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Squidge started the topic September 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 7 months ago
Right, many of you know I use paint samples as one of my writing prompts in creative writing sessions; now you get to have a go.
The samples are all beige/brown in colour. Your challenge is to pick one of the following names given to the shades of brown and give me a max of 400 words, using the name as a title. Your choices are;
Je M’Appelle…[Read more]
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 7 months ago
Flip! Thank you! Only popped in here cos I had a spare two minutes!
Give me til tonight, and I’ll think of something for you all to dig your teeth into…
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Squidge posted a new activity comment 6 years, 8 months ago
Fabulous news – love the name. All sorts of possibilities springing to mind there… Thanks, Ath x
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I promise to try harder for this one. The last lies somewhere among other penned ideas, in one of my jotters.
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 8 months ago
Mantra.
I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.
Such is the mantra, spoken quietly in hope during clandestine gatherings, or whispered in the darkest moments outside of them, when dreams of life lived to the full fall beyond my control and are squashed like bugs in the mud.
For certain, this mantra is against the teachings of…[Read more]
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Squidge posted an update 6 years, 8 months ago
@jillybean – read your books pretty much in two days. Really enjoyed them. Love Gregory – big, brash, but loyal to a fault.
Couldn’t find them on Goodreads to leave a review though… Have you posted them there yet?
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Thanks, Squidge. I’m so glad you enjoyed them 🙂
They are both on Goodreads but are easier to find if you search for them as Revolt the king’s knight etc
(tried to leave you a link but dialogue box didn’t like it.)Really appreciate you taking the time to leave a review 😀
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I’ll take another look…
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Squidge replied to the topic From Bloom to Blizzard in the forum Podium 6 years, 8 months ago
Thanks all. Will post a link when the ebook’s published x
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Squidge replied to the topic Book Two – Out Now in the forum Podium 6 years, 8 months ago
Done it now, though…
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Squidge replied to the topic Book Two – Out Now in the forum Podium 6 years, 8 months ago
Must download these! Have been remiss and not done it yet. x
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Squidge started the topic From Bloom to Blizzard in the forum Podium 6 years, 8 months ago
Just received an email to say that my ‘One Cold Coin’ story from our first Den short story comp has been accepted for ‘From Bloom to Blizzard’, a charity ebook anthology produced by Write in for Leicester (wi4cLeic). To be published later in the year…
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp – July 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 8 months ago
Enjoyed writing this, and coming back to it after a week away, thought Kate’s was a very worthy winner among a host of fab entries!
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Squidge posted a new activity comment 6 years, 9 months ago
Yep, just had a look at his website and it is the chap I remember. His how to write a sentence session was brilliant.
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Squidge posted a new activity comment 6 years, 9 months ago
Hal Duncan? Think he’s the Scottish bloke. Talks nineteen to the dozen in his sessions, but knows his stuff. Can come over a bit abrasive, and I can’t remember what he writes himself. I have a feeling it’s a bit quirky, so you might be OK with him for your non-genre stuff…?
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Yep, just had a look at his website and it is the chap I remember. His how to write a sentence session was brilliant.
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I had a session with Hal Duncan 2/3 years back. Not easy because he knew nothing about my genre. While his sessions were hi-speed and he promised notes (because taking them was impossible), they never materialised. I can’t find my feed-back sheet but though what little he did say was useful.
Bummer though, big time, for you.
My review of Vellum…[Read more]
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Squidge posted a new activity comment 6 years, 9 months ago
Aw, thanks all. I know things do get easier – and become different – as we’re already on that road with our eldest. We’ll take it slow, and Mr S and I will no doubt talk about it all and fingers crossed we’ll find a new equilibrium soon.
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Yep! And couldn’t get cool last night even though it rained.
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Squidge posted an update 6 years, 9 months ago
So I am no longer the mum of two children; I’m the mum of two adults (supposedly) as Squidgeling T was 18 last Saturday.
Feels very strange. Empty nest syndrome beckons…but so do holidays out of term time, opportunities to reconnect with Mr Squidge (you don’t realise how much of your identity is tied up with your kids until they are doing…[Read more]
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Aww. In my view they should have left the age of majority at 21. Especially since they all seem to stay on the payroll for far longer than that anyway…
Anyway, congratulations on having two adults and enjoy some quality time with Mr Squidge.
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“they all seem to stay on the payroll for far longer than that anyway”
Tell me about it!
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Congratulations, Squidge. Enjoy your return to a more independent life!
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Wait until you’re a grandparent. That’s an even stranger feeling!
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It does change, Squidge. It can be a bit disorientating at first and sometimes a bit sad, but you’ll develop a new relationship with them which, even though it’s a totally different shape, completely fills the hole they leave behind. Odd that.
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I’ve been somewhat strategic in helping my daughter to develop her independence. It was I who left home for trips away, leaving her to fend for herself (once she was working, I should add!). Good practice, I thought, for when she gets a place of her own – and she agreed. She has not long returned from her big first trip, spending three months in…[Read more]
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It is a strange feeling, Squidge, which for me felt as though time had played a trick on me. It played stranger tricks when my granddaughter fledged, but suddenly you will wonder how you fit everything in. Athers is right, the holes are soon filled and the relationships blossom, or should I say metamorphose into something quite different and…[Read more]
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Aw, thanks all. I know things do get easier – and become different – as we’re already on that road with our eldest. We’ll take it slow, and Mr S and I will no doubt talk about it all and fingers crossed we’ll find a new equilibrium soon.
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All my nest-leavers are now in their forties(!!!) and yes, there’s huge benefit in re-discovering the bloke you remember from way back when, but also great to build new relationships with the emerging adults. All different. All totally rewarding.
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Squidge posted a new activity comment 6 years, 9 months ago
Oh, bless you! All I can say is that from experience in school (we were lucky – yes, we had nits at times, but managed to get on top of them pretty quickly by just wet-combing with a nit comb) if they keep coming back, there’s a source somewhere that you’re coming into regular contact with. In our case, a girl in the class who…shall we say that…[Read more]
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Squidge – noooooo. Not in a beard. I can’t bear it!
Jane – hope your sterling efforts keep the blighters at bay.-
My Dad hasn’t started scratching yet!
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An excellent point about the source, Squidge … but a beard? Ugh!!!
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I know… *shudders again*
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp – July 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 9 months ago
Bringing a gun into a house changes it.
It doesn’t matter that it’s locked away, out of sight. There’s something tangible – a weight, a tension – that comes with the knowledge of its presence, which terrifies me more than him.
He explained the gun’s for protection.
What extra protection could he need? He has his expression, his speech…his…[Read more]
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