#Published

A new online service launched this wk and its already taking business from Amazon - and I'm really torn. Whilst I support its stance to support independent bookshops, those same
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Y'know what, I don't want to call anyone out here, but stuff like this really gets on my nerves.You can enjoy writing AND want to get published. There's no shame
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A few thoughts on nominations. In 2017 I received my first nomination, for the Pushcart Prize, from wonderful @riggwelterpress Since then I've been nominated a few times for awards like
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The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (Geneva Convention) was signed on this day in 1951, recognising the need to protect refugees in the wake of WW2 and the
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A new writer asked me questions abt publishing. I am sharing my responses here, in a series of threaded tweets.Here is the 1st question: .HOW IMPORTANT IS A SOCIAL MEDIA
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WORLDBUILDING THREAD, but first my credentials bc why not:I'm a published novelist (fantasy) and a member of the neo-pro Codex writer's group, thanks to which (along with con-going) I also
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How science works:Observations are made.A hypothesis is generated.Experiments are performed to test (try to disprove) the hypothesis.This cycle is repeated many many times until the experiments are unable to disprove
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Tim has asked "who was Clarissa Frances Miles"? An elusive character, that's who... I'm actually delving further into her life at this very moment for something (so watch this space,
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Watching Science and technology committee live. MPs’ questions show that they really struggle to understand data, modelling and COVID. Whitty and Vallance are very patient and clear in what they
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Folks, I'm dying. What. A. Joke.First. *Gestures at Appalachia* We have tons of European descendants living in perpetual poverty. But do go on.Second. Almost nothing within this piece is referenced.
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I will have more to say about this story after considering my legal options. For now, a few points...https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/dhs-compiled-intelligence-reports-on-journalists-who-published-leaked-documents/2020/07/30
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OK, the self-publishing discussion has come up on here and a few other places (goddammit instagram) so here's my general OPINION in a thread because I am cranky and over
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*A story of comparisonitis and a plea for help*When I got offered my book deal last year I was OVER THE MOON. Brilliant editor, big-five publisher, lovely agent. Dream, dream,
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I'm kind of surprised at all the criticism that that PNAS paper on income and happiness has been getting. Here are some responses to the criticisms I've seen. After an
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Sometimes I ask myself what I'm so afraid of. And I realize it's failure: not living up to my potential, disappointing those who believed in me, confirming those who never
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A good dictionary (whether Korean-Korean or Korean-your_language) will indicate word structure and show compound tensing. In this example, the 빱 in brackets and the "q" in the romanization both show
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