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KJ Charles

@kjcharleswriter.com

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She/her. British European. Purveyor of opinions, rude words, and romance novels, historical and fantasy. "Erotically charged"--Good Housekeeping. I ignore unsolicited advice. http://kjcharleswriter.com

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · Feb 19

Apparently I am lousy at Discord links. This one is a link to KJC Chat and will definitely not expire, honest! discord.gg/fmPTWSZfT6

Join the KJ Charles Chat Discord Server!

Check out the KJ Charles Chat community on Discord - hang out with 1866 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

discord.gg

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 2h

even better!

KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 3h

Thank you, I'm really happy to hear that! My readers were incredibly kind and helpful.

and yes, he is a founder member of any bad decisions book club.

KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 3h

That's very kind! (And no, not sorry, lol. /gothic villain cackle/)

KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 3h

...oops?

All Of Us Murderers flyer with book cover. tex says: Readers Say, followed by quotes: All Of Us Murderers is why I am sleep deprived at work today.

Kept me up until 2am on a
work night!

I read this in one sitting and stayed up until 3am because
I couldn't put it down.

I was only going to read a chapter before bed and then I blinked and it was 8am.

end tagline reads: Out Now. sorry about that.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 5h

Thank you!

KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 6h

Marvellous review for All Of Us Murderers at AAR.

"a masterful blend of mystery, romance and suspense that is delightful yet nail-biting in the very best of ways. It is, without question, KJ Charles at her best" it says here 🥰

All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles

All of Us Murderers is a fabulous mixture of murder mystery and gothic horror, a superbly crafted homage to the gothic novel that expertly captures the essence of the genre while at the same time havi...

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 7h

I'd say they can judge the price of everything and the value of nothing, except given the state of the economy, I don't think they can judge the price of things very well either.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 7h

"Christ, we don't want people studying English, they might waste their time becoming teachers of our children! Or working in a massively profitable industry that gives us huge global soft power! Or just being able to parse the nonsense we spout and spot our Chat GPT bullshit!"

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 7h

a) an English degree does not prevent you from getting and doing a [scare quote] real job [scare quote]
b) there are things, goals, and values in the world other than money
but also c) last year the publishing industry's estimated worth to the UK economy was ELEVEN BILLION QUID.

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10h

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 10h

Thomas Hardy did watch the first movie version of Tess of the d'Urbervilles.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson could have written some of his poems with a biro.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 10h

This absolutely looks like the sales process for a successful product that everyone wants.

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> Lol the timing; I work in IT for a large publishing company - and my god the meetings with microsoft sales team is all AI AI AI COPILOT COPILOT COPILOT.
> I had to flat out tell their VP we're not buying any fucking copilot - whereupon she revealed that the only thing she is being measured on for Q4 is sales of copilot, so if that's off the table the conversation is not interesting. LMAO

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 21h

I know this is uncomfortable to admit, but there is a small area in England's second city where people are just not integrated with the rest of society. Many of them hold views that arguably go against British values.

Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 11h

Hurtful

KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 11h

Plus the wildly overwritten praise. You'd run a mile from a fan who talked like that, on the grounds they were measuring you up as a skin suit.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 11h

It's probably like Nigerian prince scams. they want people who can spot obvious problems to rule themselves out, then they can concentrate on the gullible.

KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 11h

I particularly like the negging about how the book is great but wow look at your shitty review count, isn't that funny how it's so low and terrible

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 11h

🥰🥰

and also, I kind of really want a T shirt that says I RUIN YOUR SLEEP ... PROFESSIONALLY

blush-of-the-dawn.bsky.social @blush-of-the-dawn.bsky.social · 11h

Read this in one sitting and my only complaint is that I wish it was longer. Though maybe its a good thing that it wasn't because I was only going to read a chapter before bed and then I blinked and it was 8 am. I'm probably going to have to read the final 10% again when I'm less sleep deprived.

KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 1d

I am very excited that ALL OF US MURDERERS has been picked as one of Kobo's Best of the Month!

It's out everywhere today, in e at all platforms, in print at all good bookshops (it's the BA Indie Book of the Month!) and in audio read by Sonny Archer. Have at it!

books2read.com/u/mloE7q

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 11h

None of it ever makes sense, largely because it's all AI generated

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 11h

Oh yeah, I had one of them. They are mutating like fruit flies

KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 11h

/averts eyes when passing a bookshop for fear of the All Seeing Nurse Practitioner

KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 12h

😁

KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 12h

😘😘

KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 12h

Thanks!

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 12h

Thanks! ❤️

KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 12h

Thank you!