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Athelstone replied to the topic Fantasy Anthology in the forum Podium 6 years ago
Huzzah, Kate! I shall keep my eyes open for it.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Tilda and the Mines of Pergatt in the forum Podium 6 years ago
I’m SOOOOO late in saying a huge “WELL DONE”. I’ve bought the Kindle edition and hopefully I can get a signed paperback in future – even if I have to wait until York next year.
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Elle replied to the topic Tilda and the Mines of Pergatt in the forum Podium 6 years ago
Happy (belated) publication day!
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Kate replied to the topic 18 Worthy Websites for Writers in the forum Marketplace 6 years ago
Thanks, Doug.
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Kate started the topic Fantasy Anthology in the forum Podium 6 years, 1 month ago
For anyone who likes a bit of fantasy, here’s a link to a soon to be available anthology. It also happens to contains my Steampunk story The Sky’s the Limit! 😀
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I’ve made a pre-publication order 🙂
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Thanks, Libby.
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Well done, Kate!
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Congratulations, Kate 😊
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Looks worth checking out. Thanks for sharing!
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Sandra posted an update 6 years, 1 month ago
Congratulations to @Philippa, who’s ‘Little white lies’ has been long-listed for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger award.
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More great news on the Den! Congratulations, Philippa. Long may the success continue!
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Way to go!
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Brilliant news x
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It is great news. And those of us subscribed to Jericho Writers Online Festival can see Philippa talking about her road to publication on 10 June
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Hello everyone, this is my first post as a new member and it is fitting seeing as I learned of the Den through that Webinar with Philippa East at the Jericho Festival. I was inspired by the journey she described and it has been the best event I have attended so far.
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Welcome to the Den, Andrew.
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Squidge posted an update in the group
CoronaMo 6 years, 1 month agoBack on Tilda 3 after some hair-raising stuff with Tilda 2 edits and typesets. Got a longlisting in a comp, and Tilda 2 has been published. Things are more settled, thank goodness. Perhaps I’m just in a better headspace?
How’s everyone else?
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Squidge posted an update 6 years, 1 month ago
Found out I’ve been longlisted for the Leicester Writes Short Story Prize (again – made it in 2017, too). 😀
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Congratulations! Can we read the stories anywhere?
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Ditto, it’d be cool to see them.
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The longlisted stories will all be published later in the year – October I think. But if you want a flavour of previous years selections, the anthologies can be purchased here: http://dahlia-books.kong365.com/en-gb/collections/our-books?page=1
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Congratulations Squidge. Lovely news.
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That’s great news, Squidge. Well done and, I’m sure, well deserved!
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Great news, Squidge. Congratulations!
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Squidge started the topic Tilda and the Mines of Pergatt in the forum Podium 6 years, 1 month ago
Just to tell you that the second of the Chronicles of Issraya series has been published! Yay!
Tilda and the Mines of Pergatt is available from Amazon or the Bedazzled Ink Book Peddler, and I’m delighted to see that the ebook of both Tilda 1 and Tilda 2 have had their prices cut dramatically. (Which is a good thing as I’m not certain when…[Read more]
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Congratulations, Squidge. Do you have any posts or tweets you would like amplified? Must check in with Tilda and find out what happens next!
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Thanks, Jules – there are a couple of posts up on the Scribbles https://squidgesscribbles.blogspot.com/ , one of which has a little video about why I chose a mining setting for this story. I’m not a Twitterer but any posts there by anyone else would be appreciated. I’ll try to set up a Q&A once folk have started to read the book – probably do that…[Read more]
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Congratulations. Must be lovely to see your baby out in the world.
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic Sorry not sorry in the forum Blogs 6 years, 1 month ago
Beautifully written, but so infuriating!
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Thanks Mad – I know, I’m BOILING with fury!
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I gather now, from the Guardian, that it was a ‘misunderstanding’ on the part of RTZ. I feel this probably makes things worse.
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Squidge posted an update 6 years, 1 month ago
How’s everyone doing as things start to ease? Had some tricky deadlines to meet (note to self- read the blasted edit properly first time, and don’t leave it to the typeset to make some plot changes) so haven’t been around.
Sock production has reduced now the weather’s improved, but gardening has increased. Not that I’m a gardener, really. More…[Read more]
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I second that approach to gardening, Squidge. It’s been a weird couple of months but I have got a lot of writing done. Loved the cover for the second Tilda book btw!
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Thank you! I’m really interested to see what Bink give Tilda for the other books…there are bones in 3, dragons in 4 and I’m still working out number 5! 😉 All I do know is that the colour of the books will reflect the region where the action happens – so we’ve had red and green, still got yellow, purple and blue to come.
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp – May 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 1 month ago
Sorry – have had a deadline on the novel, so completely forgot about the May comp! Well done Jill!
And thanks for the comments, Libby. You read a lot more into my little walk than I realised or intended… 😉
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It’s interesting when a piece of writing develops a life of its own. And encouraging too I hope 🙂
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly comp – May 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 1 month ago
I’m pleased the critique was useful, Jill.
I forgot to link names, and as we haven’t heard from @squidge here’s a direct contact.
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Sandra replied to the topic Monthly comp – May 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 1 month ago
Well done Jill – you came so close to winning on YWP that it is only justice you come first here.
And thank you Libby for setting a theme which sent me back to all of these small stones and properly gather them in one place (now up to #94
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly comp – May 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 1 month ago
All these entries are wonderful! Goodness, it has been hard to choose a winner. I love the way they all capture the detail of immediate surroundings at the same time as linking to a wider world, and how each one answers the competition’s brief in such interesting ways. All these pieces show acute sensibilities and curiosity, and I really enjoyed…[Read more]
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Athelstone started the topic Sorry not sorry in the forum Blogs 6 years, 1 month ago
This link is to a marvellous but heart-breaking blog by our very own @KazG. Maybe wait a bit before reading if your blood pressure is high right now.
Linked with permission.
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Unbelievable! Well done Kaz for highlighting this.
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It IS unbelievable 🙁 Thanks Kate.
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And also Ath, for sharing it.
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp – May 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 1 month ago
A circuitous route – the same-old, same-old – but not so taken for granted as once it was.
Hot grey asphalt, its dull top layer peeled back by sun and tyres, glistening wet and black under, suggestive of a just-laid stickiness.
Pavements littered with the faded shadows of chalked rainbow messages to un-caped crusaders or old-fashioned hopscotch…[Read more]
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Raine posted an update 6 years, 1 month ago
7 weeks of homeschooling (9 of lockdown) done. 5 & 1/2 weeks of homeschooling left. The end is just beginning to appear over the horizon!
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Hurray! And well done on the home schooling. Have you managed to get any writing done as well?
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Mixed feelings about the whole school thing here – some are going back, some not, some parents agree, some don’t… Having seen reports where teh libraries are being taped off with hazard tape to stop the kids handling books, I don’t think I’ll be putting my volunteer librarian hat back on for some time…
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Yes, much as I and the mini are missing school (!), I am so glad we aren’t in England & facing going back to schools when it isn’t safe and when the measures schools are forced to use seem to be stripping all joy and light out of the school environment. Those photos of taped off bookshelves, and of chalked squares in the playground make me feel sick.
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Bits, yes. I am struggling health-wise, and my capacity to structure and concentrate is shot to pieces. But I am doing lots of ‘research’ reading (about hedge magic, herbal remedies, victorian women botanists and the British Raj!), and pantsing a couple of novels that are almost certainly destined for the bin but are providing some escape for now.…[Read more]
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Glad to hear you are managing to write ‘bits’ but very sorry about the ill-health. It’s a bugger, especially when you know that you’re not firing on all cylinders – so frustrating on top of everything else. However just reading about your research makes me want to read the novel that will result! It’s an enticing concoction. There’s every chance…[Read more]
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