Author Buzz | Adam Bassman | Group Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/members/admabassman/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Adam Bassman is a member. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 c9474efe3aed886e01790087e5c186c0 Acorn Boi joined the group Brandon Sanderson Fans https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18019/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:05:48 +0100 0 12c352343e3a24376f077bc6b14626d1 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Stuart Murdoch to be awarded an honorary degree in the group Outside News https://news.authorbuzz.co.uk/bookish-news/author-news/2026/04/14/stuart-murdoch-to-be-awarded-an-honorary-degree/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:35:17 +0100 Stuart Murdoch to be awarded an honorary degreeMusician, author and filmmaker Stuart Murdoch is to be awarded an honorary degree by The University of Glasgow on the Commemoration Day of 17th June this year (2026). Read the announcement here.

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]]> 0 591ef3166ccc0d1fc4f8df4335d813b4 jeffjohns joined the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18006/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:23:31 +0100 0 9d85ff4b5392466964fc8a62559fefd2 Blog: A Wicked Conceit, Anna Lee Huber from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/A_Wicked_Conceit__Anna_Lee_Huber.html Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2021 historical mystery; ninth in Huber’s Lady Darby series
(post-Regency amateur detection). As the cholera epidemic is starting
to fade in Edinburgh and Lady […]

]]> 0 91b9b78266f7758f72ef4fceb17049be Blog: The Missing and the Dead, Stuart MacBride from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/The_Missing_and_the_Dead__Stuart_MacBride.html Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2015 police procedural mystery, tartan noir, ninth in the Logan
McRae series. As the rescue of a serial killer’s victim involves
enough procedural irregularity to […]

]]> 0 71f4e01c449155f490851fbe91170d39 Acorn Boi started the topic I found this and had to share in the forum Aspiring Authors https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/aspiring-authors/forum/topic/i-found-this-and-had-to-share/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:08:39 +0100 I found this and had to share

]]> 0 a519925d5b8814ea2116feea13fd3177 Blog: Shadow of Mars, Glynn Stewart from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/Shadow_of_Mars__Glynn_Stewart.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2026 SF, eighteenth of its series. Chimera is still occupied, and the
force that’s hiding to conserve its strength for the day of liberation
is having to watch as […]

]]> 0 385a272cd6277bdb845e1dfcddbdc36f Blog: Enchanting the Fae Queen, Stephanie Burgis from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/Enchanting_the_Fae_Queen__Stephanie_Burgis.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2026 romantic fantasy, second of its series. Gerard de Moireul is the
Golden Beacon, the Empire’s most popular and successful general. He’s
clearly going to lead […]

]]> 0 f4fa964f9dbbfbc5f86f3dfac131af1c Burty Burtman replied to the topic What's the opposite of a plothole? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/whats-the-opposite-of-a-plothole/#post-5233 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:20:09 +0100 Checkov’s gun – something that the reader thinks the characters/author overlooked, only for it to spring up as a defining moment.

]]> 0 a305144b0a722161627fad359bc99419 Matthew Brown posted an update in the group Help and Support: I'm about to live-test something. Possible disruption should […] https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17972/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:08:45 +0100 I’m about to live-test something. Possible disruption should last about 5 minutes.

]]> 1 d610a3ad1b992aa0c7c4d362913887a6 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Website improvements in the group Help and Support https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2026/03/29/website-improvements/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 08:40:52 +0100 Website improvements A big old feature update today. The activity feed for the site now runs from the same dynamic system as the rest of the site. Which means: You […]

]]> 58ec8c8728e1072fb744c43b85f7b86e Blog: Look Who It Is by Alan Carr from Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed https://dogwoodtales.blogspot.com/2026/03/look-who-it-is-by-alan-carr.html Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:02:00 +0000 Alan Carr is now well on the way to the rarefied status of a national treasure, but this autobiography goes back to his roots as an awkward teenager and fledgling […]

]]> 0 20e496e1b6273ede65cba4fc4f3a28f6 Acorn Boi joined the group Books and Babbles https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17957/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:22:18 +0000 0 729ec1066c6d65266b9137fcb397f5bb Matthew Brown joined the group Books and Babbles https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17956/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:20:45 +0000 0 be72faec93af71206a165f67802b569b Jason Latnar replied to the topic Which of life's side quests are you doing RN? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/which-of-lifes-side-quests-are-you-doing-rn/#post-5212 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:19:55 +0000 Many luck; such support

 

]]> 0 0e18a89152e5898f84d90fb70574ef0d Acorn Boi replied to the topic Which of life's side quests are you doing RN? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/which-of-lifes-side-quests-are-you-doing-rn/#post-5211 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:18:43 +0000 I’m now on the try and win a writing competition quest.

Wish me all the lucks.

]]> 1 814a804634a7d68e3bdd3109c296f27a Blog: Half Dead, Annabel Chase from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/03/Half_Dead__Annabel_Chase.html Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:02:00 +0000 2025 paranormal fantasy, eighth of a nine-book series. We’re gearing
up for the Big Confrontation! Time for a distraction.

]]> 0 7f8734a6177c46d01c50231d2e0bca0b Adam Bassman created the group Books and Babbles https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17949/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 23:03:26 +0000 0 784520393cd298a137a659b46f3dbb90 Jason Latnar replied to the topic Which of life's side quests are you doing RN? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/which-of-lifes-side-quests-are-you-doing-rn/#post-5210 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:52:21 +0000 Oh man. That sucks. My condolences.

 

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]]> 0 e06407e8927dcd45fbafb526f57af0e1 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post My writers' group challenged itself to write easter themed stories in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) https://matthewdbrown.authorbuzz.co.uk/lordmatt/news-and-updates/other-blogging/my-writers-group-challenged-itself-to-write-easter-themed-stories/ Sat, 21 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 My writers' group challenged itself to write easter themed stories I started brainstorming ideas right there and then. Which is partly why there are so many Easter-themed writing prompts on The Muse of Last Resort.

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indefinitely, Sam moves in with her mother in grandmother’s old house.
But Mom is acting weird, and the […]

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]]> c709d2a157a4f1f2b310e9b11c0dc308 Matthew Brown replied to the topic What just happened? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/what-just-happened/#post-5198 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:18:10 +0000 Here’s the update:

Changes and updates

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]]> 054cc483d1a20cd70b411f2cc6ec7b22 Matthew Brown replied to the topic What just happened? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/what-just-happened/#post-5192 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 17:24:38 +0000 Yes. There was a change. Post about it coming soon.

]]> 0 2b4c52f41af5531195dd019a4989a18b Acorn Boi started the topic What just happened? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/what-just-happened/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 17:23:29 +0000 Did something change or whatever?

]]> 0 903017b195624d881d1a4bb2ff8e9823 Acorn Boi joined the group General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17880/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 17:22:48 +0000 0 afb445a2bb763f8dcda42046aedb23d3 Matthew Brown created the group General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17878/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 15:46:44 +0000 0 54d08cf38bbf48e045454177b4d12d33 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Artisanal hand crafted coding, writing, blogging, talking, and so forth in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek https://lordmatt.co.uk/just-for-fun/artisanal-hand-crafted-coding-writing-blogging-talking-and-so-forth/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 19:15:17 +0000 Artisanal hand crafted coding, writing, blogging, talking, and so forth If you want something a bit more special than mass-produced (AI-generated) code and storytelling, I am available to hire at a moment’s notice at the highly […]

]]> a70829845c147387721591e940fcb3b7 Book News (bot) edited the blog post 'Don’t Steal This Book': Authors protest AI at London Book Fair with ‘empty’ book in the group Outside News https://news.authorbuzz.co.uk/bookish-news/2026/03/13/dont-steal-this-book-authors-protest-ai-at-london-book-fair-with-empty-book/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:30:06 +0000 'Don’t Steal This Book': Authors protest AI at London Book Fair with ‘empty’ bookThousands of authors feature in a new “empty” book titled “Don’t Steal This Book” – a protest over AI firms using creative professionals’ work wi […]

]]> 930585c31fcb15064849fd86b1522bfb Matthew Brown commented on the post, Time for a fresh coat of paint?, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2026/03/09/time-for-a-fresh-coat-of-paint/#comment-13697 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:27:32 +0000 Mostly just forums, groups, and blogs. Groups having a blog and a forum to group them. That is something else I could look into making clearer.

]]> 720e7115913de17a04104134e7d551bb Danny H commented on the post, Time for a fresh coat of paint?, on the groupblog Author Buzz Developer Blog https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2026/03/09/time-for-a-fresh-coat-of-paint/#comment-13696 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:08:45 +0000 I think I’ve said this before, but there’s so much going on here I sometimes get confused as to how I’m supposed to do something. You’ve got forums, groups and blogs, and I don’t know what else you might have […]

]]> cdd95be624ab70b56a46dd0d24fcf7f5 Blog: Stories of the Raksura Volume Two, Martha Wells from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/03/Stories_of_the_Raksura_Volume_Two__Martha_Wells.html Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:04:00 +0000 2011 fantasy anthology: five stories of the Raksura.

]]> 0 a8f21f46cf925162d6ea482227b7e632 Blog: We Are Legion (We Are Bob), Dennis Taylor from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/03/We_Are_Legion__We_Are_Bob___Dennis_Taylor.html Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:02:00 +0000 2016 SF, first of what was announced as a trilogy but is now up to
five volumes. Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is
looking forward to a life […]

]]> 0 fd2a4d8365dcc1ad45f32d05e2a9461f Blog: Virtual Book Club: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir from Books and Babbles: A Harper's Books Podcast in the group Books and Babbles https://rss.com/podcasts/books-and-babbles/2618938 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 03:23:35 +0000 The Books and Babbles virtual book club reconvenes for the first time in podcast format to discuss Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir! We recap the plot and answer your […]

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