Why not you? Please harness this opportunity. I was always a long form writer& wrote novels...NETFLIX & CHILL was the first short I ever wrote&it got shortlisted. Without it I don't think LOVE IN COLOUR would have existed. You just don't know till you try 4thestate.co.uk/4thwriteprize2…

Everyone was so mad because we’re “violent” and “play with our prey for fun” but now we’re being team players, and suddenly that’s also not good enough?

Q: Give me a nice analogy. A: The Earth is a ship on a cosmic sea. Every once in a while, we’re hit by a wave, and we know something went by. But now, for the first time, we can start to see the choppiness of the entire ocean, and we’re learning what else lives in our sea. 12/n

Q: How exciting is this, really? A: Hugely exciting! We’re using RADIATION JETS from DEAD STARS to detect RIPPLES IN SPACE from the COLLISIONS OF SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES ACROSS THE ENTIRE COSMOS. Honestly that’s just frickin’ awesome. 14/n

Literally everybody I've sent this column to responded with a variation of "What, wtf did I just read," so now I'm making y'all aware of it, too.

bookstore gf, record store bf

Holy crap. 1.5 years later and I finally happened: I have my carte vitale!

Guess who left 50€ worth of BRAND NEW skincare products in a hotel bathroom? Love it. So great. Thrilled with life.

That fight was hilarious. But then...you realize those white folks thought they could beat a Black man in broad daylight in front of people recording and nothing would happen to them. That part, is actually not funny at all.

He has accessed the orange cat energy, but not yet had his turn with the braincell.

I have spent years in the trenches of social media, battling all manner of MRA, inches, extremists. It is an art form to respond in ways that are effective. I'm here to tell you that Barbie Movie is the most powerful act of gender aikido that I have EVER seen on film. /1

Zag is so completely convinced that Lily will be his best friend. SO convinced.

Somebody just reminded me how much I hated the end of Atonement, so let me just repeat for everybody: Atonement is one of two books that can FILL me with rage, and it is a testament to the quality of the writing that I am still so mad about it so many years later.

Bid on a query package critique. Won a query package critique. Now have terrible anxiety about sending my query package for critique.

I was going to say "A full request" but if we're shooting for the moon? This year? An agent.

I'm convinced the "NEVER use an adverb" crowd ignores the fact that sometimes you write for rhythm and not for efficiency.

Headed over the rainbow a while ago and will be staying there. Keeping this open mostly to find people as they migrate since I'm using a different handle there.