@katemachon
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Kate replied to the topic Monthly comp – July 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 8 months ago
Thanks, Sandra. I wasn’t expecting that! A really fantastic prompt and so many great entries. Bear with me on coming up with something for next month as I’m helping my mother move house today.
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Kate posted a new activity comment 6 years, 8 months ago
Thanks, John. There are a lot of really cracking entries this month. A great prompt from Sandra.
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Kate replied to the topic Monthly comp – July 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 8 months ago
Bringing a gun into a house changes it. The fear that used to coil in your stomach like writhing vipers has stilled. No need to jump at every squeak and clonk. Now, a strident voice in the street or the sound of smashing windows makes you smile. A slow, secretive smile.
You think it’s power, and the gun feels like it. The slick weight in your h…[Read more]
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Kate replied to the topic Publishing deal!! in the forum Podium 6 years, 9 months ago
Fabulous. Huge congratulations.
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Kate posted a new activity comment 6 years, 9 months ago
Superb line prompt, Sandra. I hope to have a go.
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Kate replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 6 years, 9 months ago
‘Improbable life’ gets a thumbs up from me too.
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Kate replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 6 years, 9 months ago
Definitely keep the subtitle in, IMO.
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Kate replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 6 years, 9 months ago
Hi Tony. I find unrelenting has negative connotations, as if his time in the limelight were a terrible burden that he didn’t wish for. Whereas A Lyttle goes a Long Way piques my interest, and the follow on line that mentions the ‘Ulster Storyteller’ wraps it up for me and would make me take a look inside to see if I fancied a read.
Hope that’s useful.
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Kate replied to the topic Bath Novel Award Successes in the forum Podium 6 years, 10 months ago
What lovely news. Congratulations both of you.
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Kate replied to the topic New Book Release: Revolt (The King's Knight) in the forum Podium 6 years, 10 months ago
Congratulations, Jules. Sounds like a brilliant book – I’m off to buy it now. And thanks for all the tongue in cheek info. Made me laugh as well as being interesting.
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Kate replied to the topic Fantasy/SF/Spec fic story list (working) in the forum Marketplace 6 years, 10 months ago
This is brilliant. I’m glad I asked! What a fabulous source of info.
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Kate posted an update 6 years, 10 months ago
A question for fantasy writers – where do you submit your short stories/flash fiction to. I struggle to find places that take the sort of writing I like doing. Is it more practical to keep an eye out for submission calls on specific fantasy projects? Are there any sites I should be following for this? I’m finding the whole process very frustrating…[Read more]
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Check out Dark Markets ( https://www.darkmarkets.com/?m=0 ) – mostly horror but there are fantasy and sci fi too. Also subscribe to the Short Stops Newsletter and thevAuthors Publish newsletter. Both send you regular emails featuring places to submit too – which includes a fair chunk of the fantasy market. Specific zines and antjologies – check…[Read more]
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Indeed, I have a list though it’s already slightly out of date on account of a couple of the markets either closing or ceasing to do open calls. I’ll copy it into the main forum
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Thanks, Daed 🙂
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Thanks Jules & Daeds – this is superb.
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Kate posted a new activity comment 6 years, 10 months ago
That was the one! Hopefully she’ll pick up on your tag of her.
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Kate posted an update 6 years, 10 months ago
Can anyone remember who, or was it anyone on this site who wrote that rather chilling food based story in Whispers and Glances on the Cloud. I’ve come across this call for subs and it would be perfect. https://www.bloodgutsandstory.com/chew-on-this?fbclid=IwAR328nEPYjVhG9jgw2UriQMwHA4cge8TXwYDCt1wa_5uBuewb8yTmTFjWcg
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I think that would be ‘Pied Bleu’, which was written by @bric
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That was the one! Hopefully she’ll pick up on your tag of her.
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Ooh – thanks Kate and Matt – I shall have a look at that!
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Best of luck!
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Kate replied to the topic Prose-Ode to Waterstones Café, York Minster and a Couple of Streets in the forum Blogs 6 years, 10 months ago
This had a wonderful energy and so many great observations. I loved the quirkiness of phrases like ‘lean forward talker’ and laptop caresser’. I’m going to try and keep this style in mind next time I have to describe something. It was my bedtime read, and most enjoyable. Thanks Gerry.
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Kate posted a new activity comment 6 years, 11 months ago
Well done Phillipa. Good policy to just dive in and I’m sure you’re right that the plot will get clearer. I write in the same foggy way, heading into the mist with just the odd tree top showing through. I’m about to hit mid point on my current WIP and really don’t know what happens next, so I understand that terror. Just don’t let yourself think…[Read more]
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Kate posted a new activity comment 6 years, 11 months ago
I’m not sure liking yourself should be a mistake. 🙂 🙂 🙂
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