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Blog: Pavane by Keith Roberts from
Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed 1 month, 2 weeks agoThis book takes the premise that Queen Elizabeth I was assassinated in July 1588, triggering a civil war between protestants and catholics, allowing the Spanish […]
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Blog: Lily King: ‘What is life without love?’ from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 1 month, 2 weeks agoThe American author discusses our need for fiction in an age of disconnection, the challenges of growing up with 14 step-siblings, and why she’s going ‘all in’ […]
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Is it Wether or Weather or Whether? in the group Thanet Creative: Writers: 1 month, 3 weeks agoIs it Wether or Weather or Whether?
I had a dyslexic moment and could not remember which weather I wanted. So I looked it up. Following the advice to “blog your homework”. Here’s the […] -
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How long should a novel be? in the forum Aspiring Authors 1 month, 3 weeks agoI found the post I was looking for: Here’s a list by genre:
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Jane Smith replied to the topic
How long should a novel be? in the forum Aspiring Authors 1 month, 3 weeks agoYour story should be as long as it needs to be.
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Adam Bassman replied to the topic
Login page changes? in the forum Help and Support 1 month, 3 weeks agoI’ve not noticed anything.
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Python: Objects that change (for story reasons), on the groupblog The Fantastic Site of Lord Matt 1 month, 3 weeks agoStand back! Matt’s doing coding again.
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Blog: Code review: Items that change from
The Endless Rooms in the group The Endless Rooms 1 month, 3 weeks agoI’ve been coding up some tools to help storytelling in Ren’Py. This is a class (actually two) for items that change as they are used. You may need to view the code […]
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Python: Objects that change (for story reasons) in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 1 month, 3 weeks agoPython: Objects that change (for story reasons)
For my visual novel project, I wanted things that have images and tags, but can mutate or change as they gain more. This is the code I wrote: […] -
Matthew Brown replied to the topic
How long should a novel be? in the forum Aspiring Authors 1 month, 3 weeks agoAround 50,000 words is a novella (very short novel), but after that, “normal-sized” depends on the genre. Fantasy novels can exceed 200,000 words, whereas a comedy might range from 80,000 to 90,000 words, but again, it depends.
My advice would be not to worry about it. Just write the best story you can. Getting it to the right size can come…Read more
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Acorn Boi started the topic
How long should a novel be? in the forum Aspiring Authors 1 month, 3 weeks agoI think novels come in regular, big, and oversized or something IDK. What size should mine be? How many words or pages or summit?
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Matthew Brown replied to the topic
Login page changes? in the forum Help and Support 1 month, 3 weeks agoThere are no changes that I’ve made. It should still be as vanilla as it gets.
Mine works fine, which is no help at all for you.
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Blog: An Uncertain Death, Hazel Holt from
RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed 1 month, 3 weeks ago1994 mystery. Sheila Malory is on the committee of the Taviscombe
Festival, which has been turned by incoming luvvies from a pleasant
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Blog: The Running Man (Comic-con trailer) from
Matrix Dreams in the group Matrix Dreams 1 month, 3 weeks agoWell, this looks like some fun sci-fi action. I bet it will be formulaic and rehash all the old tropes. Yeah, of course. That’s part of the fun.
The post The […] -
Blog: I’m reading a new book: from
Punning in the group Dad Jokes and Funny Memes 1 month, 3 weeks agoHow to Clear Leaves from Your Driveway by Ray King
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Danny H started the topic
Login page changes? in the forum Help and Support 1 month, 3 weeks agoHave you been tinkering with the login mechanism? My password manager used to fill in both username & password, but now I have to add the username separately
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Blog: Breakthrough! from
The Endless Rooms in the group The Endless Rooms 1 month, 3 weeks agoI now have Ren’Py up and running on my Ubuntu gaming PC. It took me long enough. Now, I can start drafting code.
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Blog: Doctor Galaxy, Jenny Schwartz from
RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed 1 month, 3 weeks ago2022 SF, first of a loose series. Dr Alexi Sur enlists with the Pax
Galactica Corps, the first-contact arm of Universal Society that got
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Blog: Mercy (trailer) from
Matrix Dreams in the group Matrix Dreams 1 month, 4 weeks agoThe post Mercy (trailer) appeared first on Matrix Dreams.
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Blog: Can confirm, from
Punning in the group Dad Jokes and Funny Memes 1 month, 4 weeks agois a photo; not a drawing by a horse or human.
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Blog: The Incandescent, Emily Tesh from
RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed 1 month, 4 weeks ago2025 modern fantasy. Dr Saffy Walden is Head of Magic at Chetwood, a
long-established public school; most of her time is spent in
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Blog: A new look for a new era from
Seren in the group Seren Books 2 months agoYou may have noticed that our website looks a little different! We’ve been working away on a new brand and are excited to finally share our refreshed look. W […]
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Blog: The Foundling, Georgette Heyer from
RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed 2 months ago1948 Regency romance. Gilly, or Adolphus Gillespie Vernon Ware the
Duke of Sale, was a sickly child, and has been brought up in luxury
but thoroughly insulated from […]
