Den of Writers | Julia | Friends Activity https://www.denofwriters.com/members/julia/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Julia's friends. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:19:15 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 a66d8430d73c6064af894d503fdf9939 Mad Iguana posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/16118/#acomment-16128 Thu, 24 Dec 2020 00:56:13 +0000 Don’t tempt me. I could be making up puns for the rest of the year.

In reply to - Mad Iguana replied to the topic Indie publishing deal in the forum Podium 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 […] ]]> 4a74b98ec1909ba9b2b78a8446d2edcb Mad Iguana replied to the topic Indie publishing deal in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/indie-publishing-deal-2/#post-9346 Tue, 22 Dec 2020 16:49:28 +0000 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).
Can’t wait to read your published work.

]]> 2 c2cfe1b363b5d1c15c2ca7d112d2679f Mad Iguana replied to the topic The $2,000,000 Guitar in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/the-2000000-guitar/#post-8587 Sat, 25 Jul 2020 23:50:23 +0000 I saw that and thought of your post, and your memories.

]]> 0 0d6b98ff4136be0f0e773fa16d30ee9e Mad Iguana replied to the topic Fantasy Anthology in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/fantasy-anthology/#post-8410 Fri, 12 Jun 2020 22:39:28 +0000 Great news Kate – well done!!

]]> 0 45c0b9b4d1766e2b49eff307b497c9bb Mad Iguana replied to the topic That old enemy, Perfectionism in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/that-old-enemy-perfectionism/#post-8409 Fri, 12 Jun 2020 22:39:03 +0000 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.
I found comfort in the quote from…[Read more]

]]> 0 d9d4c2f84aa90cc6f97a0473b806f41b Mad Iguana replied to the topic Sorry not sorry in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/sorry-not-sorry/#post-8359 Tue, 02 Jun 2020 13:08:04 +0000 Beautifully written, but so infuriating!

]]> 2 d4c16ff365c4dc53f9004b60152071ae Mad Iguana replied to the topic Good news this time - finally! in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/good-news-this-time-finally/#post-8018 Sat, 21 Mar 2020 16:53:27 +0000 Wowee Wowee Wowee Janette! Well done you!! Absolutely amazing news.

]]> 0 3e056720516e3fff9ee4abecb0a4ce5a Mad Iguana replied to the topic The $2,000,000 Guitar in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/the-2000000-guitar/#post-7936 Thu, 12 Mar 2020 10:01:54 +0000 That’s a brilliant story, Richard. Absolutely love it!!

]]> 0 882876948dea402146bd1d0261620bb2 Mad Iguana replied to the topic Short story in Barren magazine in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/short-story-in-barren-magazine/#post-7935 Thu, 12 Mar 2020 09:57:05 +0000 Great stuff Daeds! Well done!!

]]> 0 f5febc83fd39afb64bc68010ac3ef35c Mad Iguana joined the group DONATIONS https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13686/ Thu, 12 Mar 2020 09:56:15 +0000 0 86222f4246f8938e06530340d5c1eba0 Mad Iguana replied to the topic Very Serious Consequences: Harrow and Wealdstone, 1952 in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/very-serious-consequences-harrow-and-wealdstone-1952/#post-7873 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 11:40:34 +0000 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.

]]> 0 78ef25afcc6cb5dbe72850ecfd2526a1 Debi Alper replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/recent-agent-experience/#post-7825 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 01:06:46 +0000 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]

]]> 0 f583cdf1c6e5671d4fef7586e643a2a3 Mad Iguana replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/recent-agent-experience/#post-7824 Sun, 01 Mar 2020 23:35:59 +0000 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]

]]> 0 3c7c21d5702f96707ac4bb1229326f03 Mad Iguana replied to the topic What if I'm a bad human being? in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/what-if-im-a-bad-human-being/#post-7745 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 14:38:22 +0000 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]

]]> 0 016adb6d34ead9945c1d9df2ac0c216b Mad Iguana posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13389/#acomment-13415 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 14:05:20 +0000 That’s gorgeous!

In reply to - JaneShuff posted an update If anyone wants to see where I live, it’s in todays’s Guardian! https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/feb/22/five-lesser-known-holiday-destinations-in-france ]]> 66bb7e797e4b2017ca148a721925c1bf Mad Iguana replied to the topic Book Two - Out Now in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/book-two-out-now/#post-5775 Tue, 06 Aug 2019 23:57:17 +0000 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.

]]> 0 0a297e289ea5ac6dfa161f42c8696beb Mad Iguana replied to the topic From Bloom to Blizzard in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/from-bloom-to-blizzard/#post-5774 Tue, 06 Aug 2019 23:54:24 +0000 Great news!! Congrats Squidge!!

]]> 0 d0150dd13dc21a0da44494824459e0a2 Debi Alper posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/10344/#acomment-10388 Sat, 27 Jul 2019 23:33:37 +0000 Heyoop. Just seen I’ve been name-checked here. I do check the Den regularly but missed this. Sounds like you’ve sorted something out, At hers. Bummer though. Hope you’re not regretting coming to York. I’ll be looking forward to seeing you there.

In reply to - Athelstone posted an update Feeling a bit hacked-off. Just heard that my number one choice of agent to meet at York is no longer going to be there. To be honest, she seemed like such a good fit for my writing that […] ]]> 3264d3657c1921fc2c9ed1df8a0710e1 Debi Alper posted an update: Someone on the current self-edit course has just posted this […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/4933/ Fri, 26 Oct 2018 15:06:57 +0000 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

]]> 3 8db9d9a1070d3c1280d109c053fe8de1 Crow and Sylvia are now friends https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/4760/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 14:09:18 +0000 0 e5d074d99ea4ad723ef1ac784a468570 Kate and Julia are now friends https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/4639/ Fri, 19 Oct 2018 11:43:57 +0000 0 0db7577860e0ae1743aaa90a80a83c3c Kate and Caroline are now friends https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/4635/ Fri, 19 Oct 2018 08:47:14 +0000 0 39fb7a6de4d5e8b72473aef756063505 Kate and Jacqueline are now friends https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/4631/ Fri, 19 Oct 2018 07:14:26 +0000 0 673b46769f349fb6ad2ed1c89cff1247 Kate and Kausar are now friends https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/4623/ Thu, 18 Oct 2018 20:49:35 +0000 0 a351d858f6b8af48ec86a194868d1713 Crow and Kate are now friends https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/4622/ Thu, 18 Oct 2018 20:44:14 +0000 0 a8362c80275455eebec5098f2a9d24d5 Mad Iguana posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/4503/#acomment-4536 Tue, 16 Oct 2018 14:24:47 +0000 Hi Barry. Personally, I’m mad_iguana on twitter. The Den account is denofwriters.

In reply to - Barry Walsh posted an update @madiguana Can’t find you on Twitter. Is your Twitter name different? Best wishes, Barry ]]> e54b1751ffe0cd812c7216493a06f43f Mad Iguana and Andrew Wille are now friends https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/4077/ Tue, 02 Oct 2018 09:15:04 +0000 0 ff4a22fffc28bf7167ab2b91e8608a27 Kate became a registered member https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/4054/ Mon, 01 Oct 2018 19:32:40 +0000 3 52ef2d9bf52c81f2b1f0f5db4ff59a61 Debi Alper replied to the topic I've gone and done it again! in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/ive-gone-and-done-it-again/#post-1943 Mon, 01 Oct 2018 00:06:18 +0000 I AM SO BLOODY EXCITED!

]]> 0 7421ab260501efcfcd7015bfae9ac520 Mad Iguana replied to the topic My failure in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/my-failure/page/2/#post-1862 Thu, 27 Sep 2018 13:22:21 +0000 I’ve entered the Bath Novel Award four times and been longlisted twice, but no further than that. It’s a good award, and well worth entering – there’s an excellent community around it if you have the time to engage.
Alan, it is judged completely blind, so there’s no favouritism going on, but it’s unavoidable that the judges of any award will…[Read more]

]]> 0 fa6bb5c49ed3e890b7b73a139bc0ca74 Mad Iguana replied to the topic My failure in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/my-failure/#post-1828 Wed, 26 Sep 2018 11:27:10 +0000 To be honest, Alan, that the very act of having written something complete enough to be able to send it out to comps is a success, so I’d start off by saying Congratulations on that massive success before worrying about the relatively small “failures” that followed.
That said… It’s far easier to say these things than do them/feel them. My…[Read more]

]]> 0 147b31c4ac5bbddcd4f8f0273792158b Debi Alper replied to the topic Getting an Agent. in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/getting-an-agent/page/7/#post-1809 Tue, 25 Sep 2018 23:28:22 +0000 You called, ma’am? Yes, no ‘c’ required for the reasons already given on this thread. It sends out a signal that you don’t really know how this stuff works, which is less-than professional.

]]> 0 4e0eb64cc415586604ea2fc5fd674694 Mad Iguana posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/3643/#acomment-3686 Tue, 25 Sep 2018 08:20:19 +0000 {looks around guiltily}
No idea.

In reply to - Barny posted an update We’ve hit 90 members! ]]> 8dd13226658ba14aa2b8540b8d5df583 Kausar and Crow are now friends https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/3634/ Mon, 24 Sep 2018 11:19:21 +0000 0 e806f724334ccd31c2b7a6bd142edb8f Kausar and Caroline are now friends https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/3626/ Mon, 24 Sep 2018 08:11:16 +0000 0 75ab562c2899e75146da087293103919 Jacqueline and Caroline are now friends https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/3583/ Sun, 23 Sep 2018 12:50:12 +0000 0 d77668a1c4701a94a7c7af1d6d8d5893 Jacqueline and Kausar are now friends https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/3572/ Sun, 23 Sep 2018 11:09:58 +0000 0 bf02db05e79c504d2b56f189dd979e61 Debi Alper replied to the topic Pitching opportunity for northern writers in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/pitching-opportunity-for-northern-writers/page/2/#post-1652 Sat, 22 Sep 2018 00:18:12 +0000 @juliec – DHH is David Headley’s agency. David is also a bookseller, owning Goldsboro Books, which hosts some big events like Crime in the Court, and he became an agent in 2008. He knows the business from an unusual – but useful – angle. The agency has grown steadily. I met him a few times at York, in the early days of FoW. At that time, I think…[Read more]

]]> 0 7acc5a93c02b6ef786f3b479cc1e24cb Mad Iguana and Bella are now friends https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/3458/ Fri, 21 Sep 2018 13:25:16 +0000 0 33b7082fde52eeb6bc9849dda9d8bf27 Kausar became a registered member https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/3399/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 19:17:09 +0000 0 e1f2e2d36ba5b998236ddce959bc1490 Debi Alper posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/3127/#acomment-3305 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 20:37:15 +0000 There are no records of anything that was on the Cloud at all. Everything went pfft. 🙁 I could tell people who was in their group but it would take me some time. I’ve just done it for one recent group. One person contacted me and said they wanted to get in touch with their group so I went back to the emails I sent out with the course pack at…[Read more]

In reply to - Squidge posted an update Just wondering how many here were in the Sept (I think) 2014 Self edit course? @swoop @tenacityflux … Jody Klaire, who I don’t think has found us yet? Anyone else? ]]> c5b365165eebc4fa3106c1770eac61cb Mad Iguana and Julia are now friends https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/3280/ Wed, 19 Sep 2018 17:20:27 +0000 0 8e8d205c71d6e9e0acc1478a304a27ca Mad Iguana and EmmaD are now friends https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/3082/ Mon, 17 Sep 2018 16:06:27 +0000 0 6f09cbb10eefe9cd98d0f925d0a0251d Mad Iguana posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/3062/#acomment-3079 Mon, 17 Sep 2018 16:04:38 +0000 Almonds, Raine – healthy of course.
And honey, which is healthy because it is bee-puke, which is about as natural (and therefore healthy) as anything can be.
And there’s chocolate, which is made of milk – naturally, this is healthy because cows are healthy and these are Swiss cows so they eat Swiss grass and the Swiss are very healthy because of…[Read more]

In reply to - Raine posted an update Am trying to convince myself that toblerone counts as a healthy snack because almonds. ]]> 2bbc9a625708b3632531424e976a88e8 Debi Alper replied to the topic Receiving an email headed 'Offer of Representation'.... in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/receiving-an-email-headed-offer-of-representation/page/3/#post-1461 Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:19:37 +0000 I can see replies here @KazG but can’t see where they are in the thread or how to continue the conversation. Pfft. I’m currently trying to get to grips with the new platform for the course before it starts tomorrow so I’m probably being dense. Just want to say I’m eagerly awaiting a link to say you have a deal (!!!) so I can add you to our Hall of Fame.

]]> 0 01356ccf3740f5ba5de0a30dc12ad37d Jacqueline posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/2997/#acomment-3055 Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:36:30 +0000 Thank you!

In reply to - Jacqueline became a registered member ]]> bcef08140a3d3fcf0b174eedc5739613 Crow and Jacqueline are now friends https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/3053/ Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:35:33 +0000 0 27147ab0fc3a74c249ce43b6cf370f51 Mad Iguana and Alan Rain are now friends https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/3016/ Mon, 17 Sep 2018 10:10:27 +0000 0 9a7a62b7c72153ff5e99aaa987ac9d05 Mad Iguana replied to the topic Festival Dreams in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/festival-dreams/#post-1431 Mon, 17 Sep 2018 09:22:35 +0000 Well done Skylark. So delighted for you! Like everyone else, I wish I’d been there for your speech. But it’s great to see lovely people and wonderful writers getting the good stuff that they deserve, regardless of how long it takes.
Congratulations!!

]]> 0 7dcb0bcd5efc34fd6e0555c4100093b6 Mad Iguana replied to the topic As an opening... in the forum Critiques https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/as-an-opening/page/2/#post-1430 Mon, 17 Sep 2018 09:15:00 +0000 This is great, Squidge. Way more immediate and intense – can really feel Tilda’s relationship with the magic and her power. I’d agree with Philippa’s points, but I think it’s great and tight and engaging. I guess from here the question is around how much more exposition you want in this passage and how much should come later.

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