Intrigued by my new book? Catch this Q&A with @ukadrianreed.bsky.social of Blackmetric. #BusinessAnalysis www.blackmetric.com/2025/02/13/w...

It's my boyfriend's birthday today!

For those who have seen it, thoughts on “Poor Things”? I find myself wondering if the baby is male or female, and how that categorisation might affect the film and the protagonist’s perspective & journey.

Proud to announce the publication of this new book www.routledge.com/Strategic-Pr...

New book coming out next month, in which I have a chapter. www.routledge.com/Design-Metho...

Forgot to announce this book that came out in late 2023, in which I have a chapter. www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

Aptos replacing Calibre as MS Word's default font. Thoughts?

I inadvertently timed that well. Brazil is two hours ahead of Virginia. So, where everyone else moved the clock one hour ahead and lost an hour of sleep … I flew home from Brazil to Virginia, and went one forward and two backward, gaining an extra hour of sleep !!! Jet lag for the win.

Writing advice: Always carry a small notepad with you. You never know when ideas and snippets might pop into your head. Many of the greatest ideas in the world have likely been lost due to poor memory. 🖋️

Vegas, baby

Time always seems to pass more slowly in airports. If only we could use "airport time" in other spheres of our lives. 10 minutes airport time feels like about 30-60 minutes normal time (depending on the airport and location of course...)

Hello, 2024

Mural, Roanoke VA

A very Virginia Christmas

Note: If you're still looking for holiday gifts for loved ones, buy books. You can also buy books for people you hate. The authors will not mind.

There are so many female-fronted indie bands this year, it just screams for a Lilith fair 2024

@xkcd.com is an evil genius and we're going to be seeing this going around the internet and creating mischief for years to come. xkcd.com/2868/

love Tiny Desk, they keep introducing me to fantastic artists I'd never heard of before www.youtube.com/watch?v=avjI...

New Writer Beware blog post: Scammers are increasingly posing as literary agents/agencies, often with elaborate websites that can be extremely convincing. How to spot--and unmask--them writerbeware.blog/2023/12/15/h...

I can't believe I set myself (and achieved) a daily goal of 10,000 words per day for book #1

Event - The Chemistry of Tea www.chemistryworld.com/webinars/ste...

Yesterday’s highlight : taking a hammer to our gingerbread village

Someone actually did a linguistic study of language use in the SF fandom community, and found that one consistent thing was people correcting other people's pronunciation and the first person not being bothered because we all know that we the words from reading and have never heard them pronounced.

All dressed up for the season

AI is an alibi.

Tonight’s experiment

Finished About Writing by Gareth L Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social It is excellent. Full of hints and tips for authors from those at the start of their career to those further. And a fab audio version too. #writing #writingcommunity

With this being Spotify Unwrapped week let’s take a look at some ‘musical’ Deaths - starting with Death as the drummer from the V&A. Raising two drumsticks above its head, ready to lead the dance of death. The drum is unfortunately missing but Death has a fancy hat. late 17th cent 🗃️ #earlymodern

This just makes me think of one of my favorite quotes: "English does not borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over the head, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar."

Dad bought me the gold-toned scale ruler in the 1980’s. I found its silver-toned mate in London last week … 40 years later.

"Wizard of Oz'"director Victor Fleming took issue with a lyric in "If I Only Had A Brain"

“She’s not scary, she’s just hungry. Can she come in?” Y’all on bluesky get to see this before everyone else does. I’m so pleased I was able to finally finish this piece, I’ve been sitting on the WIP for almost 2 years now!

Because Bluesky doesn't (yet) use hashtags the way we're used to, here's how to follow along with all the art during #ArtAdventCalendar. Click the Feeds link > Search > Click the feed, Click Save & Pin to Home > Click Like (helps others find it). The feed will be available in #Feeds.Click & Enjoy!

Somebody became fond of morning farm rounds while I was traveling

In my hotel room, I can hear the gentle rumble of the tube trains. It is oddly soothing, a heartbeat.

Christmas tree shopping in Sloane square

What is your unreasonable travel fear? Mine is : setting off the hotel smoke alarm while taking a hot shower.

I love that, in the 40 years since I first encountered the store, Liberty of London has evolved from stodgy purveyor of prints and umbrellas to a hip multifaceted shop offering body piercing, dog grooming (& massage), & iphis print totes & scarves to rival high-end Goyard. Well played, Liberty.

Happy 60th birthday, Doctor Who. I've been a fan for 44 of those years, and I can't wait to see where you go next.