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John S Alty replied to the topic Memories in the forum Critiques 7 years, 10 months ago

You mean the coppery tang of blood as her scalpel slices through pale flesh?! Just kidding. I know what you mean, Laure, I need to work on the atmosphere.
I hope this exercise is helping others to get a grasp of what makes a story work – join in everyone.
John S Alty started the topic Friends in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 10 months ago

Can someone explain this “friends” thing? I have seen it on other forums, so I know it’s a recognized feature. And I’ve had “friend requests” to which I always respond positively. What I don’t get is what it does that just being a member of the forum doesn’t. Aren’t we all friends? Confused.
Elle replied to the topic Memories in the forum Critiques 7 years, 10 months ago

This reads better and I like that ending much better. One thing I think it’s missing at least for me are smell, colours, touch, little details that makes a scene come alive and differentiate it from other stories. For example, the smells in the nursing home, or when you said the restaurant was shabby, how was it shabby are we talking mismatched…[Read more]
Athelstone posted an update 7 years, 10 months ago

I feel another tip coming on. Desperate to retrieve something from the Word Cloud? Do you know some distinctive word or phrase in the text? Well, it’s worth a try, but prepare for disappointment. While the Cloud was up and about, Google cached a lot of its content on its own servers. It does this with many sites to speed up searches. So you could…[Read more]
Elle replied to the topic Flash Fiction Win – posted in the right place now, I hope 😉 in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago

Congratulations! Read the winning story and it is beautiful and well deserved 1st place.
Elle replied to the topic Receiving an email headed 'Offer of Representation'…. in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago

That’s amazing news! Congratulations! Please keep us updated, especially one you have a publication date.
Seagreen replied to the topic Receiving an email headed 'Offer of Representation'…. in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago

Oh. My. Giddy. Aunt! Amazing news! So pleased for you!
Hilary replied to the topic Flash Fiction Win – posted in the right place now, I hope 😉 in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago

Well done, Janette! Good for you.
Hilary replied to the topic Receiving an email headed 'Offer of Representation'…. in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago

Hurray! Well done indeed, and all the best for the next steps. Keep us posted.
JaneShuff replied to the topic Receiving an email headed 'Offer of Representation'…. in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago

Hi Kaz. I am just so excited and thrilled for you. Am going rund he house with a stupid grin on my face.
KazG replied to the topic Receiving an email headed 'Offer of Representation'…. in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago

Thank you all so much. I’m always blown away by the generosity of other writers here 🙂

Jules – you are the one person to have followed Ava all the way through! Thank you again for all your help along the way xx
Athelstone replied to the topic Receiving an email headed 'Offer of Representation'…. in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago

Hey, Kaz – fantastic. And really well-deserved!
Philippa East started the topic Example Cover Letter in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 10 months ago

As requested, here is a copy of the cover letter I used on submission. (Daeds has asked me to post it in this bit of the forum). It wasn’t actually the version I sent my now-agent Sarah Manning back in 2016, because I didn’t even know to write a proper cover letter the first time I went to FoW, but this is the one I was using when I formally sub…[Read more]
Philippa East replied to the topic Flash Fiction Win – posted in the right place now, I hope 😉 in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago

This is fab! Well done!!
Philippa East replied to the topic Receiving an email headed 'Offer of Representation'…. in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago

This is fantastic news! Absolutely brilliant. Well done. And so exciting that you already have an editor at PRH lined up. I think it is great to get an agent too, to negotiate all those tricky contracts! Regarding the other rLondon agent, I think that you can simply inform her that you’ve signed with someone else and you wish to withdraw your…[Read more]
Pinkbelt replied to the topic Receiving an email headed 'Offer of Representation'…. in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago

Brilliant news. Well done! This gave me a happy feeling today.
Jules replied to the topic Receiving an email headed 'Offer of Representation'…. in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago

This is so well deserved. I can’t wait to see Ava meet a larger audience. I’ve loved the book since our SE days! Congratulations, Kaz. Really thrilled for you xxx 😊😁💞
Squidge replied to the topic Flash Fiction Win – posted in the right place now, I hope 😉 in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago

So, so pleased for you – to get placed once in a comp is awesome, but to be placed twice in the same one? Out of this world!

I am so chuffed with all this good news today in the Den!!
KazG replied to the topic Receiving an email headed 'Offer of Representation'…. in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago

And Squidge!! Thank you 🙂 so exciting!
KazG replied to the topic Receiving an email headed 'Offer of Representation'…. in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago

Thanks so much for those generous comments, Sandra and Daeds 🙂
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