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Squidge replied to the topic The disclaimer jar – advice on attitude to one's writing in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 8 years ago
Interesting. I think sometimes, ‘It’s not quite there yet’ can sound like an apology, when it’s actually the admittance of a mature (by which I mean you know yourself and your writing) author, who realises that something created in such a short space of time needs more work. I’ve done it myself!
But of course it takes time to build that…[Read more]
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John S Alty replied to the topic For Those in Peril… in the forum Blogs 8 years ago
Excellent, Richard.
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RichardB started the topic For Those in Peril… in the forum Blogs 8 years ago
The older I get the more disenchanted I become with my fellow humans. I look at the dishonesty, greed, hate and stupidity that seem to fill the news and I despair. One reason I live in a small village halfway up a South Welsh mountain is to get away from all the shit. But in the increasing misanthropy of my old age there is still one group of…[Read more]
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John S Alty replied to the topic The disclaimer jar – advice on attitude to one's writing in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 8 years ago
You have to blow your own trumpet, no-one is going to blow it for you.
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John S Alty posted an update 8 years ago
Back from a few days in Mallorca, wonderful, now ready to get down to this month’s competition. Something about a bloke in a greatcoat playing a banjo, lamenting the loss of his spell book, if I remember right.
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Got it in one!
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RichardB replied to the topic Violence in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 8 years ago
Jane, you are welcome to read it. I’m in the throes of revising it after laying it aside for three years, so a fresh perspective will be useful.
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RichardB replied to the topic Violence in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 8 years ago
By the way, you might like to know that Rosalind doesn’t lose the baby. She’s only a month or two into her pregnancy.
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Amanda Berriman (Skylark) posted an update 8 years ago
Bit quiet because I’m 55 days into a writing chain. Wouldn’t exactly say it’s going well, but it’s going, a few hundred words at a time. Some of them not too shabby.
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RichardB replied to the topic Violence in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 8 years ago
Okay, Jane, here is my violent passage. I’ve left in a bit on the front to put it in context. Two words in your ear:
1) Just to explain any weirdness, this is a ghost story.
2) In addition to the violence, contains sex and a little naughty language.Okay, here we go.
Smiling down into his face, she began to pump her hips. Joey came to meet…[Read more]
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Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Festival Dreams in the forum Blogs 8 years ago
It was so lovely to catch up with you @giselle 😊😊 Thank you for cheering me on. Hope the edits are going well xx
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RichardB replied to the topic Violence in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 8 years ago
I had a problem like this in my last effort, and it cost me more sweat than anything else in that story. It was all the harder because it was a husband beating up his wife. I really didn’t want to go there and tried everything to skate round it, but the plot demanded that I meet it head-on. In the end I did almost exactly what Jonathan suggests: I…[Read more]
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John S Alty posted an update 8 years ago
I’m going to Mallorca for a few days, but I’ll be watching you.
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Off to Bulgaria on Friday… Will likewise be occasionally eavesdropping…
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Squidge replied to the topic Help with setting in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 8 years ago
I’m in Loughborough – I wouldn’t call it quaint or pretty…like any town, there are bits like that, but not in the town centre. I suppose it depends on where most of the action happens…
Not sure where you’re based, Philippa, but happy to show you round if you want to see it!
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp – October 2018 in the forum Monthly Competition 8 years ago
Nice prompt… Looking forward to getting my teeth stuck into this one.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Den monthly competition September 2018 in the forum Competitions, Open calls and Writing Opportunities 8 years ago
Thanks, Daeds, a valid point and I appreciate the input.
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