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Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Dipping my toe back in in the forum Blogs 6 years, 5 months ago
Hi @johnalty it’s good to be back, though it would help if I came back and then didn’t disappear again for months! Sigh. I have good intentions and then life happens…
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Libby posted an update 6 years, 5 months ago
Re swallows, from the British Trust for Ornithology’s migration blog for this week:
‘The cold weather and northerly winds from the last week will likely to have caused a bit of a bottleneck for those species migrating northwards across Europe but with a change in wind direction and an improvement in day time temperatures, 17 degrees is possible…[Read more] -
Squidge posted an update in the group
CoronaMo 6 years, 5 months agoHi all. Been having problems logging in again, but Jules has worked her magic and got me into the Den.
How are you all doing? I’m a bit like Kaz – head space not into writing much, so editing Tilda 3 is very slow going. I mean, how hard can it be to describe an underground (ie in a cavern) market? We’ve taken to cooking and baking with the kids…[Read more]
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Hi Squidge. Much the same as you, my head space is not into writing. I’m doing what I can and have forgiven myself for the fact it’s so slow. Apart from that we’re pottering on, enjoying the glorious weather from the safety of our own garden and surrounding countryside during the permitted hour a day we’re allowed out.Nature is slowly expanding to…[Read more]
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Hello, Squidge and Jane. I was interested to read how present circumstances are affecting your writing. Like you two, I am keeping busy (and maybe distracted) with the simple things of life and enjoying the slower pace, actually. Not to say there isn’t the general underlying anxiety, but trying to keep hopeful and positive despite all the…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp – April 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 5 months ago
Not the best poetry, but hey ho…
It has no chain, though once it might,
It’s on a shelf, mainly out of sight.
I wound it up and heard it tick
Then set the hands with a firmer click.
Triangles mark the quarter hours
and rectangles? The intervals and other hours.
It’s made by Smiths, a British firm
Not Timex, Rolex or another well known.
It’s…[Read more] -
Libby replied to the topic March competition in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 5 months ago
Congratulations, Raine. Your story has made me shiver with anxiety! Well done – fabulous writing.
Thank you John for setting the competition. I’m sorry March passed me by in a blur, what with one thing and another, and I didn’t manage an entry.
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Athelstone replied to the topic March competition in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 5 months ago
Well done, Raine! Thanks for the comp, John.
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John S Alty replied to the topic March competition in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 5 months ago
So, four very different entries this month. Eenie, meanie, minie, mo.
Seagreen made me laugh, Jill made me smile, Raine worried the hell out of me and Athelstone made me melancholy.Can’t separate you, all excellent.
But I’m going to give this months prize to Raine for all that energy and power.
Well done all of you!
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John S Alty replied to the topic March competition in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 5 months ago
Last day to get your entries in!
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Daedalus replied to the topic Short story in Barren magazine in the forum Podium 6 years, 5 months ago
Thanks all. Was glad this one found a home, not having had much success with short fiction recently
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Libby replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 5 months ago
Great news, Janette! So pleased for you.
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Hilary replied to the topic My ride so far on the rollercoaster that is publishing in the forum Blogs 6 years, 5 months ago
I will say congratulations again on here, Laure! Absolutely brilliant. Well done!
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Hilary replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 5 months ago
Just caught up with this. What brilliant news, Janette. So very, very pleased for you. Congratulations! Well done. (News like this always gives me hope!!!) x
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Daedalus replied to the topic My ride so far on the rollercoaster that is publishing in the forum Blogs 6 years, 5 months ago
That’s amazing Elle, well done. Thoroughly deserved, of course. I love your craft, your prose is amazing and you’re one of those writers where every word is perfectly chosen, so I look forward very much to the result!
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Philippa East replied to the topic My ride so far on the rollercoaster that is publishing in the forum Blogs 6 years, 5 months ago
This is SO SO SO fantastic! And what a ride! Laure really has worked so hard for this, constantly writing and submitting short stories, going on courses, writing and re-writing her novel(s), and continually striving for her break. SO PROUD OF HER!
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Philippa East replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 5 months ago
This is such brilliant news, Janette! I can wait to hear all about the book… and see it on the shelves in all its published glory! Xxx
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 5 months ago
Wowee Wowee Wowee Janette! Well done you!! Absolutely amazing news.
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Sandra posted an update in the group
CoronaMo 6 years, 5 months ago“What’s new, Sandra?”
Regrettably, nothing. 42K+ words into my current wip, taking some pains to streamline the process, not make the same mistakes, I realise I am still incapable of identifying, plotting the story until the characters tell me who they are and what is happening.
After a couple of weeks of floundering (necessary, it appears) I…[Read more] -
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Athelstone replied to the topic March competition in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 5 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, 5 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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