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Raine posted a new activity comment 6 years, 8 months ago
@squidge and @sandradavies I’m sure we can set it up so that people are free to participate in the units that interest them, and not the ones that dont. I think there are probably advantages to having a core group that go through the process together, building on what’s been covered. But I also don’t see the point in making it too ‘strict’, or…[Read more]
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Raine replied to the topic DIY soapbox in the forum Podium 6 years, 8 months ago
@katemachon π
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Raine replied to the topic DIY soapbox in the forum Podium 6 years, 8 months ago
The link isn’t working for me, @sandradavies ??
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Raine posted an update in the group
Songs of Innocence and Experience 6 years, 8 months ago@sandradavies You choose the BEST character names! π
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Raine replied to the topic Bi-Monthly Comp – May/June 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 10 months ago
Well, thank-you everyone for entering. I’m so glad I set this particular challenge as it’s been so much fun getting little insights into all your works in progress and I can genuinely say I’d have carried on reading every one of them. They all pulled me right in and left me wanting more, so seriously well dones on lots of good stuff.
Because…[Read more]
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Raine posted a new activity comment 7 years, 2 months ago
Yeah, I got hit by that glitch on that comment thread too, @sandradavies. It does seem to strike at random. :-/
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Bren posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
@sandradavies Hi Sandra. How are you? Nice to see you on here. I’ve been absent for a long time.
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Squidge posted a new activity comment 7 years, 4 months ago
A friend posted some info as to how I can filter them out… I’ll have a go if I can understand it. @sandradavies, that made me laugh! And I know EXACTLY what you meant! π
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Raine replied to the topic Monthly comp – December 2018 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 4 months ago
Guys, I can’t apologise enough for being NINE days late coming back to this. THe holidays were … not conducive to remembering things, so I am sorry for keeping you in suspense (and making January a very brief comp!)
So… thankyou for managing to fit in writing your entries during the xmas busyness.
@Seagreen – I loved the tiny details that…[Read more]
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Janette posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
@sandradavies – your comp. Wow, moody, gritty and tension filled. Nail on the head, I’d say for Haloween.
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Ah … hadn’t thought Halloween so much as WWI – thanks for reading and appreciating.
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Of course – a re-read, bearing that in mind, cast another light altogether and Ioved it all the more. I suppose I just had halloween on my mind.
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In fairness, there’s not so much of a reference to WWI as there was in the tale from which this developed.
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Athelstone posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
@sandradavies Wow, Sandra. That comp entry’s a bit special! There’s a big story in there.
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Daedalus replied to the topic Den monthly competition September 2018 in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 7 months ago
Thank you so much to everyone who entered the first Den of Writers monthly competition. We now have a whole new section of the forum just for the monthly comp, so all future versions will be held there. Hereβs the link: https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/forum/den-of-writers/monthly-competition/
For those not familiar with the monthly c…[Read more]
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Philippa East replied to the topic Fahrenheit Press: NOT just for women, but noting an imbalance in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 7 months ago
Thanks for flagging this, @sandradavies
Incidentally, despite the call to arms for subs from female writers, @pinkbelt75 I wonder if you’ve considered these guys for your crime novel(s)?
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Alan Rain posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
@sandradavies … and the blind shall see, and the view shall be wondrous.
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Alan Rain replied to the topic Den monthly competition September 2018 in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 7 years, 7 months ago
I forgot to add my word count (204), and can’t edit the post. This is odd, because I was able to edit a post in a private group.
@sandradavies I can’t. The reply option just sets up a new post. I think the rule is that you can edit (with the edit option) providing your post is the last one. When someone else posts, you lose the ability to edit.
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Raine replied to the topic Den of Writers – Forum Feedback part 2 in the forum Admin and Technical 7 years, 8 months ago
@sandradavies I’ve yet to conquer getting notifications for group updates, or for things I’ve ‘favourited’. The best way I’ve found for groups is from the main activity wall, then click on the My Groups tab. Can also filter to show updates only with the little drop down menu. I am slowly learning to flick between these views to make sure I’m not…[Read more]
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Raine replied to the topic Wip beginning… in the forum Critiques 7 years, 8 months ago
Thank-you so much for your comments, everyone. They are so helpful. Oh wait, I should tag, right, else you might not see it? @jd73, @daedalus and @sandradavies, you are ace. Thank-you. I love the word stochastic too!
@philippaeast – no this isn’t the one with pub/agents, it’s one of the next two and I’m trying to decide which one to throw out…[Read more]
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Baz Baron posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
@sandradavies Nice to have found you all (again) I see that ‘ The writing place’ has gone as well as ‘The Cloud’ Sad day for writers’ but welcome news about Den of Writers, who set it up?
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Ath was one of the instigators , I presume; it didn’t have time to go properly public until after the crash
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The one and only Mama Ironside @jillybean 😊
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I guessed Jilly had a hand in it but had never found confirmation.
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Our very own Jules (@jillybean) did indeed wave her magic wand of WordPress magic to conjure up this fabulous confcetion, the Den of Writers. The full guilty few , who thought the place up, squabbled over names, who does what, founded and funded it are: Jules (@jillybean), Athelstone (@athelstone), Fiona (@bric), Daedalus (@daedalus), KazG…[Read more]
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Thanks for the elucidation perhaps this should be in an introduction?
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They’re a modest lot so perhaps just a eulogy to me, how I came up with the idea and built the site from scratch – that sort of thing π
But more seriously, I expect we’ll find a place for the list if anybody wants to find it.
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Thanks for that, Athers. In that case, well done to all concerned a wonderful job has been undertaken and it is much appreciated to be able to fan the spirit of ‘The Wordcloud’ into new (and hopefully) everlasting realms.
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Squidge posted a new activity comment 7 years, 8 months ago
Denizens – I like. And @sandradavies – just look at the folks already here. Definitely not dense in any way, shape or form! π

Besides, it’s structured as a full MA (two years of work) so I think most of us would rather take it slow and be free to dip out when RL/other commitments get in the way.
Completely agree with everything you say, @raine. Slow and gentle. Letβs have a go and discuss as we go along….