Author Buzz | Toni McHadden | Group Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/members/tonimchadden/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Toni McHadden is a member. Sat, 23 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 3e7bad4fd96da1b61d6bd0ef8f1d804f Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post Your new house has a series pixie infestation in the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/your-new-house-has-a-series-pixie-infestation/ Sat, 23 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 0dd61e40fe15623af582aa02c8eb0332 Matthew Brown commented on the post, Writers, tell me about your WIP, on the groupblog Shall we talk? https://chat.authorbuzz.co.uk/writing/writers-tell-me-about-your-wip/#comment-832 Sat, 23 May 2026 13:41:23 +0100 I do enjoy a story that goes somewhere I was not expecting.

]]> 26f978c32e6e68d0a89dddc99f0d9f65 Jason Latnar edited the blog post Writers, tell me about your WIP in the group Shall we talk? https://chat.authorbuzz.co.uk/writing/writers-tell-me-about-your-wip/ Sat, 23 May 2026 07:50:42 +0100 Writers, tell me about your WIP No, really, tell me about your Work In Progress. I want to know.

]]> f5f59b4e97eada305f035849be6ab876 Blog: Scarper, Jenny Schwartz from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/Scarper__Jenny_Schwartz.html Fri, 22 May 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2023 SF, second of its series. OK, now we know some of what’s going
on. What should we do about it?

]]> 0 9bb892c0c4025cd473ce2141be423bda Acorn Boi joined the group Writing prompts and inspirations https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18207/ Thu, 21 May 2026 16:14:33 +0100 0 25a41aa71cbba2f38212e20c50918f5e Jason Latnar replied to the topic Added a STP podcast to the group in the forum Fans of Sir Terry Pratchett https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/fans-of-sir-terry-pratchett/forum/topic/added-a-stp-podcast-to-the-group/#post-5242 Thu, 21 May 2026 16:09:57 +0100 Approved!!

]]> 0 fab49a288c24949300ab4da5a8a0805a Matthew Brown started the topic Added a STP podcast to the group in the forum Fans of Sir Terry Pratchett https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/fans-of-sir-terry-pratchett/forum/topic/added-a-stp-podcast-to-the-group/ Thu, 21 May 2026 16:07:59 +0100 I found a STP podcast on Mastodon. I’ve added it as an external blog feed so new episodes should show up for subscribers to STP’s group.

]]> 0 a44ed13c85ead18ce5b92a56042be534 Blog: Paladin's Faith, T Kingfisher from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/Paladin_s_Faith__T_Kingfisher.html Thu, 21 May 2026 08:00:00 +0100 2023 romantic fantasy. Marguerite the spy has heard of a new invention
which will change the shape of the world’s economies. Unable to trust
any old friends or […]

]]> 0 8080236a5bfedaa2cf786c50f4522728 Blog: Half Dead, Annabel Chase from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/Half_Dead__Annabel_Chase.html Wed, 20 May 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2025 paranormal fantasy, last of a nine-book series. Lorelei is in
supernatural prison, and her boyfriend is being tortured by Lucifer in
person. How to give […]

]]> 0 18403384b3190090e25d9034cf55ea92 Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post Something just escaped from your computer game in the group Writing prompts and insperations https://muse.authorbuzz.co.uk/prompts/something-just-escaped-from-your-computer-game/ Tue, 19 May 2026 20:00:00 +0100 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.

]]> da3f2577e464a48e6dcfbfc34ea9a0e4 Blog: Second Foundation, Isaac Asimov from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/05/Second_Foundation__Isaac_Asimov.html Mon, 18 May 2026 08:01:00 +0100 1953 classic SF, collection of shorter works. The Mule is still
building his empire. Obviously that has to be stopped. Spoilers for a
73-year-old book.

]]> 0 5925c71ada576acffe8c2d6d4f4bb372 Blog: Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell from Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed https://dogwoodtales.blogspot.com/2026/05/faceless-killers-by-henning-mankell.html Sun, 17 May 2026 19:12:57 +0100 A classic Nordic noir thriller, featuring the archetypal hangdog detective. Kurt Wallander is middle aged, recently divorced, overweight and suffering from an […]

]]> 0 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 fc66a9e894263ed56b60cdbecd22d9ef Matthew Brown edited the blog post 7 fun posts to reply to (espeically if you use WebMention) in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek https://lordmatt.co.uk/uncategorised/7-fun-posts-to-reply-to-espeically-if-you-use-webmention/ Sat, 16 May 2026 22:11:06 +0100 7 fun posts to reply to (espeically if you use WebMention) Sometimes you want to write a blog or a social media update, but draw a blank on what to say. Other times, you may crave interaction and a good chat. In […]

]]> 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 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 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 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 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 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.

]]> 8e4e9477203cc270e86cdb6f7bfe2cc5 Jason Latnar edited the blog post Is AI here to stay? in the group Shall we talk? https://chat.authorbuzz.co.uk/general-chatter/is-ai-here-to-stay/ Sat, 09 May 2026 17:22:13 +0100 Is AI here to stay? The replying isBrill crew are discussing if AI is the future (of coding). Is AI the future for books and writing books, too? Do you use AI to […]

]]> 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 626677cea7848a40c125adddbec8fbdd Blog: The Folklore of Announcements from Pratchat in the group Fans of Sir Terry Pratchett https://pratchatpodcast.com/2026/05/08/the-folklore-of-announcements/ Fri, 08 May 2026 03:20:47 +0100 Another brief announcement from Ben that our Folklore of Discworld episode has been delayed for a third month! We’re very sorry about this. Hopefully we’ll be bac […]

]]> 0 c59792e62e2cfe59c753aeca19fca944 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Survival acid indicator in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) https://matthewdbrown.authorbuzz.co.uk/lordmatt/background-reading/research/survival-acid-indicator/ Thu, 07 May 2026 21:37:55 +0100 Survival acid indicator I needed to have a character test the acidity of the water without any access to modern technology. Fortunately, there are some fairly common foods that can be used. Red cabbage is the best indicator, but cherry, rose petals, and beets alsoContinue reading“Survival acid indicator”

]]> 645a72a369c0dda32f22ce5b80a7cb2a Blog: The Romance Edit: May from Mills & Boon Blog in the group Mills and Boon fans https://s28434.pcdn.co/2026/05/07/the-romance-edit-may-2/ Thu, 07 May 2026 13:59:14 +0100 Welcome to the May issue of The Romance Edit. With summer nearly here, and the days getting warmer, we’ve got … Continued

]]> 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 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 3b239fbcf481a3c9d95ee9b20eabb9e1 Jason Latnar commented on the post, Independent Bookstore Day: Bookshop.org founder on how small retailers are taking on Amazon, on the groupblog Outside News https://news.authorbuzz.co.uk/bookish-news/2026/04/28/independent-bookstore-day-bookshop-org-founder-on-how-small-retailers-are-taking-on-amazon/#comment-133 Fri, 01 May 2026 11:59:37 +0100 I know, right.

]]> 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 ac366924808aa41e3c5e6966f1868e70 Sam Smith commented on the post, Independent Bookstore Day: Bookshop.org founder on how small retailers are taking on Amazon, on the groupblog Outside News https://news.authorbuzz.co.uk/bookish-news/2026/04/28/independent-bookstore-day-bookshop-org-founder-on-how-small-retailers-are-taking-on-amazon/#comment-132 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:49:03 +0100 How am I only now learning about this?

]]> 0f8ad2c5fe78a0996f2376c8ddcd9210 Jason Latnar edited the blog post Independent Bookstore Day: Bookshop.org founder on how small retailers are taking on Amazon in the group Outside News https://news.authorbuzz.co.uk/bookish-news/2026/04/28/independent-bookstore-day-bookshop-org-founder-on-how-small-retailers-are-taking-on-amazon/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:21:28 +0100 Independent Bookstore Day: Bookshop.org founder on how small retailers are taking on Amazon Independent bookstores are beacons of hope, offering intangible commodities such as connection, empathy, and knowledge, in addition to physical […]

]]> 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 c15e15a7473af15ffef10ea7e616ef2e Blog: Having Spent Life Seeking by Kae Tempest review – painfully earnest tale of trauma and transition from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/apr/28/having-spent-life-seeking-by-kae-tempest-review-painfully-earnest-tale-of-trauma-and-transition Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:00:45 +0100 An ex-offender searches for meaning and beauty in the second novel from the spoken-word performerKae Tempest’s new novel is dedicated to “you”, the reader. It also […]

]]> 0 5d129ac5dced1a9e5d535c539b553c9e Blog: This Dark Night by Deborah Lutz review – Emily Brontë’s world from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/28/this-dark-night-by-deborah-lutz-review-an-illuminating-window-on-emily-brontes-world Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:00:43 +0100 Tactile details and a no-nonsense approach make this biography a refreshing change from more lurid fareBoth Emily Brontë and her only novel Wuthering Heights […]

]]> 0 2b4fa45070404462e3d6448c7a152385 Blog: Will Get Starstruck For Consoles from Fully Ramblomatic - the blog of Yahtzee Croshaw in the group Fans of Yahtzee Croshaw http://fullyramblomatic-yahtzee.blogspot.com/2026/04/will-get-starstruck-for-consoles.html Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:22:00 +0100  Time for me to once again remember I have a personal blog so I can post announcements for a couple of things. Both of them this time in the form of videos. First […]

]]> 0 29790c980d1de4309d44819cf298cee8 Blog: Zadie Smith: ‘I don’t know when I read men any more’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/27/zadie-smith-says-rarely-reads-male-authors Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:30:50 +0100 At a talk on her latest essay collection, Dead and Alive, Smith said she ‘sometimes’ reads male novelists, but more often seeks the wisdom of older female wri […]

]]> 0 046d5aef841b7a0dc8a51d0eca0ad369 Blog: Famesick by Lena Dunham review – when celebrity causes side-effects from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/27/famesick-by-lena-dunham-review-when-celebrity-causes-side-effects Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:00:38 +0100 The Girls creator has endured brickbats and breakdowns – but she doesn’t always make it easy to feel sorry for herAt the end of last year, Netflix released Too Muc […]

]]> 0 d140e8cdcf57a21c73971c92949a2489 Blog: The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout review – readers will delight in these new characters from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/27/the-things-we-never-say-by-elizabeth-strout-review-readers-will-delight-in-these-new-characters Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:00:37 +0100 The Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton author branches out with the tale of a Massachusetts teacher haunted by traumaThe American author Elizabeth Strout famously […]

]]> 0 6b0dcf1daf83f79d09e972ea0d20934a Blog: #PratchatNAX Notes and Errata from Pratchat in the group Fans of Sir Terry Pratchett https://pratchatpodcast.com/2026/04/27/pratchatnax-notes-and-errata/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:10:00 +0100 These are the notes and errata for our bonus live episode “The Snail Trick”, discussing Rhianna Pratchett and Gabrielle Kent’s 2023 Discworld book, Tiffany Ach […]

]]> 0 3034868b124b2e3cc707c4d94d388df5 Blog: #PratchatNAX – The Snail Trick from Pratchat in the group Fans of Sir Terry Pratchett https://pratchatpodcast.com/2026/04/27/pratchatnax-the-snail-trick/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:08:00 +0100 Liz and Ben were once again fortunate to be guests of the Australian Discworld Convention – this time in Sydney! In this live recording from day two of Nullus […]

]]> 0 d31bef45b6db4181507095b98e60ac73 Blog: ‘It’s still a no-go area’: German author Matthias Jügler on the trauma surrounding the GDR’s ‘stolen children’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/26/its-still-a-no-go-area-german-author-matthias-jugler-on-the-trauma-surrounding-the-gdrs-stolen-children Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:00:16 +0100 The reaction among officials in Germany to his bestselling novel has been hostile. As Mayfly Season is published in the UK, its author explains whyA few weeks after […]

]]> 0 dcbff94bea80de8ceb9048b50470538e Blog: Do stronger borders ever work? from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/26/do-stronger-borders-ever-work Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:00:15 +0100 Leaders have thrown up walls and barriers throughout history – but their effects are unpredictableFour millennia ago, a Sumerian king, his frontier beset by n […]

]]> 0 b952e3b70c73be41fabc874792eebc32 Blog: The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler from Dogwood Tales in the group Book Reviews by Dogwood Tales feed https://dogwoodtales.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-big-sleep-by-raymond-chandler.html Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:43:00 +0100 I watched the 1946 adaptation of this a few weeks ago and finished the original novel after getting somewhat bogged down in the plot about halfway through.The film […]

]]> 0 3014e2a76fae5cfe07f7cfdf7e78f644 Blog: Joe Dunthorne: ‘Growing up in Swansea, I developed an allergy to Dylan Thomas’ from Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/24/joe-dunthorne-growing-up-in-swansea-i-developed-an-allergy-to-dylan-thomas Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:00:35 +0100 The author on feeling Thomas Hardy’s pain, being duped by Donna Tartt and how reading his sister’s copy of Trainspotting made him want to writeMy earliest rea […]

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