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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Time to fess up about my unfinished projects in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 4 years, 5 months ago
I am really good at starting projects. I am less good at finishing them. They tend to get to 90% to 98% and then tick over waiting for me to “find time”.
The thing about time is that it largely refuses to be […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Writing another 20k words by the end of the year in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 4 years, 6 months ago
I got to 55,000 during NaNoWriMo. I was on target to end at 75,000 but life happened to me.
Still, I have decided that December if the month of getting things finished.(You can see my progress here).
My […]
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Blog: New Mapping Feature Available with Every Email Send from
FeedBlitz News in the group Copy Blogger Fans 4 years, 6 months ago
Zoom in to discover where your emails are being read.
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listentoyoutubevk became a registered member 4 years, 6 months ago
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Toni McHadden started the topic What are you COVID Christmas plans? in the forum General Chat 4 years, 6 months ago
What are your plans for a COVID Christmas?
Me, I have no idea. It might not be allowed for us all to travel to stay with family.
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
Writing theme: Blue in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 4 years, 6 months ago
Writing theme: blue – blue things, the blues, and feeling blue.
Have you written to a theme before? If not, you are in luck because this post contains the first theme idea from The Muse of Last […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Things I have finished in December 2020 in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 4 years, 6 months ago
As I said in my last post, December is the month of finishing things.
You can keep track of things I have finished on this post. As I add to my list of stuff I have got across the finish line, this post will […]
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Blog: The Sophisticated Writer’s Approach When Using Templates from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 4 years, 6 months ago
Some writers think about using templates like the herb cilantro. They either love it or hate it. But the extremes…
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Things Itemised Plugin in the group Help and Support: 4 years, 6 months ago
I have added a new plugin for beta testing – things itemised.
Things itemised is used for making lists. Each list is created so that all members of the blog can add items to it but the display code is set up […]
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Blog: OSE are seeking applications from emerging artists and writers from
Thanet Creative Writers in the group Thanet Creative: Writers 4 years, 6 months ago
OSE are seeking applications from emerging artists and writersOpen School East are seeking applications from emerging artists and writers to join their […]
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OSE are seeking applications from emerging artists and writers in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 4 years, 6 months ago
Open School East are seeking applications from emerging artists and writers to join their independent development programme.
Established in 2013 and located in the coastal town of Margate, Open School East is […]
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
December – the month of getting things finished in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 4 years, 6 months ago
This December will, for me, now be the month of getting things finished. This works out rather well as, at Midnight on the 31st, I will (like you) finish the month and the year too.
The reason for such a vague […]
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How to Revise Your Novel in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 4 years, 6 months ago
So you have a first draft of your novel (or part of one) – what do you do with it now?
Revision. Also known as editing.
Here are some tips in a YouTube video, all about the revision and editing process.
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Blog: Every Audience Has This in Common (Use It to Stay Hyper-Relevant) from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 4 years, 6 months ago
It doesn’t matter if you create content about minimalism or motorcycles. Every audience has these three sub-groups: People who read…
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Meme-tastic in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 4 years, 6 months ago
How many meme references can you get into one discussion between characters while still moving the story forward?
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Blog: How to ‘Show, Don’t Tell’ for More Persuasive Copy from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 4 years, 6 months ago
One of the cornerstones of powerful writing is the use of concrete details that can tell your story for you….
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Blog: The Young Writer of the Year Award Shortlist 2020 from
A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers 4 years, 6 months ago
I have been following the Sunday Times/University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award since its relaunch in 2015 and shadowed the prize in 2017. This […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Add a time limit in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 4 years, 6 months ago
Put your characters under pressure by adding a time limit or a time-sensitive task.
Make them race against the clock. Bonus points if they run out of time or do everything with plenty of time to spare.
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Scenic Thanet in the group Thanet Star: 4 years, 6 months ago
Glorious and beautiful images of Thanet shared by you.
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic
External feed problems in the forum Help and Support 4 years, 6 months ago
I’ve not heard from you since our last PM exchange. Is this problem solved? If not, can you try clearing your server-side cache?
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
Peer-to-peer blogging data format in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 4 years, 6 months ago
On my last post, “BitTorrent based publishing”. I opened up the topic of peer-based distribution of media.
I set out what I thought would be a reasonable data format for packets of shared media. Posts, […]
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The Trolly Problem in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 4 years, 6 months ago
A hypothetical question of ethics comes up resulting in two or more of your characters debating the “right” answer.
The what now?
There is a runaway trolly and if you do nothing, it will run over five […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Promote your author blog here in the group Author Buzz HQ: 4 years, 6 months ago
Did you know that you can promote your author blog on this site?
There are actually two ways to do so.
The quick promotion and the full promotion. Both are free.
The quick promotion is to nip over to the […]
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic What pages does a good author blog need in the forum General Chat 4 years, 6 months ago
I was thinking about doing some videos about Author Platforms and blogging in general. I’ve lost my voice at the moment but as soon as I can speak again, I’m going to start producing videos in runs of seasons. The next season is Authors, blogging, and social media. Not the final name, just a working title.
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
Will I ever write a pay-to-win game? in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 4 years, 6 months ago
No.