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Ron Bush became a registered member 6 years ago
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
Ten signs your writing group is bad for you in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 6 years ago
Joining a writing group can be a great boost to your writing unless you find one that is really bad for you. A good writing group should be a place where your writing is nurtured and the members are looked […]
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic Interview Questions for your MC in the forum Aspiring Authors 6 years ago
Influences
- So tell us ________, who or what had the greatest influence on you in your youth?
- Who are your current role models and are they the same as when you were younger?
- Name one song or piece of music that you feel should be the theme tune to the story of your life.
- What was the single most significant learning experience in…
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic Spellings for academic writing. in the forum Aspiring Authors 6 years ago
There is a question very similar to yours on the Writing Stack Exchange.
https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/173/spelling-style-in-academic-papers
The answer seems to be:
- write how you prefer
- be consistent
- but check the published guidelines
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Christian Writer replied to the topic Spellings for academic writing. in the forum Aspiring Authors 6 years ago
I would rather not make contact before I have something to offer. I would prefer to write it the “right” way the first time around.
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
Working around Tumblr’s broken RSS feed. in the group Help and Support: 6 years ago
I don’t know if anyone has noticed but Tumblr’s RSS feeds rarely work anywhere else. It turns out that all EU based requests to RSS feeds redirect to a EU policy acceptance page. This includes machine consumed […]
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic Must one have a blog before one publishes a book? in the forum Aspiring Authors 6 years ago
There is no “must” in writing and publishing. Some things are a good idea though.
True. Although, in this case, I would strongly recommend a blog. Second choice a website of your own. Definitely, have something.
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic Spellings for academic writing. in the forum Aspiring Authors 6 years ago
To be honest, I don’t rightly know.
My advice would be to contact the publication you are thinking of writing for and asking what their take is.
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic Active voice vs passive voice (and other kinds of voice) in the forum Aspiring Authors 6 years ago
Funny you should mention that.
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Bob Bobson replied to the topic Active voice vs passive voice (and other kinds of voice) in the forum Aspiring Authors 6 years ago
This would be a great blog post, don’t you think.
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Bob Bobson replied to the topic Any pressing topics wanted? in the forum General Chat 6 years ago
I think that Matthew must be a team of seven writers working in shifts.
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Bob Bobson replied to the topic Tag descriptions in the forum General Chat 6 years ago
What tag was the hardest, the most fun, and which was the longest? (That’s three tags BTW).
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Bob Bobson replied to the topic How would you feel about a little gamification here? in the forum General Chat 6 years ago
I love games. What sort of games were you thinking?
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jeffjohns replied to the topic What is your take on prologues? in the forum Aspiring Authors 6 years ago
I skip the prologue and dump the world building into the first chapter.
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jeffjohns replied to the topic Where do you start writing a novel? in the forum Aspiring Authors 6 years ago
I like to start at the beginning. The good bits coming up are my motivation to keep writing.
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jeffjohns replied to the topic How do you make an out of character moment believable? in the forum Aspiring Authors 6 years ago
What about foreshadowing?
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jeffjohns replied to the topic How soon should I give a character backstory? in the forum Aspiring Authors 6 years ago
My first chapters are massive.
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Christian Writer started the topic Spellings for academic writing. in the forum Aspiring Authors 6 years ago
I am considering writing for an academic journal. With articles submitted to a conference or journal, should one prefer British or American spellings? Do I have to stick to the journal’s most common style (based on examples I have read) or is it up to me? For example, if I am clearly a British writer but I am submitting to an American publisher,…Read more
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Blog: What Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” Tells Us Now from
Salman Rushdie in the group Fans of Salman Rushdie 6 years ago
Salman Rushdie for The New Yorker Page-Turner, June 13, 2019 Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” is humane enough to allow, at the end of the horror that is it […]
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Lord Matt (old geek) in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) 6 years ago
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TIL Christian Heinrich Heineken “the infant scholar of Lübeck” could speak fluent German at 10 months old. He read the Pentateuch at age […]
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Blog: For Courageous Content Creators Who Want to Do Epic Work from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 6 years ago
When I started blogging, a little over 10 years ago, one of my then-colleagues mentioned that she “didn’t have the…
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Lord Matt (old geek) in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) 6 years ago
Drawing of a turtle with a caption that says “It doesn’t have to be a good day to be a good day to survive.” Drawing of a turtle with a caption that says “It […]
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My borg self: A social media creation in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 6 years ago
One day I made my borg self as a social media character. It all started as an experiment in taking advantage of spammers. Back in the wild-west times of the internet when Twitter was new, spammy users were a […]
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Lord Matt (old geek) in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) 6 years ago