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mattcruse.bsky.social
Writer and sometime filmmaker with a penchant for the uncanny. BBC in a previous life. Film: The Watcher Self. linktr.ee/MattCruse
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I’ve been struggling with the novel a bit lately. There are many videos on the Tube of You giving tips on “how to fall in love with your writing again” and these have proved invaluable. As such, I've been looking at the areas of the book I enjoy writing most and managed to do 1000 words today. ✍️

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Some nice bookmarks with today’s delivery from Booksplease. Reminds me of the good old days of Book Depository! 📚☕

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I’m on a mission to read all the unread books I’ve accumulated over the years. I completely forgot that I’d bought “The Rebecca Notebook” by Daphne du Maurier at the same time as “Rebecca”. It was on one of my shelves under a book about how to solve the Rubik’s Cube. 📚

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What a wonderful episode of BBC Inside the Factory showing us how the Penguin Clothbound Classics edition of “Pride and Prejudice” is made. 📚🦢 @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Just say “no”. Not a Grange Hill reference but wise words for writers from @nadinematheson.com. ✍️ nadinemathesontalks.substack.com/p/i-have-the...

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“Hundreds of thousands of words written, then rewritten.” It’s how the magic happens, folks! ✍️

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A Jo Leevers book for a quid. Stick it in your TBR pile! 📚

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Finally, after many years of owning it, I’ve read “Ben, in the World” by Doris Lessing, her sequel to the strange and disturbing “The Fifth Child”. Brilliant, gripping and tragic. Like its predecessor, it’s a nice quick read at 178 pages. I love my Flamingo editions which have “metallic” covers. 📚

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On the subject of good first pages from @cbcreative.bsky.social. ✍️📚 www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/how-to-...

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Valuable insight from @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social courtesy of @janefriedman.com about different writing routines. I currently write most days – but not every day – and it can be anything from 30 minutes to four hours per session. ✍️ janefriedman.com/dont-write-e...

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You can’t beat a bit o’ Old English! I’ve added “uhtcearu” to my vocab book (yes, I still do this). Well, you never know when you might need such a word. 💬

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I’m slowly getting over the paralysing fear I had for most of 2024 after I made the decision to “pivot” into the world of novel writing. But, somehow, I managed to get 100,000 words down on paper by Christmas. This wonderful and challenging journey continues into 2025... ✍️

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I absolutely love my Pentel Kerry 0.7 mechanical pencil. I've mostly used the P205 since I was at school but moved up to the P207 as I found the thicker lead nicer for writing. The Kerry is a writer's dream though as it feels like a fountain pen in the hand. ✍️✏️ www.penaddict.com/blog/2019/2/...

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My next read just arrived in the post from @blackwells.bsky.social. Booker Prize 2024 winner ORBITAL by Samantha Harvey. A nice slim paperback edition with with French flaps! 📚🚀 @thebookerprizes.bsky.social

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I hit the wall with my first draft a few weeks ago after reaching about 83,000 words. More clambering up the brickwork today after a little festive break to try and push through. ✍️🧱

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Today I will mostly be falling over in a food coma. Happy Christmas to all writers and festive eaters. ✍️🎄

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Time for a bit of pre-Christmas Sunday writing before "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" on the telly. Yes, I always use the full title (you lose a mark in Film Studies O-Level if you don't). ✍️📺

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Crime and noirish reading for the season. All the classics are here but there are one or two I’ve never heard of so will definitely check out. 📚🎄 www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...

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Agree 100%. Let’s start a movement, people. We want bigger fonts and we want them NOW! 🔍👀

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James Bond has absolutely nothing to do with what I'm writing at the moment but I'm doing it to the new expanded "Moonraker" soundtrack courtesy of the fine people at @lalalandrecords.bsky.social. The holy grail of my soundtrack wishlist (well, one of them). ✍️🚀

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I've been in the writing game for years but I'm a beginner when it comes to novels. So I've signed up for "Writing Fiction with @mariankeyes.bsky.social", hosted by those peeps at @cbcreative.bsky.social. Can't wait to get going in May! ✍️📚🔑 www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writi...

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