In honour of shirt day on #WIPSnips, Sam Cooper gets a long overdue change of clothing in The Dragon Download. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Very loosely ranked. Day 12 They're known as one of the big three acts of Bristol trip-hop, but exactly where Portishead are from is a closely guarded secret. Some sources suggest a Swedish department store is involved. 👩🏻‍🎤 Portishead 🎵 Glory Box (1994) 💿 Dummy

Sharing one of my near misses. The 90s were my indie rock years so the G Funk got crowded out. Sorry Nate & Mister Warren G. #90sTop30

I have a whole chapter of burger related chaos in The Dragon Download. Here's a bit from the Pound Saver Menu, with a side of explaining-how-the-multiverse-works. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Very loosely ranked. Day 11 Formed in the bakery section of a Swedish department store, Cake scored their first big hit after it featured in television coverage of the 1996 World Marathon Challenge. 👩🏻‍🎤 Cake 🎵 The Distance (1996) 💿 Fashion Nugget

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Very loosely ranked. Day 10 Formed in the knitwear section of a Swedish department store, the Cardigans scored their first big hit after William Shakespeare featured it in one of the big movies of '96. 👩🏻‍🎤 The Cardigans 🎵 Lovefool (1996) 💿 First Band on the Moon

#HopePit #HopePunk? #WIP Survivor Song X Speed of Dark As a deadly virus sweeps across the world, the few survivors begin to realise they are all neurodivergent. If these remaining Mis-Shapes make it through the Neurotypocalypse, can they build a new world, where they fit in, to benefit everyone?

#HopePit #HopePunk? #WIP After a new pandemic kills off most of the population, a group of geeks and weirdos band together, first to survive the apocalypse, and then to rebuild a better world. ☣️ viral apocalypse 🤓 geeks shall inherit the earth 🐬 save the dolphins ♾️ neurodivergent protags

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Very loosely ranked. Day 9 Don't you ever wonder? Don't you ever think? Don't you even care? Is your brain on the blink? Also the orangest single in my modest 12" collection. 👩🏻‍🎤 Back To The Planet 🎵 Teenage Turtles (1993) 💿 Mind + Soul Collaborators

#WritingLifeMonthly Day 8 The Constant Rabbit Biscuits were an industrial eco-punk band formed in post-COVID Milton Keynes. After a change in management the band restyled themselves Constant Rabbit Bizkit and wrote the soundtrack to the 2027 movie Neurotypocalypse. #BookSky #WritingCommunity

Another #NaNoWriMo #notnano #WIPSnips today: Georgia's work day is interrupted by her daughter having a meltdown at school. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Very loosely ranked. Day 8 Sure they made some of the anthems of Britpop, but for me Blur peaked with Tender and this song, written and sung by Graham Coxon. Also there's a cute milk carton having a bad day. 🧑‍🎤 Blur 🎵 Coffee and TV (1999) 💿 13

Today's #WIPSnips is even less polished than usual because it comes from my November #notnano #NaNoWriMo story. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

It looks like my accidental #NaNoWriMo #notnano #sidequest has become to try all the flavours of Monster. Slowly and in moderation obviously, anything else would be very unhealthy. Also I don't want to explode before Christmas.

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge Day 7 OK, technically the single was first released in the dying weeks of '89, so I'm including the (probably identical) LP version in my list. Only a psychopath doesn't consider it a 90s banger anyway. 🧑‍🎤 They Might Be Giants 🎵 Birdhouse in Your Soul (1990) 💿 Flood

#WritingLifeMonthly Day 6 Maybe not a traditional heartbreak, but The Sparrow by @mdoriarussell.bsky.social broke me. Probably the most depressing novel I've ever read - and any novel that can evoke the level of emotion that did has to be worth a read. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #BookSky

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge Very loosely ranked. Day 6 If I'd had the hair for it I'd have gone full grebo in the early 90s. But I didn't, and I would have looked ridiclous. Still a fan of the Stourbridge sound though, then and now. 🧑‍🎤 Ned's Atomic Dustbin 🎵 Kill Your Television (1990) 💿 God Fodder

Hello #HopePit! I'm Steve from the wild north east of England, and I'm putting myself in the 'Not sure if your work fits in the genre? Join us anyway' category. Usually a writer of sci-fi and retro GameLit, at the moment I'm imagining a more hopeful world for the neurodivergent among us.

#WritingLifeMonthly Day 5 I would go over and tell them what an influence they've been on my life and work in the vague hope that they'll ask to see some of my writing. Well, that or stare really hard into my tea until they go away. #BookSky #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

First #WIPSnips entry from my #NaNoWriMo substitute today. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Very loosely ranked. Day 5 It wasn't until that mediocre cover version that I realised how much Chrissie Hynde means it in the original rendition. She's got your back. 👩🏻‍🎤 The Pretenders 🎵 I'll Stand By You (1994) 💿 Last of the Independents

No steel in my #NaNoWriMo substitute, so back to The Knight Errors for today's #WIPSnips. I feel like I've shared this reunion scene before, but hey ho, let's go. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

#WritingLifeMonthly Day 4 🌎💥👍🛸☕ #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky #AmReading

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Very loosely ranked. Day 4 The 90s wasn't all cheery and amusing novelty records of course. We also had Leonard Cohen, who reached a new audience (i.e. me) via the Natural Born Killers soundtrack. 🧑‍🎤 Leonard Cohen 🎵 Waiting for the Miracle (1992) 💿 The Future

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge Very loosely ranked. Day 3 Right Said Fred's trio of early 90s novelty hits have no place in my 30, except when covered by much cooler bands for charity, like this complete reimagining by Faux-Frenchies Saint Etienne. 🧑‍🎤 Saint Etienne 🎵 I'm Too Sexy (1992) 💿 The Fred EP

To round out spooky week on #WIPSnips, a visit to a spooky house in The Dragon Download. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AuthorChat

#WritingLifeMonthly Day 2 I felt twitchy as the Bumbershoot festival crowd flowed past me in the shadow of the Space Needle. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #BookSky #AmReading

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Very loosely ranked. Day 2 I don't do this often, but as it's the first Sunday of the 90s, I've invited King Missile to deliver a short Gospel message. 🧑‍🎤 King Missile 🎵 Jesus Was Way Cool (1990) 💿 Mystical Shit

One more visit to The Chip Whisperer as today's #WIPSnips introduces Benito 'Benny' Stetson (and his ancestors). #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge Very loosely ranked. Day 1 Welcome to the 1990s. It was a simpler time, when internet was dial-up, on demand viewing was a stack of VHS tapes, and Minis were small, and so effortlessly cool they got an acid jazz theme song. 🧑‍🎤 Corduroy 🎵 Mini (1994) 💿 Out of Here

I don't celebrate Halloween, but I never ever miss the traditional All Saints Day celebration of Black Coffee and a Bootie Call. #MusicSky

Remember it? I wrote the book!

#WritingLifeMonthly Day 31 I didn’t finish any Ambivalence Chronicles, but i do have a workable timetable for the end of the world and a broad outline for Neurotypocalyse ready for a November word vomit. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AuthorChat

We'll stay in The Chip Whisperer for today's #WIPSnips, which features a glimpse at an all too realistic version of #ZX81 killer app 3D Monster Maze... #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AuthorChat #GameLit

For anyone who's interested, here's my whole #80sTop30 #MusicChallenge as a Spotify playlist:

#5CoverSongsTreat #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Getting tricky (no pun intended) to come up with songs that haven't been mentioned yet, but I don't think I've seen this one. 🎶 Jolene 👩‍🎤 Strawberry Switchblade (1985) 👩‍🎤 Dolly Parton (1973)

#WritingLifeMonthly Day 30 I think the takeaway from Neurotypocalypse is that a world that works for neurospicy peeps is good for everyone. #WriteSky #BookSky #AuthorChat

#5CoverSongsTreat #MusicChallenge #MusicSky This Ray Davies classic could have been made for the punk era. 🎶 David Watts 👨‍🎤 The Jam (1978) 👨‍🎤 The Kinks (1967)

#80sTop30 #MusicChallenge Day 30 Once, my musical world was all bubblegum pop, cheesy party hits, and maybe Shakin Stevens on a particularly raunchy Swap Shop... Then 19 landed and overnight completely redefined pop music. And that's why it's last. 👨🏻‍🎤 Paul Hardcastle 🎵 19 (1985) 💿 Paul Hardcastle

Today on #WIPSnips, a throwback to The Chip Whisperer to discover the origins of the Entelechus Hex, and why an 8 Bit series of Ambivalence Chronicles was necessary. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AuthorChat #GameLit

#5CoverSongsTreat #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Probably my least favourite cover by Lily Allen, but it fits the brief perfectly! 🎶 Sweet Like Chocolate 👩‍🎤 Shanks & Bigfoot (1999) 👩‍🎤 DJ Spoony ft Lily Allen (2019)

#80sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Very loosely ranked Day 29 👩🏻‍🎤 Madonna 🎵 Into the Groove (1985) 💿 Like A Virgin

#5CoverSongsTreat #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 🎶 La Isla Bonita 👨‍🎤 Marsh Mallows (2005) 👩‍🎤 Madonna (1986)

Today on #WIPSnips: a sword falls over in a library; Phil Grundy gets his knighting costume; and I find some Easter eggs. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AuthorChat

#80sTop30 #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Very loosely ranked Day 28 Into the top 3 with a solid 80s pop classic. 👨🏻‍🎤 Pet Shop Boys 🎵 West End Girls (1985) 💿 Please

#WritingLifeMonthly Day 27 Today I've been reading about whaling and pandemics, so here's some more picturesque research for my recent #GameLit writing. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AuthorSky

A bit surprised to find I actually have used this, way back in The Chip Whisperer. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AuthorChat

#5CoverSongsTreat #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 🎶 Heroes 👩‍🎤 Moby feat. Mindy Jones (2001) 👨‍🎤 David Bowie (1977) Bowie's ode to Cadbury's miniatures has been covered so many times I could probably just post it 5 times in different styles. This is the Caramel edition.

#80sTop30 #MusicChallenge Very loosely ranked. Day 27 They say you can guess a man's age with a 90% accuracy based on his reaction to the words 'Debbie Harry'. 👩🏻‍🎤 Blondie 🎵 Call Me (1980) 💿 The Best of Blondie #MusicSky

#WritingLifeMonthly Day 26 'Is it finished yet?' Which is quite encouraging when asked at a comic con by someone who bought the last one, but a total guilt trip when asked by your starving children. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AuthorChat