Den of Writers | Janette | Mentions https://www.denofwriters.com/members/janette/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Janette. Mon, 18 May 2026 22:05:58 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 5fa914c6aed3d6a389d3e2d555886f7e Libby posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/25513/#acomment-25523 Sun, 01 Mar 2026 11:30:43 +0000 Hi @Janette Thanks for your note. No need to apologise. I’m intrigued about what news may be coming up!

In reply to - Libby replied to the topic February 2026 Monthly Competition in the forum Monthly Competition Amid the excitement of the annual Den Challenge there’s also the February monthly comp!! A reminder that there are two […] ]]> c3a6d1b1f426d5a33dc6f67846e8d3d4 Libby replied to the topic Monthly competition October 2025 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-october-2025/#post-17026 Sat, 01 Nov 2025 18:56:01 +0000 What fabulous entries, all of them fantastical, brilliant and captivating. Halloween has prompted very good stories.

@jillsted – here was an enticing mystery with a comic touch. Told with great pacing and a strong atmosphere of folk tale, it hooked me from start to finish.

@purplewitch (Terrie) – what wonderful creepiness. I loved the rich lan…[Read more]

]]> 0 58f69735b4a0f944a07597880998408a Seagreen replied to the topic Monthly Comp - July 2025 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-comp-july-2025/#post-16725 Sat, 02 Aug 2025 16:10:44 +0000 Thank you for indulging my ‘tearful’ requirement and apologies again for being so late with the results.

@Jill – Good to see you back, and thank you for diving back into the monthly comp with your tale of Lucia. I confess to knowing nothing about Vestal Virgins, but your entry has definitely piqued my curiosity and I’m sure there’s a much larger…[Read more]

]]> 1 00bf3b6d19d7ae76850c663f06600e3d Libby replied to the topic Monthly competition April 2025 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-april-2025/#post-16499 Thu, 01 May 2025 07:35:26 +0000 @sandradavies

Sandra, this is an atmospheric depiction of the personalities within a family, all so economically written. I’d never heard of furanocoumarins. What an interesting thing to discover! You built tension with all the possible problems resulting from letting children loose in the kitchen, then there was a fine twist at the end. Very e…[Read more]

]]> 0 403626a2ee148ec75e9f9069a07b91b0 Libby posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/24296/#acomment-24301 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:16:33 +0000 Hi @janette , I immediately liked (Don’t) Call Me Graceless and
My Growing Chain of Big Fat Lies. Is Fibs an alternative title?
The first title suggests character, the second plot. They both have voice.
I’m not keen on Fibs. It feels vague.

In reply to - Janette posted an update I wondered if I could ask a favour of any fellow writers who enjoy character-led novels. The current title of my book Saving Grace has never really sat easy with me, being aware it also the […] ]]> a82ac45088d8d68f48d67714c3940a48 Libby posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/24247/#acomment-24256 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:38:20 +0000 Thankyou, @janette ! And I’m pleased you had a lightbulb moment.

In reply to - Janette posted an update And sorry for the belated congratulations, Libby – amid the business of being employed again, I thought I had already posted my response to your comp win, which was a fine, worthy entry. I […] ]]> 4d1107e07abb98f5e3adfff59844922f Seagreen replied to the topic Monthly Competition - February 2025 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-february-2025/#post-16284 Sun, 02 Mar 2025 08:40:42 +0000 I was mooching around the bookstore with my daughter when I read the dedication in Onyx Storm, and it immediately brought to mind my eleven-year-old self – pink, NHS framed glasses, front teeth that I still had to grow into, and a passion for escaping into some book or other, looking for adventure. I posted the dedication as the monthly comp in…[Read more]

]]> 1 a7694bec03efe290287794f7b4991623 Libby replied to the topic Is a social media Christmas appeal worthwhile? in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/is-a-social-media-christmas-appeal-worthwhile/#post-15937 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:00:45 +0000 This links to a short piece in The Bookseller:

The Bookseller – News – Society of Authors calls for change to ‘acknowledge all writers involved’ in celebrity-written books

The main message is:

“The SoA is asking publishers, celebrities, booksellers, festival organisers, agents and all involved in the industry to recognise and reward all…[Read more]

]]> 0 203e890d6111b465e7a29db8f405ae84 Libby replied to the topic The latest in vanity publishing in the forum Marketplace https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/the-latest-in-vanity-publishing/#post-15879 Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:41:01 +0000 Hi @janette

I agree it could bring self-pub into disrepute though the large number of self-pub books on Amazon that seem not to have had human editing, regardless of the availability of AI, is already doing that.

The publishing industry can seem very off-putting. I’ve never tried to be published by it so I haven’t been through that particular…[Read more]

]]> 0 c39a23bf48bd7275a284e5ef6a2e878a Philippa East posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/23579/#acomment-23581 Sat, 16 Nov 2024 20:55:47 +0000 Hi Libby and @janette.
Here below is a copy of my original letter to the society of authors.
I think that a “Christmas appeal” letter, encouraging readers and book-buyers to support ordinary authors by avoiding celebrity titles would be great! I’ve been chatting loads about this issue in my various writing networks, so I think that if we were…[Read more]

In reply to - Janette started the topic Is a social media Christmas appeal worthwhile? in the forum Blogs Recently, @Philippa East posted a copy of her letter to the Society of Authors on facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/photo […] ]]> 30ccec2f0cae4bf1862342e908402383 Libby posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/23579/#acomment-23580 Sat, 16 Nov 2024 16:14:33 +0000 Hi @janette, thank you for sharing this. As I’m not on FB I can’t read the whole letter on screen. Are you able to copy and paste it here?

In reply to - Janette started the topic Is a social media Christmas appeal worthwhile? in the forum Blogs Recently, @Philippa East posted a copy of her letter to the Society of Authors on facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/photo […] ]]> d9aaccc655cdd9314adc53668000d175 Libby posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/22723/#acomment-22744 Thu, 21 Mar 2024 14:18:32 +0000 Hi @janette, feel free 🙂

In reply to - Janette posted an update Apologies for the big absences. I have had a lot to get my head around and the battle is not yet over, but I am starting to ease myself back into addressing an unfinished WIP. I have found […] ]]> 1e7c1cae7c1bfc9ee2c6ac4505421652 Libby posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/22723/#acomment-22725 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 08:27:34 +0000 Hi @janette, I grew up close to Manchester in the 1970s. I don’t know a great deal though can remember the atmosphere and what it looked like. There was a sense of desolation despite the moneyed suburbs. I don’t know anything about the theatres – a memory of the Library Theatre but that’s all. But if you think I can help, send me a private message…[Read more]

In reply to - Janette posted an update Apologies for the big absences. I have had a lot to get my head around and the battle is not yet over, but I am starting to ease myself back into addressing an unfinished WIP. I have found […] ]]> c84ea1acd8887d6136de18d5b6c4eb36 Libby posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/22172/#acomment-22173 Tue, 21 Nov 2023 08:25:31 +0000 Um, fingers crossed and a fair wind …
It might be more of a description than a story. My brain is full of other stories at the moment. But I’m interested in the task you’ve set @Janette

In reply to - Janette posted an update Only ten more days to go for the November Monthly comp. ]]> b5fffa40bd0da847d98af570d5986687 Libby replied to the topic Monthly competition - October 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-october-2023/#post-14561 Sat, 04 Nov 2023 11:03:48 +0000 Congratulations @Janette . I loved this excerpt. It feels so realistic. I could really hear her voice too in your brilliant dialogue.

]]> 1 29ed386c38dc7873cf97fdf3aa42d441 Libby replied to the topic Monthly comp - July 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-comp-july-2023/#post-14083 Tue, 01 Aug 2023 17:46:14 +0000 What terrific stories. So much horror too. I began to wonder if the topic of building work had raised deeply traumatic memories!

@clebs ‘Behind Closed Curtains’ is very atmospheric, rich in detail and perfectly titled. I felt a few words could be cut, such as the second mention of Jimmy’s bowl, and I wasn’t sure if I got the story’s message.…[Read more]

]]> 2 cad2f37c977b9aa9089a9ea41c03cf30 Libby posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/21500/#acomment-21503 Mon, 17 Jul 2023 10:57:12 +0000 @janette
Don’t worry. Post your tidied-up version and I’ll ignore your first submission.

In reply to - Libby replied to the topic Monthly comp – July 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition Hi Janette – feel free to tidy up! I see no reason why software idiosyncrasies and confusions therefrom should affect anyone’s […] ]]> 05055ab83cc671fb6a9b1a25ddd1207b Libby posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/21438/#acomment-21450 Sun, 02 Jul 2023 10:44:28 +0000 Lovely to read your story @janette . Good luck with your recovery <3

In reply to - Janette posted an update Apologies for the absence. I have been writing and reading disturbingly little while I’ve wrestled with other things, mainly concerning health and other shit that saps far too much energy, […] ]]> fa64b5d49f07a32bd8ebe4b850d9f82a Sandra replied to the topic Monthly Comp - March 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-comp-march-2021/#post-10110 Fri, 02 Apr 2021 07:15:55 +0000 Thank you @Athelstone and @seagreen. Also thanks @Janette for a prompt which enabled me to try out a reason for a murder.

]]> 0 9664f6b7ad1d232d7e8183168d4ab363 Libby replied to the topic Monthly comp - February 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-comp-february-2021/#post-9853 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:26:20 +0000 Congratulations, @janette . Two shivers for the price of one. A very enjoyable story.

]]> 1 3aa773759baadcbc3f0030ed39aeac32 JaneShuff replied to the topic Indie publishing deal in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/indie-publishing-deal-2/#post-9311 Fri, 18 Dec 2020 08:29:26 +0000 Thank you @athelstone @janette @raine @thea @libby @sandradavies.

Verve are a small imprint of an indie press so there’ll be no books on shelves in Waterstones but they’re lovely people and the fit feels so right. The indie press route has worked very well for me and is well worth a try. They’re often more open to books that don’t quite fit into…[Read more]

]]> 2 847077c9be5ac4049d5d199c828124e3 Raine posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/15867/#acomment-15872 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:02:12 +0000 Ah @janette, but its the winter solstice! That’s how I see it – and all the build up excitement is just a way of making the dark bearable!! Although I do wish it meant we could celebrate on the actual solstice (early presents!) but I guess that’s a step too far!
@dougk when my mini was at primary school (4-11yrs), we mums used to just call it…[Read more]

In reply to - Doug replied to the topic Monthly competition November 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition I’ll post mine tomorrow. Couldn’t post it before then, for seasonal reasons. A question for our members in Britain and […] ]]> be71ed60bf0a5de643675bcd088c0dbe Raine replied to the topic Monthy Comp - September 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthy-comp-september-2020/#post-8930 Fri, 02 Oct 2020 07:53:53 +0000 Just remembered to check in… Well done @seagreen!! It’s a fab story! And thank you @janette for the kind feedback and giving me a lunchtime prompt! 😊

]]> 0 37ffb49999b21d6cf5f17b579e5eff3d Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly comp: July 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-comp-july-2020/#post-8778 Tue, 01 Sep 2020 16:14:51 +0000 Congratulations to all (of us), especially @Janette 🙂

]]> 0 8260deab10b7ad6a0119f85a7a092ca8 Libby replied to the topic Monthly comp: July 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-comp-july-2020/#post-8775 Tue, 01 Sep 2020 15:03:55 +0000 Congratulations @Janette! I really enjoyed your story. And I loved @Athelstone‘s too. So creepy …

]]> 0 60812e2f7d2a432e9c63447f641b81ef Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp: July 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-comp-july-2020/#post-8774 Tue, 01 Sep 2020 14:39:34 +0000 Well it was a small select number of entries this month…well, two months! But they were none the worse for being that.

@Athelstone – a tale with sinister overtones… having been on the business end of a cat’s claws more than once, I’m glad my scratches didn’t end up this way.
@Janette – such a poignant story. I fully expected this to be linked…[Read more]

]]> 0 6ba69254ab271c843fc09c7b1b9b1556 Raine posted an update in the group CoronaMo: I did the decluttering exercise the other day, @janeshuff. […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13826/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 12:10:35 +0000 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! 😀

]]> 2 b299b355a23235f49fd16203e661be9f JaneShuff posted an update in the group CoronaMo: I am going to try @janette to combine the monthly comp and […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13821/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 18:06:10 +0000 I am going to try @janette to combine the monthly comp and the decluttering exercise somehow. Maybe it will be a mistake!

]]> 0 9b263fd928048d6ea252435ebb8d5a3c KazG replied to the topic Good news this time - finally! in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/good-news-this-time-finally/#post-8007 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:50:22 +0000 I can’t tell you how delighted I am to hear this, @janette! SO well deserved! I love that short story and look forward to reading the full length version. congratulations and crack out the bubbly (I’m sure you already have) xx

]]> 0 50ffdfe8aca7961fb30d0add2ec4a599 Elle replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/recent-agent-experience/#post-7862 Wed, 04 Mar 2020 09:44:28 +0000 @Hilary – I know we talked about this before but I will say it again. That age comment from this agent is rubbish, plenty of authors have their debut later in life. I’m quite sure Kit de Waal was over 50 when she published My Name is Leon.

There are still plenty of agents out there to submit to and the number of full request you’ve received shows…[Read more]

]]> 0 f583cdf1c6e5671d4fef7586e643a2a3 Mad Iguana replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/recent-agent-experience/#post-7824 Sun, 01 Mar 2020 23:35:59 +0000 Jeez that’s shocking behaviour. Both from your agent @Hilary and @janette.
I’ve never got that close – I mean, I’ve had full requests but no more than that – but I’d have thought you could at least rely on agents to be honest.
We’ve all been blanked on a submission – which is par for the course, even if I don’t particularly like it. But to bring…[Read more]

]]> 0 9ab3439d2a8261b969afe0eba7f3f1f5 Hilary replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/recent-agent-experience/#post-7821 Sun, 01 Mar 2020 20:11:55 +0000 Thank you everyone for your solidarity and kind comments about my writing, and for the encouragement to realise all the positives in this tale as well. And, @janette, for someone not to reply properly having suggested revisions – that is, indeed, unprofessional.

I am taking a step back from that experience and that novel, and working on the…[Read more]

]]> 0 0de5399731400df72719b90d55dc9fbc Libby replied to the topic Monthly competition - February 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-february-2020/#post-7818 Sun, 01 Mar 2020 19:56:00 +0000 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]

]]> 2 0eb257e8bec9b8cae05c55733d35f62e KazG replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/recent-agent-experience/#post-7814 Sun, 01 Mar 2020 10:10:16 +0000 I’m astounded by all these badly behaved agents, because bad behaviour it is. It’s just rude, and they must understand how galling it is for an author to get their hopes up needlessly – or maybe they don’t. And as for not replying after requesting a full – well, it’s appalling. @janette your experience in particular has me fuming. How can he gush…[Read more]

]]> 0 3cf337591af647a4fcd821e2207f95af JaneShuff replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/recent-agent-experience/#post-7812 Sun, 01 Mar 2020 08:04:15 +0000 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]

]]> 0 e7d61c579cd8869a6ad03f507f96e7a4 Libby replied to the topic Monthly competition - January 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-january-2020/#post-7405 Sat, 01 Feb 2020 19:01:17 +0000 Thank you, @Janette !

]]> 0 76b62814d23da9fa1e1e619d8b58ba65 JaneShuff replied to the topic Monthly competition - January 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-january-2020/#post-7400 Sat, 01 Feb 2020 17:54:51 +0000 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]

]]> 0 9398b68b69f1183874aefefbabfef52c Raine replied to the topic Monthly competition - January 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-january-2020/#post-7380 Fri, 31 Jan 2020 13:10:27 +0000 Just reading through these, and much fun it is. 🙂 Thank-you all for brightening up my lunch break.
@johnalty – that sneaky wee twist made me laugh. 😀
@sandradavies – erk!! Love the ‘not fat – not quite – not yet’ line, instant image of the man!
@seagreen – wow, hard and powerful, and I am totally siding with her!
@libby – impressive world…[Read more]

]]> 0 d04940cbffc933713ebb31fa1e6ddf04 Philippa East posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/7110/#acomment-7192 Fri, 25 Jan 2019 08:49:07 +0000 Gah! WoW @janette, that is fantastic news!!!! Well done! I’m keeping fingers crossed that she loves it….

In reply to - Raine posted an update I need a snow census. Who has snow? I am suffering my annual I LIVE IN SCOTLAND AND DONT HAVE SNOW temper tantrum. I live on the coast, sticking out into the north sea, low level. So its a) […] ]]> 0f8a3eb73d667e1092287fe6015c5316 Raine posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/7110/#acomment-7144 Thu, 24 Jan 2019 12:35:22 +0000 @janette, I had to do some serious door-wrestling too. Whilst thinking ‘how hard can you yank on a door handle before you snap it off?’
And @athelstone, glad to hear the foxes are feeling spring-like, despite all evidence to the contrary!

In reply to - Raine posted an update I need a snow census. Who has snow? I am suffering my annual I LIVE IN SCOTLAND AND DONT HAVE SNOW temper tantrum. I live on the coast, sticking out into the north sea, low level. So its a) […] ]]> da0a701ff844df4fce8e8c6e15dc8990 John S Alty posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/7110/#acomment-7139 Thu, 24 Jan 2019 09:18:11 +0000 Just a light dusting here.
@Janette, do you write Flash fiction?

In reply to - Raine posted an update I need a snow census. Who has snow? I am suffering my annual I LIVE IN SCOTLAND AND DONT HAVE SNOW temper tantrum. I live on the coast, sticking out into the north sea, low level. So its a) […] ]]> ea64a4af94550883e63c5be56e7a9ca3 Daedalus replied to the topic Den monthly competition September 2018 in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/den-monthly-competition-september-2018/page/2/#post-1980 Mon, 01 Oct 2018 15:31:47 +0000 Thank you so much to everyone who entered the first Den of Writers monthly competition. We now have a whole new section of the forum just for the monthly comp, so all future versions will be held there. Here’s the link: https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/forum/den-of-writers/monthly-competition/

For those not familiar with the monthly c…[Read more]

]]> 0 0f15629d0339eb67ee48a97a590ce8b4 Raine replied to the topic Pitching opportunity for northern writers in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/pitching-opportunity-for-northern-writers/#post-1620 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 11:33:14 +0000 @janette, yeah chuck one in. There’s probably a fairly small chance of actually being selected to pitch, so no harm in trying out.

]]> 0 0b5fd7915603f523252469635ff281cc Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Festival Dreams in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/festival-dreams/#post-1426 Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:21:30 +0000 Thank you, lovely people! Are you all trying to make me cry?!
@athelstone wish you’d been there too but we’ll certainly catch up another time and you’re not half bad at the encouragement yourself
@janette I laughed about the train once I was safely home! And thank you for not setting me off from the front row!
@johnt3 same fears as me but it was…[Read more]

]]> 0 b67812caad514b7344e91c9bc47238fc Squidge posted an update: @janette @athelstone - thank you! It's a very short piece, […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/2966/ Sun, 16 Sep 2018 18:32:51 +0000 @janette @athelstone – thank you! It’s a very short piece, but it was fun to write. Maybe I’m getting my writing mojo back after so much church based writing stuff…

]]> 1 4960ec339f51a450c81510953e1056b6 Tony Lyttle posted an update: @janette Love your metaphorical New Beginnings, comp entry. https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/2864/ Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:21:22 +0000 @janette Love your metaphorical New Beginnings, comp entry.

]]> 1 0d4f20467c9c7718613b899fa5e3a54e Jules posted an update: @janette Love the competition entry! Whimsical and fun. I am […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/2852/ Fri, 14 Sep 2018 13:51:51 +0000 @janette Love the competition entry! Whimsical and fun. I am now imagining dancing pens 🙂

]]> 1 b7f86aa65a1be237f2d8a83eee5570bd Knicks posted an update: Quick pop around to say C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S to @kaz […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/2358/ Tue, 11 Sep 2018 11:14:02 +0000 Quick pop around to say C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S to @kazg and @janette for their wonderful news this morning. I’ve been reading everything but if I took the time to respond to it all, I would still be awake at 2 am with a rise and shine time of 5 30. I will catch up on All . The . Things over the week, but it’s my first week back at work…[Read more]

]]> 1 82d549ee9ab2351187816d45ee90bf6b Athelstone posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/1806/#acomment-1849 Sat, 08 Sep 2018 12:45:17 +0000 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]

In reply to - Baz Baron posted an update @sandradavies Nice to have found you all (again) I see that ‘ The writing place’ has gone as well as ‘The Cloud’ Sad day for writers’ but welcome news about Den of Writers, who set it […] ]]>