Den of Writers | Amanda Berriman (Skylark) | Group Activity https://www.denofwriters.com/members/skylark/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Amanda Berriman (Skylark) is a member. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:19:15 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 dba16edaa9abb23f6ee3718aff11342b Doug replied to the topic Positive thoughts in the forum CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/coronamo/forum/topic/positive-thoughts/#post-9076 Sat, 31 Oct 2020 14:00:24 +0000 Something new I’d like to share. I listen to audiobooks and podcasts every day at my job, and every so often it occurs to me there’s some classic or another I somehow never read. So, why not spin it on audio while I type? So far I’ve listened to The Gulag Archipelago, Dracula, Steinbeck’s The Moon is Down, and Shakespearean plays.

And I’ve known…[Read more]

]]> 0 54aeca7d22e69eb4d2034edb7634d4b1 Doug replied to the topic Positive thoughts in the forum CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/coronamo/forum/topic/positive-thoughts/#post-9000 Mon, 19 Oct 2020 20:59:03 +0000 BTW Jules, I’m finally listening to that audio of Hamlet! And yes, it lives up to its legend.

I wonder what literature would be like today, had there been no William Shakespeare? I’ve read that he inspired Hermann Melville to keep going with Moby Dick.

]]> 1 cfdc62c063957d1e4b3c859331918f02 Jules replied to the topic Positive thoughts in the forum CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/coronamo/forum/topic/positive-thoughts/#post-8692 Sat, 15 Aug 2020 18:27:18 +0000 Well done on the short story acceptance, Doug.

]]> 0 942637ee84755293fd6c901da7759b2d Doug replied to the topic Positive thoughts in the forum CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/coronamo/forum/topic/positive-thoughts/#post-8691 Sat, 15 Aug 2020 10:32:51 +0000 Yesterday I listened to the Dissecting Dragons podcast about writing for relaxation, enjoying the process of creating and not worrying so much about the outcome.

It reminded me of something shared once by Barry B. Longyear, a writer who skyrocketed to fame in the 80’s, and it almost killed him. Fortunately he survived to tell the tale. He wrote…[Read more]

]]> 2 76e7c5efd92d43c0a03e5e274f53d57f Doug replied to the topic Positive thoughts in the forum CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/coronamo/forum/topic/positive-thoughts/#post-8690 Sat, 15 Aug 2020 10:07:23 +0000 Hi Raine, thanks for asking. The story will appear in a Thirteen O’Clock Press anthology called “Chains,” about dealing with captivity, prisons and the like. Submissions are open until it’s full.

]]> 0 8f1135f91947d3e3954ac477cec74146 Raine replied to the topic Positive thoughts in the forum CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/coronamo/forum/topic/positive-thoughts/#post-8689 Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:22:04 +0000 @dougk sorry for being so useless at checking in here. Hi & well done on the short story acceptance. Is it available online?
I repeat the ‘this too shall pass’ thing to myself fairly regularly! It’s the perfect balance of hope and recognition.

]]> 0 724695d5f5dedbd0e1cfc7fce3a81607 Doug replied to the topic Positive thoughts in the forum CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/coronamo/forum/topic/positive-thoughts/#post-8584 Sat, 25 Jul 2020 00:43:58 +0000 I’ve been fortunate that I could keep going to my job as usual (I work for the state of Rhode Island). Though there are all kinds of safeguards, and Army & Air Force personnel about.

An acceptance last week for a new short story, reminds me that life goes on.

And a wise old saying reminds me that “This, too, shall pass.”

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How’s everyone else?

]]> 0 a9b7284cf022839aeac0ab5365627ab3 Squidge posted an update in the group CoronaMo: Well, still trying to edit Tilda 3. Have made some major […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/14351/ Sat, 09 May 2020 10:01:55 +0000 Well, still trying to edit Tilda 3. Have made some major changes to plot to keep the reader guessing a bit longer, but seem incapable of getting it all to ‘flow’. Feels like I’m making it worse instead of better! But keeping on keeping on, regardless…

]]> 0 c0eae06d36e664d47bae7a2e2e43475e Raine posted an update in the group CoronaMo: 1900 words today despite my computer (actually) screaming at […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/14174/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 15:12:11 +0000 1900 words today despite my computer (actually) screaming at me when I first turned it on this morning! Seems to have exorcised whatever ghost that was – phew. But then realised today’s words were about a ghost of a recording of the Little Red Ridinghood story so am expecting the computer to turn on with a howl tomorrow!

]]> 5 4c415817f3f179f79d5f27e9344b3e22 Barny joined the group CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/14058/ Thu, 09 Apr 2020 22:07:06 +0000 0 1fb7e0b057e844c1ed3b7983bde4717a Amanda Berriman (Skylark) posted an update in the group CoronaMo: Hello *waves* How is everyone doing? So much for my intention […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/14046/ Thu, 09 Apr 2020 12:19:34 +0000 Hello *waves* How is everyone doing? So much for my intention to spend more time in the Den – it’s been two months!! Things went a bit hectic in Feb/March with a lot of time and energy going into researching/organising stuff for Peter’s ongoing recovery/physical health. Of course many of those plans have now been cancelled! But subsitute dates are…[Read more]

]]> 6 11b5c8e9f2f9e0dcbca317ccb1d4eb1d Amanda Berriman (Skylark) joined the group CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/14045/ Thu, 09 Apr 2020 12:03:59 +0000 0 b7d8f29d64ede1124294f21184dd832b Raine posted an update in the group CoronaMo: Anyone got swallows back yet? Was looking for them today but […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/14037/ Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:58:20 +0000 Anyone got swallows back yet? Was looking for them today but no luck yet. Walk along the beach did turn up a white sea brick though (now called Beatrice, mini lugged it home), a bit of sea tile with the letter E on, and a perfect conch shell. Along with the usual sea glass & good painting stones. A moderately good haul which will all end up in one…[Read more]

]]> 8 1eb7b2b6b4413408feb6169ac917b092 Squidge posted an update in the group CoronaMo: Hi all. Been having problems logging in again, but Jules has […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/14004/ Sun, 05 Apr 2020 10:28:07 +0000 Hi all. Been having problems logging in again, but Jules has worked her magic and got me into the Den.

How are you all doing? I’m a bit like Kaz – head space not into writing much, so editing Tilda 3 is very slow going. I mean, how hard can it be to describe an underground (ie in a cavern) market? We’ve taken to cooking and baking with the kids…[Read more]

]]> 2 88d1cdb657701dca8f73a66c01ce0cb9 KazG posted an update in the group CoronaMo: Popping in to say hello - I've been in a most peculiar head […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13995/ Fri, 03 Apr 2020 00:51:22 +0000 Popping in to say hello – I’ve been in a most peculiar head space and sure it’s do to with It That Shall Not Be Named, but slowly getting some focus and clarity back. I’ve felt like a cabbage moth, flitting from here to there and never really settling, when I need to channel the caterpillar, with her steady devouring progress.

Also, I had some…[Read more]

]]> 6 7c976db43a341eaa9d3e6aabd517e875 Raine posted an update in the group CoronaMo: Submitted a bunch of flash things to various magazines today […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13865/ Mon, 23 Mar 2020 16:34:38 +0000 Submitted a bunch of flash things to various magazines today AND did my monthly comp entry. For day 1 of homeschooling, I’m giving myself a gold star! 🙂

]]> 6 c449cc6769debc5b4d041e1eb390a888 Jill replied to the topic Positive thoughts in the forum CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/coronamo/forum/topic/positive-thoughts/#post-8023 Sun, 22 Mar 2020 04:52:52 +0000 Thank you Jane and Raine. My immediate intention is to revisit/re edit a book for younger children and my Lucy Rainbow ‘opus’ with a view to submitting them again. Also to continue working on something which combines new prose and my past poetry. May never be a market for that but it will give me great satisfaction and may be of interest to fam…[Read more]

]]> 3 f8cb6bbbe28e57007800c68fcc20c4b9 Sandra posted an update in the group CoronaMo: "What's new, Sandra?" Regrettably, nothing. 42K+ words […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13839/ Sat, 21 Mar 2020 06:39:03 +0000 “What’s new, Sandra?”
Regrettably, nothing. 42K+ words into my current wip, taking some pains to streamline the process, not make the same mistakes, I realise I am still incapable of identifying, plotting the story until the characters tell me who they are and what is happening.
After a couple of weeks of floundering (necessary, it appears) I…[Read more]

]]> 0 536f14329e9089f261918b0f7cad3dcb Sandra joined the group CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13833/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 19:36:01 +0000 0 e8f1f4ef6c8d76b417e49b354efededf JaneShuff posted an update in the group CoronaMo: I saw you’d done it @raine but I can’t look until I have had […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13832/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 15:21:10 +0000 I saw you’d done it @raine but I can’t look until I have had a go myself. Well done on the new pantser WIP. Enjoy. You can always be like me and spend months trying to get it into some sort of shape afterwards.

]]> 0 6ba69254ab271c843fc09c7b1b9b1556 Raine posted an update in the group CoronaMo: I did the decluttering exercise the other day, @janeshuff. […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13826/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 12:10:35 +0000 I did the decluttering exercise the other day, @janeshuff. But yes @janette, I might try the monthly prompt as a mini-challenge next week. I’ve actually just speed-written 1,300 words of a brand new wip with NO PLANNING WHATSOEVER, which is Very Not Me! I figure in the absence of an ability to concentrate, maybe I should give pantsing a go! 😀

]]> 2 b299b355a23235f49fd16203e661be9f JaneShuff posted an update in the group CoronaMo: I am going to try @janette to combine the monthly comp and […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13821/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 18:06:10 +0000 I am going to try @janette to combine the monthly comp and the decluttering exercise somehow. Maybe it will be a mistake!

]]> 0 cbe20be4d1fcd4474fae6560102e51e4 Janette posted an update in the group CoronaMo: Just noticed that no-one's partaken in the monthly comp so […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13820/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 17:17:09 +0000 Just noticed that no-one’s partaken in the monthly comp so far. Might this be a good distraction from that which shall not be mentioned? I’m pretty busy but will try and fit it in.

]]> 0 50639568597751ca59bbda1356da0eb8 Jill started the topic Positive thoughts in the forum CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/groups/coronamo/forum/topic/positive-thoughts/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:06:21 +0000 Cyprus for holiday and inspiration did not happen and we stay relieved at home. Determined that Inhave enough inspiration to carry on regardless. Stay safe and writing everyone.

Jill

]]> 2 9ffe81526b8374fc044b615d3548412e Jill joined the group CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13816/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:59:32 +0000 0 c3f5aff6c9cbb89d9fc6753b4ae24f48 Jill joined the group CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13815/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:59:05 +0000 0 199b9955c570e70fe7aa4429a7fc0a8e Janette joined the group CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13811/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:05:30 +0000 0 7e356c46bd6f0fab0d4d4aa03714014e KazG joined the group CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13806/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:51:03 +0000 0 3584689223020eb4620d75436e1095de Raine posted an update in the group CoronaMo: So today I wrote lesson plans for a four week writing course […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13804/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:34:06 +0000 So today I wrote lesson plans for a four week writing course I will hopefully be running at Falkland Palace at some point (thanks to @seagreen). Having only taught primary school kids before, I’ll be slightly going to the other extreme audience-wise, I imagine! Likely to feature fewer zombies and superheroes perhaps! Still, it feels quite exciting. 🙂

]]> 3 3eadafd89b0646564846d0196dce616d Jules joined the group CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13793/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 22:27:52 +0000 0 ad8876a7c78b35e8f4d0fc1d9c6b57d9 JaneShuff joined the group CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13790/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 22:01:40 +0000 0 806b9c5e66351f88220cc60b9294d01b Seagreen joined the group CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13789/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 21:20:44 +0000 0 3e3b049a94facee53940e9f4f71000c2 Athelstone joined the group CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13788/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 21:04:31 +0000 0 4393b60b283b43fb090b75cf91c792b7 Squidge posted an update in the group CoronaMo: Sounds fab, Raine. x Am feeling overwhelmed today and […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13776/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 15:02:41 +0000 Sounds fab, Raine. x

Am feeling overwhelmed today and looking for positive things, so this is great.

]]> 0 edd2b61805b89edab0d4642e0ca26d28 Squidge joined the group CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13775/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 15:01:58 +0000 0 1ab924d817d906e5f04eed4cfbd86676 Raine posted an update in the group CoronaMo: Hello – Welcome to the virus-free shutdown survival space. I […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13769/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 14:32:16 +0000 Hello – Welcome to the virus-free shutdown survival space. I’m sure I’m not alone in struggling to do ANYTHING AT ALL what with the various worries, uncertainty and black hole of endless news … so let’s make this somewhere we can retreat to away from homeschooling, home-partners, stress and loo roll panic. Prompts, writing news, other stuff, mor…[Read more]

]]> 2 3497bee18c307c5cff055646b4c79201 Raine created the group CoronaMo https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/13767/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 14:24:26 +0000 0 f467acf854e57f72b526f00889632f9d Elle joined the group A Room with a View https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/3763/ Wed, 26 Sep 2018 07:06:11 +0000 0 675439324176520d5ec8ecd7ec2e7728 Alan Rain joined the group A Room with a View https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/3758/ Tue, 25 Sep 2018 22:59:02 +0000 0 c50837835ff987189b20e31326e50676 GippsGirl posted an update in the group A Room with a View: There's an awful lot of meanness going on around here. I […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/3671/ Mon, 24 Sep 2018 21:34:41 +0000 There’s an awful lot of meanness going on around here. I vote ‘generous’ coz that’s just the kinda gal I am.

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]]> 0 335445149de5835cf85b34eae823830f Sandra posted an update in the group A Room with a View: We're writers. aren't we? HAS to be mean! https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/3553/ Sun, 23 Sep 2018 08:45:47 +0000 We’re writers. aren’t we? HAS to be mean!

]]> 0 be90038755ff5cd2c4b4c1cf96bf9596 Giselle joined the group A Room with a View https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/3448/ Fri, 21 Sep 2018 12:47:58 +0000 0 cb80d60c805adbf3db474978b4e3e222 Xander Michael joined the group A Room with a View https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/3411/ Fri, 21 Sep 2018 04:57:18 +0000 0 b38d7a878d01535ff553a76d42962df6 Thea posted an update in the group A Room with a View: Phew! Choices now posted - talk about leaving things until […] https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/3387/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:07:57 +0000 Phew! Choices now posted – talk about leaving things until the last minute. Have been on hols in France but am home now and attempting to catch up with everything.

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