Back from coffee this morning to find this guest sitting outside the door. Very tame. But what is it…?
Welcome To The Oldest & Best Colony For Writers On The Net.
-
Me and my therapist, Oscar.
I think he’s actually Lurcher x Collie.
Going to say goodbye to pub dog Oscar the Lurcher today, in advance of our move from Wiltshire. I will miss him like mad. He could be a licensed therapist, he’s that caring and empathic.
Have just exchanged contracts on new home. After 16 months searching, it’s hard to believe. Hasn’t sunk in yet.
Updates done, all seems OK, but let us know if something isn't working as expected.
Lots of updates happening over next few hours, some possible downtime.
I’ve been invited to play Skittles! Very excited! It’s huge in Wiltshire, but a bit underground. As played for 1000 years, the game that spawned 10-pin bowling (but with nine). I have no idea how to play...
Will be talking about “plagiarism” and celeb autobiogs / ghost writing in tomorrow's Huddle, plus whatever work in progress you want to bring along. Reminder, it’s strictly non-quotable, we take that very seriously, full rules here.
Suddenly getting snowed under with manuscript submissions, presumably everyone’s been writing like crazy over the break. Thoughts…
- Almost everyone ignores submission guidelines on the website, some even paste their whole ms into the contact form, just horrible. Toughening up that form right now to stop this.
- Most subs are for 100,000+ word mss, of which 99% or more will be seriously flawed. The best advice I can give these folk is to start coming to Huddles. I do suggest this sometimes, to those projects that seem to have some potential. The response is always no, and quite often offence is taken. But all of them would happily work with me one-on-one. I would need 2400 hours per day!
- As an agent I’m not here to indulge folks’ writing fantasies, I’m here to make money for both parties. Reflect that commercial reality in your sub and you'll succeed.
Server back up again.
Server going down for a reboot...
So much sickness going round (Bloo…?) at the moment, chills vomiting etc. Too much close contact with my fellow humans on tube trains, I think. Back to bed for a bit.
A friend of mine wants to get his book onto Amazon from a Word doc… it’s a simple process, but he’d like someone to do it for him… anyone care to assist? Modest fee involved.
I so dislike pompous people who put the phone down when they’ve finished talking at you. Just sayin’.
I omitted to upload an instructional document to the Writing Lab… “How To Receive A Critique”. It’s pretty important, and it’s there now.
What a classic Huddle tonight! Great energy, good humor, fabulous company. Thank you, everyone!
Yesterday’s Pop-Ups was unwatchable for some members, sadly… but NOT our fault! YouTube had a serious buffering problem that affected lots of live streams. I think the recording as posted is now OK, but let me know if you find issues with it pls.
I am SO sorry, but we’re going to have to cancel today's Pop-Up Submissions.
A serious technical problem has developed this morning that can’t be resolved in time. This is one of the few times we’ve ever had to cancel a show. More info as I have it.
Wiltshire this morning
Please use your social media to attract contributions for our Haunting Tales live event - full details here!
Haunting Tales LIVE details just posted. Hopefully the first of any number of one-off special events from the Colony. This is hosted by Jason and produced by Pamelo Jo. If you’d like to stage a special live event, just shout
Very happy that No.1 bestselling author Emma Robinson is joining us for Pop-Ups this Sunday Pop-Up Submissions LIVE - Sunday 15th October
"Badcox" (below) was my first smash-hit punk rock album, which I followed by a high concept, prog-rock experimental single influenced by a fringe religious cult...
Yes, there really is a place in Somerset called...
People will be quick to see this as a portent of doom for social media… but what it really indicates is that it’s getting progressively harder to hitch a free ride on social media to attract followers for your personal brand...
And we're back up again
Server is going down for a reboot in a few moments
I hope they're not Russian spiders...
-
Loading…
-
Loading…
-
Loading…
-
Loading…
