Den of Writers | Graeme K Talboys | Friends Activity https://www.denofwriters.com/members/grum/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Graeme K Talboys's friends. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:18:09 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 bda107254f9992dc47e0981917789463 Barny joined the group A Different Time https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/23430/ Sun, 06 Oct 2024 18:56:02 +0000 0 c02a1244c454263a2ed4977f29b65b4e Barny replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum Whodunnit? https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/whodunnit/forum/topic/chit-chat-5/#post-14260 Thu, 07 Sep 2023 19:49:38 +0000 The feeling is mutual.

]]> 0 52c46c1a17643d876276fede3d48c029 Barny replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum Whodunnit? https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/whodunnit/forum/topic/chit-chat-5/#post-14256 Wed, 06 Sep 2023 21:26:57 +0000 Thanks for organising this, Ath.

I really really intend to actually submit something this year.

 

]]> 0 beae2f59bb1ddcd65270003f6e28a2c5 Barny replied to the topic Choices in the forum Whodunnit? https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/whodunnit/forum/topic/choices-6/#post-14255 Wed, 06 Sep 2023 21:24:47 +0000 Writing, Pistol, Serious.

See you in the library.

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Lorry
Cheese
Ger

]]> 0 950873820392f43b23c6ef01d8cee82c Barny replied to the topic Choices in the forum Coming Home https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/coming-home/forum/topic/choices-4/#post-10749 Wed, 18 Aug 2021 21:55:17 +0000 Bus
Cheese (yum)
Jonah

]]> 0 24dba05d57cf5582e090f13329d728fc Barny joined the group Coming Home https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/17935/ Wed, 18 Aug 2021 21:51:15 +0000 0 82c772b061de273641cdf43eb6358a24 Barny replied to the topic The Future of the Den in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/the-future-of-the-den/#post-10515 Sun, 11 Jul 2021 22:41:51 +0000 OK, but what about the many other advantages of discourse?

]]> 0 2e3017233181c2dcc729bf68686a0618 Barny replied to the topic The Future of the Den in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/the-future-of-the-den/#post-10509 Thu, 08 Jul 2021 19:06:26 +0000 @athelstone have you looked at moving to a 21st century forum like discourse? I use it on talk.restarters.net and it’s pretty slick. You can get email notifications and reply by email; can upload pictures, has trust levels and you can restrict areas.

]]> 0 2aa3169bc3423831253b92d0718b1f83 Barny posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/17559/#acomment-17676 Thu, 08 Jul 2021 19:02:10 +0000 🙂

In reply to - JaneShuff replied to the topic The Future of the Den in the forum Blogs Deeply pleased to hear other people want idle chat. ]]> 84737f6a5280fd6032d84b3ec6dfc670 Barny replied to the topic Monthly Competition - June 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-june-2021/#post-10474 Fri, 02 Jul 2021 22:36:06 +0000 Well done, Libby – a deserved win!! And thanks Ath.

]]> 0 357fe85855d9f03af229267fe7ba9265 Barny posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/17559/#acomment-17623 Fri, 02 Jul 2021 22:34:48 +0000 [idly] you did ask. Yeah let me know how it goes, but you can skim the details if you want.

In reply to - JaneShuff replied to the topic The Future of the Den in the forum Blogs Deeply pleased to hear other people want idle chat. ]]> 513243882a59fee65d0b8eab024de039 Barny replied to the topic The Future of the Den in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/the-future-of-the-den/#post-10451 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 23:15:36 +0000 DoW problems: Usability just isn’t what it should be; not being able to post pictures is a pain; definitely doesn’t promote idle chat.

The wordcloud was very far from perfect, but had one significant difference: the course offerings meant new people were always joining, wondering wth was going on, some figuring it out or persisting without fig…[Read more]

]]> 0 956b0e44a92bee7668fe8d52ca61f8ed Barny posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/17559/#acomment-17593 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 22:39:01 +0000 Ah, I can spot idle chat when it slaps me in the face. Have done one of the lateral flow type – you have to stroke your tonsils with a long cotton bud, then right up your nose. Fun. I find the tonsils one really difficult, makes me retch. OTOH I was clear 🙂 In the UK we can get free tests from pharmacies. Go for it! Hope it’s a nice holiday.

In reply to - JaneShuff replied to the topic The Future of the Den in the forum Blogs Deeply pleased to hear other people want idle chat. ]]> 3cb49e44f80054bdc2f8b0c37312136b Barny posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/17559/#acomment-17560 Sun, 27 Jun 2021 22:09:38 +0000 Idle chat about what? Oh, … yeah. Yes please.

In reply to - JaneShuff replied to the topic The Future of the Den in the forum Blogs Deeply pleased to hear other people want idle chat. ]]> e1798717a47a4deafb5532d4aaf6ff5e Barny replied to the topic Monthly Competition - June 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-june-2021/#post-10390 Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:34:51 +0000 Blimey, managed to write something and very pleased to be able to enter the comp. Was a bit concerned at managing to get to 250 words and wanting to post without having to DQ myself! Happily at 256 words including title. 🙂

This might be the day.

He hadn’t closed the curtains. The sunbeam found the bed at 6.37 and warmed his left foot at 6…[Read more]

]]> 0 32ced5d47da7fd6ec0ba564923107acb Barny replied to the topic Choices in the forum Things that go bump https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/things-that-go-bump/forum/topic/choices-3/#post-8861 Sun, 20 Sep 2020 19:37:06 +0000 Oh ok then Believer. Justin time 😉

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]]> 3 7b9fcb49be1a608e45bb5273cad64717 Amanda Berriman (Skylark) posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/14046/#acomment-14069 Fri, 10 Apr 2020 10:31:42 +0000 @janeshuff Thanks! We are making the most of what we can of this strange time. Hope you are keeping well xx

In reply to - Amanda Berriman (Skylark) posted an update in the group CoronaMo Hello *waves* How is everyone doing? So much for my intention to spend more time in the Den – it’s been two months!! Things went a bit hectic in […] ]]> 986b5654ff213b6ba68516c252cb8102 Amanda Berriman (Skylark) posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/14046/#acomment-14068 Fri, 10 Apr 2020 10:30:58 +0000 @raine It is! It’s been a bit of a worry the last month that his only exercise has been doing Wii sports in his standing frame and our unqualified attempts to mimick his physio sessions. I feel better knowing we can go out biking two or three times a week – a good cardio workout for him with the hills we have around here!

In reply to - Amanda Berriman (Skylark) posted an update in the group CoronaMo Hello *waves* How is everyone doing? So much for my intention to spend more time in the Den – it’s been two months!! Things went a bit hectic in […] ]]> cb09fca0bc4fc35150dd5cfc85e0db66 Barny posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/14037/#acomment-14059 Thu, 09 Apr 2020 22:14:53 +0000 Looking out for swallows here. We only moved in in January, so not sure what the avian fauna are like, except there a rooks/ravens plucking twigs from trees and then flying off to build nests, and seagulls doing their squawking thing, and since we started putting food out the sparrows, tits and similar have been very enthusiastic, also the rats…[Read more]

In reply to - Raine posted an update in the group CoronaMo Anyone got swallows back yet? Was looking for them today but no luck yet. Walk along the beach did turn up a white sea brick though (now called Beatrice, mini lugged it […] ]]> 4c415817f3f179f79d5f27e9344b3e22 Barny joined the group CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/14058/ Thu, 09 Apr 2020 22:07:06 +0000 0 1f8bf5b64c4e429626e5da54bd82d9c4 Amanda Berriman (Skylark) posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/14046/#acomment-14054 Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:28:35 +0000 It was a GREAT cycle (see FB post). We’re getting on fine – just muddling through as everyone else is. I’m not sure we’re that brilliant at the physio side of things but doing something is better than nothing. It’s great to have another exercise that he can do now though. Burn up some more energy!

In reply to - Amanda Berriman (Skylark) posted an update in the group CoronaMo Hello *waves* How is everyone doing? So much for my intention to spend more time in the Den – it’s been two months!! Things went a bit hectic in […] ]]> 54f0b398af9546c782830809cddf5122 Amanda Berriman (Skylark) posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/14042/#acomment-14047 Thu, 09 Apr 2020 12:20:21 +0000 Good luck with it all!

In reply to - Jill posted an update Pleased to report that I have actually got around to researching agents and publishers again in order to try my luck once more. I am reminded, though, what a difficult game it is … but, never […] ]]> 1fb7e0b057e844c1ed3b7983bde4717a Amanda Berriman (Skylark) posted an update in the group CoronaMo: Hello *waves* How is everyone doing? So much for my intention […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/14046/ Thu, 09 Apr 2020 12:19:34 +0000 Hello *waves* How is everyone doing? So much for my intention to spend more time in the Den – it’s been two months!! Things went a bit hectic in Feb/March with a lot of time and energy going into researching/organising stuff for Peter’s ongoing recovery/physical health. Of course many of those plans have now been cancelled! But subsitute dates are…[Read more]

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]]> 0 3db88263d64604a53213e3699ef54d73 Barny posted an update: I’ve just donated to help keep the Den alive - go to the D […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13705/ Thu, 12 Mar 2020 23:53:30 +0000 I’ve just donated to help keep the Den alive – go to the Donations group to help keep this place running

]]> 0 01de86930575e494d88417822af36a97 Barny replied to the topic Short story in Barren magazine in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/short-story-in-barren-magazine/#post-7944 Thu, 12 Mar 2020 23:17:32 +0000 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.

]]> 0 78ef25afcc6cb5dbe72850ecfd2526a1 Debi Alper replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/recent-agent-experience/#post-7825 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 01:06:46 +0000 Oh Hilary! I was alerted to this thread by Ath. I can see you’re taking this well but I know how much it must hurt. I’m going to try to take a step back and see where the agent might have been coming from. Don’t shout at me!

Agents love books, of course, and get very excited when they are part of the process that leads to publication. For some,…[Read more]

]]> 0 6565694ec078d651c3e5d096e78337dd Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Dipping my toe back in in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/dipping-my-toe-back-in/page/2/#post-7295 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 21:14:46 +0000 @squidge hello! Great to hear the Tilda series is progressing. I’ve got the first one in the queue for bedtime reading to the boys and can’t wait to see how it’s evolved from when I first read it years ago on the Cloud. I think I missed that there as going to be a remake of David Copperfield as well. I see most films at our community cinema club…[Read more]

]]> 0 f203a563a821cd99f0a25bbeeb4ab727 Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Dipping my toe back in in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/dipping-my-toe-back-in/page/2/#post-7294 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 21:09:17 +0000 @kazg yes, how I will laugh! I came across my very, very first shitty draft a year or so ago and it was quite something. Good to see how far I’ve come, at least!

]]> 0 43126a52d856cc5acd360966388a6184 Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Dipping my toe back in in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/dipping-my-toe-back-in/page/2/#post-7293 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 21:08:21 +0000 @philippaeast Hello Philippa!! Good to see you too. I’m not sure I’m at the elbow-grease point yet. Mostly shovelling all the words into various sorting piles while scratching my head and wondering when the novel will apppear. But it’s all good. Ideas firing off all over the place. How’s it all going at your end? So excited for you. Are you not…[Read more]

]]> 0 53d5f811d07a7797b1b4485cddfb130c Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Dipping my toe back in in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/dipping-my-toe-back-in/page/2/#post-7224 Wed, 22 Jan 2020 20:04:00 +0000 @raine Hello! Yes, I think I’ve solved it, though it would help if everyone could just accept that in the first few chapters of my novel, Thursday becomes Friday without anyone sleeping 😀

@kazg Hello to you too! I’m feeling a bit of second book pressure, mainly because Home had the USP of a child’s voice and this one doesn’t have that so I’m…[Read more]

]]> 0 22b9a86362de30c093774fd9f1ee69a7 Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Brexit dismay in the forum Coffee Shop https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/brexit-dismay/#post-7223 Wed, 22 Jan 2020 19:58:58 +0000 @libby I didn’t for a long time (esp with Twitter) and now I have, it’s hard to switch off from it as it is addictive. But I think I’m learning to manage it better to get the best bits out of it without the worst bits dragging me down.

@janeshuff I’m sorry you and your family have been through a similar thing. It does change everything. I hope…[Read more]

]]> 0 cf252d7668d0277172a50ca7898abf48 Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Brexit dismay in the forum Coffee Shop https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/brexit-dismay/#post-7196 Mon, 20 Jan 2020 19:27:48 +0000 I know that Brexit and politics in general has had an impact on my writing because I found myself getting more and more sucked into arguing on Facebook and Twitter and that, I have come to realise, is the worse kind of political discussion because there is never any nuance. It is all so polarised. But I found it hard to switch off from and it…[Read more]

]]> 0 074dd72d3d0e28705a2e6c3ab799c157 Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Dipping my toe back in in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/dipping-my-toe-back-in/#post-7173 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 13:48:55 +0000 Yeah, that doesn’t sound so plausible! Libby, I agree with Jane – that sounds much more interesting.

]]> 0 85e83983721e43764c5c4471cb3eef67 Amanda Berriman (Skylark) posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/12614/#acomment-12648 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:29:56 +0000 It’s taking me a while to remember how all this works… Feels good to be back though. Proper conversations rather than Twitter arguments 😉

In reply to - Amanda Berriman (Skylark) posted an update HELLOOOO! Sorry, I know it’s been ages. Stuff and more stuff and other stuff. Trying to remember how this all works…. Planning to be here a bit more often though 🙂 ]]> fda521ae66bd999ea9070461f7eeef15 Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Dipping my toe back in in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/dipping-my-toe-back-in/#post-7168 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:28:34 +0000 Hello, Libby 🙂 It sounding less and less like my sort of film.

]]> 0 7647971d9f6ddfa2527845dbe4df9d00 Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Dipping my toe back in in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/dipping-my-toe-back-in/#post-7167 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:27:00 +0000 Hello, Sandra! That all sounds brilliant! I think I must have missed that last year in amidst the chaos. What are they called? I’ll look them up x

]]> 0 9c09a20ca718d55c9e864f9d531bc845 Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Dipping my toe back in in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/dipping-my-toe-back-in/#post-7166 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:25:51 +0000 That’s a shame, Jane. What was the basic premise? I’m not that big a fan of war films with a few notable exceptions.

]]> 0 8aef51d9cfb8aa24f066bf9f0adf2358 Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Dipping my toe back in in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/dipping-my-toe-back-in/#post-7165 Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:24:53 +0000 Waving back at you, Janette. It’s lovely to familiar faces here. It’s a shame it’s been quiet but these things sometimes go in phases. It was always going to be hard to build something up from scratch after the Cloud.

I empathise with where you are writing-wise. I got like that in 2012 when my children’s novel just wasn’t getting any interest and…[Read more]

]]> 0 3c2205f4adef57fc51b3788befe1ee72 Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Dipping my toe back in in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/dipping-my-toe-back-in/#post-7155 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:06:39 +0000 Haha, a dead body will certainly shake things up. I’m sorting out all the obvious problems and then I need to pass it on to fresh eyes so that they can tell me all the problems I can’t see. And hopefully they will tell me the story is strong enough…

You’re tempting me with Little Women… Should I go and see 1917 too?

]]> 0 a9558f8de75180f182cb8d37c75c67b8 Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Dipping my toe back in in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/dipping-my-toe-back-in/#post-7148 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 08:38:07 +0000 Jane, I’m the opposite as my first draft is very sparse and I need to work out what needs more and what’s fine as it is, plus working out if the story is strong enough which is probably my biggest worry. It’s gloomy here too. Hibernation weather! I’ve not seen Little Women. In two minds about watching yet another remake but it seems to be getting…[Read more]

]]> 0 7dc5e59baa0d35172a788a76ad1d8376 Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Dipping my toe back in in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/dipping-my-toe-back-in/#post-7147 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 08:04:38 +0000 Hi Richard! It’s lovely to see all your familiar faces popping up. I wasn’t looking at joining in this time, just checking it was still going. Good to hear it is 👍👍

]]> 0 0083c7120efd044d6055778dc19a0386 Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Dipping my toe back in in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/dipping-my-toe-back-in/#post-7146 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 08:02:38 +0000 Good to see you too, Daeds 😊

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