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KazG replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 2 months ago
I can’t tell you how delighted I am to hear this, @janette! SO well deserved! I love that short story and look forward to reading the full length version. congratulations and crack out the bubbly (I’m sure you already have) xx
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Raine posted an update in the group
CoronaMo 6 years, 2 months agoSo today I wrote lesson plans for a four week writing course I will hopefully be running at Falkland Palace at some point (thanks to @seagreen). Having only taught primary school kids before, I’ll be slightly going to the other extreme audience-wise, I imagine! Likely to feature fewer zombies and superheroes perhaps! Still, it feels quite exciting. 🙂
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Yay! That sounds fun, and proper writerly work, too. I would do that course in a heartbeat 🙂
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That sounds fab, @raine! Wish I lived closer, but I’m sure it’ll be a great success. This could be a start of a new opportunity …
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What fabulous news. The Den is brimming with it at the moment! You’ll be wonder ful!
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Sandra replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 2 months ago
Excellent news!
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John S Alty replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 2 months ago
Well done, Janette, good luck with the book!
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Elle replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 2 months ago
That’s brilliant, congratulations!!
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Seagreen replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 2 months ago
You deserve this, J. You’ve worked so hard for it 🙂
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Jules replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 2 months ago
Brilliant news, Janette. Congratulations 😊
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Kate replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 2 months ago
Congratulations, Janette. Lovely news.
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 2 months ago
That is so fantastic Janette!!
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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, Ath.
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Janette started the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 2 months ago
In the spirit of bringing cheer in these dark times, I can now tell you that after a very rapid response to my initial enquiry, a very nice agent from the Andrew Nurnberg agency has offered representation!
This is for the novel some know as Doris, now called Saving Grace, originating from Ath’s Winter comp 2017 – I reckon I owe you a drink,…[Read more]
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Squidge posted an update in the group
CoronaMo 6 years, 2 months agoSounds fab, Raine. x
Am feeling overwhelmed today and looking for positive things, so this is great.
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Raine posted an update in the group
CoronaMo 6 years, 2 months agoHello – Welcome to the virus-free shutdown survival space. I’m sure I’m not alone in struggling to do ANYTHING AT ALL what with the various worries, uncertainty and black hole of endless news … so let’s make this somewhere we can retreat to away from homeschooling, home-partners, stress and loo roll panic. Prompts, writing news, other stuff, mor…[Read more]
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Works for me. Thanks for setting this up Raine.
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Yep, great idea. I’m all for it, thanks Raine x
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Elle started the topic My ride so far on the rollercoaster that is publishing in the forum Blogs 6 years, 2 months ago
I thought I would share my ride so far as many others have done before, in the hope it will be helpful the same way sharing their experience has been to me in the past.
Back in 2016, my first ride was a short one. I had completed a novel which I decided to submit. I got a few very nice rejections praising the writing, but it never got further…[Read more]
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Wonderful Elle! Huge congratulations.
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Thanks Jane! x
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Brilliant news Elle. I know how hard you’ve worked with all your short stories. Lovely to see that has paid off.
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Thanks Kate!
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Wow, this his fantastic news, Elle! May the rest of the ride be smooth x
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Thanks Janette & congrats to you too x
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Raine posted an update 6 years, 2 months ago
So, you know how we did a slowmo group a while ago? Do we need a coronamo group to keep ourselves from sinking into anxious lethargy over the coming months? Same idea – tiny victories, tiny targets, tangential positives… Or is the MA course etc enough?
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I like that idea, Raine. At present I’m still at work but if the libraries close then I’ll be at a loose end. And I definitely have books to write!
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Liking the idea
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I’m all for it. Currently on lockdown in France but finding it surprisingly difficult to concentrate on anything other than phoning friends. Would love a group to get me focussed on achieving a few things. Could we ban discussion of the virus though?
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God yes please!!
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Very glad you feel the same way. I need a bubble to escape into.
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I won’t talk about anything that you lovely people won’t mention. But if I find one of my delightful companions who needs to talk about what’s afoot, then I’ll stick with then and slope off
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Ath, just to be clear, I am not trying to stop anyone talking about it at all. God knows I seem to have spent the last two weeks discussing, panicking and worrying about it. I would just love to have a tiny bit of something somewhere which was free of it. Like a coronamo group. But only if everybody else feels the same. It won’t stop me wanting t…[Read more]
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