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John S Alty replied to the topic Reading Times New Roman doc on screen in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 1 month ago
I guess not. Google “troubleshooting font problems in word”, you should find this:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/918791/overview-of-fonts-and-how-to-troubleshoot-font-problems-in-microsoft-w -
John S Alty replied to the topic Reading Times New Roman doc on screen in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 1 month ago
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Raine replied to the topic Reading Times New Roman doc on screen in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 1 month ago
Hi Jean,
I can’t be much help with this, I’m afraid. I have roughly the same set up, but not encountered any problems with fonts. I wonder if it’s worth running all the usual system tests (full virus scan, defragmenting), or perhaps uninstalling and reinstalling word? Another option might be to upload files into Google Docs and re-save there…[Read more] -
Jules replied to the topic New historical fiction novella in the forum Podium 7 years, 1 month ago
Yay! I’m so glad you posted this, Daed. Highly recommend it to everyone who likes hist fic especially WWII. It’s an excellent novella. Can’t wait for the next one 😁
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Jules replied to the topic Multiple Den Success in the forum Podium 7 years, 1 month ago
I think the linking text definitely helped @squidge. As did the editors having a clear idea of what they were looking for and how to make it all fit together. And I think the opening and closing stories gave the anthology shape too. But we weren’t actually given that much of a premise other than ‘demon invasion of Victorian Britain’ which expanded…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Multiple Den Success in the forum Podium 7 years, 1 month ago
OK – finished it. Did not put it down…
Bloody brilliant.
I have to ask – how much of the premise dd you get beforehand? The stories all link so well together, I can’t work out whether it’s down to extreme luck in terms of the arrangement of the stories or whether the links written between each story are simply very well done to link what might…[Read more]
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Jules replied to the topic Multiple Den Success in the forum Podium 7 years, 1 month ago
Glad you’re enjoying it @Squidge I love the interlinking text – it really adds sometjing to the collection. I love the shared world aspect of the anthology too.
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Squidge replied to the topic Multiple Den Success in the forum Podium 7 years, 1 month ago
I am about half way through and loving this. Especially how there’s an link between each story which binds them all together.
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Jules replied to the topic Multiple Den Success in the forum Podium 7 years, 1 month ago
This was such a great project to be a part of (not least because I was basically asked to write war of the worlds fan fic 😉 ) Matt is being humble by the way. He’s written the opening novellette The Battle of the Alma, which sets the scene and tone for the entire anthology. It’s an excellent piece of fiction with stellar world building. (I keep…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Multiple Den Success in the forum Podium 7 years, 1 month ago
Must get this…I’m a bit Pratchetted out at the mo, and this is going to be good!
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Squidge posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
Dilemma:
Book 1 with publisher being edited. Waiting for their response to my responses.
Book 2 with publisher, waiting to see if they like it – though I know it needs work.
Book 3 story outlined in notebook.Question is, do I get stuck into writing up Book 3 properly on the computer, knowing I’ve got 1 & 2 to work on edit-wise; start…[Read more]
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Do whatever excites you the most? Or do something else entirely? If neither of those are the answer, then I’d crack on with Book 3. Having a better idea of what happens in it, will inform your edit of Books 1 and 2 when the time comes.
If ’twere me, I wouldn’t start yet another project (planning Book 4) as that’ll create more unfinished-ness and…[Read more] -
Take time out to write something completely different and come back to this with fresh eyes and unexpected directions?
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Personally, I’d get started with book 3, but that’s possibly not the wisest, knowing you’ll have to switch away from it again. BUt it’s not like you are having to enter an entirely new world, is it? (this is the next in series, isn’t it?). So perhaps it could even be good to keep you in the right place mentally and keep you enthused for the…[Read more]
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Thanks all… I actually went on to outline book 4 after all, but pretty loosely. Rather lost my writing mojo this week due to a bout of hormones… I tend to want to sit in a corner and shut the world out when that happens. Not helped by a few things going rather wrong this week that left me feeling disappointed with life. But hey ho, we get back…[Read more]
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@Raine – don’t worry re beta reading; as and when! I’ve begun to realise that book 2’s not as oven ready as I thought it might be…
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Boo to the hormones, but pleased you’ve found a way to keep things moving forwards nonetheless. It all has to be done at some point, so in a way it doesn’t matter in what order. Whatever helps keep the momentum flowing(ish)
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good for you, @squidge. Moving forward despite all that is a major achievement. My (belated) approach would be to move on with the next bit of the story, I think. especially if you’ve got exciting bits to look forward to writing! I also find that writing the future can often inform the ‘past’ in that you can tweak and foreshadow knowing what comes…[Read more]
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Raine posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
Child goes away with school til friday.
Me: Yay, long days to write.
Husband: *comes home early wanting to chat*
Me: …-
Husbands…
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I KNOW!
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Er, wives…
(ducks and runs for cover.)
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No, hang on a minute. Why should I? Works both ways, dunnit?
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Totally applicable to any family member. They should undergo training for being partnered with a writer. Step one, don’t come home early without prior warning!
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Back in the days when I had a young family I used to do all my writing at dead of night when everyone else was in bed. I particularly remember one summer night when I got so carried away that dawn was breaking before I stopped.
I can’t do either anymore. Write in the small hours (brain turns to mush), or get carried away like that. Sigh…
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I know, right?
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Same here, I’m afraid: *I can’t concentrate so I’ve come to talk to you*
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It’s an outrage! And then I have to pretend to be interested in what happened at some meeting! 😱
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Mine just stomped out because I didn’t stop typing, which didn’t have anything to do with I want to get in with my WIP while interest is still being shown. No, it was ignorance.
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I have to answer inane questions about what we need from the shops while my MC is hanging off a crumbling cliff waiting for me to find an escape…
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Gerry Fenge replied to the topic Prose-Ode to Waterstones Café, York Minster and a Couple of Streets in the forum Blogs 7 years, 2 months ago
Why thank you kindly, good Kate. What lovely things to say! (There – I even gave it an exclamation mark…)
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Gerry Fenge started the topic Prose-Ode to Waterstones Café, York Minster and a Couple of Streets in the forum Blogs 7 years, 2 months ago
I’m sitting upstairs in Waterstones café and trying to switch myself on – slot into gear, slide into alignment – but the dear old brain is too full of mush.
I’ve already chatted with the cheery folk behind the counter, bantered about their tattoos, bought an overly virtuous falafel-and-hummus wrap, swept crumbs from a table, sat down with my…[Read more]
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Jules replied to the topic MIR folktale festival short story comp. in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 2 months ago
Thanks, Raine. Looks good 😊
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Raine started the topic MIR folktale festival short story comp. in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 2 months ago
Just spotted this on twitter yesterday. Deadline end of May, so I’m not sure I can rustle up something in time, but if you have anything folky and summery, then it’s free to enter and MIR seem to be a lovely bunch.
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Squidge posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
So… I’ve seen an advert for a ‘Write a book in an hour’ event run by a bookshop. To give the author credit, he has actually written a book that’s been well received.
But surely, ‘writing a book in an hour’ is a poor description? Surely, the most you can hope to achieve is the outline of your story? There is no way on earth you can write teh…[Read more]
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YEah, that would irritate me too. LIke one of those godawful gimmicky diets/fitness regimes/etc. It’s both deeply unrealistic and misleading, but also demeaning to the effort it takes to create worthwhile writing. If he means an hour to *plan* your novel, then, meh, perhaps, in the roughest of rough outlines. But *write*? At 80k for a book, that’s…[Read more]
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Yup. Irritating in the extreme. You might be able to have the glimpse of an idea in an hour if you were lucky…
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So glad to hear it’s not just me, then. Mind you, I don’t suppose it would have the same appeal if it was called ‘Write a book over the next few years that might never see the light of day.’ 😉
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No but it would be a lot truer! Which brings me to a serious question…. if you had known just how much work was involved in writing a passable book, would you have started in the first place?
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A single book, yeah I’d probably have still dived in. Being six zillion books in and still nowhere… I think I’d run a mile, screaming. Maybe I still will!!
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The “How to write a book in an hour” thing is a one hour course in how to write a book.
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In this case, I’ve been told it’s an hour with the author explaining how he wrote his book – hints and tips, kind of thing. Not even a course, more of an author talk.
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THAT IS MISLEADING ADVERTISING, SURELY! So funny that we all interpreted it the same way!!! “Grr, how can anyone claim to write book in an hour, grrr!!!!”
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I’ll come with you…
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Raine replied to the topic Unediting in the forum Blogs 7 years, 2 months ago
Because brilliant ideas might look like plot disasters in draft 2 but then turn out to be actually brilliant ideas in draft 3??
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Sandra posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
For those that befriended Sally Hopgood on Jericho’s Townhouse – she is no more. Tried and found wanting.
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Just as she was growing on me.
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Oh, heavens! This means I have no friends 🙁
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Just looked for you (on t’house) to remedy this – but no Seagreens were available…
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I’m there as Jean Hunter, Gerry 🙂
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Aha, found yer!
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makes her sound like mould … 🙁
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Have just sought out Sally Hopgood (on t’house) and found she is not good at hopping-it. Still there it appears…
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Damn! I’ll have another go at offing her tomorrow. Thanks Gerry.
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Hey, don’t go – now I know it’s you. Stick around – something might happen. Y’never know…
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What happened was that the rigmarole of unrecognised password/user name has to be faced again … thanks but no thanks.
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Gerry Fenge replied to the topic Unediting in the forum Blogs 7 years, 2 months ago
Anyone else do the trim-the-syllables for tightness – and then restore-the-syllables for flow?
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