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What are you currently reading and would you recommend it? in the group Author Buzz HQ: 2 hours, 56 minutes agoWhat are you currently reading and would you recommend it?
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Sam Smith replied to the topic
What is the best way to cope with negative feedback? in the forum Aspiring Authors 3 hours, 5 minutes agoI’m so sorry. That sucks. Don’t let them get you down.
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Arves Corral replied to the topic
What is the best way to cope with negative feedback? in the forum Aspiring Authors 6 hours, 41 minutes agoDid your other readers give you nicer feedback?
I know how bad it feels when you get negatives. It only takes one to drown out hundreds of positives if you let it.
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic
What is the best way to cope with negative feedback? in the forum Aspiring Authors 7 hours, 3 minutes agoThey hated everything? It sounds like it might not be you. I would say that this reader just does not like the genre and story type you have written. I’d be very surprised if it had anything to do with your writing.
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Jane Smith started the topic
What is the best way to cope with negative feedback? in the forum Aspiring Authors 1 day, 1 hour agoI felt crushed when I received some beta reader feedback that was all negatives. My reader hated everything about the story, the character, and the setting.
I felt like giving up, and I haven’t written a thing since then. How do you all deal?
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
Emoji things code: thisCall() in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 3 days agoEmoji things code: thisCall()
So, I recently made a little toy I call Today In Emoji. It shows you some emojis that relate to the day. If you mouse over them, you get some text […] -
Jane Smith posted an update 3 days ago
I’m feeling crushed after a load of negative beta reader feedback.
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Blog: The Romance Edit: March from
Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans 3 days, 2 hours agoWelcome to the March issue of The Romance Edit. Love is blooming, and from F1 romances, to billionaire love stories, … Continued
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Blog: Hex and Hexability, Kate Johnson from
RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed 3 days, 7 hours ago2023 historical fantasy-romance, third of its loose series. Tiffany
Worthington has one job: to marry well and get out of her brother’s
household. This would be […] -
Blog: Spider-Man and the X-Men from
Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed 3 days, 21 hours agoI’ve been playing Spider-Man 2 on the Playstation recently so this comic book caught my eye as a free download on Prime Reading. I’m very out of touch with current […]
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Matthew Brown commented on the post,
Discovery on the small web, on the groupblog The Fantastic Site of Lord Matt 3 days, 23 hours agoJust took a quick look. Nice blog. I shall give it the proper attention it deserves soonish.
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
What’s trending on our forums at the moment? in the group Author Buzz HQ: 4 days agoWhat's trending on our forums at the moment?
Among the AB community of book lovers and writers, here’s what people are talking about currently. Aspiring to what, pray tell? Horror Writing […] -
Blog: A Court of Thorns and Roses author Sarah J Maas announces two new books after five-year wait from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 4 days, 2 hours ago‘ACOTAR has brought a lot of people together,’ an excited fan told The Independent
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Blog: 14 best feminist books to read ahead of International Women’s Day 2026 from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 4 days, 2 hours agoFrom 20th-century classics to modern-day manifestos, our suggestions run the gamut
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Blog: ‘Don’t google the Beckhams!’: How to read more, according to Britain’s top authors from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 4 days, 8 hours agoA drastic drop in reading for pleasure has prompted a national campaign to get Britain to fall back in love with books. Leading authors, including Helen Fielding, […]
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Blog: Valerie Bertinelli opens up about being sexually abused as a young girl: ‘I’m a survivor’ from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 4 days, 20 hours agoBertinelli said she ‘had no plans to reveal this’ ahead of her memoir’s release
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Blog: Murder On Campus, Hazel Holt from
RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed 5 days, 7 hours ago1994 mystery, fifth in its series. Sheila Malory spends a semester
guest-lecturing at a small American university. Of course there are
faculty politics, and in […] -
Blog: Women’s prize for fiction longlist reveals ‘treasure trove’ of ‘unheard voices’ from
The Independent Books in the group The Independent book reviews 6 days, 2 hours agoJulia Gillard, former prime minister of Australia, is chairing this year’s judging panel
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Matthew Brown posted an update in the group
Author Buzz HQ 1 week agoA minor new feature – you can now add your Goodreads profile link to your profile.
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Matthew Brown's profile was updated 1 week ago
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Blog: Alice in Sunderland by Bryan Talbot from
Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed 1 week agoA reread for this book, after I was inspired to get it down from the shelf after reading Luther Arkwright recently. I first read this way back in 2008 and reviewed […]
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Blog: In the Market for Murder, T. E. Kinsey from
RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed 1 week, 2 days ago2015 mystery collection, second in its series though first published.
Lady Hardcastle and her faithful maid Armitage deal with various
matters of murder and theft. […] -
Blog: Salvage, Jenny Schwartz from
RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed 1 week, 3 days ago2023 SF, first of its series. Cherry Pendit has told nobody about her
oracular gift, but it’s been yelling into her mind that she needs to
find the man hiding on […] -
Blog: Guest Post: Tradition is your Toolkit – Writing advice from Elizabeth Parker from
Seren in the group Seren Books 1 week, 4 days agoElizabeth Parker considers the elements which make up a poet’s toolkit. Two years on from publication of her second collection, she reflects on how the poems make u […]
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Jason Latnar wrote a new blog post
Line-up of top authors taking shape for Dulverton and Exmoor Literary Festival in the group Outside News: 1 week, 5 days agoLine-up of top authors taking shape for Dulverton and Exmoor Literary Festival
SIR Michael Morpurgo, former Children’s Laureate and author of acclaimed children’s novel ‘War Horse’, will be returning among a number of top aut […]
