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Athelstone posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
Amazing but true: participants in Songs of Innocence and Experience have just under two months left to complete their short story.
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Sandra replied to the topic Class 2 Writing Exercise Jane in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 8 months agoGood stuff, Jane. I am a ‘surface reader, accept what I’m given and expect to be further enlightened as the tale goes on, but also need to be enticed in the first place. Although Dipsy doesn’t sound like someone I’d warm to/would actively avoid for her lack of off button, her situation and the narrator have my sympathy.
Describing what she was…[Read more]
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Sandra started the topic Popshot quarterly in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 6 years, 8 months ago
https://www.popshotpopshot.com/
I received a year’s subscription to this as a present, and am a bit ambivalent about the content for myself. That said, they claim to “showcase vivid writing by the literary new blood” – flash, short stories and poetry.
Just missed the deadline for the next issue (each offers a theme) but might be of interest for…[Read more]
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KazG replied to the topic Craft Seminar Class 3: Character 2 – Inner Lives in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 9 months agoThank you @woolleybeans! You’re the best x
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KazG replied to the topic Feedback on the Course in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 9 months agoOh WB I’m sorry. I’m sending you big squishy hugs too xx
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Woolleybeans started the topic Craft Seminar Class 3: Character 2 – Inner Lives in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 9 months agoWelcome to Class 3 of the DIY MA.
This time, we are going with a slightly longer stretch as it’s over the Christmas period. We will have closer to 6 weeks, with Class 4 starting on 6th January. This will give us all time to catch up, regroup, and deal with life over the festive season.
We once again begin with the class reading.
In your c…[Read more]
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Woolleybeans replied to the topic Feedback on the Course in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 9 months agoSorry guys – depression took a massive swipe over the last week and held me up. Just about to get the thread set up for Class 3.
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Sandra posted an update 6 years, 9 months ago
On the subject of self-publishing, two to-be-proofed books uploaded to Blurb on Saturday afternoon were received before midday today. I did wait for a 30% discount offer; ordered six titles in all and p&p was £14.
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Barny replied to the topic Monthly Comp – November 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 9 months ago
“… confounded me with his disturbing narrative…”
To explain a little in case this wasn’t clear: Four Ling leaves 🙂
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Sandra replied to the topic Monthly Comp – December 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 9 months ago
Thanks, Janette. I’ve taken the opportunity to post a possible opening of the as yet untitled Luke #5. 362 words.
Prologue?
Lucy Longland, who had only gone to check her hair, emerged from the Ladies in Leith’s Registry Office too prematurely for Dylan Richards to successfully make himself invisible. Her smile a blend of pleasure and warning, s…[Read more]
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Seagreen replied to the topic Monthly Comp – November 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 9 months ago
Well done, J!
Apologies, John. I actually wrote something for this but never got round to tidying it up 🙁 -
Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly Comp – November 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 9 months ago
Well done, Jeanette – super piece. Great comp, John!
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Janette started the topic Monthly Comp – December 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 9 months ago
In honour of a writing exercise recently enjoyed, and to mark the end of 2019, when I will be judging the entries, please write a piece that contains the words: OLD YEAR NIGHT (in any order and not necessarily together). If you could keep it up to 400 words, that would be great.
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Janette replied to the topic Monthly Comp – November 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 9 months ago
Totally unexpected, thanks John. Need to go and put my thinking cap on.
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Barny replied to the topic Monthly Comp – November 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 9 months ago
Congratulations, Janette – nice work! And thanks John for the prompt.
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KazG replied to the topic Craft Seminar Class 2: Character 1 – Outer Worlds in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 9 months agoOoh yes that would be fab, thank you @raine. And yes, Julie C is the fabbest 🙂
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Sandra replied to the topic Monthly Comp – November 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 9 months ago
Well done, Janette, and thank you John for releasing words I’d not anticipated writing. Thanks also for some brilliantly enjoyable reads.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly Comp – November 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 9 months ago
Well, I’ve read your entries with great enjoyment. Jeanette gave a beautiful allegorical rendition of the passing seasons, Athers made me laugh with his tale of Norman, the folium-phobiac hoist by his own petard, Sandra found a silver lining and Barney completely confounded me with this disturbing narrative – I’m still asking myself, what the h…[Read more]
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Hilary replied to the topic Feedback on the Course in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 9 months agoJust dropping in quickly to say hello, and to apologise for my absence for the last few weeks. Will try and catch up soon. (Nanowrimo kind of took over).
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Athelstone posted an update 6 years, 9 months ago
“The Book of my Enemy Has Been Remaindered”
The book of my enemy has been remaindered
And I am pleased.
In vast quantities it has been remaindered
Like a van-load of counterfeit that has been seized
And sits in piles in a police warehouse,
My enemy’s much-prized effort sits in piles
In the kind of bookshop where remaindering…[Read more]-
RIP
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Now I know why.
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I met Clive James once. I had long been a fan of the least known – but which he once said was ‘the closest to my heart’ – of his many endeavours, the songs he wrote with Pete Atkin and which Atkin performed. When I first got internet access I discovered and started participating in a mailing list of like-minded souls called Midnight Voices, and…[Read more]
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