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Rachel Caldecott
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Proud mother of two graduates (both now in need of work, hint, hint) and FLORENCE THORNTON
I, however, am happy. I have my children back, and I'm writing a screenplay of The Panopticon Experiment. I have a producer interested. She has two screenwriters in mind, but I'm giving it a go myself anyway. It is a massive learning curve (but such fun!!)
Mes enfants finally escape the rains of Carlisle to come to us in France. Untypical for this time of year, we're now in the midst of electrical storms and occasional torrential rains. They are not very happy and don't believe me when I say it's not personal. The weather gods don't hate them.
If anyone is interested. My son just uploaded a mini film. You'll see my husband and my town
How do you reassure your soon-to-graduate kids (one in film and one in illustration) that it's ok, AI won't take their careers? My film making son predicts that within 5 years AI will be able to create full length movies (it can already make short videos based on prompts). Crews, musicians and actors will be redundant. Don't get me started on illustration. And we writers feel threatened... sheesh!
Currently helping my husband stay sane. We've just been told the building our glassblowing workshop occupies is on the market and the owners need us out. It isn't easy to find a new studio (or even storage space) for over 2 tons of equipment when you have zero budget. Yesterday we manhandled the small stuff into our son's bedroom. (A generator, a compressor and an arc welder). Sigh.
I'm chuffed! A writer I know online, read all of The Panopticon Experiment yesterday. He just sent me this: "It is well written, up there with a sort of Michael Crichton futurist, for YA. It reminds me of A Day of Triffids at the start. I love the way you drip-feed the science, the non-comms, the comm gene; the fact we have a leopard..... Nice short chapters. Your style and diction is not that of a newbie."
Thanks for the warm welcome back to the Huddle. It was great to be back, and as usual I learned a lot.
Finally saw a GP and have been put on antibiotics... my struggle to breath may soon be a thing of the past. But more importantly, I'll feel fit enough to rejoin the Huddles again. (Not yet, but soon). I can't wait.
Hello everyone ! Hope everything is fine for you all! We tried to conquer Britain but Covid defeated us…. Hope the rest of Litopians have had a better Xmas than we’ve had. Onwards and upwards! May 2023 be a productive year for us all!
Wishing all Litopians a fun Xmas Party this evening and a great Christmas/New Year Season. Sadly, I can't make it tonight (it seems an eternity since I last huddled with any of you). But have fun. Drink some Prosecco for me! See you all next year. Love you guys!
I did a zoom class on Tiktok for authors run by the Society of Authors. Fascinating. BookTok has had over 12.6 Billion views since it started!!! I've just posted my 3rd video (I'm not seen pouting once in any of them!) @rachelcaldecott.
Re Tik Tok. I know why I should stay away from it. I have inadvertently created two accounts. rachelcaldecott34 on my computer and rachelcaldecott on my phone...sigh.
I braved the TikTok universe today and posted for the first time. As I have only 2 followers (my kids) I'm not very optimistic. But as I also have 0 sales for The Panopticon Experiment I reckon I have nothing to lose. Feel free to find me at "rachelcaldecott37". Feel even freer to 'like' my post.
Sorry, I just have to vent. The industry professionals (Penguin Random House, The Folio Society and now Scholastic) have all dropped out from setting illustration projects to the 3rd year Illustration students at Cumbria. The promise of input from industry professionals was the main reason my daughter chose that uni. Knowing how hard it is to get an agent/publisher I feel for these students. Grrr.
Does anyone know what has happened to Stephen C (Coombes), author of Broken Fingers, from Thailand? It has been very quiet from him and he hasn't answered my message. Perhaps I keep missing him because I'm not around much at the mo.
Dear AgentPete, I tried to get away with calling myself 'middle-aged' but both my kids insisted that my middle age was over once I'd passed 40. As that was a lifetime ago for them, I am pretty definitely 'old'. (Little bastards!)
Does being a dirt poor, old, middle-class, white woman qualify me as being 'under-represented in British publishing', or not?
My film making son has the possibility of work on a Bollywood feature film in London from 15 Sept to 23 October. The problem is I left London in 1989... Have any of you got a spare room or sofa to let out for all or part of the time? (Even for a night or two?) Desperate to help him get started on his career. (He's a non smoker).
Poor Old Salman Rushdie.
Anyone know anything about finding an artists' agent? Daughter's first full illustrated book is now out, plus she's got 2 commissions for massive murals, and some magazine work. Worrying about tax implications as a student in uk, but resident in France. Her uni lecturers don't/won't advise.
Thank you Litopia-bot for the birthday wishes.
They say in Africa it takes a village to raise a baby. Well, I think it takes Pete's tribe of Litopians to write a book. You are all wonderful. Thank you
Today was the 8th anniversary of my brother, Stratford's, death. Apparently one of the last things he wrote was this:
"This world is so complex, so full of wonders, we know that death is not the end for each of us. There are dimensions we are still discovering. The world is richer than we can imagine."
I think that's rather beautiful.
Feeling chuffed. My "Earrings for Ukraine" have raised about 400€ which I'm donating to Doctors Without Borders. Meanwhile, RK's rain bomb is also hitting France. So I'm not working on the market today, as I am not a duck. (Despite what my dad once said to a teenage me; "You've inherited the Hungarian Duck's disease... Your arse is too near the floor!")
I've added a post on marketplace. I'm fund-raising for MSF/Doctors without Borders working in Ukraine by selling my earrings, if anyone is interested.
Non-writing situation. Chris has to fly from Edinburgh to Oslo (on the map it isn't far), at the end of May. But his route is: Edinburgh-Stanstead-Oslo then Oslo--Edinburgh! Hmm, Apart from Putin, what about the carbon footprint!? Good grief, Charlie Brown.
Woohoo! I just re-read the feedback from the Grindstone completion, and realised one of my 3 submissions, Ink Slip, has got over the first hurdle, and through to being considered for the longlist.
A lady claiming to be "well-known in the industry" posted on FB that she helps new authors find agents. I messaged her and said I was interested (curious actually). She offered to read my m/s for 20$ and advise me which agents to send it to. I asked for more info about her because I was reluctant to send it off to a stranger. She then sent me a very disgruntled reply. So that's that. No short cuts to fame for 20$
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