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Maverick Publishing open for Junior and Middle Grade Submissions

Writing and Illustrating

BREAKING NEWS!We now accept Middle Grade submissions!Junior Fiction and Middle Grade submissions are OPEN.How to Submit

To help you with the submissions process we have put some guidelines for your submission.  To have a look at our current junior fiction/middle grade titles, click here.  Please read through carefully before sending us your submission.  Anything that is vastly different to the guidelines will not be read.

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How To Backup Your WordPress Blog To Prevent Losing All Its Contents

Hugh's Views & News  

How would you feel if you woke up one morning and discovered that your WordPress blog had been deleted or that most of your content had been lost?

It’s a scary thought, and probably the worst kind of nightmare situation for many bloggers.

WordPress has a process that allows all its users to backup the contents of their blog.

Today, I’m going to show you how to backup your blog without going via the ‘WP Admin’ button on the dashboard of your blog.

Not only...

Harriet

The Racial Equity Nerd

I have really been looking forward to this film.

OPEN SUBMISSIONS: The Sirens Call – issue 48 ‘Memento Mori’ | #Horror #OpenCall #ReprintsWelcome #fiction @Sirens_Call

The Sirens Song

For the 48th issue of The Sirens Call, not only would we like you to write about a token that is reminiscent of death, but remember that death itself may lay around every corner. We’d like you to pay tribute to it in the most heinous ways possible by submitting pieces that honor it, horrify with it, respect it, and/or fight it to the bitter end; and we do mean the literal bitter end as each piece selected for eZine 48 must contain a death – mortal or otherwise.

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It’s Time to Do a Facebook Settings Checkup – by Judith Briles…

Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog

on The Book Designer:

Are you concerned about Facebook posts or requests? Many are. Next year is an election year and you can bet that Facebook will have hiccups.

Plus, we are getting calls and emails from our authors about Facebook and how to reduce unwanted friend requests, revealing too much information and reducing some of the oddball exposure that seems to emulate from Facebook.

Continue reading at: Where to Start

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Forced into a life of domestic servitude, Haiti’s child slaves

Repeating Islands

[Many thanks to Holly Bynoe for bringing this item to our attention.] Photojournalist Paddy Dowling (Independent) travels to Haiti to document its next generation: ‘restaveks’ – children separated from their families, heartbroken and forced into a life of slavery.

Seated in a darkened room at the end of a long corridor, hiding his face, he looks down. When questioned, he simply shrugs his small shoulders. One by one, tears cascade onto the table where he sits. Esperence R...

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A Supermassive Black Hole Destroys A Star

SUSANNE LEIST

Have you ever wondered what a star looks like as it’s ripped apart by a supermassive black hole? Probably not. But thanks to the diligent eyes at NASA and Ohio State University, you don’t have to wonder, you can see it for yourself. https://allthatsinteresting.com/black-hole-rips-star-apart?utm_campaign=pdpih&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR10NN43zvtsA1LOBOpUH18_aXScruE2niqyrqpgtNVdXomUKEK7bljAb-0

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An Evening With A.M. Justice

There are so many fabulous science fiction and fantasy authors. And if you are a true fan, there’s always room for more. That said, enjoy reading A.M. Justice’s Woern Saga, which features tantalizing nods to the fairy tale, Rapunzel, a magic system with a scientific basis . . . and oh, I mustn’t forget giant bug battles! Learn more about Justice in this delightful interview led by charming host blogger, Drew.

The Scribblings

Today, I’m joined in the reading room by A.M. Just...

The Ghost Rider – Ismail Kadare

#amresearching #amwritingYA #amhavingfun

Solar Bridge

This is the first novel I’ve read by Albanian writer, Ismail Kadare. It was an excellent introduction to the winner of the first Man Booker International prize (2005). Originally published in Albania in 1980, translated into French in 1986, with an English translation following in 1988 – at this time called Doruntine. Canongate’s new edition is an updated translation, which features text which, previously, had been too sensitiv...

Calling Out Call Out Culture

the orang-utan librarian

What with freedom of speech week coming up, I thought now would be a good time to start pissing people off *ahem* saying all the *controversial things* I’ve ever wanted to say. Starting with the fact that I HATE cancel culture… which I guess means I’m going to cancel myself with this post