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Event Writers’ Huddle March 14th – 5.00pm UK time
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Publishing News Daily Book News Wednesday, 11th March 2026
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like ...
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Help Please! To PC or not to PC
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Publishing News Daily Book News Tuesday, 10th March 2026
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Thankfully, perseverance is a ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
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News **Change of Date for March Huddle South** Now Wednesday 11th March
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Echidna
Echidna
RK Wallis
Craft Chat When to get feedback
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RK Wallis
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The Fabulous February Challenge!
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Hannah Faoileán
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Monday, 9th March 2026
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day We surrender the outcomes because ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't ...
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E G Logan
E G Logan
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Events
Event Writers’ Huddle March 7th – 5.00pm UK time
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Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Commitment is doing the thing you said you were ...
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Vagabond Heart
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Publishing News Daily Book News Friday, 6th March 2026
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Having unlimited choices can ...
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E G Logan
E G Logan
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our ...
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Vagabond Heart
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Publishing News Daily Book News Thursday, 5th March 2026
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I can't think of anyone I admire who isn't ...
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Vagabond Heart
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Publishing News BookBrunch Daily News (UK)
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253
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Publishing News Publishing News Update…
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AgentPete
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Poetry Making Men
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Rachael Burnett
News Fairy Tales for Grown-Ups
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Rachael Burnett
Rachael Burnett
RK Wallis
Craft Chat Instant meaning versus motivations/foreshadowing
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437
RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Jake E
Self-Publishing Draft 2 Digital
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236
Sarit
Sarit
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Publishing News Daily Book News Monday, 2nd March 2026
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342
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day When I look back, I am so impressed again with ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day We all make mistakes, don’t we? But if you ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Aethalope
Craft Chat A Little Online Writing Group - Interested?
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Saturday, 28th February 2026
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356
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, ...
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Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat New Writer comp/ 100 word flat w big prizes
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
E G Logan
News Enter romantic fiction storytelling prize, at a fee of £12.00
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E G Logan
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Publishing News Daily Book News Friday, 27th February 2026
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AgentPete
Events
Event From Zero to Hero
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Publishing News Daily Book News Thursday, 26th February 2026
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I care for myself. The more solitary, the more ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
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Publishing News Daily Book News Wednesday, 25th February 2026
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AgentPete
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Welcome… I’m New Here! Hello I'm Ys!
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Jonny
RVMadhuri
Welcome… I’m New Here! Hit by a ton of word-shaped bricks
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Jonny
Jonny
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was ...
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Aethalope
Aethalope
JohnBertel
News Prowritingaid competition. First 5K words of an unpublished novel
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JohnBertel
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Publishing News Daily Book News Tuesday, 24th February 2026
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Characters more or less present themselves to me. I don’t know ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day If it doesn’t matter in five years ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day You can have the best product in the world, but ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don't do it except when ...
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RK Wallis
RK Wallis
Events
Event The Fabulous February Challenge!
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OPS Winners The Jocose January Results!
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One Perfect Sentence The Fabulous February Challenge!
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Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Writing Short Story Thread
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Craft Chat Self Publishing and Etsy
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
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Publishing News Daily Book News Friday, 20th February 2026
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day In the end you don't so much find yourself as you ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Sarit
Craft Chat Podcast Interview + Netgalley link
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Sarit
Sarit
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Publishing News Daily Book News Wednesday, 18th February 2026
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day You don't write about people you know ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day I’ve spent 35 years trying to learn how to let go of ...
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Publishing News Daily Book News Tuesday, 17th February 2026
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Service Update Your New Author Platform… An Update!
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RK Wallis
RK Wallis
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Monday, 16th February 2026
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Over-thinking ruins you. It ruins the ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
JoanUP
Craft Chat What's it called when...
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JoanUP
JoanUP
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The best thing about rock bottom is ...
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Paul Whybrow
Hannah Faoileán
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The Jocose January Challenge!
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News Huddle February 14th - 5.00pm UK time
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Lakeland Waffler
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Saturday, 14th February 2026
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day A line is a dot that ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Pamela Jo
Craft Chat Wilber and Niso Smith New Writer Comp
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RK Wallis
RK Wallis
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Friday, 13th February 2026
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The difference between false memories and true ones is ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Thursday, 12th February 2026
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day If you expect nothing from somebody ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Only when you do not know yourself ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Wednesday, 11th February 2026
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Aethalope
Aethalope
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
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Publishing News Daily Book News Sunday, 8th February 2026
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Tuesday, 10th February 2026
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432
AgentPete
AgentPete
Sarit
Dandelion Break More on this Librario contest with Hachette
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Sarit
Sarit
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Writers, like teeth, are divided into ...
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345
Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Lakeland Waffler
Craft Chat Submitting to agents
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LJ Beck
LJ Beck
Events
Event “We Were Liars” – Litopia Book Club February Meeting
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RK Wallis
Craft Chat Should You Give Up On Traditional Publishing?
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425
AgentPete
AgentPete
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Monday, 9th February 2026
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AgentPete
AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Sometimes we don’t want to be tethered to yesterday. It’s nicer to ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Help Please! Annie Summerlee… What An Evening! (And – Can You Help…?)
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Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day The best way to cheer yourself up ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
Events
Event Weekly Huddle February 7th – 5.00pm UK time
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Jonny
Jonny
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Saturday, 7th February 2026
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AgentPete
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day A clear conscience is usually the ...
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Paul Whybrow
Paul Whybrow
AgentPete
Publishing News Daily Book News Friday, 6th February 2026
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Pamela Jo
Pamela Jo
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day In order to write the book you want to write, in the end you ...
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398
Hannah Faoileán
Hannah Faoileán
Paul Whybrow
Thought for the Day Do what you feel in your heart to be ...
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405
James Charles
James Charles
AgentPete
News An Evening with Annie Summerlee and The Book of Blood and Roses
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AgentPete
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