A haunting two-hander from the ever-reliable Broken Veil team (@gralefrit.bsky.social, @willmac23.bsky.social). Here's hoping this is but the beginning of an annual tradition… 👻🎄

A damn fine cup of coffee… @gralefrit.bsky.social @willmac23.bsky.social

European Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris): The Head & Body length of this rodent is 23cm (9in) with its tail adding 20cm (8in). Beautiful Red Squirrel photo taken by Pamela Parker on the Isle of Wight in the UK. #squirrel #redsquirrel #rodent #red #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography

And once more with feeling! #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #writers #editing

I find myself professionally at a loose end. Anyone in need of a copyedit or a proofread? Ebook formatting or typesetting? Do let me know! reedsy.com/paul-sellars #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #writers #editing

I suppose Post Malone’s support acts are Pre Malone…?

Loved this excellent article on what a freelance editor can do for you. This interview shows just how invaluable real, thoughtful input from an actual human can be for your writing honesteditor.substack.com/p/an-intervi...

This is DAY ZERO – the brief opening chapter of my first novel, Exo (out in November from Diversion Books), in which an experiment runs out of control and some scientists run for their lives. Unfortunately, they are caught between Scylla and Charybdis . . . www.colinthecopywriter.com/blogfeedrss/...

They don't write 'em like this anymore. This yesteryear edition of Gerald Durrell's My Family & Other Animals has a blurb which reads like bookseller patter from 60 years ago. I love the list of animals moving from the ordinary & alliterative via the exotic to the sublimely ridiculous pet names.

Crikey.

For Broken Veil, we had to include several UnGooglable examples of “chthonic babble” - strange but redolent phrases that imply meaning but are strange, inhuman, not part of our world. It’s one of our favourite ideas. Wondered where the term originated. Just Googled it. It doesn’t exist.

I currently have one follower for every day of the year. I will be visiting you all individually over the coming twelve months…

TARGET ACQUIRED. In just shy of 24 hours!!! I am taking a moment, then on to the stretch goals...

What I'd like to see is some banging together of heads. Some insistence that reality is real and not negotiable, that humans are violent apes with easily hacked psyches, and that no dream worth its salt can stand without carefully understood and engineered foundations. H. Sapiens, Know Thyself.

This is going to be good. Take a look, and back it if you can! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cro...

Don’t make the same mistake! Hire a proofreader *before* you do all that climbing! (I’m available now!)

‘He requires shoes far larger than average – no mean feet.’

A barnstorming finale from the Broken Veil boys… pod.link/1745494718 Hats off to @gralefrit.bsky.social, @willmac23.bsky.social and the cast.

I may now have settled on Ecosia… www.ecosia.org

This continues to be excellent…

Switched to DuckDuckGo for search a couple of months back. No regrets so far… duckduckgo.com

Highly recommended. Haunting in at least three senses of the word…

Hi everyone! If hearing about great books is your thing, then join us to discover more about all the exciting reads from British Library Publishing.

We have so many new books available. We have so few orders coming in. We would love to see that balance shift a little! Here are some of the new books we have up for order on our website. We also have some new stuff (not pictured) up for preorder. Mosey on over to our site and take a gander!

Dreamytime Escorts, monsieur!

Disappointed to have been overlooked by the Academy. Again. 🙄

Want to learn from an expert in his field and master of his craft? @colinthecopywriter.bsky.social is the man to follow…

This is not the time for procrastination. The time for procrastinating is… in a little bit… just let me make another coffee first…

A Valentine’s Day treat, courtesy of my better half…

Excellent. #booksky

This is really shocking: and true. I discovered I'd just been upgraded without consent to an AI-enshittified package that was about £30 a year more expensive. Strongly recommend anyone who has an Office 365 follow the below advice to get rid of it

Anything in the papers today?

The best thing about being self employed is seeing everyone post how they’re back to work today, while I’m still comfortably in my PJs quietly terrified that I’ll never have work ever again.

Oh dear. It seems I've been put on a list. (More the latter than the former, I think? I hope?)

I'm late to the party, but this, by @naomialderman.bsky.social, is fascinating. Carefully argued and thought-provoking.

Legitimate concerns.

Delighted to have acquired a copy of this, with advice from @ramseycampbell.bsky.social among many others. (Thanks for the tip @mfwcurran.bsky.social!)

Writers! Editors! Looking for a copyeditor or proofreader? I'm available now! Horror, thrillers, historical fiction, etc. etc. 📚 #writingcommunity, #writerscommunity, #writers reedsy.com/paul-sellars

youtu.be/VTqtPtCy-NY?... 👻

I have some availability for copyediting and/or proofreading coming up. Please tell anyone you think might be interested! (I've grown a beard since that photo was taken, but otherwise it's the same deal.) reedsy.com/paul-sellars

Fashionably late…

Interesting… clearsky.app