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Poetry Making Men
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Having unlimited choices can ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
RK Wallis
Craft Chat Instant meaning versus motivations/foreshadowing
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RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Jake E
Self-Publishing Draft 2 Digital
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Sarit
Sarit
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Monday, 2nd March 2026
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142
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day When I look back, I am so impressed again with ...
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Paul Whybrow
Hannah Faoileán
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The Fabulous February Challenge!
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day We all make mistakes, don’t we? But if you ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Aethalope
Craft Chat A Little Online Writing Group - Interested?
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Events
Event Writers’ Huddle Huddle February 28th -5.00pm UK time
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anaximander
anaximander
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Help Please! To PC or not to PC
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478
JoanUP
JoanUP
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Saturday, 28th February 2026
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, ...
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132
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat New Writer comp/ 100 word flat w big prizes
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141
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
E G Logan
News Enter romantic fiction storytelling prize, at a fee of £12.00
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167
E G Logan
E G Logan
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Friday, 27th February 2026
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291
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Jonny
News **Change of Date for March Huddle South** Now Wednesday 12th March
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250
RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Events
Event From Zero to Hero
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Events
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Thursday, 26th February 2026
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315
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I care for myself. The more solitary, the more ...
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205
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Wednesday, 25th February 2026
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304
AgentPete
AgentPete
ysgoldt
Welcome… I’m New Here! Hello I'm Ys!
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Jonny
Jonny
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Welcome… I’m New Here! Hello literary world!
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18
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561
Jonny
Jonny
RVMadhuri
Welcome… I’m New Here! Hit by a ton of word-shaped bricks
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6
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373
Jonny
Jonny
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was ...
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226
Aethalope
Aethalope
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Josephine
JohnBertel
News Prowritingaid competition. First 5K words of an unpublished novel
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291
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JohnBertel
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Tuesday, 24th February 2026
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304
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Characters more or less present themselves to me. I don’t know ...
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230
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day If it doesn’t matter in five years ...
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249
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Events
Event Weekly Writers’ Huddle February 21st – 5.00pm UK time
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499
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day You can have the best product in the world, but ...
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270
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don't do it except when ...
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2
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289
RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Events
Event The Fabulous February Challenge!
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284
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
OPS Winners The Jocose January Results!
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415
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One Perfect Sentence The Fabulous February Challenge!
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309
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Writing Short Story Thread
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Self Publishing and Etsy
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257
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Friday, 20th February 2026
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341
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by ...
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238
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day In the end you don't so much find yourself as you ...
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290
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Sarit
Craft Chat Podcast Interview + Netgalley link
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319
Sarit
Sarit
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Wednesday, 18th February 2026
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518
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day You don't write about people you know ...
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330
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I’ve spent 35 years trying to learn how to let go of ...
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341
mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Tuesday, 17th February 2026
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388
AgentPete
AgentPete
AgentPete
Service Update Your New Author Platform… An Update!
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2
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368
RK Wallis
RK Wallis
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Monday, 16th February 2026
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0
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450
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Over-thinking ruins you. It ruins the ...
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0
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306
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
JoanUP
Craft Chat What's it called when...
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6
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412
JoanUP
JoanUP
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The best thing about rock bottom is ...
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385
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Hannah Faoileán
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The Jocose January Challenge!
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Jonny
News Huddle February 14th - 5.00pm UK time
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10
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556
Lakeland Waffler
Lakeland Waffler
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Saturday, 14th February 2026
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day A line is a dot that ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Wilber and Niso Smith New Writer Comp
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RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Events
Event Huddle February 14th – 5.00pm UK time
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328
Events
Events
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Friday, 13th February 2026
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470
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The difference between false memories and true ones is ...
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323
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Thursday, 12th February 2026
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day If you expect nothing from somebody ...
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315
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Only when you do not know yourself ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Wednesday, 11th February 2026
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Aethalope
Aethalope
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about ...
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351
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Sunday, 8th February 2026
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Tuesday, 10th February 2026
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400
AgentPete
AgentPete
Sarit
Dandelion Break More on this Librario contest with Hachette
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5
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445
Sarit
Sarit
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Writers, like teeth, are divided into ...
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316
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Lakeland Waffler
Craft Chat Submitting to agents
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LJ Beck
LJ Beck
Events
Event “We Were Liars” – Litopia Book Club February Meeting
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Events
Events
RK Wallis
Craft Chat Should You Give Up On Traditional Publishing?
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392
AgentPete
AgentPete
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Monday, 9th February 2026
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388
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Sometimes we don’t want to be tethered to yesterday. It’s nicer to ...
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0
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294
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Help Please! Annie Summerlee… What An Evening! (And – Can You Help…?)
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5
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479
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The best way to cheer yourself up ...
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334
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Events
Event Weekly Huddle February 7th – 5.00pm UK time
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11
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634
Jonny
Jonny
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Saturday, 7th February 2026
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471
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day A clear conscience is usually the ...
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312
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Friday, 6th February 2026
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2
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day In order to write the book you want to write, in the end you ...
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1
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368
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Do what you feel in your heart to be ...
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1
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369
James Charles
James Charles
AgentPete
News An Evening with Annie Summerlee and The Book of Blood and Roses
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358
AgentPete
AgentPete
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Welcome… I’m New Here! Hello
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Robinne Weiss
Robinne Weiss
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I must discipline myself. I must be imaginative and create ...
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379
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Tuesday, 3rd February 2026
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389
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Life is too short to be scared and not take risks. I'd rather be ...
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290
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day People are like books: some deceive you ...
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1
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357
RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Events
Event Huddle South – February 4th – 8.00am UK time
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513
Robinne Weiss
Robinne Weiss
Rachael Burnett
Help Please! Thoughts on Libraro and Hachette Prize
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Rachael Burnett
Rachael Burnett
AgentPete
Service Update Author Platform – Soon Out of Beta…
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509
mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Monday, 2nd February 2026
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438
AgentPete
AgentPete
SilverWrites
Craft Chat Write to Market
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12
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573
Sarit
Sarit
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Far and away the best prize that life offers is ...
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312
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
News Ethical writing and The Salt Path
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3
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371
Sarit
Sarit
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day If the English language made any sense ...
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0
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300
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Friday, 30th January 2026
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1
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558
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Afell1
Help Please! Can't view a thread in the lab
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4
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Afell1
Afell1
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I don’t feel guilt at being unsociable, though I may sometimes ...
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0
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298
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
brendancody
Fanfare! My new digital publishing venture
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8
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583
Robinne Weiss
Robinne Weiss

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