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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly comp – February 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years ago
Well done, Janette!
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John S Alty started the topic Good news on the lyric writing front in the forum Podium 3 years, 1 month ago
John Schofield (my real name) has won the Lyrics Only category in the UK Songwriting Contest 2020 with his song “It’s Later Than You Think.”
The UK Songwriting Contest directors and judges include top award-winning producers and songwriters who have worked closely with many of the world´s major artists. There were almost 10,000 song entries from 8…[Read more]-
Oh, big WOW John – not that I didn’t doubt you, but against 10,000??! Will anyone be taking the lyrics up going ahead, for recording? Are we allowed to see them? This is brilliant news for such a cold, icy-blast sort of day. Many congratulations.
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Congratulations, John! What a fantastic achievement 🙂
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Thanks, Thea
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Thanks, Janette.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly comp: December 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 2 months ago
Well done Libby. Excellent entries from all.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthy Comp – September 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 5 months ago
Well done, @seagreen, excellent story.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthy Comp – September 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 6 months ago
Excuse the bizarre formatting, this had indents when I wrote it.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthy Comp – September 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 6 months ago
Sunset
The sun melted into the horizon like a knob of butter in a frying pan and behind it the sky was on fire, it’s flames dancing on the restless sea. Soon, for this was the tropics where sunset and darkness are never far apart, a million stars would come out to play. Frank and his sister, Sarah, sat shoulder to shoulder, their feet half b…[Read more] -
John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly comp – April 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 11 months ago
Well done, Libby, thoroughly deserved.
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John S Alty replied to the topic March competition in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 12 months ago
So, four very different entries this month. Eenie, meanie, minie, mo.
Seagreen made me laugh, Jill made me smile, Raine worried the hell out of me and Athelstone made me melancholy.Can’t separate you, all excellent.
But I’m going to give this months prize to Raine for all that energy and power.
Well done all of you!
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John S Alty replied to the topic March competition in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years, 12 months ago
Last day to get your entries in!
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John S Alty posted an update 4 years ago
Don’t anyone worry about the monthly competition. Janette and Jane or anyone else, please don’t feel any pressure to participate. I understand.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 4 years ago
Well done, Janette, good luck with the book!
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John S Alty replied to the topic Short story in Barren magazine in the forum Podium 4 years ago
Great story telling, Daeds, congratulations.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Very Serious Consequences: Harrow and Wealdstone, 1952 in the forum Blogs 4 years ago
Another interesting blog, Richard, thank you.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly competition – February 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years ago
Thank you Raine. Yes it turned out to be a pretty cunning ploy.
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John S Alty started the topic March competition in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years ago
Well, I think the subject is obvious this month – Spring. Interpret it any way you want in under 400 words. I know you’ll all be brilliant. Good luck!
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly competition – February 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years ago
Wow, thanks Libby! Well done to the other participants. I’ll think up some devilishly difficult competition for March and post later tomorrow.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly competition – February 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 1 month ago
New Day
The smoke from cooking fires lay like a grey blanket over Alexandra township and a tangerine sun rose behind it, then burst clear and threw its warming mantle over the land. The windows of the high-rise buildings on the distant Johannesburg skyline glinted like slabs of molten gold. A typical autumn dawn on the highveld but this was not a…[Read more]
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John S Alty replied to the topic What if I'm a bad human being? in the forum Blogs 4 years, 1 month ago
There are also examples in art – Paul Gauguin, Picasso and Freud, for example, were not particularly nice folk, it seems.
If a writer’s work doesn’t reflect his obnoxious views, does that make it OK? Or if his views are expressed in a work of fiction and not an educational piece?
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly competition – February 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 1 month ago
No problem @Libby, it was a flippant remark on my part, not intended to be taken seriously.
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