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John T posted an update 2 years, 11 months ago
The proof copy of my novel has arrived. This is getting scarily real!
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John T posted an update 2 years, 11 months ago
Any of you guys on BlueSky? I’ve found Raine and Athelstone. I’m @johnunworded.bsky.social
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Janette replied to the topic Monthly competition – September 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 2 years, 11 months ago
Strange tastes
Oh, I did miss my Bert. Watching him through the window, wheelbarrow-in-hand, shaping our garden into all sorts of strangeness: gaudy, modern art in bloom.
Me, I preferred order. Neatness. A little chintz perhaps; a Capo Di Monte on the sideboard. ‘Let go, Pammy! Unstiffen your lip,’ Bert would say while waltzing me roun…[Read more]
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Janette replied to the topic Monthly competition – August 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 2 years, 11 months ago
Yes, thank you, Sandra, for a prompt which took me on a tangent I quite enjoyed!
And congratulations, Squidge. Well deserved!
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Seagreen replied to the topic Monthly competition – August 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 2 years, 11 months ago
Congratulations to Squidge for winning and to the rest of us simply for being amazing ????
Also thanks to Sandra for shooing me in an unexpected direction ☺️
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Thea replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Whodunnit? 2 years, 11 months agoReading
Knife
Serious
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Athelstone replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum
Whodunnit? 2 years, 11 months agoMarvellous to see you here, Barny.
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Xander Michael replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Whodunnit? 2 years, 11 months agoArithmetic
Pistol
Comical
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Squidge started the topic Monthly competition – September 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 2 years, 11 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 😉
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly competition – August 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 2 years, 11 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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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly competition – August 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 2 years, 11 months ago
Thanks for the prompt, Sandra. Enjoyed it this month. And very well done to Squidge. A worthy winner!
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KazG replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Whodunnit? 2 years, 11 months agoArithmetic
Candlestick
Comical
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KazG posted an update in the group
Whodunnit? 2 years, 11 months agonever written a whodunnit! But I LOVED Agatha when I was a young reader, so let’s see if anything useful sank in. Thank you, Ath!
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Squidge replied to the topic Chit Chat in the forum
Whodunnit? 2 years, 11 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, 11 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, 11 months agoArithmetic
Rope
Comical
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Woohoo! Exciting as well as scary, I hope.
Yep.
Must feel wonderful, John. It’s been a long trip!
It certainly has. I began writing seriously in 2004, at the age of 50.
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.
Not exactly surprising, given the similarities between our writing, but interesting.
Mind you, I’m still puffing away a good stretch back from the finish line 🙂
I’ll be cheering you on!
Woohoo! Can’t wait for my copy.
Being the the most amazing beta-reader, your copy will appear before I publish it. Pre-publication copies are currently at the printers.