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Paul Whybrow
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Thought for the Day Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of ...
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Paul Whybrow
RK Wallis
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Paul Whybrow
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Paul Whybrow
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RK Wallis
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day My advice to anyone with writerly ambitions and a demanding day job is to ...
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Paul Whybrow
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Event Weekly Writers’ Huddle Saturday 12th September – 5.00pm UK time
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Pamela Jo
Craft Chat New Writing comes for Sept and October-HORROR GALORE
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I’m a big believer that all failure is data acquisition. Because your ...
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Paul Whybrow
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Event Weekly Writers’ Huddle Saturday 5th September – 5.00pm UK time
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Thought for the Day A statue isn't built from the ground up -- it's chiseled out of a block of marble -- and I often ...
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Paul Whybrow
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Event Huddle South Wednesday 2nd September – 8.00am UK Time
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day In the world of your story, your outline is like the ...
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Event Weekly Writers’ Huddle Saturday 22nd August – 5.00pm UK time
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Craft Chat Bookseller on The "I Did NOT Use AI" Controversies
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I find it very satisfying to write because you can ...
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Some say they get lost in books, but I ...
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OPS Winners The Jolly June Results
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Thought for the Day Every character has a back story. It’s what makes them fully formed and ...
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