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As someone who's neurotypical, I find it really interesting reading books and articles by people who're different to me. I think it's as important for neurotypical readers to read characters like Greton as it is for #neurodiverse which in turn helps build empathy and understanding in the real world.

How about this cover for Greton's Marvellous Maps 2, 'Charms, Charts, and Conspiracies'!

Out July 7th on ebook, paperback and audiobook!

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Oh I see. Interesting. Well I'm glad you're having a great time reading in any case.

What? Isaac is evil in the books? 😀 Or that the show and books are different?

I watched Heartstopper on Netflix and hear it's very close to the books. Isaac was my favourite character.

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Paul, a horror and supernatural fiction writer, who sometimes dabbles in divilry, and regularly organises comic anthologies.

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Fight Like a Girl cover by @oisinmcgann.bsky.social , Summer Goddess cover by Ken Dawson, both available from @wtpress.bsky.social

#SaveKurt

Just give him a little break. Torture him later 😄

Ah give Kurt a break. #Justce4Kurt

My book reviews say different. Looking forward to Greton 2

Hope your big important appointment went well. Also having stuff to edit means a chunk of the work is done.

Peadar, looking like an idiot with his new novel, The Sword Garden.

Look at this idiot. EasterCon security ought to do something about this kind of thing.

Best of luck!

How To Read Sixteen Books at Once (At All Times) - Reactor Jo Walton has a perfectly simple system — see if you can keep up!

How many books have you ever read at once? If I'm #reading a #comic and a #novel at the same time, I'm doing well. @bluejo.bsky.social reads an impressive 16!

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Great article if you want to read a wide range of books

#ReadingCommunity #BookSky @reactorsff.bsky.social

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Wanted: people who'd like to learn how to produce our online streams, and can spare a couple of hours during #Octocon and Octocon Presents

You don't need any prior experience as training will be provided.

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Our new lodger who happens to be my daughter.

I've not posted much here or my #blog in quite some time. Mainly because my family gained a new member a few months ago.

I've been working on some stuff in the background, so hopefully I'll be announcing that later this year.

In the meantime I'll be reposting other people's good news.

#AmWriting

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I'm on #Instagram now. If anyone would like to give me a follow, I will likely follow back.

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I know I've not been so active of late but hoping to have news later this year.

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Looking forward to reading @thecallya.bsky.social new book!

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Wishing a Happy St. Patrick's Day to our #community!

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All volunteers welcome! We need people to help at the convention itself, but it's a year-long job to make it happen in the first place...
[Downside: I'd be your boss.]

I'm really happy with the design of this. Double-sided. (This is just a screenshot from Illustrator)

I'll post pics when they're back from the printer!

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I've given my website a makeover. Gone is the bright and the weird. Say hello to dark and genre-appropriate for my supernatural novels and horror comics.

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If anyone has been keeping up with my blog (which I believe is in the billions) you will know I love these books. Check out my reviews here:

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Text reads Book 3 of The Feral Gods, The God of Bronze, preorder now for November 2026 and The Lore of Silver in paperback. Preorder now from Waterstones and get 25% off with the code FEB26 online and in app until 20th Feb on a black and gold background, with the cover of THe Lore of Silver and a placeholder cover for The God of Bronze

Big news folks - The final book in The Feral Gods is called...

The God of Bronze

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The paperback of The Lore of Silver is in the same deal.
Out in November

Great to hear, David. Wishing you the best of health.

Just watched a review of Tiny Bookshop after seeing this post. Looks like a great way to wind down.

A promotional image for the book, Steel-Plate Subversive, based on the front cover. The background is the surface of the sea at night, the view is from above, looking down at the deck of a small, steel-grey submarine, cutting diagonally across the lower half of the frame. The hatch in the low-profile turret is open. A bearded white man in a green woollen jumper and brown flat cap is standing waist-deep in the open hatch, holding up a Thompson submachine gun. He’s lit from below by the red light inside the submarine. The title is in orange below the hatch, and my name is in white below that. In the top half, against the dark water, the text reads: ‘John Philip Holland's designs established the submarine fleets of five nations. But his first submarines were built for the Irish republican movement.'

What's the connection between the Irish republican movement in the United States in the late 19th century, and the Royal Navy, the US, the Dutch, Russian and Japanese navies?

And why is it an Irish schoolteacher?

If you think that's nuts, so did I, so I wrote a novel inspired by that fact.