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irvingphil.bsky.social
Writer, sometime editor, sometimes comic. Querying one comedy noir and one swashbuckling fantasy. Short fiction in Best of British Science Fiction 21 and 22 (Newcon Press), Laughs in Space (The Slab Press), Severed Souls (Space Cat Press).
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As I recover from the much-underpromoted but fantastic #Leicester Comedy Festival, I’m eyeing up #Derby Comedy Festival in May/June, with a couple of late March and mid-May spots to tide me over. Great to see #standup #comedy doing so well in the #EastMidlands.

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Well done @irvingphil.bsky.social last night for winning Some-Antics

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They cant get my data if i am Fully Dissolved in a bath tub full of sodium hydroxide

submitted 54 days ago • 339 comments

This is an example of extreme reactions being represented as common behaviour (for “anti-spoiler culture”?😂). I think most of us avoid major revelations ahead of time and, given that there are quite a lot of books, how long a book has been out isn’t really a good indicator of whether it’s fair game.

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Oh no. Just did a [word] vs [word] Google lookup to check something and for the first time all the initial results were from AI proofreading sites 🤦🏻‍♂️

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I’ve written three beginnings to my latest #WIP (anything to avoid editing the manuscript I actually need to query!🤦🏻‍♂️) and now realise that rather than having three alternate beginnings, I’ve got a prologue and two short chapters. There really are no wasted words. #amwriting

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FFS, Keith, you're not helping

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My Darling Boy begins with a shocking death on New Year’s Eve. And aptly, the paperback is out in UK on January 2nd (the closest we could get to NYE given that books are generally published on a Thursday!). Pre-order to start your new year safely tucked up in bed with a book! amzn.eu/d/7as09oz

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What on Earth is going on at #Meta? What has Trump’s team told them? This is dystopian.

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Today’s poem is called ‘A Traditional Family Christmas’.

submitted 87 days ago • 14 comments

“Unlucky Friday the 13th is just a myth.” (Does the Wordle) “Oh.”

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Bluesky has grown massively in recent weeks and has a feel-good vibe like X-Twitter did way back when. But be aware fake accounts are also popping up here. A now-deleted fake Jamie Lee Curtis account asked people to DM her their scariest fiction ideas. This Tamsyn Muir account also appears fake. 1/2

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Others have noted it but I will too: The big reason Bluesky is so hot right now is that the people who add value to social media - the frequent posters in specific fields - are here now, talking to each other and creating the "spectator value" that draws users and attention.

submitted 106 days ago • 936 comments

Noticing some “author” accounts popping up here with AI-generated posts, reposting other “author” accounts with AI-generated posts ([book] is a journey/voyage/exploration…). Some of them DMing people. Not sure if there aren’t some scammers taking advantage of the #X-odus. Careful out there, folks.

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May be biased, but I can't recommend this #thriller highly enough #amreading

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First trade review of My Darling Boy in the US, from Kirkus, ahead of its publication there in December. I’ll take “vertigo-inducing denouement of Hitchcockian proportions” any day!!

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More talk of this this evening: in particular right-wing accounts setting up supposedly far-right block lists which actually contain the exact opposite. Be cautious

submitted 111 days ago • 1 comment

Thanks for noticing.

submitted 112 days ago • 6695 comments

It's kind of funny to see this happening so literally except they're getting mad they can't get to the last panel.

submitted 113 days ago • 116 comments

Uh oh. The book promoter scammers have arrived.

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Basically a list of anyone mentioning anything from the bad timeline in their bios.

submitted 116 days ago • 0 comments

Big thanks to those who’ve created and/or shared BlueSky lists. Also quick note to new followers I don’t already follow - good chance you’ll get lost in my notifications among all the follow-backs, so please do give me a nudge in a day or two 🙂 now to put my phone in a box for a bit 😅

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Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!

submitted 117 days ago • 539 comments

Hello lots of new Bluesky folk! Here's a handy starter pack for people who are members or involved with the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social Enjoy! go.bsky.app/zsLEA3

submitted 117 days ago • 6 comments

If this goes the way X did it’ll get rid of law enforcement, then stop working altogether, then slowly fill up with robots until there are no people left

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