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Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago

Ah, right. It’s good though that you’ll be in the anthology.
Congratulations again!

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Libby replied to the topic Prize and novel publication in the forum Podium 3 years, 8 months ago

Congratulations @hilary

I’ve ordered a copy of Sea Defences. I’m highly unlikely to be in Suffolk in January but have a great time at the launch.

Congratulations too for the flash win. Does the Bridport site post the winning stories? I couldn’t find any but the site isn’t the easiest to use.
- Hilary replied 3 years, 7 months ago
  
  Thank you for ordering Sea Defences, @libby
  - Libby replied 3 years, 7 months ago
    
    It’s arrived already @hilary . It’ll take me a little while to get to it – I have some library books to finish first. I’m impressed by your publisher. I hadn’t heard of Lightning Books before. In addition to Sea Defences I bought some novels and memoirs from their antipodean collection.
    - Hilary replied 3 years, 7 months ago
      
      Thank you, Libby. Good to hear you found more books from them too.
Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 8 months ago

Brilliant news @thea! I love the tag line, ‘the Roman Empire but not as we know it.’
Will it be available in print as well as ebook?

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- Thea replied 3 years, 8 months ago
  
  Thanks so much, Libby. Yes, hoping to have a print book in the new year.
Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 9 months ago

Or alumna 😉
Every so often I read a badly written JW message. I think they’re doing stuff either in a hurry or are a bit understaffed.

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Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 9 months ago

Oh, that’s sad, Richard. I’m familiar with the pain of losing a loved cat.
I hope the colds clear up soon.

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Libby posted an update 3 years, 10 months ago

If you’re a member of Jericho Writers’ Townhouse they’re upgrading the platform tomorrow, Thursday 1st September. Everything except private messages will be transferred to the new platform. If you have private messages you want to keep, save them before tomorrow. https://community.jerichowriters.com/page.php?i=item&id=27931
Libby replied to the topic Edinburgh book festival 2022 programme in the forum Coffee Shop 3 years, 10 months ago

That’s brilliant, Sandra. I still have a couple of books on my TBR list from last year’s festival.

In the end I didn’t sign up for this year’s Edinburgh events as I diverted my money to doing the School — Galley Beggar Press critical reading course.
Libby replied to the topic The Price of Coal: Senghenydd, 1913 in the forum Blogs 3 years, 10 months ago

Thank you for a fascinating blog, Richard.

I don’t know that things improved when coal was nationalised. The Aberfan disaster suggests not but I don’t know the details. It seems that in general workers in all industries had to wait for health and safety legislation and that the general public sill has a long road ahead of applying pressure when…[Read more]
Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 10 months ago

Good luck at York, Janette. I hope it provides all the information you need.

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Libby replied to the topic Choices in the forum All You Need 3 years, 10 months ago

Welston

No, there is not
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All You Need

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Libby replied to the topic Film, storytelling – psychic distance again – and looking under the bonnet in the forum Blogs 3 years, 10 months ago

Hi @Daedalus

Thanks for taking time out to answer my thoughts.

I hadn’t thought of it that way before, that film/video is better at placing significant information in the background of shots. That’s something that can be difficult in writing — at least I find it difficult — and often requires a setting to be introduced earlier than the.…[Read more]
Libby replied to the topic CAS longlist in the forum Podium 3 years, 11 months ago

Brilliant news, Richard! Many congratulations.

And Kate too. Really good.
Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 11 months ago

Well done, Kate!

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Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 11 months ago

Congrats, Richard!

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Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 11 months ago

And isn’t Whitwell Elwin a great name for a Victorian clergyman? Or any Victorian man for that matter.

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- Athelstone replied 3 years, 11 months ago
  
  He could have been named especially for the job.
Libby started the topic Writing for the market in the forum Blogs 3 years, 11 months ago

From Homing: on pigeons, dwellings and why we return by Jon Day. It’s my current read.

“One of the readers for Darwin’s publisher of On the Origin of Species, a clergyman named Whitwell Elwin, called the book ‘a wild & foolish piece of imagination, for an outline it is too much & for a thorough discussion of the question it is not near enough.’ R…[Read more]
- Athelstone replied 3 years, 11 months ago
  
  I’ve seen a few instances where great works have had poor or strange reviews, but that must be one of the funniest.
  - Libby replied 3 years, 11 months ago
    
    And isn’t Whitwell Elwin a great name for a Victorian clergyman? Or any Victorian man for that matter.
    - Athelstone replied 3 years, 11 months ago
      
      He could have been named especially for the job.
Libby replied to the topic Monthly competition July 2022 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 11 months ago

Congratulations @alex . Well deserved.

I loved Ath’s and Knicks’ stories too. So atmospheric and full of life’s complications.
Libby replied to the topic CAS longlist in the forum Podium 3 years, 11 months ago

Congratulations to both of you. Good luck for the shortlist.
Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 11 months ago

Excellent news, Raine. Good luck with the final.

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