I'll have a look but it's unlikely I'll be jealous. 😉

Bugger...

This will now be my standard message to you until I stop being jealous of you being in exotic and nice places in Europe. It may last some time...

Bugger...

I'd be proud of such a review.
Well done!

Image of the infamous smuggler Inga Stone.

Not a magnificent total but still 1088 new words written this morning at a slightly delayed 5am Writing Club. (Coffee, breakfast, ill timed Windows updates, etc)

Thanks for the support @danhowarth20.bsky.social

Inga Stone returns to Naxor...
#booksky #newbook #writing

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I've been meaning to watch The Rip and it's excellent. Love Matt Damon and Ben Affleck working together.

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You bugger. I might have to block you until you're back. Your timeline is making me very jealous, very hungry and really want a beer...

Fair enough, but how you measure that?
Book sales?
Positive reviews?
Or a single email saying you changed the way they viewed they world?
I'd suggest as we are all searching for relevance, by writing and selling books you are influencing people in ways you don't know which = success. 😃

Sorry Gareth, I’m not having that. I’m far less successful than you.

Your books written is success. For any author, success is finishing books and setting them free from your head to roam the world and influence people.

So, sorry, but your many ideas have gotten free. Well done, sir. 😉

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More writing tonight and a change of how I do it which might increase my word count significantly, or not. We shall see... #booksky #fantasybook #newbook

Yes please..

ARC readers wanted for Tiger Cowers, Dragon Falls!

I'm looking for readers who love (grim)dark Asian fantasy with:

🩶morally grey characters
😥hard-earned redemption arcs
❤️slow burn tension
⛺found family that gets ripped apart
🔥forbidden elemental magic

charlotte-saulter.com/arcsignup/

#booksky

Pub scene with characters Inga Stone and Old Tom at the bar.

It took me 72, not 24, hours to decide, but my next novel will be about a smuggler, not a spy.

It’s a big change, but it feels right.

It’s 98% outlined, and I started Chapter 1 last night.

More about these two - Inga Stone & Old Tom - later... 😉

#booksky #newbook #writing #scgowland #Fantasy

I may have missed some exclamation marks too!!!

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I've been looking for a good writing podcast since the end of The Bestseller Experiment and I've found it with @bingereadingbooks.bsky.social
Upto episode 13th & it's developing nicely. If you want insight, fun and eventually "the best novel ever written" check it out. #writingcommunity #booksky

On the 10th of April, 1633, Thomas Johnson puts London's first ever banana up for sale. Within days, he disappears without trace in a mystery unsolved to this day...

#alternativehistory #mockumentary #comedyshorts #strangehistory #talltales #funny #onthisday

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Assam tea, The Boys, a notepad and pen. Growing ideas about a new standalone novel. Featuring this lady....Inga Stone

Genuinely not sure what to write next. Two options but need to make a decison in the next 24 hours. #booksky #fantasybook #newbook #SoulsAbyss

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Exactly this time last year was THE most stressful weekend of my life and a year on things are really good. Just goes to show time is sometimes all that's needed.

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I've been bitten by the bug...
And I have a bad case of the "New Shiny Project" Syndrome.

But I do have the weekend off and no kids, and also made a significant bet with nonauthors about getting the main project done by my birthday.

Except, I have less than a 100 days to go...

Oh, by the way, we're skipping April Fools this year because we are already living in the Black Mirror timeline.

Thanks.

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I'm older so it take me a while to find new things, but my goodness.

The new album by Raye 'This Music May Contain Hope' is simply knock out.

Powerful, heartfelt, funky and just a bag of unexpected majestic tunes. Well done..

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Behind the curve as usual, but whichever Hemsworth brother is in the The Witcher is not bad. But they will never be Henry Cavill.

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It does need more balancem
I propose "Femtasy"

LAPD officers arrest a protester dressed as the Statue of Liberty outside a federal building during a ‘Kings Day’ protest. (Connor Sheets/Los Angeles Times)

A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l...

Oh. Bugger. I'd heard it was scary.

Just scrolling through IMDB and what do I see...

☑️ New version of Harry Potter,
☑️ Remake of Moana
☑️ Stranger Things spin off
☑️ Season 513 of Yellow Stone

For goodness sake make something new...

There are hundreds of amazing stories that would make epic and profitable films or TV series. 😕

Scary or terrible?

After a surge in pledges yesterday, we're 60% funded! Here's the first three completed pages from Slayhemn issue 2...

Join the adventure at slayhemn.com

Love this. Well done Morgan.

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This sounds great.

I've been missing a quality, fun and accessible podcast to fill my writing podcast gap since the Bestseller Experiment stopped a few years ago.

The fact you're interviewing such good authors like @lrlam.bsky.social is really promsing.
You have a new subscriber! 😃

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I've been really looking forward to getting this.

Daughter of Crows, @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social's new dark epic set around the Academy of Darkness, where you either graduate at the end, or you die... Sounds great.

bsky.app/profile/book...
#booksky #newbook #awesomeauthor