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Mad Iguana replied to the topic Indie publishing deal in the forum Podium 5 years, 3 months ago
I’ve said it elsewhere, but I think it’s OK to congratulate a person more than once, isn’t it?
Congratulations Jane! Over the (edge) (of the) moon for you, if that’s not too tortured an attempted pun (I know it is).
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic The $2,000,000 Guitar in the forum Blogs 5 years, 8 months ago
I saw that and thought of your post, and your memories.
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic Fantasy Anthology in the forum Podium 5 years, 10 months ago
Great news Kate – well done!!
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic That old enemy, Perfectionism in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 5 years, 10 months ago
Perfectionism is a curse. But the desire for perfection is necessary, if we’re ever to get to be as good as we can be.
Every time I re-read anything I’ve ever written, I find myself changing a word here, a phrase there. A sentence can be cut completely and rewritten, and in the next rewrite, it comes back again.
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic Sorry not sorry in the forum Blogs 5 years, 10 months ago
Beautifully written, but so infuriating!
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Thanks Mad – I know, I’m BOILING with fury!
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I gather now, from the Guardian, that it was a ‘misunderstanding’ on the part of RTZ. I feel this probably makes things worse.
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years ago
Wowee Wowee Wowee Janette! Well done you!! Absolutely amazing news.
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic The $2,000,000 Guitar in the forum Blogs 6 years, 1 month ago
That’s a brilliant story, Richard. Absolutely love it!!
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic Short story in Barren magazine in the forum Podium 6 years, 1 month ago
Great stuff Daeds! Well done!!
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic Very Serious Consequences: Harrow and Wealdstone, 1952 in the forum Blogs 6 years, 1 month ago
Jeez that’s some incident. I did not know about this at all – thanks for telling the story so vividly, Richard!
It just shows that human nature – our inability to foresee and avert disaster until something truly catastrophic has happened – is unchanged over the years/decades/centuries. -
Debi Alper replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs 6 years, 1 month ago
Oh Hilary! I was alerted to this thread by Ath. I can see you’re taking this well but I know how much it must hurt. I’m going to try to take a step back and see where the agent might have been coming from. Don’t shout at me!
Agents love books, of course, and get very excited when they are part of the process that leads to publication. For some,…[Read more]
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs 6 years, 1 month ago
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] -
Mad Iguana replied to the topic What if I'm a bad human being? in the forum Blogs 6 years, 1 month ago
I’m late to this debate, but it’s a very interesting one, so I hope no-one minds me resurrecting it.
My view on this is very utilitarian (I think), in that I always – consciously or unconsciously – try to work out whether the value of the book/music/art/movie/whatever is greater to me than the cost of reading/listening/watching it.
And the…[Read more]
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic Book Two – Out Now in the forum Podium 6 years, 8 months ago
Super stuff Jules!! Haven’t read the first one yet – bought it, but haven’t read it. I’ll get the 2nd anyway, so it’s ready for when I am.
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic From Bloom to Blizzard in the forum Podium 6 years, 8 months ago
Great news!! Congrats Squidge!!
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Debi Alper posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
Someone on the current self-edit course has just posted this link about creating suspense and I thought I’d share it here: http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/6-secrets-to-creating-and-sustaining-suspense
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Thanks, Debi. 🙂
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Yes, thanks. Do we have a folder for helpful links in the Lifeboat?
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Not yet but the lifeboat is a good place to put them 😊
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Thank you. Despite the pun! Actually I am in the market for phrases using the word “edge” for the title of the next one!!
Don’t tempt me. I could be making up puns for the rest of the year.