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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly comp – July 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years ago
Bringing a gun into the house changes it; that’s the truth. It’s not as if it was much of a gun, just an old Spanish automatic called a Ruby. Piece of junk, but cheap on the street. I never knew my dad to be scared of anything but he was scared now. Really scared.
Before, when he hit my mother, we cowered in a corner of the kitchen, my sis…[Read more]
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Sandra posted an update 7 years ago
July’s competition – I’ve given you the first eight words; you only need add 200 more. @libby has set the standard, but I’ve no doubt there’s more than 200 variations to be had. Deadline 31st.
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Superb line prompt, Sandra. I hope to have a go.
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Daedalus posted an update 7 years ago
My WW2 novella ‘Harpoon’ is 99p on Kindle for a few days if anyone fancies giving it a go https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07SLM49R4
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Thanks for the heads up, Daeds. It’s now waiting for me on my Kindle!
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I’m looking forward to reading this, Daeds!
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OOh … off to find it now…
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Thanks all! Hope you enjoy it
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Kate replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years ago
‘Improbable life’ gets a thumbs up from me too.
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp – July 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years ago
Nice. Might have a go as I’m in between edits…
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Sandra started the topic Monthly comp – July 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years ago
‘Bringing a gun into a house
changes it.’The opening words lines of a poem entitled ‘The Gun’, written in 2001 by Vicki Feaver, whose work I discovered last year.
I’d like you to enlarge upon this by adding no more than 200 words.
And because I’m not convinced that two months makes participation any more likely, I’m setting a deadline of…[Read more]
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Kate replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years ago
Definitely keep the subtitle in, IMO.
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Squidge replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years ago
Works for me! And with the subtitle, too…
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Squidge replied to the topic Bi-Monthly Comp – May/June 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years ago
Agree with you Raine, 100%! Loved Sandra’s start (among others!!) Well done, Sandra x
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Athelstone replied to the topic Bi-Monthly Comp – May/June 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years ago
Great idea for the competition, Raine.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Bi-Monthly Comp – May/June 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years ago
Thanks for a good competition idea, Raine, and well done Sandra.
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Daedalus replied to the topic Bi-Monthly Comp – May/June 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years ago
Great idea for the competition Raine, and a lovely selection of entries. Well done Sandra – worthy winner.
I apologise for not joining in btw. I fully intended to, but as I’m between WIPs I was going to have to start something new. I had some ideas but every little spare moment was taken up with other things and at twenty to midnight when I was…[Read more]
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Sandra replied to the topic Bi-Monthly Comp – May/June 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years ago
Good heavens, Raine – what a compliment, especially in view of the strength of the rest; I certainly was torn between at least three to name as my favourite. Thank you, indeed. And you can most certainly read the rest, as soon as it’s done. (Currently ‘resting’ after finishing a first draft last week, and already knowing things need…[Read more]
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John S Alty replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years ago
Has to be “A Lyttle goes a long way.” Excellent title.
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Kate replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years ago
Hi Tony. I find unrelenting has negative connotations, as if his time in the limelight were a terrible burden that he didn’t wish for. Whereas A Lyttle goes a Long Way piques my interest, and the follow on line that mentions the ‘Ulster Storyteller’ wraps it up for me and would make me take a look inside to see if I fancied a read.
Hope that’s useful.
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Squidge replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years ago
Tony – sorry, but Unrelenting Limelight doesn’t work for me either. Sounds like a tragedy set on a stage, and it sounds like your relative’s life was far from a tragedy.
You said that if you’re not familiar with the name, why buy the book?
Book buyers are a strange crowd, drawn in by all sorts of things. Surely it’s that ‘drawing in’ of…[Read more]
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Athelstone replied to the topic Bath Novel Award Successes in the forum Podium 7 years ago
AAHHH I need to keep up. Well done you two!
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Squidge posted an update 7 years ago
I really should be keeping the old writing muscles warmed up, but I’m waiting for an edit to be returned, for the publisher’s opinion of Black Ruby (my two lovely betas have pointed out the weaknesses I thought were there, so that’s good!) to come through, and it’s fast approaching the end of term here and I have a whole primary school library to…[Read more]
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Thinking time maybe, Squidge?
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YEah, mulling and marinading time! End of terms and holidays are always writing-time killers, aren’t they? I’m sure you’ve thought of it, but I always try to have something I can do on paper over the hols cos I’ve got a much better chance of grabbing ten minutes with pen than on computer (especially as it’s an old beast that takes 30 mins to power…[Read more]
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didn’t I reply to this too?? Cos it’s GAWN…
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Can’t believe how busy end of term is…
Yep, can do bits and pieces on paper, but I’m wary of putting too much effort in now if things change much further back and have an impact on later work. Such a fine balance. Doing lots of reading instead.
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Reading is excellent @squidge. I’m not doing enough of that and feeling the lack myself. It’s such a good way of ‘filling the well’ isn’t it? Enjoy!
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Thanks, Kate.