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Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 6 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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Libby replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 6 months ago
A half-time reminder, for anyone thinking of entering this month’s Den competition, that we’re half way through January.
I hope everyone’s year is going well/reasonably well in the general Covid circumstances.
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BUMP!!! Not that I want to make tons of work for Libby, but only 2 entries so far and only 4 days + today left
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JaneShuff posted an update 5 years, 6 months ago
Posting this on the off chance someone can help. I’m planning my next book, part of which will be set in a camp for refugees and immigrants – very similar to the camp on Lesbos in Greece. I need to do some research into the conditions in the Greek camps and how they operates and also get some sense of the refugees’ different stories. I’ve found an…[Read more]
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Might be worth looking at Medecine Sans Frontier websites etc. They do a lot of work in the Med with the migrants, so there might be things via them?
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Sandra replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 6 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] -
Libby started the topic Copyright question re Den entries in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 5 years, 6 months ago
My resolution this year is to enter a couple of short-story competitions beyond the Den. To boldly go …
Please can anyone advise on a couple of things. Most competitions won’t accept entries previously published anywhere online except on password-protected sites, but what if I wanted to develop a story idea from something I’ve previously posted…[Read more]
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I’ve developed bits from monthly comps into full stories – and even short stories and submitted them. Never had an issue because the end results which are submitted are often very different to how they started. So I don’t consider the end result to be what has already been published, if you see what I mean?
And re getting publisher’s permission -…[Read more]-
Thank you, @squidge. That’s very helpful.
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Hiya @libby Yeah, I’ve published several things from monthly comps before. Whatever we post on here, we retain all copyright, so there is no need to call a piece from here ‘previously published’ as such. As long as its been noticeably revised then I’ve never worried too much about submitting it as as an unpublished piece. Can you go back and…[Read more]
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Thanks, @raine
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 6 months ago
Thank you, Seagreen, Sandra, Janette and John.
And happy new year to all Denizens.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 6 months ago
Well done Libby. Excellent entries from all.
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Sandra posted an update 5 years, 6 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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Libby started the topic Monthly competition – January 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 6 months ago
Happy new year, everyone.
We haven’t had a list of choices for a quite a while in the monthly competitions.
For the January competition please write a story to include two of the following:
– a road atlas
– something made of wood
– aontrariness
– a light switch; this can be literal or metaphoricalBetween 250 and 450 words.
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That’s meant to be ‘contrariness’. I’ve edited the post on the monthly comp thread but out here in the Den window, changes don’t appear! (A little bit of Den contrariness? 🙂 )
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JaneShuff posted an update 5 years, 6 months ago
Congratulations to all for the great bunch of entries! And A Happy New Year!!
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Janette replied to the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 6 months ago
Thank you for the comp and the positive comments, Ath. And well done Libby – nice work.
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 6 months ago
That’s a lovely surprise, and for the new year too! Thank you, Ath.
Thank you also to everyone who entered. A very compelling selection of stories, as always, and a wide range of styles. I’ll have a think about what to set for the January competition.
Happy new year, if we’re allowed to say that after 2020 🙂
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Sandra replied to the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 6 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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Seagreen replied to the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 6 months ago
Sorry, Ath. I confess that when I finally got round to pulling something together for the December comp (last night, about two hours before the deadline), I had it in my head that the theme was ‘opening’ so that’s what I wrote 😁
As it turns out, writing it reminded of something I’d lost sight of, so thank you.Congratulations, Libby, and tha…[Read more]
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 6 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] -
Seagreen replied to the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 6 months ago
(Randomly generated words from Chocolat by Joanne Harris)
The Gingerbread House
A gesture, armoured with indifference
And an almost-smile of white chocolate politeness
In the darkness of his eyes
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Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 7 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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Libby replied to the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 7 months ago
359 words
Fracture
The room was big, like a workshop, but the machinery was rows of people seated on chairs all facing the same way. Silence nestled beside and around them, cut by infrequent remarks. What dreary weather today, no sign of sun. A bit stuffy in here. I hope we’re not kept waiting long.
The ceiling was open to the roof. Struts m…[Read more]
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic Indie publishing deal in the forum Podium 5 years, 7 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).
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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, 7 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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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.
Sounds a great idea to try growing it yourself.
Definitely true. The garlic in the box I get from the organic farmer in the next village is ten times tastier than supermarket stuff.
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.
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.