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Agatha Christie on depression in the group Say: 6 years, 5 months agoI like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.Agatha Christie
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Christian Writer wrote a new blog post
Asking Questions in the group Christian Writings: 6 years, 5 months agoAs well as blogging here, I run a Tumblr blog where I ask a lot of questions aimed at other Christians. This blog post is simply a collection of some of the questions we have explored.
A mixed bag of questions […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
More authors should blog in the group Say: 6 years, 5 months agoIt is my opinion that a lot more authors should have a blog. I also think that publishers should make press releases but that’s another story.
When we started the experiment that is The Say Blog, I assumed I […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Brexit or Remain? in the group Say: 6 years, 5 months agoIt is time for another your say – this time Brexit or remain, you tell us.
Brexit or Remain?
Do you think we will be “better off” outside the EU? If so can you tell us what the Benefits will be and how they […]
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Orwell on writing books in the group Say: 6 years, 5 months agoWriting a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor […]
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Retooling a novel in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 6 years, 6 months agoI have a completed draft novel sitting in my writing folder that (despite redrafts) I am yet to be happy with.
The body of the work, I am delighted with. It was always the opening that bothered me. It was […]
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
The Author Buzz calendar helps you plan your posts in the group Help and Support: 6 years, 6 months agoThere are no development updates to share at the moment. However, I thought I would remind you of a feature that we recently rolled out. The post planning calendar.
The WordPress Editorial Calendar is one such […]
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Christian Writer edited the blog post
How to question church doctrine? in the group Christian Writings: 6 years, 6 months agoIt was recently pointed out that there were no results for the exact search phrase “how to question church doctrine” on Google. That in itself is mind blowing.
When scriptures say things like test everything […]
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Neil Gaiman on his writing process in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months agoSometimes I’ll jot things down before I start, though. But normally I only find out what it’s about and what’s happening when it’s being written. Neil Gaiman (link)
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jeffjohns wrote a new blog post
Douglas Adams on deadlines in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months agoI love deadlines.I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.Douglas Adams
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Christian Writer wrote a new blog post
Christians should question the church in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months agoThe christian church has gained a reputation for being married to illogical and frankly unchristian positions. I cannot help but feel this folly is due to a culture of not asking questions.
Rather than […]
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P. G. Wodehouse on friendship in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months agoThere is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.P. G. Wodehouse
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Big lists of the UK’s independent publishers in the group Author Buzz HQ: 6 years, 6 months agoWhen I started researching for a post about the UK’s smaller publishers, I soon realised that it was a big topic and that others had already started to cover it really well. So, instead of copying the work of […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Brexit: Bad for authors in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months agoThe post I wrote for Author Buzz about the reports that Brexit would be very bad for authors. The post expands on a report published by The Guardian.
Each year, roughly 200,000 books are published in the UK. […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Should novel writing be taught in schools? in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months agoIt is time to have your say – the topic today is should writing be taught in schools?
Writing has long been a core subject for school education. Is it time that we made creative writing and storytelling part […]
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Danny H wrote a new blog post
Copyright as applied in UK law in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 6 years, 6 months agoOverview
Copyright protects your work and stops others from using it without your permission.
You get copyright protection automatically – you don’t have to apply or pay a fee. There isn’t a register of cop […]
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Neil Gaiman on dragons and fairy tales in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months agoFairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.Neil Gaiman, Coraline
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jeffjohns wrote a new blog post
Charles Dickens on taking a break now and then in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 6 years, 6 months agoCharles Dickens – one of Thanet’s writers – advises that sometimes you take a break and do something fun.
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J.R.R. Tolkien on what’s worth fighting for in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months agoThere is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.J.R.R. Tolkien
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
After Brexit, schools to close due to air pollution and waste build up. in the group Thanet Star: 6 years, 6 months agoKCC has warned that air quaility couldplummet after Brexit and that would just be the start of problems faced by our local schools.
According to Kent Inlone, a KCC report to schools suggests that the Brexit’s […]
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jeffjohns wrote a new blog post
Why Literary Festivals Need to be Both Accessible And Inclusive in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months agoLiterary festivals are wonderful events where readers, authors and publishers come together to celebrate the world of books and reading. […] This experience should be open and inclusive of everyone – which is w […]
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Jane Austen on friendship in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months agoThere is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
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J.K. Rowling on human nature in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months agoIf you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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jeffjohns wrote a new blog post
The government should buy UK books in bulk for libraries in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months agoAccording to The New Republic, if you publish a book in Norway, the government will buy 1,000 copies and distribute them to libraries. I think the UK government should do the same.
So long as a new Norwegian […]
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