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Athelstone replied to the topic March competition in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 4 months ago
Oh yes, under 400 words
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Athelstone replied to the topic March competition in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 4 months ago
The Spring Has Sprung
‘The birdies is upon the wing, but that’s absurd.’
Tom was on his hundredth rendition of the poem when I clutched his hand and pointed to the merry-go-round.
‘Look, Tom. Your Uncle Fred and I used to play on that when we were your age. Do you want a go?’
He pulled himself free and ran to it with excited bouncing s…[Read more]
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Raine replied to the topic My ride so far on the rollercoaster that is publishing in the forum Blogs 6 years, 4 months ago
I said on Twitter, but will say again here because this is worth double congratulations …. YAY!!! I’m so delighted for you. Not at all surprised that you’ve found yourself an agent, and cant’ wait to see where you go from here. 🙂
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Raine posted an update in the group
CoronaMo 6 years, 4 months agoI did the decluttering exercise the other day, @janeshuff. But yes @janette, I might try the monthly prompt as a mini-challenge next week. I’ve actually just speed-written 1,300 words of a brand new wip with NO PLANNING WHATSOEVER, which is Very Not Me! I figure in the absence of an ability to concentrate, maybe I should give pantsing a go! 😀
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@Raine, I feel very guilty about this, but my meeting with the agent today has left me with quite a list of ‘to do’s’ she wants done quickly, and I’m not sure I’ll be able to make the comp.
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@Raine – sounds liberating. Long may it continue.
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JaneShuff posted an update in the group
CoronaMo 6 years, 4 months agoI am going to try @janette to combine the monthly comp and the decluttering exercise somehow. Maybe it will be a mistake!
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Athelstone replied to the topic My ride so far on the rollercoaster that is publishing in the forum Blogs 6 years, 4 months ago
Wow, brilliant news, Elle. All I can say, apart from well done, is that with that much interest, your book must be top notch!
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Raine posted an update in the group
CoronaMo 6 years, 4 months agoSo today I wrote lesson plans for a four week writing course I will hopefully be running at Falkland Palace at some point (thanks to @seagreen). Having only taught primary school kids before, I’ll be slightly going to the other extreme audience-wise, I imagine! Likely to feature fewer zombies and superheroes perhaps! Still, it feels quite exciting. 🙂
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Yay! That sounds fun, and proper writerly work, too. I would do that course in a heartbeat 🙂
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That sounds fab, @raine! Wish I lived closer, but I’m sure it’ll be a great success. This could be a start of a new opportunity …
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What fabulous news. The Den is brimming with it at the moment! You’ll be wonder ful!
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Sandra replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 4 months ago
Excellent news!
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Jules replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 4 months ago
Brilliant news, Janette. Congratulations 😊
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Kate replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 4 months ago
Congratulations, Janette. Lovely news.
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 4 months ago
That is so fantastic Janette!!
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Athelstone replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 4 months ago
Aaaaggghhhhhh!! Brilliant. And it’s everything to do with your own talent and efforts and what you deserve.
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Raine posted an update in the group
CoronaMo 6 years, 4 months agoHello – Welcome to the virus-free shutdown survival space. I’m sure I’m not alone in struggling to do ANYTHING AT ALL what with the various worries, uncertainty and black hole of endless news … so let’s make this somewhere we can retreat to away from homeschooling, home-partners, stress and loo roll panic. Prompts, writing news, other stuff, mor…[Read more]
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Works for me. Thanks for setting this up Raine.
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Yep, great idea. I’m all for it, thanks Raine x
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Raine posted an update 6 years, 4 months ago
So, you know how we did a slowmo group a while ago? Do we need a coronamo group to keep ourselves from sinking into anxious lethargy over the coming months? Same idea – tiny victories, tiny targets, tangential positives… Or is the MA course etc enough?
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I like that idea, Raine. At present I’m still at work but if the libraries close then I’ll be at a loose end. And I definitely have books to write!
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Liking the idea
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I’m all for it. Currently on lockdown in France but finding it surprisingly difficult to concentrate on anything other than phoning friends. Would love a group to get me focussed on achieving a few things. Could we ban discussion of the virus though?
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God yes please!!
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Very glad you feel the same way. I need a bubble to escape into.
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I won’t talk about anything that you lovely people won’t mention. But if I find one of my delightful companions who needs to talk about what’s afoot, then I’ll stick with then and slope off
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Ath, just to be clear, I am not trying to stop anyone talking about it at all. God knows I seem to have spent the last two weeks discussing, panicking and worrying about it. I would just love to have a tiny bit of something somewhere which was free of it. Like a coronamo group. But only if everybody else feels the same. It won’t stop me wanting t…[Read more]
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Barny posted an update 6 years, 4 months ago
I’ve just donated to help keep the Den alive – go to the Donations group to help keep this place running
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Barny replied to the topic Short story in Barren magazine in the forum Podium 6 years, 4 months ago
Really good, Daeds – and IMO we could all go out and respond publicly to your and Kaz’s FB posts with words to recognise how good this story is. Fantastic.
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