@janeshuff
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JaneShuff posted a new activity comment 6 years, 1 month ago
I’m not sure it’s even safe to think you’ve made it when you’re holding the book in your hands!
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs 6 years, 1 month ago
Oh Hilary and Janette, I feel for you. Somehow it’s much harder when your hopes have been raised. I guess they’ve got further to fall.
@Janette. I understand that agents receive zillions of submissions everyday and can’t respond personally to each one but I do think, when they’ve requested a full or asked for edits to be made, they could at leas…[Read more]
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Yes, this was interesting, especially, to me, the mention of book club fiction. I can feel a blog coming on…
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Monthly competition – February 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 2 months ago
Shades of the Prison House
Freddie worries about his snail as he trudges through the iron gates. Will she remember to give it the lettuce leaves? There’d been no time before they left what with packing his bag with pencils and crayons. And was there anything else he wanted to take? A toy? Something to play with the other children? No, he c…[Read more]
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JaneShuff posted a new activity comment 6 years, 2 months ago
Just got a bit of uncrapping to do, @libby to mine.
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I have a lot of uncrapping to do. Hopefully I’ll get it to a postable standard in time.
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I’ve completely failed to uncrap but posted anyway otherwise I’d forget! 😬
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JaneShuff posted a new activity comment 6 years, 2 months ago
There are some lovely things about living here but, like everywhere, it has its not so great points!
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JaneShuff posted a new activity comment 6 years, 2 months ago
Le Conquet. And the first picture shows the Blanc Sablons beach. We live just above it and I look out at the same headlands and sea every morning from the room upstairs where I write. Can’t see them today because it’s drizzly and misty!
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I spent a week last year at St Just, which is the English equivalent to Le Conquet – the westernmost town in England. i loved it, and I’d guess that Le Conquet has much of the same edge-of-the-map feeling about it. What a nice place to live you have. If I weren’t so fond of my own home I’d be quite envious.
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Wow, what a beautiful place to live and to write @janeshuff 🙂
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There are some lovely things about living here but, like everywhere, it has its not so great points!
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It does look a lovely place, and you have the best of both worlds there as it’s not too far to go to cross the Channel 🙂
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JaneShuff posted an update 6 years, 2 months ago
If anyone wants to see where I live, it’s in todays’s Guardian!
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/feb/22/five-lesser-known-holiday-destinations-in-france-
Oh they all look amazing @janeshuff, which one is your home town?
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Le Conquet. And the first picture shows the Blanc Sablons beach. We live just above it and I look out at the same headlands and sea every morning from the room upstairs where I write. Can’t see them today because it’s drizzly and misty!
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I spent a week last year at St Just, which is the English equivalent to Le Conquet – the westernmost town in England. i loved it, and I’d guess that Le Conquet has much of the same edge-of-the-map feeling about it. What a nice place to live you have. If I weren’t so fond of my own home I’d be quite envious.
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Wow, what a beautiful place to live and to write @janeshuff 🙂
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There are some lovely things about living here but, like everywhere, it has its not so great points!
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It does look a lovely place, and you have the best of both worlds there as it’s not too far to go to cross the Channel 🙂
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How lovely.
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I am envious.
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That’s gorgeous!
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Thanks WB! And by the way the group has disappeared from view – I can only get into it by going to the Activity thread and clicking on something like this. Apparently I’m not the only one. Ath had a similar issue with a hidden private group and he says this:
“I searched through activity in my limited admin dashboard (top left where there’s a d…[Read more]
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IGNORE ME! Sorry @woolleybeans, I thought you were the Admin because you were organising the classes – I forgot it was Raine, who has now sorted it. Soz x
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Well, organising…kind of flaking out on. Whatevs.
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JaneShuff posted a new activity comment 6 years, 2 months ago
Thank Ath. Going to the cathedral and the palaces tomorrow and spent the day wandering around including seeing students doing Flamenco at Plaza Espana. Fabulous. It is all fabulous for folks like us who live in a little breton coastal backwater although you are right about the air. Did you see my post last week about failing to get enouh done in…[Read more]
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 2 months ago
Ps posting this at the airport. Has anyone been to Seville? Any recommendations as to things to do?
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 2 months ago
Just noticed that I forgot to take the numbers off my comments. They mean nothing. I got my OH to print the stories off with nothing to identify them and number them so I would judge them blind. Except for Ath who posted so late he missed the process.
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 2 months ago
Thank you everyone. And sorry for the delay. We’re away for a few days from tomorrow and I had quite a few things that had to be done before we went.
A cracking bunch of entries. I hope you enjoyed writing these as much as I enjoyed reading them. As usual I was struck by the many different ways they all responded to the theme.
1) @johnalty. I…[Read more]
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 2 months ago
Thank you all! I am looking forward to readying them. I am out most of today so results will be posted this evening.
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JaneShuff posted a new activity comment 6 years, 2 months ago
You should join us, John. It’s very relaxed!
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Yeah, soz about that. I and the admins have both (all) tried to sort it and it just isn’t playing. Frustrating, but if it lures you into joining in, then maybe that’s a win!
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JaneShuff posted a new activity comment 6 years, 2 months ago
I’m going to have to hold up my hands in defeat. I’ve got two thirds of a very rough first draft and defintiely not enough time to produce anything readable although I am pleased I had a go because it has possibilities. I’ll carry on working on it in between all the other things and maybe post it some other time. I’d love to stay part of the group…[Read more]
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I would say unbelievable, but – sadly – I can believe it. It is truly appalling behaviour that wouldn’t be tolerated in most professions. It is no surprise that so many people, good writers, are turning to self-pub. I’m so sorry, Raine. Can you name the guilty? Quite understand if you don’t want to.
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Seriously unprofessional too, imo
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Agree 100%
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I would say unbelievable, but – sadly – I can believe it. It is truly appalling behaviour that wouldn’t be tolerated in most professions. It is no surprise that so many people, good writers, are turning to self-pub. I’m so sorry, Raine. Can you name the guilty? Quite understand if you don’t want to.
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Class 3 Writing Exercise "I Don't Remember" – KazG in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 2 months agoOw Wow Kaz. That is fantastic. Funnily enough I have just come to a bit in my WIP that made me think of this exercise. I might have a go at it too!
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 3 months ago
Just a quick reminder that you have until Friday midnight to get your entries for this month’s competition (around 400 words on the theme of The Future interpreted in any way you wish). I know some of you, like me, are fighting to finish your entries for the Winter Competition but can I tempt those of you who are sitting back and basking in the…[Read more]
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