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Squidge replied to the topic Cover reveal for This Is Our Undoing in the forum Podium 5 years, 1 month ago
Stunning, Raine.
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Kate started the topic Short story in the forum Podium 5 years, 1 month ago
If anyone would like to read my HWA longlisted short story, it is now available in Sundial magazine at the below link. A Viking romp that I hope you will enjoy.
https://sites.google.com/view/sundial-magazine/short-stories/when-the-gods-laugh
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Congratulations, @katemachon . Sundial has done a super job with the layout and presentation. What a fabulous picture.
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Thanks, Libby. I’m impressed with their attention to detail.
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A Viking romp remembered and very much enjoyed again, and the picture beautifully matched.
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Thanks,Sandra.
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Great storytelling Kate, and I didn’t know you lived in Jersey!
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Thanks, Jane. Not a Jersey girl, but been here 30 years. Are you a Channel Islander? Not a Guernsey girl, I hope. 😀
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No. I am in France just down the coast in Brittany but keep on planning to visit with a friend who lives in Normandy
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We used to like hopping across to St Malo.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly comp – February 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 1 month ago
Well done, Janette!
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly comp – February 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 1 month ago
Congratulations, @janette . Two shivers for the price of one. A very enjoyable story.
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Thank you, Libby x
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp – February 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 1 month 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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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp – February 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 1 month 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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Squidge replied to the topic Comments from an Editor in the forum Blogs 5 years, 1 month ago
Oh – and contractions? Bunkum! If you have a distinctly voiced character, they will ‘think’ and describe in contractions just as much as they use them in dialogue. I’d have no luck with this editor cos I often write voice with contractions…makes it more real to me as the writer, and immerses the reader in the story, in my experience.
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Squidge replied to the topic Comments from an Editor in the forum Blogs 5 years, 1 month ago
Is it worth having a look at how you’ve used ‘I’, Doug? If you’re using it frequently, then yes, definitely worth looking up psychic distance. There’s a big difference between ‘I sit at the table near the window. Outside, I see a man fighting to keep his brolly up in the wind and rain’, and ‘I sit at the table near the window and watch the man…[Read more]
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Kate replied to the topic Comments from an Editor in the forum Blogs 5 years, 2 months ago
I write in first person a lot and the overuse of I was something that was pointed out to me early on. The writing can end up feeling like a list of stage directions. I have found that the gymnastics you have to go through to avoid overuse does what Libby mentions and moves you closer into the character’s head as well as adding voice. As Richard…[Read more]
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Yep, contraction comment. WTF.
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Libby replied to the topic Comments from an Editor in the forum Blogs 5 years, 2 months ago
Oh, it has worked!
I’ll go back to my quill and parchment.
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Libby replied to the topic Comments from an Editor in the forum Blogs 5 years, 2 months ago
Thanks, Richard. I tried to copy the link first of all and couldn’t make it work. Thank you for a working link to Emma Darwin.
BTW have you seen this on the BBC news website today?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55937512
Blast, link not working. BBC news website, go to the Wales tab. “Station reopening at Bow Street brings first trains for…[Read more]
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Libby replied to the topic Comments from an Editor in the forum Blogs 5 years, 2 months ago
As Richard says, this is seems more about style, and a rigid editor, than about the rich possibilities of first-person narrators.
I’m the first to agree that repetition of ‘I’ can be a problem, just as repetition of any word can trip up the reader. And the over-repeated ‘I’ can be hard to get rid of, as I know from my own efforts.
It can also…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Good news on the lyric writing front in the forum Podium 5 years, 2 months ago
Congratulations! Fab news!
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Kate replied to the topic Good news on the lyric writing front in the forum Podium 5 years, 2 months ago
Wow, John. That’s amazing. Such a huge competition. You must be on cloud 9. Congratulations!
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Thanks, Kate
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Libby replied to the topic Good news on the lyric writing front in the forum Podium 5 years, 2 months ago
That’s brilliant, John! Huge congratulations. What an achievement – I’m really pleased.
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Thanks, Libby
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John S Alty started the topic Good news on the lyric writing front in the forum Podium 5 years, 2 months ago
John Schofield (my real name) has won the Lyrics Only category in the UK Songwriting Contest 2020 with his song “It’s Later Than You Think.”
The UK Songwriting Contest directors and judges include top award-winning producers and songwriters who have worked closely with many of the world´s major artists. There were almost 10,000 song entries from 8…[Read more]-
Oh, big WOW John – not that I didn’t doubt you, but against 10,000??! Will anyone be taking the lyrics up going ahead, for recording? Are we allowed to see them? This is brilliant news for such a cold, icy-blast sort of day. Many congratulations.
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Congratulations, John! What a fantastic achievement 🙂
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Thanks, Thea
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Thanks, Janette.
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Kate replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 2 months ago
Congratulations, Ath, and thanks for running the comp, Libby.
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 2 months ago
What a tantalising range of stories and good use of the prompts. The standard is so high, and having a small number of entries paradoxically doesn’t make it any easier! In all of them I particularly enjoyed the voices both in the dialogue and the narration. I know Sandra’s piece is an excerpt from a longer work and Ath’s and Kate’s could be comp…[Read more]
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Squidge posted an update 5 years, 2 months ago
My Bump story’s up at last. Been pondering it for weeks, with no real ideas coming together, then it all came through in a rush this weekend. Phew.
(Loved reading the other stories that’ve been posted. I never start on them til I’ve posted my own…)
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Kate replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 2 months ago
DIRECTIONS
‘What do I need this for?’
‘It’s a new cinema, I don’t know the way.’
‘Well, get out your phone and ask it to direct you, like any normal person.’
‘You know what happened last time I tried that. I ended up driving in circles for half an hour until my phone found a connection. A map on the other hand, can’t go wrong.’
‘Fine. Let…[Read more]
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