@juliec
Active 7 years, 3 months ago-
-
Sandra replied to the topic Wip beginning… in the forum Critiques 7 years, 10 months ago
Raine, as you know, I’m a lazy, non-analytical reader, so you’re getting facile first impressions from me – and thanks for ‘stochastic’ – but I thought this a really enticing beginning, launching lots of characters, all of whom promised interest, tension and above averagely intelligent entertainment.
-
Squidge posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago
There’s another NIBSer in the Den!! Welcome, Adriana…
-
-
John S Alty replied to the topic Memories in the forum Critiques 7 years, 10 months ago
Thanks everyone who contributed. A name change from Florence to Felicity, to avoid confusion with a hurricane of that name, a couple more edits and it was picked up by Across The Margin. Should be out in the next week or so. Now titled Felicity’s First.
-
Raine replied to the topic Wip beginning… in the forum Critiques 7 years, 10 months ago
Dammit autocorrect! I’d not spotted the domain thing. Gah.
But thank-you for the vote of confidence. I’ve been vacillating back and forth like you wouldn’t believe!
-
Raine started the topic Wip beginning… in the forum Critiques 7 years, 10 months ago
I’ve tinkered with this about 600 times, and now can’t tell whether the narrator-type voice works for this. It doesn’t stay this ‘external’ beyond this first chapter, but it felt like the best way to tie all the characters and inciting moments together. But now I have doubts…Any thoughts v welcome. (1,500 words ish, but even just thoughts on the…[Read more]
-
Squidge started the topic Identification – and how you can create it in your novel in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 10 months ago
Rod Duncan’s a great author, very involved in Writing East Midlands. This link to his podcast gives lots of ideas of how to help your readers identify with the characters in your novel. It’s only six minutes long…
-
Jules replied to the topic Den monthly competition September 2018 in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 10 months ago
Impact
The EVA suit’s read-out flashed Warning! Oxygen levels at 18% in eerie red. Jepson’s mind was foggy, irrational. All her training hadn’t prepared her for the reality of being stuffed into a damaged evacuation tube and launched into the airless void.
It had begun with impact. Many in fact, although Jepson only counted three as notew…[Read more]
-
Raine started the topic Pitching opportunity for northern writers in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 10 months ago
DHH literary agency are holding a pitching event aimed at increasing accesibility for writers outside the southeast! Yay. It’s in York, which honestly, not north. But we take what we can, I guess!
http://www.dhhliteraryagency.com/blog/pitch-dhh-york
The event is on Dec 1st, but you have to submit and then they’ll invite you to pitch. Check the…[Read more]
-
Squidge replied to the topic As an opening… in the forum Critiques 7 years, 10 months ago
Ta, Jonathan. ‘couple of tiny wibbles’… I can live with that. 😉
-
-
Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic New Blog from Emma Darwin in the forum Blogs 7 years, 10 months ago
Bit late to this but yes, I’ve done (am doing!) a version of this. It works best when I’m trying to finish something. I’ve got a chart with a chain of squares and the idea is to make the chain as long as possible without breaking it. There’s no daily word count to reach. As long as I write a sentence, I can colour in a square. It’s worked…[Read more]
-
Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Festival Dreams in the forum Blogs 7 years, 10 months ago
Lovely to meet you, Anna. I hope you had a great festival! 😊😊
Thank you, Kaz! -
Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Receiving an email headed 'Offer of Representation'…. in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago
😊😊😊
-
John S Alty and
Amanda Berriman (Skylark) are now friends 7 years, 10 months ago -
-
-
- Load More
