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Blog: ‘Delicious caper’ by Jesse Sutanto wins Comedy women in print award from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 years, 12 months agoDial A for Aunties takes prize for comic novels by women with story about woman who turns to her relatives after accidentally killing her blind dateJesse Sutanto […]
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Blog: Poem of the week: Musings by William Barnes from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 years, 12 months agoRegret over the passage of time is delivered with reticence but powerful emotional authenticityMusingsBefore the falling summer sunThe boughs are shining all as […]
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Blog: The big idea: Should we leave the classroom behind? from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 years, 12 months agoThe pandemic has driven a great leap forward in digital learning. Is there any point in looking back?My 21-year-old goddaughter, a second-year undergraduate, […]
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Blog: I Read Stories: Seven Kinds Of Baked Good by Maria Haskins from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 2 years, 12 months agoSeven Kinds Of Baked Good by Maria Haskins in Luna Station Quarterly Disa is a dwarf, the descendant of ten generations of smiths, and she made one sword and one […]
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Blog: The Every by Dave Eggers review – scathing big-tech satire sequel from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 2 years, 12 months agoThe writer’s follow-up to The Circle is longer and baggier, but still fuelled by rage at the power of Silicon Valley and its numbing effect on the human r […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Add in an assassin too in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 2 years, 12 months agoYou or your protagonist makes a phone call. A pair of numbers got accidentally swapped. The call connects to an assassin that has been hired to kill you/them.
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Blog: I Watch Movies: She Wore A Yellow Ribbon from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 2 years, 12 months agoShe Wore A Yellow Ribbon General Custer and his men have been killed at Little Bighorn. The Native Americans have risen and the narrator tells us that ten […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Cats. Lots of cats. So many cats. (Writing Dare) in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 3 years agoToday’s dare is this. Add some cats to the story. Each time anything happens more cats have arrived. Have an endless army of cats that the characters have to work around.
I liked this idea so much I added it […]
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Blog: I Read Stories: Mother Love by Deidre Danklin from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 3 years agoMother Love by Deirdre Denklin in Cease Cows At the fertility clinic they get to build their baby, to give her what she needs to survive. But if you’re looking t […]
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Blog: The Secret of Life by Howard Markel review – science and misogyny from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years agoA cinematic account of toxic masculinity among 1950s DNA researchers – and a celebration of scientist Rosalind FranklinThe first page of Howard Markel’s com […]
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Blog: 137. Love and Lavender from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 3 years agoLove and Lavender (Mayfield Family #4) Josi S. Kilpack. 2021. [November] 320 pages. [Source: Review copy]First sentence: Hazel had not slept well. Her crippled […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
The police vs a computer in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 3 years agoDuring a raid, the police take possession of a perfectly ordinary-looking computer. However, when the tech team plug it in, the computer complains that it has been detained without due process and demands legal […]
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Blog: The best recent poetry – review roundup from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years agoHowdie-Skelp by Paul Muldoon; Oak by Katharine Towers; Amnion by Stephanie Sy-Quia; New and Selected Poems by Ian DuhigHowdie-Skelp by Paul Muldoon (Faber, […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Public transport writing dare in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 3 years agoHave your characters make plans that will strongly advance the plot only for the whole day to be a massive waste of time due to bus or train delays.
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Jason Latnar edited the blog post
The government issued a coastal flood alert from Whitstable to Margate in the group Thanet Star: 3 years agoThis morning, the government issued a coastal flood alert from Whitstable to Margate. For the hours around high tide (22:15 to 02:15) the public was advised to be cautiouse on beaches, promenades, coastal […]
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Blog: I Watch TV: Intergalactic from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 3 years agoIntergalactic Ash Harper is a pilot and skycop, and daughter of Rebecca Harper, head of security for the Commonworld. She’s framed and put on a prison transport w […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Your characters go to an up-market restaurant; the waiter keeps misunderstanding their orders in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 3 years agoIn this dare, take your protagonists out for posh food. However, chaos ensues as the person taking the orders keeps misunderstanding and making mistakes. Find a way to have this drive the main plot forward for […]
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Blog: I Read Stories: The Other Shore by Shalya Powell from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 3 years agoThe Other Shore by Shalya Powell in Atlas And Alice “Lulma has a sealskin and Kayla has a drowning dress. The garments are both, for a time, lost.” Kayla has bee […]
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
How did Thanet’s MPs vote on MP Owen Paterson’s corruption case? in the group Thanet Star: 3 years agoMP Owen Paterson was, until very recently, suspended from his post for massive corruption not seen since the cash for questions scandal. There was a motion to reinstate him. How did Thanet vote?
What did […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Writing dare: Have your characters play Dungeons and Dragons in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 3 years agoIn today’s dare, you characters play a tabletop RPG such as Dungeons and Dragons. Perhaps this brings hidden feelings to the surface, causes a rift between characters, inspires them, or maybe just is something […]
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Blog: I Read Books: Under Two Flags from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 3 years agoUnder Two Flags Bertie Cecil, known as “Beauty” in the Guards Regiment of which he is an officer, lives large, spending his allowance, wallowing in luxury, dec […]
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Blog: How did it feel the first time you all saw the bookshop again? I imagine it was quite emotional! from
Neil Gaiman in the group Fans of Neil Gaiman 3 years agoIt was more than that. It was for me – and talking to the other people who were around the bookshop on Season 1 – fairly disorienting. My Brain: Oh, right, I hav […]
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Blog: The Actual Press Release that came out today from
Neil Gaiman in the group Fans of Neil Gaiman 3 years agoTHE AMAZON ORIGINAL SERIES GOOD OMENS 2 BEGINS PRODUCTION IN SCOTLAND, REUNITING ITS COMPANY OF PLAYERSSupporting David Tennant and Michael Sheen will be many of […]
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Blog: from
Neil Gaiman in the group Fans of Neil Gaiman 3 years agoknightofthesevenfandoms:OMG YOU CAN TOTALLY SEE WHO THE ANGEL IS IN CROWLEY’S GLASSES @neil-gaiman
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Blog: I know in the book Crowley arms himself with the Jeep’s tire iron, but what is that he’s holding in the series? from
Neil Gaiman in the group Fans of Neil Gaiman 3 years agoThe Bentley’s crank handle. https://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/184373314801/hullo-sir-if-youll-pardon-a-finicking-query
