Author Buzz | Jane Smith | Group Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/members/janesmith/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Jane Smith 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 bb648ef72e2e38bf9b30aeb29889ad28 Arves Corral joined the group Mills and Boon fans https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18723/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:20:58 +0100 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 […]

]]> 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 47d373757463a6c3b9b953491774c399 Blog: 2026 Romance Includes You Mentorship: Submissions Now Closed! from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://s28434.pcdn.co/2026/08/11/2026-romance-includes-you-mentorship-submissions-now-closed/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:53:56 +0100 We’re thrilled to announce that we received over 50 submissions for the Romance Includes You mentorship opportunity by the 31st … Continued

]]> 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 a429fa89c8059582a86c86f4d83d2124 Blog: Exclusive Extract: Royally His in Hate by Caitlin Crews from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://s28434.pcdn.co/2026/08/07/exclusive-extract-royally-his-in-hate-by-caitlin-crews/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0100 If you love royal romance with enemies-to-lovers tension and a wedding night that changes everything, Royally His in Hate needs to be … Continued

]]> 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 c1d2040949ab848970f7e2a295eb3a18 Blog: The Summerween Reading List: 7 Spooky Romances for Your TBR from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://s28434.pcdn.co/2026/08/05/the-summerween-reading-list-7-spooky-romances-for-your-tbr/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:41:57 +0100 If you’re deep in your Summerween era, welcome – you’re among friends! Summerween is that perfect mix of spooky season … Continued

]]> 0 3fa1a32c90a01be2ee17021d0b0816c6 Blog: The Romance Edit: August from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/08/04/the-romance-edit-august-2/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:52:53 +0100 Welcome to the August issue of The Romance Edit. Summer may be winding down, but the sparks certainly aren’t, and … Continued

]]> 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 2136c809a0793c602be9120a533e3480 Blog: A 20-second movie about time travel from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/a-20-second-movie-about-time-travel/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 11:35:00 +0100 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 60460c52a8e4f79446782329a33165e8 Blog: Exclusive Extract: Duke’s One-Night Heir by Sarah Rodi from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://s28434.pcdn.co/2026/07/31/exclusive-extract-dukes-one-night-heir-by-sarah-rodi/ Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:18:57 +0100 If you’re a Bridgerton fan who loves Regency romance with scandal, longing and a touch of Cinderella magic, Duke’s One-Night Heir needs to be … Continued

]]> 0 3f873b7944cdbdbe9d3dd3a607d6545d Blog: 6 Seriously Steamy Alpha Male Romances to Read Now from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/07/30/6-seriously-steamy-alpha-male-romances-to-read-now/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:16:46 +0100 Powerful. Brooding. Impossible to resist. If an alpha male hero is your favourite kind of book boyfriend, you’re in exactly … Continued

]]> 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 878611ba078b96a4e9af583e3ecd2629 Blog: Romance Includes You: Submissions Closing Soon! from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/07/28/romance-includes-you-submissions-closing-soon/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:20:46 +0100 The 2026 edition of the Mills & Boon Romance Includes You Mentorship closes on July 31! The mentorship supports increased diversity in … Continued

]]> 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 […]

]]> 3d7ab99f20ff7cd889e122d71f275f0b Blog: Exclusive Extract: Her Big Fake Greek Wedding Date by Michele Renae from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/07/24/exclusive-extract-her-big-fake-greek-wedding-date-by-michele-renae/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:55:16 +0100 If you love fake dating, second chances and slow-burn tension, Her Big Fake Greek Wedding Date needs to be on your radar! … Continued

]]> 0 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 39c1b92e432093c4a99de381ad7336f5 Blog: 9 Must-Read Small Town Romances for fans of Ransom Canyon from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://s28434.pcdn.co/2026/07/22/9-must-read-small-town-romances-for-fans-of-ransom-canyon/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:14:45 +0100 Has the new season of Ransom Canyon left you with a hole in your heart where a small-town romance used to live? … Continued

]]> 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 9c2c47f0f54fc181150a402bf819ae66 Blog: FLASH! Time Travel Short Film from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/flash-time-travel-short-film/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:16:23 +0100 0 9d8b03adae2b47751197cbb5eb69a0f5 Blog: My Only Friend is a Robot Named Beans from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/my-only-friend-is-a-robot-named-beans/ Sun, 19 Jul 2026 19:59:39 +0100 I loved this short sci-fi. It was written by Anika Kan Grevstad and features fantastic visuals along with a compelling story, with an actual character arc, and a […]

]]> 0 0ab7b9dc3d7f80783104e917508a17ad Blog: Exclusive Extract: ER Rivals by Scarlet Wilson from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/07/17/exclusive-extract-er-rivals-by-scarlet-wilson/ Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:53:34 +0100 Are you ready to make your heart race faster than a Code Blue? ER Rivals is the enemies to lovers romance you … Continued

]]> 0 50c641e75be71c842a1335f3cbc39890 Blog: Heat Up Your Summer With These 8 Spicy Romance Reads from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/07/15/heat-up-your-summer-with-these-8-spicy-romance-reads/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:38:50 +0100 Ready to swap your beach towel for a book you can’t put down? There’s nothing quite like a sun-soaked summer … Continued

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]]> 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 161f464a01b5aa79c436a70f99f0fdba Blog: The Romance Edit: July from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://s28434.pcdn.co/2026/07/10/the-romance-edit-july-2/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:20:25 +0100 Welcome to the July issue of The Romance Edit. Nothing pairs with a sunny July afternoon quite like a romance … Continued

]]> 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 9f2e3e590c7d9a91b2faf9062e910b97 Blog: Hooked on Off Campus? Read these 4 Elle Kennedy Books Next from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/07/08/hooked-on-off-campus-read-these-4-elle-kennedy-books-next/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:37:41 +0100 If the Amazon Prime adaptation of Elle Kennedy’s Off-Campus series left you craving more of her addictive mix of swoony tension, sharp … Continued

]]> 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 ebfd00429ceef61f3e53ee1d85b3f553 Blog: Galactic Empire Declares War, Humanity’s Envoy Just Shrugged And Pulled Out a Newspaper from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/narration/2026/galactic-empire-declares-war-humanitys-envoy-just-shrugged-and-pulled-out-a-newspaper/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:54:34 +0100 0 0461a361a0fe1a8fa4c8419330a28b64 Blog: 7 Must Read Cowboy Love Stories for Small-Town Romance Fans from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/07/06/7-must-read-cowboy-love-stories-for-small-town-romance-fans/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:48:57 +0100 There’s something about a sexy cowboy that never goes out of style. Dusty boots, quiet confidence, untamed landscapes and a love … Continued

]]> 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 724b9cf9a922c91568491c5eed74bb02 Blog: Romance Includes You 2026: Submissions Now Open! from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://blog.millsandboon.co.uk/2026/07/01/romance-includes-you-2026-submissions-now-open/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0100 We hope you’ve all been getting excited for the opening of the submission window for Mills & Boon’s Romance Includes … Continued

]]> 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 […]

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