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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The way you spend Christmas is ...
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Paul Whybrow
SilverWrites
Welcome… I’m New Here! Self-Published Poet and Aspiring Fantasy Author
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SilverWrites
SilverWrites
Sedayne
Dandelion Break What's the best thing you read in 2025?
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
AgentPete
OPS Winners This is a winners test thread
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James Charles
James Charles
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Wednesday, 24th December
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day May you never be too grown up to ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life ...
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RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day If I could drop dead right now ...
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RK Wallis
RK Wallis
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Tuesday, 23rd December
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LJ Beck
LJ Beck
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Monday, 22nd December
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day We all of us have limited amounts of energy, and I am sure the people who are successful have ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
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Help Please! My first agent query letter
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RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Jonny
The Huddle The Christmas Huddle - **open to all membership categories** December 20th - 5.00 PM UK time (GMT)
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
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SilverWrites
SilverWrites
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Sunday, 21st December
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Do not despise the bottom ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Thursday, 18th December
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AgentPete
AgentPete
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Saturday, 20th December
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Most obstacles melt away when we ...
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E G Logan
E G Logan
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Friday, 19th December
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Slang is a language that ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Wednesday, 17th December
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I refuse to allow the excuses in my mind to ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Tuesday, 16th December
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Laziness is nothing more than the ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but ...
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mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Monday, 15th December
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Thursday, 11th December
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AgentPete
AgentPete
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Saturday, 13th December
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The more perfect a person is on the outside, the more ...
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276
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Jonny
The Huddle **Due to Agent Pete coming down with Norovirus there is no Huddle this weekend** Dec 13th
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anaximander
anaximander
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Old age is like a plane flying through a ...
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240
mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
LJ Beck
Dandelion Break Gifts For Writers, 2026 - blog post by Chuck Wendig
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Pamela Jo
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Welcome… I’m New Here! Just joined!
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AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Friday, 12th December
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Aethalope
Dandelion Break Forget reading, the kids can't even think
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The Bookshop has a thousand books, all colors, hues and tinges ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat What to Expect from An Editor : TYM
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat TYM, an editor, Kicks Ass
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day And I have this little litany of things they can do. And the first one ...
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Sedayne
Sedayne
AgentPete
News Book News Wednesday, 10th December
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day We read books to find out who we are. What other people ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Hannah Faoileán
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The Nifty November Challenge!
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665
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I never dreamed about success ...
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Tuesday, 9th December
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Smart people learn from everything and everyone ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Sunday, 7th December
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Don't be afraid of failure; be ...
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329
E G Logan
E G Logan
Hannah Faoileán
One Perfect Sentence Aspirational August Results!
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
AgentPete
News Every Author's Nightmare...
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MattScho
MattScho
Rachael Burnett
Help Please! Direct Message help
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381
Rachael Burnett
Rachael Burnett
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Book Writing Software
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JohnBertel
JohnBertel
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The moment a woman starts writing ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day You get used to the dark, you realize ...
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E G Logan
E G Logan
Jonny
The Huddle Huddle December 6th - 5.00pm UK time
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Jonny
Jonny
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Saturday, 6th December
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day You come from dust and you will return to dust ...
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mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
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Event Why Do People Really Buy Books? Let’s Talk This Saturday
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Bloo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Writing is a cop-out. An excuse to live ...
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329
JoanUP
JoanUP
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Friday, 5th December
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Cohesion-what makes a story Tiffany Yates Martin
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Jonny
The Huddle Huddle November 29th - 5.00pm UK time
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
AgentPete
News Today's Book News Thursday, 4th December
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AgentPete
AgentPete
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Wednesday, 3rd December
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Pamela Jo
Dandelion Break Fantasy Books that never got the Big SELL.
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Jonny
The Huddle Huddle SOUTH -December 3rd - 8.00am UK time - Please check your local time zone.
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Jonny
Jonny
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Tuesday, 2nd December
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Monday, 1st December
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The most essential gift for a good writer is a ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Sedayne
News The 2026 Fish List - 4,000 Independent Literary Magazines Ranked.
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Sedayne
Sedayne
Sedayne
News Themed submission calls and contests for December
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Sedayne
Sedayne
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Plot Thread-Bring your favorite resource
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357
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Nikky Lee
LiMoWriMo LiNoWriMo - November 2025 official thread
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JoanUP
JoanUP
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Sunday, 30th November
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548
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Uncertainty is the ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Saturday, 29th November
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Dandelion Break Who's talking about the monster porn genre?
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BrianY
BrianY
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Friday, 28th November
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day 'Pedestrian writing, thin characters - I can handle the criticism. I write to ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Wednesday, 26th November
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662
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Thursday, 27th November
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401
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Give readers adequate room to breathe if you’re ...
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314
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
News Join This Saturday’s Huddle & Flip a Fairy Tale!
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355
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day When someone is critical of something you make, usually it's ...
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Vagabond Heart
Vagabond Heart
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Milquetoast Villains
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion ...
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Vagabond Heart
Vagabond Heart
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Tuesday, 25th November
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AgentPete
AgentPete
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Welcome… I’m New Here! Hello all
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Sedayne
Sedayne
Sedayne
News Mslexia - New Submission Slots Opened
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Sedayne
Sedayne
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Monday, 24th November
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Time is not a thing that passes...it’s a ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
News Huddle – Beat The Bot!
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RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day You know that look that women get when ...
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
Help Please! Constellations Working Party!
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mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Losing a parent is something like ...
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348
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Saturday, 22nd November
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663
AgentPete
AgentPete
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Friday, 21st November
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Aethalope
Dandelion Break Project Hail Mary Movie
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo

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