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Daedalus posted a new activity comment 7 years, 2 months ago
Wow, American long-form journalism really is so very pointlessly longwinded. So far I have learned that Mallory is tall, good looking and charming.
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Wow, American long-form journalism really is so very pointlessly longwinded. So far I have learned that Mallory is tall, good looking and charming.
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Yes, but BECAUSE he is tall, good looking (he really isn’t) and charming, he GOT TO LEAVE CUPS OF PEE IN PEOPLE’S OFFICES and GOT PROMOTED!
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Wow.
Still, tall and charming though, so in the world of publushing it evens out
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It’s some raging privilege, for sure! But the author (must find her name, and books) who set a PI after him, and based her villains on him – she sounds epic. Classy sly burn.
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Daedalus posted a new activity comment 7 years, 2 months ago
French is great. En anglais that would just be a Big
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Daedalus posted a new activity comment 7 years, 2 months ago
It’s one of those Twitter things where I see loads of references to it but can’t find exactly what any of it means
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It was a (very long) new Yorker article. I’m torn between a compulsive fascination and sheer rage.
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I’ve found it… Cover me, I’m going in
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Wow, American long-form journalism really is so very pointlessly longwinded. So far I have learned that Mallory is tall, good looking and charming.
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Yes, but BECAUSE he is tall, good looking (he really isn’t) and charming, he GOT TO LEAVE CUPS OF PEE IN PEOPLE’S OFFICES and GOT PROMOTED!
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Wow.
Still, tall and charming though, so in the world of publushing it evens out
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It’s some raging privilege, for sure! But the author (must find her name, and books) who set a PI after him, and based her villains on him – she sounds epic. Classy sly burn.
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Daedalus posted a new activity comment 7 years, 2 months ago
I like peccaries, with their tiny dainty feet
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Okay, a bit of porcine trivia. The meat of the wild boar is prized in some quarters in France, but the animal is a protected species (though that doesn’t stop it being sold under the counter occasionally). to get round this, pig breeders have crossed the wild boar (sanglier) with the farmyard pig (cochon). The resultant hybrid is known as a…[Read more]
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French is great. En anglais that would just be a Big
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😀 @daedalus that made me cackle!
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Daedalus posted a new activity comment 7 years, 2 months ago
And I thought things couldn’t get more apposite after the year of the cock
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Happy New Year! I’m a fan of pigs. Having met wild boars, I have much respect (mild terror) for them, and much love for the stripyness of their babes.
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I like peccaries, with their tiny dainty feet
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Okay, a bit of porcine trivia. The meat of the wild boar is prized in some quarters in France, but the animal is a protected species (though that doesn’t stop it being sold under the counter occasionally). to get round this, pig breeders have crossed the wild boar (sanglier) with the farmyard pig (cochon). The resultant hybrid is known as a…[Read more]
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French is great. En anglais that would just be a Big
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😀 @daedalus that made me cackle!
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@raine I adore the baby humbugs. Utterly cute. They have escape ladders and platforms attached to trees in the Austrian woods to get away from angry Dad pigs, though.
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I wonder where the other replies went?
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It’s a bug that means the ‘show all replies’ button sometimes fails to appear, unfortunately. Has been annoyingly persistent
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@bellam those platforms are a genius idea! Could have done with them in Poland – although it was the very protective mummies who made me more nervous tbh, especially when gorgeous humbugs decided to check out my boots!!
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Daedalus replied to the topic January 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 2 months ago
Brilliant – thanks John and well done Jonathan, a tour-de-force of purple prose
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Daedalus replied to the topic Entering the Citadel in the forum Blogs 7 years, 2 months ago
I think you’re right to be absolutely honest and not gloss over the difficulties and how emotionally taxing success can be. As writers we need to hear it and be under no illusions (and I think it would be nice if readers were a bit more aware of that too – a fellow writer and illustrator tells me his daughter’s friends refuse to accept that’s what…[Read more]
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Daedalus replied to the topic Entering the Citadel in the forum Blogs 7 years, 2 months ago
Wow, what a ride! Really illuminating blog. This stuff is difficult, isn’t it? Sounds as though you made absolutely the right choice. Heart/gut has to inform head in these circumstances. Loved reading about it, looking forward to the next stage
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Daedalus replied to the topic January 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 2 months ago
Ahead
I cannot look ahead.
There is no ahead. There is only now, and I can’t handle it. He is tearing up the carpet. Chomping the furniture. Treating my arm as a chew toy.
And he’s there. Always. Always having to be watched. Placated. Fed. I am tiptoeing around the edge of my own life. If I slip I will fall off.
Virtually the only place tha…[Read more]
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Daedalus replied to the topic Publishing Deal in the forum Podium 7 years, 2 months ago
Superb news Philippa, and no more than a writer of your calibre deserves. It’s really heartening to see Denizens getting good deals. Delighted for you, and can’t wait to see the final result
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Daedalus replied to the topic My Publishing Nightmare – the story of a book deal gone bad (Part 1) in the forum Blogs 7 years, 2 months ago
I’d hate to think that, @richardb – the truth is that it’s not that hard to avoid what happened to me. If you pursue the agent route, most of it is irrelevant anyway, although you obviously have to do your research into any agents who offer to represent you. In 99% of cases, just being aware of the possible problems means you can avoid…[Read more]
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Daedalus replied to the topic My Publishing Nightmare – the story of a book deal gone bad (Part 1) in the forum Blogs 7 years, 2 months ago
Thanks both. I think I probably did just about everything wrong that I could have done, but that doesn’t excuse the behaviour, or the performance, of the publisher. Caveat Scriptor…
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Daedalus started the topic My Publishing Nightmare – the story of a book deal gone bad (Part 1) in the forum Blogs 7 years, 2 months ago
Those of you who were on the Word Cloud before it evaporated may remember I had a bit of trouble with one of my novels and was taking legal action to recover the rights. I wrote a blog on it when I was still deep in the midst of the process, and now it is all mercifully resolved, I thought it was time to update. This turned into a mammoth essay…[Read more]
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Daedalus posted a new activity comment 7 years, 3 months ago
Thanks @philippaeast and @raine …um, yes, the novellas. I don’t really want to talk about them too much until I’ve written them. I haven’t even started yet and am a bit panicked about it. Will add more when I’m a bit more comfortable with how things are going.
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I don’t think you have any reason to panic, @daedalus. They will be wonderful.
Thanks @raine and @philippaeast. Encouragement and hugs and tea are exactly what I need!
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@daedalus It’s no wonder you are feeling a little daunted. Funny isn’t it? You’d think having the contract there at the start would be a dream, but it’s a whole different kind of pressure I guess. Sending you lots of good luck. You will do them brilliantly, I know you will. xx
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Absolutely fair do-s
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Daedalus posted a new activity comment 7 years, 3 months ago
Possibly. It might just be the time of year – there were ebbs and flows on the Cloud too, and with a smaller pool of people here we’ll always feel it more acutely when people are busy. But I’ll open a thread, and we can put those suggestions to people and get a sense of what might boost participation a bit.
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Daedalus posted a new activity comment 7 years, 3 months ago
Regarding that Raine, how would Denizens feel about making it a two-monthly comp? I suppose Christmas plus Winter Challenge is going to make Nov-Dec-Jan most difficult for most people, so it might not be a problem in the normal run of things to keep it monthly
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Or even a quarterly competition. Maybe we could look at a judging panel, too. It needs new life breathing into it, somehow.
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Possibly. It might just be the time of year – there were ebbs and flows on the Cloud too, and with a smaller pool of people here we’ll always feel it more acutely when people are busy. But I’ll open a thread, and we can put those suggestions to people and get a sense of what might boost participation a bit.
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Daedalus posted a new activity comment 7 years, 3 months ago
Exciting, Philippa – it’s a great feeling when the end just starts to hove into view isn’t it? Hope the rest of the journey is smooth.
Just signed a contract for three histfic novellas. Which is nice, but now I have to write them
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@daedalus! That’s amazing!! Congratulations 😊 and WELL DONE @philippaeast…what a great feeling. I’m staggering towards my deadline this week too and am hoping I’m nearly there with this round!
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Congratulations to all three of you. Lovely to hear what everybody’s up to. Excellent work @philippaeast and @kazg! Histfic novellas @daedalus – tell more! I’ve been bumbling around in the dark. Trying to find my next novel, working on short stories and feeling fairly down – the result of going into 2018 with such high hopes and having them all…[Read more]
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Thanks @janeshuff! And sorry to hear about your dashes hooes ☹️ All credit to you for keeping going, even if it feels like bumbling right now. Hope you feel more positive soon x
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*dashed hopes
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Oh, @janeshuff, I am sorry to hear that. It’s so hard to get back up from dashed hopes. I SO enjoyed reading the extract from your novel, and am keeping everything crossed for a nice slew of successes in 2019
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successes for you
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Well done Kaz!! Is this for book 1? Sounds like we will be reaching our editing finish lines around the same time!
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Oh WOW @daedalus!!! This is amazing!! Can you tell us more? Who is the publisher?? What are your time scales?? And – of course – what will the books be about? This is such amazing news. Should go on the podium really 🙂
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Yes, but BECAUSE he is tall, good looking (he really isn’t) and charming, he GOT TO LEAVE CUPS OF PEE IN PEOPLE’S OFFICES and GOT PROMOTED!
Wow.
Still, tall and charming though, so in the world of publushing it evens out
It’s some raging privilege, for sure! But the author (must find her name, and books) who set a PI after him, and based her villains on him – she sounds epic. Classy sly burn.