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Old, I am!

Watched #GoodBoy yesterday and have a few takeaways - the film was not a supernatural horror to me, it was about how dogs see disease and death in humans, and how they can smell the past. Also they can be much better actors than their two-legged counterparts. Great movie!

How am I supposed to write horrific, dystopian tales of the unexpected when the real world keeps trying to one up me? #writersLife 💙📚 #Procrastination

#Sunset and #moonrise make for quite an evening! #PuraVida

I spent 10 years writing A Mouthful of Blood, a #GothicWestern that tells the story of an #AfricanAmerican #vampire bounty hunter's revenge. Order here: amazon.com/dp/B0DFCGR3F9 #DarkFantasy #VampireFiction #HistoricalFiction #WhatToRead #MustRead #SpeculativeFiction

About to watch the final two episodes of #Pluribus Carol has some work to do, if I am to finish up on her side…

youtube.com/watch?v=USsG... Merry Christmas!

New blog post! A quick look back and a brief update on bookish plans for 2026... www.paulcarnahan.com/post/get-you... #BookSky #NewBooks #WhatToRead #MustRead

Check out my review of #KingSorrow by @joe-hill.bsky.social mikedaviswrites.net/king-sorrow/

#OneBattleAfterAnother was almost rendered unwatchable by the score. I dislike #jazz at the best if times. It affects me the same way Jack Daniels does-makes me anxious and a bit fighty-but the discordant piano sections reached new lows in my jazz education. #MovieNight

You know the best gift you can give an author this Christmas? A positive rating and/or review! It's never too late. Have a look through your favourite reads of the year and, if you haven't already, leave a few words of review and a positive rating anywhere other readers might see them. ❤️ #BookSky

My frustration with promising #TVshows lately: Let characters breathe. Let them matter without kissing someone by episode six. Let stories explore connection without defaulting to romance like it’s a narrative life raft. Not everything needs a love story. Some stories just need better #writing.

Time to read (and maybe leave a review) this “thrilling, spooky short story” A #CostaRica legend brought to life. www.amazon.com/Mala-Suerte-...

This entire weekend

Hey #Fifa - look at my gardening excellence! People say it’s the best they’ve ever seen! Do I get a #FifaGardeningAward?

Did you think Season 7 submissions were closed?! You get one final chance to submit your horror shorts by the EXTENDED DEADLINE on December 31st! 🚨☠️ Don’t miss it! 🧟‍♂️ Submit 👉 killershorts.com/submit/, @filmfreeway.bsky.social, @networkisa.bsky.social, @stage32.bsky.social + SCRYBE!

This ruined my morning, so I will do the same for sone of you. #MiseryLovesCompany #80sKids #Procrastination

Hey #Fifa - look at my gardening excellence! People say it’s the best they’ve ever seen! Do I get a #FifaGardeningAward?

Leave 2025 behind this weekend ... for just 99p! Head for 1995, where the internet's barely a blip and there's hardly a mobile phone in sight. If you want to fall in love or solve a mystery, you have to do it the old way – face to face... #BookSky #KindleDeals www.amazon.co.uk/End-Century-...

Deal ends at 10pm, for all you cheapskates of taste and refinement… ;) #BookSky

I watched #TheLongWalk - last night and loved it. The story remained very close to @stephenking.bsky.social’s incredible story that totally captured my 12 year old mind when it first published. The movie reignited my passion for the tale, although it feels less like fiction in today’s world!

Top, Top, Top TV. Brilliant and thank you to writers Richie Conroy and Mark Hodkinson, all the actors, producers and BBC Northern Ireland, BBC, RTÉ and Avalon. Magic times. youtu.be/LbUSKpOkxEk

Final thread of all my starter packs for the year by way of thank you to all the people who have helped and supported me this year. First: Great Writers in Search of an Agent starter pack. @shinewoman.bsky.social @clareobrien.bsky.social @tooriekep.bsky.social & many more. Please follow & repost

What do I have in common with Macaws? I absolutely cannot sing, either! Not all birdsong is relaxing or conducive to #writing #procrastination 📚💙 #PuraVida

Hang your bananas up, they said. That will keep them safe from the #Coati #PuraVida

I much preferred the world when someone ‘slipping into my DMs’ meant they were putting my boots on!

Book news: ‘How Soon Is Now?’ is about to get a bold new look! All will be revealed in a day or two - but if you want to say you were one of the cool kids who snapped up this mind-bending time travel tale in its original garb, there’s still time… #BookSky www.amazon.co.uk/How-Soon-Now...

mikedaviswrites.net Discover more about the author of #SteppingOff and #MalaSuerte

Own your own #WritersRetreat in stunning #CostaRica #PuraVida

23 sales of my short story, #MalaSuerte on Amazon this month, and not one rating or review. #Readers please, help the #writers out with feedback. 💙📚 #SittingInTheBathFeelingSorryForMyself

The vibe today 📚💙 #WritersLife

The love continues for the TV series of Leonard and Hungry Paul by @ronanhession.bsky.social Great interview with Alex Lawther in The London Standard. Marvelous. @thebookseller.com

Currently available for #free On an Amazon #promotion Now you literally have nothing to lose. Go get it and leave a review

Working on a new #shortstory this week - #Millie For more than forty years, Millie Caine walked the path her father prophesied. “You’ll never amount to to anything, my girl. Mark my words.” Had she marked his words? Or had they marked her?

Mala Suerte: Bad Luck a.co/d/acc4Dw6 #Free this week!!

I just posted my review of @benjamingorman.bsky.social's The Sum of Our Gods (@notapipe.bsky.social publishing) Read it on my blog, here: mikedaviswrites.net/the-sum-of-o...

I just finished (I don’t know why!) A six part ‘murder mystery’ series. While literary agents send me endless form rejections, someone approved that script, someone allegedly directed the actors and someone said ‘Yep, that’s ready.’ Maybe I need to aim for TV writing instead. The bar seems low.

We’ve made an Indie Bites starter pack, featuring all the wonderful authors and illustrators who’ve contributed to Indie Bites. Apologies to anyone we’ve missed - we’ve searched for you all but didn’t find you all, so please wave if you’re not in the pack and should be! go.bsky.app/6BTtPN4

My debut short story collection, Dark Tales of Wonder, is now available globally on Amazon in both Kindle eBook and paperback formats! If you love dark fantasy, horror, and eerie tales, this one’s for you. 🖤 Grab your copy now: a.co/d/96gk4V1 #WritingCommunity #SpecFic #booksky #horrorlit

Police procedural set in SOUTHAMPTON / NEW FOREST Gallows Wood by Louisa Scarr www.tripfiction.com/police-proce... "..there is little doubt that Moss (the dog) is the hero of this book..." @canelobooks.bsky.social #blueskybooks #booksky

It has to be said, #AFCBournemouth manager, Ariola, sounds like a bit of a tit 🤣

Author of JAZZ MOON and KISS THE SCARS ON THE BACK OF MY NECK. #JazzMoonNovel #KissTheScars

At the close of a long, brutal pandemic, a group of hospital workers begin to breathe a sigh of relief—believing the worst has finally passed. But their hope is short-lived. The pandemic was only the beginning... books2read.com/thehospital #newbook #PreOrder #horror Dec 2025

#Halloween is here! Get your well-priced spooky short story here! 🩸📚 #Ghosts a.co/d/3RdwNur

People say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. I went to university at 64, published my first book at 69, and now write full-time. Turns out, you can | Robert Ashton @eastangliabylines.co.uk

#HorrorWritersChat Thank you Eryn I shall leave you with me books Check 'em out, have fun, and tell ye friends My ego needs it 🥺 NO HEROICS, ONLY HORRORS NO REASON, ONLY RECKONING NO SAVIOURS, ONLY SYSTEMS WELCOME TO THE COLONIES OF THE TWAINEARTH www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...