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Tell me something good, Jonny! Tell me that you'll let me in

Hoping to be able to come. So put me on the list, please? Son's car has broken down lots now, and garage say it's not worth what it would cost to fix, which means they are car-hunting on Saturday and I am baby-sitting. They say it's just for the...

Please Jonny. Also can you confirm it is the 21st of March 2026? I seem to have fallen into some kind of wormhole

Yes please @Jonny xx

Tell me something good, Jonny! Tell me that you'll let me in

"I have this weird obsession about buying books and looking at them with a smile, even if I won't read them soon. At least they are mine now." Anaïs Nin

Very pleased to say that after some useful feedback from @Robinne Weiss, we’ve now added the ability for you to sort your bibliography entries into whatever order of appearance you want. The “featured’ book will now automatically be the book...

Very pleased to say that after some useful feedback from @Robinne Weiss, we’ve now added the ability for you to sort your bibliography entries into whatever order of appearance you want. The “featured’ book will now automatically be the book...

DAILY SUMMARY: Publishing Industry News Book Output Topped Four Million in 2025 The total number of books published in the U.S. in 2025 surged 32.5% over 2024, according to Bowker data, driven largely by a boom in self-published titles. The...

To me the following excerpt from the article is the important discussion point. Maybe because POV is something I'm aways wrestling with. I'm rereading Wolf Hall and have to go back and reread passages again and again. But they are incredibly...

Ah Josephine, this is the first time I've seen you let your hair down, let alone toss it so Elizabeth Bennett like. Your voice is definitely worth sharing more often. More of this PLEASE! Audiobooks cheap to produce and distribute could create...

Just finished a pretty comprehensive Help Guide to the Author Platform – please take a look.

The Colony has just moved to a new server. Everything seems to have gone well, but if you notice any strangeness (apart from the normal strangeness, natch) please let me know :) p.

I didn't mean that there is anything technically wrong with 'look inside.' I mean that the paragraphs are separated by a blank line instead of using indentation of the first line to signal a new paragraph. This may be my very personal preference...

Yeah, I agree. If this was formatted as a screenplay, it would also be bad writing. Screenwriting seems to get a bit of a bad rap in terms of showing what characters are thinking and feeling. Done well, it's awesome and can be very personal and...