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Blog: 56. Front Page Murder from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 2 years, 9 months agoFront Page Murder. (A Homefront News Mystery #1) Joyce St. Anthony. 2022. [March] 304 pages. [Source: Library]First sentence: Pop taught me a lot about the […]
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Sarah commented on the post,
The Power of Visual Descriptions, on the groupblog Thanet Creative 2 years, 9 months agoI like what you said about setting becoming a character in its own right. I think this works especially well in Gothic literature. I write historical fiction and so writing description goes hand in hand with this, […]
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Sarah commented on the post,
Writers’ night is back – now in The Mulberry Tree, on the groupblog Thanet Creative 2 years, 9 months agoHi, I’m quite interested in attending. Can you tell me what the parking’s like here please? Thanks
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Blog: Monster Of The Week 120: NegativeTest from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 2 years, 9 months agoMonster Of The Week 120 is NegativeTest, a negative test means you’ve failed, a negative test means you haven’t got what you are testing for and sometimes that’s […]
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Blog: Word of the Day – Widget from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 2 years, 9 months agoThe post Word of the Day – Widget appeared first on For Reading Addicts.
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Blog: 55. The Forsyte Saga from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 2 years, 9 months agoThe Forsyte Saga. (The Forsyte Chronicles #1-3). John Galsworthy. 1922. 872 pages. [Source: Bought]First sentence: Those privileged to be present at a family […]
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Blog: 54. This is Not the Real World from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 2 years, 9 months agoThis is Not the Real World. (This is Not the Jess Show #2). Anna Carey. 2022. [May] 304 pages. [Source: Review copy]First sentence: The gondola glided between […]
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Toni McHadden replied to the topic Fairy mythology in the forum General Chat 2 years, 9 months ago
I’ll be sure to check those out.
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Toni McHadden replied to the topic Is the genre you read the same as the one you write? in the forum General Chat 2 years, 9 months ago
Sort of. I write in genres that sort of overlap with the ones I like to read.
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Blog: I Read Stories: Open The Earth To Enclose Me by Evann Makati Normandin from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 2 years, 9 months agoOpen The Earth To Enclose Me by Evann Makati Normandin in Trampset They teach the boys to run. They teach the girls metamorphosis so they will become a tree. Daphn […]
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Blog: Word of the Day – Deftly from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 2 years, 9 months agoThe post Word of the Day – Deftly appeared first on For Reading Addicts.
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Neil Willcox commented on the post,
The Power of Visual Descriptions, on the groupblog Thanet Creative 2 years, 9 months agoSomeone said out loud something I hadn’t realised before; when you enter a room you normally look for the people first. So a description flows more naturally if it begins with the people. Unless, of course, you […]
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Blog: The Power of Visual Descriptions from
Thanet Creative Writers in the group Thanet Creative: Writers 2 years, 9 months agoThe Power of Visual DescriptionsOne of the things I have been exploring lately is ramping up my descriptions. Especially when setting a scene.While I am far from […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
The Power of Visual Descriptions in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 2 years, 9 months agoOne of the things I have been exploring lately is ramping up my descriptions. Especially when setting a scene.
While I am far from an expert in this regard, I would like to share what I have learned so far […]
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Blog: 10 Hot New Releases for May 2022 from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 2 years, 9 months agoThe post 10 Hot New Releases for May 2022 appeared first on For Reading Addicts.
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Blog: Word of the Day – Stumblebum from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 2 years, 9 months agoThe post Word of the Day – Stumblebum appeared first on For Reading Addicts.
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Doctor Hendrix replied to the topic Fairy mythology in the forum General Chat 2 years, 9 months ago
Australia has stories of balls of light that follow people – the Min Min.
The Philippines has Adarna. Adarna have healing powers and put people to sleep or turn them into stone.
There are many more.
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Doctor Hendrix replied to the topic Tags of categories in the forum General Chat 2 years, 9 months ago
I’m no expert but aren’t categories hierarchical and tags flat. Something like that.
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Toni McHadden replied to the topic Tags of categories in the forum General Chat 2 years, 9 months ago
What’s the difference between tags and categories.
Sorry if that’s a silly question.
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic Tags of categories in the forum General Chat 2 years, 9 months ago
That’s a complex question. Both are ways to define the topic space for your post.
I tend to use categories to define the broad strokes of the subject(s) of a blog and use the tags to fill in the details. For SEO reasons, I like to have the category in the permalink.
I like to tag posts with the names of people I have cited. That way it is easy…Read more
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Bob Bobson started the topic Is the genre you read the same as the one you write? in the forum General Chat 2 years, 9 months ago
Quick straw poll: Do you write in the same genres that you read?
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Blog: Writers’ night is back – now in The Mulberry Tree from
Thanet Creative Writers in the group Thanet Creative: Writers 2 years, 9 months agoWriters’ night is back – now in The Mulberry TreeNow that the risks of COVID-19 have abated somewhat Thanet Creative are restarting our Writers’ Nights.We are me […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Writers’ night is back – now in The Mulberry Tree in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 2 years, 9 months agoNow that the risks of COVID-19 have abated somewhat Thanet Creative are restarting our Writers’ Nights.
We are meeting in a new venue – The Mulberry Tree in Margate. We meet Thursdays at seven-thirty pm […]
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Blog: An optimist’s guide to the future: the economist who believes that human ingenuity will save the world from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 years, 9 months agoOded Galor’s ‘Sapiens’-like history of civilisation predicts a happy ending for humanity. But should we trust him?Why is the Anglo-Saxon world so indiv […]
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Blog: Tom Gauld on the titles CS Lewis tried before choosing The Lion, the witch and the Wardrobe – cartoon from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 years, 9 months agoContinue reading…
