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Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · 3d

And just like that romance and romantasy books have disappeared from the face of the earth...

Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · 14d

Why not? It's good fun and very exciting to be travelling in a multi-hundred-tonne metal tube flying at hundreds of miles an hour, and seeing the ground race below you. Mountains, ocean, cities, whatever - all wonderful.

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Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · 15d

First novella finished (bar like five typos) and writing up stuff for commissioners/editors; one chapter into my next for University, on top of all the Uni work.

This is totally normal.

#writers #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #probablyanunhealthyworkloadbutheyitscool

Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · 15d

By the way, it seems TV, film and plays move just as slow if not slower. Speed once you're happy with the text is one of the great boons of P.O.D - at the expense of everything else. I have nothing but the 21st Century for reference but it seems like the arts are particularly slow nowadays!

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Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · 18d

It's the London run but the 2014 printing I guess.

Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · Sep 14

Perhaps more concisely - once they are set turning the gears of political violence are very hard to stop. It makes no difference who starts them.

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Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · Sep 14

People think of it as this great exciting thing: it isn't. It's intensely bloodthirsty and violent. Same with revolutions - they're bloodthirsty, violent and terrifying.

Perhaps I'm an idealist but it really would be nicer if we could enact significant political change without resorting to killing.

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Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · Sep 14

It could just be: 'Here is my journey’s end, here is my butt' - followed by curtain and Benny Hill music.

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Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · Sep 12

@theabigailthorn.bsky.social - who's the screenwriter and who is the director? Or is that under strict NDA?

Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · Sep 10

First off I speak as an Englishman so expect misunderstanding.
But blood has been spilt on both sides in a three-month timespan. This surely cannot go well. The country looks fit to burst as it is - this is the last thing it needs.

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Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · Sep 10

Wow, you wrote that fast! Also, best of luck!

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Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · Sep 10

Oh this NATO Article 4 thing is going to go well, isn't it?

/s in case it isn't obvious.

Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · Sep 10

BORED

You know things are slow
When you go
And write a tiny stanza.
Nothing's a bonanza;
It's an act of tedium
And unsuited to the medium.
It's a low blow: the poem
Is dull, bland and not how you know 'em.

Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · Sep 9

@theonion.com - you come back and almost immediately reality tries to put you out of business again. I feel for your writers.

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Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · Sep 7

The Prince was an excellent debut! Eagerly looking forward to all the stuff you learned from that + whatever play is swirling round in your noggin receiving the bonus of that experience.

Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · Sep 3

You do know the young men of America will not be able to withstand the slandering of their God with this impending press conference? Oh, how they foamed at the mouth with Tate!

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Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · Sep 3

Regarding that #epstein survivors rally... at what point does ICE just disappear the lot? It feels crushingly inevitable.

It's only a matter of time - if they have a braincell between them - to do it to protect their own.

Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · Sep 2

I'm curious and want to get the temperature:

Do people on here think the #US is exceptionally terrible as a country and is irredeemable or not?

I ask as someone from the UK who has his own view but before I post that I want to see what all of you think.

Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · Sep 2

a black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat pointing at something .

ALT: a black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat pointing at something .

media.tenor.com

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Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · Sep 1

Ah, I only mentioned a few of the parallels in the live feed before I got bored (and realised I was probably boring everyone else as well) and stopped.

If it's anything in the Millibars (sounds better than 'skeets' doesn't it?) then I apologise.

Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · Sep 1

Who are you talking to - Abigail or me? Just for the sake of clarity!

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Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · Aug 31

Mother is nutty-puttying in her sleep

Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · Aug 30

Great stuff!

But also the name of the app: Procreate. LOL.

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Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · Aug 30

Go absolutely apeshit hyperbolically evil (assuming you haven't drafted that already)... like, oh I don't know, welding every door in a family home shut and let them starve to death?

It's just an idea- take it or leave it- but the first half of my first sentence is actionable but not overweening.

Chris @chriswa06.bsky.social · Aug 30

Even writing verse is getting old for the time being.