The Colossus of The Thames & Other Tales: 12 steampunk storie... amazon.co.uk/dp/B08ZJW19RY/ #Amazon
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Interview with Jeremy Corbyn. Worth a listen.
Zero responsibility, blames everyone else for his defeats. borderline delusional. Embarrassing.
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NEW: Your Weekend @TheNewsAgents with @jeremycorbyn, at length and in his own words.
On leadership, on prime ministers he saw at close hand, Brexit, on strikes, on Starmer, on anti-semitism and more.
Listen now- it’s an interesting conversation. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the
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Whatever you are doing please watch this blistering masterclass in political interviewing as uses facts, poise & stone cold brilliance to pin down a squirming on his pandemic law breaking 🔥
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Delighted to see Interzone magazine venturing into the realm of podcasts.
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Check out Interzone Pod on Spotify. Looking forward to some great podcasts. open.spotify.com/episode/14AtqN
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Seems I am alone in the world in preferring January to December.
#Fanuary
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Release Day! # 112- Ben and Nico face off with the prompt "The Arena". Two tales are told! Listen here: buzzsprout.com/1129067/121397
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Dear architects, what is preventing you from building like this?
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The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century amzn.eu/d/dXw4vOL #Amazon
I thoroughly recommend this book for any writer seeking to improve the quality of their prose.
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Bloody hell, just realized I owe 3 million in tax. Doh.
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I'm proud to announce the publication of Red Memory: Living, Remembering and Forgetting China's Cultural Revolution - all about how people and societies go on when the worst has happened - by 2/2/23 and in the US by May '23 Preorder here: linktr.ee/redmemory
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A tragedy pushed to the shadows: the truth about China’s Cultural Revolution.
Really good piece, the forthcoming book by sounds really interesting.
Today's #WritingTip comes from Elmore Leonard. “If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
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Release Day! # 110- We're joined by Shauna Lawless (), author of the historical fantasy Gael Song series, for the prompt "Tomorrow"- listen here: buzzsprout.com/1129067/120449
#podcasts #podernfamily #shortstory #writingcommunity #storytelling #writing #writingprompt
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Really enjoyed this interview with noted fantasy author covering the writing process, worldbuilding etc
#fantasywriterstoolshed #fantasy #SFF #writerscommunity
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Thursday fun 😊 at Geek Retreat Leicester
What game have you always wanted to learn?
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Need somewhere to paint your mini-figures? 😀
We welcome you to stop in any time and use our café as your workshop! 😁
Chill out with a cuppa and paint your army or models to your heart’s content! 🎨🖌
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Absolutely made up to be one of the favourite tales of 2022 on the podcast.
Link to listen below 👇
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Release Day! # 109- Join Ben and Nico as they pick their favourite guest tales of 2022, featuring stories by @silveycat, @authorbear2, and @caytlyn_brooke! Listen here: buzzsprout.com/1129067/119972
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Release Day! # 109- Join Ben and Nico as they pick their favourite guest tales of 2022, featuring stories by , , and ! Listen here: buzzsprout.com/1129067/119972
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So if they both muster knights and archers in their respective dukedoms then advance at similar speeds, the battle will take place somewhere on the northern fringe of London, maybe in car park at the Waltham Cross Homebase
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Happy 82nd birthday to the master Hayao Miyazaki ❤️
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Neil Gaiman sharing some wisdom.
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Disappointing. I liked it, though it wasn’t as compelling as ‘Dark’.
It built too slowly, took a big narrative risk that didn’t pay off, imho, and was probably too convoluted for most people.
That said, the ending was intriguing and I’d have liked to see more.
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Cool thread on various literary characters about to go ‘public domain’.
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Hello! Good morning! Happy New Year, for those who are celebrating!
It’s #publicdomainday. The following thread is a descriptive list of all the characters from the pulps who were created in 1927 and thus fall into the public domain starting today.
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Decided to let my mind wander at the gym earlier.
Got on the cross trainer, closed my eyes, listening to Steampunk Ambiences playlist on Spotify.
10 mins later made notes on a new novel idea*.
*(“not another one! Finish your WIP first!” 🤪🤣)
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Having played #DnD for over 40 years (#foreverDM) I do *not* understand the nostalgia for 1e, and especially not Basic/Expert. Are you nuts?
I get the arguments for them, I just don’t miss them. I’d take 5e over either 1e iteration and 3.5e over any other version.
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Glorious 🖤
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No one is safe until everyone is safe – we applied it to the pandemic, but why not our economy?
Not normally in the habit of reposting stuff from religious people but this is spot on.
I think it is more likely that history will question the BBC’s role as enablers of the Brexit catastrophe. #BBCLauraK
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The guy who filmed Andrew Tate's response to Greta Thunberg
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Avatar 2 - visually astonishing, superbly detailed, great story discipline, never feels too long.
Also totally predictable, lacking in nuance and character complexity. Has literally nothing interesting or new to say about anything.
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Things that give writers ANXIETY:
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-Having our characters talk back to us
-Realizing we didn't hit save before closing a word doc
-Life in general
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Debate of the day:
Do I hit the gym and clean the flat this morning, or go see ‘Avatar 2’? 🤔
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New TUC head has a very impressive first morning on the job.
V sensible, reasoned and articulate. Kudos 👏
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The process of setting public sector pay is "in danger of being brought into disrepute", says the new head of the TUC, Paul Nowak
He says the government ties the hands of the pay review bodies by setting out its financial envelope
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Today I have been mostly…
…rewriting a short story for submission.
Determined 2023 will be a productive one!
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Writer: I'm actually pretty good at this writing thing
*Reads someone else's writing*
Writer: I am garbage
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Another great interview from the duo.
Confession: I *also* listen to Taylor Swift, tho not while I’m writing. But maybe I’ll give it a go!
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Release Day! # 107- In which we interview the fantastic Matt Adcock (@Cleric20) and delve in and around the topic of writing. Listen here: buzzsprout.com/1129067/118912
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Chart brings home my time in NHS. I started with long waiting lists in the 1980's - 18 months for hip. Then Thatcher night of the long knives where staff were cut. Then Blair/Brown. Those were amazing years - I did not believe we could get those waiting lists down but we did! 1/3
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"Lives lost, earnings lost, years lost. Unlike Trussonomics, austerity is a slow and silent killer. For the best part of twelve years, the Conservatives sowed the seeds. This year they’re reaping the harvest."
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Find out for yourself and grab a copy!
# 107- In which we interview the fantastic Matt Adcock (). Listen here: buzzsprout.com/1129067/118912
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Me (55yo): “this is the worst government I can remember…”
Mum (former Tory voter): “I’m 80 and this is the worst government *I* can remember!”
#ToriesDestroyingOurCountry
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