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Jules posted a new activity comment 6 years ago
So glad your enjoying it! It’s amazing how many writers and artists Shakespeare infuenced – many in genres you’d never expect! 😊
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More great news! That’s fabulous.
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Jules posted a new activity comment 6 years, 1 month ago
This is just the best news. So pleased for you. And it’s about time your exquisite work got the attention it derserves 😊
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Jules replied to the topic Positive thoughts in the forum
CoronaMo 6 years, 2 months agoWell done on the short story acceptance, Doug.
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Jules posted a new activity comment 6 years, 2 months ago
Thanks for sharing that, Doug. It’s great. I’ll have tk send a copy to my co-dragon 😊
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Jules posted a new activity comment 6 years, 2 months ago
Haha right there with you! And I completely agree – the truth in historical terms is often far more interesting than the Everyone Knows version. Also agree that writers have to be free to make unintentional mistakes without being pilloried for them. It’s inevitable that some small detail will be wrong but as you say, why not try to be as correct…[Read more]
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Jules replied to the topic A gasp escaped me! in the forum Blogs 6 years, 2 months ago
Pretty sure Stephen King now has a team of fact checkers. But yes I imagine the tone of those letters is gleeful. What I’ll say for King is that even though he’s writing speculative fiction, he portrays characters who’ve had life experiences he has not respectfully. The same cannot be said for Boyne! One of the big problems with The Boy in the…[Read more]
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Jules posted a new activity comment 6 years, 4 months ago
Hi Andrew. Welcome to the Den. If you need help, don’t be afraid to shout. Someone will be happy to point you in the right direction. Great to have you with us.
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Looks worth checking out. Thanks for sharing!
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Jules posted a new activity comment 6 years, 4 months ago
It’s been on my tbr for years, Richard. I must bump it up the pile!
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Jules posted a new activity comment 6 years, 4 months ago
I keep meaning to read more Hemmingway. He has a deceptive way of conveying worlds of meaning in just a few words. And a lot of it seems to be subconsciously understood by the reader until they stop and think about it. I’m not sure he’d ever make my ‘favourite author’ list but he’s definotely a master of thr craft.
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And a great supporter of adjectives and adverbs!
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I’ve only ever read one book by Hemingway, and I don’t know why that is because that one book is a cracker – ‘The Old Man and the Sea.’ I know of no other book that conveys so much in such a simple tale, told in such simple language. It won him the Nobel Prize, and quite right too.
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It’s been on my tbr for years, Richard. I must bump it up the pile!
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I read that, too, and came away dazzled. Strangely, that was the only one of his novels I read. I’ve read most of his short stories, and have them on my Kindle.
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My copy of ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ is an old book club edition that used to belong to my parents and is nearly as old as I am. The story is brought to even more vivid life by drawings by two artists specially commissioned for that edition – a note at the front explains that they were supposed to be alternatives but were so good the publishers…[Read more]
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Jules posted a new activity comment 6 years, 4 months ago
Congratulations, Squidge. Do you have any posts or tweets you would like amplified? Must check in with Tilda and find out what happens next!
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Thanks, Jules – there are a couple of posts up on the Scribbles https://squidgesscribbles.blogspot.com/ , one of which has a little video about why I chose a mining setting for this story. I’m not a Twitterer but any posts there by anyone else would be appreciated. I’ll try to set up a Q&A once folk have started to read the book – probably do that…[Read more]
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