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Seagreen replied to the topic Monthly comp – October 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 5 months ago
Ath, you say the loveliest things. Thank you. And thanks for the comp.
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Writing Practice: Year 1 in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 5 months agoI hope I’ve understood what is required/suggested for this part of the course. My overall aim is to expand my range in terms of writing habits and the type of writing I do which up to now has been very focussed on writing one novel after another.
I write every day already unless I am away from home or it is really impossible.
My plan t…[Read more]
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly comp – October 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 5 months ago
Well, there’s a pleasant surprise for a Sunday morning! Thanks, Ath, and thank you fellow Denizens.
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Barny replied to the topic Monthly comp – October 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 5 months ago
Well done, John. And thanks Ath!
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Monthly comp – October 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 5 months ago
Excellent entries and an excellent winner! Congratulations John and thank you Ath for the competition.
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Sandra replied to the topic Monthly comp – October 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 5 months ago
Well done, John, and the Honourables, and thanks Ath for the prompting of a memory.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly comp – October 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 5 months ago
Oops! Sorry all – got my days mixed up, but anyway, super quality this month.
Sandra – Time to play
Yes! That’s exactly the feeling: that unexpected memory. There’s a lot in these few words. Oddly enough I was thinking about the ‘play’ that’s so often missing from writing, quite recently. So easy to assume that a reverential approach will produc…[Read more] -
Woolleybeans posted an update 6 years, 5 months ago
Who’s doing NaNo? I seem to have lost all my buddies on the website.
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Hang on, I’m writing! I am. I’ll check the website.
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My buddies have all gone too 🙁
I’m Athelstone on NaNo. Anybody there?-
I am on and buddies with Silversquidge. But I am struggling with the website as the graphics are all misplaced on my screen.
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Gotcha – and Silver Squidge.
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Can’t find you WB. What are you called?
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Shell Bromley – I was boring and went with my name, despite insisting on remaining WB on here!
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Good luck all Wrimos! Get those wurdz!
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Feedback on the Course in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 5 months agoThanks WB!
Am looking forward to Class 2 and glad it’s working out for everybody.
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Woolleybeans replied to the topic Feedback on the Course in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 5 months agoI’ll put class 2 up on Monday, then.
I am also being a bit lax in the commenting and writing exercises part, but will aim to be more active on it shortly.
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Squidge replied to the topic Feedback on the Course in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 5 months agoAll OK here – finding the time to do the writing is hard at the mo, so I need to work on that, but the timings aren’t unachievable. Just that my life needs to calm down!! When does Class 2 go up?
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Sandra replied to the topic Feedback on the Course in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 5 months agoI’m a bit of a sleeping partner in this; not fully committed, so will dip in and out, attempting to keep to time structure and maybe lax in commenting.
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Hilary replied to the topic Feedback on the Course in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 6 months agoHappy so far, but I’m aware there’s a lot more I could be doing – and will be doing…
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Hilary replied to the topic Class 1 – Writing exercise, Kaz in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 6 months agoGorgeousness: My favourite bits were ‘afternoons draped in honey’ and ‘as cleanly as she peeled old skin from a white potato.’ I have been told I overwrite too sometimes. But what does it really mean?
I liked your I remember, too. Many of us chose to capture a single incident, or linked series, in our I remembers. I’ve also done it with…[Read more]
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Philippa East replied to the topic Bumbling Round the Citadel in the forum Blogs 6 years, 6 months ago
*John, sorry!
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Philippa East replied to the topic Bumbling Round the Citadel in the forum Blogs 6 years, 6 months ago
Thank you Jon!
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Raine replied to the topic Feedback on the Course in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 6 months agoYeah, timings are good for me too. As @kazg says – enough time that I can fit it in without feeling like it’s taking away from other stuff.
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Seagreen replied to the topic Feedback on the Course in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 6 months agoIt works for me! Okay, I stumbled over the ‘gorgeous’ writing (which I may have complicated by trying to combine it with ‘something I know nothing about’) but, hey, I can chip away at that as and when.
The journal is up-to-date and close to being a habit, so that’s good, and I’m looking forward to four months of unemployment to help me catch up…[Read more] -
RichardB posted an update 6 years, 6 months ago
Some people will tell you that mice will never come into a house where there’s a cat. They obviously don’t know our cat. I have just seen her sitting and watching with mild interest while, less than a foot from her nose, a mouse nipped out of the woodwork and nicked a piece of food from her bowl. I ask you…
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Cats are marvellous and varied. My son’s two cats will hunt down every fly and spider with a total absence of mercy. Others take a far more philosophical approach and yours sounds wonderful.
Many years ago I rented a house which came with a resident cat named Mittens. Mittens was mainly a lethargic house-cat, mooching around from sunny spot to…[Read more]
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Yes, our pussy is a gentle, affectionate creature with an almost total lack of the predatory instinct, which makes her a useless mouser but a lovely companion. Our friends who stayed with us weekend before last fell so in love with her they threatened to take her home with them.
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One of our cats is a complete softie too. He recently spent a whole weekend lying with/on a very poorly wee girl who, whilst cuddling him, laughed for the first time in months.
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Love my cat – until he decides he’s hungry at 4.30am. Or climbs into my lap while I’m knitting/writing/reading. Or brings in a bird. He’s very tolerant, too – Mr Squidge often plays Cataroo! (like Buckaroo but with a cat, not a donkey. And it’s me who gets the catty evils, as though it’s all my fault when cat moves and everything falls off.))
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Feedback on the Course in the forum
Andrew Wille's DIY MA course 6 years, 6 months agoGoing to jump in now because time and access to internet are going to be in short supply over the next week.
I am happy with how it’s going. I have no wish for it to be any quicker than it is.
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