Eating junk food, turning up Jools Holland full blast to drown out the illegal fireworks.

Faaascinating!

Please quote this from the time you didn't interact with someone famous. I was at a fundraiser for Thunder Bay CatScan 30+ years ago. Paul Shaffer was the chair of the foundation. I had dated a friend of his a couple of times & Paul was standing less than 6 feet away from me but I never met him.

Heads up, the annual year-end free trial period for Publishers Marketplace is live. Great way to do research for those of you gearing up to query in the New Year. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/12/a-pm...

I've updated my blog post on Amazon's new Ask This Book feature. Possibly in response to concerns from the Authors Guild (not to mention widespread media coverage), Amazon has tweaked the feature to be less expansive writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/k...

Being P.P. Arnold would be pretty cool.

But seriously. Considering our so-called democracy is set up so we only have the right to vote for pre-selected rich wankers, I'm not completely convinced the honours system is worse.

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This cool dude would've turned 95 today. Miss you, Dad. x

Got my earplugs ready so I can keep working on #WIP revisions tomorrow. 🙄

#MusicThroughYears #MusicChallenge Day 29: 2022-2023 "It Makes Me Cry" - Carla Olson & Allan Clarke Lyrics by Clarkie, music by Carla... youtu.be/eAN9CfZBkrI?...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge Day 30: A song to dance to at your party Considering I haven't held a party in decades... "Oh What A Feeling" - Crowbar (#10 RPM 1971) youtu.be/Gh3lGj42b8I?...

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"When wealth is passed off as merit, bad luck is seen as bad character. This is how ideologues justify punishing the sick and the poor. But poverty is neither a crime nor a character flaw. Stigmatise those who let people die, not those who struggle to live." Sarah Kendzior

Hello 2026! As we get closer to the new year—and my query inbox reopening—it’s time for me to update what I’m looking for. I saw a lot of fabulous projects in 2025 (but more on that later), and I’m excited about what I might find in 2026. #mswl

I'm EXCITED to start 2026 with a new query regimen: open for the first two weeks of every month! I know... it's 🍌 but I'm actually looking forward to it! Be sure to check out my updated bio on the agency Team page for info on what I'm looking to acquire in 2026! 2/2)

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Remembering Marianne Faithfull who would have been 79 today. Photo: Gered Mankowitz

No, don't argue with YouTube music history videos, girl. They don't care about accuracy as long as people give em the clicks.

❤️‍🔥 One of my top 10 favourite songs ever...

This is bananas but I love bananas. I can't believe the idea I started germinating as I recovered from losing almost enough blood to end up in the hospital (not recommended!) got us here by the end of the year. Truly grateful for @kirkrafferty.com and all our listeners. Keep it weird in 2026!

Here are my Top 5 Favorite Dog Stories of the Year!

#MusicThroughYears #MusicChallenge Day 29: 2020-2021 Well, I've hit the brick wall. Deep into lockdown in Canada, caring for my parents, I only listened to my comforting oldies & 2019's Fine Line. 🤷‍♀️ And wrote my first novel.

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge Day 29: Another favourite song "Jill" - Gary Lewis & The Playboys (#52 US, #49 RPM, #34 CHUM 1968) Wtf. This should've topped the charts if for Jack Nitzsche's arrangement alone. From Gary's solo LP, Listen! also surprisingly good. youtu.be/WabzGcS6Gr4?...

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Posting this before my inbox reopens in January. I’m planning to close my query inbox for February & March 2026–I know that it’s going to be a busy time for me, and it’s better that I take those months to try to catch up. So, after January, my inbox will reopen in April. #literaryagent #queryupdate

Querying Update: hoping to reopen by the first week of Feb. and on a monthly basis for a week each time. Priority is to (finally) catch up on all outstanding queries and full requests. Every query gets a response. No answer from me is no answer as I catch up in my QM inbox.

Read it. ⬇️ ‘AI is not inevitable.’

My son just bought a new laptop with 16 gigs of RAM because he heard new computers will top out at 8 gigs as of next year but cost the same. All because of AI.

Hard Boiled Night #eggamovie

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 28: A song from 1983 Monty Python - Every Sperm Is Sacred 1983 saw the release of the soundtrack album of Monty Python's 'The Meaning Of Life'- film, with the above mentioned song in it. This is the entire clip of that part of the film... www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzVH...

This opinion will not surprise anyone, but: Your ability to live a comfortable life should not be dependent on your ability to contribute to capitalism. Universal basic income is a good thing NOT because it benefits society financially (it does), but because it is good and kind and correct.

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This just in: miserable old misanthrope fascist who retired at 39 because her career was based on her looks instead of her talent, dies. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...

#MusicThroughYears #MusicChallenge Day 28: 2018-2019 "I'm Comin' Home" - Allan Clarke Meet my muse, 77 at the time. Wrote some poems, embraced his new voice & came out of retirement after 20 yrs. Inspired me to write a novel. I'm 19 yrs younger--what was my excuse? youtu.be/Ij0kduDvIvA?...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge Day 28: A song from 1983 "Wasted On The Way" (live) - The Hollies Where Clarke & Hicks show Nash they were perfectly suited to CSN songs. And (hot take) probably better on this one. More poignant and heartfelt for sure. And very Manc! youtu.be/S3GgkuyfV_0?...

Won't go back to dot matrix printers though.

I can't disagree. And I wish I could.

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.

Honestly a good thread of intro on BlueSky best practices to get the most out of it, help shed some assumptions you may have picked up from other apps that could confuse you otherwise, and tools to do a lot of things I bet you wished you could do elsewhere! I’ve found it a better experience here!

My wanna-be Manc is 69 (giggles immaturely) years old today! 🥰

@mandobanjoman.bsky.social 😍

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 27: A song with a one-word title The Marmalade - Chains b-side to their 1968 single 'Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da' (which is a lot better than The Beatles 'original) . I got this as a present for my 12th birthday (exactly 57years ago today). www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O9P...

🧵 What I avoid by not living anywhere near conferences. Whew.

#MusicThroughYears #MusicChallenge Day 27: 2016-2017 "Sign Of The Times" - Harry Styles Shush, you. youtu.be/qN4ooNx77u0?...

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #musicchallenge Day 27: A song with a one-word title "Flying" - Long John Baldry (1971) All-star cover of the Faces song by my fave adopted Canadian. Saw him perform this live in '93 for a $2 cover charge at the Lakehead University Outpost. Sublime! youtu.be/z3vEEtEDc34?...

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UPDATE: I'm currently closed to queries.

Similarly, if an “agent” tries to sell you editing services, run! Agents & agencies do developmental edits frequently, but they do not charge you for them.

No, I do NOT want to give you my email, news sites. Leave me alone to mourn the days I used to buy a physical newspaper without identifying myself to the cashier.