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Gerry Fenge replied to the topic Writers & Artists short story comp in the forum Podium 7 years, 3 months ago
Is it available anywhere to read?
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Gerry Fenge started the topic On Submerging and Re-emerging in the forum Blogs 7 years, 3 months ago
Here’s how it might go. You attend a Festival of Writing and – clever you – wangle three One-to-Ones, from which the comments are: (a) not so good, (b) a bit better, and (c) not bad at all. So, semi-encouraged, you decide to blast through the redrafting process to completion. Focus-focus-focus. You disappear from social media until finally, hey h…[Read more]
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Gerry Fenge posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
Hello everyone, I’ve been more absent than present here so don’t feel I have the right to say much as yet – except, gosh, look how many people I (digitally) know, great to see the faces and aliases again.
I was wondering what people think to the new Jericho Townhouse. I’d hoped it would be like the old Word Cloud, but it lacks the same sort o…[Read more]
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I’m inclined to agree with you, Gerry. The Jericho layout doesn’t help, but also, to a large extent, we have necessarily become more wary of committing time and energy to sites which may disappear without warning.
Also, I suspect quite a lot of us are getting on with writing.-
I’m finding it very difficult to use. Have joined a group and posted something but now can’t locate it or the original comment it was a response to. This isn’t a plea for help, just a statement. I’ll battle on for a while. Am keeping a word.docx copy of any critiques I give in case I have to post them again.
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I can locate the group but not my post.
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Hi Gerry! How are things?
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Things are fab-groovy, super-duper, thank you. I hope and trust the fab-grooviness etc is equally well experienced by you and indeed all Denizens.
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Definitely clunky, and the front page timeline doesn’t have the same feel. I received a notification that someone had written something on my timeline, but can I figure out where that timeline is!
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It wasn’t me, Kate. I hadn’t even thought about timelines 🙂 🙂 Yesterday I thought I’d ‘liked’ myself by mistake, but heaven only knows …
Some of this is my own lack of skill.-
I’m not sure liking yourself should be a mistake. 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Lovely to see you Gerry. I’ve not joined Jericho, like @athelstone says, I’m leery of investing time in a platform that may or may not remain open to me. This Den has its own clunky foibles, but I think I’ll stick to mooching around in here as and when I am efficient enough to get online with time to spare!
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Gerry, if being absent was a disqualification I’d be booted out by now. To my mind, the new Townhouse has the problem of overcoming the old Townhouse. There’s an attempt to push a “wow this is awsome” mood and this, combined with the staff being very evident, is a bit unwelcoming. Awsomeness(?) comes with the people who contribute and there are…[Read more]
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Great to hear from people – quite like the old days – how nice. Sandra’s comment ‘I suspect quite a lot of us are getting on with writing’ inspires me to consider writing a blog (on submerging and re-emerging – a sort of rhythm that I suspect a lot of us follow).
It’s been sad to lose the Cloud’s timeline – it was a real plus of SocialGo, and w…[Read more]
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Write the blog @gerryfenge.
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This place exists because a bunch of us saw the Cloud thinning out and dispersing and decided we’d better have somewhere to drift off to.
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John S Alty posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
Just back from Mallorca with lots of new writing ideas. Well, one.
I see we have a few more spammists – they’re getting smarter, using names and not anagrams!-
The registered @names are anagrams (sort of)
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Glad to hear Mallorca has spawned some ideas. 🙂 you were sailing, I think I saw on twitter? Lovely island for that, I’d imagine?
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Hi Raine,
No, stayed on dry land this time, but it is a special place.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Regular Den competition – where next? in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 3 months ago
What would be ideal is an option to indent and insert replies following an entry so that they were clustered after the entry to which they refer. I haven’t seen enough of WordPress or BBpress etc. to be certain, but I think that reply threading only introduces indentation to nest replies, in the same way that replies are handled for “updates”. All…[Read more]
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John S Alty replied to the topic Regular Den competition – where next? in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 3 months ago
I think you have to activate reply threading, but I don’t know for sure.
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Athelstone replied to the topic Regular Den competition – where next? in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 3 months ago
Unfortunately, AFAIK (which may be completely wrong) WordPress and its plug-ins only allow a single chain of posts, the idea being that you have a Topic followed by Replies to it. So the thread might go something like ENTRY1 – Comment on ENTRY1 – Comment on ENTRY1 – ENTRY2 – Comment on ENTRY1 – ENTRY3 – Comment on ENTRY2 etc. which is likely to be…[Read more]
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Daedalus replied to the topic Regular Den competition – where next? in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 3 months ago
Yes, I like all of those. I never really understood the Cloud thing of ‘comment on the person’s wall but not on the thread’. This thing is pretty informal anyway. So Perhaps we can allow, indeed encourage, comments, with the slight caveat that people don’t go heavy on crit or be negative.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Regular Den competition – where next? in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 3 months ago
Guidelines suggest not posting on the thread with the entries, until after judging is complete, but you can make a general discussion comment tagging the appropriate person. I think I have that correct.
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Daedalus replied to the topic Regular Den competition – where next? in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 3 months ago
Sorry I was MIA recently – thanks to all for contributing and it looks as though you’ve all sorted things. Well done, going to look at new comp stuff now
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John S Alty posted an update 7 years, 3 months ago
For anyone wishing to avoid me over on JT, I’m Wildman. (I’m not really wild at all, Wild is my mother’s maiden name).
I’m having fun trying to spot Denizens over there, it’s quite tricky.-
Managed to suss me though! 🙂
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You ‘fessed up, or I’d have had no chance.
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Oh! I wondered who Wildman was.
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I think I’ve spotted you, Sandra. For cloudies with a long memory, I see Aonghus Fallon has joined.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Bi-Monthly Comp – May/June 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 3 months ago
Untitled
The pirogue nudged its way between the cypress stumps, lily pads parting in its path and reuniting in its wake. The only sounds came from the rustle of leaves in the slight breeze and the occasional slap and roil of a feeding bass. It was late afternoon; a low sun dappled the brown surface of the bayou and the shadows pointed like…[Read more]
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Athelstone replied to the topic Bi-Monthly Comp – May/June 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 3 months ago
The Memory Thing
I think it was reproach: that look on his face; or maybe despair. I only had a second to work it out as he fell backwards onto the tracks. That’s an odd way to put it. I mean, I wasn’t actually trying to work anything out, let alone his expression. And I was shocked; I hardly registered what happened. This man, this young man…[Read more]
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Athelstone replied to the topic Monthly comp: Feb 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 3 months ago
Fabulous piece, Raine.
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John S Alty replied to the topic Monthly comp: Feb 2019 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 4 months ago
Well done, Raine!
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Athelstone posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
So, Jericho Writers has (have?) scrapped the Townhouse forum and launched Jericho Townhouse which is open to the public and free, it seems.
https://is-tracking-link-api-prod.appspot.com/api/v1/click/5347572672102400/6493349099864064
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Thanks for befriending me on the JT, Ath! Now I’m off to find Kate. For greetings on JT it’ll be a question of ‘and anyone else who knows me’ until I get the hang of things.
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You’re very welcome. I think I saw Kate, but I wasn’t sure whether it was Kate, if you know what I mean. I was going to wait until she adds a photo
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I’ve just asked her on our group thread. There could be lesser Kates out there …
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Well, the “k” on the JT kate is lower case, which doesn’t seem like her at all.
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And now it’s upper case. How confusing.
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Hi Athers, I’ve joined JT to see what WordCloud Mk2 looks like – and asked to be your friend 🙂 I think, while we all wished Harry well with JerryCoats, we thought it would come back to this eventually. Whether it will ever regain the self-perpetuating impetus of WordCloud we’ll just have to wait and see.
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Yeah, interesting. They must have seen that the subscription-based model just wasn’t creating the necessary sense of community. Feel a bit torn now! Not sure I want to go back, especially now we have the Den. But if it gets going like the Word Cloud, I may well rejoin.
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I’ve joined and am enjoying the interesting new game: Spot the Denizen!
Some are easy, others you just wonder ” is that……?”
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Interesting. I’ve joined but I can’t seem to confirm my email without getting “ERROR OCCURRED, PLEASE TRY TO LOGIN TO YOUR ACCOUNT AND RESEND VERIFICATION EMAIL.” in reply … Iwonder if I’m on a blacklist somewhere 🙂
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Athelstone replied to the topic 'The Five': A Dissenting Voice in the forum Blogs 7 years, 4 months ago
Before I forget to say it “Great blog, Richard”.
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John S Alty replied to the topic 'The Five': A Dissenting Voice in the forum Blogs 7 years, 4 months ago
The same sort of appalling victim-blaming appears to have been prevalent in the much more recent Yorkshire Ripper enquiry. According to a recent documentary, the police assumed the ripper, Sutcliffe, was punishing prostitutes when, in fact, he was preying on their vulnerability. At one point they failed to “credit” a victim to him because she…[Read more]
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Athelstone posted an update 7 years, 4 months ago
Installed a CPU fan in a mini-PC, cooked a chowder and a loaf of bread, watched a film, cleaned the kitchen and washed the floor (put the vacuum cleaner round the house while I was at it), measured up for a new side gate and some fencing, lounged about quite a bit. Actually supposed to be writing. Managed < 500 words 🙁
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You need to give up cleaning, Ath. It’s an addiction. Once started people find themselves having to do some or all of it every day and it ruins their health, their lives and their relatonships with their loved ones. I got help a few years ago and have managed to kick the habit. But it was hard, very hard.
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Let’s see if I can do 1000 words today. Although, having said that, there’s a pile of laundry to sort out…
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Step away from the dirty clothes. You know you can…
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Step away, Ath, step away. Acknowledge the temptation, then remind yourself you do not *need* housework. Deep breaths. I believe in you (and your soon-to-be-dusty house).
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stepped away long enough to do a few hundred words. Who would have thought laundry would have such a fascination.
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Dirty clothes are great. People will stop visiting or inviting you around because you smell so bad, which means there will be no distraction from writing. You can always wear a gas mask if your own smell becomes too much for you! Leave that laundry and housework alone. 🙂
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Only time I got the cleaning habit was when no.2 child started school, 3 months before no.3 child arrived. Never tried it since (& no.3 child now 41)
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Yes, but apart from the fact that I’m a bit fussy about keeping the kitchen clean, the only time I’m struck by the impulse to do housework is when I’m sat in front of the keyboard trying to write.
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That’s alright then. Just Say No.
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Yes, Sandra! I think many of us have had a narrow escape from the clutches of cleaning and can look back and think ‘There, but for the Grace of God …’
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It’s a dangerous road, indeed – I have never been seriously tempted down The Cleaning Way, except perhaps like @athelstone as a procrastinatory device. Much better to maintain low standards. It’s hard work, but worth it (all that TIME!). Also, kids. Train them up. They get quite useful as they get older.
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@janeshuff is that actually a true story, or tongue in cheek? I am intrigued…
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Sadly not @kazg. Not even sitting in front of the computer preparing to write makes me want to go and clean.
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🙂 you and me both, @janeshuff
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