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Who's in August 08's magazines due out 3rd July?
Whos in August 08s magazines due out 3rd July?
If you spot yourself, please let us know which magazine and which page. And the name the article appears under if it differs from your Talkback name.
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My name is on page 10 of WN re my Swanwick poetry win.
Well done to all.
I see there's an article about Josie's Pop and Crisps blog on p12 WN.
The last letter on page 17 of WN is confusing - the writer seems to be answering his/her own question!
Has anyone read the ghost story in WM yet?
In my view, both of our poems were excellent - just some other people's (like HM) must have been a bit more excellent!! :)
Well done HM, and to all the other mentionees this month.
DUH ! No but as she is 8 months pregnant seems like she will eat (almost) anything at the moment !
Rather like the wonderful puppy who yesterday chewed through the car cd player - while it was on the chest of drawers, not in the car, mind you.
Have you seen the theme of the short story competition at the bottom of page 6 in WN?!!!!
Now to see if anyone at WM reads the postings on here ... that judge should not be allowed to judge.
The esteemed former editor, Richard Bell, did a whole article on not using a comma before and, and there they are, liberally scattered throughout the story. That's point 1. Point 2, using dashes instead of rewriting the sentence. Lazy. Point 3, 'you shouldn't use that lift Miss, it's 'aunted.' Where's the comma before Miss? It's not one sentence, it's 'You shouldn't use that lift, Miss...'
'Have you been out today, Auntie?' I enquired sipping my weak tea. Comma after enquired, please!
I'm not the world's best writer, but I am a good editor and these things leapt at me as I read through this. I wonder how Celebrity critic Kate Walker missed it all? Or was this the best story of the bunch? Couldn't have been, surely TBers were in the collection somewhere to be judged!
Now I know why I rarely read the winning short stories ... !