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John S Alty replied to the topic Good news this time – finally! in the forum Podium 6 years, 2 months ago
Well done, Janette, good luck with the book!
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Squidge posted an update in the group
CoronaMo 6 years, 2 months agoSounds fab, Raine. x
Am feeling overwhelmed today and looking for positive things, so this is great.
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John S Alty replied to the topic The $2,000,000 Guitar in the forum Blogs 6 years, 3 months ago
Great story.
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Squidge replied to the topic The $2,000,000 Guitar in the forum Blogs 6 years, 3 months ago
Blimey – and I think my son’s nuts for setting his sights on a bass that’s selling for £5K!
Mind you, he’s got one custom built bass, courtesy of Mr Squidge, and apparently he plans to build another custom ‘normal’ guitar this summer, so who knows what they’ll be worth in years to come…?
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John S Alty replied to the topic Short story in Barren magazine in the forum Podium 6 years, 3 months ago
Great story telling, Daeds, congratulations.
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Hilary replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs 6 years, 3 months ago
Thanks, Squidge! Don’t worry – I’m not giving up. Thanks for the vote of confidence!
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Thea replied to the topic Short story in Barren magazine in the forum Podium 6 years, 3 months ago
Congratulations, Daeds! Excellent story 🙂
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Squidge replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs 6 years, 3 months ago
Coming to this late…but hugs to both Hil and Janette… Agents can be beetles at times, can’t they? Fill us full of hope and then dash us down. We are stronger than they think though – we get back up and live to fight another day, and keep writing, whatever they say.
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Squidge replied to the topic Short story in Barren magazine in the forum Podium 6 years, 3 months ago
Fab news, Daeds, x
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Squidge started the topic When your writing needs a retreat in the forum Blogs 6 years, 3 months ago
Hullo Denizens! Apologies I’ve not been visible recently; have had a few issues with logging in, and I’ve been working on Tildas 3 & 4. And I’ve been on retreat…
Remember Conker and Moira from the Cloud? They run writing retreats and I booked myself onto their Spring one last week, and have written three blogs about the experience. The first is…[Read more]
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John S Alty replied to the topic Very Serious Consequences: Harrow and Wealdstone, 1952 in the forum Blogs 6 years, 3 months ago
Another interesting blog, Richard, thank you.
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Hilary replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs 6 years, 3 months ago
Thanks, Jill and Philippa. I’m getting over the experience! But I still want to find a balanced overview about 1) whether book club fiction is a thing, and 2) whether age matters. I’m prepared to accept that it isn’t (as far as pitching to editors is concerned) and it does, but I’d still want an agent who said ‘We’ll show them …’ rather than…[Read more]
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I think if Debi says Book Club/Reading Group fiction is a thing and other agents identify it as something they’re looking for, you can be 100% sure it exists. For the age, maybe it does make a difference to some editors/agents (although I haven’t seen any examples of it and I am MUCH older than you) but, if so, they are not the sort of people I…[Read more]
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Hilary replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs 6 years, 3 months ago
Thank you for the beta read offers. I’m not sure I’m ready yet, but I will keep you in mind, and return the offer. Swapsies!
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Hilary replied to the topic Monthly competition – February 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 3 months ago
Congratulations, John! Well done to all – and thanks to Libby for the comp and the perceptive comments.
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Hilary replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs 6 years, 3 months ago
And thank you for your comments too, Mad Iguana.
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Hilary replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs 6 years, 3 months ago
Debi thank you for this. Yes, I do think you’re right about the agent giving her time and it’s true that my disappointment is down to my expectations and hopes more than anything else. As I say, she was perfectly ‘nice’ and of course her prime motivation is going to be can she sell it. But in the meeting, I felt her doubt about this came across…[Read more]
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly competition – February 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 3 months 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 6 years, 3 months 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 6 years, 3 months 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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