mattcruse.bsky.social
Writer and sometime filmmaker with a penchant for the uncanny. BBC in a previous life. Film: The Watcher Self.
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I nearly choked on my croissant when I heard it. 🥐
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Footballer Jill Scott who's on Romesh Ranganathan’s show just said she went to the completely wrong floor and waiting room, and someone asked her if she was Kate Griffin promoting a novel. 🤣
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I saw this and immediately had an image of a bookshelf filled with novels made of bread. Now I can’t unsee this bakery-literature hybrid fantasy. 📚🍞
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Well worth the trip. I went there when they put on a mini exhibition for “A Christmas Carol”. First editions, artwork, etc. Nice little café there too.
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My Bluesky “Following” feed is showing posts from accounts I don’t follow when I scroll back about five days. Also, my Lists only show posts going back three or four days then stop.
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Hello Julia. I'm glad you enjoyed your jaunt to Jane Austen’s house. I’ve been there a number of times and I love it. It’s a wonderful place. Similarly, Charles Dickens’s house / museum is a great place for authors to visit. 📚
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It does. I’m on “year 2” of mine at the moment. “Little and often” seems to be the groove that works for me. ✍️
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Looks great, Ronnie. Ah, those original first drafts which become so archaic in the end when compared to the finished baby. Congrats on the perseverance. Added to my TBR. 📚
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Definitely! If nothing else it means I can find creative ways of getting revenge on my old enemies via the medium of comic fiction - interpretive dance didn't work out. ✍️🕺
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Actually, in later years she referred to herself as "The Queenster". That's the real giveaway. 👑
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Good to “meet” you, Jo. Lots of authors and publishing peeps joining Bluesky. Just listening to your chat with Zoe Ball on the BBC Radio 2 Book Club podcast. I’m a “late starter” too with the novel I’m currently writing. ✍️
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Great article, Allison. “Little and often” works best for me at the moment. I try to stick to a five- or six-day writing week routine. My sessions vary from 30 minutes to four hours. ✍️
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Thanks, Jo. I like this sort of thing so added to my reading list. 📚
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I see your instant decaf coffee and raise you instant decaf coffee with Coffee-Mate! ☕
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I went for a lovely six mile walk. In my head. 🥶❄️
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I think you'll love it, Daniel. I, too, was unfamiliar with it until last year. I have a few P207s dotted around the house for quick note taking but I find the Kerry superior for longer handwriting sessions. All the best. ✍️
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I don't go anywhere without my Moleskine Cahier pocket notebook and Pentel Kerry mechanical pencil. Any jottings later get transferred into a more permanent Leuchtturm1917 A5 or B5. ✍️📒
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I’m doing it for the writer’s cabin. Where does one find a writer’s cabin? 🛖
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Silent comedy techniques at their best. And bringing Feathers McGraw to life like that is genius.
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Loved it. I had a lot of fun spotting all the film references.
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I saw this at the London Film Festival in October. Powerful stuff. I have an urge to watch "Superman The Movie" again now.
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One of my favourite book covers. Iconic.
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Dinner's on you! 🍔🍾
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Perfectly normal behaviour in my house. This is how all parcels are opened. And letters. 📦🪚
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I think I need a food annex.
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Freezer officially full. The eating started in earnest at 19:07 yesterday evening to make more room.
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Last night I picked up a ghost story collection. Seconds later I put down the ghost story collection and picked up my Kindle instead. Which, thankfully, contains some of the ghost stories I wanted to read (albeit scattered). 📖👀
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I have a tried and tested foolproof method to avoid wrapping presents:
👉 Supply recipient with blindfold
👉 Instruct recipient to don blindfold
👉 Give present
👉 Instruct recipient to remove blindfold
If sending present in post, instruct recipient to don blindfold at least two days ahead. 📦
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Does anyone say “’Ere, stop messing about” in it?