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Blog: 15 best new books to read this autumn, from historical fiction to romance novels from The Independent Books in the group The Independent's book reviews 1 year, 3 months ago
Discover debut novelists and immersive page-turners from acclaimed authors this season
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Blog: Essex Close Gap on Surrey after Dramatic Away Day at Blackpool from Hachette UK in the group We love Sarah Waters' writing 1 year, 3 months ago
After their defeat against Lancashire, Surrey looked to get back to winning ways against Nottinghamshire at The Oval. Batting first, they made 355, with Jordan […]
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Blog: A round-robin of cool stuff from Lord Matt (old geek) in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) 1 year, 3 months ago
Back in the day, bloggers would often get together and make lists of cool things or stuff they really liked that others (usually in the in-group) were doing. The […]
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post A round-robin of cool stuff in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 1 year, 3 months ago
A round-robin of cool stuff Back in the day, bloggers would often get together and make lists of cool things or stuff they really liked that others (usually in the in-group) were […]
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic How much world building should I start my story with? in the forum A QnA for aspiring authors 1 year, 3 months ago
As little as humanly possible.
When I read, I want to get to the characters and learn why I should care about them. Only then am I interested in exploring the world with them.
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Blog: Matt’s Node: An experiment from News Archives » Matrix Dreams in the group Matrix Dreams 1 year, 3 months ago
I have a new project that I have been playing with. Matt’s Node is a WordPress blog that runs as an entity on the fediverse. In other words, I have a Mastodon […]
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Blog: from Joanne Harris in the group Fans of Joanne Harris 1 year, 3 months ago
sainamoonshine:A note to all creatives:Right now, you have to be a team player. You cannot complain about AI being used to fuck over your industry and then turn […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post Abandon Twitter for Mastodon if you have not already in the group Author Buzz HQ: 1 year, 3 months ago
Abandon Twitter for Mastodon if you have not already With what is going on over at Twitter I have revised our Twitter advice for authors. If you are still on Twitter, I strongly recommend that you jump […]
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Blog: THE SHADOW EARL from Stella Riley in the group Fans of Stella Riley 1 year, 3 months ago
Christian’s story was released yesterday and reached number 3 in the Amazon UK historical romances best seller lists. If you’ve already read it, please leave a […]
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jeffjohns started the topic How much world building should I start my story with? in the forum A QnA for aspiring authors 1 year, 3 months ago
I have a story I’m ready to write. How much world-building stuff should my first chapter have?
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post My babysitter is an assassin in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 1 year, 3 months ago
My babysitter is an assassin Alex is twelve and he’s pretty sure the babysitter is an underworld assassin. Alex has one question: Should he tell the babysitter about the bully?
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Blog: Books I Read in June 2023 from A Little Blog of Books in the group Book bloggers 1 year, 3 months ago
I went to the Hay Festival for a couple of days at the end of May and picked up Regenesis by George Monbiot from the signed copies table in the Festival Bookshop […]
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Blog: Live Your Own Love Story This Summer from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans 1 year, 3 months ago
We’ve been counting down the days, and now the sun is shining, the days are longer, and this summer just got hotter with Mills & Boon. Wherever you are going and w […]
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post New initiative launches to give trans people a voice in the UK publishing industry [Pink News] in the group Author Buzz HQ: 1 year, 3 months ago
New initiative launches to give trans people a voice in the UK publishing industry [Pink News] Pink News is reporting a new initiative in UK publishing to give trans people a voice. Trans author Harry Nicholas has launched a networking space […]
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Blog: The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 3 months ago
The Second Murderer by Denise Mina; Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott; Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter; Black Thorn by Sarah Hilary; The Housekeepers by Alex […]
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Blog: Elly Griffiths: ‘If I love a book I read it multiple times’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 3 months ago
The crime writer on embracing politics in her teens, discovering the thrill of George Eliot, and learning from Wilkie CollinsMy earliest reading memoryAlice’s A […]
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Blog: Laura Trethewey on the Race to Map the Oceans from The Virtual Book Channel – Literary Hub in the group The Virtual Book Channel 1 year, 3 months ago
Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological i […]
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Blog: C.W. Goodyear on James Garfield, Most Pathologically Reasonable of American Presidents from The Virtual Book Channel – Literary Hub in the group The Virtual Book Channel 1 year, 3 months ago
Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological i […]
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Blog: Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan review – lyrical tale of a family accused from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 3 months ago
An Irish family in early 90s London become tabloid scapegoats in this politically astute novel of lives foreclosedOrdinary Human Failings is a considerably more […]
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic Is twitter dead? in the forum General Chat 1 year, 3 months ago
I think it is. Which is a shame. Twitter used to be something special.
I don’t use Twitter any more. I do use mastodon.
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Blog: 5 hard-won editing tips from Thanet Creative Writers in the group Thanet Creative: Writers 1 year, 3 months ago
Editing your writing can be a hard process. At least, it is for me. Here are five tips that I think might help your editing and have certainly helped mine.1. […]
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post 5 hard-won editing tips in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 1 year, 3 months ago
5 hard-won editing tips Editing your writing can be a hard process. At least, it is for me. Here are five tips that I think might help your editing and have certainly […]
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Blog: British Library acquires ultra-rare cricket book thanks to anonymous donor from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 year, 3 months ago
William Epps’s 1799 book of scorecards from ‘the grand matches’, formerly owned by commentator John Arlott, has been saved for the nationThe British Library has a […]
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Jason Latnar started the topic Is twitter dead? in the forum General Chat 1 year, 3 months ago
Is Twitter dead? Has Musk-boy killed it?
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Blog: Hi Mr. Gaiman, As an accomplished author with several books under his belt, how do you know that a story is a dud for lack of a better word? I have a million ideas bouncing around inside my head at all times, and while I consider them good ideas worth pursuing, how am I sure they will make a good story? I ask this because I have been dwelling on something one of my professors said last semester. He held a seminar on poetry and got to the topic of fiction writing, where he stated that he had just recently finished a story he had rewritten several times over the course of multiple years. Now I myself write as a hobby with a faint imagining that someone might see it in the future, and I have written a dud or two, where the plot was poorly formed and the ideas behind it just had a flaw somewhere in the base concept. Perhaps this is my youth and amateurity speaking, but I was under the impression that given enough time and care, any story could recover from that stage so long as it had not been completed yet. Ideas would need to be reworked, concepts retooled, characters redrawn, but the very basic idea could still survive in a different format. My professor disagreed, stating that he has destroyed 400-500 page novels that he has written before upon realizing said fatal flaw. He stated that the story was in a state that it could not recover from, and that many authors encounter ideas that seem good at the time, but stink later on to such a degree that the basic premise must be thrown out. This seems like a tremendous loss of work to me. As writing is an art form, it feels somewhat similar to destroying practice sketches and ‘meh’ oil paintings that showcase the artist’s progress. An idea that stinks today might be able to work from a different angle later on in my opinion. I suppose after rambling my question is now this: are some ideas and concepts just not worth pursuing? Are some story concepts flawed from the get-go and impossible to save, and is there a way to tell that before writing the whole thing? Is it even possible to waste that time as you’re getting in practice for the next tale?This isn’t something I ever really thought about before being told in sure tones that this is how things work by someone with a degree is this, so I figured I’d ask the professional author for a second opinion. Apologies for the length of the message, especially if this is one you’ve received before. from Neil Gaiman in the group Fans of Neil Gaiman 1 year, 3 months ago
I have things that have stalled and a few stories that, when they were done, went to the box in the attic rather than to anyone who could publish them (there’s a w […]