Barker called me up one night and without preamble said "It's opinions, not onions. Not onions. This is Clive Barker. I've been trying to track down and stop this error in editions for decades. OPINIONS."

have my protagonists tried being less autistic???

Road to Wigan Pier is a rant of a book. But it goes so hard on why it’s evil to begrudge the poorest simple pleasures.

”Enligt vår nya budget skulle du betala 50 000 mer om året i utbyte mot bättre fungerande samhälle och välfärd” ”Nej tack här är tio miljoner till fascism ”

Är det inte intressant att miljardärer lägger mer pengar på propaganda mot vänstern än de någonsin skulle behövt betala i skatt om vänstern vann? Det är nästan som att de är allergiska mot att deras pengar ska hjälpa andra.

what people need to realise is that we cannot just 'tune them out', same with flashing or bright lights the only way noises stop being irritations is if they stop

When had there last been a break in the clouds? Or not even a break, but a gradient that hinted at something other than a monolithic water dispenser looming low above? #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity i was gonna write that 'tricky' isn't in my wip, but it is, nvm

no, i've not done any writing today yet, but i have replaced both shock absorbers in my washing machine it's a mystery why i haven't signed to an agent yet tbh

How to write a successful children's book: Step 1: Be famous for something else. Step 2: Have lunch with a publisher. Step 3: Talk about your lovely ideas. Step 4: Wow, more steps? Look, just make the ideas into a book and send me the money. How hard can it be? Ciao!

i doubt i'll make it through the winter

current mood: nearly finished fourth novel, and i really don't care

Under Over Over - West Hampstead So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains. The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.

Sebastian had not been following quite exactly their path, discerning from some internal system of dead reckoning without the assistance of magnetic fields or—and considering the grey skies the fault was difficult to blame on Sebastian's—the sun #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

i wasn't even at the louvre when it happened, and i think it's important i make this denial public

my feelings in a qbleet

The weight of the chair conspired with the angle of its legs and the heavy friction created by the industrial carpet, looking like it was made of wire wool in some indistinguishable shade of inoffensive blue, and wouldn't budge easily. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity (indusTRIAL is fine)

I have had the most Michelle Duggar-looking elderly rural Montanans be completely normal to me about being trans, “why are people being so goddamn weird about it” is an underrated winning message

I think one of the saddest things about being a millennial is remembering a time when technology was advancing in a way that made life better and easier and more exciting instead of actively, intentionally worse

"There actually are pronouns in the bible!" I know, but this person is really saying "I hate trans people," and they're not factually wrong about that.

It seems pointless to fact check someone saying "curry isn't proper British food like fish and chips", just like it's futile to correct someone saying "there are no pronouns in the Bible". They haven't made a mistake. What they're saying is, "Britain is a white country".

'...who instead chose to retreat from similar responsibilities in order to evade contemplation and introspection.' 'Maybe he just had to go to work in the morning and couldn't wait for you to finish another of your frankly ludicrous declarations.' #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

“Ultimately you write alone. And ultimately you and you alone can judge your work. The judgment that a work is complete—this is what I meant to do, and I stand by it—can come only from the writer, and it can be made rightly only by a writer who’s learned to read her own work." Ursula K. Le Guin

Goddamn @theamynicholson.bsky.social COOKED with this FRANKENSTEIN review. Bow down to one of the greats. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Ludo wasn't going to convince her if he kept that silly self-satisfied grin planted on his face, if he remained thoroughly lounged back in his chair, acted like he didn't have a care in the world. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity (lounge for loaf bee tea dubs)

pip appeal denied, and without that it's basically slammed the door for any kind of help, putting me in a horrible limbo of not being awful enough to need help but not being normal enough to do things for myself i am entirely reliant on the kindness of others

Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."

the lunk is sleeping it off now

my cat raised his upper limit on outdoor excursions to 26 hours yesterday. coincidentally, my anxiety levels were also raised by an order of magnitude

Typical London. You wait all day for a Sumo wrestler on a bike and three come at once.

Nicky was trying to think of reasons why that was a bad idea. All that was coming to him was what others might say, and that wasn't a good argument. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

He had no idea what the supposed flavour was, had forgotten such a trivial detail as soon as he had returned the bottle. Didn't even know if it was a blend. It could have been carrot, for all he cared. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

if you like my wipsnips, little snips of my writing, then, i dunno, how i get agent??????

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly. I wonder how they got to this editorial decision? Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again. join.greenparty.org.uk

That Veronica was relaxed gave Nicky a kind of permission he knew he had been hoping for, even if he wasn't certain where the conversation would ultimately lead. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

currently in the place of not wanting to be here any more

'I introduce topics that, while provocative, actually have meaning and arouse genuine stimulation, in all of us, while all you can hope to manage is to fill in the gaps between those more interesting times.' #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

just wanna be friends with peeps

A politician made an advert about how they support trans people. Yes it’s not my city, or even my country, but the idea that a public political figure can dedicate time to support us is amazing and heartening. And that it’s so rare is depressing.

how cute i think i am vs ...

'One doesn't want to be hungry going in to a lunch date. Come on, we've outstayed our welcome.' #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

this looks like how a metric-based approach ends up becoming awful policy 'which segment of the population do we score lowest with? reform voters? okay, best tailor our output towards them for optimal capture' now, is that bbc or labour?

Was lucky enough to listen to a talk from Aardman animators a while back and one thing that stuck with me with me was this fact. I think this is an inherent thing we crave from creativity, the thumbprint of humanity on it.

A frustrated moment, a dreadful accident. A physicist is left alone, riddled with guilt. If only she could take it all back, make things right. That would mean a message sent back in time, and the laws of physics state that's not possible. But laws can be broken. #DVPit #SF #A #ND #TV

the cat petitioned me for a second dinner i'm not quite sure how he won the vote 2-0

A wormhole has been found. The first crew is chosen to travel through it to another star system. All they have to do is endure the nine-month journey to the edge of the solar system, and the isolation from everything and everyone they care about, to get there. #DVPit #SF #A #ND #TV

Halfway into #DVpit 2025 & we've been trending all day! Not only are we seeing great pitches, but great community! Special shout out to our board @peterlopez.bsky.social @katchowrites.bsky.social @claribelortega.com If you have any questions, check out dvpit.carrd.co #writersky #booksky #artistsky

Instead of star drives, a PhD student wants to uncover the mystery of an inconsequential satellite's wobble, to her supervisor's frustration. Why can't he see it will win a Nobel Prize? Little do either of them realise quite how far her reckless enthusiasm will take her. #DVPit #SF #A #ND #TV

A frustrated moment, a dreadful accident. A physicist is left alone, riddled with guilt. If only she could take it all back, make things right. That would mean a message sent back in time, and the laws of physics state that's not possible. But laws are there to be broken. #DVPit #SF #A #ND #TV

A wormhole has been found. The first crew is chosen to travel through it to another star system. All they have to do is endure the nine-month journey to the edge of the solar system, and the isolation from everything and everyone they care about, to get there. #DVPit #SF #A #ND #TV

Instead of star drives, a PhD student wants to uncover the mystery of an inconsequential satellite's wobble, to her supervisor's frustration. Why can't he see this will win a Nobel Prize? Little do either of them realise quite how far her reckless enthusiasm will take her. #DVPit #SF #A #ND #TV