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Raine posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
See new SloMo group? Come join me! I’m on a train so hoping the setting up worked…
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Raine posted an update in the group
December SloMo 7 years, 8 months agoWell hello Denizens. Here’s December already and time to go easy on ourselves in amongst the seasonal madness. Come on in. Tell us what you might try to do today, or what you really don’t want to do, but have to. Get a cheer for dragging yourself out for a walk, or request a kick up the proverbial to hit that (low) word count. The kettle is always…[Read more]
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Ooh, look at this! The chair by the window has my name on it.
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This is brilliant @raine 😊 I mosied into the Den wondering if I should set up a SloMo thread but your brilliant self had already taken care of it. After a frenetic NaNo I’m going to scale my daily word count target back a bit and take more time for actual fun. I now have to schedule fun or I forget! So I’d like to finish my NaNo novel and write a…[Read more]
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I have an editorial read-through booked for the end of January so my Slo-Mo aim is to rewrite a couple of chapters to increase the stakes and generally tighten up.
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Athelstone replied to the topic NaNoWriMo in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 8 months ago
Well done indeed! And (seriously) I am in awe looking at your word count.
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Daedalus replied to the topic Monthly competition – Nov 2018 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 8 months ago
(Sorry, 500 words not inc title)
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Daedalus replied to the topic Monthly competition – Nov 2018 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 8 months ago
Stairway
In the church in my village was a staircase that went nowhere. It was not such a very rare thing. Lots of mediaeval churches in my part of the world have a little alcove near the pulpit that used to lead to the rood gallery – an actual gallery, often beautifully decorated, high above the congregation from where the priest would deliver t…[Read more]
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Athelstone replied to the topic NaNoWriMo in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 8 months ago
Well, that’s me done. I really thought I wouldn’t make it this time.
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Philippa East replied to the topic Two newses in the forum Podium 7 years, 8 months ago
Excellent! I am so chuffed for you. Well done.
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Hilary replied to the topic Two newses in the forum Podium 7 years, 8 months ago
That’s great, Raine. I, too, remember that amazing Now and Then story, particularly the sense of setting and history. Good for you.
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Raine replied to the topic Two newses in the forum Podium 7 years, 8 months ago
Thank-you everyone. 🙂 🙂
@Daedalus, it’s due out in Feb, apparently. Quite a quick turn around! -
JaneShuff replied to the topic Two newses in the forum Podium 7 years, 8 months ago
That is fantastic news, Raine. Not that I’m at all surprised. Thank you for sharing!
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Daedalus replied to the topic Two newses in the forum Podium 7 years, 8 months ago
Superb Raine, I love that story. Any idea when the antho will be out?
And that’s a real endorsement about the flash piece. I’m sure they wouldn’t have nominated it if they didn’t think it had a shot at winning.
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Raine replied to the topic Two newses in the forum Podium 7 years, 8 months ago
Thank-you @thea. 🙂 Those comps produce some amazing stuff!
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Raine replied to the topic Monthly competition – Nov 2018 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 8 months ago
The Flower and the Bee (370 words)
We watch the open window, falling sunlight, a red flower and an amber bee. This is just the start. Remember that. This is Venus raining diamonds above the black horizon in a damson sky. You have begun to breath the sea and your skin is a map of evenings and the moon will always rise, remember that. When my hand…[Read more]
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Raine started the topic Two newses in the forum Podium 7 years, 8 months ago
Woke up this morning to two bits of good news, and being as today is extremely dreich, I’m sharing them here…
‘This is not forgiveness’, a short from the Now and Then Cloud comp has been accepted into the Disturbing the Beast antho by Boudicca Press.
And Great Weather For Media have nominated my flash piece published with them for a couple of…[Read more] -
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Woo Hoo Waves arms excitedly in air!
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Frightens cat off lap…..finally.
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Yaaas! Go Raine!
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yas yas YAASS 🙂
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Phew!! (But only now does the hard work begin ;-))
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I think the hard work for me is going to keeping going now the drive of Nano, and false high of ‘winning’ is over!! Might have to create my own bar chart and badges…
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Well done!
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Seagreen replied to the topic Monthly competition – Nov 2018 in the forum Monthly Competition 7 years, 8 months ago
UNTITLED (437 words)
I don’t know where I am.
No, really, I don’t.
You’ll think I’m kidding when I tell you about this later and we’ll probably have a good laugh about it, but don’t be surprised if it takes more than one bottle of wine for me to get over today’s little episode. This whole thing at Moira’s Mystical Meditation is freaking me out…[Read more] -
Daedalus replied to the topic Twitter thread on literary agents in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 8 months ago
Thanks @philippaeast, there’s some good stuff in there isn’t there? Considering printing out a copy for when I start to query (a while away yet)
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