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Matthew Brown replied to the topic Using Tumblr to promote your blog? in the forum General Chat 6 years, 1 month ago
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Blog: I Read Books: Bitten from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 6 years, 1 month ago
BittenKelley Armstrong’s urban fantasy werewolf romance. Elena is the world’s only female werewolf. She’s not happy about it. She left the Pack to go and live […]
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Said is a good word in the group Say: 6 years, 1 month ago
Assuming that you convey enough emotion through description and action, said should be all you ever need. Assuming you even need it at all.Matt, Is “said” really so bad?
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Blog: Remembering and Reflecting on Memorial Day from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 6 years, 1 month ago
It’s Memorial Day in the United States — a day to remember the men and women who have died in…
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Is “said” really so bad? in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 6 years, 1 month ago
The number of times I see requests for alternatives to “said” in forums, you’d be forgiven for thinking there was something wrong with the word.
It is easy to see where the idea that using said “too much” is […]
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Matthew Brown commented on the post,
Our new Words Counted tool for writers, on the groupblog Thanet Creative 6 years, 1 month ago
I rarely switch off. If I am not thinking about code, I’m thinking about something I could write – story or blog post usually. I could pretend to have a plan for what is next but that I refuse to share; the truth […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz 6 years, 1 month ago
Tumblr is a hybrid of a blogging platform and social media. It can be used to reach out to new audience members nut it can also be used in ways that no was probably not the intention of anyone who created it. […]
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Blog: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 6 years, 1 month ago
The Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeThe 70s version, not (one of) the re-make(s).A thriller set in the New York subway. Perhaps the best part of the film is actually […]
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Our new Words Counted tool for writers in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 6 years, 1 month ago
I am pleased to announce our new tool for writers called Words Counted. Words Counted allows you to see which words you use most frequently within your writing.
It will show you your top ten most commonly used […]
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Cloud of Readers: Using BitTorrent to make a decentralised Tumblr in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 6 years, 1 month ago
I have an idea that I have started to call The Cloud of Readers. This is a mash-up of technologies to make a blogging platform that does not need a website.
Tumblr has been great but it is changing and the […]
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Matthew Brown commented on the post,
Fantasy games vs my writing, on the groupblog Matthew D Brown 6 years, 2 months ago
Tell me about it. Once I start working on something, I hate stopping just because I need food. Unfortunately, working on something often includes defeating the next boss.
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Blog: Liner Notes for At The Court Of The Elf Lord from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 6 years, 2 months ago
Liner Notes for my Age-of-Sail Fantasy story At The Court of the Elf Lord, the sixth in the series of Tapping The Admiral.Liner Notes 6This is probably the most […]
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Blog: How to Make Exceptional Communication Your Winning Difference from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 6 years, 2 months ago
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I wrote this tagline: “Remarkable business begins with remarkable communication.”…
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Blog: I Watch Films: The Detective (Father Brown) from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 6 years, 2 months ago
The DetectiveFor some reason this had the American title The Detective rather than the British one, Father Brown. Alec Guinness plays Father Brown, G K […]
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Blog: I Read Books: At The Mountains Of Madness from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 6 years, 2 months ago
At The Mountains of MadnessAn expedition to Antarctica begins promisingly with some extraordinary lifeforms discovered in the ice. Then they have a number of […]
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James commented on the post,
Fantasy games vs my writing, on the groupblog Matthew D Brown 6 years, 2 months ago
Facebook is a massive time thief for me. That and my Xbox. To an extent I am also a bit of a workaholic, I could write in my lunch hours but I tend to work through a lot of them!
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Fantasy games vs my writing in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 6 years, 2 months ago
I have a vice which keeps me from writing as much as perhaps I should – my beloved Xbox and my two weekly tabletop game nights.
Right now my two main addictions are Terraria, and Idle Champions of the […]
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Blog: Why Clear Communication Mirrors a Growing Garden from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 6 years, 2 months ago
If you work with a team or for clients, you probably wish you had better communication. Even with the best,…
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz 6 years, 2 months ago
The perfect time to start promoting your writing was last week. Until they invent time travel, the best time to start is as soon as humanly possible.
Book promotion is not really book promotion – it is author […]
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Blog: I Read Books: The Good Soldier from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 6 years, 2 months ago
The Good Soldier Madox Ford originally was going to call this The Saddest Story, so be warned. Two couples have been going to the same health spa for years to […]
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic Drop your best blog post – let's subscribe to each other's blogs in the forum General Chat 6 years, 2 months ago
This is a post I am quite pleased with:
https://matthewdbrown.authorbuzz.co.uk/lordmatt/news-and-updates/retooling-a-novel/
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic Changing the front page in the forum General Chat 6 years, 2 months ago
That is exactly what I have been thinking. One the one hand why fix what is not broken but on the other hand, the front page gives too much focus to what I write and not enough to what you all create.
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Blog: Video from
Music for Geeks in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) 6 years, 2 months ago
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Blog: When to Send Article Pitches (and Other Important Emails) from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 6 years, 2 months ago
It feels good when you’ve done your research before pitching an article idea to an editor: You know the publication’s…
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Blog: I Watch Films: The Legend Of Hell House from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 6 years, 2 months ago
The Legend of Hell HouseA dying man sends a physicist (and his wife) and two mediums to “The Mount Everest of Haunted Houses” to find out if there is an aft […]