NaNoWriMo meet up – Margate
Thanet Creative was planning to organise a NaNoWriMo meet up but then I noticed that there was already one taking[…]
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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.
Technobabble: Good or bad?
Now we are in the window of crazy writing called NaNoWriMo, I thought I would take a quick look at a topic I have been abusing for comic effect – technobabble.
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NaNoWriMo starts tomorrow, are you ready?
NaNoWriMo, the month of novel writing, starts tomorrow. Are you ready? Me? Not at all. I have the barest of[…]
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Writers of Thanet
There are many writers who could be said to be writers of Thanet insofar as these writers came from or[…]
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Do you NaNoWriMo?
Who else has heard of NaNoWriMo? If you have yet to encounter it, this is your introduction to something that will[…]
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Why we need to write fewer white male protagonists
If you are looking for an audience for your stories you could do a lot better than targeting white able-bodied[…]
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September’s Winner and Sunday’s challenge.
The Winner of the September story challenge is Jess Joy. I thought I would get that out there right from[…]
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Having fun at a writer’s group
There is something magical about finding a fun writer’s group. At last weekend’s Sunday Writers group we tried out a[…]
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World Building: Alien Numbers
In this post, I am going to take a brief look at constructing the idea of Alien Numbers in your alien[…]
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Writers Explore: Mental Illness
Mental illness is a topic that has long fascinated writers. Mental illness has been the topic of many different stories,[…]
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Why adding your voice to ours matters
When you join Thanet Creative as a charity member you add your voice to ours. With a collective, your voice and ours[…]
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Advice on writing better
I could give you advice on writing better (in general) but as I am still learning, here is what the[…]
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