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John S Alty replied to the topic Bi-Monthly Comp – May/June 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 3 months ago
Thanks for a good competition idea, Raine, and well done Sandra.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 3 months ago
Has to be “A Lyttle goes a long way.” Excellent title.
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Squidge replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 3 months 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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Squidge posted an update 7 years, 4 months 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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Thea replied to the topic Bath Novel Award Successes in the forum Podium 7 years, 4 months ago
Wow, many congratulations to you both! Well done.
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Squidge replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 4 months ago
First off, I prefer your original working title – Limelight doesn’t say much to me, but the play on words makes me wonder who Lyttle was, and what sort of ‘long way’ was it? Journey? Promotion? Makes it sound quite comedic, too. It would certainly attract interest, regardless of whether anyone knows of your ancestor or not.
With your subtitle,…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Bath Novel Award Successes in the forum Podium 7 years, 4 months ago
Wow! Saw John’s news but didn’t realise Mad was in the longlist too! Flippin’ well done to both of you xx
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John T replied to the topic Bath Novel Award Successes in the forum Podium 7 years, 4 months ago
Thank you, Jane!
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Thea replied to the topic New Book Release: Revolt (The King's Knight) in the forum Podium 7 years, 4 months ago
Congratulations, Jules your book looks fab – I’m looking forward to starting the series! Also, really enjoyed reading about your research, especially re the horses. It made me wonder whether you’d written a short story for the winter challenge that featured a talking horse, but maybe my imagination is running away with me…
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Thea replied to the topic Multiple Den Success in the forum Podium 7 years, 4 months ago
Well done, Denizens, what a great concept, am looking forward to reading all the stories.
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Squidge posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Just wondering – those who are members of JW, is there any way of seeing what the mini courses or workshops are before you book a ticket? Wanted to see if there was anything I hadn’t done before, but I think I have to say I’m going before I can look at the detail, which seems a bit barmy…
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I have checked the site without logging in. You should be able to see it all. Click on Programme at top of page, then go down to the day you want to see and click on the + button next to, for example, the mini courses section of the timetable and it should show you all that is available.
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That’s what I tried – but it just gave me broad info about mini courses, and I’m sure said I had to book a ticket before choosing. I’ll have another go though…
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Squidge replied to the topic New Book Release: Revolt (The King's Knight) in the forum Podium 7 years, 4 months ago
Brilliant! Loved the idea of ‘what horse’…and the 14th C sex manual. 😉
Looking forward to reading. Well done, Jules x
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John S Alty replied to the topic New Book Release: Revolt (The King's Knight) in the forum Podium 7 years, 4 months ago
Well, congratulations and I hope the book does wonderfully well.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Reading Times New Roman doc on screen in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 4 months ago
I guess not. Google “troubleshooting font problems in word”, you should find this:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/918791/overview-of-fonts-and-how-to-troubleshoot-font-problems-in-microsoft-w -
John S Alty replied to the topic Reading Times New Roman doc on screen in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 4 months ago
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Squidge replied to the topic Multiple Den Success in the forum Podium 7 years, 4 months ago
OK – finished it. Did not put it down…
Bloody brilliant.
I have to ask – how much of the premise dd you get beforehand? The stories all link so well together, I can’t work out whether it’s down to extreme luck in terms of the arrangement of the stories or whether the links written between each story are simply very well done to link what might…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Multiple Den Success in the forum Podium 7 years, 4 months ago
I am about half way through and loving this. Especially how there’s an link between each story which binds them all together.
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Squidge replied to the topic Multiple Den Success in the forum Podium 7 years, 4 months ago
Must get this…I’m a bit Pratchetted out at the mo, and this is going to be good!
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