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Active 7 years, 9 months ago-
Seagreen replied to the topic Flash fiction success in the forum Podium 6 years, 10 months ago
Excellent news! Congratulations! 🙂
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Squidge posted an update 6 years, 10 months ago
Anyone from York dropping in to the Den over this weekend? How did Friday Night Live go? How’s Janette’s wheels? And have you all spent a fortune at the bar yet?
Say hi to all the Denizens and cloudies from me.
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Good fun. John’s was easily the best but he didn’t win 🙁 Drank my way through a week’s pocket money on Friday. Bit green on Saturday morning. Enjoyable so far. Series of new 2 hour workshops called ‘labs’ this year. Went to Jail Duncan’s “World Building” and he still overran by 25 minutes. He used the f-adjective so many times that after the…[Read more]
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A blog will be nice. I’ve missed catching up.
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Looking forward to the blog. Missed the real thing. (Would never like to go to another of H Duncan’s workshops, if that’s who you mean, though I know some think they’re great.)
Specially sorry to miss John’s reading, which I can quite believe was the best, and seeing ‘Cloudies’/Denizens. Maybe next year. There’s been lots of ‘family stuff’ this…[Read more]
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Oh, what a shame for John. Hope he got some interest though from the agents? I don’t remember Hal Duncan using the f-bomb when I sat in his workshops a few years ago.
Fingers crossed that next year, I might be able to go again; currently in the throes of getting T ready for uni a week on Monday (a week earlier than we thought, thanks to Freshers…[Read more] -
A blog will be very interesting. Thanks, Ath.
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Blog, please, Ath.
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Yes, HAL not Jail – never was great at typing onto a phone. Blog when my mind’s all connected back up and the M1 is out of my bloodstream.
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Hal is the weegie, right? He cracks me up slightly & yeah, I remember some pretty fluent swearing going on.
Hurray for @johnt3 doing so well. I’m not surprised his reading was fantastic. 🙂-
The scooter went very well, thanks, @squidge. I couldn’t have done York without it (and the help of our friend group, who were awesome). Debi created a messenger group to help us communicate (and so that I could call out for help when needed), which was a brilliant idea and worked so well, I think it should be repeated, injuries or not, next year.…[Read more]
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Squidge posted an update 6 years, 10 months ago
Looking forward to hearing about York from everyone who’s going… Have a fab time and may you have plenty of ink in your pens! x
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Raine posted an update 6 years, 10 months ago
Good luck and enjoy to folks heading to York today. Wishing you positive 1-1s and lovely writerly chats.
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Seagreen replied to the topic September 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 10 months ago
DREAM WEAVER (267 WORDS INCLUDING TITLE)
In my dreams I’m strong and fearless. My sword is sharp and silver, but I won’t stab you if I don’t have to: I’ll give you the chance to surrender and walk away.
But only one chance, mind.
In my dreams, there are green trees that smell of apples and yellow roses that fill the garden with sunshine. Vampire…[Read more] -
John T posted an update 6 years, 10 months ago
Heading to York knowing that I’m performing in Friday Night Live and I have a sore throat. This could be the first ever FNL in sign language!
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Bestest of best luck. 🙂
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Will be sending healing vibes all the way, John. And keeping fingers and toes crossed for you x
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Thank you!
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Thank you both! I can’t reply directly to Seagreen for some computerish reason xxx
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Whisky and lemon and honey. Then you’ll do brilliant. Good luck.
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My favourite remedy x
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Good luck @johnt3! Yes, whisky for that smokey, throaty burr. That and your wurdz together will knock ’em dead 🙂 Enjoy!
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Good luck. I hope the throat sorts itself out in time.
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We’ll try to get a Cloudie table together to cheer you on to your inevitable victory, John!
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Good luck, John. Rooting for you. And hope you feel better soon x
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Didn’t see this – good luck, John. I’ll be cheering you on remotely. BUt also, doing a reading in sign would be so utterly amazing and inclusive and beautiful!
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Squidge started the topic Tilda of Merjan Book Launch in the forum Podium 6 years, 10 months ago
Folks did ask when I was going to do a launch – details here: https://squidgesscribbles.blogspot.com/2019/09/book-launch-tilda-of-merjan.html
It’s a full daytime event in half term, although half term seems to run over two weeks and this is the first of the two.
But I have been wondering whether any Denizens would be up for an evening…[Read more]
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Athelstone posted an update 6 years, 10 months ago
Calling all writers – this means you! There are 3 weeks left until the group “Songs of Innocence and Experience” becomes private and is closed to new members. This annual short story event has led to winning National Competition entries and inspired novels. It can draw out the best in you and at the very least is tremendous fun. To join, head…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic September 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 10 months ago
Sandra, they are fun, aren’t they? Valspar (Other paint companies also available!) are the absolute best ones – much more imaginative than others I could mention!
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Squidge posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
September comp’s up – realise it might be a bit quiet this month because of York, but looking forward to reading those who decide to give it a go.
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Squidge posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
I believe certain peeps have heard about comp placings for York this weekend…
Anyone else we don’t know about yet?!
Good luck to everyone who has been, commiserations to those who haven’t, and have a bloody good time the rest of you. x
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Squidge started the topic September 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 11 months ago
Right, many of you know I use paint samples as one of my writing prompts in creative writing sessions; now you get to have a go.
The samples are all beige/brown in colour. Your challenge is to pick one of the following names given to the shades of brown and give me a max of 400 words, using the name as a title. Your choices are;
Je M’Appelle…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 11 months ago
Flip! Thank you! Only popped in here cos I had a spare two minutes!
Give me til tonight, and I’ll think of something for you all to dig your teeth into…
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Whisks posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
Hello everybody, long time no speak!
Just having a mooch around and see there’s a new short story challenge on the go. But I can’t see anything about it. Only the first few lines of comments and a members’ list. No blog or any clue as to what’s going on. There’s apparently no forum yet, yet people are making choices – and I don’t know what the…[Read more]-
You need to join the group for the forum posts to show up.
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Yep, it’s not as straightforward as the Cloud. I can’t believe I’m writing that, what with the numerous sets of instructions people were constantly posting back then for how to navigate. As Kate says, you need to join to see the forum and its posts, even though it’s an open group. Do join. Do have a go. Go on – you know you want to 🙂
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Yes, do join. When you have joined you will find a sub menu for the group and if you select the “activity” menu you will see all the relevant threads and posts.
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Hi Whisks! Waves excitedly…
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Oh! THERE you all are. Thanks for the replies. Oh so you have to join to see if you want to join? Silly me. Okey dokey. I shall do exactly that. See you on the other side 😀
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 11 months ago
Thanks Kate, good comp.
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Athelstone posted an update in the group
Songs of Innocence and Experience 6 years, 11 months agoSome intriguing choices being made. I hope that expectations are not knocked too far off kilter when the theme and meaning of the choices is revealed. I’m sure that kind, clever, wise, reliable and wholly impartial Jules will make my choices quite perfectly.
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You’re not trying to butter me up there at all, are you, Ath?
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Simply speaking the truth – as I learned to at my mother’s knee…
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Raine posted an update in the group
Songs of Innocence and Experience 6 years, 11 months ago@sandradavies You choose the BEST character names! 😀
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Zephaniah (surname Poole) is a family name – wish I’d known that before I had my children!
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Zephaniah is such a great name. I kind of want it (for myself, not for this challenge!)
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Raine posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
How’re things, Denizens? Hurray and thanks to @athelstone for managing to drag me out of my cave to sign up for his splendid comp. *crawls back into cave to mull choices*
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Thanks for the thanks, though I assure you there are plenty of selfich reasons to run the comp – it’s fun for starters.
Can’t speak for the Denizens, but things are fine for me. How about you?-
Things are a bit bleurgh tbh. Hence the cave. So am extra glad of the challenge this year. 🙂
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