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Libby replied to the topic The Future of the Den in the forum Blogs 5 years, 1 month ago
I like Kate’s suggestion of a fortnightly writing topic. A clearly marked heading and space might draw in potential new members among people who are Googling for writing advice. But it would need the links problem to be solved.
I agree with Richard about subjects currently being hidden away.
As a member of Kate’s SE 2016 group, this site has…[Read more]
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Kate replied to the topic The Future of the Den in the forum Blogs 5 years, 1 month ago
The Den’s been a lifeboat for my SE group. And I love the inspiration the winter writing challenge brings. It’s also lovely to be able to see the successes of people I met on the cloud.
But I wonder if, for the main page to be active, we need writers at different stages. I think we’ve all got a fair amount of experience on here, have writing…[Read more]
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly Competition – June 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 1 month ago
Sound Waves (470 words)
An aeroplane churns the sky but no siren has sounded, and behind the blackout fabric at my attic window there are no searchlights. The aircraft must be one of ours.
In my armchair I pick up today’s paper but find it hard to concentrate. We have all turned into experts in aircraft identification and the noise from this o…[Read more]
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Libby replied to the topic Drink with a dead man in the forum Podium 5 years, 3 months ago
Congratulations, Sandra!
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Kate replied to the topic Drink with a dead man in the forum Podium 5 years, 4 months ago
This is fab, Sandra. Congratulations.
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Libby replied to the topic What if I'm a bad human being? in the forum Blogs 5 years, 4 months ago
Re the intentional fallacy, that’s an illustration of how many things which used not have an ethical dimension now do so, or do so more than they did before. Food shopping is another example.
But back to literature, I recently discovered the Literary Friction podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/literary-friction/id1000387053-
Ooh, another message I wrote some time ago 🙂
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Libby replied to the topic Cover reveal for This Is Our Undoing in the forum Podium 5 years, 4 months ago
Gosh, that Mrs D cover is ghastly. And not very helpful.
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Libby replied to the topic Cover reveal for This Is Our Undoing in the forum Podium 5 years, 4 months ago
This is a fabulous cover @raine Classy and enticing.
Apologies, I thought I’d replied when I first saw it but obviously I hadn’t 🙁
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Libby started the topic Book shops in the forum Podium 5 years, 4 months ago
With apologies for starting a coronovirus thread but UK bookshops are really starting to struggle as their wholesalers have difficulty in supplying them due to coronovirus. This article explains https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/03/booksellers-struggle-with-lack-of-new-stock-amid-covid-19-crisis-coronavirus
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Kate started the topic Short story in the forum Podium 5 years, 4 months ago
If anyone would like to read my HWA longlisted short story, it is now available in Sundial magazine at the below link. A Viking romp that I hope you will enjoy.
https://sites.google.com/view/sundial-magazine/short-stories/when-the-gods-laugh
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Congratulations, @katemachon . Sundial has done a super job with the layout and presentation. What a fabulous picture.
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Thanks, Libby. I’m impressed with their attention to detail.
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A Viking romp remembered and very much enjoyed again, and the picture beautifully matched.
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Thanks,Sandra.
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Great storytelling Kate, and I didn’t know you lived in Jersey!
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Thanks, Jane. Not a Jersey girl, but been here 30 years. Are you a Channel Islander? Not a Guernsey girl, I hope. 😀
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No. I am in France just down the coast in Brittany but keep on planning to visit with a friend who lives in Normandy
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We used to like hopping across to St Malo.
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly comp – February 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 4 months ago
Congratulations, @janette . Two shivers for the price of one. A very enjoyable story.
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Thank you, Libby x
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Kate replied to the topic Comments from an Editor in the forum Blogs 5 years, 5 months ago
I write in first person a lot and the overuse of I was something that was pointed out to me early on. The writing can end up feeling like a list of stage directions. I have found that the gymnastics you have to go through to avoid overuse does what Libby mentions and moves you closer into the character’s head as well as adding voice. As Richard…[Read more]
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Yep, contraction comment. WTF.
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Libby replied to the topic Comments from an Editor in the forum Blogs 5 years, 5 months ago
Oh, it has worked!
I’ll go back to my quill and parchment.
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Libby replied to the topic Comments from an Editor in the forum Blogs 5 years, 5 months ago
Thanks, Richard. I tried to copy the link first of all and couldn’t make it work. Thank you for a working link to Emma Darwin.
BTW have you seen this on the BBC news website today?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55937512
Blast, link not working. BBC news website, go to the Wales tab. “Station reopening at Bow Street brings first trains for…[Read more]
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Libby replied to the topic Comments from an Editor in the forum Blogs 5 years, 5 months ago
As Richard says, this is seems more about style, and a rigid editor, than about the rich possibilities of first-person narrators.
I’m the first to agree that repetition of ‘I’ can be a problem, just as repetition of any word can trip up the reader. And the over-repeated ‘I’ can be hard to get rid of, as I know from my own efforts.
It can also…[Read more]
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Kate replied to the topic Good news on the lyric writing front in the forum Podium 5 years, 5 months ago
Wow, John. That’s amazing. Such a huge competition. You must be on cloud 9. Congratulations!
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Thanks, Kate
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Libby replied to the topic Good news on the lyric writing front in the forum Podium 5 years, 5 months ago
That’s brilliant, John! Huge congratulations. What an achievement – I’m really pleased.
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Thanks, Libby
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Kate replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 5 months ago
Congratulations, Ath, and thanks for running the comp, Libby.
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 5 months ago
What a tantalising range of stories and good use of the prompts. The standard is so high, and having a small number of entries paradoxically doesn’t make it any easier! In all of them I particularly enjoyed the voices both in the dialogue and the narration. I know Sandra’s piece is an excerpt from a longer work and Ath’s and Kate’s could be comp…[Read more]
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Kate replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 5 months ago
DIRECTIONS
‘What do I need this for?’
‘It’s a new cinema, I don’t know the way.’
‘Well, get out your phone and ask it to direct you, like any normal person.’
‘You know what happened last time I tried that. I ended up driving in circles for half an hour until my phone found a connection. A map on the other hand, can’t go wrong.’
‘Fine. Let…[Read more]
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