Author Buzz | Charles Maxwell | Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/members/charlesmaxwell/activity/ Activity feed for Charles Maxwell. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:36:54 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 af8672ec09488ae631b7582883c59b66 Charles Maxwell started the topic Let's do Sci-Fi starter books now. in the forum Book reviews and recommendations https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/book-reviews-and-recommendations/forum/topic/lets-do-sci-fi-starter-books-now/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:44:55 +0000 I’ll go first.

  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
  • The Dark Side of The Sun (Sir TP)
  • Philip K Dick’s We Can Remember It For You Wholesale
  • The Man Who Folded Himself (I forget who wrote this)

Now, you go…

]]> 0 0135bd15a0b8f635cbebab430574c412 Charles Maxwell joined the group Book reviews and recommendations https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17912/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:42:15 +0000 0 9a601227e18651cdbbbcce96538cfbdf Charles Maxwell replied to the topic Aspiring to what, pray tell? in the forum Aspiring Authors https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/aspiring-authors/forum/topic/aspiring-to-what-pray-tell/#post-5158 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:48:29 +0000 I don’t get it. What’s the difference?

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]]> 0 defb1ff1cec857d1a42644376b197d83 Charles Maxwell started the topic What software do you use for writing? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/forums/topic/what-software-do-you-use-for-writing/ Sun, 02 Nov 2025 13:43:02 +0000 I’m using MS Word ATM. What other apps are good for writers?

]]> 0 56078441eef4bd4f879e07340ddc6ece Charles Maxwell posted a new activity comment https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/16953/#acomment-16982 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 08:32:23 +0100 Right now? This.

In reply to - Jane Smith posted an update What are you reading? ]]> 3fa94552aba0526805b82b65269d0347 Charles Maxwell started the topic What's the opposite of a plothole? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/forums/topic/whats-the-opposite-of-a-plothole/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:54:24 +0100 Everyone knows what a plothole is right?

What’s the opposite of one?

]]> 0 06b35923c3ac833612ebb07e54ab49c1 Charles Maxwell posted an update: New books arrive today https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/16828/ Sun, 24 Aug 2025 14:52:29 +0100 New books arrive today

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In reply to - Jason Latnar posted an update Knock knock ]]> d7e5d930090cfe270343f4b37d13312d Charles Maxwell posted an update: I'm too hot, man! https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/16662/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:42:07 +0100 I’m too hot, man!

]]> 1 c246a4675c13137411dd54420a180411 Charles Maxwell wrote a new blog post What if the villain was actually trying to save the world? in the group The Muse of Last Resort https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/what-if/what-if-the-villain-was-actually-trying-to-save-the-world/ Mon, 11 Aug 2025 16:00:00 +0100 df1ac9b6be53c78d44666d49eb721668 Charles Maxwell replied to the topic How do you edit? in the forum Aspiring Authors https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/aspiring-authors/forum/topic/how-do-you-edit/#post-4884 Mon, 11 Aug 2025 10:46:03 +0100 I’ve no idea. I read it over and look for mistakes.

Does that help?

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]]> af044e1588aac726db8d38484e49f0be Charles Maxwell posted a new activity comment https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/16432/#acomment-16435 Fri, 25 Jul 2025 18:22:49 +0100 What inspiration do you need?

In reply to - jeffjohns posted an update Feeling uninspired ]]> b7b14768aa09891cfc2557f8e22cd3e1 Charles Maxwell posted an update: Hulk Hogan has died :( https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/16434/ Fri, 25 Jul 2025 18:21:58 +0100 Hulk Hogan has died 🙁

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]]> 0 eab1922cfd28b5ade6cfcc3505ff96de Charles Maxwell replied to the topic How big is your to-be-read pile? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/forums/topic/how-big-is-your-to-be-read-pile/#post-4767 Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:22:54 +0100 So soz for late reply.

How do I resist? With great difficulty.

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]]> 0 ee09c50e7cd6af633e7ead3c283ba0ae Charles Maxwell commented on the post, Rushdie attacker sentenced to 25 years in prison, BBC, on the groupblog Outside News https://news.authorbuzz.co.uk/bookish-news/author-news/2025/05/16/rushdie-attacker-sentenced-to-25-years-in-prison-bbc/#comment-30 Sun, 18 May 2025 21:52:28 +0100 Good news

]]> 2f987ffd1d79bd55ce1fcb5e25496814 Charles Maxwell replied to the topic What are your best writing tips? in the forum Aspiring Authors https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/aspiring-authors/forum/topic/what-are-your-best-writing-tips/#post-4633 Mon, 12 May 2025 14:48:50 +0100 Writing tips? I’m in!!

If your character’s conversations are too much like a radio script, give your character something to fiddle with.

If youir chapter is too shart or you desperately need to pad word count, make two characters argue about something. It is good if you need them to miss something obvious for “plot reasons”.

Give every…Read more

]]> 0 7c43d33913f3c47a856a3d8f08d84a51 Charles Maxwell started the topic Where to start reading in the forum Brandon Sanderson Fans https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/brandon-sanderson-fans/forum/topic/where-to-start-reading/ Wed, 02 Apr 2025 23:39:24 +0100

]]> 0 7dbe90d7de7005668a0bd47631f19444 Charles Maxwell started the topic This makes a lot of sense to me - how not to tell boring stories in the forum Aspiring Authors https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/aspiring-authors/forum/topic/this-makes-a-lot-of-sense-to-me-how-not-to-tell-boring-stories/ Sat, 22 Mar 2025 03:03:39 +0000

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]]> 0 08e10a72544fbb94f6785dd011c76436 Charles Maxwell replied to the topic How big is your to-be-read pile? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/forums/topic/how-big-is-your-to-be-read-pile/#post-4527 Fri, 21 Feb 2025 01:26:51 +0000 Small.

I refuse to buy new books until I have read the ones I’m on. That’s what wishlists are for.

]]> 0 39ea0a9cb20f3e14df44f15512ec1555 Charles Maxwell replied to the topic [17/02/25] Children’s book under review by Trump administration in the forum Found News https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/found-news/forum/topic/17-02-25-childrens-book-under-review-by-trump-administration/#post-4514 Tue, 18 Feb 2025 16:06:59 +0000 Ah yes, accepting yourself as you are is “a clear danger” to the world.

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]]> 0 09a1176fdd1d9adf7c24e0f030fc57a0 Charles Maxwell replied to the topic Gaiman contriversy in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/forums/topic/gaiman-contriversy/#post-4412 Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:27:59 +0000 He really is burning everywhere – my inbox is blowing up RN

]]> 0 e89d496446facd78e918e3f6a1a3cf49 Charles Maxwell wrote a new blog post When she hugs someone their painful memories are moved into her mind in the group The Muse of Last Resort https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/when-she-hugs-someone-their-painful-memories-are-moved-into-her-mind/ Sat, 15 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0100 When she hugs someone their painful memories are moved into her mind When she hugs someone their painful memories are removed and placed into her mind. Her memory is now just a series of painful moments intersected […]

]]> 1a273ff8089038fd9c16ea55e1643599 Charles Maxwell wrote a new blog post Strange Fortunes in the group The Muse of Last Resort https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/storyboard/strange-fortunes/ Wed, 08 May 2024 09:00:00 +0100 Strange Fortunes Only you can tell us the story that links these images. Photo by RODNAE Productions on Pexels.com Photo by Josh Hild on […]

]]> 3c5789728e5d81cb30ce3b238dfb172e Charles Maxwell wrote a new blog post It turns out that immortality is not the blessing you thought it was in the group The Muse of Last Resort https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/vague/it-turns-out-that-immortality-is-not-the-blessing-you-thought-it-was/ Sun, 05 May 2024 09:00:00 +0100 dce6dc83acf086602f7d8dbe0b28ad72 Charles Maxwell wrote a new blog post You were just minding your own business when a steam-powered dirigible lands next to you in the group The Muse of Last Resort https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/you-were-just-minding-your-own-business-when-a-steam-powered-dirigible-lands-next-to-you/ Thu, 14 Dec 2023 09:00:00 +0000 You were just minding your own business when a steam-powered dirigible lands next to you You were just minding your own business when a steam-powered dirigible lands next to you. An eccentric gentleman climbs out of the cockpit and […]

]]> aeb38b3cd73b88f9412e8559bf76b8df Charles Maxwell started the topic Books similar to Douglas Adams in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/forums/topic/books-similar-to-douglas-adams/ Sun, 17 Sep 2023 00:07:48 +0100 Drop your book/TV/other recommendations that people who loved Douglas Admas’ work would enjoy.

]]> 0 59c0602a0aecac23ba8507e7a925e990 Charles Maxwell replied to the topic How often should I publish on a blog? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/forums/topic/how-often-should-i-publish-on-a-blog/#post-4029 Thu, 14 Sep 2023 17:37:51 +0100 How do you know what your audience needs are?

(Sorry to reanimate a dead thread)

]]> 0 48c82be48961b62bd1a0c759dc7a93ce Charles Maxwell replied to the topic I started a new blog - you are all invited in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/forums/topic/i-started-a-new-blog-you-are-all-invited/#post-4019 Mon, 11 Sep 2023 17:40:14 +0100 Have you posted anything yet?

]]> 0 2b624ffe3ed514a169465c753306161a Charles Maxwell replied to the topic What's your take on top 10 style articles? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/forums/topic/whats-your-take-on-top-10-style-articles/#post-4015 Sat, 09 Sep 2023 13:40:43 +0100 What do you find “fun” about list articles?

]]> 0 8f9aaa5d1adc4dba89e93d805a142457 Charles Maxwell replied to the topic Is twitter dead? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/forums/topic/is-twitter-dead/#post-4008 Fri, 08 Sep 2023 17:30:49 +0100 Is anyone honestly still on X? What a mess.

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]]> 0 a7e508c6bde3c6f5e0ea25931dfe1a90 Charles Maxwell replied to the topic What's your take on top 10 style articles? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/forums/topic/whats-your-take-on-top-10-style-articles/#post-4000 Thu, 07 Sep 2023 14:47:03 +0100 Any particular reason?

]]> 0 fd7f6ef4a996e61a698c2f330b6e46d5 Charles Maxwell started the topic What's your take on top 10 style articles? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/forums/topic/whats-your-take-on-top-10-style-articles/ Thu, 07 Sep 2023 14:39:46 +0100 What’s your take on top 10 style articles?

Are they good? Do people read them? What about SEO stuff?

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