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John S Alty replied to the topic The $2,000,000 Guitar in the forum Blogs 6 years, 5 months ago

Great story.
Mad Iguana replied to the topic The $2,000,000 Guitar in the forum Blogs 6 years, 5 months ago

That’s a brilliant story, Richard. Absolutely love it!!
Mad Iguana replied to the topic Short story in Barren magazine in the forum Podium 6 years, 5 months ago

Great stuff Daeds! Well done!!
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Daedalus replied to the topic The $2,000,000 Guitar in the forum Blogs 6 years, 5 months ago

Wow. Magical stuff!
Athelstone posted an update 6 years, 5 months ago

Cost of the Den of Writers: 2020 to 2021

Funding a Free Forum: the “Donations” group

Den of Writers is a FREE forum. That means that nobody pays for membership and if you join you are absolutely entitled to use and enjoy the place as much as anybody – in fact, you are encouraged to.

However, people have asked about contributing to the c…[Read more]
John S Alty replied to the topic Short story in Barren magazine in the forum Podium 6 years, 5 months ago

Great story telling, Daeds, congratulations.
Hilary replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs 6 years, 5 months ago

Thanks, Squidge! Don’t worry – I’m not giving up. Thanks for the vote of confidence!
Athelstone replied to the topic Short story in Barren magazine in the forum Podium 6 years, 5 months ago

Fantastic news. A great story. Very thoughtful and moving.
Daedalus started the topic Short story in Barren magazine in the forum Podium 6 years, 5 months ago

Some of you might remember my story The Living from last year’s Den winter challenge. I’m pleased to say it has finally (in slightly evolved form) found a publisher in the shape of Barren magazine issue #13, now available to read online https://barrenmagazine.com/the-living/
John S Alty replied to the topic Very Serious Consequences: Harrow and Wealdstone, 1952 in the forum Blogs 6 years, 5 months ago

Another interesting blog, Richard, thank you.
Mad Iguana replied to the topic Very Serious Consequences: Harrow and Wealdstone, 1952 in the forum Blogs 6 years, 5 months ago

Jeez that’s some incident. I did not know about this at all – thanks for telling the story so vividly, Richard!
It just shows that human nature – our inability to foresee and avert disaster until something truly catastrophic has happened – is unchanged over the years/decades/centuries.
Daedalus replied to the topic Very Serious Consequences: Harrow and Wealdstone, 1952 in the forum Blogs 6 years, 5 months ago

It certainly is. Mindboggling that such a catastrophe could have come about through a momentary lapse by a single person. Less mindboggling that the means of preventing such a catastrophe had long existed but not been implemented.

As Ath says, the parallels between this incident, along with many of the others you’ve written about over the y…[Read more]
Athelstone replied to the topic Very Serious Consequences: Harrow and Wealdstone, 1952 in the forum Blogs 6 years, 5 months ago

How astonishing that an event with so much loss of life has faded from memory. I mean, not literally, it’s still there in the records – and you’ve just blogged about it. That said, it’s coming up to 70 years, I suppose. Great blog as ever, Richard. I shake my head when you write about the prevarication and penny-pinching over AWS. Then I remember…[Read more]
Hilary replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs 6 years, 5 months ago

Thanks, Jill and Philippa. I’m getting over the experience! But I still want to find a balanced overview about 1) whether book club fiction is a thing, and 2) whether age matters. I’m prepared to accept that it isn’t (as far as pitching to editors is concerned) and it does, but I’d still want an agent who said ‘We’ll show them …’ rather than…[Read more]
- JaneShuff replied 6 years, 5 months ago
  
  I think if Debi says Book Club/Reading Group fiction is a thing and other agents identify it as something they’re looking for, you can be 100% sure it exists. For the age, maybe it does make a difference to some editors/agents (although I haven’t seen any examples of it and I am MUCH older than you) but, if so, they are not the sort of people I…[Read more]
Hilary replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs 6 years, 5 months ago

Thank you for the beta read offers. I’m not sure I’m ready yet, but I will keep you in mind, and return the offer. Swapsies!
Hilary replied to the topic Monthly competition – February 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 5 months ago

Congratulations, John! Well done to all – and thanks to Libby for the comp and the perceptive comments.
Hilary replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs 6 years, 5 months ago

And thank you for your comments too, Mad Iguana.
Hilary replied to the topic Recent agent experience in the forum Blogs 6 years, 5 months ago

Debi thank you for this. Yes, I do think you’re right about the agent giving her time and it’s true that my disappointment is down to my expectations and hopes more than anything else. As I say, she was perfectly ‘nice’ and of course her prime motivation is going to be can she sell it. But in the meeting, I felt her doubt about this came across…[Read more]
John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly competition – February 2020 in the forum Monthly Competition 6 years, 5 months ago

Thank you Raine. Yes it turned out to be a pretty cunning ploy.
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