@katemachon
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Kate posted a new activity comment 5 years, 1 month ago
Thanks, Jane. Not a Jersey girl, but been here 30 years. Are you a Channel Islander? Not a Guernsey girl, I hope. 😀
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Kate posted a new activity comment 5 years, 1 month ago
Thanks, Libby. I’m impressed with their attention to detail.
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Kate started the topic Short story in the forum Podium 5 years, 1 month ago
If anyone would like to read my HWA longlisted short story, it is now available in Sundial magazine at the below link. A Viking romp that I hope you will enjoy.
https://sites.google.com/view/sundial-magazine/short-stories/when-the-gods-laugh
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Congratulations, @katemachon . Sundial has done a super job with the layout and presentation. What a fabulous picture.
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Thanks, Libby. I’m impressed with their attention to detail.
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A Viking romp remembered and very much enjoyed again, and the picture beautifully matched.
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Thanks,Sandra.
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Great storytelling Kate, and I didn’t know you lived in Jersey!
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Thanks, Jane. Not a Jersey girl, but been here 30 years. Are you a Channel Islander? Not a Guernsey girl, I hope. 😀
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No. I am in France just down the coast in Brittany but keep on planning to visit with a friend who lives in Normandy
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We used to like hopping across to St Malo.
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Kate posted a new activity comment 5 years, 1 month ago
Brilliant, Raine. I remember this from the last challenge. Congratulations.
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Kate replied to the topic Comments from an Editor in the forum Blogs 5 years, 2 months ago
I write in first person a lot and the overuse of I was something that was pointed out to me early on. The writing can end up feeling like a list of stage directions. I have found that the gymnastics you have to go through to avoid overuse does what Libby mentions and moves you closer into the character’s head as well as adding voice. As Richard…[Read more]
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Yep, contraction comment. WTF.
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Kate replied to the topic Good news on the lyric writing front in the forum Podium 5 years, 2 months ago
Wow, John. That’s amazing. Such a huge competition. You must be on cloud 9. Congratulations!
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Thanks, Kate
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Kate posted a new activity comment 5 years, 2 months ago
I started out at 900 words over, Daedalus, but persevered and think my cut down version is stronger. Funny how that can happen. Good luck with losing those final few hundred words.
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All of you! Save those precious babes and enter them in the Monthy Comp!
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Often that is the case, but in this case the original version was fairly tight, and there was no real way to lose length other than salami slicing. Ah well
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Kate replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 2 months ago
Congratulations, Ath, and thanks for running the comp, Libby.
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Kate posted a new activity comment 5 years, 2 months ago
Congratulations. Looks fab. And very exciting!
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Kate replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 2 months ago
DIRECTIONS
‘What do I need this for?’
‘It’s a new cinema, I don’t know the way.’
‘Well, get out your phone and ask it to direct you, like any normal person.’
‘You know what happened last time I tried that. I ended up driving in circles for half an hour until my phone found a connection. A map on the other hand, can’t go wrong.’
‘Fine. Let…[Read more]
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Kate posted a new activity comment 5 years, 5 months ago
Brilliant, Doug. Long may this burst of activity and enthusiasm last.
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Kate replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 7 months agoAway, unbeliever, ring
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Kate posted a new activity comment 5 years, 8 months ago
That makes me flippin mad! All the hard work we put into our MSs, and he just… 😫
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Absolutely agree. I accept that the ‘worlds’ we base our stories in have a lot of the unlikely and improbable in them but there is a big difference between that and not bothering to do proper research.
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Kate posted a new activity comment 5 years, 8 months ago
Finished it and emailed off for a book doctor report. After which I’ll probably have to start again!
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So have I! Something in the air this weekend.
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Got it done! I got all the way to the end, and backed it up on Gmail. Seemed to take forever to get through that draft. I feel like celebrating now! Thanks for your support.
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Congratulations!! I nearly did it. Just 10 pages left to go but I made the decision to look at them with fresh eyes this morning.
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Finished it and emailed off for a book doctor report. After which I’ll probably have to start again!
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Well done, Doug. And Jane and Kate too.
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No. I am in France just down the coast in Brittany but keep on planning to visit with a friend who lives in Normandy
We used to like hopping across to St Malo.