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Matthew Brown commented on the post,
Totally stacking it: Word count horror story, on the groupblog Matthew D Brown 6 years agoYou make a good point. Cheers.
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Look who’s fighting now in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 6 years agoYour dare is this:
Have a loud and public domestic argument interrupt and prevent an important plot revelation.

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Where did you last see it? in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 6 years agoHave a character delay a time-sensitive activity by searching for an unimportant item like a sock, glove, or hairband.

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Cheating? in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 6 years agoHave a character cheat to try and lose a game only to win. Then get found out for cheating. Bonus points if big money was involved.

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Blog: The Five by Hallie Rubenhold from
A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers 6 years agoI enjoy following the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (previously known as the Samuel Johnson Prize) because it is the one book prize which consistently […]
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Rain stops play in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 6 years agoHave your characters make important plot advancing plans only to have them delayed by an unexpected thunderstorm.

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Testers needed to help me teach writing in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 6 years agoSurprising as it might be, I really like writing. So much so that I chair a charity that promotes writing and have created countless resources to help writers.
It has recently come to my attention that the […]

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Kirk or Picard in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 6 years agoHave an important and plot-relevant conversation derailed by an argument over who was better Captain Kirk or Captain Picard?

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Is anarchism or the “stateless society” inherently impossible?, on the groupblog Matthew D Brown 6 years agoWe can only hope that the net result of this is better reporting (and better fat checking). Even if it does leave me with less to complain about – something that would make me if not actually happy somewhat more contented.
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Top 10 Most British Sentences Ever Uttered in the group I probably should be writing: 6 years ago -
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Loo break in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 6 years agoMake an urgent toilet break a vital plot point.

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Six items on your desk in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 6 years agoPick the first six items you see on your desk, in your writing space, or in your room. Make them vital to the plot.

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I’ve come down with an acute case of actually writing in the group I probably should be writing: 6 years agoI’ve come down with an acute case of actually writing. Actually have a plan and everything.
I blame NaNoWriMo.

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Matthew Brown posted an update in the group
Help and Support 6 years agoIf you are seeing broken avatars. It is not a bug with our site. Gravatar seems to be having technical problems.
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Matthew Brown started the topic I'm NaNoWriMo vs health this month in the forum General Chat 6 years ago
If I have not been around as much this month it is because NaNoWriMo and poor health do not mix and I am flippin’ tired all the time.
If anything breaks, ping me – I will answer eventually. That or Danny will phone me up and tell me to get back and fix stuff.
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Blog: Jack the Ripper historian says media still disregard murder victims from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 6 years agoHallie Rubenhold, who won the Baillie Gifford prize for her study of the women killed in the Whitechapel murders, attacked the focus on lurid detail The winner of […]
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Blog: Did Prince Andrew do the 'honourable' thing? from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 6 years agoThe word ‘honourable’ takes on a devastating irony in the context of the prince’s excusesIn 2010, after Jeffrey Epstein had served his prison sentence for procu […]
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Blog: A Warning by Anonymous review – inside the Trump administration from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 6 years agoA ‘senior Trump official’ exposes chaos in the bizarre court of King Donald and asks: ‘What to do next?’One of the recurring scenes of the Trump era has been th […]
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Blog: Dinosaurs, dogging and death: the secret life of British car parks from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 6 years agoIn Car Park Life, Gareth E Rees looks into these unnoticed spaces for truths about humanity and pulls up more than he expectedBritain is a country of fields and […]
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Blog: Book clinic: send us your Christmas gift questions from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 6 years agoLooking for presents for the literary lovers in your life? Send us your questions for a special Christmas Book clinic …What to get the poetry lover in your life? T […]
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Blog: Author hits back after library removes LGBT picture book from shelves from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 6 years ago‘Gay adults grew up reading straight romances,’ says writer Daniel Haack after US library withdraws Prince & Knight from shelvesThe author of a rhyming picture boo […]
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Blog: World at War: Rag and Bone from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 6 years agoRag and Bone (Billy Boyle World War II #5) James R. Benn. 2010. 320 pages. [Source: Library] First […]