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Pamela Jo
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Jonny
The Huddle Huddle January 17th - 5.00pm UK time
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Pamela Jo
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Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Children's Poetry Prize- Caterpillar
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Friday, 16th January 2026
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The business of the poet and the novelist is to ...
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Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Thursday, 15th January 2026
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Whilst I’m writing, I’m ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Lakeland Waffler
Craft Chat Submitting to agents
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484
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
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The Jocose January Challenge!
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Sedayne
Craft Chat Lit Mag Resources
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E G Logan
E G Logan
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Wednesday, 14th January 2026
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Dear Artists, remember that the opposite of ...
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Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Tuesday, 13th January 2026
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day You would go mad if you began to ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Writing is like ...
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E G Logan
E G Logan
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Monday, 12th January 2026
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Pamela Jo
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Publishing News Daily Book News Thursday, 8th January 2026
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Pamela Jo
Craft Chat The Adventure Writing Prize Comp is open
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Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Jan 26th for a xmas horror story contest
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Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day There are far, far better things ...
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Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Saturday, 10th January 2026
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716
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Reality continues to ....
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175
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Paul Whybrow
Jonny
The Huddle Huddle January 10th - 5.00pm UK time
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10
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353
Lakeland Waffler
Lakeland Waffler
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Friday, 9th January 2026
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549
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Painting is poetry that is seen rather than ...
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165
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat 20-30 seconds-that's all you get for a query
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195
Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Hannah Faoileán
OPS Winners The Nifty November Results!
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279
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MattScho
AgentPete
Craft Chat Kick Off the Year with the Litopia New’s Year’s Literary Quiz!
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295
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wrightstuff
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Jan 12th deadline for Curtis Brown Discoveries, women writers apply
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224
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Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day We are all a little weird and life's a little weird ...
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160
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Hannah Faoileán
One Perfect Sentence The Jocose January Challenge!
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205
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Only those who attempt the absurd ...
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Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Wednesday, 7th January 2026
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507
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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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406
Jonny
Jonny
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Tuesday, 6th January 2026
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667
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Living without an aim is like ...
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Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Monday, 5th January 2026
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772
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day When action grows unprofitable, gather information ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I am no bird; and no net ensnares me ...
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317
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mickleinapickle
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Saturday, 3rd January 2026(!)
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BrianY
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Sunday, 4th January
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496
AgentPete
AgentPete
LJ Beck
News Jane Friedman's Annual Update on Publishers and Agents
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LJ Beck
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day An atheist is a man who has ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
BrianY
Craft Chat Books Are Back
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255
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BrianY
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or ...
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day And now we welcome the new year. Full of ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day “There is nothing magical about the flip of the calendar ...
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288
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
SilverWrites
Welcome… I’m New Here! Self-Published Poet and Aspiring Fantasy Author
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SilverWrites
Pamela Jo
News Are men being pushed out of publishing : Bookseller Debate
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Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Rule your mind or it ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
SilverWrites
Help Please! Can't find how to receive critiques!
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Sedayne
Sedayne
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Sadness is caused by intelligence. The more you ...
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282
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day My stories run up and bite me in the leg ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Monday, 28th December
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370
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AgentPete
LJ Beck
News Some Nice news... inspirational maybe.
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LJ Beck
AgentPete
Publishing News Today’s Book News Saturday, 27th December
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Don’t worry about avoiding temptation ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Tuesday, 23rd December
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Pamela Jo
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AgentPete
Publishing News Today’s Book News Friday, 26th December
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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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Aethalope
Aethalope
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The way you spend Christmas is ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Sedayne
Dandelion Break What's the best thing you read in 2025?
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750
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Wednesday, 24th December
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AgentPete
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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2
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425
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 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
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Help Please! My first agent query letter
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RK Wallis
RK Wallis
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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564
AgentPete
AgentPete
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Saturday, 20th December
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431
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Most obstacles melt away when we ...
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1
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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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0
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320
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Wednesday, 17th December
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406
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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303
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Tuesday, 16th December
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0
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491
AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Laziness is nothing more than the ...
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0
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281
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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351
mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Monday, 15th December
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657
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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4
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565
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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380
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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334
mickleinapickle
mickleinapickle
LJ Beck
Dandelion Break Gifts For Writers, 2026 - blog post by Chuck Wendig
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510
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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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650
AgentPete
AgentPete
Aethalope
Dandelion Break Forget reading, the kids can't even think
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12
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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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307
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat What to Expect from An Editor : TYM
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306
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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2
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306
Sedayne
Sedayne
AgentPete
News Book News Wednesday, 10th December
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0
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514
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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407
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Hannah Faoileán
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The Nifty November Challenge!
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28
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798
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I never dreamed about success ...
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1
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440
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
AgentPete
News Today’s Book News Tuesday, 9th December
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569
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AgentPete

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