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Sandra replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 3 months ago
Well done Ath – and thank you Libby – JUST the sort of challenge I best respond to (not sure what part the ebony pendant will play yet, but I’m glad of its inclusion). Much enjoyed your dialogue-only piece too Kate, so much action incorporated.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 3 months ago
A small field but some fab entries and I’m very happy to be picked!
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Raine started the topic Cover reveal for This Is Our Undoing in the forum Podium 5 years, 3 months ago
Hey all,
Just wanted to show you the cover for my book – I can’t post pictures here, but this link takes you to a wee blogpost. I witter a bit about it there, but you can ignore that and just admire the foxyness of the art. Daniele has done covers for the likes of Stephen King and lots more, so to have him do my art is pretty awesome. 🙂 It’s…[Read more]
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Congratulations. Looks fab. And very exciting!
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Fabulous, Raine! I look foward to reading about it in more detail on your blog.
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So thrilled for you Raine. This is a long time coming, but wow, what a result when it did. Looking forward to reading my copy.
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It is a thing of BEAUTY and I just love it, @raine! It’s so perfect for your prose – it’s mysterious and evocative and moody with an edge of wildness, and fox. It’s perfect! SO exciting isn’t it? xxx
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Squidge posted an update 5 years, 3 months ago
My Bump story’s up at last. Been pondering it for weeks, with no real ideas coming together, then it all came through in a rush this weekend. Phew.
(Loved reading the other stories that’ve been posted. I never start on them til I’ve posted my own…)
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Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 3 months ago
A MESSAGE FOR ALL “THINGS THAT GO BUMP” ESSAYERS. There is an update in the group’s activity stream.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 3 months ago
Occasional rough language
Prat’s Key Wood
Prat’s Key Wood was as old as the hills. No, really.
Well, seeing as the hills are billions of years old and forged in the countless aeons before organic life, that’s a stretch. But, I mean 1) it was ancient to the max and 2) it took Jacko and a team of ten, and a bulldozer, and chainsaws, just one…[Read more]
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Raine posted an update 5 years, 3 months ago
Well I’ve posted my Bump comp! Yay me. Was beginning to think I might not make it, but rush-jobness notwithstanding, at least it’s done now & I can read the others. 🙂
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For a rush job, it really is not too shabby.
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Finished mine too, but still reading/editing it.
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Also – yay you 🙂
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Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 3 months ago
Is it just me, or is the commercially produced garlic from supermarkets and greengrocers feeble old shite compared to the stuff I cooked with a few years back? I’ll swear it used to have some bite and tang to it, but these days I could stick whole bulbs in and hardly taste it. Going to try growing a few different types.
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No it’s not just you! Supermarket garlic tastes quite bland compared to the stuff I’ve cooked with while self-catering in France – though our local farm shop sometimes has decent bulbs.
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Definitely true. The garlic in the box I get from the organic farmer in the next village is ten times tastier than supermarket stuff.
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I agree. It has gone the way of so many other foods, so bland when mass produced. My France holiday (a distant memory) showed just how much.
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One of the first and most obvious changes is that after preparing a meal with garlic I’d have to scrub away at my hands for a good ten minutes and they’d still be poor company next day. These days a quick rinse is all that’s needed.
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JaneShuff posted an update 5 years, 3 months ago
Posting this on the off chance someone can help. I’m planning my next book, part of which will be set in a camp for refugees and immigrants – very similar to the camp on Lesbos in Greece. I need to do some research into the conditions in the Greek camps and how they operates and also get some sense of the refugees’ different stories. I’ve found an…[Read more]
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Might be worth looking at Medecine Sans Frontier websites etc. They do a lot of work in the Med with the migrants, so there might be things via them?
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Sandra replied to the topic Monthly competition – January 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 4 months ago
‘Also known as …’
Early Thursday, DS Mike Kennedy, on her arrival.
‘Infirmary’s been on. Ursula Bothwell died three this morning. Peacefully, they said.’
‘Cause?’
‘Not known. Which means –’
‘A PM. Not peaceful.’ DS Fran Lloyd strove to hide the threat of tears. Not normally a problem; had to be more than fifty times she’d heard the nec…[Read more] -
John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 4 months ago
Well done Libby. Excellent entries from all.
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Sandra posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
For a more accurate picture of Den participation, is it possible to have, in the RH column, Members listed by ‘Active’ rather than ‘Newest?’
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JaneShuff posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
Congratulations to all for the great bunch of entries! And A Happy New Year!!
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Janette replied to the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 4 months ago
Thank you for the comp and the positive comments, Ath. And well done Libby – nice work.
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Sandra replied to the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 4 months ago
Thank you Ath, both for comments and for setting the comp in the first place. As you probably guessed, I used it as a shameful attempt to find a way into a yet-to-be-written novel and was immensely glad of the opportunity to do so, though knew from the start I’d barely skated your original intent. And well done Libby – I look forward to finding…[Read more]
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Seagreen replied to the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 4 months ago
Sorry, Ath. I confess that when I finally got round to pulling something together for the December comp (last night, about two hours before the deadline), I had it in my head that the theme was ‘opening’ so that’s what I wrote 😁
As it turns out, writing it reminded of something I’d lost sight of, so thank you.Congratulations, Libby, and tha…[Read more]
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 4 months ago
A very happy new year to all Denizens! The advent competition didn’t have 25 entries as I hoped, but by way of compensation, those that were submitted are all gems that I would be happy to find behind a calendar window.
Janette: A New Opening
A truly positive response to the Covid restrictions. This was beautifully written with a powerful feeling…[Read more] -
Seagreen replied to the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 4 months ago
(Randomly generated words from Chocolat by Joanne Harris)
The Gingerbread House
A gesture, armoured with indifference
And an almost-smile of white chocolate politeness
In the darkness of his eyes
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Athelstone posted an update 5 years, 4 months ago
Are there any more takers for the last monthly competition, in the final hours of the year? We have three super entries so far, but room for more.
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