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Laura Winder commented on the post, Look after all your group, on the site Thanet Creative 7 years, 6 months ago
You make a very good point here, Matthew. I am slightly perturbed by the spelling errors and lack of grammar on some sentences though.
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Look after all your group in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 7 years, 6 months agoWhen we run events, we need to look after the people that come along. Do organisers of writers events do enough to keep people safe after the event?
I have been thinking a great deal about the safety of people […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Thanet Creative 7 years, 6 months ago
Last night, Thanet Creative updated the website with a fresh new look.
It was not that the old look was not working – it was fine. However, I felt that it did not do enough to draw attention to what was new on […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Thanet Star 7 years, 6 months ago
Is Thanet incurably sexist? Almost all parts of public life are dominated by men with women relative rarity. Why is that?
Is Thanet blogging sexist?
The national gender bias in publishing seems to extend to […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz 7 years, 6 months ago
There seems to be a significant gender bias in publishing in this country. We ask if the UK publishing world is one ruled by sexism?
Unfair attitudes
In 2015, The Guardian published the story of a female author […]
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Matthew Brown commented on the post, Public overwhelming in favour of Manston as an airport, on the site Thanet Star 7 years, 6 months ago
UKIP rebels are in favour of the airport. UKIP leadership currently support houses.
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Thanet Star 7 years, 6 months ago
The public has spoken, people want Manston to remain an airport.
After the vote on the Local Plan hinged so heavily on the Manston issue, we conducted a poll to see if people really wanted Manston to be an […]
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jeffjohns wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz 7 years, 6 months ago
Over the course of the last twenty-four hours, we have more than trebled the number of themes our blog users have available to choose from.
Writer and book review themes
All our new themes have been selected […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Thanet Star 7 years, 6 months ago
In the world of writing, do or do not, there is no try. Either get paid a big chunk of cash that makes it worth your while or do it for free.
Write for what you are worth or give it away but never send the […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz 7 years, 6 months ago
As a writer, you need to respect yourself and your work by demanding fair payment.
The world of writing is already horribly underpaid. The last thing you should be doing is accepting commisions that drive it any […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Thanet Star 7 years, 6 months ago
When asked if they felt Thanet District Council was fit for purpose, the public said no.
In a public poll that asked, “Is Thanet District Council fit for purpose?” 87% of people said it was not. The poll which […]
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jeffjohns wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz 7 years, 6 months ago
Book review blogs are a nice way to find new books. If you find a reviewer that you trust, that blog can become a rewarding source of fresh book titles.
8 Book Review Blogs
This is list is in no particular […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz Developer Blog 7 years, 6 months ago
Today I set myself the task of finalising the import process for a number of large blogs waiting to move into the Author Buzz family.
If only life was so simple.
It turns out that the last time anyone tried […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Thanet Star 7 years, 6 months ago
A quick overview of all that is happening in the worlds of Thanet sports and sporting fixtures.
Round up of Thanet’s sports news
Just today The Isle of Thanet News reported that the Dane Court under 16 girls t […]
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Matthew Brown commented on the post, Flawed local plan defeated by cross-party vote, on the site Thanet Star 7 years, 6 months ago
Alls well that ends well, then. Thanks for letting us know.
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Thanet Star 7 years, 6 months ago
The flawed and unpopular Local Plan was given a resounding defeat in a full meeting of Thanet District Council last night.
Immediately after the vote, Kent Online reported that the Local Plan had been rejected […]
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Blog: "What we claim to own is ours for a little while. One day we will die and someone else will have own…" from
Lord Matt (old geek) in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) 7 years, 6 months ago“What we claim to own is ours for a little while. One day we will die and someone else will have own it. We are a guardian; owning things until it is time for s […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Thanet Star 7 years, 6 months ago
The reaction on social media to the upcoming vote on the Local Plan has mostly been of one of strong opposition to the plan as it currently exists.
The local plan has been described as deeply flawed. Chris […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Thanet Star 7 years, 6 months ago
Members of the public have taken to Twitter to complain about Thanet District Council’s ongoing failure to collect rubbish.
Frustrated that the council have left used nappies, tampons, and rotting food in the […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Thanet Star 7 years, 6 months ago
We here at Thanet Star would like to recognise the achievements of Kathy Bailes with The Isle of Thanet News.
When Thanet Star started, we would periodically recognise the achievements of others by i […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Thanet Star 7 years, 6 months ago
As a crunch vote for Chris Wells’ UKIP council fast approaches we ask, is UKIP finished in Thanet District Council?
The vote
Today, Thanet District Council will vote on the long overdue Local Plan. The council […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Matthew D Brown 7 years, 6 months ago
I am often by myself. As a writer, this is probably just the way I like things. That is until I ran smack into the one time that I felt alone.
I usually enjoy a space devoid of other people; that’s how work […]
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic Could I get into trouble for this? in the forum General Chat 7 years, 6 months ago
Obviously, I am not a lawyer. All this is not legal advice. And other disclaimers.
The very short answer is: it depends but it might be okay.
My understanding is that Satire is always a safe harbour. After all, newspapers print political satire cartoons all the time. To an extent, it depends on if you are saying this is real and/or if you are…Read more
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Matthew Brown posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
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Matthew Brown commented on the post, 5 Films I am truly excited for in 2018, on the site Matthew D Brown 7 years, 6 months ago
Lost? Not at all. You loved the orig-trig (Original Trilogy) but were indifferent to the prequels.
