@skylark
Active 3 years, 11 months ago-
JaneShuff posted a new activity comment 3 years, 11 months ago
Lovely to hear your news @skylark. And so glad your bike ride was a success. Enjoy your family time!
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Janette posted a new activity comment 3 years, 11 months ago
Great to hear from you, @skylark! I’ve been wondering how you were managing with Peter with all appointments cancelled. Hope you have a good cycle out – I can imagine that big smile of his right now.
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It was a GREAT cycle (see FB post). We’re getting on fine – just muddling through as everyone else is. I’m not sure we’re that brilliant at the physio side of things but doing something is better than nothing. It’s great to have another exercise that he can do now though. Burn up some more energy!
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Lovely to hear your news @skylark. And so glad your bike ride was a success. Enjoy your family time!
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I saw the little clip on FB, and it looks utterly splendid! Especially wonderful to have right now I imagine!
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@raine It is! It’s been a bit of a worry the last month that his only exercise has been doing Wii sports in his standing frame and our unqualified attempts to mimick his physio sessions. I feel better knowing we can go out biking two or three times a week – a good cardio workout for him with the hills we have around here!
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@janeshuff Thanks! We are making the most of what we can of this strange time. Hope you are keeping well xx
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John S Alty replied to the topic Dipping my toe back in in the forum Blogs 4 years, 2 months ago
Hi @skylark, good to see you’re back.
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KazG replied to the topic Dipping my toe back in in the forum Blogs 4 years, 2 months ago
I’m SURE she will @skylark 🙂
I think all second book doubts/worries are very normal and to be expected, especially with a big change eg of voice. But push those doubts aside and let that shittiness have its day. It’s all part of the process (and shitty first drafts are always so entertaining to look back on!).
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KazG replied to the topic Dipping my toe back in in the forum Blogs 4 years, 2 months ago
Hello @skylark! and everyone else! How nice to see you all here having a chat. Exciting about your second book Mandy, I’m sure it’ll be a cracker. Are you feeling any of those second book pressures after a successful book 1? I loved Jessika so much – in fact there is a wonderful book shop here, my local one luckily, called Brunswick Bound. They…[Read more]
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Daedalus replied to the topic Brexit dismay in the forum Coffee Shop 4 years, 2 months ago
@Raine I like that quote (it reminds me of the fake George Orwell one). Whether it helps or not is a different question, but as Joseph Conrad pointed out, ‘action is consolatory’.
@skylark I’ve been following your family’s journey when you’ve posted on Facebook and I can’t begin to express my admiration. The strength conferred by love is…[Read more]
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Raine replied to the topic Dipping my toe back in in the forum Blogs 4 years, 2 months ago
Hello @skylark my lovely. Great to see you venturing back in. I’m not a big presence here, but I do love being able to come in and know I’ll find friends. Hope the second draft continuity glitch is resolving itself. Who needs continuity anyway? I think most things temporal should be banned from novels. Really, why do days of the week need to…[Read more]
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Raine replied to the topic Brexit dismay in the forum Coffee Shop 4 years, 2 months ago
The Brexit Blues. Ugh. Yes. And the Climate Change existential fear. And the daughter-entering-teen-sexual-harrassment-age dread. I tell you, grown men eyeing up a twelve year old girl makes me very VERY stabby.
But, yes, Brexit and the fundamental damage to our society that seems to have come about have had (are having) an effect on my general…[Read more] -
JaneShuff replied to the topic Brexit dismay in the forum Coffee Shop 4 years, 2 months ago
It must have been an awful time @skylark. We have been through a similar experience with our youngest grandson and it has changed everything particularly for his mum. But how wonderful that both you and @daedalus found writing helped.
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Libby replied to the topic Brexit dismay in the forum Coffee Shop 4 years, 2 months ago
I’m very sorry you and your son have had to cope with a cancer diagnosis, @skylark.
I’ve never signed up to any social media and so far haven’t felt tempted. Not just the polarised views but the amount of time it can take up!
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Neil Evans posted a new activity comment 5 years, 6 months ago
@skylark. Ooh, there we go, technology!
There was a lady who wrote a novel that was a love story that involved spitfires? Think she was published shortly afterwards? -
KazG replied to the topic Receiving an email headed 'Offer of Representation'…. in the forum Podium 5 years, 6 months ago
@debi, you can get here via Writers Forum/Den of Writers/Podium. There are many winding roads in the Den and I’m still working them out myself! I’m also eagerly awaiting such a link (OMG CAN YOU IMAGINE??) and you will definitely know about it the minute (if/when) it happens…
@skylark I’m already leaning on my agent with questions and it’s SO…[Read more]
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Raine replied to the topic New Blog from Emma Darwin in the forum Blogs 5 years, 6 months ago
Go you @janeshuff! I think @skylark, and others have done the 100 day thing and found it helpful. I think I would falter at the weekends – RL being inconsiderate and getting in the way!
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KazG replied to the topic Receiving an email headed 'Offer of Representation'…. in the forum Podium 5 years, 6 months ago
Thanks all 🙂
@vandemal, yes it IS Ava, though she’s changed a bit since you last saw her and is now gallivanting through Burlington Arcade in 1858…but she’s the same Ava at heart. And thank you! 🙂
That’s what I thought, @skylark, so it’s good to hear your experience. There is benefit at the business end, of course, but it’s also having…[Read more]
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Giselle replied to the topic A Brief History of York Festivals in the forum Blogs 5 years, 6 months ago
I can’t wait to hear your speech @skylark! And @Philippa, you’re well on your way. 🙂 I have my first 1-to-1 at 14h00, the agent I chose got changed at the last minute, but by an agent I wanted to see, so all’s ok. So sorry that some of you wonderful people won’t be present this year. @Raine, if the wedding’s boring, skip it and come over. 😄
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JaneShuff replied to the topic A Brief History of York Festivals in the forum Blogs 5 years, 6 months ago
I wish I was going to be there in person @skylark but I will be cheering you on from London. Enjoy it!
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Mad Iguana replied to the topic A Brief History of York Festivals in the forum Blogs 5 years, 6 months ago
What a great story, @skylark. Wish I was there for your keynote, but I can only justify coming over from Ireland if I’ve got something written that I can talk about. Which I’ve not got. But your success is well-deserved, and I’m sure you’ll inspire a ton of people with your talk on Sunday!
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Philippa East replied to the topic Getting an Agent. in the forum Blogs 5 years, 7 months ago
@Skylark – I meant naming specifically! All my cover letters said “the full MS is currently with Sarah Manning”. [face palm]
No agent commented on it (even during my one-to-ones at York), but they probably were a bit like… “I didn’t really want to know that”.
I saw the little clip on FB, and it looks utterly splendid! Especially wonderful to have right now I imagine!
@raine It is! It’s been a bit of a worry the last month that his only exercise has been doing Wii sports in his standing frame and our unqualified attempts to mimick his physio sessions. I feel better knowing we can go out biking two or three times a week – a good cardio workout for him with the hills we have around here!
@janeshuff Thanks! We are making the most of what we can of this strange time. Hope you are keeping well xx