Den of Writers | Danielle Simpson | Friends Activity https://www.denofwriters.com/members/danielle/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Danielle Simpson's friends. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:17:20 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 c39a23bf48bd7275a284e5ef6a2e878a Philippa East posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/23579/#acomment-23581 Sat, 16 Nov 2024 20:55:47 +0000 Hi Libby and @janette.
Here below is a copy of my original letter to the society of authors.
I think that a “Christmas appeal” letter, encouraging readers and book-buyers to support ordinary authors by avoiding celebrity titles would be great! I’ve been chatting loads about this issue in my various writing networks, so I think that if we were…[Read more]

In reply to - Janette started the topic Is a social media Christmas appeal worthwhile? in the forum Blogs Recently, @Philippa East posted a copy of her letter to the Society of Authors on facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/photo […] ]]> ff2fcd4c7ce34ceac79bdeba95a0f9b7 Philippa East replied to the topic My ride so far on the rollercoaster that is publishing in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/my-ride-so-far-on-the-rollercoaster-that-is-publishing/#post-8022 Sat, 21 Mar 2020 21:20:37 +0000 This is SO SO SO fantastic! And what a ride! Laure really has worked so hard for this, constantly writing and submitting short stories, going on courses, writing and re-writing her novel(s), and continually striving for her break. SO PROUD OF HER!

]]> 0 b91f0e00a4be5fa1bd572a2b7682c11d Philippa East replied to the topic Good news this time - finally! in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/good-news-this-time-finally/#post-8021 Sat, 21 Mar 2020 20:19:57 +0000 This is such brilliant news, Janette! I can wait to hear all about the book… and see it on the shelves in all its published glory! Xxx

]]> 0 2c60a20d30e8e93e3711ab7192fc2266 Philippa East replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/recent-agent-experience/#post-7867 Sun, 08 Mar 2020 11:11:13 +0000 Oh Hil, I’m so sorry. You know my thoughts on this through the messages we’ve exchanged, and I just send my commiserations again xxx

]]> 0 2106ae00140897fb09108594d23e317c Philippa East replied to the topic Dipping my toe back in in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/dipping-my-toe-back-in/page/2/#post-7229 Thu, 23 Jan 2020 13:44:30 +0000 WELCOME HOME, MANDY!!!!

So great to have you back. I have been wondering how you’ve been getting on. I know a lot has gone on for you.

I’m pleased you’re engaging with your draft. It’s rough, that point int he process!

Power to your elbow…

]]> 0 e2a77f528e258d52e0ae7e5f4aaf023f Philippa East posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/12471/#acomment-12517 Tue, 07 Jan 2020 18:28:35 +0000 Thanks guys!

In reply to - Philippa East posted an update Hello Everyone and HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Well, this means that it is THIS YEAR that Little White Lies comes out… Most of you already have these details, but below is a link (via […] ]]> d1ae8f8b177199afdc17b67863ef6e0e Philippa East posted an update: Hello Everyone and HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Well, this means that […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/12471/ Fri, 03 Jan 2020 15:06:56 +0000 Hello Everyone and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Well, this means that it is THIS YEAR that Little White Lies comes out…

Most of you already have these details, but below is a link (via Facebook) to the OFFICIAL LAUNCH!

https://www.facebook.com/events/566502330574153/

I’d be delighted to see you there, if you fancy coming along.

Wishing you a…[Read more]

]]> 7 549f80196c448c989b96464a8b7fe64e Philippa East replied to the topic Bumbling Round the Citadel in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/bumbling-round-the-citadel/#post-6592 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 14:41:38 +0000 *John, sorry!

]]> 0 e7ba3f69a0ebe6e9d16213cbfdf9bcc6 Philippa East replied to the topic Bumbling Round the Citadel in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/bumbling-round-the-citadel/#post-6591 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 14:41:12 +0000 Thank you Jon!

]]> 0 a5061784da63cd8ccbc64e760ca132f2 Philippa East replied to the topic Story idea in the forum Coffee Shop https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/story-idea/#post-6528 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:54:13 +0000 Ooo, it’s a bit like an updated spin on Dead Calm!

BTW – don’t assume you won’t write this idea. I almost gave an idea once… but then realised actually I wanted to write it myself!

]]> 0 fb96be323d1fefeb9833237543d8831c Philippa East replied to the topic Bumbling Round the Citadel in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/bumbling-round-the-citadel/#post-6527 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:50:19 +0000 Aw, you star, Jane!!! Thank you so much!! It really means a lot
BTW You are in the acknowledgements 🙂
xx

]]> 0 2dddf6fbd8d6b397e6ab3a0d5e3a0e50 Philippa East replied to the topic Bumbling Round the Citadel in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/bumbling-round-the-citadel/#post-6526 Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:49:35 +0000 Hi Athelstone! And thanks.
Yes, I’m currently planning a launch party for February (whoop!). It will likely be in Lincoln, and you will all be welcome! Details to follow once I’ve sorted them out…

]]> 0 d69984958b6c2d754cd803f0f333e2c0 Philippa East replied to the topic Bumbling Round the Citadel in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/bumbling-round-the-citadel/#post-6494 Wed, 23 Oct 2019 14:52:59 +0000 Hah hah! Reading back, I think I maybe make it sound worse than it was. Despite all the tears and tantrums, it still felt like a privilege to sit down and create something with my words. I still knew this was what I wanted to do. Plus, I have a lovely agent who I knew would support me. At the time, it was all so new though, such a steep learning…[Read more]

]]> 0 9f2cda7aaa7ab6be70dfd7a4f6a5f742 Philippa East replied to the topic Bumbling Round the Citadel in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/bumbling-round-the-citadel/#post-6470 Tue, 22 Oct 2019 15:30:36 +0000 Hah hah, yeah! Well, I suppose I could have not bothered reading the page proofs and just left it to the proof reader. But when I asked other authors, they all advised checking myself, saying I would KICK myself down the line if I spotted typos I could have caught! TBH though, I’ll take page proofs over structural edits any day!

]]> 0 b495db86b77c99f6f0e2b44aae2b68e0 Philippa East posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/11641/#acomment-11644 Mon, 21 Oct 2019 19:52:02 +0000 Agreed!!

In reply to - KazG changed their profile picture ]]> a2971896270bd4190838c6d04d5f2d18 Philippa East started the topic Bumbling Round the Citadel in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/bumbling-round-the-citadel/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 19:45:36 +0000 Hello Denizens,
Following up on my previous two blogs (which you can find here and here), here is the latest instalment on my publishing journey. I hope it is useful to you and good luck to everyone for whatever stage you’re at in your own writing journey xxx

December 2018
As you may recall, on 4th December 2018, I officially accepted a two-book…[Read more]

]]> 0 b667fa4a5416e956b860981ae5a709fe Philippa East replied to the topic Flash fiction success in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/flash-fiction-success/#post-6038 Thu, 12 Sep 2019 09:32:13 +0000 Just seen this – FANTASTIC, WELL DONE! Have a brilliant time at the ceremony. Bask bask bask!!!

]]> 0 b5aff63642a6f56d6f3395c21c6df0f1 Philippa East joined the group Songs of Innocence and Experience https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/10807/ Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:37:29 +0000 0 cc05c2b27e01cc42c3ebe7ea914c7dcd Philippa East replied to the topic Mobile phones in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/mobile-phones/#post-5842 Fri, 16 Aug 2019 11:10:44 +0000 Yeah, works. Nice one! Love the sound of the story and the dynamic between these characters x

]]> 0 3ac1f00fc153362fab81c08f100ada26 Philippa East replied to the topic Mobile phones in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/mobile-phones/#post-5831 Wed, 14 Aug 2019 17:44:54 +0000 Damn don’t you just hate when reality gets in the way of a good turn of phrase! I do love the sound of that last line.

I wonder if you could play with the idea of someone repeatedly redialling so that the ringing sound becomes continuous even if each call begins and ends. Perhaps you could tweak the last line slightly to read something like…[Read more]

]]> 0 4b6fac9ef4b6b02b8655cb1a5fd7569c Philippa East replied to the topic From Bloom to Blizzard in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/from-bloom-to-blizzard/#post-5765 Tue, 06 Aug 2019 09:39:54 +0000 This is wonderful! Congratulations, Squidge!

]]> 0 a58060c0c7341b0092e170104b358d62 Philippa East replied to the topic Publishing deal!! in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/publishing-deal-3/page/2/#post-5623 Sat, 13 Jul 2019 20:58:10 +0000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes YES YES YES!!!!!

]]> 0 c06cc31a79aaf2cee88497fc893913c6 Philippa East replied to the topic Bath Novel Award Successes in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/bath-novel-award-successes/#post-5468 Sat, 22 Jun 2019 20:32:35 +0000 Oh my goodness, this is amazing!!! Massive congratulations to you both. What a brilliant Den success!

]]> 0 a42b1bcb57e259bfd78b27eea4c4f5bb Philippa East replied to the topic New Book Release: Revolt (The King's Knight) in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/new-book-release-revolt-the-kings-knight/#post-5387 Wed, 12 Jun 2019 18:21:06 +0000 Wonderful news, Jules!! Congratulations. The book sounds fab!

]]> 0 fb180fbf272f9525b896504098b31ab7 Philippa East posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/9422/#acomment-9564 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 16:27:26 +0000 THAT IS MISLEADING ADVERTISING, SURELY! So funny that we all interpreted it the same way!!! “Grr, how can anyone claim to write book in an hour, grrr!!!!”

In reply to - Squidge posted an update So… I’ve seen an advert for a ‘Write a book in an hour’ event run by a bookshop. To give the author credit, he has actually written a book that’s been well received. But surely, ‘writing […] ]]> 3e5500f2d808e858c3e6a59a48261423 Philippa East posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/9450/#acomment-9563 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 16:25:47 +0000 Like finding a tenner down the back of the sofa.

In reply to - Woolleybeans posted an update I decided to copy/paste a scene from an earlier draft of my ever-in-progress novel. What I found was at least two nearly full drafts (in terms of wordcount) that I have little memory of writing. ]]> 9e81f25f3a7bda32120a79604d4cd698 Philippa East posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/9531/#acomment-9562 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 16:24:28 +0000 Boo to the hormones, but pleased you’ve found a way to keep things moving forwards nonetheless. It all has to be done at some point, so in a way it doesn’t matter in what order. Whatever helps keep the momentum flowing(ish)

In reply to - Squidge posted an update Dilemma: Book 1 with publisher being edited. Waiting for their response to my responses. Book 2 with publisher, waiting to see if they like it – though I know it needs work. Book 3 […] ]]> 89961841da40f6d26ba9f07a34e640d4 Philippa East posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/9321/#acomment-9390 Tue, 21 May 2019 17:22:08 +0000 Thanks Kate! What is it about second halves, eh? I think maybe I’m still not clear yet about what core elements a second half needs to have (other than a climax), whereas I feel I quite naturally understand first halves now. Hum.

In reply to - Philippa East posted an update Oh my God, I’ve begun writing Book 2. I wrote a first 2,000 words today, and my plan is to write 2,000 words a day, five days a week for the next 2 months (=80,000 words). I am […] ]]> d942c32690aa1a2f62e88251a65aa10e Philippa East posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/9321/#acomment-9341 Mon, 20 May 2019 15:40:57 +0000 Thanks Raine! Good to know I’m not alone in my fogginess. Not sure I’m ready to share what it’s about yet. Better get more to grips with it myself first!

In reply to - Philippa East posted an update Oh my God, I’ve begun writing Book 2. I wrote a first 2,000 words today, and my plan is to write 2,000 words a day, five days a week for the next 2 months (=80,000 words). I am […] ]]> dc292b821bf7b5fb22746e2ead788c23 Philippa East replied to the topic Unediting in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/unediting/#post-5178 Mon, 20 May 2019 08:21:52 +0000 Such an interesting post, Squidge. In general, if I find myself changing something then changing it back again, it’s usually because that isn’t really the problem, and there’s something slightly different which I actually need to fix.

For example, I might fiddle around with a sentence structure or a word choice and then realise the real problem…[Read more]

]]> 0 017867ab090660f4f098ad712ff9f2c0 Philippa East posted an update: Oh my God, I've begun writing Book 2. I wrote a first […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/9321/ Mon, 20 May 2019 08:16:14 +0000 Oh my God, I’ve begun writing Book 2.
I wrote a first 2,000 words today, and my plan is to write 2,000 words a day, five days a week for the next 2 months (=80,000 words). I am writing without editing or looking back. I have an outline which covers the first half of the book, but the second half is still pretty foggy in my head. I feel I’ll only…[Read more]

]]> 4 c9f1745d4a521ea1f92b8dadef161e18 Philippa East replied to the topic Terminal discouragement? in the forum Coffee Shop https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/terminal-discouragement/page/2/#post-5105 Wed, 08 May 2019 08:21:58 +0000 Thanks Squidge and Woolleybeans – really interesting.

]]> 0 069d845340e00a8fd0c61f5bf7fc7fb2 Philippa East replied to the topic Terminal discouragement? in the forum Coffee Shop https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/terminal-discouragement/page/2/#post-5089 Tue, 07 May 2019 08:25:48 +0000 “Some of the stuff I see posted is very…not pretentious, exactly, but it is fairly obvious that for some on the courses, they are still at the experimental and learning stage which means they are sticking to tried and tested formulae in order to ‘make their way’ in the world.”

This is really interesting, @squidge. Can you describe more what you m…[Read more]

]]> 0 b7a3d6d69525bae4fc553369aee3267c Philippa East posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/9005/#acomment-9034 Thu, 02 May 2019 10:31:36 +0000 Yeah, interesting. They must have seen that the subscription-based model just wasn’t creating the necessary sense of community. Feel a bit torn now! Not sure I want to go back, especially now we have the Den. But if it gets going like the Word Cloud, I may well rejoin.

In reply to - Athelstone posted an update So, Jericho Writers has (have?) scrapped the Townhouse forum and launched Jericho Townhouse which is open to the public and free, it […] ]]> 27534841463f335f5ce3931bd230e42f Philippa East posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/8878/#acomment-8953 Thu, 25 Apr 2019 20:29:29 +0000 Good luck! We’re rooting for you! And ignore that cat…

In reply to - Raine posted an update Hullo. Back from easter (we don’t do easter monday in Scotland, no idea why. Something to do with the English stealing it off us, probably). I have done NO writing and NO editing over the […] ]]> 3d9a9e2f9f97aa6b5a3d30f1956f5f49 Philippa East replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/short-story-publication-competition/page/9/#post-4961 Tue, 16 Apr 2019 12:35:05 +0000 Thanks guys!

]]> 0 50c7fd265adbb59ebc9c12447bf4b40a Philippa East posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/8823/#acomment-8841 Tue, 16 Apr 2019 12:34:28 +0000 Whoop whoop yay whoo hoo!!!! This is fantastic news, @kazg, so so pleased for you! I will keep it all crossed, but whatever happens, it bodes VERY well for the book overall. And I LOVE the title! Crossing everything, and please keep us posted.

In reply to - KazG posted an update in the group December SloMo Hi SloMoers, how’s it going? One bit of exciting news from my own endless submission process – Danielle told me that Lisa (the Penguin editor) has confirmed she’s […] ]]> 024522061722cfc6359811957a767e67 Philippa East replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/short-story-publication-competition/page/9/#post-4960 Tue, 16 Apr 2019 12:31:33 +0000 The wall or one’s head, @katemachon?!

]]> 0 abafc29b05b197f2e721ac579e0b237a Philippa East replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/short-story-publication-competition/page/8/#post-4946 Sun, 14 Apr 2019 18:38:27 +0000 This story (in its various drafts) got rejected eleven (11!!!) times before it finally found a home last month with Barren Magazine.

https://barrenmagazine.com/the-catechism-of-ms-o/

]]> 0 3a04c9f9edff974b92e483766d12365e Philippa East replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/short-story-publication-competition/page/8/#post-4945 Sun, 14 Apr 2019 18:36:04 +0000 Fab work, @Elle!

]]> 0 b8cdbfc3904ae148036ee8592cd65696 Philippa East replied to the topic Help/brainstorming needed please - using antagonist narrator in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/help-brainstorming-needed-please-using-antagonist-narrator/#post-4900 Sun, 07 Apr 2019 16:28:31 +0000 You have to be a member to access though.

Oh, I didn’t think it was for younger people. Read it as adult for sure. Hope it finds its form in the end, and that your other projects are going okay meantime. X

]]> 0 a8d6c39a9d8a21cf5d9aae7ae2c86e9c Philippa East replied to the topic Help/brainstorming needed please - using antagonist narrator in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/help-brainstorming-needed-please-using-antagonist-narrator/#post-4890 Fri, 05 Apr 2019 17:08:18 +0000 Hey @bellam, I just saw an extract of your book on the JW slushpile live video (with the Bent Agency). I thought it was great, and I’m so intrigued about your characters, especially Molly. Hope you’ve worked our your narrative device…. 🙂

]]> 0 5c42f6da825b7ec1da01bfffcc5d541d Philippa East posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/8666/#acomment-8707 Wed, 03 Apr 2019 21:16:25 +0000 Congratulations, Fiona!!

In reply to - Raine posted an update Anyone going to @bric‘s launch tomorrow – I’ll see you there!! 🙂 🙂 ]]> 85f41b0002734ea1a8965f61bd2ed0ad Philippa East posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/8498/#acomment-8579 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 20:59:54 +0000 Not this year, I’m afraid.

In reply to - Athelstone posted an update So! York anybody? https://members.jerichowriters.com/bazaar/festival-of-writing-early-bird-offer/?inf_contact_key=ecb77eeb34fbb94f20ea4d775b7cb01f ]]> 35d4a7915c83fb370281bc0033020e7e Philippa East posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/8547/#acomment-8577 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 20:57:04 +0000 Oh my goodness, @kazg, I am keeping everything crossed for you. But whatever happens with PRH, I’m sure you’re well set up for wider subs, and WELL DONE for already having made progress on Book 2. I will have a look at Camp April. But we can always set up a support forum on the Den (extend December slo. O?). I need to make some inroads (ANY…[Read more]

In reply to - KazG posted an update in the group December SloMo OK I’m doing it! IT being Camp NaNo for April. I have to rewrite the book I did for NaNo anyway, as I’m now condensing what I thought were two more books into one – […] ]]> f4e7219bed052cdea06a471a4eb795c7 Philippa East replied to the topic Writers & Artists short story comp in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/writers-artists-short-story-comp/#post-4801 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 20:54:37 +0000 CONGRATULATIONS,!!

]]> 0 7832a2cf566b5d255e22971fc294b031 Philippa East posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/8465/#acomment-8493 Sun, 24 Mar 2019 19:30:34 +0000 I know, it fools me into thinking im achieving something / something is being achieved. Such fallacy, but there we go!

In reply to - Philippa East posted an update Currently displacing my editing angst and self-medicating by watching the counter on the Revoke Article 50 petition. It’s not a great look. *sigh* ]]> c86e5ae8c0d180882abc6f59afeb741f Philippa East posted an update: Currently displacing my editing angst and self-medicating by […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/8465/ Fri, 22 Mar 2019 11:22:44 +0000 Currently displacing my editing angst and self-medicating by watching the counter on the Revoke Article 50 petition.
It’s not a great look. *sigh*

]]> 2 09464e6199b0d053fd3516c678afd623 Philippa East posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/8396/#acomment-8455 Thu, 21 Mar 2019 14:53:21 +0000 You’re welcome! *doffs cap*

And I threw a typo in for good measure. Just to prove (kinda) my point.

In reply to - Raine posted an update in the group December SloMo Morning slomoers. I need a KICK goddammit. Please someone put a knife to my throat or something. I am translating agent/publisher silence into a complete inability […] ]]> 28bd10c34522dc39b9b5b7c7f86f6cb0 Philippa East posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/8433/#acomment-8454 Thu, 21 Mar 2019 14:51:45 +0000 CONGRATULATIONS!!!

In reply to - Raine posted an update Quickest story acceptance ever: 2 hrs. Epic. ]]>