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  by Jill 2 months ago

  You're very welcome! Glad you are feeling better today. :)x
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  by Jen 3 months ago

  It really is a year. I feel a bit annoyed with myself that in that year I've achived so little. So it's no for you this time around too? maybe next year hey?
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  by Jen 3 months ago

  End of March sometime - I'm not doing it but got sent this newletter email thing, which of course reminded me that it was that time of year again. Dust huh?! sounds bad and hard work but I'm still sure it will be worth it. When do you think it will be done??
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  by Ele 3 months ago

  Aw thanks Jen! No idea about Mslexia. All the dust from the house is settled in my brain like mizzle. When is the deadline?
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  by Jen 3 months ago

  Ele! I've missed you - glad you are back on the cloud! So the cottage work is going well. It will be worth it. Sorry about your computor. Turns out January was not a good month for weather or technology! my naughty laptop is still in the village shop - this is a desktop we have dug out the garage. It is barely functioning and everything takes an age but at least I'm able to get the internet so that's something! So I'm just going to come out and ask - msylexia - yay or nay for this year?
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  by Jen 7 months ago

  Ele - how are you? ok, so the big news is my love affair with the short story is well and truely over - and not even a place on a long list to show for it!! I'm going to try to put in 30 pages of a novel (yet to be written, you know I love the power of an approching deadline!) for the Lucy Cavendish prize instead... and then I'll be well on my way to have something to go to the FOW with next year - no way am I missing out again! hope the writing is going well for you :) x
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  by Debi 8 months ago

  Hi Ele - this is the link to the service from Writers' Workshop - who run the Cloud. http://www.writersworkshop.co.uk/writing-feedback.html Yes, I do freelance editing for them and have done for about 7 years so it goes without saying that I think they're fab. It IS a lot of money - and there are other consultancies though the charges don't vary by much. (It takes several days to read an MS and write a report - then there are the conversations afterwards ...) WW also offer a quick feedback service on an extract. Details at the critiques tab at the top of the screen. Or you might consider a course, which would cost less but would hopefully give you the tools to see your own writing with a fresh eye and know how to improve it. Check the courses tab. WW also have free advice (see tab) and the Cloud is another free place for getting a critique. Many people have found these very useful though, as I said on your other thread, this isn't the same as professional feedback. Having said that, many of the Cloudies are very astute and give excellent feedback. Good luck!
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  by Squidge 8 months ago

  Always put Eurythmics on when I need a good harmonising session! My mum used to tell me off for not singing in tune...but I remember days in our shared kitchen (2B or not 2B - that was the kitchen!) in Randall Lines, singing with two other friends, all taking a different line and belting the songs out!
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  by Jen 8 months ago

  Ohh, Ele, has your daughter just started school? did she like it? (must look for blog post on this!). yes, settled in fine and totally in love with the place :) At last I have a quiet place to write.. it's still in a dinning room but there is a little less foot traffic! So what are you doing on here?... get back to the writing!!! x
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  by Tony 8 months ago

  So glad 'little Ele' enjoyed her first day. Yes, thanks, my granddaughter had a good time, too. She seems to have gone around with two or three other girls - safety in numbers.