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Athelstone posted an update 6 years, 10 months ago
Joining and choosing, joining and choosing! A brief reminder that there are fewer than 10 days to join “Songs of Innocence & Experience”.
We now have 26 members and 19 choices.
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26 and 20 🙂
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26 and 21 🙂
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JaneShuff replied to the topic National Creative Writing Industry Day in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 6 years, 10 months ago
I can’t @Raine. I’d love to though… But do tell us what it’s like.
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Kate replied to the topic DIY soapbox in the forum Podium 6 years, 10 months ago
‘Step do Grave’ was definitely after the distillery! 🙂
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Kate replied to the topic Flash fiction success in the forum Podium 6 years, 10 months ago
Thanks everyone. I’m still floating around in the clouds. Hopefully at the end of the month I will be able to put up a link so you can take a look. 🙂
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JaneShuff replied to the topic Flash fiction success in the forum Podium 6 years, 10 months ago
Fantastic! Congratulations!!!! I’ll add a few more!!!
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John S Alty replied to the topic Flash fiction success in the forum Podium 6 years, 10 months ago
Brilliant, Kate. Well done!
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Kate started the topic Flash fiction success in the forum Podium 6 years, 10 months ago
I’ve just received an e-mail saying I was awarded first place in the Jersey Festival of Words flash fiction competition! I’m bouncing off the walls!
I get to go to a ceremony and everything! I’ll just add a few more of these !!!!!! to show how excited I am. It’s lovely to have a little success in the sea of rejections!!
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Athelstone posted an update 6 years, 10 months ago
Calling all writers – this means you! There are 3 weeks left until the group “Songs of Innocence and Experience” becomes private and is closed to new members. This annual short story event has led to winning National Competition entries and inspired novels. It can draw out the best in you and at the very least is tremendous fun. To join, head…[Read more]
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Kate replied to the topic September 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 10 months ago
What a fun idea. Who’d have thought there were so many weird and wonderful names for beige. I shall get my thinking cap on.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 10 months ago
Thanks Kate, good comp.
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Kate replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 10 months ago
Thanks everyone for taking part. These were all such great pieces its been incredibly hard to decide on a winner, so a few brief thoughts on them:
Baz – This one gave me a real prickle. Loved the feel those open ended questions gave it, and the ending is as if you’re slamming a door.
John – Bravo. Love the message in the last line of the first…[Read more]
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Kate replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 10 months ago
I’ve read them all and am completely stumped as to which to choose. Will have to sleep on it. Being as I’m having so much trouble, I am open to bribes… 😬
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Athelstone posted an update in the group
Songs of Innocence and Experience 6 years, 10 months agoSome intriguing choices being made. I hope that expectations are not knocked too far off kilter when the theme and meaning of the choices is revealed. I’m sure that kind, clever, wise, reliable and wholly impartial Jules will make my choices quite perfectly.
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You’re not trying to butter me up there at all, are you, Ath?
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Simply speaking the truth – as I learned to at my mother’s knee…
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Kate replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 10 months ago
A last reminder to anyone who wants to take part.
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Kate joined the group
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I was a member, then suddenly realised I wasn’t. Not sure what happened?
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Yep, according to the group activity you joined 5 days ago – and 3 hours ago. Don’t know what happened there except that I admire your enthusiasm.
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So good you joined it twice?
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Daedalus replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 10 months ago
I’ve composed mine. I just haven’t written it down yet…
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Kate replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 10 months ago
One week left to get your comp entry in!
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 10 months ago
You see, what Mrs High and Mighty Rachel Jacobs doesn’t realise is that every time her big shiny car overlaps my drive, I go and walk by it – and I knock her door mirror flat. Of course, it’s an expensive mirror with an expensive motor, and one day my efforts will make that motor fail. Sometimes I brush against the side, just casually. And if I…[Read more]
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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.
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.
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!
Best l thing I got out of it was the friendship of a core of valuable fellow-attendees; we still regularly meet, though not as often as desired and have done since January 2014.
YES! I think this course is so good that it will help almost anyone. I would do it again in a flash. And the one to one attention is worth the price alone!
Definitely not as often as desired! But agreed – the course was great, but the group of friends is greaterer.
Hell, yes – to all of that.
All signed up.
Good luck!! I kind of assumed you’d done it already! Is January the course @johnt3 is also signed up on (for his second time around)?
No, I’ve just started. It’s a promising and very varied bunch of writers. Good luck, Athelstone, you’ll enjoy it. PS I’d forgotten how hard the first exercise is!
Nope, never done it, although I’ve been on various workshops etc. that touch on some of the modules. I have a feeling it will be a very different thing to be engaged on my own work and working with a group. When I looked the Sept one was full, but I wanted another few months to write some more crap (as Julie C puts it) before starting anyway. All good.
Yay! Starting when?
21 January. Really looking forward to it