Den of Writers | Louise Walters | Friends Activity https://www.denofwriters.com/members/louisewalters/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Louise Walters's friends. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:19:15 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 105c582de3e50703971976d596f14a99 Jules replied to the topic Choices in the forum September Song https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/september-song/forum/topic/choices-7/#post-16941 Sun, 12 Oct 2025 17:43:39 +0000 Rain

The Morning Gift

]]> 0 ca4b3d1236938fd132ca955ddd315615 Jules joined the group September Song https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/24811/ Sun, 12 Oct 2025 17:40:15 +0000 0 9011dbc9fb001d7b7ee856e9531c8f42 Squidge replied to the topic Choices in the forum September Song https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/september-song/forum/topic/choices-7/#post-16939 Sat, 11 Oct 2025 10:16:59 +0000 Ice

The Lies of Locke Lamora

]]> 0 3cd2966deeceb8d97c7c2304efec1da8 Squidge joined the group September Song https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/24807/ Sat, 11 Oct 2025 10:14:37 +0000 0 c39a23bf48bd7275a284e5ef6a2e878a Philippa East posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/23579/#acomment-23581 Sat, 16 Nov 2024 20:55:47 +0000 Hi Libby and @janette.
Here below is a copy of my original letter to the society of authors.
I think that a “Christmas appeal” letter, encouraging readers and book-buyers to support ordinary authors by avoiding celebrity titles would be great! I’ve been chatting loads about this issue in my various writing networks, so I think that if we were…[Read more]

In reply to - Janette started the topic Is a social media Christmas appeal worthwhile? in the forum Blogs Recently, @Philippa East posted a copy of her letter to the Society of Authors on facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/photo […] ]]> bda107254f9992dc47e0981917789463 Barny joined the group A Different Time https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/23430/ Sun, 06 Oct 2024 18:56:02 +0000 0 177e23d4f1739b3afa0591cf57bae85b Jules replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum A Different Time https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/a-different-time/forum/topic/chit-chat-6/#post-15692 Tue, 01 Oct 2024 07:57:27 +0000 Asper usual, I have no ideas at all yet. Knowing me, it’ll be something weird though ????

]]> 0 d8adf8d70b1e61ba9e68ee233e722e95 Jules joined the group A Different Time https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/23401/ Sun, 29 Sep 2024 19:33:06 +0000 0 2ccda4e1a09a9cbd4b288dc43bf1de7b Squidge posted an update: I always seem to come on here to apologize for not being […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/22539/ Fri, 09 Feb 2024 09:05:58 +0000 I always seem to come on here to apologize for not being here… Suffice to say that Life is a bit complicated and sad at the mo, and I’m not at my best. When I have the head space, I’ll be back.

Power to all of your pens in the meantime though 😉

]]> 0 30ce3185f745658add19a556d4d44dd8 Squidge posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/21903/#acomment-21916 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 13:52:19 +0000 interesting…

In reply to - Seagreen started the topic Monthly competition – October 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition I’ve just started listening to Ken Follett on BBC Maestro, and this is (sort of) taken from a task he sets at the end o […] ]]> b7ab39cab6293f7c71823ae06576dc0e Squidge replied to the topic Monthly competition - September 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-september-2023/#post-14352 Mon, 02 Oct 2023 10:58:11 +0000 Wowser…spoilt for choice! Thank you all for taking my three little words and turning them into lots of great stories. As always, the three objects were used in very different and clever ways. So…

Sandra – there’s something about a pipe-smoking detective, isn’t there? Lovely piece, with the rat almost in the trap until the detective took his…[Read more]

]]> 1 6685c783efdfde5dfe843c1827a9c6bc Squidge posted an update: aaargh! Apologies, such a busy day at church yesterday, […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/21891/ Mon, 02 Oct 2023 10:40:15 +0000 aaargh! Apologies, such a busy day at church yesterday, totally forgot I needed to judge the comp! Am on it now…

]]> 0 1c9e364c9133744a6e93dd365a797715 Squidge posted an update: Only a few days left to get something into the monthly […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/21871/ Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:20:55 +0000 Only a few days left to get something into the monthly comp… Looking forward to reading the entries!

]]> 0 c02a1244c454263a2ed4977f29b65b4e Barny replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum Whodunnit? https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/whodunnit/forum/topic/chit-chat-5/#post-14260 Thu, 07 Sep 2023 19:49:38 +0000 The feeling is mutual.

]]> 0 52c46c1a17643d876276fede3d48c029 Barny replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum Whodunnit? https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/whodunnit/forum/topic/chit-chat-5/#post-14256 Wed, 06 Sep 2023 21:26:57 +0000 Thanks for organising this, Ath.

I really really intend to actually submit something this year.

 

]]> 0 beae2f59bb1ddcd65270003f6e28a2c5 Barny replied to the topic Choices in the forum Whodunnit? https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/whodunnit/forum/topic/choices-6/#post-14255 Wed, 06 Sep 2023 21:24:47 +0000 Writing, Pistol, Serious.

See you in the library.

]]> 0 b58c1a4728803f32c4d90ec4fb523bf5 Barny joined the group Whodunnit? https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/21760/ Wed, 06 Sep 2023 21:21:21 +0000 0 7218f4a06de701379518b8b8fdfba108 Squidge started the topic Monthly competition - September 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-september-2023/ Mon, 04 Sep 2023 20:02:23 +0000 Your prompt this month consists of three words:

wheelbarrow, street lamp, and a pipe (smoking)

Use them however you would like, in no more than 300 words. Have fun 😉

 

]]> 0 80c2c0299768771609e6c24b97301784 Squidge replied to the topic Monthly competition - August 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-august-2023/#post-14235 Mon, 04 Sep 2023 19:56:59 +0000 Oh blimey! Did not expect that at all… Wow, thanks, Sandra.

Everyone else’s was fab. Feel a bit of a fraud having popped in here for the first time in ages and getting to set this month’s challenge, but I’ll do my best x

]]> 0 709518ffd7a2c7d25765ee48b2661d4b Squidge replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum Whodunnit? https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/whodunnit/forum/topic/chit-chat-5/#post-14230 Sat, 02 Sep 2023 12:26:29 +0000 I’m like John…I always join in the hope I’ll be able to write something. This year’s been a shocker for the novel, so a change of content would be most welcome!

 

]]> 0 691a1325f4dd8a825a8055d03b012445 Jules replied to the topic Choices in the forum Whodunnit? https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/whodunnit/forum/topic/choices-6/#post-14207 Mon, 28 Aug 2023 11:46:38 +0000 Reading, candlestick, comical

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]]> 0 0f902d55138190c18b75250b652eda33 Squidge joined the group Whodunnit? https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/21699/ Sun, 27 Aug 2023 14:13:18 +0000 0 4def87545e03d80426e415fd28635bc8 Squidge replied to the topic Monthly competition - August 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-august-2023/#post-14204 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 14:10:07 +0000 Not quite sure where this was going, but it felt good to respond to a prompt for the first time in ages… Also not sure why only a bit of the text unbolded when I was aiming for the lot! Ah well…

“In a yellow rectangle, in the black facade of a house, a woman is laying a table.”

He could have picked any window, of any house, in any str…[Read more]

]]> 0 f8ea0a9a36e15e9650b7dd88a187d48a Hilary posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/20367/#acomment-20454 Tue, 29 Nov 2022 18:57:00 +0000 Thank you, Libby. Good to hear you found more books from them too.

In reply to - Libby replied to the topic Prize and novel publication in the forum Podium 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 […] ]]> 1802b93e5e38870544b56221832d8fa0 Hilary posted an update: Hello Denizens, If anyone would like an invitation to the […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/20446/ Wed, 23 Nov 2022 16:26:54 +0000 Hello Denizens,
If anyone would like an invitation to the launch of Sea Defences, please send me a message. It’s on Thursday January 12th at 6 pm in Sudbury, Suffolk.

]]> 0 bd928b5860227e9e6e9b2c51fe88db81 Hilary posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/20367/#acomment-20445 Wed, 23 Nov 2022 16:23:40 +0000 Thank you for ordering Sea Defences, @libby

In reply to - Libby replied to the topic Prize and novel publication in the forum Podium 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 […] ]]> a908ef78af0c085752248368a2663837 Hilary replied to the topic Prize and novel publication in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/prize-and-novel-publication/#post-12984 Wed, 09 Nov 2022 14:32:53 +0000 <p style=”text-align: right;”>Thanks for ordering, Libby.</p>
Bridport don’t publish online because they publish an anthology – even the ebook is not cheap!

]]> 1 b6d3536a04231f1af160b2c37854e9b7 Hilary replied to the topic Free book in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/free-book/#post-12971 Tue, 08 Nov 2022 12:54:14 +0000 Congratulations, Thea! I can empathise with the heartfelt ‘At long last…’ Well done!

]]> 1 05415e20e2281ede9b9b5baeac4a10da Hilary started the topic Prize and novel publication in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/prize-and-novel-publication/ Tue, 08 Nov 2022 12:43:17 +0000 Some of you will already know this if you hang out on twitter. My debut novel, Sea Defences, is coming out in January and can be pre-ordered from http://www.eye-books.com/books/sea-defences. It started life as a short story in one of the winter challenges on the old Cloud – I think it was the last one that AlanP did. There will be a Book Launch in…[Read more]

]]> 4 e05893e0dfb01e2c6e5d357e8c942eab Squidge posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/20088/#acomment-20117 Wed, 14 Sep 2022 20:27:29 +0000 Oh blimey, Ath…can imagine that being rather stressful.

In reply to - Squidge posted an update Dipping in to say hi… ridiculously busy at the mo with Life, so barely time to breathe, let alone write! How is everyone doing at the moment, following the Queen’s death? Whether you’re for […] ]]> 2577525d8184216b8d321710be6b5d4e Squidge posted an update: Dipping in to say hi... ridiculously busy at the mo with […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/20088/ Mon, 12 Sep 2022 08:00:31 +0000 Dipping in to say hi… ridiculously busy at the mo with Life, so barely time to breathe, let alone write! How is everyone doing at the moment, following the Queen’s death? Whether you’re for the monarchy or not, it seems to have impacted nearly everyone I’ve spoken to in some way, shape, or form. Sending hugs if you need them x

]]> 6 73c5e481af04926a602d1896f95435c3 Squidge posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/19986/#acomment-20015 Sat, 27 Aug 2022 17:43:34 +0000 Hope York goes well – I didn’t pick up on it this year as was already booked for a weekend away in September…which I can’t go to now because of visitors from India! Next year…

In reply to - Janette posted an update Sorry I haven’t been around for so long (and probably missed loads). It has continued to be a busy time for me. More than that, after finding fatal flaws in my current book, I decided on a […] ]]> 4178448f696c92995f55d37f6898f4e4 Squidge posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/20007/#acomment-20014 Sat, 27 Aug 2022 17:41:45 +0000 Good to see you Barry

In reply to - Barry Walsh posted an update Popping in after a long time away. Planning to stay but won’t be writing just yet. Hope all goes well with old friends. ]]> c75c2d0bfdbe4a062903efbe49fb680b Barry Walsh posted an update: Popping in after a long time away. Planning to stay but […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/20007/ Fri, 26 Aug 2022 13:15:46 +0000 Popping in after a long time away. Planning to stay but won’t be writing just yet. Hope all goes well with old friends.

]]> 2 b2daccd86a54d05aa2cf758db4b24359 Jules replied to the topic Choices in the forum All You Need https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/all-you-need/forum/topic/choices-5/#post-12634 Wed, 24 Aug 2022 10:55:56 +0000 Town – Droop

Choice – yes there is

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Yes there is

]]> 0 b6af8d2f5fbd033b672aa71b189b6d18 Squidge joined the group All You Need https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/19984/ Tue, 23 Aug 2022 14:13:17 +0000 0 51968722ae8fe1f927354edb9dc7dbdf Hilary posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/19854/#acomment-19949 Sun, 21 Aug 2022 18:07:35 +0000 Thanks, Thea. Yes, all is well with the book, thanks. Publication date January next year. So excited! Hope all’s well with you.

In reply to - Hilary replied to the topic The Future of the Den (again) in the forum Blogs Hello. Long time no see, everyone. I’m posting this to say I do occasionally pop in to see what’s going on, but haven’t actually logged […] ]]> a3a8336693edadc65fdae3712fd1cbd4 Hilary replied to the topic The Future of the Den (again) in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/the-future-of-the-den-again/#post-12520 Thu, 04 Aug 2022 12:55:44 +0000 Hello. Long time no see, everyone. I’m posting this to say I do occasionally pop in to see what’s going on, but haven’t actually logged in for a Very Long Time. So, apologies. And also, thanks to you faithful few, and especially Ath and any other admin (?) for keeping it going. Yes, other things going on for me too, but the other day I was feeling…[Read more]

]]> 3 a5f39769d7dd0973cbd8b7a792735024 Squidge posted an update: Hello Denizens... Apologies for not having dropped in for […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/19810/ Tue, 26 Jul 2022 17:05:51 +0000 Hello Denizens… Apologies for not having dropped in for quite a while. Been a bit all over the place with various life stuff, but still writing. Good to see news popping up on facebook for various peeps, and as we go into the autumn I’ll try to pop in here more often to keep in touch. x

]]> 0 447eaa7ff7e2dad2218e857a7489f367 Squidge posted an update: Gosh, it is ages since I dropped in...far too much going on […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/18706/ Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:16:43 +0000 Gosh, it is ages since I dropped in…far too much going on in the world outside of writing! Hope everyone’s doing OK.

I’ve finished editing the memoir I was working on – author very pleased with the result, so that’s good. Still getting to grips with Tilda #4’s huge plot hole and whittling away at that when I can. Still trying to carve out…[Read more]

]]> 1 6e047cf2a966819e6bfffd100be98b45 Squidge replied to the topic The Future of the Den - Part 2 in the forum Blogs https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/the-future-of-the-den-part-2/#post-11234 Mon, 29 Nov 2021 10:59:06 +0000 Ath, I know I’ve not been round much recently, but that looks fab! Noticed that blogs and whatever the heading is next to it both go bold when you click on blogs, but it seems so much easier and intuitive to navigate. Thank you xxx

]]> 0 8992087ddf3f787418e4bbf1de9b5c50 Squidge replied to the topic Monthly Competition - September 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-september-2021/#post-10918 Fri, 10 Sep 2021 08:48:06 +0000 In the place and time I found myself, I had done something wrong.

My punishment? A chain of large metal links, secured around my throat, pressing against my flesh, reminding me of its presence every time I swallowed or turned my head.

A man, with whom I had a connection – were we related? Was he the reason for my wrongdoing? – received the sam…[Read more]

]]> 0 63991643dd0bdfbf5cbd692993631ae1 Squidge posted an update: Found out today that Super Stories has been longlisted (1 of […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/18087/ Sun, 05 Sep 2021 16:39:51 +0000 Found out today that Super Stories has been longlisted (1 of 8) in the Lunchtime Book Club, a new children’s book prize based in Luton! SO chuffed.

(Also in some amazing company – Frank Cotterell-Boyce; Lauren St Child; Marcus Rashford as well as others I’m not so familiar with)

]]> 3 c90dd932fbef2cffb060296b25ae74ca Squidge replied to the topic Monthly Competition - September 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-september-2021/#post-10879 Sat, 04 Sep 2021 15:11:08 +0000 Oh my days…I’m going to be spoilt for choice, the state of my dreams! I’ll avoid the teeth-dropping out ones and see what else weird and wonderful I recorded in my dream diary.

]]> 0 1217fba202c1ee30a667696426c4ae76 Squidge started the topic Short story accepted in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/short-story-accepted/ Tue, 31 Aug 2021 17:00:35 +0000 Found out yesterday I’ve had a short story – Moonlight and Roses – accepted for a Dark & Light themed anthology by Ruler’s Wit (a group of writers and editors who met at Lufbra Uni on a creative writing Masters).

Funnily enough, it started out as a piece that didn’t work at all in my writing group NIBS, but for some reason it worked for…[Read more]

]]> 3 7ec0792f7fafd64c55219e37e594929a Barny replied to the topic Choices in the forum Coming Home https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/coming-home/forum/topic/choices-4/#post-10818 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:49:41 +0000 Changed my mind.

Lorry
Cheese
Ger

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