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Open Book Blog Hop - 14th September steviet3.wordpress.com/2026/09/14/o... #OpenBook #MondayBlogs
Open Book Blog Hop – 14th September
Welcome to another blog hop. Today’s topic is: Setting music aside, describe some of your favourite sounds. I’ll list them below, not in any kind of order, but as I think of them: Silen…
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September 14, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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Hearing that Takes me Back - Open Book Blog Hop #546 authorkwilliams.com/2026/09/hear... #OpenBook #MondayBlogs
Hearing that Takes me Back - Open Book Blog Hop #546
Sound is a powerful sense that can affect the human brain in numerous ways. The trend of ASMR took off because people respond well to sound. I mean, look at how much we enjoy music! Of course other so...
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September 14, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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Do You Hear What I Hear? #OpenBook Blog Hop www.pjmaclayne.com?p=22690 #MondayBlogs #WritingCommunity
Do You Hear What I Hear? #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne
Setting music aside, describe some of your favorite sounds.
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September 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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Acting Out - Open Book Blog Hop #545 authorkwilliams.com/2026/09/acti... #OpenBook #MondayBlogs
Acting Out - Open Book Blog Hop #545
Being multi-faceted as an author makes you a stronger writer. Don't mistake that that means you have to be as good at the other things as you are at writing to make it matter. That is far from the tru...
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September 7, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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Open Book Blog Hop - September 7th steviet3.wordpress.com/2026/09/07/o... #OpenBook #MondayBlogs
Open Book Blog Hop – September 7th
Greetings from sunny Suffolk. Today’s blog hop topic is: Do you ever act out your scenes to immerse yourself and test them out, to be sure they really work? Not to actual scenes, but what I d…
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September 7, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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You Put Your Right Foot In #OpenBook Blog Hop www.pjmaclayne.com?p=22647 #MondayBlogs #WritingCommunity
You Put Your Right Foot In #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne
Do you ever act out your scenes to immerse yourself and test them out, to be sure they really work?
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September 7, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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Open Book Blog Hop - August 31st. steviet3.wordpress.com/2026/08/31/o... #OpenBook #MondayBlogs
Open Book Blog Hop – August 31st.
Welcome to today’s blog hop, where the topic is as follows: From a writing perspective, how do you view advertisements for products or services (on TV, in magazines, online)? This is the last…
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September 1, 2026 at 12:37 AM
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Black Hole Ads #OpenBook Blog Hop www.pjmaclayne.com?p=22607 #MondayBlogs #WritingCommunity
Black Hole Ads #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne
From a writing perspective, how do you view advertisements for products or services
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September 1, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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Open Book Blog Hop - August 24th steviet3.wordpress.com/2026/08/24/o... #OpenBook #MondayBlogs
Open Book Blog Hop – August 24th
Welcome to another blog hop – this time from the Isle of Wight and not from Suffolk. Today’s topic is: Name one thing that a writer should never do. I would say to never assume that lit…
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August 24, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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None Of It Is Trash … Well, Almost #OpenBook Blog Hop www.pjmaclayne.com?p=22585 #MondayBlogs #WritingCommunity
None Of It Is Trash … Well, Almost #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne
Name one thing that a writer should never do.
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August 24, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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Open Book Blog Hop, August 17, 2026 coffeeandinkbooks.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/o... #OpenBook #WritingCommunity
Open Book Blog Hop, August 17, 2026
What’s one thing about your writing that you would change if you could do it easily? Write more–there is nothing worse, some days, than the feeling of characters and plot queuing up in some d…
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August 22, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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To Change My World #OpenBook Bog Hop www.pjmaclayne.com?p=22558 #MondayBlogs #WritingCommunity
To Change My World #OpenBook Bog Hop - P.J. MacLayne
What’s one thing about your writing that you would change if you could do it easily?
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August 17, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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Open Book Blog Hop, August 10, 2026 coffeeandinkbooks.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/o... #OpenBook #MondayBlogs
Open Book Blog Hop, August 10, 2026
(Pixabay:jmangi1) From the Aquarian Tarot, my first deck. Do you collect anything in particular? Before the move to Portugal, indeed, before my move to Maine from New Hampshire, I collected Tarot c…
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August 10, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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Is It Clutter Or Pleasure? #OpenBook Blog Hop www.pjmaclayne.com?p=22539 #MondayBlogs #WritingCommunity
Is It Clutter Or Pleasure? #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne
Do you collect anything in particular?
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August 10, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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Open Book Blog Hop - 3rd August steviet3.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/o... #OpenBook #MondayBlogs
Open Book Blog Hop – 3rd August
Welcome to another blog hop. Today’s topic is: Have you included any of your major life events into your stories? The answer to that is yes. I write about what I know. I wrote about my initia…
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August 3, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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Writing My Life Story #OpenBook Blog Hop www.pjmaclayne.com?p=22516 #MondayBlogs #WritingCommunity
Writing My Life Story #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne
Have you included any of your major life events into your stories?
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August 3, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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Open Book Blog Hop - 27th July steviet3.wordpress.com/2026/07/27/o... #OpenBook #MondayBlogs
Open Book Blog Hop – 27th July
Welcome to another blog hop. Today’s topic is: Have you modelled any of your characters on a real person? How do you disguise them (if needed)? Yes, I have modelled a few of my characters on …
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July 28, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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Open Book Blog Hop - 20th July steviet3.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/o... #OpenBook #MondayBlogs
Open Book Blog Hop – 20th July
Welcome to another blog hop. Today’s topic is: What are you working on right now (as far as writing goes)? What’s going right? What’s going wrong? Over the winter I wrote a 50,000 word novel …
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July 21, 2026 at 12:57 AM
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Open Book Blog Hop - 13th July steviet3.wordpress.com/2026/07/13/o... #OpenBook #MondayBlogs
Open Book Blog Hop – 13th July
Welcome to another blog hop. Today’s topic is: Is there a childhood toy or book or item that you wish you still had? Being an only child I was quite protective of all my childhood possessions…
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July 13, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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A Tiny Symbol #OpenBook Blog Hop www.pjmaclayne.com?p=22386 #MondayBlogs #WritingCommunity
A Tiny Symbol #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne
Is there a childhood toy or book or item that you wish you still had?
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July 13, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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Making The World A Better Place #OpenBook Blog Hop www.pjmaclayne.com?p=22344 #MondayBlogs #WritingCommunity
Making The World A Better Place #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne
What have you done to make the world a better place?
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July 6, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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If It’s A New Name, Is the Person Any Different? #OpenBook Blog Hop www.pjmaclayne.com?p=22292 #MondayBlogs #WritingCommunity
If It’s A New Name, Is the Person Any Different? #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne
June 29 2026 If you had to choose a new author name, what would it be? I started off as Bobbi Jo Aspen. That was back when I was writing poetry. I even had a few poems published under that name. I sti...
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June 29, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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Open Book Blog Hop, June 22 2026 coffeeandinkbooks.wordpress.com/2026/06/22/o... #OpenBook #MondayBlogs
Open Book Blog Hop, June 22 2026
(pixabay:Vilkass) Do you wish you could travel the stars or the deep (oceans)? I’m not sure why I feel space is the place to travel over the deep ocean. Both entail harsh environments and the…
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June 22, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Open Book Blog Hop, June 22 2026 coffeeandinkbooks.wordpress.com/2026/06/22/o... #OpenBook #MondayBlogs
Open Book Blog Hop, June 22 2026
(pixabay:Vilkass) Do you wish you could travel the stars or the deep (oceans)? I’m not sure why I feel space is the place to travel over the deep ocean. Both entail harsh environments and the…
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June 22, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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To The Stars, Alice #OpenBook Blog Hop www.pjmaclayne.com?p=22237 #MondayBlogs #WritingCommunity
To The Stars, Alice #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne
Do you wish you could travel the stars or the deep (oceans)?
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June 22, 2026 at 1:20 PM