How Arms Trafficking Actually Works
David Packouz is a former arms trader. In this video for Business Insider, he talks about the international arms trade.[…]
Read more
Author: Matthew Brown
Matthew is a writer, web dev, and geek from Kent (UK). He is the founder and current chair of Thanet Creative as well as head geek for Author Buzz. His ambitions include seeing a film or TV series based on something he wrote. Matt is also responsible for fixing stuff on AuthorBuzz.co.uk when it breaks.
Writers’ research: Profiling serial killers and stalkers for New Scotland Yard
Here’s a great research video for writers who want to write about murder, police investigations, and all that sort of[…]
Read more
Where imposter syndrome hits me hardest
As a writer, have you ever felt like an imposter? I know I have. Imposter syndrome can be no laughing[…]
Read more
Thanet Creative’s last writers’ night of 2024 is the 5th of December
Our last writers’ night this year (2024) will be Thursday the 5th of December. We will begin meeting again in[…]
Read more
Oops. Words Counted is now working again
When I updated the look for the Thanet Creative blog, I accidentally left the Words Counted tool out of the[…]
Read more
Reminder: Our writers’ night is every Thursday at the Wheatsheaf in Margate
Thanet Creative run a writers’ night (almost) every Thursday at 7:30pm in The Wheatsheaf Margate. The writers’ night is open[…]
Read more
The only failure in writing is giving up
Whether it was a rejection submission, a story no one liked, or a competition you did not win, the only[…]
Read more
Thanet Creative’s website gets a fresh new look
Late last night, I gave the website a nice fresh new look. My aim was to simplify things which I[…]
Read more
Writers, have you ever felt like an imposter?
I’d like to ask writers, authors, and creatives in general – have you ever felt like an imposter – a[…]
Read more
Questions for writers
Last week, at Thanet Creative’s Writers’ session, we brainstormed prompts for writers. The idea of these prompts was to inspire[…]
Read more
First Writers’ Meet and Critique Evening of 2024
This Thursday, come along to meet local writers, have your work critiqued or enjoy a drink at a lovely pub[…]
Read more
Neil Gaiman on the antidote to rejection
In this video, best-selling author Neil Gaiman talks about rejection and how to handle it.
Read more