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Thea replied to the topic Choices in the forum
All You Need 3 years, 7 months agoVasio, France
No there is not
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Woolleybeans replied to the topic Choices in the forum
All You Need 3 years, 7 months agoCala Bridge
No there is not
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Clebs started the topic Monthly Competition – September 2022 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 7 months ago
I am attending a gathering of sorts next week and am aware that when the attendees leave they will have different thoughts and emotions. The event will evoke different memories for them.
In 500 words or less please write a piece entitled ‘After the Gathering’. With the exception of the title and the number of words there are no res…[Read more]
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Clebs replied to the topic Monthly Competition – August 2022 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 7 months ago
Reading the other entries I didn’t expect that! Thank you. I really enjoyed this competition.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly Competition – August 2022 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 7 months ago
Well done @clebs. I said it’s excellent – and it is!
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Sandra replied to the topic Monthly Competition – August 2022 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 7 months ago
Congratulations, Clebs, a well-twisted tale. And thanks Alex for a prompt which produced such variety.
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Alex replied to the topic Monthly Competition – August 2022 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 7 months ago
This was a tough decision. All were amazing and enjoyable stories.
Athelstone – the impact of the small changes resonated with me
Sandra – I liked the helplessness the MC feels initially and that internal change at the end
Seagreen – capturing the elation without naming it and the imagery was awesome
Clebs – loved the shift from the mournful…[Read more]
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Congratulations, Clebs! Can’t wait to see what you come up with for September ☺️
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Athelstone posted an update 3 years, 7 months ago
Another reminder to all Denizens. The annual short-story challenge is awake once more. If you haven’t joined already, you only have until 11 September to join the group ALL YOU NEED and make a couple of choices.
And to those who HAVE joined, choices must be made by that same date in order to enter the challenge. -
Athelstone replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum
All You Need 3 years, 7 months agoAh, I see.
Cf. my choice
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Daedalus replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum
All You Need 3 years, 7 months agoFor me the town is the sticking point, as whatever I go with will necessarily narrow down what kind of story I can write a fair bit. That’s what comes of writing across a range of genres I suppose!
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Daedalus replied to the topic Monthly Competition – August 2022 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 7 months ago
Burn
The day the power went off for the last time, Dad started on about the country again.
“When did this country change?” he growled. “Things never used to be like this. This is Britain, how did it get so the electric doesn’t work?”
Gemma didn’t understood when he talked like this. It was like he felt the whole island was somehow the same. G…[Read more]
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Clebs replied to the topic Monthly Competition – August 2022 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 7 months ago
<p style=”font-weight: 400;”><b>Upwards and Downwards</b></p>
<p style=”font-weight: 400;”>An unexpected ray of light pierced the blanket of cloud which hung over the otherwise dull cemetery. A plot empty of earth with planks and ropes ready to lower a coffin screamed yet another death.
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<p style=”font-weight: 400;”>Had the reaper taken…[Read more] -
Bella replied to the topic How to reach out to a speculative fiction editor? in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 3 years, 7 months ago
Admittedly the last edit I had done was via someone I have known for a while. But still, you are commissioning a job so it is up to you to tell them/ask them what you think is necessary.
I’d write along the lines of
Hey, Editor. Sort out this pile of horror for me, there’s a good fellow.
OK, OK. More along the lines of
Dear Editor
I got your…[Read more]
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Kate replied to the topic Choices in the forum
All You Need 3 years, 7 months agoRavenwood
No there is not
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Athelstone replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum
All You Need 3 years, 7 months agoI think the choices this year are kinder than they have ever been, really. In there impact on a possible story that is.
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Raine replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum
All You Need 3 years, 7 months agoI think I’ve suffered more indecision over my choices this time than any previous comp! Ah well. Posted now so will just have to ride the chaos wave…
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Raine replied to the topic Choices in the forum
All You Need 3 years, 7 months agoTortuguero, Costa Rica
Yes, there is.
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RichardB replied to the topic The Price of Coal: Senghenydd, 1913 in the forum Blogs 3 years, 7 months ago
It did, but not by very much. I went looking for info on this, and found three post-nationalisation disasters with forty or more killed. Not quite slaughter on nineteenth century levels, but you have to take into account that the industry was being steadily run down.
Though I’m old enough (I was born in 1950) I don’t remember where I was or what…[Read more]
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Athelstone posted an update 3 years, 7 months ago
Still today and tomorrow left for a crack at the monthly comp. GO ON! You know you want to really. Give Alex some work to do with his judging.
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Sandra replied to the topic Edinburgh book festival 2022 programme in the forum Coffee Shop 3 years, 7 months ago
A ‘critical reading course’ sounds exactly what I need, (and I’ve a couple of books on the course list) but despite several books on ‘How to’, and the Future Learn course using the James Tait Black shortlists, I’ve realised my brain doesn’t work that way. Hope you get what you want from it. I’ve several books from the Festival added to my…[Read more]
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