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Well done, Minim, I hope this encourages you to keep sending off your work. I have been writing since my early teens and published since my early twenties, appearing alongside other nominees in the national press when I was nominated for The Forward Prize, and in umpteen publications both under my own name and latterly under a nom- de plume which I borrowed from my granny. This resulting in a stand-off with my bank when I got a payment from a newspaper made out to my moniker and I couldn’t prove that it was me. Fortunately that was subsequently sorted out.
I wrote for BBC Scotland’s comedy unit for many years in tandem with my plays and poetry and discovered that whilst i loved making people laugh, I hated the fanfare that came with it and ditto with my other scribblings..hence the usage of the ndp. I’m probably one of the few people nowadays to crave anonymity as opposed to fame, which is why I love the notion of the masked-ball that is JC.
Anyway..enough of me :wink: If you don’t already have a Writers and Artists Yearbook, Minim, then I strongly urge you to indulge in one; it’ll give you all you need to know about getting published and will list the periodicals..large and small..relevant to your type of mss.
I know that getting poetry published in a decent periodical is hard work..so once again well done, Minim, I hope it’s the first of many! =D>A friend’s husband ran a hosepipe into his car and killed himself after being falsely accused of rape and enduring a campaign of abuse and vilification.
Another friend threw herself in front of a train after being raped and disbelieved.
Human beings are ghastly creations either way.
Todd Rundgren!
@bon bon wrote:
@pats wrote:
well i’m really sorry for offending johns sensibilities with my tongue in cheek remark. after reading this thread and the gut churning hypocrosy i have removed the offending pictures and promise to reign in my humour in future.
hopefully now johnboy can post without reproach and others who find pics of children upsetting can rest easy.
now i shall go and throw up.
and to be honest Pats
I don’t fekkin blame you
Perhaps in the future the government will look to banning all photos of children
from newspapers, catalogues and magazines
No tv or films will be made with anyone under 16
just in caseSo you’re ignoring the first rule of posting on a website such as this..not to give out private information and most definately NOT to post photographs of your children?
It wasn’t so long ago that Pats felt compelled to withdraw photos of her grandchildren after Anita made a sickening attack on them. Short memories some folks have.
Yes..I can assure you I am!
@pats wrote:
well i’m really sorry for offending johns sensibilities with my tongue in cheek remark. after reading this thread and the gut churning hypocrosy i have removed the offending pictures and promise to reign in my humour in future.
hopefully now johnboy can post without reproach and others who find pics of children upsetting can rest easy.
now i shall go and throw up.
What hypocrisy? Is that in reference to my welcoming Jewel’s suggestion of a closed thread? As for reigning in humour..my own comment on the original thread about ‘snotty weans’ wasn’t exactly recieved with belly laughs.
The pictures aren’t upsetting..they are profuse and exposed and go against everything we are constantly being told about staying safe/private online.
Of the many things that I am.. a hypocrite ain’t one of them. :twisted:@toybulldog wrote:
What is on my head ?
Me! In a pair of industrial strength clogs, going clip clipperty clop on the hair..for failing to merit so much as a teaspoon of baking powder..may your next victoria sandwich come out like a chapati. :twisted:
If what is on your head is NOT the bonnie blue baby bonnet I crocheted for you with my arthritically-knuckled feet, from a knitting pattern by Ralph Waldo Emerson in THE GLASGOW HERALD sports supplement..
..then my name’s not Bertrand Russell :evil:
@lil fek wrote:
How about we all say Bob Loblaw – quickly and in an American accent!
No! :wink:
