@johnalty
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JaneShuff posted a new activity comment 3 years, 5 months ago
Thank you @johnalty. I’ll be happy if it does what the publishers hope it will do! I might need your help as I’m contracted to write a second in the series and it is looking as though there’ll be a bit of sailing in it.
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Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Dipping my toe back in in the forum Blogs 4 years, 1 month ago
Hi @johnalty it’s good to be back, though it would help if I came back and then didn’t disappear again for months! Sigh. I have good intentions and then life happens…
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Raine replied to the topic Monthly competition – February 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 2 months ago
Well done @johnalty – much deserved. Perhaps writing two stories then being forced to choose is a sound strategy to adopt π And Thankyou Libby for an intriguing challenge π
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly competition – February 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 2 months ago
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.
Iβve added a few editorial points in my comments in the hope these are useful if youβre going to be developing the…[Read more]
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@raine – you are in there! Apologies for misspelling your name.
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Great competition, Libby, and thank you for your comments. Much appreciated. Congratulations John. It is a wonderful story and a worthy winner out of a group of fab stories.
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 3 months ago
Thank you everyone. And sorry for the delay. Weβre 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]
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Raine replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 3 months ago
Just reading through these, and much fun it is. π Thank-you all for brightening up my lunch break.
@johnalty – that sneaky wee twist made me laugh. π
@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!
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 4 months ago
Oooh! Two entries already! How exciting. I am longing to read them but I guess I should leave it until the end of the month. Thank you @sandradavies and @johnalty
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Raine replied to the topic Bi-Monthly Comp – May/June 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 10 months ago
Well, thank-you everyone for entering. I’m so glad I set this particular challenge as it’s been so much fun getting little insights into all your works in progress and I can genuinely say I’d have carried on reading every one of them. They all pulled me right in and left me wanting more, so seriously well dones on lots of good stuff.
Because…[Read more]
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KazG posted a new activity comment 4 years, 11 months ago
Ha @johnalty π My solution is for husband to go away for a month at a time. Space in marriage is much underestimated π
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Raine replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 5 years, 3 months ago
Congrats @johnalty and @elle – that’s great news and I’ll keep fingers crossed for teh next stage – when is the short list announced?
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Elle replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 5 years, 3 months ago
Congrats @johnalty
Turns out I’m on the Longlist too.
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 5 years, 3 months ago
Congratulations @Johnalty. Lovely news!
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Libby replied to the topic January 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 3 months ago
Thank you @johnalty and well deserved Jonathan @jd73. As Daeds said, a tour de force. I really enjoyed both your piece and his.
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Janette posted a new activity comment 5 years, 3 months ago
@johnalty, I do like to write flash fiction, however at the moment I’ve had to put my blinkers on and concentrate on my current WIP as an agent has asked for the full once I do some requested adjustments. Sorry it rules me out of current comps at least, but I’m hoping it will all be worth it.
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Wow, good luck with that.
Actually I wasn’t drumming up business for the comp, it was a bit of silliness based on the claim by Flash, in the Peak District, to be the highest village in England.-
Sorry, John, I should amend my previous statement to ‘one of the highest’, though at 1200ft above sea-level, we’re pretty damned high.
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Gah! WoW @janette, that is fantastic news!!!! Well done! I’m keeping fingers crossed that she loves it….
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly comp – December 2018 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 4 months ago
Congratulations @johnalty – well deserved. It was a gripping story.
Thank you @Raine for your kind comments on my entry. I’m sorry you’ve had a difficult Christmas. Hope things will get back on track for you soon.
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Raine replied to the topic Monthly comp – December 2018 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 4 months ago
Guys, I can’t apologise enough for being NINE days late coming back to this. THe holidays were … not conducive to remembering things, so I am sorry for keeping you in suspense (and making January a very brief comp!)
So… thankyou for managing to fit in writing your entries during the xmas busyness.
@Seagreen – I loved the tiny details that…[Read more]
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Libby posted a new activity comment 5 years, 4 months ago
Happy new year, @johnalty and all Denizens.
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KazG replied to the topic New title needed for 'Snatched' – help! in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 5 years, 7 months ago
You lot are fantastic! Thank you all so much for brainstorming for me π
@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 π But I love them. And I’m leaning…[Read more]
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