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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Focus on what makes your work special in the group Author Platforms: 3 years, 2 months agoToo often we focus on things our work is like. That’s fine as a shortcut for who the work is aimed at. However, you must not forget to stand out from the crowd.
Talk about what makes your work different.
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Blog: So… What is the punchline for the dinosaur joke god made? from
Neil Gaiman in the group Fans of Neil Gaiman 3 years, 2 months agoWe are.
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I guess what I’m asking is, how did you and Terry split the work and collaborate, and do you have any other interesting collaboration methods or stories with other creators? Thank you so much! Even if you don’t answer! You’re wonderful for all your patience with your fans! from
Neil Gaiman in the group Fans of Neil Gaiman 3 years, 2 months agoMy collaboration process on American Gods was to ask myself what I wanted to write next and then to write that.
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Blog: Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist review – a good man turned murderer from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 2 months agoThis 19th-century tale of injustice at the hands of authority and the chaotic consequences of revenge speaks to eternal truthsThis is an influential book, loved […]
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Blog: Break-Up: How Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon Went to War review – the scandal that rocked Scotland from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 2 months agoDavid Clegg and Kieran Andrews’s account of the Alex Salmond court case and the internal politics of the SNP is a gripping story of power games and hubrisIn A […]
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Blog: Hello. Just a small question about The Sandman behind the scenes video. When you’re looking at the Jessamy animatronic, is she just an oddly colored raven or did they make her a magpie? from
Neil Gaiman in the group Fans of Neil Gaiman 3 years, 2 months agoJessamy in all her forms (actual bird, animatronic puppet, or CGI) is a raven with a white breast.
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Blog: The Tick of Two Clocks by Joan Bakewell review – home and away from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 2 months agoThe broadcaster’s account of downsizing and ditching a lifetime of objects is wonderfully told, if enviably stress-freeJoan Bakewell’s scanty new book is a kin […]
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Neil Gaiman in the group Fans of Neil Gaiman 3 years, 2 months agoI’m not quite sure how a character can be a self insert when the things that make them like you were all inserted by someone else.
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Blog: I Read Books: Century Rain from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 3 years, 2 months agoCentury Rain It’s Paris 1959 and part-time jazz musician part-time private detective Floyd has a case investigating the death of Susan White, a mysterious young A […]
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Blog: Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney review – author of her own discontent from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 2 months agoDespite the dazzling dialogue and familiar delights, Rooney’s story of a young prize-winning writer is her most demanding book to dateEven in these accelerated t […]
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Blog: Right wing extremist ordered to read Austen and Dickens from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 3 years, 2 months agoThe post Right wing extremist ordered to read Austen and Dickens appeared first on For Reading Addicts.
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Blog: Word of the Day – Xoanon from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 3 years, 2 months agoThe post Word of the Day – Xoanon appeared first on For Reading Addicts.
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Blog: Mr Gaiman when are you going to admit Crowley is your self insert from
Neil Gaiman in the group Fans of Neil Gaiman 3 years, 2 months agoI’m not quite sure how a character can be a self insert when the things that make them like you were all inserted by someone else.
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Blog: Damon Galgut: ‘The Booker pulls a nasty little trick on you’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 2 months agoThe South African novelist on making a pilgrimage to Cormac McCarthy’s home, his youth in apartheid-era Pretoria and being shortlisted twice for the Booker p […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Platform building tip: Be the answer to someone’s question in the group Author Platforms: 3 years, 2 months agoHere is an author platform building tip – set aside an hour each week to seek out people with questions that you can give answers to.
Not only does solving someone’s problem with a helpful answer show you to […]
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Blog: Regarding Aziraphale’s bookshop, something like this? There is quite a lot more of it, but this is one of the best photos I have. I hand painted the figures. Crowley’s eyes took three layers of paint and a lot of patience. from
Neil Gaiman in the group Fans of Neil Gaiman 3 years, 2 months agoBrilliant!
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Blog: Richard Osman: ‘No one’s born a crime writer. I write crime because I read it’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 2 months agoThe Pointless presenter’s debut crime caper sold millions, with movie rights snapped up by Steven Spielberg. Richard Osman talks to Alex Clark about growing up p […]
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Blog: Legends of the fall: the 50 biggest books of autumn 2021 from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 2 months agoFrom new novels by Sally Rooney and Colson Whitehead to Michel Barnier’s take on Brexit, Bernardine Evaristo’s manifesto and diaries from David Sedaris – all the r […]
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Blog: I Read Stories: How To Tell A Scary Story by Sara Hills from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 3 years, 2 months agoHow To Tell A Scary Story by Sara Hills in X-Ray Lit The story uses familiar elements, people and places that we’ve seen before. It chooses protagonists we’ve kno […]
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Blog: Quiz! September – Events from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 3 years, 2 months agoThe post Quiz! September – Events appeared first on For Reading Addicts.
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Blog: Hello again, Mr. Gaiman, After reading several of your works I feel like you were The Book Kind in your childhood and The Rebellious Punk Teenager in your youth. Is that true? (Sorry for suggesting, but it would be really interesting to know) from
Neil Gaiman in the group Fans of Neil Gaiman 3 years, 2 months agoPretty much. But I was also the Book Teenager. You can be both. Here, have two photos of me as a teenage punk in 1977. I’m second from left in the top one, s […]
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Blog: Word of the Day – Burnish from
For Reading Addicts in the group Book bloggers 3 years, 2 months agoThe post Word of the Day – Burnish appeared first on For Reading Addicts.
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
It is never too early to set up an author website in the group Author Platforms: 3 years, 2 months agoYour website is likely to be the cornerstone of your Author Platform. Getting your site established takes time. Getting your social media fans and followers to take not is, likewise, slow. As for building an […]
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Blog: Susanna Clarke: ‘Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman taught me to be courageous in writing’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 2 months agoThe Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell author on an underrated work by CS Lewis and the dangers of giving Richard Osman’s novels as a giftThe book I am currently r […]
