@raine
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Raine replied to the topic Monthy Comp – September 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 5 years, 7 months ago
‘We have picnics at Stonehenge when we’re off-duty, it’s enormous fun.’
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You lean back against the fallen stone, head tipped so that your horizon is the great circle of stones and a mosaic sky. Smoke from your cigarettes moves through the air like moths and the stone is cold against your arms, your hips. The others are laughing, but…[Read more]
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Raine posted a new activity comment 5 years, 7 months ago
I’m veering towards thinking that a contemporary book which ignores covid is going to date far faster than one which has it/its aftershocks in the background.
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I think I agree and, in any case, I’m finding hard to impossible to plan without the realities of Covid19 informing the action. It is the current reality.
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Raine posted an update 5 years, 7 months ago
So turns out all my submissions are made in the spirit of ‘This is the best I can get it right now, but I’m sure it’ll change again down the road’. Because this edit is an actual ‘This version will get published’ and it is VERY DIFFERENT. I am DAUNTED, people. Halp.
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Have faith in yourself, Raine. They accepted the ms because you’re good.
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Daunt not, my dear. They liked what you sent. They think it’s more than good enough. They KNOW the world is waiting for it – as are we.
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Of course it’s the good stuff!
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It will be wonderful. And, of course, it is daunting but that is because you care about your writing and want it to be the best it can. Which is why it was so good in the first place!
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My lovely, I feel for you and know just what you mean!! It’s real, and it will be permanent, and that is full of daunt. But forget all that. You have to. You probably have an ideal reader when you write? Write for them. Make it good for THEM. And a work of art is never finished, merely abandoned. You will have to walk away at some point, but…[Read more]
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Raine posted a new activity comment 5 years, 7 months ago
Dogs. I want to identify all the dalmatians in a field full of friesan cows.
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I once saw a dalmatian in a field full of daisies.
Re street furniture, it could be the tables and chairs a coffee shop blocks the pavement with in a town near me.
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Raine posted a new activity comment 5 years, 7 months ago
Yeah, its a tricky one isn’t it? To ignore it completely, or assume that a book based two years from now can still ignore it completely seems a bit unbelievable to me. This is a world changing event, ignoring it for present/near-future settings would be odd imo. BUT I have absolutely zero interest in novels *about* it. I do think the shifting,…[Read more]
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Thanks @raine. You expressed my quandary much better than I could. Still not sure which way to go!!
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I’m veering towards thinking that a contemporary book which ignores covid is going to date far faster than one which has it/its aftershocks in the background.
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I think I agree and, in any case, I’m finding hard to impossible to plan without the realities of Covid19 informing the action. It is the current reality.
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Raine posted a new activity comment 5 years, 7 months ago
The move sounds positive! 🙂
If you fancy it, there’s a new short story challenge starting – Go to Forum, Things That Go Bump. We (by which i mean @athelstone) run them every year and they are great fun and a great prompt for creating something you might not otherwise write. -
Raine posted a new activity comment 5 years, 7 months ago
That’s the one @athelstone! And thank you. x
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Raine posted a new activity comment 5 years, 7 months ago
Not till early next year apparently. Not sure when exactly.
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Great news, Raine. Congratulations! Let us know when it’s published.
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That’s not too long in the scheme of things (it being September already, aaargh!) – make sure you post a link in Podium when it appears 🙂
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Raine posted a new activity comment 5 years, 7 months ago
It’s great, isn’t it? I’m so delighted. They asked for an R&R a few months ago, so I had all my fingers and toes crossed, and now YAY! 🙂
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Fantastic, so pleased for you. Any idea when it might be published?
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Not till early next year apparently. Not sure when exactly.
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Great news, Raine. Congratulations! Let us know when it’s published.
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That’s not too long in the scheme of things (it being September already, aaargh!) – make sure you post a link in Podium when it appears 🙂
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Raine started the topic Cloudie short story challenge publication in the forum Podium 5 years, 7 months ago
Hi all, thought you’d be interested to know that ‘Bathymetry’, a short story which came out of a previous winter short story challenge is going to be published in Strange Horizons, which is a bit of a dream publication. Whoop whoop. I can’t actually remember which challenge but it was on the old Word Cloud – A Winter’s Tale perhaps?
So that’s 3…[Read more]
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Woooow, Strange Horizons is AMAZING Raine, WELL DONE! I’ve wanted to get a story in there forever, this is huge
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It’s great, isn’t it? I’m so delighted. They asked for an R&R a few months ago, so I had all my fingers and toes crossed, and now YAY! 🙂
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Fantastic, so pleased for you. Any idea when it might be published?
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Not till early next year apparently. Not sure when exactly.
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Great news, Raine. Congratulations! Let us know when it’s published.
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That’s not too long in the scheme of things (it being September already, aaargh!) – make sure you post a link in Podium when it appears 🙂
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Brilliant! Good for you x
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Brilliant! It was “Whispers and Glances” and I’ll accept all the thanks going, especially with alcohol attached. It’s your tale of Turkish boat-related doings, if I recall (and trying not to recall too much in print), and truly excellent it is.
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That’s the one @athelstone! And thank you. x
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Brilliant news, Raine. Congratulations 😊
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More great news! That’s fabulous.
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I remember that piece of brilliance very clearly – so well deserved @raine! I can’t tell you how delighted I am that your work is finally getting the plaudits it deserves!! Whoop whoop from down here xxx
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Raine replied to the topic Indie publishing deal in the forum Podium 5 years, 8 months ago
Thank-you all for the lovely comments. 🙂 It’s a long way off being an actual book but I’m enjoying knowing it’s coming! Now to edit…
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Raine started the topic Indie publishing deal in the forum Podium 5 years, 8 months ago
For anyone who hasn’t seen this on FB or Twitter…
Some news…
https://www.lunapresspublishing.com/post/welcome-to-the-family-lorraine-wilsonIts a small indie press in Edinburgh (so local – yay!) & they are a perfect home for my square peg of a book!
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👏👏👏🍾🍾🍾
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About time too! Great choice of publisher (and author) – it is as though it was meant to be. Congratulations, Raine x
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You know what I think about this – delighted for you. And delighted others are going to get a chance to read this wonderful book
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Yaayy! I’m SO SO delighted about this news, and they are very lucky publishers to have snapped you up. What a wonderful team you make. Just surprised it’s taken this long but now your gorgeous prose will be out in the world. So happy for you lovely! xx
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That your square peg eventually found a publisher with a square-shaped hole to fill should encourage everyone else who has so far failed to find their fit.
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This is just the best news. So pleased for you. And it’s about time your exquisite work got the attention it derserves 😊
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Well done Raine!
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This is great news, Raine!
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Raine replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 8 months agoHome, believer, cup.
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Raine replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum
Things that go bump 5 years, 8 months agoYou’re a star @Athelstone! Me likey the ghosties.
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Raine posted a new activity comment 5 years, 8 months ago
Sorry – can’t really help. The only remotely sailingy books I can think of are @daedalus‘ eponymous book, ‘the life of pi’, ‘this thing of darkness’ and MM Kaye’s ‘trade winds’. He’d enjoy Daed’s perhaps? And ‘this thing of darkness’ is awesome, (& ~biographical) but the other two prob not ideal!
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What about that perennial fave of mine, Hemingway’s ‘The Old Man and the Sea’? It’s quite short, the plot and language alike are stripped down and simple, yet it’s so moving.
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Oh, and for most of the story it’s a man alone in a boat. Ought to be right up your father’s street.
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Raine replied to the topic Positive thoughts in the forum
CoronaMo 5 years, 8 months ago@dougk sorry for being so useless at checking in here. Hi & well done on the short story acceptance. Is it available online?
I repeat the ‘this too shall pass’ thing to myself fairly regularly! It’s the perfect balance of hope and recognition. -
Raine posted an update 5 years, 8 months ago
After five looooooong months, I had five whole hours without the mini yesterday when she had her soft transition day back in school (full, ‘normal’ start on Monday). I sat at my desk (which she’d been using) AND WROTE WORDS. Not many, but some. (And then watched Umbrella Academy to recover). It was all rather lovely. 🙂
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Oh, joy, Raine. I’ve said before I don’t know how anyone can write (or otherwise create) with offspring demanding attention. Long may the writing of words continue.
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Raine replied to the topic A gasp escaped me! in the forum Blogs 5 years, 8 months ago
Totally agree re Boyne, @jillybean. He’s lazy and complacent, and doesn’t care who he hurts as a result.
Having recently discovered the horrors of researching hist fic, I must admit to struggling with knowing where the line is between really getting stuck on details that don’t matter, and making sure the whole worldbuilding feels authentic.…[Read more]
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Raine posted an update 5 years, 9 months ago
Our lovely Fiona (Bric) is on this tmrw – register here to watch….
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_p0_gtnBjRMyAoswPP36ZbQ - Load More
