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Sandra started the topic Monthly comp – July 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years ago
‘Bringing a gun into a house
changes it.’The opening words lines of a poem entitled ‘The Gun’, written in 2001 by Vicki Feaver, whose work I discovered last year.
I’d like you to enlarge upon this by adding no more than 200 words.
And because I’m not convinced that two months makes participation any more likely, I’m setting a deadline of…[Read more]
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RichardB replied to the topic Bi-Monthly Comp – May/June 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years ago
Great idea for the competition – specially as I had an entry all ready to go and didn’t need to do any actual work…
Congrats, Sandra. I’m only glad I didn’t have to do the judging.
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GippsGirl replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years ago
I, too, think a subtitle (strapline?) works, though I’m rather partial to Kaz’s suggestion of ‘improbable’ which suggests an especially rollicking good story from an Ulster Storyteller.
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Jonathan replied to the topic Bi-Monthly Comp – May/June 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years ago
Nice work Sandra – congratulations 🙂 Stunning entries all round – might have to rewrite my WIP opening again!
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Seagreen replied to the topic Bi-Monthly Comp – May/June 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years ago
Thanks, Raine, and well done, Sandra 🙂
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Squidge replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years ago
Works for me! And with the subtitle, too…
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Squidge replied to the topic Bi-Monthly Comp – May/June 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years ago
Agree with you Raine, 100%! Loved Sandra’s start (among others!!) Well done, Sandra x
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Athelstone replied to the topic Bi-Monthly Comp – May/June 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years ago
Great idea for the competition, Raine.
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years ago
I like the sub title. It complements the title – which I also think is the right one!
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John S Alty replied to the topic Bi-Monthly Comp – May/June 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years ago
Thanks for a good competition idea, Raine, and well done Sandra.
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Bi-Monthly Comp – May/June 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years ago
Yes, brilliant competition. And totally agree with Raine. I would have carried on reading all of them. Congratulation to Sandra and can I add my name to the list of people who would like to read the rest of it.
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Daedalus replied to the topic Bi-Monthly Comp – May/June 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years ago
Great idea for the competition Raine, and a lovely selection of entries. Well done Sandra – worthy winner.
I apologise for not joining in btw. I fully intended to, but as I’m between WIPs I was going to have to start something new. I had some ideas but every little spare moment was taken up with other things and at twenty to midnight when I was…[Read more]
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Sandra replied to the topic Bi-Monthly Comp – May/June 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years ago
Good heavens, Raine – what a compliment, especially in view of the strength of the rest; I certainly was torn between at least three to name as my favourite. Thank you, indeed. And you can most certainly read the rest, as soon as it’s done. (Currently ‘resting’ after finishing a first draft last week, and already knowing things need…[Read more]
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Raine replied to the topic Bi-Monthly Comp – May/June 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years ago
Well, thank-you everyone for entering. I’m so glad I set this particular challenge as it’s been so much fun getting little insights into all your works in progress and I can genuinely say I’d have carried on reading every one of them. They all pulled me right in and left me wanting more, so seriously well dones on lots of good stuff.
Because…[Read more]
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John S Alty replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years ago
Has to be “A Lyttle goes a long way.” Excellent title.
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GippsGirl started the topic MacBook users: solution to missing forward-delete key in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years ago
I indulged in a MacBook 12″ a while back, thinking it would be a wonderfully light laptop to carry around for my writing. I was horrified to discover that there is no forward-delete key, only the backspace. Forward-delete is only possible by the simultaneous use of the Function key + backspace. For me, it interrupts the flow when writing and…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years ago
Tony – sorry, but Unrelenting Limelight doesn’t work for me either. Sounds like a tragedy set on a stage, and it sounds like your relative’s life was far from a tragedy.
You said that if you’re not familiar with the name, why buy the book?
Book buyers are a strange crowd, drawn in by all sorts of things. Surely it’s that ‘drawing in’ of…[Read more]
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GippsGirl replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years ago
Hi Tony,
For me, Unrelenting Limelight doesn’t appeal. The word ‘unrelenting’ suggests something burdensome and turgid, and it’s not a pleasant counter to ‘limelight.’
‘A Lyttle goes a long way’ is much more upbeat and inviting.
GG
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