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Philippa East replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 7 years, 2 months ago
Amazing news, John and Elle! Fingers crossed for the shortlist…
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Daedalus replied to the topic My Publishing Nightmare – the story of a book deal gone bad (Part 1) in the forum Blogs 7 years, 2 months ago
I’ve just published Part 2
My Publishing Nightmare – the story of a book deal gone bad (Part 2)
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Raine replied to the topic Monster Anthology opportunity in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 2 months ago
Queer, Asexual, Intergender and Pansexual. These all sort of fall under a Non-binary umbrella but the acronym includes the separate forms.
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RichardB replied to the topic Monster Anthology opportunity in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 2 months ago
Er, scuse my ignorance. I know LGBT, but what’s QAIP?
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It’s one of those Twitter things where I see loads of references to it but can’t find exactly what any of it means
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It was a (very long) new Yorker article. I’m torn between a compulsive fascination and sheer rage.
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I’ve found it… Cover me, I’m going in
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Wow, American long-form journalism really is so very pointlessly longwinded. So far I have learned that Mallory is tall, good looking and charming.
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Yes, but BECAUSE he is tall, good looking (he really isn’t) and charming, he GOT TO LEAVE CUPS OF PEE IN PEOPLE’S OFFICES and GOT PROMOTED!
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Wow.
Still, tall and charming though, so in the world of publushing it evens out
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It’s some raging privilege, for sure! But the author (must find her name, and books) who set a PI after him, and based her villains on him – she sounds epic. Classy sly burn.
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Reply to see if I can bring the old replies back
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And I thought things couldn’t get more apposite after the year of the cock
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Happy New Year! I’m a fan of pigs. Having met wild boars, I have much respect (mild terror) for them, and much love for the stripyness of their babes.
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I like peccaries, with their tiny dainty feet
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Okay, a bit of porcine trivia. The meat of the wild boar is prized in some quarters in France, but the animal is a protected species (though that doesn’t stop it being sold under the counter occasionally). to get round this, pig breeders have crossed the wild boar (sanglier) with the farmyard pig (cochon). The resultant hybrid is known as a…[Read more]
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French is great. En anglais that would just be a Big
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😀 @daedalus that made me cackle!
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@raine I adore the baby humbugs. Utterly cute. They have escape ladders and platforms attached to trees in the Austrian woods to get away from angry Dad pigs, though.
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I wonder where the other replies went?
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It’s a bug that means the ‘show all replies’ button sometimes fails to appear, unfortunately. Has been annoyingly persistent
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@bellam those platforms are a genius idea! Could have done with them in Poland – although it was the very protective mummies who made me more nervous tbh, especially when gorgeous humbugs decided to check out my boots!!
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Jules started the topic Monster Anthology opportunity in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 2 months ago
Absolutely huge word count on these – publisher is basically requesting a novella. But you might find that works for you. Plus monster stories from a LGBTQAIP+ angle.
Here’s the link in case anyone is interested.
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Thea replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 7 years, 2 months ago
That’s excellent! Congratulations, John and Elle.
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Raine posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
Quote from Margaret Atwood – A story is a pattern broken.
Meaning that a story begins when the predictable/normal life of a character is disrupted. And a story is continued by re-breaking every new pattern that forms. I like this, it’s just another way of saying that plots rely on instability and changing/upping the stakes, but I like the image…[Read more] -
Raine replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 7 years, 2 months ago
Congrats @johnalty and @elle – that’s great news and I’ll keep fingers crossed for teh next stage – when is the short list announced?
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Monthly comp: Feb 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 2 months ago
I do too. I’m really annoyed with myself for not entering the last one. I had an idea and half the words down but I ran out of time…
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Jonathan replied to the topic Monthly comp: Feb 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 2 months ago
Go on Squidge, you know you want to enter 😉
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John S Alty replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 7 years, 2 months ago
Thanks, @JaneShuff
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 7 years, 2 months ago
Congratulations @Johnalty. Lovely news!
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John S Alty replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 7 years, 2 months ago
I made the long list for the Ink Tears Short Story Competition 2018.
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp: Feb 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 2 months ago
Nice… my kind of prompt.
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Hilary replied to the topic Entering the Citadel in the forum Blogs 7 years, 2 months ago
Oh, wow, Philippa! What a journey! And you are still standing – and your book is going to be in the world. It’s so brilliant to read all of this – the lows and the highs. Thank you so much for posting. And a great big huge Well done! You did it!
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Jonathan started the topic Monthly comp: Feb 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 2 months ago
This month, for ideas, I’ve raided my list of phrases, prompts, things overheard and other bits’n’bobs where I save my writing notes. Let’s see what you can come up with around them in, say, 350 words.
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“If you’ll let me sleep”
“Fate has a horrible whisper”
“To all the people I’ve ghosted”
“Books resonate secrets”
“Kathm…[Read more]
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Jonathan replied to the topic January 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 2 months ago
Zoiks! Thanks John, and thanks for hosting and feeding back, and likewise to Libby and Daeds 🙂 I’m glad you liked my little writeup. I tried that site and thought it was going to make flattering comps as to my writing style but I think it has about 4 authors we supposedly write like. Anyway I’ll have a think about the Feb comp and get something up today.
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Philippa East replied to the topic Entering the Citadel in the forum Blogs 7 years, 2 months ago
Thanks so much, guys. Good advice @bren on the pacing! SO important.
I’ll let you know how the next phase goes…..
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