Sandra

  • Regrettably late to this – and non-participant – but what a joy to catch up with those that did make the effort- thank you @ Richard and @Terrie

  • Sandra posted a new activity comment 1 year, 5 months ago

    Me too to a large extent. My entry very much a side/back story of two or three other comp entries all of which stemmed from one or more of my ‘Love triangles with murder series. I did hope for something different but the characters have taken up permanent residence in my head.

  • Sea,  I well remember, a couple of years ago admiring your shorter haircut when you picked me up at Markinch station, Promise I wasn’t thinking of the competition we might meet at Craigievar! I did hope to do something more inspired for this great prompt, but ran out of mental space, so well done Ath.

  • Sandra posted a new activity comment 1 year, 5 months ago

    I suspect, lacking conviction in my opinions, I’m not a campaigner.

    • I have bowed out of this. My intention was to be supportive, but the feelings stirred and opposing views given have me concluding that I should leave it to published authors and their representatives to fight the battle. Lesson learned.

  • My view is that publishers are in it for the money, and celebrity sells more – and more reliably – than as-yet-unknown novelists (potentially supplying a profit which might enable them to take more chances on unknowns?) It might be seen as ‘not fair’, but in my view is more honest to trust readers’ appreciation of well-written novels than bombard…[Read more]

    • Sandra, it isn’t so much a bombardment campaign, rather a sharing of a meme to ask for support. I appreciate the view that regular novelists are enabled to be taken on because of the success of celebrity books, but the avalanche of them in such an unlevel playing field is instrumental in creating this huge imbalance, and I think the dishonesty is…[Read more]

      • I suspect, lacking conviction in my opinions, I’m not a campaigner.

        • I have bowed out of this. My intention was to be supportive, but the feelings stirred and opposing views given have me concluding that I should leave it to published authors and their representatives to fight the battle. Lesson learned.

  • This is not my take on the headline, but I’ve posted it here because I could not come up with anything more ludicrous.

     

    Short hair hints may be ‘sabotage” study finds.

    Publishing her research on the ’Science Direct’ website, under the heading  ‘Personality and individual Differences’  Danielle Sulikowski details how women were asked to giv…[Read more]

  • Congratulations to Seagreen, and to everyone else who supplied an entertaining and impressive piece to October’s comp. And to Knicks for setting it,

  • Apologies, Knicks, I’m not going to submit anything this month – torn three ways with something that will not knit.

  • Sandra posted a new activity comment 1 year, 7 months ago

    Sandra Davies
    11:09 (0 minutes ago)
    to Den

    My younger son lived in Southampton for a bit; one of his housemates took him along to gigs and I benefitted from 3 CDs, much played in the days I was working in my studio, liking the lyrics.

  • Sandra posted a new activity comment 1 year, 7 months ago

    Ath, listening to this, I was reminded of the songs of Andy Comley who comes from Southampton way and wondered whether you knew of him?

    • When you said the name it rang a bell, but after looking at his web site and listening to some songs, I don’t think I did know of him. Might have heard his name from my brother who is more seriously into folk music than me.
      Edit: although listening to a couple more songs, he’s not actually that folksy, is he?

    • Sandra Davies
      11:09 (0 minutes ago)
      to Den

      My younger son lived in Southampton for a bit; one of his housemates took him along to gigs and I benefitted from 3 CDs, much played in the days I was working in my studio, liking the lyrics.

  • Sandra replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum Group logo of A Different TimeA Different Time 1 year, 7 months ago

    Yeah. Thanks. Still pondering …

  • Sandra replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum Group logo of A Different TimeA Different Time 1 year, 7 months ago

    Initially, absence of choices left me teetering, unsupported. lacking a direction pointer   (as did the lack of a ‘final twist’ in previous years.) But it didn’t take long to seize on an idea (and even less time to feel that  a mistake and subsequently suffer an alternative uncertainty of direction) Still ongoing, but that’s the nature of a ch…[Read more]

  • @ Richard, glad to hear you were inspired, and hope it becomes a (good) habit. I did try to make sure I’d the time-line correct for Rebecca, but whichever, it worked as far as impact was concerned.

  • I should’ve known better than to panic –  what I took for drought was silent fermentation which resulted in an uncorking and a fizzing cascade of sparkling wines.   Knick’s violently vivid tale of betrayal dangerously intoxicating with an awe-inspiring detonation of language.

    Richard B’s continuation of his ‘Whodunnit’ tale and Rebecca’s stoi…[Read more]

  • Sandra replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum Group logo of A Different TimeA Different Time 1 year, 7 months ago

    Surprise, surprise, this will be another gallon into pint pot exercise; the story I want to tell one I’ve already written  – 50000+ words and more – from letters, postcards, photos. meetings (in New Zealand)  and anecdotes.  But the slant of this challenge requires a different telling and is one I’ll aim to fulfil.

  • As I well know, Ath, but returning from a week in Orkney  to nil activity I thought I’d give everyone a second possibility of inspiration.

  • Thank YOU Libby – as ever I look forward to reading your entry.

  • Sandra posted an update 1 year, 8 months ago

    UPDATE/ALTERNATIVE TO SEPTMBER COMP.

  • UPDATE/ALTERNATIVE TO SEPTMBER COMP.

    In view of lack of response so far, I wonder whether Tessa Hadley’s new collection, ‘After the funeral’ might be more inspiring? If so, give it a go – give them both a go if you feel so inspired – you’ve still a couple of weeks.

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