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Blog: I Read Books: Skylark Three from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 7 years ago
Skylark Three is the second in the Skylark series, named after the third Skylark spaceship. (In The Skylark of Space, Seaton and Crane build the Skylark and go on […]
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Blog: 5 Types of Audience Members You Can Safely Ignore from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 7 years ago
It takes a certain amount of strength to be an audience-focused content creator. It’s not for the faint of heart. Because when you know your audience is the s […]
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Blog: I Read Stories: First Flight from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 7 years ago
First Flight by Mary Robinette KowalThis is cute time travel story. Because you can only travel in your own lifetime (like in quantum leap) to look at a particular […]
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Blog: How to Defeat the Tyranny of Bad Grammar and Worse Sales from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 7 years, 1 month ago
Happy North American patriotism week! With Canada Day and U.S. Independence Day, as well as an abundance of summer sunshine, I think we can all agree that the […]
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Blog: I Watch Films: Anon from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 7 years, 1 month ago
AnonIn the near future everything you see is recorded in the Ether and can be played back. Also vast amounts of meta-data can be seen – too much to read as it h […]
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Blog: Taking Time Off to Honor Independence Day from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 7 years, 1 month ago
July 4 is Independence Day in the United States, so today we’re honoring the holiday. Hope you’re having a great week, and we look forward to reconnecting […]
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Blog: I Read Books: Celtic Myths and Legends from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 7 years, 1 month ago
Celtic Myths and Legends by Peter Beresford EllisThis is a collection of stories from the six Celtic language traditions; Irish, Scottish, Manx, Welsh, Cornish and […]
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Blog: Quit Trashing Your Writing Voice with This Rookie Mistake from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 7 years, 1 month ago
I’ve been thinking about writing this one for quite a while, but I’ve just had a lot of other stuff going on. But I can’t stay silent anymore. We need to talk […]
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Blog: I Watch Films: The Dark Tower from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 7 years, 1 month ago
The Dark Tower is a seven volume Steven King Fantasy series that begins as him riffing off Westerns and the Lord of the Rings at the same time, turns into a look […]
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Blog: 3 Ways to Hone the Skill that Can Advance Your Career as a Writer from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 7 years, 1 month ago
There are writers. And then there are professional writers. Over my career as a writer and editor, I’ve noticed one key factor that enables writers to perform t […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Failure is not fatal in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 7 years, 1 month ago
One thing that we messy writers need to learn is this – failure is not fatal.
The key thing, as a writer, is to tell interesting stories. It does not matter if you write a story and most people don’t like it or […]
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Matthew Brown commented on the post,
Use maths to find your minimum price per story, on the groupblog Matthew D Brown 7 years, 1 month ago
When you know, going in, that you are doing something or free – that’s a donation. When you do it to get paid and the rate per hour is pennies – that’s exploitation.
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Amused Geek – new Tumblr blog in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author): 7 years, 1 month ago
Most of the time, what I post on Tumblr stays on Tumblr. This time, however, I’m posting it here too.
I would like to introduce you to a new Tumblr blog that I have recently started – Amused Geek. It is part […]
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Blog: A Big Announcement, and Advice to Move You Forward from
Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans 7 years, 1 month ago
Well, our big thing this week was … pretty big. 🙂 If you didn’t catch yesterday’s announcement, our wonderful WordPress design and hosting division, St […]
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
Seven secrets of how new books get readers in the group Author Buzz HQ: 7 years, 1 month ago
Your book has just been published and now you face the question of how to get readers. We look at some of the ways authors get readers and how you can do the same. There are no “magic answers” here, just honest […]
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Blog: Going Forward… from
Savidge Reads in the group Book bloggers 7 years, 1 month ago
So now that I am back into the world of blogging, what is the plan? The fact of the matter is that I don’t really have one. I know I want to keep it bookish, I m […]
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Matthew Brown commented on the post,
Use maths to find your minimum price per story, on the groupblog Matthew D Brown 7 years, 1 month ago
Yes, I help manage other blogs (which you know from our Facebook conversations); no, that is not on topic for this post. The topic of the day here is “how much is the least you should be paid for writing?” Which […]
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Matthew Brown commented on the post,
Use maths to find your minimum price per story, on the groupblog Matthew D Brown 7 years, 1 month ago
Alex if you want to offer your work to a particular blog, I’d start my approach on that blog. Any blog that I help run will have one or pages of guidance on submitting content. Most of the blogs I am involved with […]
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Christian Writer wrote a new post on the site Christian Writer 7 years, 1 month ago
All doctrine should be testable doctrine – with this one idea we can create an axiomatic faith.
What is an axiomatic faith?
Axiomatic means something that is self-evidently true. So a faith (or more accurately a […] -
Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
How professional writers embrace necessary mess in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 7 years, 1 month ago
The very best writers are those that have learned to love “necessary mess” as part of their writing process.
First drafts: A necessary mess
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
The lie of the so-called “natural writer” in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 7 years, 1 month ago
There is a lie that abounds in certain circles of the so-called “natural writer”. But there is no such thing. It is a lie that exists like a secret false religion, perpetrated by people who should know better. A […]
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Matthew Brown posted an update in the group
Thanet Creative: Writers 7 years, 1 month ago
I may need to call a rain check on this Week’s Tea and Chat. Would everyone be okay with skipping a week?
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz 7 years, 1 month ago
I figure that it is about time for me to talk about why Author Buzz UK exists and what I hope the site will do for myself and everyone who joins us here.
History of Author Buzz UK
I have owned the domain name […]
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Danny H commented on the post,
Sites outage – confession of a silly dev, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog 7 years, 1 month ago
Domain renewals are easy to overlook, did you not get warning emails prior to expiry? I don’t think this will prevent this kind of downtime, but I’m willing to set up secondary nameservers for your domains on my […]
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Matthew Brown commented on the post,
GDPR – Privacy and Data laws, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog 7 years, 1 month ago
Eek, I’d better pull my finger out and get some recommendations up.