed when I have some time to appreciate it.
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RichardB started the topic Richard's Literary Byways: The Dispossessed, by Ursula K Le Guin in the forum Blogs 7 years, 10 months ago
Our moon is so much larger in relation to its planet than any other moon in the solar system that some astronomers believe that our Earth-Moon pairing should instead be considered a double planet. Imagine, if you will, a true double planet, with one planet only slightly smaller than the other.
This small difference has had a profound effect on…[Read more]
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