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KazG replied to the topic Publishing Deal in the forum Podium 7 years, 8 months ago
Happy vicarious dancing down here! Congratulations and so well deserved 😊
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KazG replied to the topic Entering the Citadel in the forum Blogs 7 years, 8 months ago
Hooray hooray HOORAY!! You deserve this so much, for your amazing perseverance, your all round kindness and your writing (looking forward to reading this!). So very happy for you 😘🍾🥂💕
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Jules replied to the topic Publishing Deal in the forum Podium 7 years, 8 months ago
Congratulations, Phillipa. I’ve loved your short stories so I’ll look forward to your book release 😊
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KazG posted an update in the group
December SloMo 7 years, 10 months agoStill SloMoing along and hitting my very modest targets. Chip, chip, chip. Over 10,000 words now and it’s been pretty easy going, really, esp after NaNo.
I got some editorial notes from a publisher who’s shown some interest – all of which is gold and so useful – but one of the comments was that a 2 book series would be easier to sell, so I…[Read more]
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Well done @kazg on keeping that word count going. 10k in the run up to xmas is a pretty impressive feat!! And I think your plan makes sense – write the thing first, then see how overall structure might work across the novels. Saves having to be thinking ont he large scale whilst trying to write. So what are you focussing on atm? Drafting #2 or editing #1?
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Thanks @raine 😊 finishing book 2 is my focus. I have to keep some momentum up or that book world will feel cold, if you know what I mean. Also it might affect book 1 edits once I know what happens next!
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I know what you mean about momentum @kazg. Once lost it can take a while to get back on track.
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Oh wow! Huge credit to you, @kazg for staying so steady as you work through this and absorb that editorial feedback. I think your strategy is a good one – get your vision down first, then step back and review. Really good luck!
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Thanks @philippaeast! God knows I’ll need it 🙂
Yes, momentum has an energy it itself I find @libby. Even just a little helps.
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KazG replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago
Hooray Stevie! Congratulations!
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KazG posted an update in the group
December SloMo 7 years, 10 months agoWell done all SloMoers and it looks like gentle forward motion is happening for everyone, even if it might not feel like it (@daedalus – I’m a firm believer in the power of mental gathering and composting, even if no actual words are landing on the page).
I’m finding SloMo a lifesaver – it’s slow enough to feel like a break from the frenetic…[Read more]
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Oh good for you @kazg. I am glad it’s helping you conquer the fear. Driving with headlights, yes! (Ug). Chipping away, exactly, and I’m so pleased you feel “rested but engaged”. NaNo really is crazy… I have never done it. I fear I’d lose my mind!!
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I love that analogy – I will think of that as I plough through each slow chapter!! I’m driving in pretty dense fog at the moment, but there are cats’ eyes. And actual cats on my desk, obv. Well dones for sticking to your targets – that’s bolstering & will hopefully keep you moving.
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KazG replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 7 years, 10 months ago
Hope the launch was fun @hilary, and congratulations!
And @elle, I’ve just been reading back thorough this thread and seen your other stories – absolutely stunning writing, no wonder you keep getting placed! Well done 🙂
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KazG posted an update in the group
December SloMo 7 years, 10 months agoSo I managed 203 words yesterday. That’s a little too Slo Mo for my liking. I think I need to embrace the theme of this group a little less enthusiastically.
In my defence, it was the day after said music festival, kids had music performance of their own AND husband back in the house after a month away. So not a normal day…
Have to get…[Read more]
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Good luck Kaz. I am off to bed now after a fabulous evening learning about search and rescue dog training.
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Ha ha! My SloMo is mutating into ReallyQuiteSloMoActually! Fingers crossed for more words today.
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203 > 0.
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🙂 Indeed!
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KazG posted an update in the group
December SloMo 7 years, 10 months agoThanks for setting this up @raine, great idea, and inspiring to read about all the gentle but still moving forward targets in here.
I’m in dire need of SloMo December, especially after coming back from a brain-and-soul-rejuvenating music festival in the beautiful middle of nowhere. Which was fabulous on every level but very lacking in sleep…[Read more]
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I didn’t realise you could keep using the nano site like that – oh YAY for the chart – That lovely thing gace me such a geeky glow of pleasure!
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Also, music festival sounds amazing! I spent the weekend on trains and hosting family, so slightly less rejuvenating!
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It was BRILLIANT. such a good vibe, amazing range of music, lovely people, food and coffee 🙂
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I didn’t know that either, I’ll have to go check it out
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Yes, it’s a bit different to the normal graph in that you have to add your TOTAL every day, not just what you did that day and then it updates it for you (unless there’s a setting I’ve missed somewhere). I learnt that the hard way today, but luckily the grand sum of 203 (yesterday’s achievement) wasn’t hard to remember, so I just add that to…[Read more]
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Jules replied to the topic NaNoWriMo in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 10 months ago
Well done, Ath 🙂
And well done other fellow NaNoers
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KazG replied to the topic Two newses in the forum Podium 7 years, 11 months ago
Woohoo @raine! Great successes, congratulations 😃
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Jules replied to the topic Two newses in the forum Podium 7 years, 11 months ago
Brilliant, Raine. And very well deserved 😊
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Jules replied to the topic NaNoWriMo in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 11 months ago
Haha just seen your comment, Ath. 76,000 words so far on NaNo this year – I’m not quite as fast as you’re making out. (Also only 5 books a week maximum, usually)
I think it depends what you write as well. I find urban fantasy is very speedy. Fantasy and historical are a bit slower. Sci-fi is slower to write again. Horror seems to be somewhere in…[Read more] -
KazG replied to the topic NaNoWriMo in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 11 months ago
Well done on the creative burst @alanr – that must feel good. And I really like that title.
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KazG replied to the topic Setting The Place in the forum Blogs 7 years, 11 months ago
Really interesting, thanks for posting @elle. Place is crucial – for me it’s pretty much as vital as character and sometimes feels like character itself. I can’t write anything half decent without knowing what surrounds us, what the history is, how it has formed and influenced what’s going on ‘onstage’…
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KazG replied to the topic Short Story Publication/Competition in the forum Podium 7 years, 11 months ago
Oh that story is beautiful and awful both, @elle. A well deserved win.
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