@janeshuff
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Raine replied to the topic Reads for 2022 in the forum Coffee Shop 2 years, 3 months ago
Oh gosh, loads. Intisar Khanani’s next one, Chloe Gong’s first adult book, I think Lucy Foley has a new thriller due out soon. Emily St John Mandel’s next one looks fab, and I can’t wait for Jennifer Saint’s Elektra, and Guy Gavriel Kay’s new one.
And of course there’s our own Jane Jesmond (@janeshuff) and Fiona Erskine (@bric) releasing new…[Read more]
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Libby replied to the topic Beta Reading Discussion in the forum Blogs 2 years, 9 months ago
This discussion is really helpful. I feel a bit fraudulent talking about this stuff as though I spend hours every week beta reading and have heaps of experience. Apart from requests from my self-edit group I generally feedback on short pieces of writing about once a week, if that, on Jericho Writers’ Townhouse. I might also review a synopsis or p…[Read more]
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Thea posted a new activity comment 2 years, 9 months ago
Hi @janeshuff, the only response to my beta reading request was your kind message explaining that you aren’t able to help at present. After a month or so, I deleted the request.
I agree that it would be beneficial to have a discussion about beta reading. As you said, it’s a good learning process for both reader and writer. I guess the first thing…[Read more] -
KazG replied to the topic Traditional or Self-Publishing? in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 3 years, 4 months ago
Hi Doug, @raine and @janeshuff have both given you great feedback and I agree with them both (though Jane’s reply keeps vanishing! It’s like a hall of mirrors in here sometimes).
Thought I would jump in and give my ha’penny’s worth – I was lucky enough to be signed up by an agent and get a deal with a trad publisher (Penguin Random House) which…[Read more]
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KazG replied to the topic Indie publishing deal in the forum Podium 3 years, 4 months ago
It’s SO brilliant @janeshuff and its heartening to see these indie presses opening the field up to interesting, less mainstream and more diverse work. The publishing field could do with some opening up and its good to see it happening here. So happy your work has found a good home! See you out there in 2021! 👏🍾
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Raine replied to the topic Traditional or Self-Publishing? in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 3 years, 4 months ago
@janeshuff said much of what I would have done. Basically, going it alone means a biggish up front investment by you, and it also means you have to be prepared to invest the time into marketing and promo without the support of a publisher. The plus is that you have full control, and don’t have to wait/hope/get lucky enough to find a…[Read more]
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Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago
Hi @janeshuff I’ve had a quick look through the public library catalogue. I haven’t read any of the following but how about:
In the wake of heroes : sailing’s greatest stories introduced by Tom Cunliffe
London : Adlard Coles Nautical, 2015.
All at sea : true and tall tales / trawled by Libby Purves. Fontana Paperbacks, 1984. Published to…[Read more]-
Joshua Slocum’s ‘Sailing Alone Around The World’ is great. Then there’s Francis Chichester’s book about his own circumnavigation, which I think was just called Gypsy Moth, or possibly Around The World In Gypsy Moth? Thanks for recommending Daedalus @raine – very kind. It’s OOP now but I’ll see if I have any spare copies left
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Thanks @richardb, @libby, @daedalus. Great suggestions. If you had a spare copy, Daeds, I would happily buy it.
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Thanks Jane. I only have two left I’m afraid, and I didn’t want to go lower than that. There may still be some in a shop or two somewhere which I’ll chase up but very few of the places I sent copies to on sale or return ever got back to me
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If you can that would be great Daeds.
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KazG posted a new activity comment 4 years ago
Thank you, gratefully received @janeshuff (I MISS HUGS) x
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KazG posted a new activity comment 4 years ago
Thanks @janeshuff, @sandradavies and @raine! Sorry I didn’t see this Raine, I’ve been a bit erratic on all fronts lately. Book 2 is crawling along, it needs much more attention than I seem able to give it, unfortunately! I had so much great beta feedback and I know what needs to change to make the book stronger – but getting my head in a fit state…[Read more]
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I don’t think you’re alone in suffering from scattybrainitis @kazg. Sending reinforcing hugs.
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Thank you, gratefully received @janeshuff (I MISS HUGS) x
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Amanda Berriman (Skylark) posted a new activity comment 4 years ago
@janeshuff Thanks! We are making the most of what we can of this strange time. Hope you are keeping well xx
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Raine posted an update in the group CoronaMo 4 years, 1 month ago
I did the decluttering exercise the other day, @janeshuff. But yes @janette, I might try the monthly prompt as a mini-challenge next week. I’ve actually just speed-written 1,300 words of a brand new wip with NO PLANNING WHATSOEVER, which is Very Not Me! I figure in the absence of an ability to concentrate, maybe I should give pantsing a go! 😀
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@Raine, I feel very guilty about this, but my meeting with the agent today has left me with quite a list of ‘to do’s’ she wants done quickly, and I’m not sure I’ll be able to make the comp.
Re the new wip, best of luck, though I feel it is in very capable hands and sometimes no planning comes up with surprising results! -
@Raine – sounds liberating. Long may it continue.
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly competition – February 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 1 month ago
I really enjoyed these stories. Each one had a compelling premise, good narrative drive and strong writing. All were serious contenders. In these circumstances picking a winning comes down, in part at least, to personal preferences.
I’ve added a few editorial points in my comments in the hope these are useful if you’re going to be developing the…[Read more]
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@raine – you are in there! Apologies for misspelling your name.
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Great competition, Libby, and thank you for your comments. Much appreciated. Congratulations John. It is a wonderful story and a worthy winner out of a group of fab stories.
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Thea posted a new activity comment 4 years, 2 months ago
Wow, what a beautiful place to live and to write @janeshuff 🙂
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Thea posted a new activity comment 4 years, 2 months ago
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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Hilary replied to the topic Class 2 Writing Exercise Jane in the forum Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 4 years, 2 months ago
Hello @JaneShuff
VERY late to this, but I’m trying to do a bit of a catch up with class 2 before I get on to class 3. I LOVED meeting Dipsy in the initial passage and then reading your questionnaire about her. I agree about not needing to answer al the questions, but they are great prompts.
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Raine replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 2 months ago
Ooh congrats @libby on a very deserving perfectly formed story! 😊 And thank you @janeshuff for a challenge that got me away from editing/fretting! X
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Janette replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 2 months ago
Congratulations Libby; well deserved. And thank you @janeshuff for a challenge well set.
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 2 months ago
Thank you, @janeshuff . This is the first time I’ve won a monthly Den competition and I’m really pleased, and especially so as everyone else’s entries were excellent and a delight to read. Many thanks!
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Bella replied to the topic Class 3: Writing Exercise, Bella in the forum Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 4 years, 2 months ago
@janeshuff – yes, Waltraut was trying to escape him. He wasn’t pulling the strings, she had simply tired of him.
@raine – glad you picked up on the unreliability. Waltraut ultimately got him out of her life by framing him for cheating in his exams, resulting in him getting thrown out of school and all manner of other ills. As for the second…[Read more]
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Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Brexit dismay in the forum Coffee Shop 4 years, 3 months ago
@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]
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Thanks for the tips, Raine. I hadn’t heard of most of these authors apart from Jane and Fiona. My knowledge has increased.
They’re a range of genres so hopefully something in there that can tempt you!