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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 11 months ago
You see, what Mrs High and Mighty Rachel Jacobs doesn’t realise is that every time her big shiny car overlaps my drive, I go and walk by it – and I knock her door mirror flat. Of course, it’s an expensive mirror with an expensive motor, and one day my efforts will make that motor fail. Sometimes I brush against the side, just casually. And if I…[Read more]
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Athelstone posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
Songs of Innocence and Experience
OK. New Short Story Challenge. SEE THE NEW GROUP FOR DETAILS.
As Joey Ramone once remarked, “Hey Ho Let’s Go”
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Athelstone posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
My head says NO, but against this better judgement I have decided to run another winter short story challenge. Autumn seems to have arrived early in this corner of Europe with cold wind and rain, alternating with fickle sunshine. Even Eratigena atrica has begun its amorous invasion of my home a few weeks ahead of schedule, so to take my mind off…[Read more]
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Fab, Ath. These are always so inspiring. 🙂
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Brilliant, Ath. I was just about to message you and ask if you were running a winter comp this year 😁
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Hooray!!! Good on you Ath. And a kick up the bum to me to clear the decks of some current stuff.
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Is that the time already? I still haven’t finished the last one.
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Didn’t manage the last one. Must try harder. Good for you, Ath.
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Great news and thanks Ath
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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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This is great but good Lord where has this year gone?
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I ate it
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Can I offer you a blackberry tart instead? I need some of the year that’s left
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Make it crumble. With custard
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Can I have a bit of both, please? Oh, and yes, custard definitely.
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Athelstone posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
Just sailing out of Cherbourg. Bit sad really. Probably last visit as an EU citizen. For a while anyway.
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 11 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, 11 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, 11 months ago
Thanks all. Will post a link when the ebook’s published x
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 11 months ago
Have we ever had an entry in the form of a song before? Formatting may be a challenge, so bear with me.
On a restroom wall in Baltimore,
Above a broken sink,
Someone scratched this message,
“It’s later than you think”I took this simple line to heart,
I saw that it was true,
And built myself a sturdy boat,
Then sailed the ocean blue.Time goes…[Read more]
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly comp – August in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 11 months ago
Just about to lose my data connection before surrendering to the joys of wifi at sea. No inspiration here yet. The pain chocolat is good though.
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Athelstone replied to the topic From Bloom to Blizzard in the forum Podium 6 years, 11 months ago
Absolutely stunning story – one of my favourites. Congratulations! Really well deserved.
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John S Alty posted an update 6 years, 11 months ago
Well, Kate, you’ve got me stumped with this months competition. Still waiting for inspiration to strike.
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Oh no! I was hoping to inspire, not stump. Maybe a nautical theme from you with the Captain reference?
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A trawler Captain, he could be the captain of my sole!
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Sounds fishy to me. 🙂
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There had to be a catch.
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Good one. I’ve been trying to come up with some smart reply, but I’ve got nothing, so you win this round!
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Still floundering, Kate?
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Perfect, Bella!
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Squidge replied to the topic Book Two – Out Now in the forum Podium 6 years, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 12 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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