tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post6082284484673158728..comments2024-01-23T18:21:17.066+00:00Comments on Surroundings: Another HappenStance ScoopRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-25071803047899879892007-07-27T15:34:00.000+01:002007-07-27T15:34:00.000+01:00Thanks, apprentice. I've entered four competitions...Thanks, apprentice. <BR/><BR/>I've entered four competitions this year - two of them were free. I've just paid to enter a fifth. Always a lottery.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-11511192886270754042007-07-26T14:16:00.000+01:002007-07-26T14:16:00.000+01:00Well done. I hope you win something soon, I can em...Well done. I hope you win something soon, I can empathise from the photography stand point.apprenticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784785172285984036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-10524718425847118542007-07-26T11:11:00.000+01:002007-07-26T11:11:00.000+01:00Thanks!I needed the thumbs-up. I've had a steady f...Thanks!<BR/><BR/>I needed the thumbs-up. I've had a steady flow of rejection slips recently. Indeed, Hangover Hotel, before I entered it for the competition, had been rejected by UK print magazines.<BR/><BR/>Liz, the book is excellent. I still find it useful from time to time, years on from when I first read it.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-37876790886663745142007-07-25T19:20:00.000+01:002007-07-25T19:20:00.000+01:00Rob, congratulations - it's fantastic to get recog...Rob, congratulations - it's fantastic to get recognition in a competition. <BR/><BR/>And thanks for the book recommendation - I love stocking up on those types of books and intend to get it as part of my holiday reading. : ) I like Matthew Sweeney as well.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990807765195683301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-26661278708189175292007-07-25T14:08:00.000+01:002007-07-25T14:08:00.000+01:00Congratulations, Rob! It's nice to get the kudos. ...Congratulations, Rob! It's nice to get the kudos. :-)Ivyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703056626322603467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-31604686825209060212007-07-25T11:57:00.000+01:002007-07-25T11:57:00.000+01:00Cheers.It wasn't a NaPo poem, but I read it at StA...Cheers.<BR/><BR/>It wasn't a NaPo poem, but I read it at StAnza, so you might have seen the setlist on this blog, Matt. <BR/><BR/>I was indeed pleased, as I like some of JHW's stuff, and his book <I>Teach Yourself Writing Poetry</I>, written with Matthew Sweeney, taught me a vast amount when I was beginning to learn how to write. It's easily the best book of its kind. Put it this way, I hadn't succeeded in publishing anything before I read it, but poems I wrote very soon afterwards were accepted by New Writing Scotland. Something clicked.<BR/><BR/>Glad you liked that one, Andy!Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-3568172620904671542007-07-25T09:14:00.000+01:002007-07-25T09:14:00.000+01:00Well done, Rob. Good poem, that one.Well done, Rob. Good poem, that one.Andrew Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006232197499662437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-15520063709237548122007-07-25T08:32:00.000+01:002007-07-25T08:32:00.000+01:00Congratulations, Rob. I always think the best thin...Congratulations, Rob. I always think the best thing about a competition placing is knowing you've impressed a judge you respect. Although money is nice too!<BR/>The title sounds familiar. Was it a NaPoWriMo poem too?Matt Merritthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371656447328595720noreply@blogger.com