markhayes.bsky.social
Novelist, Blogger, Quantum Pagan
Dancer on the shores of midnight
Unrepentant Goth residing on the fringe of everything
Not to be trusted with the matches
Likes trees, though they do not always like me back
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or half a titan
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two words ...
Forge world.
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of course , you give 27 million to GW staff ,, and they will spend it on grey plastic in the shop , because they are GW staff :)
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despite been such a big book it sells remarkably well in hardback and paper , and keeps the print costs down
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okay ,, the other trick I used to fit everything in to my omnibus edition was I went up a couple of book size sizes, which took it down from around 900 pages to 523
17.78 x 3.33 x 25.4 cm
12.7 x 1.7 x 20.32 cm
its a hefty book, but the main reason it exists is for the kindle version
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ouch, how many chapters does it have?
I had a similar issue with the omlibus edition of the Hannibal Misadventures, because it was three novels, a short story and a novella in one hardback
I dropped a point of font size to tighten it up
but that was also down to page max imposed by the publisher
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hey now, that rotting decapitating whalehead ss more qualified than half the cabinet
It went to Harvard and majored in dance with a minor in global infrastructure
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Well, when I type set any book I always typeset chapters to begin on the right handed page . Even if this mean the left is blank as the previous chapter ended on a right handed page
I do this because it feels right. starting a chapter on the left feels ikie, I can not tell you why , it just does
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only 13% approve of the hundred years war..?
but that was such a good one it went into extra time and everything
they will eb disapproving of the war of the roses next
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also "a frightening no man’s land in the gender wars" is a deliciously satirical line , I hope that was deliberate :)
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For refence, his answer was "go to the toilet you have felt comfortable going to since the first day you came in here."
His rock bar, frequented by the local Hells Angels, as well as every shade and gender, has a trans flag over the bar.
It is a gritty dive bar, that welcomes all equally
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My son runs a rock bar in Leeds
After the recent court judgement he was upset when several regulars came up to him if the bars policy was going to be that they should start using the mens.
he wasn't upset about them asking
he was upset for them that they felt they needed to asked him
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why would you wish to be grounded?
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The light we see in the night sky was cast out from states hundreds if not millions of years ago.
yet there are stars so distant the light from them has yet to reach us
the universe is vast beyond comprehension
yet we worry when we can not find our keys
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It is good to see you emptied the boxes of the wine
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and well they should
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one wonders, but there are always other mysteries of which to marvel
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you are not alone...
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Oh my giddy aunt, I need to write that down in a note book and lose the note book long enough to think I came up with it myself
Would be a perfect barman for a passing place sequel
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oh my word, you put a quote from me in it...?
that was unexpected though utterly delighted me
(I'm about a third of the way through and loving it BTW)
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One of the things that drives me insane in summer is having to carry a third pair of glasses
distance / reading / sun
Yay for weird myopia
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That's an very interesting take on Lovecraft, I don't think your far wrong, on him , or on Gaimen
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I am not making this stuff up :)
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oh it is entirely true
when he was chairman of the UAPA’s Department of Public Criticism he embarked on a campaign to advocate the use of ‘British English’ over ‘American English’ which he believed, in typical xenophobic style, to be a bastardised version of the language watered down by immigrants
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Oh I know that feeling well
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Fire rescue are in charge of swimming safety?
does the river often catch fire?