tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post4543065099006684709..comments2023-10-30T15:13:22.680+00:00Comments on Strictly Writing: The Long And Short Of ItDThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803989273524731892noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-52436581139382622852011-06-24T17:55:11.852+01:002011-06-24T17:55:11.852+01:00LOL, Susie! xLOL, Susie! xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-53549305898892244242011-06-23T14:40:09.146+01:002011-06-23T14:40:09.146+01:00A really inspiring story, Sam. Just shows that Si...A really inspiring story, Sam. Just shows that Size Doesn't Matter at all. Yay! <br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-80672507302397830142011-06-23T11:02:41.147+01:002011-06-23T11:02:41.147+01:00Thanks Gillian and Fionnuala!
xThanks Gillian and Fionnuala!<br /><br />xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-29351867422304877372011-06-23T09:25:25.722+01:002011-06-23T09:25:25.722+01:00Sam it's fab to have you back!! ANd what an in...Sam it's fab to have you back!! ANd what an inspirational post... FxFionnualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12275984316414726884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-11406575619512209722011-06-22T18:58:10.902+01:002011-06-22T18:58:10.902+01:00Good to read your post, Sam! Many congrats on the ...Good to read your post, Sam! Many congrats on the sales. I find shorts next to impossible though. I can't seem to grasp the basics.Gillian McDadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02758782108258244355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-13831244854965600552011-06-22T18:05:13.217+01:002011-06-22T18:05:13.217+01:00Thanks, Alana!
Oh go on, Rosy! I;d love to read a...Thanks, Alana!<br /><br />Oh go on, Rosy! I;d love to read a short story written by you:)<br /><br />Thanks, Debs! I am very impressed with how you have all continued with the blog so successfully, always such interesting posts - so well done to you too:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-71784267664269730022011-06-22T17:06:58.046+01:002011-06-22T17:06:58.046+01:00Am also inspired to try and have a(nother) go at p...Am also inspired to try and have a(nother) go at penning a short after reading this. But they do still scare me with their brevity and pace. Fab post, Sam, and well done on founding 'Strictly' - it's a great thing to be a part of!Debs Ricciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10837598374947020855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-55003450887263105492011-06-22T16:08:52.157+01:002011-06-22T16:08:52.157+01:00Great post, Sam - very inspiring. It almost makes ...Great post, Sam - very inspiring. It almost makes me want to discipline myself into trying to write some short stories. (Almost - but not quite!)Rosy Thttp://www.rosythornton.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-17831155652143265652011-06-22T14:09:29.660+01:002011-06-22T14:09:29.660+01:00What a great post, Sam.
I've only just start...What a great post, Sam. <br /><br />I've only just started calling myself a writer, despite my few successes, before that I was 'a writer in training' lol.<br /><br />Looking forward to reading your next story on the writers group.<br /><br />Alana xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-40610921026763154862011-06-22T12:02:43.542+01:002011-06-22T12:02:43.542+01:00Thanks, Caroline - go on, have a go:)
Nice to be ...Thanks, Caroline - go on, have a go:)<br /><br />Nice to be back thanks, Rodders - meet you in the staff room later for drinks?;)<br /><br />SamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-46396063552792506832011-06-22T12:01:24.846+01:002011-06-22T12:01:24.846+01:00It's lovely to see you back here, Sam. And man...It's lovely to see you back here, Sam. And many congratulations on the stories.Roderic Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519267912305907364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-9121117928101658532011-06-22T11:53:30.610+01:002011-06-22T11:53:30.610+01:00Such a great post and journey, to use that naff ex...Such a great post and journey, to use that naff expression. You've almost convinced me here Sam to have a go...<br />Here's to continuing success in yoiur fiction, whatever length it is.Caroline Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04708248040141519582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-14735553798943616962011-06-22T10:39:58.758+01:002011-06-22T10:39:58.758+01:00Thanks, Karen! Yes it is very satisfying and i wis...Thanks, Karen! Yes it is very satisfying and i wish i'd started writing them earlier!<br /><br /><br />Yes, Geri, my span is even shorter than it ever was, thanks to the internet and all those distractions!<br /><br />Thanks, Kat!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-77847987321151376072011-06-22T10:21:17.124+01:002011-06-22T10:21:17.124+01:00Excellent post Sam - well done mate :)Excellent post Sam - well done mate :)Katnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-81632012744905625312011-06-22T10:06:18.318+01:002011-06-22T10:06:18.318+01:00Yay, Sam! Great post! I started as a short story...Yay, Sam! Great post! I started as a short story writer and then took up novel writing in parallel. I don't think I'd ever take up novel writing again, actually simply because it takes too long and I have a short attention span!Geraldine Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575892095296317266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-8174503413973925652011-06-22T10:03:03.390+01:002011-06-22T10:03:03.390+01:00Congratulations on your sales, Sam :o)
It's a...Congratulations on your sales, Sam :o)<br /><br />It's a completely different discipline, but so satisfying to wrap up a story in a 1000 words or so, compared with the long haul of writing a novel!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986874444030474719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-35184804209467388622011-06-22T09:21:28.010+01:002011-06-22T09:21:28.010+01:00We had a discussion about that on WW once, Helen, ...We had a discussion about that on WW once, Helen, and i think most people didn't call themselves authors until they were published (like you).<br /><br />Yes, you occasionally remind me of myself when i hear you say you can't write shorts - that was me for five years:) I bet you could write some cracking crime ones - but then, publishing novel after novel, i guess you don't feel that pull to try something else at the moment.<br /><br />Sam<br />xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-33850697949632719222011-06-22T07:29:48.071+01:002011-06-22T07:29:48.071+01:00Great post Sam.
Thinking about it,I always descri...Great post Sam.<br /><br />Thinking about it,I always describe myself as a writer rather than an author or novelist, despite the fact that I have never written anything else. Yet.<br /><br />I suppose I imagine that I will at some point.<br />HB xHelen Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00266205672947750373noreply@blogger.com