lostinwords started the discussion topic The Shell Man (Jan. 2012 Competition...
The beach is my home. Not the place where I live, but where I am myself. There I express my physical self, run, swim, exercise, display my well crafted body. I come alive when I feel the sun on me;...
View Articlelostinwords started the discussion topic Starting A Writers' Group -...
I've recently started a writers' group. After 2 meetings we've 6 members and the biggest headache so far is deciding when to meet. Finaly set on Tuesday afternoon. Anyway, that's not my point. What to...
View Articlelostinwords started the discussion topic April Comp Entry: "Who Did Do It?"...
WHO DID DO IT? It had been slow for several weeks and it seemed the big boys had gone on holiday. The cases coming my way were only the petty fleecing of tourists and pick pocketing: what I call...
View Articlelostinwords started the discussion topic April Critique - Part One in the...
I much appreciate yellosocks' monthly critique and feel that it would be good if someone else did the same. This month I put my money where my mouth is.... My lit. crit. faculties are not...
View Articlelostinwords started the discussion topic April Critique - Part Two (M to Z)...
And still it rains, so I may as well crack on. The garden will have to wait. These comments are very brief as to do fuller critiques on all twenty-odd stories would take far too long (for me). May I...
View Articlelostinwords started the discussion topic Ignore the widget this month? in the...
I posted a reply to rightly's original discussion topic suggesting we post our scores on the discussion tab. But now I see the dropdowns for scoring have appeared on the competition page, so maybe it...
View Articlelostinwords posted an update in the About us group: I have the same problem...
I have the same problem as gazoopi in that I can't see a "manage" option on the pop up menu. The only way I can get to the dashboard is to click on "edit this post" at the bottom of one of my blogs....
View Articlelostinwords posted an update in the About us group: Hi Joel. I tried what you...
Hi Joel. I tried what you suggested but still don't get the "manage" option. Another anomaly I get is when I log on. I'm always asked to verify but get round this by clicking on "back to home page"....
View Articlelostinwords started the forum topic Pre-decimal skinheads in the group...
I made a comment on Giselle's story querying whether skinheads were around before decimalisation. Yes, you are right, G. If you can believe Wikipedia their heyday started around 1967/8. I'm guessing...
View Articlelostinwords started the forum topic October Competition Entry: Blind Date in...
Here is my effort for this month. http://my.telegraph.co.uk/lostinwords/lostinwords/60/october-2012-blind-date/ Comments: 0
View Articlelostinwords started the forum topic February 2013 Comp. Entry: BAHAMIAN...
BAHAMIAN RHAPSODY “Good morning, folks.” The young, tanned but weather-beaten man addressed the seated audience. “I am Captain Bigby and on behalf of myself and the crew I welcome you aboard the...
View Articlelostinwords started the forum topic Topic for May 2013 Competition in the...
May I say, using the tones, if not the words, of our esteemed Chancellor of the Exchequer, "Stone me, squire! I'm well over the moon, right. I mean, winnin' da comp'tishun, you know, I'm like awesome...
View Articlelostinwords posted an update in the group Creative Writing: I need help with...
I need help with publishing blogs. Is it me? It usually is, but this time I don't think it is. My new PC uses Windows 8 and I find can't publish my blogs. I cut & paste my stories from Word - and...
View Articlelostinwords posted an update in the group Creative Writing: Back again! I did...
Back again! I did what bleda suggested and registered again. All went well until I was asked to create an avatar before I could set up my new blog page. Then I was met with the same message: "This...
View Articlelostinwords posted an update in the group Creative Writing: One more thing...
One more thing that I've just come across. I've received an email from Telegraph.co.uk asking me to confirm my registration. I copied and pasted the link to my browser (google) but the link couldn't...
View Articlelostinwords started the forum topic Disappointment with TCWG 3 in the group...
Ripped off the cardboard to get at the latest collection of stories and eagerly turned to page 27 for my Cragg Vale Coiners "epic". Imagine my disappointment when on page 28 it came to an abrupt halt...
View Articlelostinwords started the forum topic Topic for FEBRUARY 2014 in the group...
I was sorely tempted to pick up on the morris dance theme and set it as the February topic. But I resisted. There's too much danger of being overrun by innuendo and double entendres, what with bells,...
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