Goethe: Theory of Colours YouTube video by Jonny Thomson

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A. Merritt's The Ship of Ishtar The Ship of Ishtar is one of the greatest and most influential fantasy novels of all time but it has a complicated history. A. Merritt wrot...

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@faithlockwood.bsky.social there is a Newcastle Writers feedback meeting this Wednesday evening. Details about it are on the Meetup App.

Winners and judges out of pocket as £20,000 writing awards appear to have closed The Plaza Prizes offered 10 awards in 2025 but some judges say they were not paid, while a number of winners hit back over AI accusations

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It seems that some writing competitions are not as good as they first appear

Fifteen Heroic Turning Points for Satisfying Conflicts To succeed, a hero must prove their worth.

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Mass Market Paperbacks 'Disappear': A Bookseller Speaks Out #bookcollecting #books YouTube video by Outlaw Bookseller

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Ten Mind-Bending Books for Your Weird Library YouTube video by Liminal Spaces

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Drew this today.
In most art professions, a day's work. In comics, barely a scratch.

583 – Weird Genre Mashups Where is your genre god now?

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The letters reveal a man of vast cosmic imagination trapped in rural Auburn, California, writing stories set on dying worlds and alien planets while picking cherries for $3.50 a day.

Review: Selected Letters of Clark Ashton Smith by Phil Sawyer This 417 page Arkham House book was published in a 3,000 copy edition in 2003. I have not read it for a long time so I recently sat down and read the whole book and found it very enl…

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Titan and Heroic have announced in the pages of Savage Sword 13 that I have a new Solomon Kane series coming.

Solomon Kane - The Lion Errant

Telling Solomon Kane stories-- it's the stuff my dreams are made of.
I'll let you know the order dates as soon as I can.

Kafka: Imposter Syndrome YouTube video by Jonny Thomson

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My Favorite Appendix N Author YouTube video by Greyhawk Grognard

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the absolute cringe of authors who love their characters too much YouTube video by The Cozy Creative

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The Weird West | Robert E Howard's Dark Frontier YouTube video by Infinite Text

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Dune Part 3 Trailer Analysis | Quinn's Ideas YouTube video by Quinn's Ideas

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The Barnum Effect: "That's so me!" YouTube video by Jonny Thomson

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579 – Finding a Novel Premise New, but not too new.

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Is Your Story Cohesive? What You Should Know Story elements should work together, not pull the story in opposite directions.

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The DUNE 3 Trailer is dropping NEXT WEEK! #dunepart3 #Dune #dune3 #trailer YouTube video by Quinn's Ideas

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No problem. I hope to see you around sometime or other. Keep writing.

@faithlockwood.bsky.social if you don't reply I will assume you are not around tomorrow. All the best.

Is 10.30 at Waterstones on Saturday okay?

I'm interested in an event on March 25 at 19.00 in Waterstones Newcastle.
​An evening with Christopher Buehlman the author of The Blacktongue Thief, Christopher Buehlman, is with us to discuss his new novel, the horrorish Between Two Fires.

I suggest Waterstones cafe but you can choose if you have a preference.

@faithlockwood.bsky.social I'm in town on Saturday morning if you want a chat.

567 – KPop Demon Hunters How is it done done done, exactly?

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When Dark and Sensitive Content Is Worth It The stakes and difficulty are high, but many storytellers still succeed.

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My Top 10 Weird Tales Covers YouTube video by Infinite Text

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