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Seagreen replied to the topic Monthly Comp – February 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 1 month ago
Thank you both for entering and I’m so sorry to keep you hanging on like this. To be honest, I found it really difficult to choose; I liked both of them in different ways. On this occasion (and because if I don’t stop prevaricating we’ll still be here next week) I’m going with Alex.
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Seagreen replied to the topic Monthly Comp – February 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 1 month ago
You caught me on the hop ☺️
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly Comp – February 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 1 month ago
Ted
The things that made Ted happy got a bit broken when he was little. After a while he grew accustomed to the fact that things wouldn’t go well for him, mainly because they often ended in bruises, or even the occasional broken bone. Nevertheless, in spite of everything, he grew strong. He soon discovered that if he didn’t want to go hungry he…[Read more]
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly Comp – February 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 1 month ago
OOPS, sorry, bad Ath posting as Admin!!!
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John T posted an update 3 years, 2 months ago
I’ve been neglecting you all in the Den since we moved back to Wales (Noswaith dda, bawb) but I’ll try and reconnect soon. Lots happening here – I’m self-publishing the first of three novels in late spring or early summer. Currently wrangling a website into shape (with help). Love to you all x
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Good to see you, John. x
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John, what are the novels you’re self-publishing – and where’s the website?
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Hi there. The website is ‘under construction’ but should go live in the next couple of weeks. I’ll post a link, if I may. The first two novels in the Apples in the Dark series should come out about 6 months apart this year. They’ll be in e-book on several platforms and print-on-demand via IngramSpark. I don’t want to get locked into the Amazon…[Read more]
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Well, you’ve been busy. Feel free to post a link to your website whenever you want to. Maybe in the Podium or Coffee Shop groups so it doesn’t vanish with the activity stream (although that may take a while anyway with the way activity here has slowed down).
The books sound fascinating and the sequel sounds familiar. Is it one you were working on…[Read more]
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Thank you, Athers. They are both a result of unpacking The Blackbird Effect, the novel that landed me an agent (for a while) in 2012 without attracting a publisher – and thereby making Harry hopping mad, because he backed it as the Next Big Thing. I wasn’t so surprised: it had too many themes and too too much business, leaving lots of passages s…[Read more]
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I do admire you for taking this view of things and for taking positive action to work through it. I think these sound like hard decisions.
My writing has picked up, a little, after a very slow few years. I’m about 70% into the first draft of a novel, although that in itself is a bit tricky as I wrote a fair bit and then abandoned it – so…[Read more]
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Seagreen started the topic Monthly Comp – February 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 2 months ago
We’ve probably all heard how ‘villains are the heroes of their own story’ so, this month, I’d like you to strip your villains bare, leaving them exposed and vulnerable. Poke at them with a sharp stick through the bars of a cold, dark cell, ridicule their inadequacies, and ride roughshod over their sensitivities. I’ll be waiting for you to come…[Read more]
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Seagreen replied to the topic Monthly comp – January 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 2 months ago
Thanks, both 🙂
I’m afraid I’ve been listening to Carol Ann Duffy on BBC Maestro so you have her to thank (?) for my dipping of toes into the poetry waters. It was kind of like painting a miniature with a 4″ brush.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly comp – January 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 2 months ago
Sorry chaps, a bit late.
Seagreen, a fabulous little poem that sums up so many early Januarys for me.
Alex, you conjure the odious, or indeed, odorous boss so well. What a very nice twist.
Who to pick? If only because my month started exactly this way, well done Seagreen.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly comp – January 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 2 months ago
Sorry chaps, a bit late.
Seagreen, a fabulous little poem that sums up so many early Januarys for me.
Alex, you conjure the odious, or indeed, odorous boss so well. What a very nice twist.
Who to pick? If only because my month started exactly this way, well done Seagreen.
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Athelstone posted an update 3 years, 2 months ago
There’s a bug “YAY!” probably introduced in a recent update. Normally if you see a comment you can go straight to the item commented on by clicking on the time that the comment was made (link at the end of the description of the comment). This doesn’t always work anymore where the item requires a login to view, even if you are logged in. I’m…[Read more]
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Seagreen replied to the topic Monthly comp – January 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 2 months ago
ReSolutionary
Dreams and aspirations poise
Like Tom Daley
Arms outstretched and toes curled
Over a cliff edge promise of excitement and change
They dive
Into the New Year
Only to flounder in the shallows
Of dwindling discipline and morbid motivation
The old ways resurface
Smug-smiling
Safe for another year
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Athelstone started the topic Monthly comp – January 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 3 months ago
Wow, the start of a new year. The topic is “Something New”. Anything that fits that in 500 words or less.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly Competition – November 2022 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 3 months ago
Thanks Alex, and thanks for the prompt too. I must be a gloomy person but I found a happy competition made my mind go blank. But it’s good to have to think a bit.
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Happy new year to you too and all the Denizens.
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Athelstone posted an update 3 years, 3 months ago
A Very Merry Christmas to all Denizens, wherever you may be.
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And to you and yours, Ath. (Someone’s got to respond…)
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Happy Christmas, Ath and Richard, and everyone. Best wishes for 2023.
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Athelstone posted an update 3 years, 4 months ago
ANYONE LOGGING IN…still time to write just 500 words for the December comp! You know you’ll feel better if you do.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly Competition – November 2022 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 4 months ago
A Winter Dragon
Snow in the north, south, east, and west, but none here. Fran had been promised snow by the television and the app on her phone, but here she sat, four days from Christmas, freezing cold, not a cloud in the sky, and the sun shining. She wiggled the feet of her onesie into Mum’s fleece boots and, as quietly as possible, slipped o…[Read more]
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Athelstone posted an update 3 years, 4 months ago
Anybody wishing to chance their pen with a piece of flash fiction this month, please note that the November competition has been extended. So head over to the November comp (Main Menu up there -> Den Forums -> Monthly Competition) and take a look at an excellent theme.
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Daedalus replied to the topic Richard's Musical Byways: Robert Johnson, the Myth and the Man in the forum Blogs 3 years, 4 months ago
Thoroughly enjoyed this, Richard. Another wonderful bit of writing that is bound to lead to a substantial musical rabbit-hole
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