Anyone need a quirky rubber head and display stand? 🤔

Check out my link in bio for my YouTube unboxing video of Doctor Who The Collection Season 13!

Magazine in 'published in past' shock

When I came out of the house today, quite a big spider had decided to block the front path by spreading a web across it and sitting smack in the middle like some terrible arachnoid Gandalf. (1/2)

Got my performance review.

I decided to have toast for breakfast. This is only controversial when, like me, you're in your fourth week of radiotherapy and your mouth is inflamed and ulcerated. I am slowly munching through the toast. It doesn't taste 100% like toast, but it is toast nonetheless.

I have requested that my cancer radiotherapy team play @judaspriestof.bsky.social's Breaking The Law while I'm having my 19th zap tomorrow. Watch this space ⚡️🤘

Today was my 13th day of cancer radiotherapy - and it was unlucky in some ways. The machine was playing up and my session almost had to be postponed. My cab driver quacked about how aggrieved he was with how the hospital had booked him, until he finally got the message from my silence. (1/3)

When this whole cancer nonsense began, I 'banked' my voice by recording various voice samples. Now that radiotherapy has started to bring the joy of mouth ulcers, it's become harder to speak. So I'm gonna turn those samples into an AI model of my speech. Could be very handy.

5 things I learned during my first week of cancer radiotherapy: 1) Radiotherapy is delivered by an enormous machine that, as some onlookers noted earlier in the week, looks a bit like the robot Drathro from #DoctorWho. (1/5)

2 days to go: on Monday me + my boys move into the London place, just as daily cancer radiotherapy begins 👀⚡️ 1st month’s rent is now covered ❤️ Thank you! Target = £22K (we’re at £20,902). Hitting it means month 2 is secure + I can breathe a bit easier. Link in bio if you can help 🙏

When you're not always in the same city as your children, a simple moment of online connection like this means EVERYTHING. I didn't expect Roblox to be quite this wonderful. Certainly didnt expect it to make me cry happy tears. (1/2)

Three days now until my radiotherapy begins. Kinda looking forward to getting started, which is odd considering I'll be zapped in the head with radiation every weekday for 6 weeks. Also quite looking forward to the experience of living in London again for the 2/3 months of treatment/ recovery.

On Monday, radiotherapy will start to blast my taste buds, among other things. So let's make the most of things now. 🥳

Learning well

Just make it exist first. You can make it worse with each new pass while getting increasingly frustrated later.

Visiting my mum, to take a break from all the stressful logistics of moving to London for imminent radiotherapy treatment. An oasis of peace, quiet and a roast dinner later today. 🥳

Out Monday! The wildly creative Doctor Who Season 2, spread across 7 Blu Rays. A single steelbox houses those discs poorly - but check the optics! And of course the contents, including 8 eps of DW Unleashed. 🚨 Awkward segue: want to help me exterminate my cancer? My GoFundMe link is in my bio ❤️👊

🚨 Just six days from now, I need to be living in London, ready to start gruelling radiotherapy treatment and keep life as normal as possible for my children. 👊 If you can help, the GoFundMe link’s in my bio. ❤️ Every share and every donation - big or small - makes a real difference. Thank you!

Kicked off the day with coffee in Ravenscourt Park, before a full day of flat-hunting. I’ve got just 7 days to find somewhere to stay during my cancer treatment, and I need to be ready to move fast when the right place appears. Can you help make that possible? The GoFundMe link is in my bio 😊👊❤️

Signed this, shortly after taking the pic

I made a book! With Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock and @0tralala.bsky.social! This book was a complete labour of love for me, and such a pleasure to illustrate and design. All 192 pages, and the cover too! Check out the Amazon page for a sneak peak at the interiors too: www.amazon.co.uk/BBC-Story-Sy...

Jason Arnopp helped me when I needed a place to express myself. I wasn’t the only one. Several writers found solace in his safe space. Please, if you can, help him in his search for new accommodations while he fights cancer. #writingcommunity #authorsky #booksky #fuckcancer

A thermoplastic mask moulded to my head & shoulders, then clamped to a rack for a CT scan. Next: 6 wks of radiotherapy to wipe out any trace of cancer, while parenting my twin boys Treatment + somewhere to live by the hospital = survival. Without both, the plan fails. Want to help? Link in bio 👊❤️

I have just 10 DAYS to find, pay for & move into London accommodation where my young twins and I can stay during 10 weeks of radiotherapy cancer treatment & recovery. 👀 GoFundMe already helped me cover timely & super-precise radiotherapy - can you help me sort somewhere to stay? Link in bio. 😊👊❤🤘

Folks- Mr Jason Arnopp is going through some scary shizzle at the moment, and needs some help with funding urgent cancer treatment. If you can donate or even share, please do, as I want to keep insulting him for many years to come… Link in next reply, because aLgOrItHm:

The Last Days of Jack Sparks review #TheLastDaysofJackSparks @jasonarnopp.bsky.social #books #reading #horror #horrorbooks

Unboxed a recent Arrow Video horror 4K release exclusively for my Patreon supporters. Can you tell which classic cult movie this is, based solely on the still here?

10 ways to pick the right literary agent: youtu.be/q8Zdormk7eY?...

Had a great Zoom group call with members of my free Skool community Phantasia Writing Lounge. The chosen topic was story ideas. How to capture them, how to filter them, how to settle on one and how to stop fear from stopping you executing them.

Writers: do you always have too many story ideas, with no idea how to pick one and stick to it? The latest video on my fledgling YouTube channel Write Like Hell will help. youtu.be/ghpf_bl3PWU

I ran a poll among the 60+ members of my Skool community Phantasia Writing Lounge, to check whether our conversation threads should stay private (visible only to people who join) or public (visible to everyone and search engines)

Posted my monthly Patreon-only vlog, Walking With Patrons, in which I stroll along the seafront while chatting about the novel I'm currently working on, plus how I've started to watch Doctor Who with my young sons! 😀

Dear fiction readers, one reason you're awesome: You do at LEAST half the work with writers. You transform our words into mental pictures and senses that are unique to your imagination. So our stories have as many different manifestations as they have readers. Never forget the power of that. 👊

Medium sent me an article called 'What Makes Clocks And Cats Different?' and now I'm curious to see how long that article is.

Dear fiction writers, here is one reason you're awesome: You literally create something out of nothing. You force things into the world that have never existed before. You are a spellsmith of the mind! Please never underestimate the power and worth of that. 👊

everyone automatically clacks these twice upon picking them up because deep down we all know we’re crabs

Writing doesn't have to be such a lonely labyrinth. In my free Skool writing community, writers learn how to deal with their fears, grow their skills and feel way better about themselves. We just hit 50 members. Next stop: 500 members! You should be one of them. Link in bio.

Daughter tells me she heard today that if you wear a band T-shirt (especially as a young woman) and a man says to you “name five of their songs”, the correct response is “name five women who trust you”, so I pass this on in case any of you need it

Have your 2024 writing resolutions already gone to Hell? On my new YouTube channel Write Like Hell, I offer various ways to storm the hill once again. youtu.be/fMZr6eA07Hs?...

Just three time-slots remain of the 20 free 15-minute Zoom coaching calls for writers that I'm offering tomorrow (Tues 20th) Two of these are at the day's less convenient times, but there's one available at 7.30pm. Grab that one, or the others, via my bio's Linktree!

I still have a few slots left for the free Zoom coaching calls I'm offering writers next Tues 20 Feb! In these 15-min calls, I'll listen to you talk about your writing goals and the problems blocking them. And then I'll try and help. Link at top of bio linktree.

I still have a few slots left for the free Zoom coaching calls I'm offering writers next Tues 20 Feb! In these 15-min calls, I'll listen to you talk about your writing goals and the problems blocking them. And then I'll try and help. Link at top of bio linktree.

I made a 28-minute YouTube video review of the new Judas Priest album and I regret NOTHING. You'll find the video in my bio's linktree.

Next Tues, I'm going to spend a whole day listening to other authors tell me about their goals and the problems that stand in their way. I just made a raft of free 15-minute Zoom call slots available via Calendly. You'll find the link at the top of my Linktree. This offer is open to any... (ctd)

Doctor Who Magazine reaching Issue 600 inspired me to make a video for my Patreon supporters about how I started writing for the mag, waayyyyyyy back in 2005. I'm horrified that it was almost 20 years ago. 👀👀

A quick re-introduction post. I'm RJ Barker, author of the WOUNDED KINGDOM books, Holdstock award winning, THE BONE SHIPS and American Library Association's best adult fantasy* of 2023 GODS OF THE WYRDWOOD. My stuff, tends to be slowburn, with strange worldbuilding and good people in bad worlds.

Dear writers who feel like they could use some help, advice, accountability and encouragement: I've slashed the prices of my 1-to-1 Zoom coaching calls for Feb, and have opened up further slots, including some for this weekend. Link in bio!

I just started a Skool community where fiction writers can support each other, find accountability and feel better about themselves. Apply to become a founding member of The Phantasia Lounge to get locked in for free lifetime access! You'll find the link at the top of my bio's Linktree. 👊