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Mad Iguana posted a new activity comment 3 years, 3 months ago
Don’t tempt me. I could be making up puns for the rest of the year.
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic Indie publishing deal in the forum Podium 3 years, 3 months ago
I’ve said it elsewhere, but I think it’s OK to congratulate a person more than once, isn’t it?
Congratulations Jane! Over the (edge) (of the) moon for you, if that’s not too tortured an attempted pun (I know it is).
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic The $2,000,000 Guitar in the forum Blogs 3 years, 8 months ago
I saw that and thought of your post, and your memories.
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic Fantasy Anthology in the forum Podium 3 years, 10 months ago
Great news Kate – well done!!
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic That old enemy, Perfectionism in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 3 years, 10 months ago
Perfectionism is a curse. But the desire for perfection is necessary, if we’re ever to get to be as good as we can be.
Every time I re-read anything I’ve ever written, I find myself changing a word here, a phrase there. A sentence can be cut completely and rewritten, and in the next rewrite, it comes back again.
I found comfort in the quote from…[Read more] -
Mad Iguana replied to the topic Sorry not sorry in the forum Blogs 3 years, 10 months ago
Beautifully written, but so infuriating!
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 4 years ago
Wowee Wowee Wowee Janette! Well done you!! Absolutely amazing news.
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic The $2,000,000 Guitar in the forum Blogs 4 years, 1 month ago
That’s a brilliant story, Richard. Absolutely love it!!
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic Short story in Barren magazine in the forum Podium 4 years, 1 month ago
Great stuff Daeds! Well done!!
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic Very Serious Consequences: Harrow and Wealdstone, 1952 in the forum Blogs 4 years, 1 month ago
Jeez that’s some incident. I did not know about this at all – thanks for telling the story so vividly, Richard!
It just shows that human nature – our inability to foresee and avert disaster until something truly catastrophic has happened – is unchanged over the years/decades/centuries. -
Mad Iguana replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs 4 years, 1 month ago
Jeez that’s shocking behaviour. Both from your agent @Hilary and @janette.
I’ve never got that close – I mean, I’ve had full requests but no more than that – but I’d have thought you could at least rely on agents to be honest.
We’ve all been blanked on a submission – which is par for the course, even if I don’t particularly like it. But to bring…[Read more] -
Mad Iguana replied to the topic What if I'm a bad human being? in the forum Blogs 4 years, 1 month ago
I’m late to this debate, but it’s a very interesting one, so I hope no-one minds me resurrecting it.
My view on this is very utilitarian (I think), in that I always – consciously or unconsciously – try to work out whether the value of the book/music/art/movie/whatever is greater to me than the cost of reading/listening/watching it.
And the…[Read more]
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic Book Two – Out Now in the forum Podium 4 years, 8 months ago
Super stuff Jules!! Haven’t read the first one yet – bought it, but haven’t read it. I’ll get the 2nd anyway, so it’s ready for when I am.
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic From Bloom to Blizzard in the forum Podium 4 years, 8 months ago
Great news!! Congrats Squidge!!
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Mad Iguana posted a new activity comment 5 years, 6 months ago
Hi Barry. Personally, I’m mad_iguana on twitter. The Den account is denofwriters.
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic My failure in the forum Podium 5 years, 6 months ago
I’ve entered the Bath Novel Award four times and been longlisted twice, but no further than that. It’s a good award, and well worth entering – there’s an excellent community around it if you have the time to engage.
Alan, it is judged completely blind, so there’s no favouritism going on, but it’s unavoidable that the judges of any award will…[Read more] -
Mad Iguana replied to the topic My failure in the forum Podium 5 years, 6 months ago
To be honest, Alan, that the very act of having written something complete enough to be able to send it out to comps is a success, so I’d start off by saying Congratulations on that massive success before worrying about the relatively small “failures” that followed.
That said… It’s far easier to say these things than do them/feel them. My…[Read more] - Load More
Thank you. Despite the pun! Actually I am in the market for phrases using the word “edge” for the title of the next one!!
Don’t tempt me. I could be making up puns for the rest of the year.