Good morning everyone! Today, my final edits begin on my sci-fi/horror/crime before it goes out to publishers soon! I'm very happy with where it is so far, but looking to make it even better over the next month. Hope everyone is having a great word-filled Saturday. 💙📚 #writingcommunity #authors

Oh hey, my brain decided it is Existential Crisis Day today! Anything about my career path is up for grabs. You name it, I’ll worry about it. #writingcommunity #authors #booksky💙📚

Just spent the last three hours making a Fiverr account only for my ID to fail verification (my photo on driver's licence has no beard, I have big beard - AI no understand) at the last step and my account to be permanently locked. Massive waste of time.

Good morning all! First work week of the new year for me! Today is reading and tiding my manuscript ahead of a call with my agent on Wednesday. Then imminent submission! What’s everyone else up to? #writingcommunity #writerslife #booksky💙📚

Can we start a #releasethesnydercut but for the Epstein files?

On the Twelfth Day Of Christmas... if you're lucky, your true love will bring you these, my top twelve Christmas mysteries... @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social @michaeljecksauthor.bsky.social @andreinacordani.bsky.social @chrismcgeorge.bsky.social #Mystery #BookSky classicmystery.blog/2025/12/17/f...

At 2:30 BST, I’ll be continuing BABY STEPS at the newly named twitch.tv/christhecrimewriter!

First stream back from holiday, and I’ll be starting the ultra hard BABY STEPS. Heard great things about this one. Live at 2:30pm BST on twitch.tv/crimewritervs

First impression of Silent Hill f: this music is phenomenal!

Spent the day doing arts and crafts creating puzzles and diagrams and documents for the book. I am terrible at arts and crafts. NOTE TO ANY PUBLISHER WHO MAY RECEIVE MY BOOK IN THE NEAR FUTURE - these abominations are merely a proof of concept

I've just hit 90,000 words so I definitely have a novel on my hands. I am now switching from daily-word-count goals to just-getting-the-rest-of-the-story-done-in-a-timely-manner-without-rushing goal. You know, the old JGTROTSDIATMWR goal. (My writing guidebook coming soon 😂) 💙📚

Rest day after 2 mammoth days of writing. Back to it tomorrow. Did do a lil today though and manage to sneak over 70k today. Just for fun. Hope everyone's having a great Friday, whether it's wordy or not. 💙📚

Crazy 2 days. Sunday, my pomsky Roo had weepy eyes, and we called the vets. Monday morn his eyes were cloudy white and he was almost completely blind. Vets had no idea what happened. Opthalmologist still had no idea but now we're treating them. His eyes have cleared up and his sight is coming back.

Just hit 60k and roughly the halfway point of my book, so hopefully on track for my total target of 120k! 💙📚

Exciting #bookpost today!! Vivian Dies Again by C.E.Hulse. Woman trapped in a time loop has to solve her own murder - sign me up! Thank you to @mirandajewess.bsky.social and @viperbooks.bsky.social for sending me a proof

Smashed through 50k and on my way to 60. Just trying to maintain pace at the moment. Trying to limit the research rabbit holes I go down. But did you know the UKs smallest living mammal is the Pygmy Shrew, at a weight of just 4g. This has absolutely nothing to do with my book. 💙📚

I just spent half an hour obsessing over a 5-word chapter title like I don’t have a remaining 60k to rewrite/edit in less than a month. Worst part is, I’m still not sure about those 5 words. 💙📚

There’s been a direct correlation with me doing a Bluesky post and hitting my 2.5k daily word count, and not posting and not hitting it. So this is my post. Don’t have anything particularly to say. But here it is. Thank you for your time. 💙📚

Reviewing my agents notes on draft 2 vs. mine. Hers are really constructive (‘this character needs motivation’ ‘we need to tighten up the rules’ ‘I’m not sure this bit is working’) Mine are ‘add sauna’ ‘hotel should have sauna’ even when I get on to something else I circle back to the sauna 🤣 💙📚

Day 2 of 2.5k days. I hit it yesterday, so I just have to do the same again! I did three batches of 800 words, and then a lesiurely 100+ in the evening to wind down.

Morning all! Morning coffee and a wordcount goal big enough to scare the bejesus out of me. I need to do 2.5k a day to hit my deadline. This is draft 3, but it's different tense and new viewpoint so it's not like I can ctrl c, v anything. If you see me scrolling not typing, please shout at me. 💙📚

One of my favourite photos I took yesterday. Parliament Square becoming a great big queer picnic 💜

Happy Sunday! I always find Sunday is my most productive day, I don't know why. 1000 words down already and more to come! Hope everyone is having a FANTASTIC word-filled weekend. 💙📚

I got the Balatro platinum after 1 year and 5 months. As great philosopher Charlie Kelly once said, ‘What do now?’ 🏆🕹️

LET’S GO!!!!

I may be platinuming Balatro on stream today. This has been a long time coming! 1:15pm BST twitch.tv/crimewritervs

Im in the recovery unit. Vocal cord injection was a success. Left cord is now a beefy boy!

Today’s the day! Having an operation to inject my vocal cord with silicone to make it stronger. Last time I had a temporary dose and it worked amazingly. This is more permanent stuff!

TONIGHT at Newcastle 02! I'm so excited!

Later this evening, the Northern Crime Syndicate (that’s me!) will be crafting another bestseller in 1 hour in improv comedy show Whose Crime Is It Anyway? at Guisborough Library as part of Crossing The Tees Book Festival!

I have access to my website email again after a year of being locked out! I am contactable again.

‘Let the past die. Kill it if you have to.’ - Benjamin Solo

Just signed the final documents for our new house! Completion coming next week (hopefully!!)

Another Word tale of woe: Just lost 7,000 words because autosave decided to turn itself off and my Mac restarted for some reason. Completely gone. Auto-recovery didn’t work. My fault but I’m gonna give Scrivener a go instead. Manually save even with autosave! 💙📚 #writingcommunity #authors

Good morning! It’s been a while… Today I’m hoping to bust through 20k on Book 8! Book 8 is another genre-crosser - a surrealist/sci-fi/horror/romance/western/drama to put it simply (?!) Booksky, what’s happening in your writing journey today? #booksky📚💙 #authors #writingcommunity

Bit of an uneven season in terms of structure (although it’s probably fine for people coming to it now and able to binge it), but Severance ended STRONG. No idea what’s coming next, but I’m here for it!!

Just finished Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. What a book! Hardcore sci-fi charting the evolution of an entire species on a terraformed planet. Never read anything quite like it!

The 2 games I’ve finished in 2025 so far are: -Psychonauts 2 -Citizen Sleeper Both massively recommended!

The 4 books I read in Jan were: -The Troop by Nick Cutter -I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison -Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica -The Courage To Be Disliked by Fumitake Koga and Ichiro Kishimi Pretty heavy horror start to the year followed by some self-reflection!

2025 is the year of the backlog for me, and I’ve already read some amazing books and played two amazing games. I’m gonna try and catalogue them here going forward!

My The Traitors application for Series 4 has been started. Let’s get a crime writer in the mix.

I am so excited!

Enroute to London for Inside No. 9 - STAGE/FRIGHT tonight!!

WE ARE SO BACK!

Today in the Tax Chronicles, did I technically call my business ‘Chris McGeorge - Writer’ or ‘Chris McGeorge - Author’?

I logged in to my tax account. Think that’s enough tax work for today.

I am LIVE with some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate www.twitch.tv/chonthings

My first ever Bluesky book of the year is The Deadly Spark by Roxie Key @roxiekey.bsky.social. Such a brilliant twisty story that unfolds in unexpected ways.

I am so excited about starting my new book idea. 2025 is (hopefully) coming up ME - the Chris guy

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