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Solari
post Jan 24 2010, 12:45 PM
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Bars 60-64 of Chopin's raindrop are absolutely amazing... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) Sends tingles down my spine (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Jan 24 2010, 12:48 PM
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Just found out my 8 year old has had a 50 word story selected to be published in a book. It seems like there will be one for each county so hers will be in Bedfordshire.

I am so proud!!!! Imagine going to the library as an eight year old and getting out the book that has your story in it. Cool (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


Oh wow! Will have to read it! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


I re read my post and realised it wasn't that clear - what I meant was there is a book published for each county with a master copy being held at the British Library. So her story is one of 300 or so in Bedfordshire I think. But still a lovely achievement for a child. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Anyway here it is (all 50 words)

THE HAUNTED HOUSE
Kirsty stood in front of the big purple doors at the front of the house.
It was falling to pieces. Suddenly the doors snapped open and bats flew
out of the chimney. She crept in. Not a single thing moved, a fat spider crept forward.
Kirsty ran quickly back home.

I particularly like the sentence that contradicts itself! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

She was so excited when I told her. It made my day, in fact, week, as it's been cr@p so far. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)



That is very good Mini Mo and I can understand your proudness. My son is 12 and also to have his short story published, however we ordered the book and have now been waiting since October to receive it. I too felt very proud.

We have no idea what his story is about though, he has made us wait! lol


Fantastic achievement to both of you! Well done!

They often say that a short story is in many ways more difficult than a full novel as have to convey a lot in not a lot of words!

Congratulations. You are rightly proud!
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post Jan 25 2010, 08:44 PM
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No one wants to go to the Pantomime with me. Most of the usual suspects are in it! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Jan 25 2010, 09:06 PM
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QUOTE(Solari @ Jan 24 2010, 12:45 PM) *

Bars 60-64 of Chopin's raindrop are absolutely amazing... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) Sends tingles down my spine (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


I love the whole piece. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

But that bit is particularly nice!
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post Jan 25 2010, 10:25 PM
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Today's Evening Standard reports of "a new web craze in which young girls make their virtual characters adopt [orphans] as fashion accessories... The creators are the team behind Miss Bimbo which has more than 2 million members and was attacked for encouraging young girls to give their characters diet pills and boob jobs" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)
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post Jan 25 2010, 10:31 PM
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Today's Evening Standard reports of "a new web craze in which young girls make their virtual characters adopt [orphans] as fashion accessories... The creators are the team behind Miss Bimbo which has more than 2 million members and was attacked for encouraging young girls to give their characters diet pills and boob jobs" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)



That's crazy! I really worry about young girls and negative self-image...I've been really lucky in that I've always been surrounded by strong, beautiful women with tons of self-confidence of all shapes and sizes, and they've taught me that whoever you are, you're beautiful if you believe it for yourself (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) however, my barely six years old cousin told me just the other day that she hated the way her "tummy stuck out" and that as she's quite tall for her age, she wishes she was small and had a "flat tummy" like her best friend and the "ladies she sees on TV" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) I was really shocked and really quite cross that media can have such a terrible impact on such very young children! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
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post Jan 26 2010, 09:29 AM
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My cat Slinky would hereby like the following to be publicly know:

It's bad enough to be part-shaved and have a staple shoved in your fantastic war-wound.
It's tolerable to be injected with antibiotics.
It's bearable, being given daily painkillers.
It's a trial not having access to the outside world for 10 days.
But the ultimate indignity will not be tolerated - a bright-blue soft Elizabethan/buster collar!

(And I can see her sitting there thinking "well, at least my human-slaves aren't mean enough to take a photo of me in this thing and share it with their friends")
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post Jan 26 2010, 09:40 AM
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Andy Murray's doing OK at the moment... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/fingersCrossed.gif)
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post Jan 26 2010, 09:42 PM
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Andy Murray's doing OK at the moment... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/fingersCrossed.gif)


My reckoning is a loss in the final. Although I would enjoy him winning the tournament.
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post Jan 26 2010, 11:04 PM
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Andy Murray's doing OK at the moment... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/fingersCrossed.gif)


My reckoning is a loss in the final. Although I would enjoy him winning the tournament.


He's got Cilic next, and that will be a challenge...
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post Jan 28 2010, 01:13 AM
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I have foot in mouth disease lately. I can't remember that last time I had a conversation in which I didn't say something insensitive, arrogant-sounding, or completely insufferable. Accidentally, but...

If I were in a conversation with me, I wouldn't like me.
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post Jan 28 2010, 07:42 AM
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I have foot in mouth disease lately. I can't remember that last time I had a conversation in which I didn't say something insensitive, arrogant-sounding, or completely insufferable. Accidentally, but...

If I were in a conversation with me, I wouldn't like me.

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I do know what you mean; I often feel the same about myself. But, for what it's worth (and I know it's not the same thing) I always enjoy reading your posts on the Forums. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Jan 28 2010, 08:43 AM
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Anyone else got the Murray-Cilic tennis match on? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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Cilic has broken Andys serve (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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post Jan 28 2010, 09:17 AM
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Cilic has broken Andys serve (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)


Didn't take long (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) and Cilic is playing a lot better than Andy at the moment...
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