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Jonny
The Huddle Huddle January 10th - 5.00pm UK time
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9
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268
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Only those who attempt the absurd ...
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129
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Wednesday, 7th January 2026
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398
AgentPete
AgentPete
Jonny
The Huddle Huddle South January 7th - 8.00am UK time. Please check your local time zone (UK on GMT)
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9
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323
Jonny
Jonny
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Tuesday, 6th January 2026
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0
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492
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Living without an aim is like ...
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0
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205
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Monday, 5th January 2026
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701
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day When action grows unprofitable, gather information ...
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0
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194
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I am no bird; and no net ensnares me ...
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1
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205
mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Saturday, 3rd January 2026(!)
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5
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2K
BrianY
BrianY
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Sunday, 4th January
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0
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428
AgentPete
AgentPete
LJ Beck
News Jane Friedman's Annual Update on Publishers and Agents
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0
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225
LJ Beck
LJ Beck
AgentPete
Craft Chat Kick Off the Year with the Litopia New’s Year’s Literary Quiz!
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1
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227
wrightstuff
wrightstuff
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day An atheist is a man who has ...
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0
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200
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
BrianY
Craft Chat Books Are Back
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0
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198
BrianY
BrianY
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or ...
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1
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201
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day And now we welcome the new year. Full of ...
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0
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210
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day “There is nothing magical about the flip of the calendar ...
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0
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267
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
SilverWrites
Welcome… I’m New Here! Self-Published Poet and Aspiring Fantasy Author
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14
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643
SilverWrites
SilverWrites
Pamela Jo
News Are men being pushed out of publishing : Bookseller Debate
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2
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321
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Rule your mind or it ...
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0
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231
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
SilverWrites
Help Please! Can't find how to receive critiques!
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3
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312
Sedayne
Sedayne
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Sadness is caused by intelligence. The more you ...
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0
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266
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day My stories run up and bite me in the leg ...
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0
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274
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Monday, 28th December
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0
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326
AgentPete
AgentPete
LJ Beck
News Some Nice news... inspirational maybe.
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5
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336
LJ Beck
LJ Beck
AgentPete
Publishing News Today’s Book News Saturday, 27th December
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0
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1K
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Don’t worry about avoiding temptation ...
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0
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251
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Tuesday, 23rd December
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5
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832
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
Publishing News Today’s Book News Friday, 26th December
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0
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674
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Boxing Day is a little like being a four-year-old for a day ...
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1
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273
Aethalope
Aethalope
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The way you spend Christmas is ...
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0
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294
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Sedayne
Dandelion Break What's the best thing you read in 2025?
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8
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531
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Wednesday, 24th December
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0
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912
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day May you never be too grown up to ...
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0
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298
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life ...
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2
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349
RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day If I could drop dead right now ...
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2
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348
RK Wallis
RK Wallis
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Monday, 22nd December
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2
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663
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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0
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256
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
N
Help Please! My first agent query letter
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8
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536
RK Wallis
RK Wallis
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What are you reading at the moment? Recommendations welcome
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916
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141K
wrightstuff
wrightstuff
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Sunday, 21st December
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0
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367
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Do not despise the bottom ...
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0
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297
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Thursday, 18th December
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2
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540
AgentPete
AgentPete
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Saturday, 20th December
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0
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412
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Most obstacles melt away when we ...
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1
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312
E G Logan
E G Logan
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Friday, 19th December
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1
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679
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Slang is a language that ...
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0
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305
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Wednesday, 17th December
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0
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387
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I refuse to allow the excuses in my mind to ...
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0
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291
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Tuesday, 16th December
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0
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463
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Laziness is nothing more than the ...
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0
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276
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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3
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333
mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Monday, 15th December
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1
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641
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Thursday, 11th December
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2
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492
AgentPete
AgentPete
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Saturday, 13th December
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4
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547
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The more perfect a person is on the outside, the more ...
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2
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365
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Old age is like a plane flying through a ...
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2
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326
mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
LJ Beck
Dandelion Break Gifts For Writers, 2026 - blog post by Chuck Wendig
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4
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496
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
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Welcome… I’m New Here! Just joined!
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14
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608
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AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Friday, 12th December
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0
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631
AgentPete
AgentPete
Aethalope
Dandelion Break Forget reading, the kids can't even think
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12
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519
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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0
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294
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat What to Expect from An Editor : TYM
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0
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297
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat TYM, an editor, Kicks Ass
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0
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320
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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2
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298
Sedayne
Sedayne
AgentPete
News Book News Wednesday, 10th December
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0
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505
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day We read books to find out who we are. What other people ...
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0
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394
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Hannah Faoileán
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The Nifty November Challenge!
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28
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765
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I never dreamed about success ...
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1
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414
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Tuesday, 9th December
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0
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562
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Smart people learn from everything and everyone ...
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0
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407
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Sunday, 7th December
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2
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634
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Don't be afraid of failure; be ...
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1
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402
E G Logan
E G Logan
Hannah Faoileán
One Perfect Sentence Aspirational August Results!
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5
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796
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
AgentPete
News Every Author's Nightmare...
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10
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623
MattScho
MattScho
Rachael Burnett
Help Please! Direct Message help
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2
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474
Rachael Burnett
Rachael Burnett
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Book Writing Software
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6
Views
525
JohnBertel
JohnBertel
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The moment a woman starts writing ...
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0
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370
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day You get used to the dark, you realize ...
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2
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416
E G Logan
E G Logan
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Saturday, 6th December
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1
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1K
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day You come from dust and you will return to dust ...
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1
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406
mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
Events
Event Why Do People Really Buy Books? Let’s Talk This Saturday
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2
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721
Bloo
Bloo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Writing is a cop-out. An excuse to live ...
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1
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413
JoanUP
JoanUP
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Friday, 5th December
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0
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437
AgentPete
AgentPete
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Cohesion-what makes a story Tiffany Yates Martin
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0
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358
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
News Today's Book News Thursday, 4th December
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0
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606
AgentPete
AgentPete
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Wednesday, 3rd December
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0
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1K
AgentPete
AgentPete
Pamela Jo
Dandelion Break Fantasy Books that never got the Big SELL.
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6
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551
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Tuesday, 2nd December
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1
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488
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Monday, 1st December
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3
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896
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The most essential gift for a good writer is a ...
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0
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360
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Sedayne
News The 2026 Fish List - 4,000 Independent Literary Magazines Ranked.
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0
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633
Sedayne
Sedayne
Sedayne
News Themed submission calls and contests for December
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0
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542
Sedayne
Sedayne
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Plot Thread-Bring your favorite resource
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2
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447
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Nikky Lee
LiMoWriMo LiNoWriMo - November 2025 official thread
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16
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912
JoanUP
JoanUP
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you ...
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0
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391
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Sunday, 30th November
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1
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639
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Uncertainty is the ...
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0
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389
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Saturday, 29th November
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0
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671
AgentPete
AgentPete

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