I was especially delighted to appear on Joanna Penn's excellent podcast talking about adding humour to your fiction. You can usually tell how good a podcast is by the number of episodes that have already been. So go ahead and tune into Episode 773...
Out today! Funny Up Your Fiction: How to Add Light, Shade and Laughs to Your Novel For the "person who thinks they want to write a funny novel or a genre novel with some humour in it" in your life. Crushing disappointment will arrive on Thursday but I'm allowed to be excited for exactly three days
Funny Up Your Fiction: How to Add Light, Shade and Laughs to Your Novel eBook : Cohen, Dave: Amazon.co.uk: Books
That Tom Jones song should really be called "It's Usual".
Sadly can't come this time but I highly recommend this. Also, if you have time, read Lev's brilliant book Light Rains Sometimes Fall to familiarise yourself with the place.
London types might want to join me as I walk round West Norwood cemetery looking at birds on Saturday morning. Here’s how it works: – walk round cemetery – see or hear a bird – shout ‘bird!’ – coffee It’s free but you have to book. Just a few places left. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/early-autu...
Join West Norwood's best known birder, Lev Parikian, for a special seasonal bird watching session in the cemetery
Fun to see Starmer going a bit "you people" on racists.
There is a row of horse chestnut trees outside the study windows. Writing at my desk, I can see adults picking up conkers, polishing them on their jumpers and stuffing them gleefully into their pockets. The passing school children are too busy on their phones to notice.
It never ever matters what you do. The universe giveth pairs and it taketh them away.
In 41 years of writing jokes for TV and radio I've only ever had to answer this question twice before: How do you make topical comedy under a new government?
Dave Cohen explains that, no matter who's in power, topical comedy remains a route to success.
Great to see @gregjenner.bsky.social here. Was one of the few people I was still on Twitter for. An all round value follow not just for his fabulous history tweets.