Author of SOCKPUPPET among others. Has a beard now. Not on here much while working on a thing. Even less so now since it went musky. Agent @taffyagent @CBGBooks
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ME, WRITING A FIRST DRAFT: yay, I added 2,000 words today
ME, WRITING A SECOND DRAFT: yay I dropped 2,000 words today
#amwriting
And why, pray tell, do I briefly appear behind David Mitchell's and Lara Ricote's shoulders in this clip, wearing a suit? That would be telling.
"Mitchell And Webb Are Not Helping", a new sketch show featuring @arobertwebb, @5teviem, @kfRedhot, @lararicote, Krystal Evans and me, starts NEXT MONTH on @Channel4! Here's a little taster to get you in the holiday mood.
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@mobal Iβm messaging you because the CAPTCHA on your βcontact usβ page seems to be broken. I arrived in Japan today and the data&voice eSIM you sold me isnβt connecting to data. Please could you help me fix this asap as I am currently without connectivity? Thank you.
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Could not agree more. I churned out a pile of crappy pages taller than @richardosman before I wrote a publishable one. Maybe everyone has a good novel in them but itβs usually buried under 3 or 4 terrible ones. And unfortunately you have to get those ones out first.
@VictoriaCoren @OnlyConnectQuiz I guess youβve seen todays @guardian cryptic? 11d to 27ac especially pleasing.
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This oneβs been a long haul but I just hit save on a complete first draft. The story has ended - OR HAS IT? Properly excited about this one; though it needs a serious kicking in the edit.
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File under βOn The Noseβ theguardian.com/technology/2β¦
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Tbh I have more in common with the political and media classes but I still stand with the striking workers. We need solidarity not false dividing lines and for once I think the majority of people are getting that.
Always remember you have far more in common with striking nurses, railway workers, and postal workers than with the political and media classes telling you those people are your enemy.
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These great man-babies who worship the free market until it does something they donβt like; at which point free speech is under attack.
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π€ Name recognition alone should give Johnson a much higher advantage. Plus this poll shows that 25% of his former voters think heβd do a bad job. This poll proves the OPPOSITE of a mandate. People - especially politicians - need to be better at reading data.
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For no particular reason I choose this morning to re-boost my 2016 novel about the bad things that happen when a narcissistic tech entrepreneur buys out a social network. ft.com/content/d7fcc2de-219eβ¦
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Wondering how long itβll be before I see the first use of βCarolingianβ in a mainstream news source
Itβs nice, isnβt it, to hear from someone who categorically does NOT have an axe to grind?
βBrexit is working and naysayers have axes to grind, claims David Frostβ theguardian.com/politics/202β¦
An AI bot appears to have become sentient. Shenanigans ensue. The plot of my novel Sockpuppet. Also apparently actual reality now. theguardian.com/technology/2β¦
When are we allowed to stop saying, βWhen are we allowed to stop saying, βHappy New Year!β?β