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28 Sep

Caity Ross

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Appeal launched to collect poetry in endangered languages | Guardian buff.ly/2xNmHjz | #NationalPoetryDay

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The words that can make us calmer | BBC buff.ly/2wZoYnA | #NationalPoetryDay

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Do you use a blanket (or similar) at night even when it’s hot? Why? | Atlas Obscura buff.ly/2fQLN7u pic.twitter.com/2jvuxtFsZx

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Randall Munroe, of XKCD fame, is appearing in Toppings book shop in Ely. I am ludicrously excited | @ToppingsEly buff.ly/2xFaVY4

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Happy birthday, colinscape!

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This is why you shouldn't put fat, nappies and baby wipes down the loo or sink 🤢 | 'Monster' fatberg blocking sewer buff.ly/2f2ieCr

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The case for lowercase: I misread this as "the killing of a sacred beer". twitter.com/NovelFest/stat…

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The south has so many names for woodlice, and the north hardly any. I've never called them anything but woodlice. You? | #northerner twitter.com/JanFreedman/st…

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A reminder that 'grinagog' is one word for someone who is perpetually and annoyingly cheery. Another is 'gigglemug'.

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Can you help? twitter.com/tokenpet/statu…

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#DYK a group of penguins is called a waddle when they are on land, but a raft when they are in water 🐧💦 RT if wildlife surprises you pic.twitter.com/teUkqMtdrf

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Gravity doing its thing | HT @TeaKayB twitter.com/CambridgeMaths…

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How to write a ridiculously good About page | Katie Lewis buff.ly/2gqfCyA pic.twitter.com/2aDKjlI2h5

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This is how Slack write their release notes. Take note, @facebook, @Pinterest and the like! | @SlackHQ buff.ly/2vfgfBK pic.twitter.com/hGBZCpbglD

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Maths was more accurate when it was done on stone tablets than it is now in the age of the computer 😶🔢 twitter.com/PopSci/status/…

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“Hiring women at your fund isn’t enough, you must give them a seat and voice at the table.” ow.ly/Gxaa30eIhib

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It's hard to relax fully around such men because they could make an unwanted move at any time 😞 twitter.com/MissLoreleiLee…

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Why men don’t believe the data on gender bias in science | Wired buff.ly/2vzvm49 | HT @courtneyseiter

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How basic are you? I'm happy to say I'm not | basic: buff.ly/2x3hrsc | HT Ang and Emma pic.twitter.com/32QHUioE20

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Was in the shower happily thinking about his not bringing toys in now. Went into the bedroom; he was playing with a new toy | #provedWrong twitter.com/MrPerkins_Cat/…

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I'm not the only one who thinks this | TechCrunch buff.ly/2veFlke twitter.com/pandammonium/s…

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New pair of socks: £1.99 Calling the RSPCA: ~10p/minute This tweet: priceless twitter.com/BBCSpringwatch…

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Ever wanted to see a dolph-a-sloth? Allow me: #GoBinge

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How feeling left out at work can affect your job | Several People Are Typing — The Official @SlackHQ Blog buff.ly/2wEbhin

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Mapped: the toughest words to spell across UK cities | Telegraph buff.ly/2wDJn60 pic.twitter.com/bc7QyFlRh3

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😻 😍 😻 twitter.com/EarnKnowledge/…

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Well done you! I got up late and am about to go out and start writing 😳 twitter.com/queencharlot/s…

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Now you can mansplain in >30 languages (although the Vietnamese seems more like manspreading to me) | Establishment buff.ly/2wrwM5K pic.twitter.com/VdTNVpTuUH

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Don't rain on anyone's parade twitter.com/scalzi/status/…

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Is this you too? twitter.com/ReviewCafe/sta…

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"… it's possible to read something you don't agree with … and simply move on with your life" — anonymous buff.ly/2x5eJPZ pic.twitter.com/utDkYiJ31Y

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Does anyone else enjoy finding old notebooks and looking through them or is it just me? pic.twitter.com/zMKRnJjEEO

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Think your tiny act won't make a difference? What if this man had agreed? | Nat Geo buff.ly/2x24U5s | HT @ssxio @PsychologyDoc pic.twitter.com/TtgCPAUJIe

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What trees teach us about life and happiness 🌳🌲🌴😊 | BBC buff.ly/2vTydXK

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The perfect solution, and cheaper than a Dyson twitter.com/DickKingSmith/…

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Why do we need to have colours associated with gender anyway? #blueforaboypinkforagirl

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The fascinating world of synaesthesia twitter.com/ThingsWork/sta…

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How to avoid spoilers online | @PopSci buff.ly/2vNjSvM

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Don't lose your head! 👤 twitter.com/VeganYogaDude/…

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If this were true, then meat would not leak juices everywhere after it had been seared, but it does | Fine Cooking buff.ly/2wdoONA pic.twitter.com/n781AWRhTB

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I can't think of a time when a kitten picture wouldn't be needed twitter.com/CatFoodBreath/…

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Writing an unsympathetic heroine | Books by Women buff.ly/2x5uJl4 | HT @WomenWriters

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Do you use any of these ten writing apps for Android smartphones? How are they? | Daily Writing Tips buff.ly/2wgXuOd | HT @JeffGoins pic.twitter.com/qAkq…

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I've written a little bit about character development on our blog. What do you think? | Ely Writers buff.ly/2yc1znJ pic.twitter.com/80t2…

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“I’m not writing the dialogue; the characters are saying the dialogue, and I’m just jotting it down." — Quentin Tarantino | #quotes pic.twitter.com/VLux…

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How to write your best book: part four | Goins Writer buff.ly/2wARal1

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Our next meeting is at 6 o'clock till 8 o'clock on Wednesday 18th October in the Cutter Inn, and you're invited! pic.twitter.com/WNT1…

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Are you going to the Cambridge Literary Winter Festival on 24-26 November? | East Anglian Writers buff.ly/2y4cWOz

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We'll next be meeting on Wednesday 11th October from 6 pm till 8 pm in the back room of @the_cutterinn. See you there? | #ElyWriters pic.twitter.com/eQMF…

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Character development elywriters.wordpress… pic.twitter.com/wwRu…

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This is good advice for writing creatively, too. Experiment with sentence length and suspense, for example | #amwriting #writingtips #tips twitter.com/buffer/s…

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Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.― Anton Chekhov #writingtip #amwriting #storytelling

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How to write your best book: part three | Goins Writer buff.ly/2wqBrVf

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How to structure scenes in your story | Helping Writers Become Authors buff.ly/2w1BdU9

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Our next meeting is from 6 o'clock till 8 o'clock on Wednesday 4th October in the Cutter Inn, Ely. Care to join us? pic.twitter.com/BDYr…

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Fear in the Fens Film Festival: Sunday 1 October 2017 | Fear in the Fens buff.ly/2flnNfr

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Appeal launched to collect poetry in endangered languages | Guardian buff.ly/2xNeKuF

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How to write your best book: part two | Goins Writer buff.ly/2g7TVDB

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I found @ProfBrianCox’ thesis 😶 in the process of finding out if my character studied with him. (He didn’t.) | buff.ly/2fDSJbh

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The words that can make us calmer | BBC buff.ly/2wZr72J | #NationalPoetryDay

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Today is National @PoetryDayUK. Celebrate by writing a poem with your dialect's best word | Guardian buff.ly/2wODHCg | #freetheword

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Next meeting: Wednesday 27th September at 6pm in @the_cutterinn. Current task: write! Continue where you left off with your current project. pic.twitter.com/K79Q…

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Randall Munroe, of XKCD fame, is appearing in Toppings book shop in Ely. I am ludicrously excited | @ToppingsEly buff.ly/2k115uF

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There is an Ely Writers’ Day, independent of us, but shouldn’t we go to our own eponymous day! 📝 | Ely Writers’ Day buff.ly/2hvEkL2

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A tip for keeping your focus when writing a chapter | #writingtips twitter.com/WrtrStat…

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Ink Festival 2018 is seeking entries | East Anglian Writers buff.ly/2wU3UPO

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How to write your best book: part one | Goins Writer buff.ly/2wr4dFi pic.twitter.com/jE1g…

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Dracula and Frankenstein: a tale of two monsters | buff.ly/2wL7tYI

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Our next task is to continue writing what we're writing. See you next week to discuss it? | elywriters.wordpress…

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We meet tonight in the back room of @the_cutterinn from 6 till 8 to talk about our writing. Join us?

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A book about a drink close to the Ely Writers' hearts | Modern Tea by Lisa Boalt Richardson | @CircleofBooks buff.ly/2vI6Vq1

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Next meeting: Wednesday 20th September at 6pm in @the_cutterinn. Current task: write! Continue where you left off with your current project.

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Why do teachers make kids learn and recite poems off by heart? No-one would expect this with prose | Huff Post buff.ly/2vcuMww

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Immigrants and kings: the letter in the empire of poetry | Ilanot Review buff.ly/2ub3WlC pic.twitter.com/shCB…

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Are "chick-lit covers" a bad thing? Is the only way to avoid them to be George Eliot or Curror Bell? | The Atlantic buff.ly/2wtzN1r pic.twitter.com/DSB5…

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Now you can follow us on Facebook! | Ely Writers elywriters.wordpress…

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How do you escape the dreaded writers' block? | #writersblock #writingtips twitter.com/WrtrStat…

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We'll be meeting tonight in the back room of the Cutter Inn from 6–8 pm. Care to join us for some writing talk? | Ely Writers pic.twitter.com/HSsa…

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Fancy meeting an author who's done pretty well with her first novel? twitter.com/cambslib…

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Next meeting: Wednesday 13th September buff.ly/2gYK2oo pic.twitter.com/yLi5…

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Sounds interesting 🤔 | #books twitter.com/BUZZmyBO…

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How about a weekend writing course at the Flipside Festival at Snape Maltings in Lowestoft? | Flipside UK buff.ly/2eZ8Dtd

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Can you apply for this even if you're a northerner living down south? 😁 twitter.com/bbccomed…

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Our task this week is to write! Work on your current piece and read it out next week. | elywriters.wordpress… pic.twitter.com/it6j…

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Summer break over, we meet tonight in @the_cutterinn at 6–8pm. Don't forget your homework!📔… elywriters.wordpress… pic.twitter.com/X3aS…

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When bad news isn't bad news 👍 twitter.com/Lprc14Ca…

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On depression and writing | Just Publishing Advice buff.ly/2vyx9uQ pic.twitter.com/UwME…

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"Write about the emotions you fear the most." — Laurie Halse Anderson pic.twitter.com/Mn0l…

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A tool for getting pantsers through their resistance to plotting | Joel D Canfield @ Bane of your Resistance buff.ly/2v1591q pic.twitter.com/vJF1…

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Look out for new #Ely Literary Festival leaflets around town- or call into the #bookshop to pick one up- lots of exciting events coming up! pic.twitter.com/R2lu…

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No task this week; we're taking the time to improve our previous tasks: the discovery build-up, the minor character profile and the subplot

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Need a happy character but worry they'll be dull? Try these tips | Writers Write buff.ly/2fdsvvA | HT @thepagereader @BalleMillner pic.twitter.com/UU7a…

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Mitchell and Webb's new comedy Back sounds fantastic: ow.ly/27pD30erJZ7 Come and see Webb in Ely in September: ow.ly/jZDP30erKlU pic.twitter.com/TNDE…

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