Mulligrubs [MUL-ih-grubz] (n.pl.) - A state or fit of depression; low spirits. Also: a bad temper or mood. - Sulky or ill-tempered persons (singular is a mulligrube). (n.) - A stomach ache, colic; diarrhoea.

It was painted by Mr Josh Kirby, who painted all the Discworld covers.

@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com wishful thinking on my part. It may end up as one of my assignments for school, but will most likely land on AO3. I’m in love of every single one of these characters. Thank you for being a genius.

People, @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com is entirely right here. This is important, and not only to writers (or other artists). but for writers it’s an aspect of caring about your work, and about the people who matter in your life, and those you trust.

@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com this question comes to me during my fourth rewatch of Dead Boy Detectives, episode 7. Which might be one of my favorite episodes of any show I’ve ever seen.

@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com how do you write such depths? There are things in your stories that I’ve had hidden deep in my worst intrusive thoughts, and you put them on paper and show the world. I want to do that. How do you face the terror of facing the darkness and uncomfortable truths within?

Beautifully simple and true.

A friend of ours suffered an unimaginable tragedy when his sister Amy was murdered by her ex yesterday. If you can, please consider a donation to their small Vermont farm sanctuary to give them financial breathing room to grieve and take a break from fundraising. www.instagram.com/p/C0MKQeMOI64/

@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com will you repost this for my librarian friend? www.donorschoose.org/project/scie...

"Teabreak is over", as Terry Pratchett used to say, "back on our heads..."

One of the best parts of the WGA deal: AI has now hit a brick wall in Hollywood, *and that includes adaptations.* Based on the deal, AI can't be source material. So if you're a publisher, AI novels or graphic novels or whatever just became that much less appealing because *they can't be optioned.*

So @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com fables?

My first official rejection letter for my writing. Why do I want to frame it?

Wherever I be, my Growlery comes with me. *grumble grumble*

I've been on hold with my insurance company with 38 minutes to renew because my account was disabled for being inactive. I really just want to be able to get my meds and not die, why is this so consistently miserably difficult and complicated?

It's not often I'm simpatico with a fucking church sign, but this one... Yeah. I'm down with this Grace Methodist Church.

reskeet with a tweet you still think about

my favorite Miss Manners column (from 2002) was on my fridge for years and it finally gave up the ghost. found it to print it out again, and it seemed selfish not to share.

It's definitely a summary of the Campbell patterns. It doesn't fit many of my favourite stories though. It doesn't fit Alice Through the Looking Glass or The Third Policeman, The Man Who Was Thursday or The Master and Margarita, The Saragossa Manuscript. Or films like Drowning By Numbers or "If..."

Effulgent [ih-FUHL-juhnt] (adj.) -Brightly shining, radiant, resplendent -(of a person or their expression) emanating joy or goodness Used in a sentence: “Whenever I’m sad or lonely, your effulgent smile always makes me feel so much better.” Check out my new book: bit.ly/GWOTDbook

I think this is my favourite photo of Ori. It certainly best captures his vibe.

Customer service would be a fine job, except, as the Man Randall said, "For all the customers."

Headcanon accepted.

@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Hey Neil! Will you reshare another of my friend's library fundraisers? m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

I don't like it because it's hard enough being an old author: a 92 year old author seeing a story they published at 22 being filmed or reprinted while they are starving would be wrong. (This is less hypothetical than you might imagine: authorsleaguefund.org)

I’m going to let you in on a secret, it’s all farm-to-table, that’s how food works

Commission work for @AugarrWoof c: !

art critiques: "brutal" honesty is a form of negative reinforcement that stifles the vitality of individual creative impulses. true constructive feedback is supportive and instructive and leads to a more positive sense of enlightenment that invests an artist in the vitality of their own creativity.

Happy birthday Mary Shelley! Fondly remembering when @zdarsky.bsky.social uncovered the first edition of Frankenstein.

No new pledges today on our Kickstarter campaign! Only 47 days left to reach our goal! Who can help us? www.kickstarter.com/projects/nig... 🐺🧚‍♂️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #supportindiefilm #fairytales #fantasy #scottish #scotland

now this? this is exactly the right amount of weird online

Hiraeth (HEE-reyeth) (n.) -Homesickness tinged with grief/sadness over the lost/departed -An intense longing for a home you can’t return to, or that never was “Hiraeth has my heavisome heart haunted with a heaping helping of horrible homesickness.” 8th Annual Wall Calendar: bit.ly/GWOTD2024Cal...

The Daily Tar Heel is the independent student newspaper for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. their front page for 8/30 is texts sent and received by students during the active shooter lockdown. absolutely stunning.

PASS THIS ON: "US Copyright Office is opening a public comment period around AI and copyright issues beginning AUGUST 30th" @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com @usmantm.bsky.social @chuckwendig.bsky.social @scalzi.com @astrokatie.com @lkk.bsky.social @okbjgm.bsky.social @wgawest.bsky.social

What I need the neighborhood trick-or-treaters to know, first and foremost, is that in this house, THE 👏 SKELETONS 👏 FUCK

In other news, here’s the first piece of Good Omens fanart I ever did. I somehow missed the part about Aziraphale being plump and was firmly in my manga era.

Our Kickstarter for Faithful is up to £1111! £15,389 to go! www.kickstarter.com/projects/nig...

Uhtceare [OOT-kee-AHR-ay] (n.) -That all-too-familiar variety of pre-dawn anxiety, when one is lying awake and worrying about things Used in a sentence: “It’s five in the morning and I’m lying here worrying about the effect uhtceare is having on my job performance!” Go here: bit.ly/GWOTD2024Cal...

Miss Sophie doing her best to protect against our AI overlords

Help our Vikings learn new skills! www.donorschoose.org/project/viki...

Right, I don't really have reach on here, Tagging Neil Gaiman just seems cheap... BUT... we're having a huge huge clearance sale on used books next week & I really need the space so I need people to come! There are @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com books in there, ok?! www.instagram.com/reel/Cwboxd_...

@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com my friend @aliciaf.bsky.social is working on another fundraiser for her library since the last one went so well! Do you mind reblogging the link for this one as well? www.donorschoose.org/project/viki...

Sharing again because the response so far has been beautiful! Thank you all. Anything above the limit she will get to use toward future projects for her school library. She has been working hard all summer to get the library renovated. Being librarian is a dream come true for her.

Oh so it's not just me then.

the studios let the strike go for months and lost more money than what the WGA is asking (and then spent even more on PR firms fighting the strike) 12k people could get livable careers for AN INCREDIBLY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PROFITS WE MAKE THEM but that would mean less yachts for them so

Weltschmerz [VELT-shmairts] (n.) -Mental depression/apathy caused by comparison of the actual state of the world with an ideal state “These days I can’t decide if I’m experiencing ennui, angst, or Weltschmerz, which I used to call a bad case of the Mondays, but now it’s every day.”

Floccinaucinihilipilification [FLOK-suh-NAH-sun-nee-HIL-uh-pil-uh-fi-KAY-shun] (n.) The act of estimating something to be without value (v.) To Estimate something/someone as worthless/trivial “What is it about garage sales and flea markets that trigger such strong floccinaucinihilipilification?”