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Matthew Brown replied to the topic Changing the front page in the forum General Chat 5 years, 10 months ago
So, yeah, update on that front. It seems like what I wanted to do was massively more complicated than I imagined. So much so, in fact, that creating a custom theme from the ground up is actually easier. Before Christmas, I hope to have that done.
No promises though. This is a big job and I want to get it right.
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Matthew Brown started the topic Matt's two weeks away in the forum General Chat 5 years, 10 months ago
In case it passed you by, I’ve not really been around for the last two weeks. One week of that was a holiday after which I needed a holiday and the other was four days of workshops after which I really needed a holiday.
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Matthew Brown started the topic
Eroniousely "spammed" sites [FIXED] in the forum Help and Support 5 years, 10 months agoRather an odd one this. I noticed today that the Thanet Creative blog was showing as suspended. On closer inspection, it seems that three random blogs had been marked as spam. The funny thing was not one of them was spam.
I’ve reverted the setting and, hopefully, that will be the end of it. Shout if it happens again and I’ll dig even deeper. I…Read more
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Rosemary Brown became a registered member 5 years, 10 months ago
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Blog: Platform Seven by Louise Doughty from
A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers 5 years, 10 months agoLouise Doughty is brilliant at writing about underlying resentment and the things we secretly notice about people but rarely articulate. I suspect she will remain […]
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Blog: Listen to this month’s Slightly Foxed podcast, featuring Daunt Books bookseller Brett Wolstencroft from
Daunt Books in the group Daunt Books 5 years, 10 months agoThe excellent Slightly Foxed podcast this month focuses on bookshops and features a contribution from our very own Brett Wolstencroft, bookseller extraordinaire.
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Rainbow Maccabre became a registered member 5 years, 10 months ago
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Blog: Nothing is True and Everything is Possible by Peter Pomerantsev from
A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers 5 years, 10 months ago“Fake news” had yet to become a common term when ‘Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: Adventures in Modern Russia’ was published in the UK in 2015, but the […]
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rardfet became a registered member 5 years, 11 months ago
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Blog: Spring by Ali Smith and Supper Club by Lara Williams from
A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers 5 years, 11 months agoI haven’t read any of this year’s Booker Prize longlist yet, but I have read two of the novels shortlisted for the Guardian’s Not the Booker prize which recog […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
A week of creative writing workshops for children in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 5 years, 11 months agoThanet Creative is pleased to announce its 2019 children’s creative writing week.
Thanet Creative has received funding from the Arts Council to run a 4-day children’s creative writing festival in Margate. The […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Free Creative Workshops for children in the summer holidays in the group Thanet Star: 5 years, 11 months agoThanet Creative, a local creative charity, are running 4 days of free workshops for children. The workshops, in various venues around Margate, are for children aged six to eleven years of age.
Thanet […]
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Blog: Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls from
A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers 5 years, 11 months agoDavid Nicholls’ fifth novel ‘Sweet Sorrow’ is set during the summer of 1997. Charlie Lewis is waiting for his GCSE results, living with his depressed father and w […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Free WordPress hosting for one lucky person in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 5 years, 11 months agoI am giving away dedicated WordPress hosting. All you have to do is get my attention with your idea for how to use it.
On a whim, I thought I might just give something away. What did I have to give? Well, I […]
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Matthew Brown created the site World Builder 5 years, 11 months ago
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Overcoming pain through the power of community (hopefully) in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 5 years, 11 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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Matthew Brown started the topic How to report spam or abuse in the forum General Chat 5 years, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 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?
