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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Brexit: Bad for authors in the group Say: 6 years, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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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Sophia Jack became a registered member 6 years, 5 months ago
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
What are your creative goals for the year ahead? in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 6 years, 6 months agoOne of the topics we have been discussing on Facebook is what our creative goals are for 2019.
What are you creative goals this year? Are there any particular milestones you want to try and pass?
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Gaiman on plot coupons in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months agoNeil Gaiman recently re-posted his thoughts on what he calls “Plot Coupons”, why they are so limited, and how to learn the craft of writing.
There are several book recommendations towards the end. Due to the […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Dealing with persistant fakes and cybersquatters in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 6 years, 6 months agoAs you may be aware, this is not the only blog that I write for. I also contribute to Thanet Creative. Which makes sense as I helped found it back in 2013.
I’m breaking in a new section on my blog today, […]
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jeffjohns wrote a new blog post
Kayleigh Keam: Children’s novels are not so easy in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months agoKayleigh Keam talks about the staggering difference between writing for children and writing a novel for children.
‘I’ve written for children my whole career, writing a novel for children will be a piece of […]
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
A twitter scheduling trick to increase social reach in the group Author Buzz HQ: 6 years, 6 months agoWould it not be amazing if you could prepare a large number of tweets and have them posted to twitter gradually – a few every day? What about if that same method improved reputation management and SEO too while […]
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Orwell on speaking the truth in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months agoIf liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.George Orwell
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Beware of fake Thanet Creative social media accounts in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 6 years, 6 months agoEach year there seems to be a silly season wherein a flurry of new pages, Twitter accounts and so forth, spring up claiming to be Thanet Creative.
These fake accounts tend to follow the same pattern – they […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Almost no one understands Brexit which is why it is insanity to blindly chase it. in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months agoAccording to a government report, less than a third of people fully understand what a no-deal Brexit actually is, fewer still know what the customs union is. If the people don’t actually know what they are asking […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz 6 years, 6 months ago
Few authors are able to write full time and most of us consider our career a failure. Why is that and what can we do about it?
I wrote in my personal blog that I was going to spend this year looking at what […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
How we wowed social media with the truth about False Widow in the group Thanet Star: 6 years, 6 months agoSometimes a few good pictures and the truth really can make a splash. Too frequently lies, false news, and spam grab the headlines but, every now and then, the truth gets a look in.
Such was the case in 2013 […]
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Jane Austen on reading in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months agoThe person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Neil Gaiman on 2018 in the group Say: 6 years, 6 months agoRight at the end of 2018, Neil Gaiman wrote a review of the year that was about to end.
It’s been a strange year. I’ve only blogged a couple of times, mostly because I’ve not had anything to write about except […]
