@janeshuff
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KazG posted a new activity comment 7 years, 4 months ago
That would be a very good end of year @janeshuff. I hope you are all ok over there. Awful to read about all the anger and destruction x
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Alan Rain replied to the topic NaNoWriMo in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 5 months ago
@janeshuff I don’t feel guilt at all. Maybe I’m the odd one out?
What does baffle me are writers who admit to not enjoying the actual writing, and that includes all aspects of it, particularly editing. They procrastinate and actually seem proud of it. Or is it all a bluff? If not, Wtf? -
Athelstone posted a new activity comment 7 years, 5 months ago
@janeshuff this looks like another case where bbpress is hiding replies (for space and tidiness) but not providing a ‘show all replies’ button. So although I can see there were 8 replies, I can’t actually view them.
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Neither can I!
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Athelstone posted a new activity comment 7 years, 5 months ago
@janeshuff there’s a possibility of that happening in my current wip – only more likely shorts -> trousers as the MC is a he.
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Alan Rain replied to the topic CB Creative in the forum Podium 7 years, 5 months ago
Thanks @raine @janeshuff and @elle.
Good to hear, Elle, that you got something positive from that particular course. I’ve never done a writing course of any description, so I’m keeping an open mind.
Had an out-of-the-blue message from one of CB’s agents today asking for my novel. Now, that is welcome, although it would be truly remarkable if a…[Read more]
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Philippa East replied to the topic Some notes on Dara Marks' Transformational Arc in the forum Blogs 7 years, 6 months ago
@janeshuff, that’s a great way of putting it. Yes, “the broad sweeps” and then refining in the edits.
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Raine posted a new activity comment 7 years, 6 months ago
@janeshuff, that sort of forum would be great wouldn’t it? Perhaps worth setting one up sometime.
@squidge & @richardb, it’s a gorgeous place, isn’t it? I had a couple of trips there to stay at a residential welsh language school in the most stunning, stark, kind of depressing setting. I love all those abandoned mines/quarrys/houses. Softer than…[Read more]-
It sounds lovely. Good luck with it.
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Janette posted a new activity comment 7 years, 6 months ago
Oh, good luck with that one, Raine – I love doing research, but alas can’t help you on this occasion.
I love the idea of a group to share locations though, @janeshuff. I’m basing my wip on West Yorkshire (where I live), namely the 60s era, but am more than willing to share info on my part of town.-
Ooh thank you Jonathan and Janette. I’ll message you with my email address. I’m at the very early stage at the moment.
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Elle replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 7 years, 6 months ago
Thanks @Daedalus @John & @JaneShuff 🙂
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Alan Rain replied to the topic Opinion about title in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 6 months ago
Thanks for your input @athelstone @seagreen @Janeshuff @kazg @Squidge @elle @Bellam
That 5 of you go towards YA / Children’s and the other 2 suggest SF / Fantasy tells me that the original name is still the one to use, although I will still make a minor tweak to it.
So, yes, it’s a literary-leaning novel about possession, with the MFC split.
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KazG replied to the topic New title needed for 'Snatched' – help! in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 6 months ago
You lot are fantastic! Thank you all so much for brainstorming for me 🙂
@seagreen and @janeshuff – I think you’re really onto something there with The Time Stealer/Snatcher’s… and using that to bundle the series together. Going to ponder that.
@jd73 that made me snort – Iron Maiden’s back catalogue 🙂 But I love them. And I’m leaning…[Read more]
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KazG replied to the topic Violence in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 6 months ago
@janeshuff – ah, the sweet sound of a scene being NAILED! That gives me shivers of satisfaction. Everything pulling together and resonating all over the place…can’t wait to read the rewrite 🙂
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Raine posted a new activity comment 7 years, 7 months ago
YAY for dolphins @janeshuff!! They are just the most amazing creatures. (Apart from bats, obv). Have never got over the buzz of seeing them however often I’ve done so.
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Raine replied to the topic New Blog from Emma Darwin in the forum Blogs 7 years, 7 months ago
Go you @janeshuff! I think @skylark, and others have done the 100 day thing and found it helpful. I think I would falter at the weekends – RL being inconsiderate and getting in the way!
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Squidge posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
@janeshuff – Terrible Minds is Chuck Wendig’s blog. Often off-the-wall, pretty sweary at times, but full of useful writing stuff. http://terribleminds.com
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Raine posted a new activity comment 7 years, 7 months ago
@janeshuff, suggestion for next month’s challenge perhaps! 🙂
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I’ve taken a morning off to write something – the first one unsettled me so much, I was determined to make it uplifting, regardless of crap-factor.
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Athelstone posted a new activity comment 7 years, 7 months ago
Our very own Jules (@jillybean) did indeed wave her magic wand of WordPress magic to conjure up this fabulous confcetion, the Den of Writers. The full guilty few , who thought the place up, squabbled over names, who does what, founded and funded it are: Jules (@jillybean), Athelstone (@athelstone), Fiona (@bric), Daedalus (@daedalus), KazG…[Read more]
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Thanks for the elucidation perhaps this should be in an introduction?
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They’re a modest lot so perhaps just a eulogy to me, how I came up with the idea and built the site from scratch – that sort of thing 🙂
But more seriously, I expect we’ll find a place for the list if anybody wants to find it.
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Thanks for that, Athers. In that case, well done to all concerned a wonderful job has been undertaken and it is much appreciated to be able to fan the spirit of ‘The Wordcloud’ into new (and hopefully) everlasting realms.
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Elle replied to the topic A Blank Piece of Paper (short Story – critique) in the forum Critiques 7 years, 7 months ago
Wow, thank you guys for taking the time to read and offer feedback and suggestions. It’s all very helpful and useful to me.
@JaneShuff – thanks for pointing our that sentence to me I can see how it’s confusing and needs some work. And I will correct the pronoun and tense slip!
@Daedalus – the editing feedback and suggestions are great, thank y…[Read more]
Thanks @kazg. Luckily we are far from the mayhem of Paris and the gilets jaunes here were peacable enough. However they’ve started blockading the Port du Commerce which means no petrol deliveries and there was a spate of panic buying over the weekend which means the pumps have run dry!
Oh yikes! Hope the blockade lifts soon, although I have to admire their protest power! Good luck for the writing today – and without the OH to interrupt!
Oh no, hope you don’t get stuck! yes, the French know how to get protesting, don’t they? Phlegmatic they are not. Good luck with the writing @janeshuff