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RK Wallis reacted to Sedayne's post in the thread Craft Chat Call for Submissions: The Pooh Files with
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Want to try your hand at detective fiction with a very specific remit? Try this: https://whitecitypress.com/pooh/ Now that Winnie the Pooh is in the public domain (not the Disney version), White City Press are looking for detective stories... -
RK Wallis reacted to Sedayne's post in the thread Craft Chat Free Seminar: Short Mystery Fiction with Like.
I've just been sent this info from an anthology editor at White City Press, and thought it might be of interest to others. Have you wanted to try your hand at short mystery fiction? Have you already been writing crime shorts and want some advice...
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RK Wallis reacted to Paul Whybrow's post in the thread Thought for the Day You may not know it, but at the far end of ... with Like.
You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy. Joan Baez
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RK Wallis reacted to Hannah Faoileán's post in the thread One Perfect Sentence Aspirational August Results! with
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Here are the August results. Great variety of interpretations - not surprising the votes were so evenly spread. Congratulations to all! :D :clapping-hands: Sharing First Place: If she crossed the border she'd be shot, but if she didn't she'd... -
RK Wallis reacted to Paul Whybrow's post in the thread Thought for the Day Without music life would ... with
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RK Wallis reacted to From Our Blog's post in the thread Please Comment: Why Is This Your Character’s Story To Tell? with Like.
Why Is This Your Character’s Story To Tell? by Claire Gallagher "This time, it's personal." I watched an interesting webinar recently. Part of it focused on the title question of this post. At first I thought: ‘What do you mean? It’s this...
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RK Wallis replied to the thread The Huddle Huddle South October 8th - 8.00am BST UK time (please check the time in your local time zone).yes please :)
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RK Wallis replied to the thread Welcome… I’m New Here! Hi, my name is Chris, and I'm a writer..Beautifully put!
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RK Wallis reacted to mickleinapickle's post in the thread Welcome… I’m New Here! Hi, my name is Chris, and I'm a writer. with Like.
Welcome to Litopia. I hope you find what you're looking for. I did, but I'm unsure what it was I was looking for in the first place. Us writers are all people with varying shades of robustness, so tread softly on our dreams. We're all children...
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RK Wallis reacted to Paul Whybrow's post in the thread Thought for the Day A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who ... with
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A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist. Louis Nizer -
RK Wallis reacted to From Our Blog's post in the thread Please Comment: Narrative Tension with Like.
Narrative Tension by Claire Gallagher Keeping Readers Turning the Page Do readers care about what happens to your character? Are they invested in their journey? How can we keep the reader with us for 300-plus pages? Here are three tips I’ve...
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RK Wallis reacted to Jake E's post in the thread Welcome… I’m New Here! Hi, my name is Chris, and I'm a writer. with Like.
You don't have to worry about not being nice enough. As long as you critique the work and not the author, people here have extremely thick skin*. We know the process. We NEED brutal and honest feedback, or our work won't get better. *Those that...
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RK Wallis reacted to Claire G's post in the thread Welcome… I’m New Here! Hi, my name is Chris, and I'm a writer. with Like.
Welcome, Chris. Thanks for your honesty. Forewarned is forearmed! Your fantasy world sounds great by the way xx
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RK Wallis replied to the thread Welcome… I’m New Here! Hi, my name is Chris, and I'm a writer..Welcome aboard @Gatchemo :) Your heroes sound interesting, just the kind of characters we like to read. Look forward to reading your work!
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RK Wallis reacted to Gatchemo's post in the thread Welcome… I’m New Here! Hi, my name is Chris, and I'm a writer. with Like.
I suspect this is what introducing yourself at an AA meeting is like (thus the subject line), and I'm only doing it because it's expected of me. I'm not a hugger, and I'm not a shoulder to cry on. Take a look at my avatar, a picture and a...