nickmacwrites.bsky.social
Reader, writer, runner. Tea, trees, and cats.
Co-editor Thin Skin magazine.
My debut novel Slings and Arrows was published on the 28th March 2024. 📚💙
1,469 posts
3,089 followers
2,180 following
Regular Contributor
Active Commenter
comment in response to
post
Great show.
comment in response to
post
You’ve missed nothing.
comment in response to
post
I was going to suggest Anna Karenina myself as I live that book, but I only found out recently that Tolstoy was possibly influenced by Middlemarch in the writing of it.
comment in response to
post
I’m only a little way in but already pleasantly surprised by the humour.
comment in response to
post
I’m finding the first part of that true so far, but since so little of our lives demands patience currently I’m enjoying that aspect.
comment in response to
post
😂 literally did this today!
comment in response to
post
I think those concerns are precisely what put me off for so long Rosa. And the recognition of them are what made me pick it up finally - as a ‘nose tweak’ to the pace of the world we live in. 😊
comment in response to
post
I listened to that episode, but haven’t got around to reading the book yet.
comment in response to
post
Reading these comments, why did I wait so long? It has to displace Bleak House, Emma, and Huck Finn to reach the summit of the classics for me. I have another list for more contemporary novels. 😊
comment in response to
post
Wow, naming (or almost) your daughter after Dorothea is quite some endorsement. 😊
comment in response to
post
Big call. Only the 21st best according to the Guardian in 2015.
comment in response to
post
I am officially (at 56) a grown-up.
comment in response to
post
I pretty much read them as they came out, and haven’t been back to any of them, so my favourite probably says more about me and who I was at the time of reading, but if pushed I would say Moon Palace.
comment in response to
post
You’re an amazing teacher, and there is no more important job. You change kids’ futures every day for the better.
comment in response to
post
I look forward to it 🤣
comment in response to
post
I listened to this episode in the car today, and didn’t want to arrive at my destination - quite wonderful. I can’t wait to read the book. Thank you Lauren.
comment in response to
post
Brilliant 😂. I’ve literally just this second finished the chapter where they travel there, reassured by the presence on their flight of two bishops ‘not to mention the priests and nuns’. 🤣
comment in response to
post
Thanks for the repost Kerry 😊.
comment in response to
post
Thanks Jon.
comment in response to
post
☀️ you too.
comment in response to
post
Morning Fleur, happy Saturday 😊.
comment in response to
post
Oh excellent choice. I don’t know if I have a favourite (maybe Bugsy Malone for sentimental reasons) but that’s definitely up there. 😊
comment in response to
post
You’ve called the police right?
comment in response to
post
and that film is?
comment in response to
post
Good times 🍺.
comment in response to
post
Me too. Yes it is ❤️.
comment in response to
post
Ah, but did it hurt? 😂
comment in response to
post
Wow, thanks for posting this Lev. I knew nothing about this site, it’s incredible. What wonderfully amazing birds. My local cuckoo here in the Alps is obviously away at the moment - I’d love to know where - but s/he, they always return within the next couple of weeks or so.
comment in response to
post
Unconsummated narrative dry humping is just so spot on; the best description of all that ‘let’s drag the fuck out of this story with endless plot twists and pointless cliffhangers so that we can go on selling advertising’ that I’ve ever read. Chapeau 🎩
comment in response to
post
Excellent, I’ll have a go at hunting them out. Thank you.
comment in response to
post
I read The Shooting Party a year or so ago, and loved it. Should I have a look at any of her other work?
comment in response to
post
This is a fascinating insight into the (your) writing/editing process. Thank you for sharing Ellie.