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. Mon, 18 May 2026 11:00:00 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 40c91d037deb3dc521e55fd969608c52 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post You work as a process server. You must deliver subpoenas to everyone in this photo. in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/you-work-as-a-process-server-you-must-deliver-subpoenas-to-everyone-in-this-photo/ Mon, 18 May 2026 11:00:00 +0100 You work as a process server. You must deliver subpoenas to everyone in this photo.

]]> 06f49fb5a4556daf2a3d25eb19975a75 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post You work as an investigator. Your job is to find ghosts that do not want to be found. in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/you-work-as-an-investigator-your-job-is-to-find-ghosts-that-do-not-want-to-be-found/ Sun, 17 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 e38ed25a6d5e31e6b8b8d877456c29ce Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post You work as a process server. You must deliver an injunction to one specific cat. You have until midnight. in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/you-work-as-a-process-server-you-must-deliver-an-injunction-to-one-specific-cat-you-have-until-midnight/ Sat, 16 May 2026 17:00:00 +0100 0b5259d645de23a579ef9895f218c4c4 Blog: Evil AI Assistants (A Sci-Fi Compilation from DUST) from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/evil-ai-assistants-a-sci-fi-compilation-from-dust/ Fri, 15 May 2026 22:00:00 +0100 “Cera” by John Robinson IrwinAn 11-year old girl’s loyalty to her parents is tested after an attack by her caregiver hints to a greater violent upheaval beyond t […]

]]> 0 0e1e7fd2c047a3f856aabfdff3ab55d7 Blog: The Marriage Method, Mimi Matthews from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/The_Marriage_Method__Mimi_Matthews.html Fri, 15 May 2026 08:00:00 +0100 2025 Victorian romance. Miles Quincey, a crusading newspaper editor,
has been looking too hard into the Academy, so its deputy
headmistress, Nell Trewlove, is sent […]

]]> 0 b622f27452b0d65be4223754f9a8b3bf Jason Latnar wrote a new blog post A story told purely in radio transmissions in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/writing-dares/a-story-told-purely-in-radio-transmissions/ Fri, 15 May 2026 08:00:00 +0100 4006003010b3acf2fcffdaa3d2b30fa4 Blog: Mills & Boon Announces Romance Includes You 2026 Mentorship from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://s28434.pcdn.co/2026/05/14/mills-boon-announces-romance-includes-you-2026-mentorship/ Thu, 14 May 2026 15:20:39 +0100 Mills & Boon is delighted to announce that we’ll be accepting submissions for our 2026 Romance Includes You Mentorship this … Continued

]]> 0 93459c56aea840c10f2096c2960150db Jason Latnar wrote a new blog post Can you tell us the story that ties these images together? in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/storyboard/can-you-tell-us-the-story-that-ties-these-images-together/ Thu, 14 May 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Can you tell us the story that ties these images together?

]]> c91ed8bacb15d43b2a10d1dbced74db5 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post Everywherre you go, you see the same pair of eyes watching you in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/everywherre-you-go-you-see-the-same-pair-of-eyes-watching-you/ Wed, 13 May 2026 20:00:00 +0100 116b3725b0e53787a13a3573bd558c56 Blog: Rou from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/rou/ Wed, 13 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 0 8f0dc3e8fb5b464e4bed341dbd42e8b2 Blog: Secrets Typed In Blood, Stephen Spotswood from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/Secrets_Typed_In_Blood__Stephen_Spotswood.html Wed, 13 May 2026 08:05:00 +0100 2022 mystery, third in its series. Pentecost and Parker are back in
New York, where three murders have been committed in the style of a
particular crime writer.

]]> 0 3cd0f0de36f19425aace64bb128d7ba3 Blog: Nobody Knew How The Ancient Predator Species Went Extinct, Except The Human from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/narration/2026/nobody-knew-how-the-ancient-predator-species-went-extinct-except-the-human/ Tue, 12 May 2026 22:00:00 +0100 0 0733922d61401f6faba25f7832ce79d0 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post Your best friend just confessed that she's not from Earth. in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/your-best-friend-just-confessed-that-shes-not-from-earth/ Tue, 12 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 16fb43a8f0b6f58317d9159ac7c31a47 Blog: Dust: Double Trouble from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/dust-double-trouble/ Mon, 11 May 2026 22:00:00 +0100 “The Speed of Time” by Russ Nickel & William J. Stribling

“Final Offer” by Mark Slutsky

“Satori [Awakening]” by Adam K […]

]]> 0 cbe44122e55ccbf62b392ff2bacf9dc4 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post You work as a process server. You must deliver this summons to Death himself. in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/you-work-as-a-process-server-you-must-deliver-this-summons-to-death-himself/ Mon, 11 May 2026 11:00:00 +0100 f5c74a76e2328c610867e5887bff3dc2 Blog: Sol from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/sol/ Sun, 10 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 A man living in a modern dystopian society, a cog in a large corporate wheel, who is content with his dull, meaningless life-until he experiences an unexpected discovery.

]]> 0 7935f268dd112e3e6473bcb4dc84299d Matthew Brown edited the blog post Next year you will invent time travel in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/nexy-year-you-will-invent-time-travel/ Sun, 10 May 2026 11:00:00 +0100 58f348901a73809dd3536a15afa37d02 Matthew Brown edited the blog post So, it turns out your best friend is a shapeshifter. in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/so-it-turns-out-your-best-freind-is-a-shapeshifter/ Sat, 09 May 2026 19:30:44 +0100 So, it turns out your best friend is a shapeshifter.They’re missing.

]]> 23aa4a40c35ebc67785efa38f0d9ccd4 Blog: Somewhere in between from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/somewhere-in-between/ Sat, 09 May 2026 17:00:00 +0100 0 e237f6c63381825ed81db82b084ce7c2 Blog: Testimony of Mute Things, Lois McMaster Bujold from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/Testimony_of_Mute_Things__Lois_McMaster_Bujold.html Sat, 09 May 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2025 fantasy novella in the World of the Five Gods (formerly known as
Chalion). Early in Pen’s career, when he’s still a sorcerer-physician
in Martensbridge, he’s […]

]]> 0 422084730db79a79f8a0b66fe7148907 Blog: World of Tomorrow Vol. 1 from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/world-of-tomorrow-vol-1/ Thu, 07 May 2026 23:00:00 +0100 A series of short movies that take a somewhat bleak look at the world of tomorrow.

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]]> 0 07c106546016a21cd4d4cd2ad03b7b7e Blog: Imminent Arrival from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/imminent-arrival/ Wed, 06 May 2026 21:00:00 +0100 0 9f57470409019b68ce8bfe86aa03ca7c Blog: The Ex Hex, Erin Sterling from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/The_Ex_Hex__Erin_Sterling.html Wed, 06 May 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2021 urban fantasy romance, first of a trilogy. Nine years ago
Vivienne had a summer thing with Rhys, youngest son of the Welsh
family that founded the small and […]

]]> 0 2316df458e156244a60578e6760ca6ea Blog: Lost in the Sky from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/lost-in-the-sky/ Tue, 05 May 2026 14:00:00 +0100 0 6f4d7c448baa44c620d6e0a2e7552d47 Blog: PLANET from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/planet/ Mon, 04 May 2026 22:00:00 +0100 Set in the year 2730 IA, Dr. Evren Kon dares to think beyond a United Council request to build an orbital supercomputer and proposes an idea far bolder: a plan to […]

]]> 0 5998786638b9333b38f6fefef2ac0829 Blog: Why Planes Crash Case Files 2003, Sylvia Wrigley from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/Why_Planes_Crash_Case_Files_2003__Sylvia_Wrigley.html Mon, 04 May 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2016 non-fiction, aviation history. Wrigley looks into a number of
aircraft incidents.

]]> 0 a284e5d74cc115b7bb4627eb24741c29 Blog: The Other Side (indie short) from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/the-other-side-indie-short/ Sun, 03 May 2026 10:00:00 +0100 0 87117f008098d8cfeea318a752dd6038 Blog: DUST: Astro Animations Vol. 3 from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/dust-astro-animations-vol-3/ Sat, 02 May 2026 22:00:00 +0100 0 1ffa8a94d724172d0c488d2489db39f5 Blog: DUST: Astro-Animations Vol. 2 from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/dust-astro-animations-vol-2/ Fri, 01 May 2026 15:00:00 +0100 0 3cca69df56e3730d31df3ab25554f53d Blog: Stolen in Death, J. D. Robb from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/Stolen_in_Death__J__D__Robb.html Fri, 01 May 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2026 romance/SF/mystery; 62nd novel of Robb’s In Death series (SF
police procedurals). After a burglary, the multimillionaire is dead,
and his secret vault of […]

]]> 0 dc25fa8ddbb58de04edcdf91745070e5 Blog: DUST: Astro-Animations Vol. 1 from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/dust-astro-animations-vol-1/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:51:28 +0100 0 44781e9b03e945147a2cf7e2d2a191a4 Blog: Star Trek or Star Wars? from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/sci-fi-chat/2026/star-trek-or-star-wars/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:53:03 +0100 0 dc21213a8350030c454288d7183db309 Blog: DUST – Crash Site from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/dust-crash-site/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0100 0 eefe622289d0def49a8b6d6fc8e216ed Jason Latnar joined the group Book reviews and recommendations https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18099/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:47:56 +0100 0 c535786047962bdeb173840bd7d20a42 Blog: Trial 54 from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/trial-54/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0100 0 5e484b63e86d5855a5037ff2b17d1418 Blog: Danger Point, Patricia Wentworth from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/Danger_Point__Patricia_Wentworth.html Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:01:00 +0100 1941 mystery/thriller, fourth in the Miss Silver series. Lisle
Jerningham is newly married, but nervy; someone who knows her
husband’s family has been talking […]

]]> 0 855ddd1f3fbfbc13f2e01db27e49a2ff Blog: Astronauts land on a planet they think is uninhabited from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/astronauts-land-on-a-planet-they-think-is-uninhabited/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0100 0 bdaa8a6e1e2559da7bcf0aa58d61e1ab Blog: DUST – The Greatest Lie from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/dust-the-greatest-lie/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0100 Real hints of Fahrenheit 451 in this short film.

]]> 0 acc1dd03116899471e74bb0bbfb86c88 Blog: DUST – The Big Nothing from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/dust-the-big-nothing/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:00:46 +0100 0 ee29b8c91bd36dbc87263daf6d4da9a3 Blog: DUST – Hard Reset from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/dust-hard-reset/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0100 0 3f91fae717e4904450cbf9d00366f04e Blog: The Flying Legion, George Allen England from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/The_Flying_Legion__George_Allen_England.html Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:02:00 +0100 1920 adventurous SF novel. Bored after the War, "The Master"
determines to gather some like-minded people and find Adventure!

]]> 0 350d47de527ab2726e70153c7edec2ca Blog: DUST – Starfisher from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/dust-starfisher/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:33:21 +0100 0 50ff3b4d58b9d65e63f2c87e921ac282 Blog: The Lady With the Gun Asks the Questions, Kerry Greenwood from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/The_Lady_With_the_Gun_Asks_the_Questions__Kerry_Greenwood.html Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2021 historical detection short stories, in Greenwood’s Phryne Fisher
series (1920s flapper detective in Australia).

]]> 0 169023d21ac09fbf18da4f370822189e Blog: Collision Course, Michelle Diener from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/Collision_Course__Michelle_Diener.html Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2024 SF/romance, sixth in (and a late addition to) the Class 5 series.
Dav, Sazo and a pregnant Rose are on the expedition to make contact
with the race that built […]

]]> 0 32c32257ac9aa1534713b247ae8f5dc9 Blog: Deep Wizardry, Diane Duane from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/Deep_Wizardry__Diane_Duane.html Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:02:00 +0100 1985 fantasy for children (and everyone else), second of its series.
Nita and Kit are on a family holiday on Long Island, when a
whale-wizard in distress invites […]

]]> 0 36eb736335c3a95b376610c3092d502a Blog: DUST – The Machine from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/dust-the-machine/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:45:25 +0100 0 773ce817c2321250da981c1a95b6c2e1 Blog: DUST – The Lord of All Future Space & Time from Soft SciFi in the group Soft Sci-Fi is Brill https://soft-scifi.isbrill.com/films/2026/dust-the-lord-of-all-future-space-time/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:57:45 +0100 0 b6e424ee588954845d8afb2e30c8fdff Blog: Brigands & Breadknives, Travis Baldree from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/Brigands___Breadknives__Travis_Baldree.html Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0100 2025 fantasy. Fern the bookseller, whom we met in Bookshops &
Bonedust, sells up and moves to the city of Thune to set up again
next to Viv’s coffee shop. But it […]

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