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David Newrick
Craft Chat 'Write for the top ten percent of your readers' - King
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Mel L
Mel L
JGTurla
Welcome… I’m New Here! Children's picture book author is a bit lost
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RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Jonny
The Huddle Huddle September 6th - 5.00pm UK time
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Vagabond Heart
Vagabond Heart
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I feel very grateful that for some reason I was raised to believe that ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Stuart G
Help Please! Critters Wanted
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Aethalope
Aethalope
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Giving a reader a sex scene that is only half right is like ...
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232
Stuart G
Stuart G
Jonny
The Huddle Huddle South Wednesday September 3rd - 8.00am UK time (BST) Please check your local timezone
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LJ Beck
LJ Beck
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Please Comment: The Song of Bert and Harry: The Name of that Pub
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211
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Books have a life. They breathe. When you ...
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236
E G Logan
E G Logan
Aethalope
Craft Chat Craft Challenge?
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9
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320
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Sedayne
Fanfare! The Craft of Half-Remembering is published in Mslexia Issue 107 out today.
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Mel L
Mel L
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What are you reading at the moment? Recommendations welcome
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E G Logan
E G Logan
Lakeland Waffler
Help Please! Platform author update help please
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197
Lakeland Waffler
Lakeland Waffler
AgentPete
News This Smells Bad…
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700
AgentPete
AgentPete
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat BPA Pitch Contest and in Oct. meet the literary agent who will judge it
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344
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Rachael Burnett
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Help Please! Showing possession with names
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David Newrick
David Newrick
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Do not grow old, no matter ....
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8
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279
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Sarit
Self-Publishing The Last Artist on Earth free promo
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6
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201
Aethalope
Aethalope
Stuart G
Welcome… I’m New Here! Human Writes
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27
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Stuart G
Stuart G
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Then I felt too that I might take this opportunity to ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
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Please Comment: The Jewel of Derwentwater – behind the book
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161
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Hannah Faoileán
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One Perfect Sentence - The Aspirational August Challenge
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39
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830
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
AgentPete
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Help Please! Would You like An Affiliate Scheme Here?
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16
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498
AgentPete
AgentPete
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Help Please! The New Author's Platform
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223
Ronnnie
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LJ Beck
Self-Publishing Alliance of Independent Authors - The Indie Author Income Survey 2023
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363
Ronnnie
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Jonny
The Huddle Huddle August 30th - 5.00pm UK time
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378
Jonny
Jonny
Pamela Jo
Dandelion Break History in colour for those writing historical fiction
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178
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I can't stand innuendo, if I ....
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173
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat New Writers Comp, 2 new ones
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241
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Often those that criticize others reveal ...
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2
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262
E G Logan
E G Logan
AgentPete
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Service Update Your Author Platform Is Ready For You!
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21
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713
Echidna
Echidna
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day We tend to accept information that confirms our ...
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4
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325
Bloo
Bloo
RK Wallis
Craft Chat Tool for Trending Genres
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5
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293
E G Logan
E G Logan
Lakeland Waffler
Welcome… I’m New Here! Hi
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25
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829
Lakeland Waffler
Lakeland Waffler
Sarit
Self-Publishing Novel Marketing!
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0
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245
Sarit
Sarit
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day All writing is presumption, of course, since ...
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217
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Love does not begin and end the ...
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3
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255
Sedayne
Sedayne
RK Wallis
Craft Chat Agent's role in revising your manuscript
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237
RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Sedayne
Craft Chat Writing Contest Calculator
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2
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290
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Scottish Trust FF deadline Aug 31
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262
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
AgentPete
News Colony Karma…
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6
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350
AgentPete
AgentPete
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Globe Soup Short Story Contest-International
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0
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419
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Cure for an obsession ...
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230
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
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Please Comment: The Pink Coupe at the Catch-All Station
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228
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Pamela Jo
Dandelion Break For those doing rewrites-there is a light at the end of the frog
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243
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Sometimes the loudest cries ...
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0
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238
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
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Please Comment: Young People Today…
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0
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236
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Please Comment: Be my, be my Beta.
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0
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233
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Please Comment: Throwing in the towel
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0
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241
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Please Comment: Parental Advisory
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0
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205
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Money can't buy you happiness but it ...
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0
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195
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day It takes the same effort to think small than to ...
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4
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265
E G Logan
E G Logan
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day It's beauty that captures your attention ...
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0
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239
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
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Please Comment: The Welsh One
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0
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231
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Katie-Ellen
Dandelion Break The Stories in the Stars: The Domain of Demeter, Virgo, Vineyards and Harvest Home
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241
Katie-Ellen
Katie-Ellen
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat T Yates Martin-a book editor on AI editing your book
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15
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494
LJ Beck
LJ Beck
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Man is a bubble, and all the ...
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4
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298
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
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Please Comment: WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES
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0
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249
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but ....
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0
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226
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
News AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified
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5
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360
Bloo
Bloo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Willpower is the key to ...
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1
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263
E G Logan
E G Logan
Aethalope
Craft Chat Craft Challenge - The Wilder Structure
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4
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312
Sedayne
Sedayne
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Please Comment: What We Feed Strangers
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0
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257
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Please Comment: The Road Does Go Ever On
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0
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237
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The opposite of love is not ...
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0
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255
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day You know you're getting old when you ...
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1
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265
Katie-Ellen
Katie-Ellen
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Please Comment: The Road Does Go Ever On
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0
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256
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RK Wallis
Please Comment: Drafts
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9
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363
RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day A degree of self-deception, she said ...
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0
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256
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Aethalope
Craft Chat Craft Challenge?
2
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31
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923
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day There is only one motive for writing a novel: to be published and read. To me ...
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0
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272
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
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Please Comment: Another Night in A&E (Part 2)
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0
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213
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Marta
Help Please! I'm New, I'm Lost
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6
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372
Sedayne
Sedayne
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Mental health...is not a destination, but a ....
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1
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275
Claire G
Claire G
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Mental health...is not a destination, but a ....
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0
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244
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
News AI Slop explained by John Oliver
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0
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245
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day To free us from the expectations of others, to ...
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0
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268
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
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Please Comment: Another Night in A&E (Part 1)
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0
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271
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Marta
Help Please! I'm New, I'm Lost
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5
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304
Jonny
Jonny
MattScho
Dandelion Break The road really does go ever on
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7
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397
MattScho
MattScho
Hannah Faoileán
One Perfect Sentence Jaunty July Results
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5
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361
Vagabond Heart
Vagabond Heart
Katie-Ellen
Dandelion Break Great world Stories of the seasons. He's back again. Orion The Hunter.
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8
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415
Katie-Ellen
Katie-Ellen
Hannah Faoileán
One Perfect Sentence The Aspirational August Challenge!
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0
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272
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Inagine reading a book and there is no way to ...
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0
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265
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Hannah Faoileán
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One Perfect Sentence - The Jaunty July Challenge
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11
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day A man is not old until ...
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6
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386
Vagabond Heart
Vagabond Heart
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often ...
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1
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292
mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
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Please Comment: Tired Old Characterizations
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0
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277
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Behind every great man is ....
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0
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279
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The death of human empathy is one of the ...
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1
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304
AgentPete
AgentPete
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Please Comment: The Binturong Problem
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0
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285
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Literature can allow us to experience the best side of ...
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0
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294
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day That inner voice has both gentleness and ...
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0
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271
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day A day of bad writing is ...
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0
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322
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
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Please Comment: Lives Well Lived
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0
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282
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From Our Blog
Nikky Lee
LiMoWriMo LiNoWriMo July 2025 – Official Thread
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121
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wrightstuff
wrightstuff
BrianY
Craft Chat Not Quite a Pyramid Scheme
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4
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360
Sedayne
Sedayne
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Wit ought to be a glorious treat like ...
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0
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268
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
D
Welcome… I’m New Here! ...ish
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6
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416
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Two Cures for Love ....
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0
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289
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow

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