Den of Writers | Terrie | Mentions https://www.denofwriters.com/members/purplewitch/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Terrie. Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:13:02 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 a9c03d0f10bcbf931fb5d682f3a4b915 Libby started the topic Short story published in the forum Podium https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/short-story-published/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:10:41 +0000 The story I wrote for the November comp. ‘I Lied When I Said My Daughter Lived Abroad’ has been published today:

https://www.cafelitmagazine.uk/

Thank you, Terrie @purplewitch for the prompt!

]]> 3 c3a6d1b1f426d5a33dc6f67846e8d3d4 Libby replied to the topic Monthly competition October 2025 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-october-2025/#post-17026 Sat, 01 Nov 2025 18:56:01 +0000 What fabulous entries, all of them fantastical, brilliant and captivating. Halloween has prompted very good stories.

@jillsted – here was an enticing mystery with a comic touch. Told with great pacing and a strong atmosphere of folk tale, it hooked me from start to finish.

@purplewitch (Terrie) – what wonderful creepiness. I loved the rich lan…[Read more]

]]> 0 618f4eba149932ecd9f325fc88dfa3de Knicks replied to the topic Monthly Comp - October 2024 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-comp-october-2024/#post-15798 Sat, 02 Nov 2024 04:09:29 +0000 Heya lovelies,

Apologies for the day-late decision making. I’ve been oout and aboout with my egg, enjoying our midterm break from work and school, and foolishly saved the reading until the final day of the month because I wanted to take in each piece at the same time, rather than read as submitted, and also to give everyone who could, a chance to…[Read more]

]]> 0 d424f46efad82868c192ab4f83a40a61 Libby replied to the topic Monthly comp - June 2024 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-comp-june-2024/#post-15388 Mon, 01 Jul 2024 09:44:55 +0000 <p style=”background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 21.0pt 0cm;”>These three pieces are all so interesting and satisfying, and such good uses of ‘electricity’ that, as usual, I’ve struggled to decide on a winner because the standard is so high. I’m intrigued by how something as impersonal and powerful as electricity has resulted in intimate pieces,…[Read more]

]]> 0 27c5acae94ca0f8ca4552f6908593ea1 Athelstone posted a new activity comment https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/22860/#acomment-22879 Sun, 28 Apr 2024 17:12:41 +0000 @purplewitch absolutely. I don’t think it will be an issue because the writer in question is quite sharp. Anyway, if it gets to the point where a 3rd party is giving it a professional read, it isn’t going to last.

@richardb yep, that analogy is about right. In this instance I wouldn’t say the author has cloth ears (although the others might, I…[Read more]

In reply to - Athelstone posted an update Oddity Corner: accustom, verb, make someone or something accept (something) as normal. The other day, in my writing group, somebody came up with the phrase, “…as my eyes accustomed to […] ]]> 90a42ec72cdf6a02902f54f4b8d69e65 Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly Competition - February 2024 in the forum Monthly Competition https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/monthly-competition-february-2024/#post-15064 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 08:09:28 +0000 Well done, @purplewitch. That was an excellent return to the monthly competition 🙂

Liked that prompt @pinkbelt. Super bunch of entries this month.

 

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