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Aethalope
Dandelion Break The Misgenrefication of Genre Books
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Aethalope
Aethalope
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day If you are stuck on a problem, go for a walk and think about ...
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Vagabond Heart
Vagabond Heart
Events
Event Writers Huddle August 1st- 5.00pm UK time
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Vagabond Heart
Vagabond Heart
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Thread for Interesting competitions
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Ancora Imparo
Ancora Imparo
Events
Event Huddle South – Wednesday 5th August – 8.00am UK Time
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day A lone wolf may walk alone, but he ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Antonio Senatore
Welcome… I’m New Here! Hello from Italy
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James Charles
James Charles
Pamela Jo
News It's never the good guys destroying books...Anthropic
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Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day We need to make friends with ourselves. We are stuck with our self ...
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
News So Anthropic is supposed to pay authors-place your bets
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BrianY
BrianY
Pamela Jo
News Dublin SF Octocon: some cool links to podcasts
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Sarit
Sarit
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Fractured Lit Elsewhere Prize
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Pamela Jo
AgentPete
Service Update MONOLITH Is Here!
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day You don’t stop laughing when you ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Wolfpack Publishing: Anyone know anything about them?
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
News So Anthropic is supposed to pay authors-place your bets
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Julia
Welcome… I’m New Here! Hello from a rainy place!
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mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Where you are is not ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Aug deadline for comps
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Pamela Jo
Sarit
Self-Publishing Poor Man's PR agency
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat No, don't use social media as a reward for writing...
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day It is a well-documented fact that guys will not ask for directions. This is a ...
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Censorship no longer works by hiding information from you ...
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443
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Places are never just places in a piece of ...
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400
Vagabond Heart
Vagabond Heart
Events
Event Writers Huddle July 25th- 5.00pm UK time
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455
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Genre Bonding -from the Society of Independent Authors
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Agent Alert
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363
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
JoanUP
Self-Publishing Publishing/mailing service recommendations?
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The good part about getting older is you stop trying to ...
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434
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day “I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more ...
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452
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Witchcraft, Feminism and the Occult-a new imprint
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Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day An arrogant person considers himself ...
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Vagabond Heart
Vagabond Heart
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Two powerful, little words I've learned to use when ...
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Dani
Welcome… I’m New Here! Critique for Paranormal thriller
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Lakeland Waffler
Lakeland Waffler
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day “When I lose my temper, honey, ...
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441
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day A book is a living thing. It is a bird; it has ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
mickleinapickle
Dandelion Break Adventures in AI
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mickleinapickle
Sedayne
Fanfare! Doctor Prolix Meets Professor Breviloquence
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Sedayne
Sedayne
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. . .
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day We live in the age of entitlement ...
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day When I read a good story, I often start thinking, 'Should I ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Perhaps when distant people on other planets ...
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Aethalope
Help Please! Book recommendation?
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Pamela Jo
Events
Event Writers Huddle July 18th- 5.00pm UK time
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Events
Events
AgentPete
News Warning - They're Getting Better
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I am my own sanctuary and I can be ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Matthew WP
Help Please! Login to Blogs?
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Matthew WP
Matthew WP
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I like the word 'indolence'. It makes ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is ...
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516
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Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Writing is something you do alone. It’s a profession for ...
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Why Elmore Leonard is Wrong-Tiffany Yates Martin
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Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Something about Bookshop.org, indie bookshops and audiobooks?
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AgentPete
AgentPete
AgentPete
Service Update Logging in to the Author Platform
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AgentPete
Trey
Help Please! Circular log in...
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Trey
Trey
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day How can 5 judges decide the best book of the year without reading every ...
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Life's missed opportunities, at the end, may seem ...
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Paul Whybrow
Hannah Faoileán
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Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I like beautiful melodies telling ...
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Vagabond Heart
Vagabond Heart
Events
Event Writers Huddle July 11th- 5.00pm UK time
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587
Jonny
Jonny
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day You are not controlling the storm, and you are not ...
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565
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Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Gossip is the ...
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508
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat LGB etc Competition
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Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Due to intense brain fog all of my ...
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Aethalope
Fanfare! New Episode of Two Wayward Writers!
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mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day We all live in suspense from day to day; in other words ...
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524
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The only thing to do with good advice is ...
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BrianY
BrianY
RK Wallis
Craft Chat Advice for older writers
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564
Vagabond Heart
Vagabond Heart
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day If you stick to your integrity and your goals, eventually ...
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618
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Vagabond Heart
AgentPete
Service Update The Litopia Home Page Is Borked :)
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Ed Simnett
Ed Simnett
Claire G
Craft Chat Concept over talent?
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Aethalope
Aethalope
Claire G
News Over 250 UK publishers opt in to collective AI licensing scheme
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Claire G
Claire G
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Move towards the right destination, and you will ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Claire G
News Artificial intelligence already embedded in publishing in China, Beijing International Book Fair hears
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679
RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Pamela Jo
Dandelion Break New Corey Doctorow book about centaurs
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Why can't I write something that would awake ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
BrianY
Craft Chat An amazing question about superlatives
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RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Events
Event Writers Huddle July 4th- 5.00pm UK time
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615
Jonny
Jonny
AgentPete
Service Update Announcing... A New Layout for Your Author Page
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Vagabond Heart
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Radio Play, FF, Short Story comp
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Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Think of getting a rejection slip like being ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Events
Event Huddle South – Wednesday 1st July – 8.00am UK Time.
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LJ Beck
LJ Beck
Events
Event Litopia Book Club – July 18th 8.00pm (UK) – Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher
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Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to ...
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Dan Faulkner
Craft Chat Depressing post about AI
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Bookouture Novel Competition
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Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day You may not be able to alter reality, but you can ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat What We Did For Love, from TYM
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat BPA Short story contest
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503
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Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day You don't really understand an antagonist until you ...
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Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day You need plenty of white water for excitement but you also need ...
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Compost Enshittification- AI will fail Here's why
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Pamela Jo
Sarit
Self-Publishing 2 day free promo of The Correction
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Sarit
Sarit
RK Wallis
Craft Chat Guarded writing
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Hannah Faoileán
One Perfect Sentence Jolly June Challenge
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Mistakes should be examined, learned from, and ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Sedayne
Fanfare! A New Episode of Two Wayward Writers is Out Now!
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Rachael Burnett
Rachael Burnett
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is ...
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Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Pornography tells lies about women ...
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Loads of Poetry Contests
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