@squidge
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Squidge replied to the topic Publishing deal!! in the forum Podium 6 years, 9 months ago
Bloody fantastic news, Kaz! Well done xxx
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Squidge posted a new activity comment 6 years, 9 months ago
Hiya Baz, how are you?! Edits have stalled – still waiting for them to come back from the US!
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I’m sure it’ll restart soon. At least you’re in a supply chain, it must be exciting times for you I’ll have to catch up on Scibbles, I haven’t looked in for a while. x
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*Scribbles
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp – July 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 9 months ago
Nice. Might have a go as I’m in between edits…
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Squidge replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 6 years, 9 months ago
Works for me! And with the subtitle, too…
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Squidge replied to the topic Bi-Monthly Comp – May/June 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 9 months ago
Agree with you Raine, 100%! Loved Sandra’s start (among others!!) Well done, Sandra x
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Squidge replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 6 years, 9 months ago
Tony – sorry, but Unrelenting Limelight doesn’t work for me either. Sounds like a tragedy set on a stage, and it sounds like your relative’s life was far from a tragedy.
You said that if you’re not familiar with the name, why buy the book?
Book buyers are a strange crowd, drawn in by all sorts of things. Surely it’s that ‘drawing in’ of…[Read more]
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Squidge posted a new activity comment 6 years, 10 months ago
Can’t believe how busy end of term is…
Yep, can do bits and pieces on paper, but I’m wary of putting too much effort in now if things change much further back and have an impact on later work. Such a fine balance. Doing lots of reading instead.
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Reading is excellent @squidge. I’m not doing enough of that and feeling the lack myself. It’s such a good way of ‘filling the well’ isn’t it? Enjoy!
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Squidge posted an update 6 years, 10 months ago
I really should be keeping the old writing muscles warmed up, but I’m waiting for an edit to be returned, for the publisher’s opinion of Black Ruby (my two lovely betas have pointed out the weaknesses I thought were there, so that’s good!) to come through, and it’s fast approaching the end of term here and I have a whole primary school library to…[Read more]
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Thinking time maybe, Squidge?
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YEah, mulling and marinading time! End of terms and holidays are always writing-time killers, aren’t they? I’m sure you’ve thought of it, but I always try to have something I can do on paper over the hols cos I’ve got a much better chance of grabbing ten minutes with pen than on computer (especially as it’s an old beast that takes 30 mins to power…[Read more]
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didn’t I reply to this too?? Cos it’s GAWN…
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Can’t believe how busy end of term is…
Yep, can do bits and pieces on paper, but I’m wary of putting too much effort in now if things change much further back and have an impact on later work. Such a fine balance. Doing lots of reading instead.
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Reading is excellent @squidge. I’m not doing enough of that and feeling the lack myself. It’s such a good way of ‘filling the well’ isn’t it? Enjoy!
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Squidge replied to the topic Help with a Title, please. in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 6 years, 10 months ago
First off, I prefer your original working title – Limelight doesn’t say much to me, but the play on words makes me wonder who Lyttle was, and what sort of ‘long way’ was it? Journey? Promotion? Makes it sound quite comedic, too. It would certainly attract interest, regardless of whether anyone knows of your ancestor or not.
With your subtitle,…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Bath Novel Award Successes in the forum Podium 6 years, 10 months ago
Wow! Saw John’s news but didn’t realise Mad was in the longlist too! Flippin’ well done to both of you xx
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Squidge posted a new activity comment 6 years, 10 months ago
That’s what I tried – but it just gave me broad info about mini courses, and I’m sure said I had to book a ticket before choosing. I’ll have another go though…
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Squidge posted an update 6 years, 10 months ago
Just wondering – those who are members of JW, is there any way of seeing what the mini courses or workshops are before you book a ticket? Wanted to see if there was anything I hadn’t done before, but I think I have to say I’m going before I can look at the detail, which seems a bit barmy…
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I have checked the site without logging in. You should be able to see it all. Click on Programme at top of page, then go down to the day you want to see and click on the + button next to, for example, the mini courses section of the timetable and it should show you all that is available.
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That’s what I tried – but it just gave me broad info about mini courses, and I’m sure said I had to book a ticket before choosing. I’ll have another go though…
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Squidge replied to the topic New Book Release: Revolt (The King's Knight) in the forum Podium 6 years, 10 months ago
Brilliant! Loved the idea of ‘what horse’…and the 14th C sex manual. 😉
Looking forward to reading. Well done, Jules x
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Squidge replied to the topic Multiple Den Success in the forum Podium 6 years, 10 months ago
OK – finished it. Did not put it down…
Bloody brilliant.
I have to ask – how much of the premise dd you get beforehand? The stories all link so well together, I can’t work out whether it’s down to extreme luck in terms of the arrangement of the stories or whether the links written between each story are simply very well done to link what might…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Multiple Den Success in the forum Podium 6 years, 10 months ago
I am about half way through and loving this. Especially how there’s an link between each story which binds them all together.
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Squidge replied to the topic Multiple Den Success in the forum Podium 6 years, 10 months ago
Must get this…I’m a bit Pratchetted out at the mo, and this is going to be good!
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Squidge posted a new activity comment 6 years, 10 months ago
@Raine – don’t worry re beta reading; as and when! I’ve begun to realise that book 2’s not as oven ready as I thought it might be…
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Squidge posted a new activity comment 6 years, 10 months ago
Thanks all… I actually went on to outline book 4 after all, but pretty loosely. Rather lost my writing mojo this week due to a bout of hormones… I tend to want to sit in a corner and shut the world out when that happens. Not helped by a few things going rather wrong this week that left me feeling disappointed with life. But hey ho, we get back…[Read more]
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Squidge posted an update 6 years, 10 months ago
Dilemma:
Book 1 with publisher being edited. Waiting for their response to my responses.
Book 2 with publisher, waiting to see if they like it – though I know it needs work.
Book 3 story outlined in notebook.Question is, do I get stuck into writing up Book 3 properly on the computer, knowing I’ve got 1 & 2 to work on edit-wise; start…[Read more]
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Do whatever excites you the most? Or do something else entirely? If neither of those are the answer, then I’d crack on with Book 3. Having a better idea of what happens in it, will inform your edit of Books 1 and 2 when the time comes.
If ’twere me, I wouldn’t start yet another project (planning Book 4) as that’ll create more unfinished-ness and…[Read more] -
Take time out to write something completely different and come back to this with fresh eyes and unexpected directions?
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Personally, I’d get started with book 3, but that’s possibly not the wisest, knowing you’ll have to switch away from it again. BUt it’s not like you are having to enter an entirely new world, is it? (this is the next in series, isn’t it?). So perhaps it could even be good to keep you in the right place mentally and keep you enthused for the…[Read more]
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Thanks all… I actually went on to outline book 4 after all, but pretty loosely. Rather lost my writing mojo this week due to a bout of hormones… I tend to want to sit in a corner and shut the world out when that happens. Not helped by a few things going rather wrong this week that left me feeling disappointed with life. But hey ho, we get back…[Read more]
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@Raine – don’t worry re beta reading; as and when! I’ve begun to realise that book 2’s not as oven ready as I thought it might be…
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Boo to the hormones, but pleased you’ve found a way to keep things moving forwards nonetheless. It all has to be done at some point, so in a way it doesn’t matter in what order. Whatever helps keep the momentum flowing(ish)
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good for you, @squidge. Moving forward despite all that is a major achievement. My (belated) approach would be to move on with the next bit of the story, I think. especially if you’ve got exciting bits to look forward to writing! I also find that writing the future can often inform the ‘past’ in that you can tweak and foreshadow knowing what comes…[Read more]
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Squidge posted a new activity comment 6 years, 11 months ago
Wowser – stick ’em together and you might have THE finished article!
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I found a third one today. None of them are for the same plot.
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Awesome!! It’ll be like stringing your favourite beads onto a chain…
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