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Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 2 months ago
Today we had our 10,000th post. Well done Denizens! Keep posting.
I can’t see it, so I suspect it’s in a private group, somewhere.
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Daedalus replied to the topic Cover reveal for This Is Our Undoing in the forum Podium 5 years, 2 months ago
That’s not the worst Wordsworth Classics cover, sadly https://www.amazon.co.uk/Middlemarch-Wordsworth-Classics-George-Eliot/dp/1853262374/
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Yeuch … Still, fair play to her for levitating on one wrist.
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I think she might be balancing on the stump of the other arm too
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Athelstone replied to the topic Cover reveal for This Is Our Undoing in the forum Podium 5 years, 2 months ago
It is, isn’t it?
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Athelstone replied to the topic Cover reveal for This Is Our Undoing in the forum Podium 5 years, 2 months ago
I suppose that once a book and an author become so well known that the text will survive whatever the publisher throws at it, things are different. The various covers for Mrs Dalloway were what I thought of straight away. They are almost always a portrait of a woman, often Woolf herself, but there are few that would positively prevent a purchase.…[Read more]
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Sandra replied to the topic Book shops in the forum Podium 5 years, 2 months ago
Our local indie bookshop – https://www.drakethebookshop.co.uk/ – is doing a brilliant job of keeping us stocked up with books – and says he has deliveries of stock arriving daily for click and collect. I’ve already spent £100 with him this year – and my ‘need’ list grows ever longer.
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RichardB started the topic Richard's Musical Byways: Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny, and Percy's Song in the forum Blogs 5 years, 2 months ago
I’m sure we all have our favourite music tracks, beloved songs that we never tire of and stay with us all through our lives. Let me introduce you to one of mine, by way of a little trip down memory lane…
In these days when the word ‘music’ used on its own is routinely taken to mean all the various manifestations of what used to be called ‘pop,’…[Read more]
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Sandra replied to the topic Monthly Comp – March 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 2 months ago
Catalyst
Despite the haste of his extreme, and unavoidably, late arrival – ‘Sorry, sorry, bastards took my phone so no way to warn. I’ll be fine, just need to wash the blood off … nose, yeah. Not broken. No, it’s fine, Alix paid my cab off at the door. And yeah, the police took witness statements.’ – he’d caught a glimpse of her as he hurri…[Read more]
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RichardB posted an update 5 years, 2 months ago
The other day when I tried to submit a new topic in the forums I got ‘This topic is waiting for moderation.’ Either there’s been a change of policy (though I haven’t seen any notice of that) or it was a software glitch. The fact that, over a week later, the topic still hasn’t appeared, neither have I received any message about it, suggests to me…[Read more]
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Sorry Richard, I meant to pass this on to @athelstone and @jillybean when you mentioned it the other day. I’m pretty sure it’s a glitch, but could the mods elaborate?
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Sorry, Richard, definitely a glitch although I have no idea why. I have no “list” or notification of anything waiting for approval, but as approving is something I can do, I’ve done it. Maybe Jules has some idea.
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Help, @athelstone! I tried to edit it and the bloody thing’s vanished again! Argh!
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Is it still AWOL? I just managed to read it. Fabulous blog by the way.
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Yes, sure enough, it was back to “waiting approval”. Well, I approved it again. And I approve of it.
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Thank you. Twice (or maybe thrice) over, that is.
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I hope this isn’t a sign of things to come. While I was checking your blog’s status, I spotted two other posts for “approval”. One was from @libby and the other from @raine. Libby, apologies. The post has a date indicating that it was created yesterday, but the number suggests it’s much older. It’s your post on bookshops and the impact of covid.…[Read more]
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No problem, @athelstone
I thought at the time that as I’d started a new thread, it was waiting for moderation. Then I sort of forgot about it. It was from last year when book wholesalers were hampered by Lockdown 1 and therefore bookshops couldn’t simply order stock in usual way.
As a postscript, ordering from the existing stock of a small…[Read more]
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Athelstone replied to the topic Cover reveal for This Is Our Undoing in the forum Podium 5 years, 2 months ago
It is an excellent fox. Foxes are cool.
I think I understand really well why you wouldn’t want a human face on the cover. A huge part of the pleasure of reading a novel, is the way the characters reveal themselves to us as the story progresses. A picture of somebody, fully-formed, denies the reader that pleasure. But you can understand why…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Cover reveal for This Is Our Undoing in the forum Podium 5 years, 2 months ago
Stunning, Raine.
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Daedalus replied to the topic Cloudie short story challenge publication in the forum Podium 5 years, 2 months ago
Aaah, that makes sense! Yes, now you mention it I think I recall more attention on that aspect. I think it worked. Good on you, lovely to see your writing get more recognition
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Daedalus replied to the topic Cloudie short story challenge publication in the forum Podium 5 years, 2 months ago
That’s interesting @raine, the story seemed pretty much exactly as I remembered it so I don’t suppose too much can have changed? Really glad to see my writing friends appearing in my favourite sources
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Daedalus replied to the topic Cloudie short story challenge publication in the forum Podium 5 years, 2 months ago
I treated myself to the podcast this morning. Wonderful story, lovely to hear it being read. SH is a fantastic home for it, one of my very favourite mags
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Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 2 months ago
Things that go Bump: with just over one week remaining, only half the votes are in.
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I have just story-binged. It was marvellous. Now I need to recover, and think, and might just (against all my expectations) vote in time…
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly comp – February 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 2 months ago
Well done, Janette!
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp – February 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 2 months ago
Well done Janette!
@Athelstone – yup. Rocky Horror Show at The Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton whilst at uni. And then at The Haymarket Theatre, Leicester, when we were in a minority dressed up, and me and Mr Squidge got into the local paper cos the reporter wanted to know what made people dress up that way to watch a show. (We were dressed as…[Read more]
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Rocky Horror’s a hoot, isn’t it? Might have to go again.
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Sandra replied to the topic Monthly comp – February 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 2 months ago
Yay indeed – well done Janette! And well done for choosing from such a disparate selection, Athers.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly comp – February 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 2 months ago
4 fab entries.
Sandra: a mind tortured by contemplation of an almost-certain affair and a child on the way that may not be his own. But which betrayal warrants the biggest shiver? What a deliciously twisted tale.
Seagreen: what an terrible tale – but writing as sharp as February frost. It isn’t the weather that makes the reader shiver, but an…[Read more]
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Thank you, Ath, for the prompt, and for the nice comments. I’ll go and put my thinking cap on now.
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp – February 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 3 months ago
Just Another Night at the Theatre.
Suspenders. Check.
Stockings. Check.
Corset and lacy panties. Check.
Stilettos.Check.
Pearl necklace. Make up to die for. Check.
Lab coat. Check.
Rubber gloves. Check.
Rice, torch, water pistol, newspaper, confetti, party hat, rubber gloves. Check.
Sense of humour. Check.
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Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 3 months ago
Dear Denizens,
I hope you are all well and not too discommoded by the present restrictions on movement and fraternisation in your various locales.
May I draw your attention to the date. I observe that there are 6 days and some hours before the February Monthly Comp closes. So far we have two superb entries, and there is plenty of room for more.…[Read more]-
Seem to be on a roll producing shorts at the mo – I’ll see what I can do. No promises… 😉
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Phew, didn’t think I’d find the time for this one, but squeezed in (sideways) a quick effort today.
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