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Matthew Brown created the group
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Matthew Brown created the site World Builder 5 years, 10 months ago
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Overcoming pain through the power of community (hopefully) in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 5 years, 10 months agoNow, this might not be the most well thought out plan I have ever come up with but I hope through putting as much of my work online as possible, I can fight back against pain.
Wait, what?
Sorry, did I miss […]
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Music for Geeks in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) 5 years, 10 months ago -
Matthew Brown started the topic How to report spam or abuse in the forum General Chat 5 years, 10 months ago
Most of the time, users here are friendly and engaging. Every now and then someone comes along and tries to abuse the site and our members. On the whole, we catch them pretty quickly and block their account which solves the problem.
Sometimes though, we miss one. If that happens please do not hesitate to come forward. We have zero-tolerance for…Read more
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Matthew Brown started the topic
Removing spammers in the forum Help and Support 5 years, 10 months agoI’ve recently had the displeasure of manually marking a number of users as spam due to ongoing abuse. Unlike traditional spammers who are usually easy to spot, this new batch seems to stick exclusively to private messages. If a user is harassing you via PM please report them to me and I will investigate.
Buddy Press currently lacks an inexpensive…Read more
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic How to establish a narrative franchise property of books that breaks boundaries? in the forum Aspiring Authors 5 years, 10 months ago
Have you been reading my Google history?
I have been researching this very topic. I’d love to leverage the power of an ever-expanding franchise to sell more and more books. In a few bullet points, this is what I have learned so far:
- The prefered term is transmedia.
- Transmedia storytelling is pretty much like writing a long-running…
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Kent Index posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago
Looking for new ideas for local SEO. Hit me up with your best ideas.
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Jack Dent replied to the topic Author Platform Mistakes in the forum General Chat 5 years, 10 months ago
That’s a good list.
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Jason Latnar replied to the topic How do you make an out of character moment believable? in the forum Aspiring Authors 5 years, 10 months ago
Works for me.
Edit: Doh, just saw the date. sorry.
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Jason Latnar started the topic How to establish a narrative franchise property of books that breaks boundaries? in the forum Aspiring Authors 5 years, 10 months ago
How to establish a narrative franchise property of books that breaks boundaries?
I want to write something that is like the MCU – lots of stuff same universe & same franchise. How to do that?
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Music for Geeks in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) 5 years, 10 months ago -
Blog: The World I Fell Out Of by Melanie Reid and Another Planet by Tracey Thorn from
A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers 5 years, 10 months agoI have read two non-fiction books recently which both draw on regular newspaper columns penned by their authors. In April 2010, at the age of 52, journalist […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new item, on the site Matthew D Brown 5 years, 10 months ago
There was once a man named Barry. A detective from England who drank too much coffee to counter insufficient sleep. He was, it has to be said, a drab figure. Hardly likely to inspire even the easily lead to […]
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Matthew Brown commented on the post,
My biggest (public) writing project yet, on the groupblog Matthew D Brown 5 years, 10 months agoTalking of backups, I might just go and do that now.
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Blog: Deborah Treisman Interviews Rushdie for TNY Fiction from
Salman Rushdie in the group Fans of Salman Rushdie 5 years, 10 months agoSalman Rushdie on Corruption and the Opioid Crisis In Conversation with Deborah Treisman The New Yorker Fiction July 22, 2019 Your story in this week’s issue, “ […]
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Blog: New Yorker Fiction, “The Little King” from
Salman Rushdie in the group Fans of Salman Rushdie 5 years, 10 months agoFiction July 29, 2019 Issue “The Little King” Excerpted from Quichotte (Random House 2019) By Salman Rushdie There once lived, at a series of temporary addresses […]
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
Thanet is radioactive, apparently in the group Thanet Star: 5 years, 10 months agoFirst, we asked, “is Thanet a dangerous place to live?” Then came this sobering report which shows that much of Kent is radioactive. Alarming, right? Or is it?
The radiation in question comes from a naturally […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz 5 years, 10 months ago
I have a theory that smart authors do not need to do marketing because they start cults to do that for them. Not just one cult, many of them. As many as possible.
I recently made the case that authors […]
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Kent Index replied to the topic Changing the front page in the forum General Chat 5 years, 10 months ago
I’m all for A/B testing…
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Christian Writer joined the group
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Blog: The Booker Prize 2019 Longlist from
A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers 5 years, 10 months agoThe Booker Prize 2019 longlist was announced on Wednesday. The 13 titles are: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood Night Boat to Tangier by Kevin Barry My Sister, The […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz 5 years, 10 months ago
The received wisdom is that an author needs a platform. That platform should have a website, a blog, a list, two social media, and a regular newsletter.
What if all that is total bunk?
In 3BC a male was […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz 5 years, 10 months ago
I wrote recently about my hatred of email lists and now I have a new approach that I hope will totally replace email – relationships.
Lorraine Hamilton wrote an article a few years ago about giving up on lists […]
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Tony Osgood became a registered member 5 years, 10 months ago
