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Squidge posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Writing this now cos I won’t be logging on at 6am tomorrow…
Happy World Book Day for Thursday! I’m spending the day doing authory things in an all-girls’ school in Coventry…
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Raine posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
My mojo has been misplaced. If anyone sees it, please send it this way.
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A day off needed maybe? A walk? A few moments to remember how wonderful you are and how magical your writing is? Tea? Chocolate? It will return…
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Both tea and chocolate sound good! I decided to give myself ‘permission’ to not even try to write for a couple of weeks, rather than try and flounder. But I’m not sure that’s a good thing to keep doing as inertia and doubt set in – I know you understand! I’m away to test whether more chocolate is the cure…
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Time off is good, even if it feels dispiriting at the time. Honestly. My cats are worrying about you and the pompoms.
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Sending hugs, shakes, tea, chocolate, sharpened pencils, power ballads, more tea, pom poms, a fluffy cat, sympathy, and faith in you.
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Hopefully your mojo will be in there somewhere, too. xxx
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That is the splendidest rescue package ever!! Thank-you! I can’t tell the pompoms from the fluffy cat but I guess I will once I shake them…
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Hee hee!
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Hugs and chocolate and inspiration pills being sent over the ether now. Waiting for those replies doesn’t help, does it?
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Raine replied to the topic Warnings in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 5 months ago
Along the same lines, I saw a warning about a competition that was asking for all rights to ALL entries (not just listed ones) with no reversion mentioned. Yeah, don’t agree to that!
I second what @Phillipaeast says – mags/comps generally ask for first publication rights or english language rights for a period between (ime) 3 months to a year.…[Read more]
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Janette started the topic Warnings in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 5 months ago
I’ve set up this link that we have a place to warn each other of bad experiences in the writing world, or other words of caution we wish to pass on.
I’ll kick it off with something I came across while catching up on my Writers’ Forum magazine reading last night. This month’s issue features a warning that some short story magazines are beginning t…[Read more]
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Janette replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 7 years, 5 months ago
Just saw the news on the main wall. Congratulations, Stevie! Great to hear what the comps on here are producing.
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Raine replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 7 years, 5 months ago
COngrats @stevie – that’s great news, and how multitalented you are! You were super-quick off the mark to get your story in already – I’m impressed!!
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Jules replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 7 years, 5 months ago
Congratulations, Stevie. Great news and very well deserved 😊
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Sandra replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 7 years, 5 months ago
Oh, well done, Stevie, and deservedly so!
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Raine posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
A note to those on submission or thinking of submitting – Agents etc are starting to gear up to the London Book Fair now, so March is a bad time to send stuff/expect responses. They’ll be totally preoccupied with prep, and then the week or so afterwards with finalising deals made there.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Hull Paragon: The Million-to-One Chance in the forum Blogs 7 years, 5 months ago
Richard,
My late father would tell of a train crash in Diggle, then in Yorkshire, in 1923 or 1924. He was four and witnessed the accident whilst out walking with his granddad. He was interviewed by the local newspaper and is reported to have said “It were a grand smash” or similar. I see from google that four people died, so it probably wasn’t so…[Read more] -
John S Alty replied to the topic Hull Paragon: The Million-to-One Chance in the forum Blogs 7 years, 5 months ago
Really enjoy these tales of the rails, thank you.
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Sandra posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
Excellent writing advice here: https://lithub.com/what-being-an-editor-taught-me-about-writing/?fbclid=IwAR2PZYarO1Zfrw5jm_eK4nAuKHsj1GHgvdDvAvUqn_KXENvBeQbQoJkqomY
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Ooh yes. Excellent. Thanks Sandra!
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Thanks Sandra. Interesting stuff.
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Very helpful. Thanks for posting, Sandra.
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Raine posted an update 7 years, 5 months ago
How’re your mondays? I am procrastinating between projects…
Tea?-
Coffee if you have it, please. Monday OK so far. Trying to edit. Present rate about one line per hour.
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Busy. Pilates, meeting with the new vicar, mending an altar cloth, cooking dinner. Tonight…finishing off the Fifth Elephant and maybe some knitting. 😉
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Work, work, work… of the non-writing kind.
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I decided to do beta edit replotting, but have RUN OUT OF POST IT NOTES! Disaster. :-O
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Jules replied to the topic Monster Anthology opportunity in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 5 months ago
Sounds like my kind of novella, Stevie 😁
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Jules replied to the topic Monster Anthology opportunity in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 5 months ago
Go for it, Stevie. I bet you can knock out more words in 5 months than you think. And worst case scenario, you’ll still have the makings of a story if you don’t hit the deadline.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 7 years, 5 months ago
I know I’m incredibly talented, Daeds, I’m just pretending to be modest.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 7 years, 5 months ago
Thanks Philippa, Thea. Not much prospect of me progressing but I’m sure Elle is in with a chance.
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Raine replied to the topic Monster Anthology opportunity in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 5 months ago
Queer, Asexual, Intergender and Pansexual. These all sort of fall under a Non-binary umbrella but the acronym includes the separate forms.
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It’s one of those Twitter things where I see loads of references to it but can’t find exactly what any of it means
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It was a (very long) new Yorker article. I’m torn between a compulsive fascination and sheer rage.
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I’ve found it… Cover me, I’m going in
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Wow, American long-form journalism really is so very pointlessly longwinded. So far I have learned that Mallory is tall, good looking and charming.
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Yes, but BECAUSE he is tall, good looking (he really isn’t) and charming, he GOT TO LEAVE CUPS OF PEE IN PEOPLE’S OFFICES and GOT PROMOTED!
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Wow.
Still, tall and charming though, so in the world of publushing it evens out
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It’s some raging privilege, for sure! But the author (must find her name, and books) who set a PI after him, and based her villains on him – she sounds epic. Classy sly burn.
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Reply to see if I can bring the old replies back
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Hope you enjoy it Squidge!
Happy World Book Day Squidge! Enjoy your authorly doings 🙂
Hope you have a fab day.