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Active 6 years ago-
Squidge posted an update 6 years, 9 months ago
Looking forward to hearing about York from everyone who’s going… Have a fab time and may you have plenty of ink in your pens! x
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Squidge started the topic Tilda of Merjan Book Launch in the forum Podium 6 years, 9 months ago
Folks did ask when I was going to do a launch – details here: https://squidgesscribbles.blogspot.com/2019/09/book-launch-tilda-of-merjan.html
It’s a full daytime event in half term, although half term seems to run over two weeks and this is the first of the two.
But I have been wondering whether any Denizens would be up for an evening…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic September 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 9 months ago
Sandra, they are fun, aren’t they? Valspar (Other paint companies also available!) are the absolute best ones – much more imaginative than others I could mention!
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Squidge posted an update 6 years, 9 months ago
September comp’s up – realise it might be a bit quiet this month because of York, but looking forward to reading those who decide to give it a go.
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Squidge posted an update 6 years, 9 months ago
I believe certain peeps have heard about comp placings for York this weekend…
Anyone else we don’t know about yet?!
Good luck to everyone who has been, commiserations to those who haven’t, and have a bloody good time the rest of you. x
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Squidge started the topic September 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 9 months ago
Right, many of you know I use paint samples as one of my writing prompts in creative writing sessions; now you get to have a go.
The samples are all beige/brown in colour. Your challenge is to pick one of the following names given to the shades of brown and give me a max of 400 words, using the name as a title. Your choices are;
Je M’Appelle…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 9 months ago
Flip! Thank you! Only popped in here cos I had a spare two minutes!
Give me til tonight, and I’ll think of something for you all to dig your teeth into…
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 10 months ago
Mantra.
I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.
Such is the mantra, spoken quietly in hope during clandestine gatherings, or whispered in the darkest moments outside of them, when dreams of life lived to the full fall beyond my control and are squashed like bugs in the mud.
For certain, this mantra is against the teachings of…[Read more]
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Squidge posted an update 6 years, 10 months ago
@jillybean – read your books pretty much in two days. Really enjoyed them. Love Gregory – big, brash, but loyal to a fault.
Couldn’t find them on Goodreads to leave a review though… Have you posted them there yet?
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Thanks, Squidge. I’m so glad you enjoyed them 🙂
They are both on Goodreads but are easier to find if you search for them as Revolt the king’s knight etc
(tried to leave you a link but dialogue box didn’t like it.)Really appreciate you taking the time to leave a review 😀
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I’ll take another look…
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Squidge replied to the topic From Bloom to Blizzard in the forum Podium 6 years, 10 months ago
Thanks all. Will post a link when the ebook’s published x
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Squidge replied to the topic Book Two – Out Now in the forum Podium 6 years, 10 months ago
Done it now, though…
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Squidge replied to the topic Book Two – Out Now in the forum Podium 6 years, 10 months ago
Must download these! Have been remiss and not done it yet. x
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Squidge started the topic From Bloom to Blizzard in the forum Podium 6 years, 10 months ago
Just received an email to say that my ‘One Cold Coin’ story from our first Den short story comp has been accepted for ‘From Bloom to Blizzard’, a charity ebook anthology produced by Write in for Leicester (wi4cLeic). To be published later in the year…
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp – July 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 10 months ago
Enjoyed writing this, and coming back to it after a week away, thought Kate’s was a very worthy winner among a host of fab entries!
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Yep! And couldn’t get cool last night even though it rained.
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Squidge posted an update 6 years, 10 months ago
So I am no longer the mum of two children; I’m the mum of two adults (supposedly) as Squidgeling T was 18 last Saturday.
Feels very strange. Empty nest syndrome beckons…but so do holidays out of term time, opportunities to reconnect with Mr Squidge (you don’t realise how much of your identity is tied up with your kids until they are doing…[Read more]
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Aww. In my view they should have left the age of majority at 21. Especially since they all seem to stay on the payroll for far longer than that anyway…
Anyway, congratulations on having two adults and enjoy some quality time with Mr Squidge.
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“they all seem to stay on the payroll for far longer than that anyway”
Tell me about it!
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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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It does change, Squidge. It can be a bit disorientating at first and sometimes a bit sad, but you’ll develop a new relationship with them which, even though it’s a totally different shape, completely fills the hole they leave behind. Odd that.
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I’ve been somewhat strategic in helping my daughter to develop her independence. It was I who left home for trips away, leaving her to fend for herself (once she was working, I should add!). Good practice, I thought, for when she gets a place of her own – and she agreed. She has not long returned from her big first trip, spending three months in…[Read more]
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It is a strange feeling, Squidge, which for me felt as though time had played a trick on me. It played stranger tricks when my granddaughter fledged, but suddenly you will wonder how you fit everything in. Athers is right, the holes are soon filled and the relationships blossom, or should I say metamorphose into something quite different and…[Read more]
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Aw, thanks all. I know things do get easier – and become different – as we’re already on that road with our eldest. We’ll take it slow, and Mr S and I will no doubt talk about it all and fingers crossed we’ll find a new equilibrium soon.
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All my nest-leavers are now in their forties(!!!) and yes, there’s huge benefit in re-discovering the bloke you remember from way back when, but also great to build new relationships with the emerging adults. All different. All totally rewarding.
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp – July 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 11 months ago
Bringing a gun into a house changes it.
It doesn’t matter that it’s locked away, out of sight. There’s something tangible – a weight, a tension – that comes with the knowledge of its presence, which terrifies me more than him.
He explained the gun’s for protection.
What extra protection could he need? He has his expression, his speech…his…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Publishing deal!! in the forum Podium 6 years, 11 months ago
Bloody fantastic news, Kaz! Well done xxx
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp – July 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 11 months ago
Nice. Might have a go as I’m in between edits…
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