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John S Alty posted an update 6 years, 2 months ago
Don’t anyone worry about the monthly competition. Janette and Jane or anyone else, please don’t feel any pressure to participate. I understand.
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Athelstone replied to the topic My ride so far on the rollercoaster that is publishing in the forum Blogs 6 years, 2 months ago
Wow, brilliant news, Elle. All I can say, apart from well done, is that with that much interest, your book must be top notch!
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John S Alty replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 2 months ago
Well done, Janette, good luck with the book!
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Athelstone replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 2 months ago
Aaaaggghhhhhh!! Brilliant. And it’s everything to do with your own talent and efforts and what you deserve.
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Barny posted an update 6 years, 3 months ago
I’ve just donated to help keep the Den alive – go to the Donations group to help keep this place running
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Barny replied to the topic Short story in Barren magazine in the forum Podium 6 years, 3 months ago
Really good, Daeds – and IMO we could all go out and respond publicly to your and Kaz’s FB posts with words to recognise how good this story is. Fantastic.
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John S Alty replied to the topic The $2,000,000 Guitar in the forum Blogs 6 years, 3 months ago
Great story.
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Athelstone posted an update 6 years, 3 months ago
Cost of the Den of Writers: 2020 to 2021
Funding a Free Forum: the “Donations” group
Den of Writers is a FREE forum. That means that nobody pays for membership and if you join you are absolutely entitled to use and enjoy the place as much as anybody – in fact, you are encouraged to.
However, people have asked about contributing to the c…[Read more]
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John S Alty replied to the topic Short story in Barren magazine in the forum Podium 6 years, 3 months ago
Great story telling, Daeds, congratulations.
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Hilary replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs 6 years, 3 months ago
Thanks, Squidge! Don’t worry – I’m not giving up. Thanks for the vote of confidence!
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Athelstone replied to the topic Short story in Barren magazine in the forum Podium 6 years, 3 months ago
Fantastic news. A great story. Very thoughtful and moving.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Very Serious Consequences: Harrow and Wealdstone, 1952 in the forum Blogs 6 years, 3 months ago
Another interesting blog, Richard, thank you.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Very Serious Consequences: Harrow and Wealdstone, 1952 in the forum Blogs 6 years, 3 months ago
How astonishing that an event with so much loss of life has faded from memory. I mean, not literally, it’s still there in the records – and you’ve just blogged about it. That said, it’s coming up to 70 years, I suppose. Great blog as ever, Richard. I shake my head when you write about the prevarication and penny-pinching over AWS. Then I remember…[Read more]
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Hilary replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs 6 years, 3 months ago
Thanks, Jill and Philippa. I’m getting over the experience! But I still want to find a balanced overview about 1) whether book club fiction is a thing, and 2) whether age matters. I’m prepared to accept that it isn’t (as far as pitching to editors is concerned) and it does, but I’d still want an agent who said ‘We’ll show them …’ rather than…[Read more]
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I think if Debi says Book Club/Reading Group fiction is a thing and other agents identify it as something they’re looking for, you can be 100% sure it exists. For the age, maybe it does make a difference to some editors/agents (although I haven’t seen any examples of it and I am MUCH older than you) but, if so, they are not the sort of people I…[Read more]
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Hilary replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs 6 years, 3 months ago
Thank you for the beta read offers. I’m not sure I’m ready yet, but I will keep you in mind, and return the offer. Swapsies!
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Hilary replied to the topic Monthly competition – February 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 3 months ago
Congratulations, John! Well done to all – and thanks to Libby for the comp and the perceptive comments.
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Hilary replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs 6 years, 3 months ago
And thank you for your comments too, Mad Iguana.
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Hilary replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs 6 years, 3 months ago
Debi thank you for this. Yes, I do think you’re right about the agent giving her time and it’s true that my disappointment is down to my expectations and hopes more than anything else. As I say, she was perfectly ‘nice’ and of course her prime motivation is going to be can she sell it. But in the meeting, I felt her doubt about this came across…[Read more]
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly competition – February 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 3 months ago
Thank you Raine. Yes it turned out to be a pretty cunning ploy.
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😀 I guess March is proving a little distracting. But I think a mini prompt might be just the thing for week one of homeschooling!