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Athelstone replied to the topic Den monthly competition September 2018 in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 8 months ago
Bonjour
When we lived in La Rochelle, my governess tried to make me say ‘Bonjour,’ to people we met in the street. It was polite she said, I would never be a gentleman if I did not learn to be polite. But I was shy, and after our morning walk she would scold me, and shake me impatiently. Papa was away at the war and Maman was – distant. I knew s…[Read more]
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Athelstone replied to the topic Den of Writers – Forum Feedback in the forum Admin and Technical 7 years, 8 months ago
The easiest way to protect your writing from unwanted attention is to set up a private group. Explain what it’s about in the description and then people can ask to join or you can invite them.
That’s one reason why the writing challenge group A Room with a View will be changed to a private group as soon as writing begins.
If you are really…[Read more]
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Athelstone posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
I feel another tip coming on. Desperate to retrieve something from the Word Cloud? Do you know some distinctive word or phrase in the text? Well, it’s worth a try, but prepare for disappointment. While the Cloud was up and about, Google cached a lot of its content on its own servers. It does this with many sites to speed up searches. So you could…[Read more]
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Athelstone replied to the topic Receiving an email headed 'Offer of Representation'…. in the forum Podium 7 years, 8 months ago
Hey, Kaz – fantastic. And really well-deserved!
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Athelstone replied to the topic Hello All in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 8 months ago
Ding ding ding – nope, still true! Brilliant news, Janette. Well done. And yes, it sounds very unusual.
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Athelstone started the topic A Room with a View – Revisited in the forum Blogs 7 years, 8 months ago
I’m delighted to be able to announce, for the second time, a short story writing challenge: A Room with a View.
Some of you will know how this challenge will work but I am conscious of the fact that this site is not the Word Cloud. We are lucky to have new members here and they will not have taken part in one before, so forgive me if I go over t…[Read more]
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Athelstone posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
A tip for all Denizens. I expect some of the WordPress/BBPress/BuddyPress experts amongst you already know this. If a comment with “replies” is deleted, then all the “replies” go too. If you want your comments on comments (as it were) to stay safe, then stick with the comment button – the little speech bubble by the original text, rather than…[Read more]
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Athelstone replied to the topic Friday night live in the forum Podium 7 years, 8 months ago
@philippaeast we’ll be expecting a report as soon as you get back!
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Athelstone started the topic Friday night live in the forum Podium 7 years, 8 months ago
Yes, I know there’s a Festival of Writing thread already, but this is so brilliant it needs one of its own. Massive congratulations to denizen HELEN KAMPFNER for winning Friday Night Live.
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Athelstone replied to the topic A Room with a View in the forum Blogs 7 years, 8 months ago
Thanks, Kate
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Athelstone replied to the topic A Room with a View in the forum Blogs 7 years, 8 months ago
Thanks each 😮
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Athelstone replied to the topic A Room with a View in the forum Blogs 7 years, 8 months ago
Thanks, Sandra
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Athelstone replied to the topic A Room with a View in the forum Blogs 7 years, 8 months ago
OK, I’ve been through the list of members here and the list of entrants to the WordCloud challenge. It looks promising. So promising in fact that I’ve decided to run it here. Before you get too excited, I think it would be really sad to drop those potential entrants who haven’t found their way here yet. I’m posting the list of ‘the missing’ below.…[Read more]
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