Happy birthday to my beautiful book THE WORLDS OF J.R.R. TOLKIEN – exactly a tenth my age today!
● "Irresistible … a beautiful book" – The Times
● "Fascinating, gorgeously illustrated and thought-provoking … An exceptional guide to Middle-earth … Masterful" – Washington Post
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The guy who invented being a jester:
Also if you have a podcast or a website or a blog or a small group of friends, I am available to be annoying to an audience.
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This is great.
John Garth
Gareth Hanrahan
Gareth Hanrahan
Alasdair Beckett-King
Obviously I would say this, but: this is a cracking speculative fiction game, and a cracking *GMless* game, and a cracking adaptation. And it's got pangolins in it.
Take a look!
Orbit are doing a (US-only, alas) giveaway of a bunch of DUNGEON BOOKs on Kindle, if you are (a) in the US (b) in possession of a kindle or compatible (c) interested in the tale of a poor child abandoned in a dungeon only to be raised by goblins and other denizens.
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“I mean, your society’s broken… Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.”
—Iain Banks died #OTD, 9 June, 2013
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"how do I get good at [painting]?" you may ask?
You work at it. For years. And quietly, without noticing it, you get better and better.
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Iain Banks died last Sunday, just before the publication of his final novel The Quarry. Last month he talked to Stuart Kelly about writing, politics and all the things still left to do . . .
I went from reading a few books a year to around one a week. I wanted to write down how I got there, how it involved rethinking my relationship to attention, and why I believe reading books can heal your brain. I hope this gives you something useful! johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/how-i-lear...
"how do I get good at poetry?" you may ask? You work at it. For years. And quietly, without noticing it, you get better and better.
Jay Hulme
Ever wondered how a Pangolin says hello? Time to find out! The Children of Time: RPG open beta playtest is now available. Just follow the campaign to download it for free. bit.ly/4okQtDw
Rowan Rook and Decard
Actually, this illustrates something useful:
2010 - first regular writing practice
2016 - first feedback + regular edits
2018 - first publication
2020 - first competition win
2022 - first pamphlet
2026 - first collection
Getting good at this stuff takes SO MUCH time.
Kym Deyn
just had the realisation that I started writing poetry regularly in 2010. so it's been SIXTEEN YEARS. good fucking lord.
