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Jules replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 12 months agoHome, unbeliever, vase
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Jules replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 12 months agoThis is great. It’s so far up my street it should be called Jules-ville. Thanks, Ath 😁
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I noticed that too 😉
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Sandra replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 12 months agoHome, unbeliever, painting
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Squidge replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 12 months agoI was only wondering if there’d be another story challenge soon…and then one pops up! Thanks, Ath! x
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Squidge replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 12 months agoHome; Believer; Painting
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Athelstone started the topic Things that go bump in the forum Blogs 6 years ago
Well, I’ve gone and done it again. Time for a short story challenge I believe. This one has a ghostly and supernatural theme. If you’d like to find out more then hurry over to the group Things that go bump. Once you have joined, you can read all about it in the forum.
You know you want to.
You’ll be sorry if you don’t.
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Phew – it’s been on mind for the past week or two … on my way.
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That time of year already. Hooray.
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RichardB started the topic Susie in the forum Blogs 6 years ago
When you’re in your mid-thirties with three young children, when your life, which not so many years before was right on the edge of falling apart, has finally settled down, just about the last thing in the world you could possibly need is to fall in love with a barmaid fourteen years your junior. But then, Susie was no ordinary barmaid.
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RichardB replied to the topic A Want of Discipline: Abergele, 1868 in the forum Blogs 6 years ago
That, of course, is because, while ”snwcr’ is one of the many words the Welsh have borrowed from English and re-spelt (rather entertainingly) phonetically in Welsh, ‘heddlu’ (hethly) is a real Welsh word. But the Welsh for policeman is ‘plismon’, and for policewoman – wait for it – ‘plismones’.
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RichardB replied to the topic A Want of Discipline: Abergele, 1868 in the forum Blogs 6 years ago
Ath: ‘Herald of Free Enterprise’, Grenfell Tower…
Libby: When we first moved to Wales we did a Welsh language course for a couple of years. It’s a hell of a hard language to learn (for example, there are at least a dozen ways of turning a singular noun into a plural and there are no hard and fast rules, so you have to remember each noun’s…[Read more]
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Athelstone replied to the topic A Want of Discipline: Abergele, 1868 in the forum Blogs 6 years ago
Fascinating, Richard. Rich’s words may have been ahead of their time, but that serves to emphasise how persistent the root causes of these disasters are. We still do it, even with our modern safety culture. Sadly, there are forces working to erode what gains have been made. The “Health & Safety Gone Mad” slogan may not belong to a formal campaign;…[Read more]
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Sandra posted an update 6 years ago
Lesley Glaister speaks about her writing process – both fascinating and encouraging in its familiarity: https://www.facebook.com/events/607610230131239/621568822068713/?notif_t=admin_plan_mall_activity¬if_id=1597861845278044
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RichardB started the topic A Want of Discipline: Abergele, 1868 in the forum Blogs 6 years ago
Up until the grouping of 1923 the London and North Western Railway, whose principal route was what is now called the West Coast Main Line from Euston as far as Carlisle, was the giant of British railways: indeed, at one time it was the largest commercial undertaking of any sort in the world. It was also, in its origins, one of the oldest,…[Read more]
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Jules replied to the topic Positive thoughts in the forum
CoronaMo 6 years agoWell done on the short story acceptance, Doug.
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Squidge posted an update 6 years ago
July’s comp is now July-and-August’s comp! If you fancy having a go, check it out here: https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-comp-july-2020/
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Jules replied to the topic A gasp escaped me! in the forum Blogs 6 years ago
Pretty sure Stephen King now has a team of fact checkers. But yes I imagine the tone of those letters is gleeful. What I’ll say for King is that even though he’s writing speculative fiction, he portrays characters who’ve had life experiences he has not respectfully. The same cannot be said for Boyne! One of the big problems with The Boy in the…[Read more]
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Sandra replied to the topic A gasp escaped me! in the forum Blogs 6 years ago
Ah, yes. I take your point Athers. My ignorance obscured it earlier.
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Athelstone replied to the topic A gasp escaped me! in the forum Blogs 6 years ago
There are degrees to this and a dependency on the type of book being written. I am not searching for an artificial precision in moral culpability. I am not saying that there are some absolute rules at play. I am saying that if you bend the truth to suit your story, while at the same time maintaining that what you write is authentic, then there are…[Read more]
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