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As Jon Bon Jovi once said: you can't win, until you're not afraid to lose.
 
But my characters are Australian (like me), so they say colour. And personalised. Except one character, who is American, so she says color. And personalized.

Uh oh.
 
Still no response - hopefully I'll hear shortly. The story I submitted was too bonkers to get anything other than a rejection. I finally worked out what it was.
 
I think they're working in strict submission order, Anya, so you'll likely not hear for a while. :) i subbed on day one so I'm nervously eyeing the inbox....;) (maybe my leaving my name off the sub pages might be to my benefit. :D)
 
Submitting was a bit of a mistake as I've had a bit of a nod with my scriptwriting so it's getting Mayhem finished and writing something that at present is called Cupid Stunt Breaks Free.

Edwardian hypnotic porn photos are not where my brain is at right now ;)
 
Gonk the Insane, the only prayers I offer are to St. Lucy (13 December, patron saint of writing). Obviously, true inspiration comes from sacrificing goats to Apollo.
 
Who's the god who won't cop out, when there's writing all about?

Apollo!
 
thaddeus6th said:
Gonk the Insane, the only prayers I offer are to St. Lucy (13 December, patron saint of writing). Obviously, true inspiration comes from sacrificing goats to Apollo.
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Huh? I thought St Francis of Sale was the patron saint of journalism and writing. Mind you, it has been suggested that St Thomas More be the patron saint of science fictions writers as he wrote Utopia (effectively a critique of the English law at the time).
 
Not heard of St. Francis before now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucy

Writers are listed under her Patronage section. I wonder if writers and writing have separate patron saints.

Ah, well. It doesn't really matter. Apollo's the chap you need to worry about most.
 
thaddeus6th said:
Not heard of St. Francis before now.
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According to wikipedia, on St Francis de Sales: "In 1923, Pope Pius XI proclaimed him a patron of writers and journalists, because he made extensive use of broadsheets and books both in spiritual direction and in his efforts to convert the Calvinists of the region."

So, he was a writer and a journalist, back in the late 15/early 1600's. :)
 
thaddeus6th said:
the only prayers I offer are to St. Lucy (13 December, patron saint of writing)
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And also, according to the gospel of Wikipedia, she's the patron sight of the blind and people with "eye trouble", which seems vague - I guess it could cover anything from conjunctivitis to having a Basilisk stare. Maybe she was last in line when they were handing out patronages and that's all that was left...
 
Two points:
Surely "thesauri"?

Your pants comment reminds me of when I first watched Back to the Future. The scene where Marty's pants have been taken by a stranger is a lot ruder if you use the British, rather than American, definition of 'pants'.
 
Coffee to wake the writerly brain. A chorus of thesauruses to find more interesting words and avoid repeatedly repetitive repetition. No pants because writers can work from home and enforce their own dress code. Undress code. Whatever.

Spellcheck magically likes thesauruses. And thesauri. So they must both be wrong.

Still all quiet on the Hodderscape front.
 
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