Charlie

Charlie

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Trying to write around son with chickenpox. Itchy now. Wonder if you can get it twice?
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  • Are you a ...?
    Unpublished writer (so far)
    What genre do you primarily write in?
    Sci-fi
    If you write in more than one area, what is your next most favoured genre?
    Short fiction
    Are your reading habits ...?
    Omnivorous
    Who is your favourite author(s)?
    Julie Czerneda, Sheri S. Tepper, Sergei Lukyanenko, Jules Verne, Philip K Dick, Stanislaw Lem, Kurt Tucholsky, Jane Austen
    And your all time favourite books? (You can change these at any time, by the way ...)
    too many
    What are your working habits when you write?
    Procastinatory
    Are you the edit-every-sentence-ten-times type, or do you prefer to let rip?
    Ten times? Why so little?
    Your ultimate writing ambition?
    That a reader should enjoy my stories the way I enjoy reading other writers' tales.
    Your worst habit?
    Inner critic allowed to run amok.
    Your opinion on the books industry?
    It is a tough game, but everyone does their best
    Where do you write?
    At the kitchen table, my desk in the bedroom, the rocking chair if it's going really well and otherwise on anything with a bit of white space left to hold my thoughts.
    What else do you want Word Clouders to know? eg: do you have 9 cats / like paragliding / eat nothing but tinned fish / work in the bath / live in Kettering?
    Weeds have taken over my garden, toys have taken over my house and writing has taken over my life.

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    Charlie
    Charlie Trying to write around son with chickenpox. Itchy now. Wonder if you can get it twice?
    4 days ago
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    • Jill
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      Jill Sympathise ~ 'things' often get me in the garden too. After our holiday and all the rain whilst away, our garden was looking out of control also. Begun tidying now that the sun is shining!
      3 days ago
    • Caducean Whisks
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      Caducean Whisks Don't think so, I think the second time around, it's shingles. Yes, itchy :(
      4 days ago
    • Charlie
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      Charlie Thinking it's all in my head. Do have an overactive imagination. How does your garden grow? After all that rain and the sun going missing for so long mine is all over the place, especially the weeds.
      4 days ago
    • Squidge
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      Squidge I keep getting told my garden looks lovely...but look closely enough and you'll see most of it's weeds!
      3 days ago
    • Jill
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      Jill Do hope you've not got shingles - that's painful. Get well soon, 'little Charlie'. :)
      3 days ago
    • Charlie
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      Charlie Squidge - struggling with out-of-control border planted by keen gardeners before we moved in but dwarf trees and shrubs have exceeded all growth parameters. Looking at 4 and 5 metre high stuff which was supposed to stay below 2 metres. No idea what to chuck out and what to keep. Found a lilac and a hibiscus (in almost total shade).
      3 days ago
    • Charlie
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      Charlie Jill - no, this morning feels more like something got me in the garden and not shingles. Just recovered from an untimely cold which meant I was writing my last assignment while under the influence of meds. Turned out a bit bizarre.
      3 days ago
    • Jill
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      Jill Sympathise ~ 'things' often get me in the garden too. After our holiday and all the rain whilst away, our garden was looking out of control also. Begun tidying now that the sun is shining!
      3 days ago
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    Charlie
    Charlie Just finished 2K word short story. feels good.
    14 days ago

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  • Hil
    by Hil 28 days ago
    Welcome to Short and Sweet, Charlie. Thanks for joining.
  • SecretSpi
    by SecretSpi 2 months ago
    Thanks, Charlie! Damn - won't be able to find out if you're pulling our legs about being German...not this time, anyway!
  • Ali
    by Ali 2 months ago
    surprisingly, I did ok in the end. Good luck.
  • Ali
    by Ali 2 months ago
    Hey Chaz did you get your poetry mark yet?
  • Caducean Whisks
    by Caducean Whisks 3 months ago
    Woohoo, thanks! Life is decidedly pink :)
  • EmmaD
    by EmmaD 3 months ago
    Yes, Villanelles are fun - always feels slightly cheaty, how having the same line come round several times makes it seem so resonant. Though the rhyme-scheme's no picnic.
  • Tenacityflux
    by Tenacityflux 3 months ago
    Thanks, I did enjoy my Southern Drawl! Hope the course is going okay and being productive?
  • EmmaD
    by EmmaD 3 months ago
    It's challenging, isn't it! Genuinely good for your writing, but oh, it's tough for some. Hope you've survived.
  • Erebus
    by Erebus 3 months ago
    Hi Charlie, glad you enjoyed the blog!

    I'm still in the process of doing my homework but I am slightly more optimistic. I have a team lined up and ready for the venture to begin and I've established quite a few contacts within different areas of the publishing world.

    The only hurdle I have faced so far is the financial aspect. I'm currently in the process of amending this and hope to start progressing more in the near future.

    It is definitely going to take a while before I get anywhere, but I feel that the rewards will more than make up for this!
  • purple_k
    by purple_k 4 months ago
    Might eventually work out where where you're supposed to post stuff! Studying Creative writing with Open Uni. I mostly came on here cos one of my best friends is on here... but I think it will be good having a space where I can post things and get some responses, even if it's to say they don't like!!! The forum for my course have a tendancy to always be nicey nice!! Plus noone reads my blog so that's kind of a big waste of time!!!
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