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Libby posted a new activity comment 6 years, 9 months ago
Hi Jane, you don’t say where your setting is but for the UK you can give him a non Caucasian name and that will be sufficient?
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Libby posted a new activity comment 6 years, 9 months ago
Me too. Is that because it also pointed out how writing could go horribly wrong? I remember, ‘Wearing only his underpants, she watched her boyfriend swim across the lake.’ :-))
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Libby posted a new activity comment 6 years, 9 months ago
PS the author’s new novel has had rave reviews too.
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Libby posted an update 6 years, 9 months ago
I’d recommend How Not to Write a Novel to anyone. It’s helpful and very funny. However the lack of index is annoying, unless newer editions have one.
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PS the author’s new novel has had rave reviews too.
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That was the first book about writing I ever read – bought it for my daughter – and one of the very, very few whose advice I remember well enough to follow.
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Me too. Is that because it also pointed out how writing could go horribly wrong? I remember, ‘Wearing only his underpants, she watched her boyfriend swim across the lake.’ :-))
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It’s all the substitute for ‘he said that so resonated with me.
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Oh, yes.
‘Funny?’ she interrogated.
‘Hilarious!’ he expostulated.
‘Surely not!’ she declared.
‘But how to you know?’ he exclaimed.
‘Says you!’ she objected.
‘That’s the last thing I’m willing to say,’ he concluded.And that’s just some of them.
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I love the book. It was reassuring to see mistakes I knew I was avoiding – and be gently reminded of some that I WAS making, without realising!
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Libby posted a new activity comment 6 years, 10 months ago
The JW self-edit course, Ath? Yes. I think even a writer as good as you would find it worthwhile. D’you want to check the syllabus first to make sure you don’t know it all already? I can supply basic details, assuming it hasn’t changed much in the past three years.
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Yes!! Even though you know what you’re doing, there are elements of it that are still useful. I think there will be lots you already know, but in reading others’ work and particularly seeing Debi and Emma’s comments (as well as fellow readers’) is like mini-critique course in itself.
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Ta to you both for saying some nice things…but I know I need some pushing and shoving and just straight educating. Here’s hoping the January course is a classic!
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Libby posted a new activity comment 6 years, 10 months ago
A blog will be very interesting. Thanks, Ath.
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Blog, please, Ath.
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Libby replied to the topic Flash fiction success in the forum Podium 6 years, 10 months ago
Yippee! Brilliant! Fab! I’m so pleased.
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 10 months ago
Congratulations, Squidge. What a powerful story. And congratulations also to Baz and John.
Many thanks, Kate, for setting the competition. It pushed me hard, and I think from some of the comments I wasn’t the only one racking my brain in an enjoyable way!
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 10 months ago
398 words including title
Fate and Soul
The house in South Kensington wore fresh white stucco and stood in a terrace of frontages all the same. On a colour chart the paint could have been named Anonymity.
Melissa climbed the front steps. Beneath the pillared porch she tapped a code into the key pad and sensed passers-by lingering. She knew…[Read more]
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 11 months ago
Still working on my entry …
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly comp – July 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 11 months ago
Lots of congratulations to Kate, and to John and Seagreen. And thank you to Sandra.
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Libby posted a new activity comment 6 years, 11 months ago
Many thanks for all your efforts @admin.
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Libby posted a new activity comment 6 years, 11 months ago
Sorry to hear this, Ath. Afraid I don’t know anything about Hal Duncan. I suppose that if you submit your MS to the agent at some later date, you can tell them you’d applied to meet them at York and that would catch their attention favourably.
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Hal Duncan? Think he’s the Scottish bloke. Talks nineteen to the dozen in his sessions, but knows his stuff. Can come over a bit abrasive, and I can’t remember what he writes himself. I have a feeling it’s a bit quirky, so you might be OK with him for your non-genre stuff…?
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Yep, just had a look at his website and it is the chap I remember. His how to write a sentence session was brilliant.
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I had a session with Hal Duncan 2/3 years back. Not easy because he knew nothing about my genre. While his sessions were hi-speed and he promised notes (because taking them was impossible), they never materialised. I can’t find my feed-back sheet but though what little he did say was useful.
Bummer though, big time, for you.
My review of Vellum…[Read more]
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That is frustrating, Athers, especially as your other options are now limited and less appealing. I did a sentence structure workshop with Hal Duncan at York years ago. I’m afraid to say I got bored because he was being too methodical (my flaw probably, not his), but that’s not to say he wouldn’t be a good fit as a Book Doctor. Looking at his w…[Read more]
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Heyoop. Just seen I’ve been name-checked here. I do check the Den regularly but missed this. Sounds like you’ve sorted something out, At hers. Bummer though. Hope you’re not regretting coming to York. I’ll be looking forward to seeing you there.
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Libby posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
I suppose bots aren’t the type to be outside, enjoying the sunshine, perhaps having an ice cream or two.
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Libby posted a new activity comment 6 years, 11 months ago
Congratulations, Squidge. Enjoy your return to a more independent life!
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Wait until you’re a grandparent. That’s an even stranger feeling!
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Libby posted a new activity comment 6 years, 12 months ago
Best to check forecast, @raine . Showers were predicted for the English west country – I think for tomorrow and Friday??
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I have relatives in Weston super Mare so keep the forecast for there on my phone. The forecast there is rain on Friday and Saturday and then fine weather again. Daytime temps around 20 degrees, starting to rise a bit from Sunday.
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Libby posted a new activity comment 7 years ago
I’d agree, if something is time sensitive, do that first. Otherwise choose whichever is most likely to be finished or substantially completed in the time you have available so you can cross it off your list/see an end in sight for it.
And eat and drink whatever helps the process along!
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly comp – July 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years ago
Here’s my entry, which contains mental health issues in a character under military duress. First line plus 200 words.
Bringing a gun into the house changes it.
Edward came home on leave. He was given embraces by Mother, pats on the shoulder by Father, and – foolishly, I now think – a salute by me, his brother. He laid his cap and service rev…[Read more]
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It’s all the substitute for ‘he said that so resonated with me.
Oh, yes.
‘Funny?’ she interrogated.
‘Hilarious!’ he expostulated.
‘Surely not!’ she declared.
‘But how to you know?’ he exclaimed.
‘Says you!’ she objected.
‘That’s the last thing I’m willing to say,’ he concluded.
And that’s just some of them.
I love the book. It was reassuring to see mistakes I knew I was avoiding – and be gently reminded of some that I WAS making, without realising!