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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Thanet Creative 7 years, 10 months ago
In this post, I am going to take a brief look at constructing the idea of Alien Numbers in your alien world.
World building your alien world is a topic I hope to visit a few times. Perhaps not to the same […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz 7 years, 10 months ago
At Author Buzz UK, we tend to stay away from matters of politics but Universal Credit is one of those topics that cuts to the heart of what it means to be an author.
Being a full-time writer is hard already
This […]
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Blog: Writers Explore: Mental Illness – Thanet Creative from
Lord Matt (old geek) in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) 7 years, 10 months agoWriters Explore: Mental Illness – Thanet Creative: matthewdavidbrown:I am exceptionally pleased with this article.
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jessjoysite commented on the post, Writers Explore: Mental Illness, on the site Thanet Creative 7 years, 11 months ago
I can’t help the nagging feeling that my competition entry prompted this post. Or am I just paranoid? Or conceited? Your post makes for an interesting read and raises the issue of a writer’s moral responsibility […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Writers Explore: Mental Illness in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 7 years, 11 months agoMental illness is a topic that has long fascinated writers. Mental illness has been the topic of many different stories, with varying degrees of accuracy and success.
One hurdle we writers must overcome to […]
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In answer to MP Craig Mackinlay on Brexit in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 7 years, 11 months agoIn answer to MP Craig Mackinlay on Brexit
This article about Brexit was originally written by me for The Isle of Thanet News blog back in September 2017. It was archived here in October 2024 in the […] -
Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Why adding your voice to ours matters in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 7 years, 11 months agoWhen you join Thanet Creative as a charity member you add your voice to ours. With a collective, your voice and ours together is far more powerful than when separate.
Standing up for writers
One of the things t […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Matthew D Brown 7 years, 11 months ago
When I reported that my home was in chaos all I could do was imagine how nice the end result might be. Now I can see it.
This is what it looked like at the start of the week.
What a change from the […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Thanet Creative 7 years, 11 months ago
I could give you advice on writing better (in general) but as I am still learning, here is what the experts are saying.
We recently asked what makes a good writer? Here are some tips (mostly from other people) […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz 7 years, 11 months ago
The 2017 H. G. Wells Short Story Competition shortlist has been announced.
The Short Story Competition shortlists were posted Thursday 21 September, H. G. Wells’ Birthday.
There are two prizes on offer.
T […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz 7 years, 11 months ago
If you are having difficulty creating an account, please let us know.
Some users have reported that while they can sign-up via a WordPress.com account, they cannot always complete the sign-up process directly. […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz Developer Blog 7 years, 11 months ago
We have identified a possible fault with the sign-up process for Author Buzz. It only affects people signing up with email but not with WordPress.com.
The fault appears to be that the email for new accounts […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Thanet Creative 7 years, 11 months ago
Hack writing is the fastest way to go from interesting story to trite and boring without really trying.
In almost all cases hack writing is a result of lazy storytelling often combined with a failure to write […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Thanet Creative 7 years, 11 months ago
Female characters. For whatever reason, they do not get the same page time as their male counterparts. There are no good reason for it aside from perhaps a lack of understanding of how to write a compelling female […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz 7 years, 11 months ago
Do chaos and good writing go together? This is a question we are about to avoid but not entirely.
Welcome to the weekly roundup of the best posts on the Author Buzz UK network.
In case you are wondering, a […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Matthew D Brown 7 years, 11 months ago
The relative calm of my writing space has been disrupted this week.
I mean, sure, the work needed to be done. And yes, the walls were crying out for fresh paper. Even so, the amount of writing I have done this […]
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Blog: What makes you a good writer? – Thanet Creative from
Lord Matt (old geek) in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) 7 years, 11 months agoWhat makes you a good writer? – Thanet Creative: A new blog post by yours truly.
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Thanet Creative 7 years, 11 months ago
What makes a good writer? Specifically, what does it take to make you a good writer?
This post is inspired by Thanet Writer and author, Matthew Munson’s blog post. I took his main points and examined them one […]
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Blog: "The only time all the writers in a room agree with each other on everything is when there is just…" from
Lord Matt (old geek) in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) 7 years, 11 months ago“The only time all the writers in a room agree with each other on everything is when there is just one writer sitting alone and sometimes not even then.” – Matthew […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Thanet Creative 7 years, 11 months ago
A new site, a new competition! Are you ready, writers?
Explain the series of events that ties these images togetherHow to enter
Unlike our last competition which ran week to week, this one will run month to […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Author Buzz 7 years, 11 months ago
Getting published is not easy. Getting a literary agent helps but getting an agent is no easy task.
This article is an update to one I published on the now retired Thanet Creative Writers website which has now […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Thanet Creative 7 years, 11 months ago
Thanet Creative exists to create opportunities for Thanet’s many writers. Some of us writers like to blog – here are five ways you can.
Blogging for sites related to your field of writing is a fantastic way t […]
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Wayne became a registered member 7 years, 11 months ago
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Matthew Brown wrote a new post on the site Thanet Creative 7 years, 11 months ago
A term that we have used on this blog a lot is “Thanet’s writers”. What do we mean exactly?
It could, for example, be taken to mean the historical writers from Thanet’s past. People like Dickens, for example. […]
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Jack Dent posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
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