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Smoothies

I make smoothies and consume them most days.

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4 months ago
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New running shoes and socks

I buy some new running shoes. They have toes.

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5 months ago
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Strong by Zumba

I do too much exercise.

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6 months ago
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Posture problems and solution

I have backache and remedy it with Pilates.

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6 months ago
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I have to drink gin again.

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The amazing science of the Wood Wide Web | BBC News buff.ly/2NbVo7C

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14 Jul
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Ely Museum at risk of closing unless thousands is raised | Ely Museum buff.ly/2mcTWFZ | #Ely #museum #fundraising

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13 Jul
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Uncle Fred’s in the paper again 🧓🗞🛥🛳⛴🚢 Sunderland Maritime Heritage museum unveiled ahead of Tall Ships | Sunderland Echo buff.ly/2Jjt3cC | #proud

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12 Jul
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Bob’s your uncle and other name expressions | OxfordWords buff.ly/2yNvt39 | #language #etymology #phrases #names #origins

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11 Jul
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How computers parse the ambiguity of everyday language | Atlantic buff.ly/2N2BYCh | #language

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Caity Ross
10 Jul
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Are you a user of Californian cannabis? If so, you’re contributing to the destruction of your native wildlife 🦉 Cannabis growth is killing one of the cutest (and fiercest) creatures in the US | Guardian buff.ly/2KeCEGK | #environment #cannabis #weed

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9 Jul
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Sir David Attenborough has a message about the public’s response to his plastics watch appeal Plastics Watch | BBC buff.ly/2Mjkv7f

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8 Jul
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7 Jul
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Another way humans affect nature negatively 😒 Your walk in the woods is terrifying the wildlife | Outside Online buff.ly/2JI3cjz

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6 Jul
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Can actual people read your Gmail? Find out and stop them by visiting your Google Security Check-up page. Gmail messages 'read by third parties' | BBC buff.ly/2Nkkly5

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5 Jul
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“The irony is that by leaving the EU, the United Kingdom will be less useful to Washington as an ally but it will also need the United States much more.” — Jeffrey A. Stacey | Reuters buff.ly/2KNRcge | #brexit pic.twitter.com/9dAUY6IAvI

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4 Jul
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George Eustace: ‘Although the Government are not convinced for change, I hope that…I have been able to demonstrate that we intend to do more work and gather more evidence in this area.’ Pet theft | Hansard Online buff.ly/2lQS0CL | #pets #theft #crime #governmentdebate

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3 Jul
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Lots of positive things to tell your child(ren). What else do you say to yours? Girls to the Moon buff.ly/2yhlcvF

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2 Jul
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Do you use a feed to show information to your users? It might not be the best way Stop ‘feeding’ your users | Shopify buff.ly/2HaQ0xB

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2 Jul
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1 Jul
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This is the best teabag news since pyramid teabags. And they were just a gimmick. This is real. Kudos 👍👍👍 to @YorkshireTea! twitter.com/YorkshireTea/s…

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30 Jun
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How to get an RSS feed for Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest | Zapier buff.ly/2MvqOWp | #rss

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29 Jun
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Can you lose your native language? | BBC buff.ly/2sFJudw | #language #nativelanguage #languageattrition

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28 Jun
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Make sure the ground isn’t too hot for your dog to walk on — I’ve walked on incredibly hot sand before, and it’s not pleasant! 🔥🐶 Johnson and Scott Ltd on Facebook buff.ly/2yUo2ae

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27 Jun
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How the English language became such a mess | BBC buff.ly/2Kqqasc | #language #english #englishlanguage

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26 Jun
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Give this a whirl even if you’re not British! It whittled down my accent to the right city 👍 Do you have a secret British accent? | BBC buff.ly/2G1MOHS

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24 Jun
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Green and/or blue? The words that change what colours we see | BBC buff.ly/2HjQVk7 | #language

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23 Jun
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More evidence that humans are the worst thing to have happened to this planet 🌍 Colonialism did not just create slavery: it changed geology | Guardian buff.ly/2kYXJpJ | #Anthropocene

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22 Jun
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Having a good relationship with CSS | Sarah Chima buff.ly/2Hxd09W | #css #toptips

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21 Jun
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20 Jun
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How do you feel about paying for software? I like to try before I buy. On paying for software | Seth’s blog buff.ly/2sZFVi3

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19 Jun
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I learnt this word this morning, indeed while I was still feeling forwallowed. | #til #newWord twitter.com/qikipedia/stat…

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18 Jun
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How CSS works: parsing and painting CSS in the critical rendering path | Log Rocket buff.ly/2Jv8j2h

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17 Jun
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😴 Fall asleep in seconds by listening to a soothing voice read the EU’s new GDPR legislation | Verge buff.ly/2JrtSUG

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16 Jun
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How to write better error messages | UX Planet buff.ly/2siJHTW

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15 Jun
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Researchers are using AI to save indigenous languages from extinction | Next Web buff.ly/2kYGVz9

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14 Jun
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The best way to save the planet? Drop meat and dairy | George Monbiot buff.ly/2JuFHpR

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13 Jun
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Use a lot of JavaScript arrays and objects? You might find these methods useful | Codeburst buff.ly/2sUTlf1

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12 Jun
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What will you do to help? Chris Packham warns of 'ecological apocalypse' in Britain | Guardian buff.ly/2y9TPE7 | #ecology #citizenscience

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11 Jun
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Don’t eat before reading this | New Yorker buff.ly/2JoEXqg

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10 Jun
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'Smartphone zombies' get their own lane | BBC buff.ly/2JBDKLW

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8 Jun
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What is the future for #GitHub now? Microsoft has reportedly acquired GitHub | Verge buff.ly/2stU4UW

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7 Jun
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It seems the season of annoyingly stupid and buzzy flies in the house has arrived 😏

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6 Jun
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Heart-breaking image. We’ve got to move out of the age of plastic. Sir David Attenborough on plastic in the environment | at Facebook buff.ly/2xIhsDv

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5 Jun
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What does it mean when we call women girls? | Lot Hub buff.ly/2JimNCs

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4 Jun
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The men have revealed their best excuses for not employing women on boards | The Pool buff.ly/2xDl3mb

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3 Jun
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What are feeding your rabbit? Rabbit Awareness Week buff.ly/2xMsmIr

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Piers Smart
31 May
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This is so true 😥 When walking our #dogs on beaches or anywhere else where people congregate and leave their trash we are more worried about their welfare 😢 #passonplastic #KeepBritainTidy #takeyourtrashhome pic.twitter.com/MW9bjReLrF

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30 May
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Revealed: industrial-scale beef farming comes to the UK | Guardian buff.ly/2siYWMH

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29 May
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What to do if you see a baby bird 🐦 | Park Hall Veterinary Clinic (on Facebook) buff.ly/2smGTo6

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28 May
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How heavy use of social media is linked to mental illness | Economist buff.ly/2ItCDdm | #sleep #depression

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27 May
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Facebook and Google face first GDPR complaints over ‘forced consent’ | Tech Crunch buff.ly/2s5BGle

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26 May
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Nutritionists give their verdict on 'health trend' of drinking salt water | Independent buff.ly/2saJTnA pic.twitter.com/qk3W0aPU58

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25 May
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I suppose I really should get round to doing something with all these emails about GDPR at some point. NCSC (part of GCHQ) ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/coun… | #GDPRday pic.twitter.com/iy0yGp4vgF

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24 May
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Mysterious rise in banned ozone-destroying chemical shocks scientists | Guardian buff.ly/2rNguiS pic.twitter.com/DBMCcq2Uty

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23 May
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Vog: When lava hits the sea | BBC News buff.ly/2IYyz8q pic.twitter.com/Hf4VHsWaSb

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22 May
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Teens taking the pain out of periods | BBC News buff.ly/2wU18Po pic.twitter.com/Z0fivnEAtx

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Derek Shoemaker
21 May
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A year and a half ago, almost to the day, I got fired from a customer service job. It was two weeks after my mother’s funeral. A month later, I started teaching myself programming. An hour ago, I accepted a new job. I’m a software developer now.

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20 May
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My no.41: names have more than x characters. Falsehoods that programmers believe about names | Kalzumeus Software buff.ly/1sx7UDA

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Ely Writers
14 Jul
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Have you ever started writing something that turned out to be more complicated than you thought? You're not the only one. That Black Mirror book series has been delayed (for now) | Metro buff.ly/2L8NoD6 pic.twitter.com/c9TA…

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Ely Writers
13 Jul
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Ely Museum at risk of closing unless thousands is raised | Ely Museum buff.ly/2mcTWFZ | #Ely #museum #fundraising

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Ely Writers
12 Jul
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What are you reading this summer? Books for the beach — and the brain — this summer | Irish Times buff.ly/2KNmvse

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Ely Writers
11 Jul
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I use LaTeX. I gave up using Word for big important documents a long time ago! I tried Scrivener, but found it too fancy for its own good. What software do you use for writing? | Reddit /r/writing buff.ly/2m6jvsc

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Ely Writers
9 Jul
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Third place in Ely Writers’ Day’s short story competition goes to Baptism of Fire. Do you agree with the judges that paragraphs should have been used? The word limit is 500. Ely Writers' Day buff.ly/2uiMJrD

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Ely Writers
6 Jul
Ely Writers
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Imposed a what now? Does not compute ❌💻 twitter.com/goodread…

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Ely Writers
5 Jul
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Oh, yes. Been there. I can only concentrate on one conversation at a time, and real people get upset if you ignore them 😏 | via @HeyJamie pic.twitter.com/2Iye…

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Ely Writers
4 Jul
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

Alas, tonight’s meeting is postponed until further notice, if not cancelled, due to technical problems. Sorry about that. Maybe you could write 500 words instead, like I’ll be doing ⌨️✍️ FAO @martinxo pic.twitter.com/4FXq…

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Ely Writers
4 Jul
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

Read the winning entry from Ely Writers’ Day — no, it’s not mine 😏 Ely Writers' Day buff.ly/2tXoFtX

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Ely Writers
3 Jul
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It is so tedious discussing grammar with people who insist on perpetuating made-up rules of grammar. We need to stop kowtowing to the rich man who whimsically hated split infinitives. Just enjoy reading and/or writing. I don’t know what a fronted adverbial is and I’m a linguist. twitter.com/AmandaPC…

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Ely Writers
2 Jul
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@ElyWriters

Character names are easy to change in LaTeX: write a command for each character’s name, then, if a name changes, you only need to alter it in one place. Job done. No find and replace needed ☺️ | Sarah Day | #LaTeX #toptips #lovehate #amwriting #characters #justsaying #smug twitter.com/geowrite…

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Ely Writers
1 Jul
Ely Writers
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A couple of photos from Ely Writers' Day | Ely Writers Day on Facebook buff.ly/2ID3LG0

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Ely Writers
30 Jun
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So true (except tea instead of coffee) 😺😼😸😼😹😼😺😸😼 twitter.com/byMorgan…

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29 Jun
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Anime pioneer explains how she went from porn scripts to feature films | Indy 100 buff.ly/2KpX5ju

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Ely Writers
28 Jun
Ely Writers
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Fancy a writing workout? Maybe the Script Gym is for you! Writers Room | BBC buff.ly/2N4jwJF

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Ely Writers
27 Jun
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May your plots thicken and your characters develop on #nationalWritingDay

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Ely Writers
26 Jun
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Good luck if you entered the Ely Writers’ Day short story competition! Ely Writers' Day buff.ly/2MYv3Kh

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Ely Writers
24 Jun
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Writing about addiction: it often takes two perspectives | Peter Selgin @ Jane Friedman buff.ly/2JQTkzX pic.twitter.com/ZktP…

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Ely Writers
23 Jun
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

Setting free the sacred cows of writing advice | Terrible Minds buff.ly/2teVNgF pic.twitter.com/Hca2…

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Ely Writers
22 Jun
Ely Writers
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Incorporating safer sex into your fiction writing | Writers' Digest buff.ly/2yfbWbz pic.twitter.com/Jwji…

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Ely Writers
21 Jun
Ely Writers
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How to craft a believable villain | Well Storied buff.ly/2leBnR2 pic.twitter.com/imYw…

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Ely Writers
20 Jun
Ely Writers
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What does it mean to write a scene that works? | Jane Friedman buff.ly/2JKSada pic.twitter.com/0JkL…

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Ely Writers
19 Jun
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

How do you write your romantic scenes? Sweet v sexy: what you need to know about writing both | WritersDigest.com buff.ly/2o4cMj0 | #amwriting #romance pic.twitter.com/G9bk…

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Ely Writers
18 Jun
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

Something I've wondered about since hearing the term 'literary fiction' being bandied about a lot is what distinguishes it from ordinary fiction. I'm not the only one. Any ideas, anyone? Contradictory nature of 'literary fiction'? | Reddit r/writing buff.ly/2ydoU9P pic.twitter.com/JKXC…

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Ely Writers
17 Jun
Ely Writers
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Get yourself along to this day devoted to writing! Ely Arts Festival Writers' Day buff.ly/2t2qeHu | #elywritersday

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16 Jun
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Four ways to write a better antagonist | Helping Writers Become Authors | buff.ly/2Jij0W1

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Ely Writers
15 Jun
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Tips for balancing stories with multiple points of view | Well Storied buff.ly/2M4KuAc | #pov #multiplepov #mpov

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Ely Writers
14 Jun
Ely Writers
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If you’re struggling with your scene, here’s another way to think about it. How to write strong scenes: four key questions to evaluate your scene | Writers’ Digest buff.ly/2sNMWCe

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Ely Writers
13 Jun
Ely Writers
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Ten things to get your novel published | Rosie Johnston Writes buff.ly/2sL3r30

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Ely Writers
12 Jun
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

It seems @JeffBezos of Amazon is breaking Chinese law, but is ok with it. Are you? Underpaid and exhausted: the human cost of your Kindle | Guardian buff.ly/2Mayddr | #Amazon #Kindle #Alexa | @amazon @AmazonUK @AmazonKindle

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Ely Writers
11 Jun
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

Have you entered the Ely Writers’ Day competition yet? The deadline is midnight tonight! 🕛 Ely Writers' Day buff.ly/2JK5RZb | #ElyWritersDay is not affiliated with us.

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10 Jun
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The anti-library: why unread books are the most important | buff.ly/2H77pXG

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Ely Writers
7 Jun
Ely Writers
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Top 20 books they tried to ban | Telegraph buff.ly/2svuyPi pic.twitter.com/wEbx…

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Ely Writers
6 Jun
Ely Writers
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The gone girl with the dragon tattoo on the train | Five Thirty-eight buff.ly/2stAPuD

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Ely Writers
5 Jun
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

Looking for a book to read? | Recommend me a Book buff.ly/2JeA5mQ | #amreading

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Ely Writers
4 Jun
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

Ely Writers next meet on Wednesday 6th June in @the_cutterinn. What have you written this month? Bring it along and share it with us, if you like! #amwriting pic.twitter.com/iGaI…

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3 Jun
Ely Writers
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A change in perspective: tips for writing from multiple points of view | Writers' Digest buff.ly/2rGdAMI

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Ely Writers
2 Jun
Ely Writers
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Point of view made easy | Rosie Johnston Writes buff.ly/2IFkMAc pic.twitter.com/nkbR…

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Ely Writers
1 Jun
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

Throat clearing: when your story opening is in search of itself | Jane Friedman buff.ly/2IkkrXn pic.twitter.com/9E5V…

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Ely Writers
31 May
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

Sitting up with Tom Wolfe — a 1974 interview | Writers' Digest buff.ly/2KsQmBD pic.twitter.com/1U9s…

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Ely Writers
30 May
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

Does your story's sidekick serve a purpose? | Well Storied buff.ly/2L4R3lG pic.twitter.com/j4Tw…

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Ely Writers
29 May
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

It's not just historical fiction that needs to keep track of time! Setting in time | Writing Forward buff.ly/2kkKTSy pic.twitter.com/GxPM…

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Ely Writers
28 May
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

Conducting informational interviews for story research | Writers Helping Writers buff.ly/2k3vohv pic.twitter.com/U65V…

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Ely Writers
27 May
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

Searching for the forgotten: recalling details when writing a memoir |Writers' Digest buff.ly/2Llb1ZK pic.twitter.com/1W3B…

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Ely Writers
26 May
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

Writing doesn't have to be lonely. How to find a comminuty | Creative Penn buff.ly/2IEW8DX pic.twitter.com/7a6U…

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Ely Writers
25 May
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

How to encourage readers to invest in your story by crafting relatable characters | Well Storied buff.ly/2IEXG0J pic.twitter.com/P2pP…

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Ely Writers
24 May
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

Philip Larkin – Jill | Topping & Company Booksellers of Ely buff.ly/2s5YLn8 pic.twitter.com/z0M1…

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Ely Writers
23 May
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

This is what the writer is like | New Yorker buff.ly/2rs47IZ | via @blackbirdwrite

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Ely Writers
22 May
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

Lots of advice on writing a book here, including getting a cat and not being bogged down by all the advice on the internet. How to make a book | Creative Independent buff.ly/2L32biX | via @martinxo

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Ely Writers
21 May
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

Do you keep a private secret diary? I haven’t done regularly for a long time. Maybe it’s time to buy a new notebook. Celebrated writers on the creative benefits of keeping a diary | Brain Pickings buff.ly/2wxSPsi | via @RosieJpoet

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Ely Writers
20 May
Ely Writers
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Writers should know a lot about Alot 😁 The Alot is better than you at everything | Hyperbole and a Half | buff.ly/2w81Xnf

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Ely Writers
19 May
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

Writers’s block? Write 100 words and get a kitten 😻 Written? Kitten! buff.ly/2FzAIBq

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Ely Writers
18 May
Ely Writers
@ElyWriters

Let future-you worry about the quality of your first draft. Let present-you just write it. First drafts | Austin Kleon buff.ly/2Kmv6y6 | HT @martinxo (of #ElyWriters fame) pic.twitter.com/IuZb…

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