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If there was one thing I could tell writers, it would be this: Stop looking for someone else to tell you your work is *good*. Stop looking at teachers, grades, other writers, stupid machines. Start looking at what *you* want to write, what *you* want to say, what *you* think is good.
I just had my very first slice of banoffee pie, and it was delicious.
Very excited to share with you all my first Uncanny story & also my first horror short! 😍💀 Island folk horror with a splash of the cosmic, in which the gorgona of Greek folklore is way cooler than Cthulhu ever will be 🧜♀️ @uncannymagazine.bsky.socialwww.uncannymagazine.com/article/zarg...
On this island, women wait. It’s what they were made to do. Each morning, the sun warms the white-and-blue houses and, soft-boiled eggs, the doors crack. One by one the women trot out, sit on cattail ...
Ealing: First baby beavers born in urban London for 400 years
Ealing Beaver Project says it shows the beavers are "happy" with the habitat.
Youtuber: Here's how Stephen King wrote so much in his early career. Habit. Discipline of writing every day. Following his passion. That's the secret sauce to productivity. Stephen King: It was cocaine. Also alcohol, but mainly cocaine. There's an entire book I don't even remember writing.
I hope everyone's enjoying Worldcon this weekend - I'll be signing books at 11.30 Monday morning, and for folk who can't make it, we'll be having a book launch in Waterstones Argyle street on 22nd August, in conversation with @megintransition.bluesky.social www.waterstones.com/events/elain...
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Elaine Gallagher launches Unexploded Remnants today.
I’m excited for WorldCon.
In the current "Best of British SFF" Storybundle, alongside some absolutely top works, there's my novella Ironclads (and also a story of mine in the collection) storybundle.com/bestof?fbcli...
Pay what you like and get a bundle of awesome ebooks and more!