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John T replied to the topic Influences in the forum Blogs 2 years, 7 months ago
Salter is an author I’ve never read. 90% of my favourite Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 2 years, 8 months 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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Squidge posted an update 2 years, 8 months ago
aaargh! Apologies, such a busy day at church yesterday, totally forgot I needed to judge the comp! Am on it now…
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Squidge posted an update 2 years, 8 months ago
Only a few days left to get something into the monthly comp… Looking forward to reading the entries!
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John T posted an update 2 years, 8 months ago
The proof copy of my novel has arrived. This is getting scarily real!
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Woohoo! Exciting as well as scary, I hope.
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Yep.
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Must feel wonderful, John. It’s been a long trip!
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It certainly has. I began writing seriously in 2004, at the age of 50.
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I can see some similarities there. I started around then as well. You were a couple of years ahead of me on the age front, but it seems we picked up our pen and paper about the same time.
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Not exactly surprising, given the similarities between our writing, but interesting.
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Mind you, I’m still puffing away a good stretch back from the finish line π
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I’ll be cheering you on!
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Woohoo! Can’t wait for my copy.
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Being the the most amazing beta-reader, your copy will appear before I publish it. Pre-publication copies are currently at the printers.
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John T posted an update 2 years, 9 months ago
Any of you guys on BlueSky? I’ve found Raine and Athelstone. I’m @johnunworded.bsky.social
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Thea replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Whodunnit? 2 years, 9 months agoReading
Knife
Serious
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Squidge started the topic Monthly competition – September 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 2 years, 9 months ago
Your prompt this month consists of three words:
wheelbarrow, street lamp, and a pipe (smoking)
Use them however you would like, in no more than 300 words. Have fun π
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly competition – August 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 2 years, 9 months ago
Oh blimey! Did not expect that at all… Wow, thanks, Sandra.
Everyone else’s was fab. Feel a bit of a fraud having popped in here for the first time in ages and getting to set this month’s challenge, but I’ll do my best x
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Squidge replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum
Whodunnit? 2 years, 9 months agoI’m like John…I always join in the hope I’ll be able to write something. This year’s been a shocker for the novel, so a change of content would be most welcome!
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John T replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum
Whodunnit? 2 years, 9 months agoIt’s several years since I joined the challenge. Still deep in novels, but I feel it’s time to write another short story.
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John T replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Whodunnit? 2 years, 9 months agoArithmetic
Rope
Comical
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Squidge replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Whodunnit? 2 years, 9 months agoReading, Spanner, Serious
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly competition – August 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 2 years, 9 months ago
Not quite sure where this was going, but it felt good to respond to a prompt for the first time in ages… Also not sure why only a bit of the text unbolded when I was aiming for the lot! Ah well…
βIn a yellow rectangle, in the black facade of a house, a woman is laying a table.β
He could have picked any window, of any house, in any str…[Read more]
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John T posted an update 2 years, 9 months ago
My latest blog post. And how searching the attic at the back of my brain uncovered much that I had conveniently covered in dust sheets. In retrospect, my first novel on the subject in 2012 barely scratched the surface. https://johnalextaylor.com/fractured-memories-and-fiction-digging-deeper/
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John T replied to the topic Influences in the forum Blogs 2 years, 10 months ago
Oh yes, Alan Bennett’s diaries are amazing!
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John T replied to the topic Influences in the forum Blogs 2 years, 10 months ago
Yes, Kurt Vonnegut never hid behind ‘fancy’ writing. He’s a fabulous role model. Amongst contemporary writers, I would love Ali Smith’s way with words, and maybe Philip Pullman’s scope (mine is more like a microscope by comparison). I love the lightness and silly references in Philip Reeve’s children’s books. A lot of my favourite authors write…[Read more]
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