Squidge

  • Squidge posted an update 8 years ago

    OK – Testing, because a minute ago I was locked out of my own thread…

    • Jules replied 8 years ago

      You are definitly there, Squidge. Apologies for minor disruption. Just answered your email but it sees you solved it.

      • Jules replied 8 years ago

        definitely and seems – seriously how many typos can I get in one post?!

  • Squidge replied to the topic As an opening… in the forum Critiques 8 years ago

    Thanks Jonathan, Raine – more food for thought!

    Glad you’d read on, though… 😉

  • Squidge posted an update 8 years ago

    Fab night at NIBS last night – some amazing work coming out of the group. Not least because of a prompt that had middle-aged Gwendoline going on the rampage in the works canteen wearing underwear made from Wotsits, and evading security on a hostess trolley…

    • Raine replied 8 years ago

      That sounds a rather splendid scene, Squidge. The mind boggles slightly!!

  • Squidge replied to the topic On a more positive note… in the forum Blogs 8 years ago

    Thanks, Gipps – and you should see my scrap bag! I’m sure there’s at least another quilt in there trying to get out, plus a couple of sets of squares that I need to do something with…

    Next quilting project is one for my son – I’m aiming to get it done by the time he goes to uni. Which gives me a year…eeek!!

  • Squidge replied to the topic Writing Advice in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 8 years ago

    Choose ring bound notebooks to scribble ideas in; you’ll never lose your pen if you keep one clipped down the inside of the rings…

  • Squidge replied to the topic As an opening… in the forum Critiques 8 years ago

    Jane – yes, this is the start of number 2…

    Will have a think about the success bit… If two peeps think it, you might well have a point. 😉

  • Squidge posted an update 8 years ago

    We used to have a place for Writing Prompts on the cloud…can’t remember where. Is there any mileage in having the same here? And if so, is the Lifeboat the best place for it? Happy to kick one off if folks want it – I’m heading to NIBS tonight and there’s a couple of corkers we’re going to be using…

    • Jules replied 8 years ago

      That’s a great idea, Squidge. If you would be happy starting a topic off in the lifeboat it would be much appreciated 🙂

  • Squidge replied to the topic As an opening… in the forum Critiques 8 years ago

    Oh I see! Sort of a ‘how much longer is she going to keep trying this?’ vibe?

  • Squidge replied to the topic As an opening… in the forum Critiques 8 years ago

    Thanks Kate, Mad.

    Actually, I reckon your way would work too, Mad. I suppose it depends what it is you’re trying to emphasise in the opener – for me, it was the fact that Tilda’s been trying to get this bloomin’ illuminorb right for so long, whereas depending on how you worded the next bit, your suggestion might focus attention on Silviu and his…[Read more]

  • Squidge replied to the topic On a more positive note… in the forum Blogs 8 years ago

    Ta, Jules. I’m working on the theory that this quilt can be reversible, in that the visible spirals on the ‘back’ are just as lovely as the mixed coloured stripes on the ‘front’. A lot still to do though.

  • Squidge replied to the topic As an opening… in the forum Critiques 8 years ago

    Apologies for the formatting! That’ll teach me to cut and paste…

  • Squidge started the topic As an opening… in the forum Critiques 8 years ago

    …how does this grab you?

    It wasn’t until her twenty-seventh attempt that Tilda finally managed to produce her first illuminorb.
    And a good job, too, because by the twenty-sixth attempt, Silviu’s patience was wearing very thin. “Concentrate, Tilda,” the Ambakian powermage snapped.
    “I am concentrating.” Tilda rubbed her palm against her…[Read more]

  • Squidge posted a new activity comment 8 years ago

    So far, have written a blog post, messaged a friend who is feeling frazzled about son starting uni, and am about to do a bit on the WIP. Happy Squidge!

  • Squidge started the topic On a more positive note… in the forum Blogs 8 years ago

    Just to make up for the rather morose blog I shared a few days ago about the demise of the cloud, here’s one that is decidedly more upbeat. And has nothing to do with writing except for having a shout-out for the Den!

    (Promise I won’t post tons of Scribbles links – I’ll only post the writingy ones from here on in!)

  • Squidge posted an update 8 years ago

    So… I really ought to do some housework before I do any writing today.

    What’s that? You think I ought to do the writing first? Oh….go on, then. I will. Wordy Wednesday, here I come 😉

    • Absolutely. In fact, doing the housework is clearly procrastination which you should avoid at all costs

      • So far, have written a blog post, messaged a friend who is feeling frazzled about son starting uni, and am about to do a bit on the WIP. Happy Squidge!

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