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RichardB posted an update 6 years, 2 months ago
Okay, so there’s danger in crowds. So let’s escape from the crowded city and go to the seaside, or the country………where we will crowd out the beaches and the cafés and the ice-cream stands…
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Philippa East replied to the topic My ride so far on the rollercoaster that is publishing in the forum Blogs 6 years, 2 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!
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Philippa East replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 2 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
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Janette replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 2 months ago
Thank you, Bella and Mad x
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 2 months ago
Wowee Wowee Wowee Janette! Well done you!! Absolutely amazing news.
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Sandra posted an update in the group
CoronaMo 6 years, 2 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, 2 months ago
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JaneShuff posted an update in the group
CoronaMo 6 years, 2 months agoI 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.
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Raine replied to the topic My ride so far on the rollercoaster that is publishing in the forum Blogs 6 years, 2 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. 🙂
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Raine posted an update in the group
CoronaMo 6 years, 2 months agoI 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! 😀
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@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! -
@Raine – sounds liberating. Long may it continue.
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KazG replied to the topic My ride so far on the rollercoaster that is publishing in the forum Blogs 6 years, 2 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 🙂
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Elle replied to the topic My ride so far on the rollercoaster that is publishing in the forum Blogs 6 years, 2 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.
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John S Alty posted an update 6 years, 2 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.
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😀 I guess March is proving a little distracting. But I think a mini prompt might be just the thing for week one of homeschooling!
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JaneShuff posted an update in the group
CoronaMo 6 years, 2 months agoI am going to try @janette to combine the monthly comp and the decluttering exercise somehow. Maybe it will be a mistake!
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Janette posted an update in the group
CoronaMo 6 years, 2 months agoJust 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.
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Bella replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 2 months ago
Fantastic news. Good for you.
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Janette replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 2 months ago
Thank you for all your lovely comments. I was on the brink of giving up and am so-o glad I didn’t. There is a chance that I will be able to meet with my agent tomorrow, providing lock-down doesn’t happen first. I’ll keep you posted.
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That is what has happened here, Richard, and now the beaches and coastal paths are closed.
WTF is so hard to understand about social distancing? It drives me bonkers to see how people behave. I have a very large personal space zone at the best of times, which is serving me well. I have become adept at managing my supermarket trolley to keep people at a distance.
We’ve a very popular chippy in our harbour. It, and every other food place in the village had switched to take out/delivery only, which seemed doable for keeping them in business. But there were so many tourists day-tripping or holiday-house-visiting at the weekend that the chippy queue went down the street, meaning that they’ve had to take the…[Read more]
This emergency really does seem to be bringing out the worst in people – and I don’t just mean stupidity. MrsB relayed to me today a news item she’d found on-line, to the effect that refuse collectors are reporting a 30% increase in food waste, some of it still in its packaging. To spell it out, this means that the bastard hoarders are not only…[Read more]