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Thanks Helen, I had a different one to that, think it must have been an old one as there was no mention of the competition. Have made a note of it now.

Hello :)

Tweaked and tweaked and thats all I can do with my set piece ..lol

But I also wondered if a love story/poem may be in order over the weekend, as it is Valentines Day on Sunday :))

Stella would love it as she is ace at love poems !!

Just a suggestion...Maggie

Good idea Maggie, that'd be nice.

I haven't done any new writing this week, been re-writing my novel. Caught up now, but I don't think I'll get much done before the weekend.

I do have another short story that I wrote earlier, (Blue Peter moment lol) so I might send that out instead.

Hi Teresa,I guess it doesn't really matter what we send out, some weeks are busier than others. I would imagine that when spring (finally) arrives, peeps will be outside more. Mind you, having said that, I usually compose stuff in my head in the garden ..lol

Maggie

don't think i will have my set piece ready for the weekend, although i have made notes for it. i am having a friend come to stay for a couple of days on Friday..will do my best

xx

No problem Stella, just send it when you can.

If it is going to be a love story for next weeks project I will stick with my current one (All the fun......)

If nobody else want one of your word nudges or whatever they are called Teresa, Just for practice can you give me three words or elements please? I enjoy stretching my brain on those.

I can if you like Ann, if it gets the grey matter working a little harder. That's what it's all about.

I will probably put up another 'first line' one on Sunday, we all produced some really good stuff from that. It seemed to bring the best out in all of us.

Or I might try something different....

Oh that is good, I liked the first line one, but anything would be good, I look forward to that. I am just going to send out my 'project' from this week to spread it out and give people more time to read.

That's ok Ann, we agreed on Thursdays as a second day for those who want it, I'll look forward to reading it.

I still haven't done my set piece, I just can't link the three things into anything remotely believable or original.

sent it.

i have tried to put something together with the three elements but i was getting really frustrated with it apart from being busy,so i have decided not to bother with it at all now...lol

i might go back to just adding the odd poem now and again

xx

Same here, Stella. I didn't like it so I wrote a love story instead...lol....BC XX

ah , that sounds more my cup of tea than canoes...lol

xx

Just sent my set piece out.

Stella, I look forward to a Valentines poem from you :))

Will send mine later, just altering it a bit

Maggie

Loved yours Maggie thank you

Ok Maggie i have written a Valentine poem just to please you...lol

best i could in such a short time

xx

I have just received this email reply about writing competitions so have c'd and p'd it here. I haven't had time to look at the site they suggest yet.

Hello Helen,

Thank you for your email. Currently Bookbite writing competitions are open to all people over the age of 60 who are resident in England.

We are delighted that so many people have expressed interest in our writing competitions and are hoping to secure future funding to expand the project. If this changes in any way we will update you by email. In the meantime, you may be interested in visiting the Short Story website which lists a wide range of writing competitions with different eligibility criteria. The Short Story website can be found at www.theshortstory.org.uk

Thank you for your continued interest in the Bookbite website.

Kind Regards,
The Bookbite Team

Thanks Helen. One thing I noted was that, even if you didn't win you appear to give up all rights to copyright once you send a piece to them.

Hi Nutty from Lincolnshire. Took 7 years to finish my family story. Have loads of sad and happy tales and looking for a publisher. Would love to join
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