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Blog: March Stories Update 2 from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 5 days, 14 hours agoFive stories I read in 2025.****1. My Ghost by Hugh Behm-Steinberg in Roi Fainéant
At the corner store the ghost wants cigarettes but can’t pay
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Blog: Nonesuch review: Time and reality bend in magical wartime London from
The Standard Book Reviews in the group Evening Standard's book reviews 5 days, 17 hours agoTouching, funny and profound, Francis Spufford’s Nonesuch is a riot
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Blog: Week in Review #11 from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 6 days, 1 hour agoThis week I reviewed two books. I finished the RSV Sovereign Bible. I finished listening to Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder.Century of Viewing #111930s1937 […]
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Artisanal hand crafted coding, writing, blogging, talking, and so forth in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 6 days, 3 hours agoArtisanal hand crafted coding, writing, blogging, talking, and so forth
If you want something a bit more special than mass-produced (AI-generated) code and storytelling, I am available to hire at a moment’s notice at the highly […] -
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There is two rules for social media in the group Author Platforms: 6 days, 5 hours agoThere is two rules for social media
There was once only one rule for social media is: Be interesting. Social media is engineered to do one thing – keep users engaged and […] -
Blog: ‘My ideas are a little revolutionary’: ecologist Suzanne Simard on intelligent forests, the climate and her critics from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 6 days, 13 hours agoHer research popularised the idea of the wood wide web, but the scientific backlash was brutal. As the author of The Mother Tree returns to the forest in a new […]
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Blog: Grammarly removes AI Expert Review feature mimicking writers after backlash from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 week agoFeature generated editing suggestions inspired by well-known authors and academics, prompting a class-action lawsuit over the use of real names without […]
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‘Don’t Steal This Book’: Authors protest AI at London Book Fair with ‘empty’ book in the group Outside News: 1 week ago'Don’t Steal This Book': Authors protest AI at London Book Fair with ‘empty’ bookThousands of authors feature in a new “empty” book titled “Don’t Steal This Book” – a protest over AI firms using creative professionals’ work wi […]
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Matthew Brown commented on the post,
Time for a fresh coat of paint?, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog 1 week agoMostly just forums, groups, and blogs. Groups having a blog and a forum to group them. That is something else I could look into making clearer.
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Danny H commented on the post,
Time for a fresh coat of paint?, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog 1 week agoI think I’ve said this before, but there’s so much going on here I sometimes get confused as to how I’m supposed to do something. You’ve got forums, groups and blogs, and I don’t know what else you might have […]
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Blog: The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 week agoThe Library of Traumatic Memory by Neil Jordan; The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan; Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison; Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman; […]
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Blog: Daisy Johnson: ‘I wasn’t a fan of David Szalay, but Flesh is a masterpiece’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 week agoThe Booker-shortlisted author on a momentous teenage encounter with The Bone People, getting a buzz from Peter Høeg’s Miss Smilla, and trying to avoid The Lo […]
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Blog: Stories of the Raksura Volume Two, Martha Wells from
RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed 1 week ago2011 fantasy anthology: five stories of the Raksura.
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Blog: Light and Thread by Han Kang review – a tantalising book of reflections from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 week agoThese essays from the Nobel literature winner open up her novels and offer beautiful imageryWhen Korean novelist Han Kang won the Nobel prize in literature in 2024, […]
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Blog: Hooked by Asako Yuzuki review – follow-up to global hit Butter from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 week agoA Tokyo high-flyer tries to befriend her favourite blogger in a novel that wears its aura of black comedy lightly, and its political statements more heavilyAsako […]
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Blog: Strange Beach by Oluwaseun Olayiwola audiobook review – a debut that dances with passion from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 week, 1 day agoThe dancer and author gives this collection clarity and warmth as he narrates poems about family, queer identity, hedonism and raceThe first poetry collection from […]
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Blog: We Are Legion (We Are Bob), Dennis Taylor from
RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed 1 week, 1 day ago2016 SF, first of what was announced as a trilogy but is now up to
five volumes. Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is
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Blog: Monster Of The Week 312: BigWorld from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 1 week, 3 days agoMonster Of The Week 312 is Bigworld, in awe at the site of this lad, absolute unit, does the world dream itself into being, what then of our petty squabbles, our […]
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Time for a fresh coat of paint? in the group Help and Support: 1 week, 4 days agoTime for a fresh coat of paint?
I am seriously considering redesigning the Author Buzz UK site with a fresh new theme built from scratch. The site has a few broken bits that no […] -
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What are you currently reading and would you recommend it? in the group Author Buzz HQ: 1 week, 4 days 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 1 week, 4 days 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 1 week, 4 days 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 1 week, 4 days 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.
