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BeckyFleetwood

BeckyFleetwood

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‍♀️ Good to be here.
I’m Becky from North-West UK. I write under B Fleetwood (Fleetwood is one of my forenames). Independently published a YA Sci-Fi trilogy (the Chroma Series) 2016-2021. Hit ‘Pop-Up’ with my contemporary women’s UpLit fiction last year (2022) & living in hope it will attract a publishing deal
Love: G&T/ toddlers (I run a pre-school group) / reading (all manner of genres) / emojis / pasta / Greek salad & travel
Hate: misogyny / extremism / dog poo / wasps (no, they have no purpose ) & one line rejection emails
Believe writers should support & help each other… if only humanity would do the same
Happy writing
Becky
 
Hello @BeckyFleetwood, Welcome. :) If you came top on our Pop-ups you must be good!!! Could you remind us of the tittle and what it was about? I usually remember good women fiction- did it have a tongue-in-cheek approach?
 
@DavidMcGuire
David McGuire said:
Hello, @BeckyFleetwood! Great to meet you! Looking forward to reading and helping if possible and... just chatting really. Got any good pasta and salad recipes?
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Hi David
Off top of my head an amazing veggie salad (not pasta) - roast potatoes cut into bite sized & sliced peppers (tossed in olive oil) / dry fry thin courgette circles/ toss salad leaves & tomatoes in pesto + olive oil dressing then add hot ingredients & serve - Yum! What’s your go-to dish? Becky
 
Eva Ulian said:
Hello @BeckyFleetwood, Welcome. :) If you came top on our Pop-ups you must be good!!! Could you remind us of the tittle and what it was about? I usually remember good women fiction- did it have a tongue-in-cheek approach?
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Hi Eva
Nice to meet you. I was over the moon with the Pop-Up comments.
My book, a ‘Calendar Girls’ / sisterhood style read: Dancing Fools & all that Jazz
Mature dancing ladies win their way through to the Paris final of an amateur competition but they’re carrying more baggage than just their costumes. My lovely narrator - Bev - sang part of the narration which seemed to go down a storm! It was last June
Becky
 
Vagabond Heart said:
Hi Becky, and welcome.
FYI, in my other life I am Bev, and your submission was a joy to read. Xxx
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Eee Bev - you were brill! Sorry it’s taken this long to find my way here & thank you. Hope you’re employed as a narrator. If not, you should be.
Been round the houses with the dance novel but latest is it’s under consideration with Head of Zeus - big fingers crossed here. Follow up book coming on slowly.
Do you write?
Becky
 
BeckyFleetwood said:
Eee Bev - you were brill! Sorry it’s taken this long to find my way here & thank you. Hope you’re employed as a narrator. If not, you should be.
Been round the houses with the dance novel but latest is it’s under consideration with Head of Zeus - big fingers crossed here. Follow up book coming on slowly.
Do you write?
Becky
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Well, I try to write. And I get lots of fantastic feedback from this crew - so much so that I'm always rewriting, lol. Currently working on a comedy memoir, but it's dredging up a lot of memories so keep having to have 'distraction days' (which involve an inordinate amount of charity shops and nice cappuccinos).
 
Vagabond Heart said:
Well, I try to write. And I get lots of fantastic feedback from this crew - so much so that I'm always rewriting, lol. Currently working on a comedy memoir, but it's dredging up a lot of memories so keep having to have 'distraction days' (which involve an inordinate amount of charity shops and nice cappuccinos).
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Good luck with it - my issue is I’m too easily distracted. Take care X
 
Welcome aboard @BeckyFleetwood :)

BeckyFleetwood said:
Hi Eva
Nice to meet you. I was over the moon with the Pop-Up comments.
My book, a ‘Calendar Girls’ / sisterhood style read: Dancing Fools & all that Jazz
Mature dancing ladies win their way through to the Paris final of an amateur competition but they’re carrying more baggage than just their costumes. My lovely narrator - Bev - sang part of the narration which seemed to go down a storm! It was last June
Becky
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Good luck with your latest sub - I remember yours :) It stood out xx r
 
A very warm welcome to the colony, @BeckyFleetwood

Nice to have you here. Hope you enjoy Litopia and do get involved as soon as you’re ready to.

This is a good place to check out (How-to guide) to see a lot of what goes on in the colony.

If anything is unclear do please contact me and I’ll be happy to assist if I can.

Oh, and I'm with you on wasps. 100%
 
Jonny said:
A very warm welcome to the colony, @BeckyFleetwood

Nice to have you here. Hope you enjoy Litopia and do get involved as soon as you’re ready to.

This is a good place to check out (How-to guide) to see a lot of what goes on in the colony.

If anything is unclear do please contact me and I’ll be happy to assist if I can.

Oh, and I'm with you on wasps. 100%
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Thanks Jonny. Getting slowly into the swing of the colony although my writer's head is shouting 'you don't need any more distractions!' This seems a very supportive community so hope to delve more. Becky X
 
BeckyFleetwood said:
@DavidMcGuire

Hi David
Off top of my head an amazing veggie salad (not pasta) - roast potatoes cut into bite sized & sliced peppers (tossed in olive oil) / dry fry thin courgette circles/ toss salad leaves & tomatoes in pesto + olive oil dressing then add hot ingredients & serve - Yum! What’s your go-to dish? Becky
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Not pasta or salad, but I do a mean sliced steak on a bed of lentils and sundried tomatoes.
 
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