This is the moon at night. Not the sun during the day. Brilliant bright moon tonight!

I finished the first draft of my free novella, Woulfe: Dealer's Choice. I'm working to have it complete and available by Christmas, free to my newsletter subscribers. If you'd like the free novella when it comes out, join The Woulfe Pack for updates. timgallows.com/newsletter

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman is now on Netflix. I was quite pleased with the adaptation. Keep in mind, the book is 400 pages long. The movie is two hours long. Some changes needed to be made, but they kept the heart and emotion of the story.

So, Terminal List: Dark Wolf came out Wednesday, and tonight The Thursday Murder Club is out. It's like someone knows I write in both genres and wants to make me choose a favorite. I refuse. I will love each child equally.

I made some wonderful friends at #killernashville this year, and learned so much! I even got to wear my new rainbow shirts and got so many compliments. I'm so glad I went and can't wait until next year!

Just thinking today about the great Terence Stamp. His portrayal of Bernadette Bassenger in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert left behind a fierce and wonderful role model. A truly iconic and important performance.

Spy trivia: Anna Chapman didn’t use public Wi-Fi.

In NYC cafes, she’d sit back-to-back with a Russian handler. Their laptops created a hidden network, silently exchanging encrypted files—no cables, no trace.

Modern tradecraft at its coolest.

#Espionage #SpyTech #Tradecraft

A little bit of the writing I did this month from my action-adventure spy story. Some setup. Our spy is hiding out in a squathouse, but needs to help them with a greedy landlord trying to evict them. He's paid a utility worker, Koos, to keep cutting their power. Our spy needs to stop him.

This is Garth, one of the most important characters (according to him) in my upcoming book "Murder at the Bathhouse", an adult-themed gay cozy murder mystery, due out later this year. timcandleman.com/murder-at-th...

Here's a few words I wrote over the last week's vacation.

A scene from my upcoming Cozy Mystery novel.

Worked on a scene in an action/adventure book that's been running around in my head. Decided to create a little AI art to better visualize the scene, and thought I'd share it.

Adorbs.

I put together a Word Cloud for my second draft of my book. Here's Chapter 4. Shouldn't be any spoilers in it. Seeing a Word Cloud helps me see quickly if I am overusing a word (like "just", which is too frequent).

Some of my friends from other places have recently joined Bluesky. I'm welcoming you with this lovely picture from the University of Hawai'i West Oah'u.

Also, I want one of these.

Another decent month of writing, given the holidays and some travel. Up to 74915 words for my first draft now.

A snippet of some of my most recent words.