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Jonathan replied to the topic September 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 5 months ago
Nice work Ath π
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Jonathan replied to the topic replying to agent rejections in the forum Coffee Shop 4 years, 6 months ago
I’ve always sent quick responses, even for rejects (“Thank you for yor time”, etc) – I think it’s out of habit, I guess, though nobody’s complained – yet π
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Jonathan replied to the topic September 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 6 months ago
Seed Cathedral
It was not the first of its kind but it was the one which marked the moment past which things would not return. There were too many and they were too popular. And tomorrow was my day. Today was Alfieβs β my brother.
βWe who hold our rockets,β said the priest, garbed in a sheet in the roofless shadow of the abbey, βsit together…[Read more]
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Jonathan posted a new activity comment 4 years, 6 months ago
I’m still at the talking-in-his-voice stage. Actually I’ve been at that stage a good while before the comp opened, which is how he got the job π
Now I just hope I can find him something to do.
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Jonathan posted an update in the group Songs of Innocence and Experience 4 years, 6 months ago
Good. I’ve already started to get to know my character. And I don’t hate him, which is nice π
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My character is posting the occasional biographical snippet, but I’m afraid to let him off the leach too much …
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I’m still at the talking-in-his-voice stage. Actually I’ve been at that stage a good while before the comp opened, which is how he got the job π
Now I just hope I can find him something to do.
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Jonathan joined the group Songs of Innocence and Experience 4 years, 7 months ago
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Jonathan replied to the topic Monthly comp – July 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 8 months ago
Well done Kate – a deserved win π And yep Sandra you interpreted mine correctly.
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Jonathan replied to the topic Making sense? in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 4 years, 8 months ago
OK so the message is: do those things now and you won’t regret having missed out later. It’s clearer with the preceding line, I think. Pretty snappy line imo π
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Jonathan replied to the topic Monthly comp – July 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 8 months ago
Document
(content warning)Bringing a gun into a house changes it
Sliding a small skirting board piece to one side
You couldnβt secrete barely a few shells between
A pipe and this weird angular thing that you recall
Has something to do with home repair
For the un-betooled.Planking pulls up with relative ease. In they go
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Jonathan replied to the topic Making sense? in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 4 years, 8 months ago
No, to me it means don’t beat yourself up over missed opportunities. I like it, actually, that sentiment. With so much pressure to achieve, to do, to be fortunate and so on, if you don’t, it’s easy to feel very guilty, and who wants that? π
Ooh, and it pans musically too and isn’t too tongue twisty either. Is this a song you are planning to sing?
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Jonathan replied to the topic Bi-Monthly Comp – May/June 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 9 months ago
Nice work Sandra – congratulations π Stunning entries all round – might have to rewrite my WIP opening again!
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Jonathan replied to the topic Fantasy/SF/Spec fic story list (working) in the forum Marketplace 4 years, 9 months ago
Great list – thanks π
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Jonathan replied to the topic Unediting in the forum Blogs 4 years, 10 months ago
And do any of you find that sometimes, you change something, only to change it back again?
Bah! Editing? My text comes out publisher-ready, no rewrites.
OK, total-lying mode switched off now π Yes, I change it, change it back, forget why I wanted to change it in the first place, then forget entirely what the whole fracas was about or what I was…[Read more]
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Jonathan replied to the topic Regular Den competition – where next? in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 10 months ago
OK yep that all sounds good π
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Jonathan replied to the topic Regular Den competition – where next? in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 10 months ago
I know it’s always a tricky one, but what is the definition of positive commentary? Is constructive crit within that purview? What do we want to allow? I ask because in some instances it could be useful to see where a piece went wrong, though of course then again some entrants might not be seeking any kind of feedback. Going back to the point…[Read more]
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Jonathan replied to the topic Regular Den competition – where next? in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 10 months ago
^ I agree with that Jane. And to keep entries clearer, maybe put something like
ENTRY
at the top if you are posting a story. Or comment as a reply to an entry, and let the forum software handle the nesting of replies (testing that here to see if it does indeed do that!). I like the idea of comments being right in alongside with the stories as it…[Read more]
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Jonathan replied to the topic Terminal discouragement? in the forum Coffee Shop 4 years, 11 months ago
Thanks Richard. I like that “I wrote it like that because I like it like that. And screw you.” I fully support the misuse of craft in the name of creation. I wrote a piece that was full of (intentional) spelling mistakes, probably because I’d recently read The Gallows Pole and I liked the way it conveys voice and place via imperfection, and was…[Read more]
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Jonathan posted a new activity comment 4 years, 11 months ago
Interesting. I’ve joined but I can’t seem to confirm my email without getting “ERROR OCCURRED, PLEASE TRY TO LOGIN TO YOUR ACCOUNT AND RESEND VERIFICATION EMAIL.” in reply … Iwonder if I’m on a blacklist somewhere π
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Jonathan replied to the topic Terminal discouragement? in the forum Coffee Shop 4 years, 11 months ago
Regarding this point:
this would seem to suggest that all the stuff he mentions in the first para, all the work we do to improve our writing, all the hanging out we do in places like the Den and, yes, Jericho Wtiters too, is a waste of time.
I’ve not seen the writeup so I don’t know if there’s any more? Is there a link to it or is it…[Read more]
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Jonathan replied to the topic Monthly comp: Feb 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 11 months ago
Okeydoke we got there in the end, it looks like. Thank you all for your stories (and screenplay) – I enjoyed reading them all. However one winner it has always been and one winner it will be tonight and that winner, for the enchanting voice, the sinister β yet strangely beautiful β turns of phrase, and the macabre subtlety of it all, from the tit…[Read more]
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