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John T posted an update 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Hello all. I hope you’ve all survived the summer heat. Sorry for the prolongued absence. While battling the heatwaves, I’ve been deep in editing. Some of you might remember a short story of mine called One Kiss, back in WordCloud days. Well, it became a novel called A Policy on Kissing that was longlisted for the Bath Novel Award in 2016, but…[Read more]
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Thea replied to the topic A bit "poorly" in the forum Blogs 5 months, 1 week ago
I’m glad to hear that you have treats lined up. The trip to Pompeii sounds especially fabulous! It should be a little quieter and cooler in the autumn so may be pleasanter to wait until then.
The iron tablets should make a big difference, and they tend to take effect within a few days. I do hope all goes well with your referral. Do please keep u…[Read more]
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Thea replied to the topic A bit "poorly" in the forum Blogs 5 months, 1 week ago
This is such good news, Ath! The relief must be a huge weight off your shoulders and hopefully that has boosted your energy levels. The iron tablets should make a big difference too.
I do hope you are able to resolve the outstanding issues swiftly and then make some plans to do something special after all you’ve been through 🙂
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Fingers crossed the bacteria can be eradicated and its evil effects brought to an end. Foraging sounds a goodway to recuperate.
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Thea replied to the topic A bit "poorly" in the forum Blogs 6 months ago
Oh my goodness, Ath, what a time you’ve had! I am so glad to hear that you were well looked after in the hospital and are now home. Thank goodness for Mrs Ath’s quick thinking!
I hope you are taking things easy and making good progress. It’s great to see you back at the Den. Sending very best wishes for a speedy recovery 🙂
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John T replied to the topic Not a Disaster Story in the forum Blogs 9 months, 1 week ago
We must venture that way. We’re at the other side of Bannau Brycheiniog near Abergavenny.
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John T posted an update 9 months, 1 week ago
Happy fairly-new-year, everyone! I’ve written very little in the last three months for health reasons, but I’m slowly winding back up again. I’ve found a (hopefully acceptable) way to take part in September Song, and I’m returning to blow the dust and cobwebs off my WIP.
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Good to hear you’re feeling stronger, John. Still battling with my September Song entry – good to hear you’re onto it too.
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John T posted an update 12 months ago
Ooh, I missed the challenge. My fault for not looking in. But honestly, I have a busy time ahead locally, both writing and storytelling events. And there’s THAT first draft that isn’t yet complete. So, good luck everybody and I’ll sit this one out.
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Oh well… Athelstone has persuaded me…
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John T posted an update 1 year, 3 months ago
I haven’t been around (apart from a flying visit to Janette last week) but much is happening. I’m still ploughing through the first draft of book three – almost there. And Apples in the Dark 2: Angels and Blackbirds is now out in the wild, and available to order through any bookshop (please – I make a loss on every copy sold through Amazon). Sum…[Read more]
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It was lovely to catch up with you, John. I’m also making more effort to visit here, and I must say, the monthly comps have been a great exercise in tightening prose and the challenge of new writing.
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John T posted an update 1 year, 9 months ago
I’ve finished my story for the yearly challenge, but I’m lingering before I press the button. One more read-through tomorrow, I think. In other news, I’m fulfilling a long-held ambition and having a retreat at Gladstone’s Library in North Wales soon, to finish the first draft of Apples in the Dark book three.
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Squidge posted an update 2 years, 8 months ago
I always seem to come on here to apologize for not being here… Suffice to say that Life is a bit complicated and sad at the mo, and I’m not at my best. When I have the head space, I’ll be back.
Power to all of your pens in the meantime though 😉
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John T posted an update 2 years, 8 months ago
For those of you who are interested, Apples in the Dark is now available as an Ebook (paperback coming at the end of June). Almost ten years in the writing, tearing up, rewriting, rewriting again, etc – but it has finally got there. Links to books and to website in my Linktree. https://linktr.ee/wordswithjohn
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Congratulations, John. I’ve picked up a copy.
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Thank you so much, Kate. I still hardly believe that anyone might want to buy my book!
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John T posted an update 2 years, 8 months ago
Thanks to advice from Daedalus, Richard and Athelstone, my entry to Whodunnit with all the weird code is now fixed!
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John T posted an update 2 years, 8 months ago
Anyone on here. Help. Something went wrong in the copying of my story to Whodunnit. It’s full of visible computer code. Anyone know how to cure that?
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Try toggling between ‘Visual’ and ‘Text’ and pasting into it set to one then the other to see if it works better. The only other alternative is to paste it into a notepad-type app where it will clear all the formatting, and you won’t get the code, but you probably will need to go through it in the editor and manually add things like italics (and…[Read more]
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Thank you – I’ll try.
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John T replied to the topic Influences in the forum Blogs 3 years ago
Salter is an author I’ve never read. 90% of my favourite contemporary authors are women, but that may be as much about genre as gender. I read very few thrillers or crime novels, and only occasional l…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly competition – September 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years ago
Wowser…spoilt for choice! Thank you all for taking my three little words and turning them into lots of great stories. As always, the three objects were used in very different and clever ways. So…
Sandra – there’s something about a pipe-smoking detective, isn’t there? Lovely piece, with the rat almost in the trap until the detective took his…[Read more]
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Thank you for a good challenge, Squidge. Congratulations, Sea, well deserved, though I enjoyed all of the other stories too.
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It’s great that you’ve managed to blow off the dust and recycle an old manuscript. I hope it’s well received.
Thank you, Kate!