Author Buzz | Charles Maxwell | Group Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/members/charlesmaxwell/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Charles Maxwell is a member. Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:05:07 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 a770f1ad1face7ca41b360ad59701b6e Jason Latnar edited the blog post The last year of your life was a dream in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/the-last-year-of-your-life-was-a-dream/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:58:36 +0100 The last year of your life was a dream Today you woke up to discover that it is one year ago. Maybe the last year was “only a dream”? You have doubts. What do you do next?

]]> 43b583e1fa23db77a5d00b69c20ab83f Matthew Brown replied to the topic My status is vanishing in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/my-status-is-vanishing/#post-5273 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:11:27 +0100 Something flagged it as spam. I’ve unspammed it.

]]> 0 186b70d6db78043b74ad995c009e19a8 Matthew Brown replied to the topic My status is vanishing in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/my-status-is-vanishing/#post-5272 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:04:56 +0100 It shouldn’t do that.

Leave it with me, I’ll try to figure out what went wrong.

]]> 0 cacea5ae25b42c364716770e37c39590 Sam Smith started the topic My status is vanishing in the forum Help and Support https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/help-and-support/forum/topic/my-status-is-vanishing/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:03:38 +0100 I’ve posted about my new book twice, and it is gone. Twice. Help!!

]]> 0 27eb8e4e1b17d4926b1e657e0cc65efe Matthew Brown edited the blog post Is my idea good enough? in the group Thanet Creative: Writers https://thanetcreative.co.uk/2026/08/is-my-idea-good-enough/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:58:11 +0100 Is my idea good enough? As you sit down to write that story that’s been burning in your mind, it is not unusual to ask, “Is this idea any good?” As questions go, few others […]

]]> fece87b3667de179b83f10ed4489cfa2 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Journaling prompt: The lie and the truth in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/non-fiction/journaling/journaling-prompt-the-lie-and-the-truth/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:31:46 +0100 Journaling prompt: The lie and the truthIdentify a lie you believe and the truth that must replace it. For example: “I’m an imposter” must be replaced with “My work is valid and I […]

]]> 27e1004865901720b42e85d96515e655 Charles Maxwell replied to the topic How's the weather where you are? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/hows-the-weather-where-you-are/#post-5265 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:26:59 +0100 You can say that again.

]]> 0 2159baf8df56bfc1f35fd7645eff85a1 Charles Maxwell joined the group General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18710/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:26:41 +0100 0 15cfdb0999e078c4531c6c4b30234b36 Toni McHadden replied to the topic How's the weather where you are? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/hows-the-weather-where-you-are/#post-5264 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:38:58 +0100 Far too hot here too

]]> 0 00bc5246e8d62efe2dd29879ed89d743 Matthew Brown posted an update in the group Author Buzz HQ: We've got a lot of forum groups with very little activity. I […] https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18708/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:36:57 +0100 We’ve got a lot of forum groups with very little activity. I was thinking that I should maybe fold some forums into general chat for now. Thoughts?

]]> 0 3592cd78a14e0e0419bcac8fff01414b Matthew Brown started the topic You probably want THIS bit in the forum Writing prompts and inspirations https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/the-muse-of-last-resort/forum/topic/you-probably-wnt-this-bit/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:34:11 +0100 The forum here doesn’t get used all that often, you might want the prompts feed:

https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/the-muse-of-last-resort/home/

]]> 0 eee5d887e146a85765bd415f595b6057 Matthew Brown started the topic How's the weather where you are? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/hows-the-weather-where-you-are/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 10:31:59 +0100 I’m too hot.

How are you all doing?

]]> 0 f40118d76168cf0ffe30887731550640 Blog: Radiant Star, Ann Leckie from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/08/Radiant_Star__Ann_Leckie.html Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2026 SF, set in the same universe as the Imperial Radch series but not
part of the trilogy. The Temporal Location of the Radiant Star is a
pilgrimage site on the […]

]]> 0 d4857e84d7e4387798cc17bf9b194e59 Matthew Brown posted an update in the group Author Buzz HQ: So, I streamlined the front page because it looked nasty on mobile. https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18675/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:17:25 +0100 So, I streamlined the front page because it looked nasty on mobile.

]]> 0 c8c7939f96be815d35787bfb6ba0b829 Blog: The Cloak and Its Wizard, R. Z. Nicolet from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/08/The_Cloak_and_Its_Wizard__R__Z__Nicolet.html Sat, 08 Aug 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2025 fantasy. The Cloak of Sunset and Starlight is a major
artifact—meaning it has a mind of its own. It’s been sitting in the
vault of the Order of the Open Eye s […]

]]> 0 e490187db51b1fb1d85e885833eb36d6 Blog: A House By Any Other Name, Jenny Schwartz from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/08/A_House_By_Any_Other_Name__Jenny_Schwartz.html Fri, 07 Aug 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2024 fantasy, linked to the Uncertain Sanctuary series. Raisa is a
lawyer who gets tapped as the advocate for a newly-discovered alien
species. By the time she gets […]

]]> 0 28ccf8302ddc8292a6c5dc2f794786a1 Blog: The Chinese Shawl, Patricia Wentworth from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/08/The_Chinese_Shawl__Patricia_Wentworth.html Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:05:00 +0100 1943 mystery/thriller, fifth in the Miss Silver series. Laura Fane
is newly of age, and in London to take charge of her inheritance. She
meets a smashing young man, […]

]]> 0 3c28111dd6aa65a9394e7806adeaf160 Blog: A Drop of Corruption, Robert Jackson Bennett from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/08/A_Drop_of_Corruption__Robert_Jackson_Bennett.html Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2025 fantasy mystery, second in the series. On the border of the
Empire, a new member of the mission negotiating with a petty kingdom
has disappeared from his room […]

]]> 0 1ef6ddd304d505b5bfe01be5f05205af Blog: In the Cold Dark Ground, Stuart MacBride from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/08/In_the_Cold_Dark_Ground__Stuart_MacBride.html Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2016 police procedural mystery, tartan noir, tenth in the Logan
McRae series. A missing-persons investigation has just turned up a
body in the woods, killed and […]

]]> 0 e9af741c24055abd963b3b5a6e8c5e76 Blog: The Coast is Queer: Sarah Waters and Julia Armfield from Hachette UK in the group We love Sarah Waters https://www.sarahwaters.com/sarahwaters-posts/2026/07/30/the-coast-is-queer-sarah-waters-and-julia-armfield/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:44:05 +0100 The Coast is Queer is Brighton’s annual festival of LGBTQ+ writing. 

Join Sarah Waters and Julia Armfield for a landmark event bringing together two ge […]

]]> 0 fd5bade3a7c5e88c54b24aad58f2ddcb Blog: Nobody's Baby, Olivia Waite from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/Nobody_s_Baby__Olivia_Waite.html Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2026 science fiction mystery novella. Dorothy Gentleman, ship’s
detective aboard a starship on a thousand-year voyage, is confronted
with something that simply […]

]]> 0 5b7d706f43208741acbc0a7ca01161ce Blog: Yours Wickedly, Stephanie Burgis from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/Yours_Wickedly__Stephanie_Burgis.html Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2025 fantasy-romance epistolary short story. The Wild Witch of the
Withering Woods writes to the Wicked Wizard of the Westering Waste in
order to get back the […]

]]> 0 01e9f18fb5649560b500e30552cd0567 Blog: Cart and Cwidder, Diana Wynne Jones from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/Cart_and_Cwidder__Diana_Wynne_Jones.html Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0100 1975 children’s fantasy, first of a loose series but it stands alone.
After the last king died, Dalemark was effectively divided between its
Earls, and the South is […]

]]> 0 4dd5fabe9e6b8e312e10a21c04a14f45 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post Queen of the world in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/queen-of-the-world/ Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0100 Queen of the world The story of Eden told from Eve’s point of view as a high fantasy epic that is told over the 930 years of Eve’s life. Feel free to expand or use […]

]]> 84597213b52c0167af2745493420775d Blog: A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence, Stephanie Burgis from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/A_Honeymoon_of_Grave_Consequence__Stephanie_Burgis.html Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:04:00 +0100 2025 romantic fantasy novella, second of its series. Margaret Lady
Riven is on honeymoon with her vampire husband, at an inn in the
middle of the Black Forest…

]]> 0 776839ec193caacca58ea1539f26b189 Blog: The Mystery at Odd-Doings House Tabletop Standee from Hachette UK in the group We love Sarah Waters https://www.sarahwaters.com/hachettechildrenscoop/2026/07/23/the-mystery-at-odd-doings-house-tabletop-standee/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:20:23 +0100 0 1a845c591e95ccc9f31a0169ee0bc7e2 Blog: Murder Crossed Her Mind, Stephen Spotswood from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/Murder_Crossed_Her_Mind__Stephen_Spotswood.html Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:04:00 +0100 2023 mystery, fourth in its series. Pentecost and Parker are engaged
to look into the disappearance of an elderly woman with a photographic
memory.

]]> 0 282bea4796c7820612f93dfe5e5e439f Blog: A Useful Woman, Darcie Wilde from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/A_Useful_Woman__Darcie_Wilde.html Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2018 Regency mystery, first of a series, by Sarah Zettel writing as
Darcie Wilde. After her father’s business dealings came to ruin and he
fled with her elder […]

]]> 0 b9ff0891129b3872ce440bdfe7410cf0 Blog: With All Due Speed, Celia Lake from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/With_All_Due_Speed__Celia_Lake.html Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2022 romantic fantasy short stories, more scenes set after the
events of Eclipse.

]]> 0 53b4958c4bb1a6e821caacb198fa4320 Blog: The Wreck of a World, W Grove from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/The_Wreck_of_a_World__W_Grove.html Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:02:00 +0100 1890 scientific romance novella. In the far distant future of 1948,
the machines are revolting…

]]> 0 32b0f03cfb4c7ed1a982fd1bced18d20 Blog: The Waiting Games from Pratchat in the group Fans of Sir Terry Pratchett https://pratchatpodcast.com/2026/07/08/the-waiting-games/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:08:00 +0100 It’s another little episode about a delay – but this time, only until later this month! To tide you over, here’s a little bit cut from the full Discworld Noir cha […]

]]> 0 8a40eab5f8b0f293a4e86c7fb4de4473 Blog: Call the Dead Again, Ann Granger from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/Call_the_Dead_Again__Ann_Granger.html Tue, 07 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0100 1998 mystery, eleventh of Granger’s novels of Chief Inspector Alan Markby
and non-detective Meredith Mitchell. A local lawyer and minor European
luminary has his […]

]]> 0 85b353c581e376be05003eed0ba4057e Blog: The Work of Art, Mimi Matthews from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/The_Work_of_Art__Mimi_Matthews.html Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2018 Regency romance. Phyllida Satterthwaite has always been thought
more odd than beautiful, but in her London season that oddity makes
her a sensation—and one t […]

]]> 0 886b39d2d542a78858a95b9248a41a74 Blog: A Perilous Perspective, Anna Lee Huber from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/A_Perilous_Perspective__Anna_Lee_Huber.html Fri, 03 Jul 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2022 historical mystery; tenth in Huber’s Lady Darby series
(post-Regency amateur detection). The Gages are staying at a remote
castle for a wedding party; but when […]

]]> 0 156b47da28939cb9c6bf124336809795 Blog: Banshee, Lindsay Rumbold from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/07/Banshee__Lindsay_Rumbold.html Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2024 Cold War espionage and aviation thriller. In 2022, an
undocumented bunker turns up during construction work on a former RAF
base, containing squadron paperwork […]

]]> 0 7f3220f0e2dae808d78e74ec5c3bc327 Blog: Vanishing Point, Marcia Muller from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/Vanishing_Point__Marcia_Muller.html Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:04:00 +0100 2006 mystery, twenty-third in Muller’s series about Sharon McCone,
private investigator in San Francisco. Over twenty years ago, a woman
vanished; a few days later, […]

]]> 0 6c3403b388ea58b7b32219ef6df081f4 Blog: Full Speed to a Crash Landing, Beth Revis from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/Full_Speed_to_a_Crash_Landing__Beth_Revis.html Sat, 27 Jun 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2024 science fiction novella, first of a trilogy. Ada Lamarr is a
salvager, but there’s a hole in the side of her ship and her suit air
supply is running low. Hope […]

]]> 0 5c296fc0e446e2cdd902cfb26ee7e131 Jason Latnar edited the blog post Foyles Pride Fest: Sarah Waters in Conversation with Chloe Michelle Howarth in the group Author appearances and events https://appearances.authorbuzz.co.uk/appearances/foyles-pride-fest-sarah-waters-in-conversation-with-chloe-michelle-howarth/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:42:11 +0100 Foyles Pride Fest: Sarah Waters in Conversation with Chloe Michelle Howarth Sarah Waters joins Chloe Michelle Howarth on stage as a celebration of her contribution to queer literature Location: The Auditorium […]

]]> f6f38a05f808a404a9afa5cb709ce147 Blog: Foyles Pride Fest: Sarah Waters in Conversation with Chloe Michelle Howarth from Hachette UK in the group We love Sarah Waters https://www.sarahwaters.com/sarahwaters-posts/2026/06/24/foyles-pride-fest-sarah-waters-in-conversation-with-chloe-michelle-howarth/ Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:50:09 +0100 Location: The Auditorium (Level 6) at Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Road, London

Date: Saturday 27th June 2026

Time: 6-7pm

The discussion will be followed […]

]]> 0 b6d5481bdd09796169304a0b3602afd5 Blog: Platform Decay, Martha Wells from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/Platform_Decay__Martha_Wells.html Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:04:00 +0100 2026 short science fiction novel, eighth in the Murderbot series.
Murderbot is visiting a huge space habitat with the goal of rescuing
some of its humans.

]]> 0 53dd2d0d7a74b3907fa1bc52e0d7c2e7 Burty Burtman edited the blog post 5 SciFi prompts in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/5-scifi-prompts/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:42:52 +0100 5 SciFi promptsRob Bignell shared these five sci-fi what-if style prompts.

]]> a046aefce1f194b80ebc308d57f97778 Blog: Obsidian Prey, Jayne Castle from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/Obsidian_Prey__Jayne_Castle.html Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2009 romance/SF/mystery; sixth of its series but effectively
stand-alone. Lyra Dore found a trove of a rare sort of amber, and the
Company took it off her. And she […]

]]> 0 850c1a58d0696baa87d42ce10acfaa7d Blog: A Mexican Mystery, W Grove from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/A_Mexican_Mystery__W_Grove.html Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:03:00 +0100 1888 scientific romance novella. A new self-fuelling railway
locomotive turns out to be rather more effective than anyone had
supposed.

]]> 0 e21348ed2126e079316294e797a72344 Blog: The Killing Code, J D Kirk from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/The_Killing_Code__J_D_Kirk.html Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:04:00 +0100 2019 police procedural mystery, tartan noir, third in the Jack
Logan series. Women are being murdered by an unusually competent
killer.

]]> 0 6e10faee244ccfa37e56294d48b11339 Blog: The Fairy Godmother, Mercedes Lackey from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/The_Fairy_Godmother__Mercedes_Lackey.html Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:04:00 +0100 2004 fantasy, first of a series. Elena Klovis has a wicked stepmother
and two ugly sisters. But when they leave her to look after the house
while they flee debt […]

]]> 0 acb8903dbd1306a72e68a7ca71fdca4e Jason Latnar edited the blog post Clutterbooks in Hornsea, East Yorkshire in the group Author appearances and events https://appearances.authorbuzz.co.uk/appearances/other/clutterbooks-in-hornsea-east-yorkshire/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:46:19 +0100 Clutterbooks in Hornsea, East Yorkshire Clutterbooks in Hornsea, East Yorkshire, is hosting a series of author events to celebrate Independent Bookshop Week. All free events, just […]

]]> a2d1f9e164c6dcba46c396e47e85f84d Blog: The Kiss Curse, Erin Sterling from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/The_Kiss_Curse__Erin_Sterling.html Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2022 urban fantasy romance, second of a trilogy. Llewellyn ("Wells")
Jones goes back to Graves Glen, as much to get away from his static
life in Wales as to start […]

]]> 0 cac17b8aaa8cff3d47a3f39534c023aa Blog: Hornblower in the West Indies, C. S. Forester from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/Hornblower_in_the_West_Indies__C__S__Forester.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0100 1957 Napoleonic naval fiction, ninth written and eleventh by internal
chronology. Ten years after the war ended, Admiral Hornblower, in
command of the West India […]

]]> 0 cceb651a8242e085708337ae3dca2cd7 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post The humans were not intimidated in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/opening-lines/the-humans-were-not-intimidated/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0100 The humans were not intimidatedTo: Admiral Zazizch;By: Encrypted Proxy 92a-256;Re: Your plan failedThe humans were not intimidated at all. Send reinforcements. Encounter log attached. (first blogged here)

]]> 443b52d46b40a999690aa309e0369567 Blog: This Brutal Moon, Bethany Jacobs from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/06/This_Brutal_Moon__Bethany_Jacobs.html Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0100 2025 SF, last of its trilogy. The colony is going to be invaded, the
rebellion is at a standstill, and the new dictator is about to make
his move…

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