Richard Smyth
@rsmythfreelance.bsky.social
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rsmythfreelance.bsky.social
Very well. I shall bring along slides.
rsmythfreelance.bsky.social
Open to other ideas. I could tell you all about the time I went on Mastermind. Or explain why Wakefield is the finest city of them all. Or simply recite line after line from the hit western Tombstone.
rsmythfreelance.bsky.social
What should I talk about at this, gang? Hullo birds, hullo sky? The history of eco-fascism? The joys of freelancing, har har har? The problems with nature writing (but bear in mind we've only got a couple of hours)? Coffee photography?
rsmythfreelance.bsky.social
I am to be let out, and poked until I speak. My first talk in AGES - please do come along, if you're in the north-east. Books, birds, all that sort of thing. www.nhsn.org.uk/events/richa...
rsmythfreelance.bsky.social
I think we could easily adapt it to the tune of Walking On Sunshine.
rsmythfreelance.bsky.social
Have to bring on @owenbooth.bsky.social as a surprise guest star for the encore. Lead the crowd in a rousing chorus of (Wanking In) Duck Ponds. Walk off triumphant.
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alomshaha.bsky.social
Publishers to authors: you need to be active on social media
Authors to publishers: Sure! Could you help me make some stuff to help promote my book:
Publisher:
Author: please
Publisher:
Author: at least repost this for me?
Publisher:
rsmythfreelance.bsky.social
Ooh! Excellent! Tell him to bring all his notes and publications.
rsmythfreelance.bsky.social
As I said James, we've only got a couple of hours.
rsmythfreelance.bsky.social
What should I talk about at this, gang? Hullo birds, hullo sky? The history of eco-fascism? The joys of freelancing, har har har? The problems with nature writing (but bear in mind we've only got a couple of hours)? Coffee photography?
rsmythfreelance.bsky.social
Now let's not leap to any rash/insane conclusions.
rsmythfreelance.bsky.social
Well nobody really wants to film the apocalypse on an indie budget, do they?
rsmythfreelance.bsky.social
Dreamt it was the end of the world and the hands of all the clocks started bending slowly outwards. Morning.
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theonion.com
Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/
Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back
rsmythfreelance.bsky.social
BOOK YOUR TICKETS FOR THIS NOW, NORTHERNERS! Who knows when they'll let me out in public again?
rsmythfreelance.bsky.social
Haha, yes, very much what I was going for.
rsmythfreelance.bsky.social
For the, for, for the artistic expression, John.
Excerpt from dialogue spoken by Lorne Guyland in Martin Amis's novel 'Money': "...culture, John.
A poet. A seeker. He has the world in his hands, women, money, success – but this man probes deeper. As an Englishman, John, you’ll understand what I’m saying. His Park Avenue home is a treasure-chest of art treasures. Sculpture. The old masters. Tapestries. Glassware. Rugs. Treasures from all over the world. He’s a professor of art someplace. He writes scholarly articles in the, in, in the scholarly magazines, John. He’s a brilliant part-time archaeologist. People call him up for art advice from all over the world."
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dollyjorgensen.bsky.social
It’s real!!
I just got my first copy of Ghosts Behind Glass and it is beautiful. You all really need to order your copies. You will not regret it. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Author holding copy of book Page with birds on left, text on right Double page spread with a photo of diorama Chapter 3 Cursed treasures on left, lion on right