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Kate replied to the topic Fantasy/SF/Spec fic story list (working) in the forum Marketplace 6 years, 11 months ago
This is brilliant. I’m glad I asked! What a fabulous source of info.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Reading Times New Roman doc on screen in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 6 years, 11 months ago
Are you using gmail’s webmail service?
I just had a quick try and noticed that when I clicked on a Word document, it was opened in Google Docs and not Word. My suspicion is that Word is fine but there’s something wrong with the way gmail is rendering Times New Roman. If that’s the case, then a fix depends on what browser you’re using and what…[Read more]
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Kate posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
A question for fantasy writers – where do you submit your short stories/flash fiction to. I struggle to find places that take the sort of writing I like doing. Is it more practical to keep an eye out for submission calls on specific fantasy projects? Are there any sites I should be following for this? I’m finding the whole process very frustrating…[Read more]
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Check out Dark Markets ( https://www.darkmarkets.com/?m=0 ) – mostly horror but there are fantasy and sci fi too. Also subscribe to the Short Stops Newsletter and thevAuthors Publish newsletter. Both send you regular emails featuring places to submit too – which includes a fair chunk of the fantasy market. Specific zines and antjologies – check…[Read more]
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Indeed, I have a list though it’s already slightly out of date on account of a couple of the markets either closing or ceasing to do open calls. I’ll copy it into the main forum
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Thanks, Daed π
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Thanks Jules & Daeds – this is superb.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Reading Times New Roman doc on screen in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 6 years, 11 months ago
I guess not. Google “troubleshooting font problems in word”, you should find this:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/918791/overview-of-fonts-and-how-to-troubleshoot-font-problems-in-microsoft-w -
John S Alty replied to the topic Reading Times New Roman doc on screen in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 6 years, 11 months ago
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Athelstone replied to the topic Reading Times New Roman doc on screen in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 6 years, 11 months ago
I wonder too π
Can I ask for a bit of clarification? If you type out some text in Word using Times New Roman, it looks fine. When you send that as an email attachment and subsequently view it, it appears blurry and hard to read.
At the risk of sounding daft, how are you viewing the attachments? Do you open them with Word, i.e. if Word isn’t…[Read more]
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Raine replied to the topic Reading Times New Roman doc on screen in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 6 years, 11 months ago
Hi Jean,
I can’t be much help with this, I’m afraid. I have roughly the same set up, but not encountered any problems with fonts. I wonder if it’s worth running all the usual system tests (full virus scan, defragmenting), or perhaps uninstalling and reinstalling word? Another option might be to upload files into Google Docs and re-save there…[Read more] -
JaneShuff replied to the topic Multiple Den Success in the forum Podium 6 years, 11 months ago
I downloaded it on the boat on the way home and it’s fantastic.
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Jules replied to the topic New historical fiction novella in the forum Podium 6 years, 11 months ago
Yay! I’m so glad you posted this, Daed. Highly recommend it to everyone who likes hist fic especially WWII. It’s an excellent novella. Can’t wait for the next one 😁
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Jules replied to the topic Multiple Den Success in the forum Podium 6 years, 11 months ago
I think the linking text definitely helped @squidge. As did the editors having a clear idea of what they were looking for and how to make it all fit together. And I think the opening and closing stories gave the anthology shape too. But we weren’t actually given that much of a premise other than ‘demon invasion of Victorian Britain’ which expanded…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Multiple Den Success in the forum Podium 6 years, 11 months ago
OK – finished it. Did not put it down…
Bloody brilliant.
I have to ask – how much of the premise dd you get beforehand? The stories all link so well together, I can’t work out whether it’s down to extreme luck in terms of the arrangement of the stories or whether the links written between each story are simply very well done to link what might…[Read more]
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Kate posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
Can anyone remember who, or was it anyone on this site who wrote that rather chilling food based story in Whispers and Glances on the Cloud. I’ve come across this call for subs and it would be perfect. https://www.bloodgutsandstory.com/chew-on-this?fbclid=IwAR328nEPYjVhG9jgw2UriQMwHA4cge8TXwYDCt1wa_5uBuewb8yTmTFjWcg
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I think that would be ‘Pied Bleu’, which was written by @bric
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That was the one! Hopefully she’ll pick up on your tag of her.
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Ooh – thanks Kate and Matt – I shall have a look at that!
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Best of luck!
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Jules replied to the topic Multiple Den Success in the forum Podium 6 years, 11 months ago
Glad you’re enjoying it @Squidge I love the interlinking text – it really adds sometjing to the collection. I love the shared world aspect of the anthology too.
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Squidge replied to the topic Multiple Den Success in the forum Podium 6 years, 11 months ago
I am about half way through and loving this. Especially how there’s an link between each story which binds them all together.
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Seagreen posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
Some of the comments in our SE group have gone into hiding. Can anyone remember what the fix is for this? @athelstone? @jillybean?
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There should be a little double speech box icon in the bottom right corner of the main post. If you hover over that it should give you the option to ‘view conversation’ and if you click on it should open up the entire chat. If someone has commented on a comment rather than on the main post, you may need to do the same on the comment. Occasionally…[Read more]
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Fingers crossed the will reappear – same lack on phone & laptop, of both links and double speech boxes.
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The other thing to consider is that if you repky to a comment, and the author of the comment deletes it, all the replies to that comment will be deleted to.
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In this case, it’s a writing exercise, each of us posting for others to comment on. One seen and disappeared, the other never seen at all.
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I’m afraid I have no immediately explanation but I’ll attempt to access it from the back end and see what can be done.
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Jules replied to the topic Multiple Den Success in the forum Podium 6 years, 11 months ago
This was such a great project to be a part of (not least because I was basically asked to write war of the worlds fan fic π ) Matt is being humble by the way. He’s written the opening novellette The Battle of the Alma, which sets the scene and tone for the entire anthology. It’s an excellent piece of fiction with stellar world building. (I keep…[Read more]
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KazG replied to the topic Multiple Den Success in the forum Podium 6 years, 11 months ago
congratulations Denizens! It looks fantastic π Looking forward to getting a copy x
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Seagreen replied to the topic Multiple Den Success in the forum Podium 6 years, 11 months ago
Been meaning to do this since it came out… Now downloaded and awaiting the quietness of mind and spirit to enjoy it 😊
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Squidge replied to the topic Multiple Den Success in the forum Podium 6 years, 11 months ago
Must get this…I’m a bit Pratchetted out at the mo, and this is going to be good!
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RichardB posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
Nice birthday present yesterday: the first in the latest round of rejections.
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Happy Birthday!
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Penblwydd hapus! But also, ugh.
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I hope it was a happy birthday anyway. Sorry to hear about The Last House, but itβll sell, trust me
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Happy belated birthday @richardb! I read of someone (name escapes me) who used to collect rejections and aimed for a certain number each month, each one being an achievement and a measurement of activity and submission. So each one worthy of celebration. I’ve actually found that approach helpful myself, bizarre though it seems…
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