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AgentPete
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LJ Beck
Nikky Lee
LiMoWriMo LiNoWriMo - November 2025 official thread
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Nikky Lee
Nikky Lee
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Our heads are round so that our ...
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LJ Beck
LJ Beck
Pamela Jo
Dandelion Break Storytelling Festival in Wicklow: The Yarn
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mickleinapickle
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Jonny
The Huddle Huddle South November 5th - 8.00am UK time (please note UK is now back on GMT)
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Jonny
The Huddle Huddle November 1st -5.00pm (UK now back on GMT)
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Jonny
Jonny
AgentPete
Review The Bullshit Machines
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I put instant coffee in a microwave and ...
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Nikky Lee
LiMoWriMo LiNoWriMo sign up
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
News The return to reading-Social Media Usage Drops
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Freebie Horror Seminar
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Sometimes when we lack motivation or procrastinate, there’s a ...
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Sedayne
News New(ish) Lit Mag for Writers Over 50
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Sedayne
Sedayne
AgentPete
News Latest Publishing News
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a ...
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Aethalope
Dandelion Break Shocked, I tell you. Shocked.
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Pamela Jo
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Welcome… I’m New Here! Newbie :)
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Jonny
Jonny
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you ...
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
AgentPete
News Latest Publishing News
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day If I have done anything, even a little, to help small children ...
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Self-Publishing Audiobook-101
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of ...
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Dandelion Break AudioBook- pick the Vikings over the guy who ruined LOTR
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Dandelion Break Sex scenes- How the Irish Do It
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Hannah Faoileán
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One Perfect Sentence - The Ominous October Challenge
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Jonny
The Huddle Huddle October 25th - 5.00pm UK time (UK is still on BST until next week)
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Jonny
Jonny
AgentPete
News Latest Book News
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day It’s hard to make predictions ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Hannah Faoileán
One Perfect Sentence The Scintillating September Results!
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Squilliam
Squilliam
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day A final word on self-criticism: Do not beat up ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Sedayne
Craft Chat Free Seminar: Short Mystery Fiction
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Sedayne
Sedayne
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I learned that one can never go back, that one should ...
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E G Logan
E G Logan
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat TYM on the Diff between an ego project and a heart project
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Humility is not thinking less of ...
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Do something today that your ...
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I was a vegetarian until I ...
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E G Logan
E G Logan
Pamela Jo
News Creatives are especially vulnerable to AI
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Common sense and a sense of humour are the ...
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Do not cringe and make yourself small if you are called the ...
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315
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Sarit
Self-Publishing The Correction book trailer
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Sarit
Sarit
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day If you obey all the rules ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Line editing course from Tiffany Yates Martin, anyone?
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RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Pamela Jo
News What other upfeckery can we expect from AI?
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Crying is just the way your eyes ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
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Please Comment: Golden Hour, Interrupted
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285
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Hannah Faoileán
One Perfect Sentence The Ominous October Challenge!
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Hope is optimism with a ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
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Please Comment: Self-Doubt
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282
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Pamela Jo
Fanfare! Crimebits 2, out now-and I'm in it!
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Vagabond Heart
Vagabond Heart
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Real relaxation is about relaxing, even in the ...
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E G Logan
E G Logan
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Please Comment: You’ve Got Your Mother in a Whirl
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Pamela Jo
Craft Chat How good is buying audiobooks in a bookstore?
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Please Comment: More on AI
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Some books are so familiar that ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
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Please Comment: How Interesting Are Your Characters?
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day How do you know if it’s time to wash the dishes and clean ...
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Sedayne
Sedayne
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Books have the same enemies as ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
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Please Comment: Gold is a pain in the ass, Part 2
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Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Ream (kind of like Royal Road) fiction event
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LJ Beck
LJ Beck
AgentPete
News Today's Book News
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Life is like a library owned by an ...
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E G Logan
E G Logan
AgentPete
Fanfare! You May Be Interested...
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Katie-Ellen
Katie-Ellen
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Please Comment: Anthologising
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BrianY
Craft Chat A Surprise at Reedsy
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Sedayne
Sedayne
Hannah Faoileán
One Perfect Sentence The Aspirational August Challenge!
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Rachael Burnett
Rachael Burnett
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Welcome… I’m New Here! Hi, my name is Chris, and I'm a writer.
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David Newrick
David Newrick
AgentPete
News Today's Book News
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Comedy is simply a funny ...
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Stay True to Yourself-a writer after 50 years of rejection
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Any more info on the audiobooks children talk in the Bookseller?
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Claire G
Claire G
AgentPete
News Today's Book News
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
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Please Comment: Gold is a pain in the ass, Part 1
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Vagabond Heart
Vagabond Heart
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The main difference between men and women is that ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Mel L
Craft Chat To AI or not to AI
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E G Logan
E G Logan
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I like words. Words are places ...
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Mel L
Mel L
Hannah Faoileán
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One Perfect Sentence -The Scintillating September Challenge
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day If you find a path with no ...
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Imagination is intelligence with ...
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353
LJ Beck
LJ Beck
Hannah Faoileán
One Perfect Sentence Aspirational August Results!
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Men love with their ...
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
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Please Comment: The Song of Bert and Harry: Sugar
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AgentPete
News Today's Book News
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Sedayne
Craft Chat Call for Submissions: The Pooh Files
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I’m still an atheist ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
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Please Comment: Baking day
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I would be most content if my children grew up to be the ...
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Vagabond Heart
Vagabond Heart
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Comp for stories about todays reality
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat E Books at Bookstores-Discuss
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Publishers blind to Dark Romance
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
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Please Comment: Conflict
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who ...
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JoanUP
JoanUP
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Spiracle expanding as audiobook publisher
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day You may not know it, but at the far end of ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Without music life would ...
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mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
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Please Comment: Why Is This Your Character’s Story To Tell?
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Please Comment: If Writing Were Choreographed
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283
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From Our Blog
AgentPete
News Today's Book News
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The thoughts in our minds are not facts. If your mind is ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow

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