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My books are set in the present day and now I'm wondering if I've missed a trick... #writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #writesky

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Is it weird that a lot of the time I'm spending looking at new homes online, I'm trying to work out which of the rooms I could convert into a library? I'd be living alone, I don't need two bathrooms... But would that be big enough...? #1stworldproblems #booksky #writingcommunity #indieauthor

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It's my sister's wedding on Friday and Saturday (yes, over two days), and I'm so close to completing 1 year of working on my writing every day. I've got to fit some work in somehow to keep this streak going. My weekly blog may be late. Or early. #writingcommunity #booksky #writesky #indieauthor

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Ban billionaires.

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My #WIPSnips for today, from The Spike Volume 2. This seemed like a fun and different way to start a chapter after the tension that went before. #writingcommunity #booksky #writesky #indieauthor

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"Publishers love tropes, and many readers like them. But I don't." This week: the case against story tropes; an update on my writing; The Spike-related links; and "When The World Ends" by DMB. arrowmakerbooks.com/2025/05/17/w... #writingcommunity #booksky #blog #indieauthor

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The last two days of my day job have been one very long, very monotonous task. It was mental anaesthetic. I swear someone could have safely performed brain surgery on me this afternoon. Writing's going to be a struggle this evening. #writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor

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Perhaps not all dodos were stupid. Perhaps 52% were daft and they ruined everything for the not-daft 48%.

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Mental Health Awareness Week is highlighting "community" this year. That's fine, but they appear to have disregarded us introverts. There's only so much "community" I can handle before I need to lock myself away with my PC, a book, and a fridge full of food. #booksky #writingcommunity #nooffense

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The assault on creatives continues. Please join me in urging publishers to avoid AI like the plague it is. #writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

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1984 stuck with me more but perhaps it's time to revisit Brave New World... #booksky #writingcommunity #indieauthor theconversation.com/nineteen-eig...

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Shameful bullish. What's done incalculable damage is a decade of pernicious falsehoods about immigration, while people who should know better refuse to counter the lies of the increasingly normalised far right. Let's tackle those lies:

submitted 11 days ago • 34 comments

Five years ago, care workers were essential workers. Today, they've been offered up as a sacrifice. History is being forgotten sooner and sooner.

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"Starmer cannot win the press. He's already losing the people." This week: Starmer is repeating Biden's mistakes; an update on my writing; The Spike-related links; and the inspirational "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33". arrowmakerbooks.com/2025/05/10/w... #writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #blog

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For today's #WIPSnips word, "where", from The Spike Volume 2. #writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor

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I've just gone on a bit of a rant writing my weekly blog. Decided it would be best to leave editing until tomorrow morning, hopefully with a clearer and cooler head 😬 #writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor

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Lots of potential #WIPSnips with today's word, I like this one from the second draft of The Spike Volume 2. #writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor

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A trade deal with Trump isn't worth the Sharpie it's signed with.

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Mo Salah has spent more time on the left than Keir Starmer's government.

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I'm a little fed up with starting something, then having a better idea after hours of work. One quarter of the way through creating a series bible for The Spike and I'm going to scrap it and start again 😥 #writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor

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I prefer reading off a page to listening to audiobooks because, sometimes, I like to stay with a sentence or passage a while. Maybe read it through again, analyse it, feel it. Pausing and rewinding isn't the same. Are you book 📖 or audiobook 🎧? #writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor

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I began playing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 this weekend and it's the first game in a long time I've become a little obsessed with. Would anyone be interested in an "author's perspective" review once I've finished it? #writingcommunity #gaming #videogames store.steampowered.com/app/1903340/...

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Proof this guy is full of SITH.

submitted 19 days ago • 2883 comments

Thinking about devastating cuts to NSF: US gov-funded science has been the engine upon which most of the tech wealth was generated. But the oligarchs (currently hoarding much of that $) think it’s their own brilliance & not the accident of standing close to the scientific engine that made them rich.

submitted 19 days ago • 121 comments

This #MayThe4th #StarWarsDay I have two questions: 1) why do more and more people seem to believe the Emperor had the right idea? 2) why have so many of them gone into politics?

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I'll take the blue pill. You?

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"Small details can make a big difference." This week: the necessity of a series "bible"; an update on my writing; The Spike-related links; and the mad genius of Jonny Greenwood. arrowmakerbooks.com/2025/05/03/w... #writingcommunity #booksky #blog #indieauthor

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You’re telling me that right wing voters that Labour was trying to appeal to voted for a right wing party anyway and left wing voters decided not to vote for Labour because they’re too right wing now? Who could have possibly predicted this.

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It's #indiepressday so I'm swallowing my normal reticence to big myself up. I wrote a book. I think it's good. Reviewers think it's good. If you want a (sadly) very rare 1st edition, don't delay, a 2nd ed with a new cover is on its way. #writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor

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More from draft 2 of The Spike Volume 2, which I finished last night 🥳 #WIPSnips #writingcommunity #booksky #writesky #indieauthor

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I've finally finished draft 2 of The Spike Volume 2! 202k words across the three books. Still much work to do but this feels like a big hurdle passed. #writingcommunity #booksky #indieapril

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I'd written myself into three tight corners (a triangle?), but I think I've just found a way out that makes sense and satisfyingly ties off all three stories in one epilogue. Whenever I get lost, I ask the characters what they want. They show me the path. #writingcommunity #booksky #indieapril

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"AI writing" is no more writing than using a calculator is mental arithmetic. #writingcommunity #booksky #skywriters

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"Seeing other creatives doing well, or persevering despite struggling, is motivational..." This week: getting in the mood when I don't feel like writing; an update on my progress; The Spike-related links; and motivation from authortube. arrowmakerbooks.com/2025/04/26/w... #writingcommunity #booksky

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I'm really enjoying drafting The Spike Volume 2, so I'm almost disappointed I'm only three chapters from the end. I kind of wish I had something else ready to write so I could keep the flow going, but revising three books at once is enough. #booksky #writingcommunity #indieapril #skywriters

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Who else deliberately leaps to a different genre with each book they read? My last five were: Dystopia Action sci-fi Horror thriller Epic fantasy Psychological thriller #booksky #writingcommunity #indieapril

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More from draft 2 of The Spike Volume 2... #WIPSnips #writingcommunity #indieapril #booksky

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From draft 2 of The Spike Volume 2. #WIPSnips #writingcommunity #booksky #indieapril

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