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Dandelion Break The road really does go ever on
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One Perfect Sentence Jaunty July Results
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Dandelion Break Great world Stories of the seasons. He's back again. Orion The Hunter.
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One Perfect Sentence The Aspirational August Challenge!
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Thought for the Day Inagine reading a book and there is no way to ...
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Thought for the Day A man is not old until ...
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Thought for the Day As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often ...
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Behind every great man is ....
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Jonny
The Huddle Huddle August 9th - 5.00pm UK time
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Trey
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Thought for the Day The death of human empathy is one of the ...
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Please Comment: The Binturong Problem
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Literature can allow us to experience the best side of ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Jonny
The Huddle Huddle South Wednesday 6th August - 8.00am UK time (BST - please check your local timezone)
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day That inner voice has both gentleness and ...
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Thought for the Day A day of bad writing is ...
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Please Comment: Lives Well Lived
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Nikky Lee
LiMoWriMo LiNoWriMo July 2025 – Official Thread
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BrianY
Craft Chat Not Quite a Pyramid Scheme
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Wit ought to be a glorious treat like ...
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The Huddle Huddle August 2nd - 5.00pm UK time
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Trey
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Two Cures for Love ....
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Paul Whybrow
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Please Comment: Parental Advisory
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day You are what you do, not what ....
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Paul Whybrow
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Thought for the Day Fear is the thief ....
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Please Comment: Joyous Enemies!
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Poetry seems to have been eliminated as ...
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Hannah Faoileán
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Help Please! What are these aliens called?
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Pamela Jo
Dandelion Break Alternatives to sucky Spotify
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Thought for the Day Bad writing is not easier than good writing. It's just as ...
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Please Comment: There’s More to Love Than Boy Meets Girl
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Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Short Story Prize Nov deadline
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Please Comment: Self-esteem and stuff I’ve learned about it
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Please Comment: Goodbye Eeyore, Hello Tigger
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Please Comment: What’s in a game?
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Pamela Jo
Craft Chat This weeks articles in the Bookseller I'd like to read
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Anger is a good emotion: that is, when you ...
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Paul Whybrow
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News Help Your Friends & Help Litopia
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Thought for the Day Reading ia an exercise in empathy ...
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Pamela Jo
Fanfare! Bridport Prize sent me a thing?
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Jonny
News The rise of AI bites ever deeper across the world of creative arts
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day When somebody tells me to stop being so sensitive ....
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Thought for the Day Words are so lovable. How could ...
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Welcome… I’m New Here! New Jersey - Exit 80
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Craft Chat Translated fiction is attracting readers seeking freshness in a copycat publishing world.
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So I read somewhere that “badgers love sweetcorn!” Seemed highly improbable to me, but to test, I left a cob out last night on the usual badger plinth. This was the result this morning – case closed! They sure had a good party last night...
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