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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 18h

How A Publisher Almost Killed The Book I Waited My Whole Life To Write: a thread

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-...

our cat Charles with Villager, shortly after it was published

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BlockbusterGirl @blockbustergurl.bsky.social · 1d

Me having yet another existential crisis 🖤

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BlockbusterGirl @blockbustergurl.bsky.social · 1d

Snap! Me too.

Does that make us a team?

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 2d

And making theft illegal would “kill” the thieving industry. Good. Make theft illegal again.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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BlockbusterGirl @blockbustergurl.bsky.social · 1d

Fair enough 😉😜😂

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 2d

A great article from Rachel, who really understands the heart and soul of Dad’s work.

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BlockbusterGirl @blockbustergurl.bsky.social · 1d

This...

#AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #WhoTheAuDHDAmI

Oh, I don't try to hide my weird.

I like to wave it around. It scares off the boring people and it's like a beacon for my fellow weirdos.

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BlockbusterGirl @blockbustergurl.bsky.social · 18d

Pride and Prejudice is my comfort blanket.

Also...(a hill I will die on 😜)

Autistic vs Narcissistic

Mr Darcy - the socially awkward gentleman (as played by Colin Firth in the best adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice)

Mr Wickham - the Rake (as played by Adrian Lukis in the best adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice)

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BlockbusterGirl @blockbustergurl.bsky.social · 23d

My edits...when I work for hours and then turn out that one sentence that feels beautiful...1 down, 5,789 sentences to go.

Sometimes I wish my maths brain would shut up and let my creative brain have its moment. 🤣

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BlockbusterGirl @blockbustergurl.bsky.social · 29d

That's just sad and pathetic. Would any of them work with an author who was openly racist? How morally bankrupt are they?

I already wouldn't touch Audible as it rips off authors, taking the lion share of their royalties and creating schemes within their monopoly that will further defraud authors.

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BlockbusterGirl @blockbustergurl.bsky.social · 29d

How do you answer your phone?

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · Sep 8

That perennial, primal urge to pick up horse chestnuts from the garden…

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BlockbusterGirl @blockbustergurl.bsky.social · Sep 8

I followed a few other accounts and now I can't find anyone 😭

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · Sep 6

Video by @ellecordova.bsky.social

Remove RFK Jr!
#RemoveRFK

For our scientists

YouTube video by Elle Cordova

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BlockbusterGirl @blockbustergurl.bsky.social · Sep 6

For anyone who thinks Amazon's Teacher's Picks are genuinely picked by teachers and not AI, please be warned. Their age ratings often miss the mark by miles.

Suggesting Graham Greene's Brighton Rock is suitable from years 1-9 is recklessly misleading at best. Year 12-13 maybe, but year 1, never. 🤬

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BlockbusterGirl @blockbustergurl.bsky.social · Sep 5

Not sure anyone can help me,but I want one of those mini thermal printers. You can pick the printers up cheap, but the paper is quite expensive. Worst of all, it appears you can't actually use the printer without a subscription app.

I don't want a subscription. I just want a mini thermal printer.

a cartoon character with glasses is holding a piece of paper to a pigeon

ALT: a cartoon character with glasses is holding a piece of paper to a pigeon

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BlockbusterGirl @blockbustergurl.bsky.social · Aug 28

Okay.

*Deep breath*

Instead of yelling I'm too old for this 💩 at the TV, I finally need to admit I'm too old for occasional HIIT and daily dvd workouts like 30DS,

So I found this guy, and now I'm sad because this *is* my pace.

But I need this, so I can feel less old. 🙃

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Walking or Strength Training? Science Reveals the Winner (60+)

YouTube video by Will Harlow – Over-Fifties Specialist Physio

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The Terry Pratchett Estate @terrypratchett.bsky.social · Aug 27

On 27th August 2015, The Shepherd's Crown, the last book Sir Terry Pratchett completed before he died, was published.

To mark the ten year anniversary, we have a message from Rob Wilkins: