THREAD. Substack is evil. I can't emphasise this enough. Their line that anyone can leave easily & take their subscriber list with them is bullshit. I left & it cost me a large sum of money. It forced me briefly back onto Substack to try to clear up the mess... tomcox.substack.com/p/an-explana...

BROKEN VEIL II New series starts APRIL 15th EXCLUSIVELY for subscribers to the Broken Veil channel on Patreon. Patreon.com/brokenveil

This is not a drill people, my seconds sale is now live. So if you like birds, nature and beautiful things head this way.... there's also 15% full priced items with code SUPERSECONDS all weekend! www.loadofolbobbins.com/collections/... #UKGiftAM #ArtistSupport #ArtShop #Illustration #bsnm #Art

Trying to write books for everyone seems to me a surefire way of writing bad books. I’m not interested in writing books for twats. I write books for the cool and nice people whose company I know I’d enjoy if I met them in real life. I’m entirely comfortable with twats hating my books. Bring it on.

I’m taking part in Super Seconds Festival again on 7th & 8th March, where I’ll be selling some end of line stock, seconds and samples at up to 60% off! Preview everything 👇 www.loadofolbobbins.com/collections/... #SciArt #BirdArt #Illustration #ArtSky #SSFMarch2026 #ArtShop

This is another fabulous piece (York, trains, how some kinds of looking back is good and some isn't...and more). It's totally worth you subscribing to read things by one of the best writers ever, anyway.

I've just told my publishers to remove the Daily Mail quote they were going to put on the cover of the paperback of my latest novel. I don't care if the Daily Mail gave it a good review. The name of that shitrag is not going on the cover of my book.

Tom is so good. There is love in his work. And he grafts. Holy Trinity.

I've only ever seen a trailer for The Apprentice but I'd watch this. Is there a way to get "Maximum Power" into every episode...?

Post a tree you photographed

"I remember the newspapers dying like huge moths." -*Fahrenheit 451*

Your definitive guide to the sports of the Winter Olympics

I love watching slopestyle but every time I'm thinking WHAT ON EARTH are the commentators on about: "nose butter"?? 🤣. Is there a glossary somewhere? #winterolypics #bbc

If you ever get annoyed with me for posting too often on Bluesky in an attempt to draw a few new people to my writing please remember to address all complaints to the former CEOs of my ex-publishers on an envelope marked 'GIVE YOUR AUTHORS THE FUCKING MONEY YOU TOOK FROM THEM'.

V V keen on these big silver coats tbh... #winterolympics

The jam books always go "blah blah setting point in about 10-12 minutes" mine ALWAYS takes twice as long...why? whhhyyyy?

Ugh. This is a REALLY bad look

Bought myself a present because our freezer died so now I have to make 5.5kg of plum jam tonight. Slaving over the hob wasn't in my Friday night plan! Having @warringtonruncorn.com newest album to listen to will help while I watch for things not boiling over.

Magnificent:

A waulking song ❤️ (No, not 'walking', autocorrect, WAULKING)

Do they understand how mad they sound? As if anyone has ever decided to cross the Channel in a small boat because, if they make it, they might get to take a free taxi to a doctor's appointment? "Pull factors" on steroids. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Just been to see H is for Hawk. What a beautiful, moving film. youtu.be/RJ29BBXfN64?...

Please subscribe to my website so I can delete social media, write only for the people who want to read my writing, write shitloads more books and live like a human being: www.tom-cox.com

Fist bump to anyone else caught between the need to bow down & accept the dire, broken reality of the attention economy to continue surviving via their creativity & a desire to disconnect which becomes more vast, and more potentially vital to their sense of inner peace, with every year that passes.

Discworld QOTD, from Jingo

I AM DRAGGING MY ANCHOR

We've just launched the Trans Unity Quilt Project, a campaign by and for trans people across the UK to bring joy and hope with a quilt longer than an Olympic swimming pool. Here's how you make your own patch. 👇

For those of us here in the UK who are watching with horror what is going on over in the US it is very important to remember that this is exactly what Reform wants for us over here. They've said so. They want 'forced deportations' in the US style. We're not safe here either if they win.

OOINYA could have sold the remaining Unbound copies of the books to me, in bulk, & no longer have had to pay for warehouse space. Instead, they have decided to sell them via Amazon, as new, interfering with my attempt to restart my career. Please do not buy these. Buy the new Swift press versions.

Just splurted my tea out 🤣🤣🤣

Can't breathe 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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If you live in the UK and you were shocked to see the US ICE seize a 5 year old boy, don't forget this is what Nigel Farage and the Reform Party UK want for our country.

Are you filled with righteous anger about Donald Trump's fascism in the States? Good, but not enough. Now, make it your personal responsibility to ensure Nigel Farage never gets to introduce it here.

He's ABSOLUTELY FUCKING INSANE. (Sometimes I just need to write it down, ok? Because otherwise *I* might go insane)

I just can't anymore with this AI shit...

I'm currently buying all of 'Elementary' on DVD, even though it's currently on at least two streamers, because I'm pretty sure that one day it'll just be gone (I am worried about the day our excellent 20 year old DVD player/hard drive recorder bites the dust).

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Me too.

THREAD. How A Publisher Almost Killed The Book I Waited My Whole Life To Write. My novel Villager came out in 2022. It was published by Unbound, who had little marketing/sales power. But I was excited & proud, since I worked so f-ing hard on it. Here's an extract: www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...

THIS THIS THIS!! Films used to be 90 - 120 minutes long. If you need longer than that then you should've made a TV series. Just my opinion as a film going person who likes to be out of an evening screening well before midnight. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

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Exactly this

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SO many, many reasons to just not buy stuff from Amazon...

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