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Sandra replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 4 months ago
Well done Ath – and thank you Libby – JUST the sort of challenge I best respond to (not sure what part the ebony pendant will play yet, but I’m glad of its inclusion). Much enjoyed your dialogue-only piece too Kate, so much action incorporated.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 4 months ago
A small field but some fab entries and I’m very happy to be picked!
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Raine started the topic Cover reveal for This Is Our Undoing in the forum Podium 5 years, 4 months ago
Hey all,
Just wanted to show you the cover for my book – I can’t post pictures here, but this link takes you to a wee blogpost. I witter a bit about it there, but you can ignore that and just admire the foxyness of the art. Daniele has done covers for the likes of Stephen King and lots more, so to have him do my art is pretty awesome. 🙂 It’s…[Read more]
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Congratulations. Looks fab. And very exciting!
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Fabulous, Raine! I look foward to reading about it in more detail on your blog.
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So thrilled for you Raine. This is a long time coming, but wow, what a result when it did. Looking forward to reading my copy.
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It is a thing of BEAUTY and I just love it, @raine! It’s so perfect for your prose – it’s mysterious and evocative and moody with an edge of wildness, and fox. It’s perfect! SO exciting isn’t it? xxx
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Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
A MESSAGE FOR ALL “THINGS THAT GO BUMP” ESSAYERS. There is an update in the group’s activity stream.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 4 months ago
Occasional rough language
Prat’s Key Wood
Prat’s Key Wood was as old as the hills. No, really.
Well, seeing as the hills are billions of years old and forged in the countless aeons before organic life, that’s a stretch. But, I mean 1) it was ancient to the max and 2) it took Jacko and a team of ten, and a bulldozer, and chainsaws, just one…[Read more]
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Raine posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
Well I’ve posted my Bump comp! Yay me. Was beginning to think I might not make it, but rush-jobness notwithstanding, at least it’s done now & I can read the others. 🙂
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For a rush job, it really is not too shabby.
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Finished mine too, but still reading/editing it.
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Also – yay you 🙂
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Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
Is it just me, or is the commercially produced garlic from supermarkets and greengrocers feeble old shite compared to the stuff I cooked with a few years back? I’ll swear it used to have some bite and tang to it, but these days I could stick whole bulbs in and hardly taste it. Going to try growing a few different types.
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No it’s not just you! Supermarket garlic tastes quite bland compared to the stuff I’ve cooked with while self-catering in France – though our local farm shop sometimes has decent bulbs.
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Definitely true. The garlic in the box I get from the organic farmer in the next village is ten times tastier than supermarket stuff.
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I agree. It has gone the way of so many other foods, so bland when mass produced. My France holiday (a distant memory) showed just how much.
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One of the first and most obvious changes is that after preparing a meal with garlic I’d have to scrub away at my hands for a good ten minutes and they’d still be poor company next day. These days a quick rinse is all that’s needed.
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Sandra replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 5 months ago
‘Also known as …’
Early Thursday, DS Mike Kennedy, on her arrival.
‘Infirmary’s been on. Ursula Bothwell died three this morning. Peacefully, they said.’
‘Cause?’
‘Not known. Which means –’
‘A PM. Not peaceful.’ DS Fran Lloyd strove to hide the threat of tears. Not normally a problem; had to be more than fifty times she’d heard the nec…[Read more] -
John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 5 months ago
Well done Libby. Excellent entries from all.
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Sandra posted an update 5 years, 5 months ago
For a more accurate picture of Den participation, is it possible to have, in the RH column, Members listed by ‘Active’ rather than ‘Newest?’
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Janette replied to the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 5 months ago
Thank you for the comp and the positive comments, Ath. And well done Libby – nice work.
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Sandra replied to the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 5 months ago
Thank you Ath, both for comments and for setting the comp in the first place. As you probably guessed, I used it as a shameful attempt to find a way into a yet-to-be-written novel and was immensely glad of the opportunity to do so, though knew from the start I’d barely skated your original intent. And well done Libby – I look forward to finding…[Read more]
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 5 months ago
A very happy new year to all Denizens! The advent competition didn’t have 25 entries as I hoped, but by way of compensation, those that were submitted are all gems that I would be happy to find behind a calendar window.
Janette: A New Opening
A truly positive response to the Covid restrictions. This was beautifully written with a powerful feeling…[Read more] -
Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 5 months ago
Are there any more takers for the last monthly competition, in the final hours of the year? We have three super entries so far, but room for more.
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic Indie publishing deal in the forum Podium 5 years, 5 months ago
I’ve said it elsewhere, but I think it’s OK to congratulate a person more than once, isn’t it?
Congratulations Jane! Over the (edge) (of the) moon for you, if that’s not too tortured an attempted pun (I know it is).
Can’t wait to read your published work.-
Thank you. Despite the pun! Actually I am in the market for phrases using the word “edge” for the title of the next one!!
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Don’t tempt me. I could be making up puns for the rest of the year.
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Daedalus replied to the topic Traditional or Self-Publishing? in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 5 years, 5 months ago
@dougk if you’d like an alternative to a sedative, you can read the exhaustive cautionary tale of my small press experience here https://airandseastories.com/2019/01/30/my-publishing-nightmare-the-story-of-a-book-deal-gone-bad-part-1/
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Athelstone replied to the topic Indie publishing deal in the forum Podium 5 years, 5 months ago
So pleased with the news! Simply brilliant.
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Janette replied to the topic Indie publishing deal in the forum Podium 5 years, 5 months ago
This is such fab news, proving that publishing life doesn’t begin or end with trad agents. Can’t wait to see this in print. Enjoy and celebrate your announcement to the hilt – so well deserved.
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Raine replied to the topic Indie publishing deal in the forum Podium 5 years, 5 months ago
I didnt spot the Twitter post so shall go on a hunt now…
I love the name Jesmond, is that a family name? Bet it feels very real now they’ve announced it! Hope you celebrated with some sort of unhealthy substance. xxx -
Sandra replied to the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 6 months ago
With good intent
‘Let’s face it, it is one of our unadmitted secret pleasures!’
One eyebrow lifting in pantomimed leer, he turned his head away, allowing the wind to carry exhaled smoke along Portobello’s beach towards the Scottish capital.
Aware of the flaring of her too-carelessly clipped hair, she pictured them as opening sequence of some…[Read more] - Load More
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