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Wow. I really enjoyed this Elle. And the second person worked very well for me. It didn’t feel at all self-conscious which I think it often does. It also reads as though it was written by an English native.

A couple of very minor points:

Sam throws up his arms a couple of times in swift succession which jarred for me.

This bit – His lips on…[Read more]

Fingers crossed for you PB.

Kaz, I agree it is a very fine line. I think business like and to the point is good. They want to read fast and to be able to extract the important information from your letter asap and then get to the book. I am sure many people here have watched Piers Blofield (spelling?) on you tube showing how he deals with his…[Read more]

Good luck. You’ve had some excellent advice above. Good here, innit?

I was on quite late on Tuesday evening, checking my spreadsheets of who had joined “A Room with a View” and what the choices were (Bugger!). Been down since early morning (07:00) today (yesterday since I didn’t click the submit button in time)

Ach. There goes a chunk of our collective history. At least we have a den-shaped future. Group hug?

It’s not looking good :-/

Thanks all! I’m excited about this one. It has the big battles and moral quandries.

In case anyone missed the first book, here’s the Amazon page for the duology https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07FMC8FPB?ref=series_rw_dp_labf

I have never known it be down as long as this.

I was already signed up to shortstops but I’m quite happy for people to post things that they see here too, even if they are duplicated elsewhere – I often miss things in the email list and it helps to have reinforcement

Thanks for this Raine. I’d seen notifications about the Kickstarter but completely missed that they were doing an open call as well

Ha! Point taken. I will assume nothing and you can all shout at me if I say something you definitely do know about.

You do all know about ShortStops, run by the wonderful Tania Hershman, don’t you? https://shortstops.info/ The regular emails she sends out list all the events and comps in one place.

Thanks Raine 🙂

[Wait here while I find out how to post that gif of Catniss bowing from the first Hunger Games film]

I own several wenbikes. They are bicycles in the shed that are only mentioned in the context of when-I-start-cycling-again