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Joan Fleming: June 2015
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Saturday, 6 June 2015. The Joan Hessayon Award 2015. On the 21st of May, the Romantic Novelists' Association. RNA) announced the winner of the Joan Hessayon Award. The event took place in the Royal Overseas League in London at the RNA Summer Party. Two hundred romantic novelists (of whom only three were men! I was thrilled to be one of the finalists for the Award with my novel What the Future Holds. Offered to publish my debut novel. Dr David Hessayon OBE generously sponsored the Award in honour of his l...
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First Draft Cafe: Clinging Onto The Plan - 19th July 2015
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Welcome, a place for writers' to drop in, unwind,and generally relax between drafts. I am updating the blog weekly. Sunday, 19 July 2015. Clinging Onto The Plan - 19th July 2015. Please.let me sleep! Here's a recap of my original list with results. Get to the pool as often as is possible in the midst of a busy working week. Go for a walk. Managed an urban walk around the city streets. Very. Pleasant, lots happening, and lots of people watching opportunities. Write 1000 new words -. Spend my book token.
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First Draft Cafe: April 2015
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Welcome, a place for writers' to drop in, unwind,and generally relax between drafts. I am updating the blog weekly. Wednesday, 29 April 2015. More Coffee Required - Maria A Smith. Stick your hand up if you love editing? Slashing text, rearranging words and sentences, moving paragraphs, killing off characters and in some cases, telling a very different story to the one you started out with? I could return after I'd spewed the story out onto the page, I could tinker with it later. Or maybe you need longer?
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First Draft Cafe: August 2015
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Welcome, a place for writers' to drop in, unwind,and generally relax between drafts. I am updating the blog weekly. Sunday, 23 August 2015. Notebook - Maria A Smith. I missed posting last week. I'm blaming the time bandits! But I'm here now with a quick recap on the last two weeks. Usual kinda stuff got in the way, like the day job, my exercise plan and spending time out. Yes, time out. The Joined Up Writing Podcast. What have you been up to? What does the coming week have in store for you? Do let me know.
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First Draft Cafe: June 2015
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Welcome, a place for writers' to drop in, unwind,and generally relax between drafts. I am updating the blog weekly. Monday, 29 June 2015. The Castle, That Really Wasn't A Castle At All (Goals Part 11) 28th June 2015. Penrhyn Castle North Wales - Maria A Smith. In my last post I mentioned we were on our way to visit a castle, but got side tracked, because I wanted to take lots of pictures of the stunning scenery as we went through the mountains in Snowdonia. To design the house, and its numerous opulent V...
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First Draft Cafe: July 2015
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Welcome, a place for writers' to drop in, unwind,and generally relax between drafts. I am updating the blog weekly. Sunday, 26 July 2015. Big Is Not Always Beautiful - 26th July 2015. Tools of The Trade - Image Credit Pixabay. Last week I struggled to reach my goals. I have better news this week. 1 Write 1000 new words. Done. 2 Edit a novel chapter. Done. 3 Plan menus, and shop online accordingly. Done. 4 Go for three 20 minute walks Managed two walks. 6 Listen to a podcast Failed. 8 Clear more clutter!
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Fiction on Alfie dog. | Sue's writing site
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Sue's writing site. Warwickshire author and short story writer. Another year in Redington. That's Art. →. Fiction on Alfie dog. March 4, 2013. Somebody has downloaded one of my stories Pier into the Future. From Alfie dog. It’s a romantic story set in Brighton. So thank you whoever you are, and hope you enjoyed it. There’s four of my stories on there in all so far. 8211; This is a fun story, my Mum thought it was all a dream, like Alice in Wonderland. The other story is Stardust the Racehorse. It’s...
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Poetry for St. George's Day. | Sue's writing site
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Sue's writing site. Warwickshire author and short story writer. Another year in Redington. Trace your roots. →. Poetry for St. George's Day. April 22, 2012. Here’s the first verse of a poem by Robert Browning (1812 – 1889). Home – Thoughts, from Abroad. Oh, to be in England. Now that April’s there,. And whoever wakes in England. Sees, some morning, unaware,. That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf. Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf,. While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough. As a chil...
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