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Oh no, that's awful. Sending a flood of well wishes!

Oh dear! Rest and recover :heart::sun-behind-large-cloud:

Oh no! Hope you feel better soon xx

No, it is ghastly. Get well soon xxx

Today’s Book News Thursday, 11th December 2025 Kindle to Offer Downloads for DRM‑Free Titles Starting 20 January 2026, Amazon’s Kindle store will let readers download DRM‑free books in EPUB or PDF formats, making it easier to read purchased...

And I have this little litany of things they can do. And the first one, of course, is to write - every day, no excuses. It's so easy to make excuses. Even professional writers have days when they'd rather clean the toilet than do the writing...

I think they (The authorities? Publishers? Whoever makes these decisions?) see students struggling and want to help. But instead of giving extra targeted support to those who need it, which requires time, resources, effort, etc., they simply dumb...

@Aethalope - Ahhhhhh, I misunderstood. I thought it was the same info, just presented in less boring than block-text kinda way. Got it! So @Hannah Faoileán was on the money! (I should have never doubted you!) but it just seems so absurd...

I've read the same. So good. He is a talker, but it's worth tolerating because he explains so much so well. Like @LJ Beck, I've watched them so many times. In the lab, when critiquing, I'll often paste his tools of writing because he has more...

Lyse, yes the right-hand one is the 2025 textbook and I actually think that's part of the problem. In the attempt to make the topic look less boring, they've made it a webpage that isn't even clickable. The students skim the headings and that's...

I've read the same. So good. He is a talker, but it's worth tolerating because he explains so much so well. Like @LJ Beck, I've watched them so many times. In the lab, when critiquing, I'll often paste his tools of writing because he has more...

Welcome Noah! I also love Brandon Sanderson. And enjoy fantasy stories. I'm a sci-fi writer myself, but thinking about dipping into fantasy. I do love a good magic system! As Rachel said, Brandon's lecture series is amazing. I've watched them...

I've read the Mistborn series and all his released Stormlight Archives books. I literally do not have enough nice things to say about him and his writing. Reading them gives me chills and tears the same way Lord of the Rings (the films) does...

Is it because they don't use paper anymore? As kids, we always had access to a drawer of a pile of paper and crayons/pencils.

Laura, I'm assuming the 2025 one is on the right? Wow, that's really interesting. Good to see the books have improved at least. Do you think this is a global thing, or does it vary greatly country to country? (I mean kids not thinking, not better...