Author Buzz | jeffjohns | Favourites https://authorbuzz.co.uk/members/jeffjohns/activity/favorites/ Activity feed of jeffjohns's favourites. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:14:00 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 ed9da5f2cd06def47594277c14de7e55 Matthew Brown created the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/16705/ Thu, 14 Aug 2025 21:42:27 +0100 1 50b488ec74384acb1c3d8ab14692be0a Danny H replied to the topic Writing group? in the forum Aspiring Authors https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/aspiring-authors/forum/topic/writing-group/#post-4579 Wed, 19 Mar 2025 09:28:03 +0000 Figured out why I couldn’t reply earlier 🙂

Anyway, Matt (who runs Authorbuzz) runs his own writing group on Thursdays at the Wheatsheaf pub in Margate from 7:30pm. We’re a small, friendly group and we’d love to have you along

]]> 0 9859636a871725d758ed6bdf7f8d9e5d Blog: Monster Of The Week 85: UglyCarpet from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2021/08/monster-of-week-85-uglycarpet.html Tue, 17 Aug 2021 06:23:00 +0100  Monster of the Week 85 is UglyCarpet, sorry to say it’s very bad, hurts your eyes, doesn’t do or say anything, starting to think it’s just a regular, ugly […]

]]> 1 2a001744c344e1f925f4b0c908e5ab4d Blog: Do You Recognize These 10 Mental Blocks to Creative Thinking? from Copyblogger in the group Copy Blogger Fans https://copyblogger.com/mental-blocks-creative-thinking/ Mon, 10 Aug 2020 08:00:08 +0100 Whether you’re trying to solve a tough problem, start a business, get attention for that business, or write an interesting…
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]]> 1 1f5142bd703de132232b853f32bda1ad Matthew Brown edited the blog post Writers against COVID-19 with Louise Moss in the group Author Buzz HQ https://authorbuzz.co.uk/2020/05/01/writers-against-covid-19-with-louise-moss/ Fri, 01 May 2020 14:03:12 +0100 Author of four novels, Louise Moss, has started a campaign to bring uplifting stories to people during the COVID-19 crisis. She calls it “Writers Against COVID-19”.

Releasing one new story each day, Louise […]

]]> f31eab8273e93d4e7d7f3185f33925e7 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Do business cards matter for authors? in the group Author Buzz HQ https://authorbuzz.co.uk/2020/03/10/do-business-cards-matter-for-authors/ Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:10:34 +0000 This is something I genuinely wonder about – if author business cards are a worthwhile investment.

I assume you have all seen these tiny rectangles of card that people in suits hand to each other. You […]

]]> 0e91bad7c9fbd75a417f84ac5622a593 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Bad puns in the group I probably should be writing http://shouldbewriting.authorbuzz.co.uk/puns/bad-puns/ Fri, 07 Feb 2020 16:54:47 +0000

]]> 1f81e916a08ec6a16eecc66d48728640 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post Why do you think we want to leave the planet? in the group The Muse of Last Resort https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/why-do-you-think-we-want-to-leave-the-planet/ Fri, 04 Oct 2019 09:00:00 +0100 https://twitter.com/knkfeya/status/1175457421688528896

]]> b1786026a50357140439a842ca62e3fd Matthew Brown edited the blog post How to invent 5 trillion plots in the group The Muse of Last Resort https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/help-me-write/roll-for-plots/how-to-invent-5-trillion-plots/ Thu, 03 Oct 2019 13:00:34 +0100 With dice and a bit of imagination, you can generate unlimited plots. This is a fun game you can play to challenge yourself and your writing. Not even you know what will happen next.

I recommend a twenty-sided […]

]]> 709deb71c7e37e4f8e92f08073d6dede Jason Latnar edited the blog post Cat Gallery #1 in the group I probably should be writing http://shouldbewriting.authorbuzz.co.uk/animals/cats/cat-gallery-1/ Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:37:46 +0100

]]> 547a793aad397db2b06bde2e4816402d Jason Latnar created the group I probably should be writing https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/1762/ Tue, 24 Sep 2019 23:48:06 +0100 2 f5e576065ad07d4985beab09ad2e80da Matthew Brown started the topic The introduction to Author Platforms in the forum Author Platforms https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/author-platforms/forum/topic/the-introduction-to-author-platforms/ Mon, 15 Jul 2019 12:39:11 +0100

Introduction: What is an Author Platform?

]]> 0 4a2c665811b9ca5940b6478414462e66 Jason Latnar started the topic A went to the zoo and saw a cage with a tiger loaf in it. in the forum Dad Jokes and Funny Memes https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/dad-jokes-and-funny-memes/forum/topic/a-went-to-the-zoo-and-saw-a-cage-with-a-tiger-loaf-in-it/ Mon, 24 Jun 2019 18:19:16 +0100 A went to the zoo and saw a cage with a tiger loaf in it.

I asked the zookeeper about it. He said it was bread in captivity.

]]> 0 c322c90c87aa97b2cbdb44e12fa3d346 Jason Latnar wrote a new blog post Are your characters always you? in the group Thanet Creative: Writers http://thanetcreative.authorbuzz.co.uk/2018/09/are-your-characters-always-you/ Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:36:04 +0100 Is your main character always an aspect of yourself – in other words, are your characters just you? I’m not talking about Mary Sue characters – those are bad through and through. What about your characters that […]

]]> 0ae7a76ea201b1d51a356267364b60b7 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Help me raise £100 for a worthy cause in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) http://matthewdbrown.authorbuzz.co.uk/lordmatt/news-and-updates/help-me-raise-100-for-a-worthy-cause/ Wed, 12 Sep 2018 16:32:32 +0100 I have no idea what I want for my birthday but world peace would be nice. Rather than force people to struggle to come up with something when I’m clueless myself, I have a whole other idea. For my birthday this […]

]]> e3a2bfd34b28d2837f55b0fc886e49bf Matthew Brown commented on the post, Minimum Viable Story, on the groupblog Thanet Creative http://thanetcreative.authorbuzz.co.uk/2018/08/minimum-viable-story/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 20:13:45 +0100 I use this extensively for short stories. Identify the twist and look for the shortest path to set that up.

]]> 153e0e0d0b0d5b999af99164f8e60048 Nick commented on the post, Why you should (not) write for us, on the groupblog Thanet Creative http://thanetcreative.authorbuzz.co.uk/2018/05/why-you-should-not-write-for-us/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Mon, 06 Aug 2018 06:45:30 +0100 Ah ha. Understood, thanks.
I should have said I like the site very much. I’ve subscribed to get update when there are new posts.

]]> dfed613492eb9c8f00437918f1b6fcff Blog: Simulation from Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats https://nightofthehats.blogspot.com/2018/07/simulation.html Fri, 13 Jul 2018 07:00:00 +0100 In this piece, which is part of the background of my fictional Deep Patrol space opera series, I treat the simulation hypothesis with more respect than I do in […]

]]> 0 ea93c7ba3ef9642a8e0f904f8fcf312f Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post Where happiness comes from in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) http://matthewdbrown.authorbuzz.co.uk/2018/02/24/where-happiness-comes-from/ Sat, 24 Feb 2018 12:00:53 +0000 I believe happiness is no secret. I truly believe that unhappiness – a lack of joy – is rooted in unrealistic expectations born of lies we have accepted as truth.

Mostly the lie is that happiness – that is a l […]

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