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Kate replied to the topic I've gone and done it again! in the forum Podium 7 years, 7 months ago

You are scorching hot at the moment. Long may it last!
Hilary replied to the topic I've gone and done it again! in the forum Podium 7 years, 7 months ago

Hurray! Well done, Janette. That’s brilliant news.
Raine replied to the topic Help with setting in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 7 months ago

Lincoln would make an awesome setting! It has the historic beauty, and university ‘affluence’ but also the mid/north deprivation. I would think, being as you are looking at family secrets, and being as the rich, chic family with secrets is a trope probably too predictable… I like the reflection you could build from a very historic setting -…[Read more]
Debi Alper replied to the topic I've gone and done it again! in the forum Podium 7 years, 7 months ago

I AM SO BLOODY EXCITED!
Tony Lyttle replied to the topic Help with setting in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 7 months ago

You could have an industrial ‘dirty old town’ with back-to-back terraced housing where the kids still play in the streets, ancient pubs, pawn shops and run down motor repair lots and a ‘new’ posh housing estate with a children’s’ playground and the area by the canal nicely landscaped, built on the site of an old factory that went out of business.…[Read more]
Alan Rain replied to the topic Example Cover Letter in the forum Blogs 7 years, 7 months ago

Hi Philippa,

Yes, I think this version is considerably better, and the point you make about when the possession occurs is a good one.
The trick is condensing a fairly comprehensive physiology. I’ve made the manananggal a species that can reproduce, rather than a single entity. Galina is first possessed in her mother’s womb, and the spirit lies…[Read more]
Alan Rain replied to the topic Help with setting in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 7 months ago

Hi Philippa,

The tension in the child / parent relationship could be enhanced by creating a similar displacement in the setting.

For example, an ugly estate next to a historic castle, or by contrasting the conditions: a pretty village suffering some extreme weather, like flooding / gales.
Similarly, have poor people in an affluent area.
(For me,…[Read more]
Woolleybeans replied to the topic Help with setting in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 7 months ago

Lincoln covers most of the things on the list, I think, plus students and being hilly.

What are the family like?
Philippa East started the topic Help with setting in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 7 months ago

Hello everyone,

I wonder if you can help me with an element of my novel… SETTING (arg!!)

As part of the editing process, I am trying to develop a deeper sense of place in my story. The novel is set in a mid-sized East Midlands town, with various geographical features (such as a canal) which serve scenes in the story.

Beyond that, the town…[Read more]
Philippa East replied to the topic I've gone and done it again! in the forum Podium 7 years, 7 months ago

Oh excellent! You are on a ROLL. Well done!
Philippa East replied to the topic Example Cover Letter in the forum Blogs 7 years, 7 months ago

Hi @alanr

I think this definitely sounds clearer and more focused, well done. You sound like you understand your own book, because you have described it clearly in para 1.

Couple of thoughts for the blurb bit (the bit we want to “zing”) – given that the book centres around the manananggal, I am curious to know how Galina becomes possessed……[Read more]
Elle replied to the topic I've gone and done it again! in the forum Podium 7 years, 7 months ago

That’s brilliant news! Congratulations Janette.
Seagreen replied to the topic I've gone and done it again! in the forum Podium 7 years, 7 months ago

Just saw the news on Facebook but Woohoo! again 😀
Jules replied to the topic I've gone and done it again! in the forum Podium 7 years, 7 months ago

Well done, Janette. Brilliant news 😊
Tony Lyttle replied to the topic I've gone and done it again! in the forum Podium 7 years, 7 months ago

Terrific news. Well done, Janette.
JT. replied to the topic I've gone and done it again! in the forum Podium 7 years, 7 months ago

That’s fabulous new. Congratulations. Time to open the bubbly.
John S Alty replied to the topic I've gone and done it again! in the forum Podium 7 years, 7 months ago

Well done Janette!
Janette started the topic I've gone and done it again! in the forum Podium 7 years, 7 months ago

I can’t believe I’m writing this, but I have more good news to share. I have just been informed that my story, 32 Ivy Place, has won the Doris Gooderson Short Story Competition. They had this to say:

All the judges enjoyed reading your story and I have the pleasure of informing you that it has been judged to be one of the top three.

We…[Read more]
Athelstone posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago

Mean and generous tied at 11 each so the outcome at the moment is generous by default. Anybody yet to vote who feels like being mean?
- Whisks replied 7 years, 7 months ago
  
  Generous please. There’s already enough meanness in the world.
  - Athelstone replied 7 years, 7 months ago
    
    That’s true of the world. But had you considered that a little meanness might help the short story challenge?
    - Whisks replied 7 years, 7 months ago
      
      No, m’dear. I don’t know enough about it to consider whether or not it needs help – and assume it’ll be strong enough. 😀
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