@Apocryphal_Book @peligrietzer An interesting take on the Arthurian mythos, which deals with place and who belongs there, as well as his familiar favourite subjects - and it gave us some interesting musings from Le Guin
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Max Hallam
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Max Hallam
@Max_Hallam
Writer, doctoral researcher, script reader
England Katılım Ekim 2012
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@peligrietzer Thoughts on The Buried Giant? It’s clearly the biggest departure from his trademark style and tone.
To answer your question, I think number 1 in this category is Vonnegut.
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Kazuo Ishiguro has to be one of the most respected 'easy' writers since the 19th century, no?
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@saintsoftness the ideal way to read a book is to take it in isolation and understand nothing of the context of its creation, it's what the author would have wanted (if we dare to assume the writer wants anything)
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As yes because otherwise we come to reading in a “natural” tabula rasa state influenced by zero material and social conditions, which we should definitely not think about in combination with formal qualities lest we become impure.
Philip Womack@WomackPhilip
I do, personally, think that the decline of English Lit has got a lot to do with it becoming, essentially, a branch of sociology. How to kill a book: read it through an -ism lens. Of course, sometimes it can be useful; but most of the time, it leaves a deadened feeling. Most
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@hottestsingles Am I right in thinking it’s still the same people at the helm?
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Unbound/Boundless owes me $15k+ on a book that in its first royalty reporting cycle had sold around 3k copies of its 5k copy print run
of which I have not seen a single penny. They also haven’t even reimbursed me for postage costs I incurred mailing out the arcs in the US
The Bookseller@thebookseller
Authors published by the crowdfunding publisher Unbound (@unboundsocials) will not receive historic royalty payments for sales of their books unless Boundless, the new publisher founded following Unbound going into administration, "survives and thrives" 👇 #Echobox=1748593064" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thebookseller.com/news/unbound-a…
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Apropos of this, what are your favorite systems novels that create their own worlds or architectures? “Novel” is optional, can be any literary form truly.
A.V. Marraccini@saintsoftness
I really want to visit the site of Uraniborg, dream trip for me. Also run my own palatial scholarly retreat with esoteric encoded gardens and systems-language architecture. Yes, there will be a cat. You’re all invited.
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@dionehwrites Hit the top 1% this time around with a script I thought wouldn't be their thing at all - the closest I've got so far. Onwards and upwards for both of us!
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For the second year running, I reached the second read round, placing me in the top 10.5%!
Not my year, but one day it will be ✨
Congrats to the chosen writers of 2025!
BBC Writers@bbcwritersroom
Did you submit a script to our latest Open Call which closed in December 2024? We're sending out updates via email to everyone who applied today so please check the inbox for the email address that you applied with. Also check junk/spam folders if you cannot find your email as sometimes our emails end up in there.
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@pechealamode @lagunabayfables I'll second The Marigold, and add Grey Dog by Elliott Gish!
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@lagunabayfables I also enjoyed The Marigold by Andrew F. Sullivan, Dehiscent by Ashley Deng, and Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling!
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weird (affectionate) books that have influenced me, you will always be loved
cassiopeia ☀️@lagunabayfables
i love books that are so unhinged that they encourage me to color outside the lines so to speak in my own writing. weird books, you will always be so loved by me.
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@SofiaAjram 'Roses' was excellent! There's so much to dig into there, untangling history and rumour. The spine of that anthology.
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Immensely grateful to have worked on books I’m so incredibly proud of this year, and so... 🫣 Here is a list of eligible works I have for various awards this year (Stoker, Aurora, Hugos, Shirley Jackson, etc.)
🥹 Please do let me know if you'd like a copy of anything!
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It's funny how much you look forward to announcing your first book and when the news finally hits there are no words to describe it. Being a writer without words is a surprisingly beautiful feeling.
You can read Van Helsing's Guide to Monsters and Dating next year!
CLASH Books@CLASHBooks
We've been working on this for a minute with @BenjaminCrew1 and are so excited to share we will publishing humor & horror illustration book: Van Helsing's Guide to Monsters & Dating! This book is so damn fun, cant wait for y'all to read it!
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@bshgarcia The Handmaid's Tale; Fight Club; Never Let Me Go. If it works, it works.
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Do people really hate first-person present in adult speculative fiction THAT much? I'm testing some scenes & trying to find the right voice for my upcoming project, and it feels right, but I've heard countless people vocalize how they are vehemently against it outside YA.
GIF
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@LarsHoel_writer You can't necessarily tell if someone is an amazing writer from the first ten pages, but you can usually tell if they're not an amazing writer from a single page.
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I realize literary agents are flooded with queries, yada yada. But can they really get a sense of the story from the first ten pages of the manuscript? The first five? My favorite agents are the ones asking for the first three chapters. #AmQuerying #TheLastRadioStation
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@MJHuntsgood @JECearlock Neither you nor Thea nor Tamsyn Muir invented blood magic. This is Sungate all over again! Plagiarism is abhorrent, but this... isn't it.
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@JohnTaloni @diabolicalplots Ditto - I wonder if it was the same person. Not a good look!
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@diabolicalplots Ah, that's funny. Funny because I got one of those just yesterday! And my response to the "editing services" part is "abso-fucking-lutely not."
Rejection is all part of the process and there are plenty of good editing services. They do not belong together.
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@HobbitHoleBooks @hannaford_jenny @jamediGwent 120k is the magical number going round right now! Partly paper, partly fewer editors, partly... I think the era of debut doorstoppers is just over (for now).
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@hannaford_jenny @jamediGwent Interesting. I wonder if this is an impact of the rising paper costs or just creative/editorial choices.
I'd always been told 150k is about average
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In The Rose Tower, Max Hallam delves into the world of cultists and lavish excess, and a piece of art that is not entirely of this realm. When you open the door to another world, be careful not to let something else step in…
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16 Tales of folk horror featuring authors from around the world! Live on Kickstarter!
kickstarter.com/projects/artof…
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@JennaDevillier NetGalley encourages you to dual-post to GR, though, with its option to do it automatically. Do you think that in itself is part of the problem?
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@Max_Hallam Goodreads is for readers, and the average reader doesn’t read a book until it’s released. If we’re talking ARCs, that’s what Edelweiss and NetGalley reviews, and blurbs are for
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I just really feel like Goodreads should seriously consider not allowing people to review a book that hasn’t been released yet. It wouldn’t solve every problem, but it would be a start.
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