Sally Skinner

Still reeling!

‘A plum stone on the side of the plate’. A spare, devastating finale. Rafe’s sorrow. Henry’s vanity. Mary’s disdain. That music. And Thomas’s prayer for forgiveness, from Wolsey, a masterstroke. Damien Lewis’s Henry, unsurpassed. Mark Rylance, everything. Thank you all. #WolfHall

@clhubes I haven’t seen it in a while but the song that has stuck with me is Anna’s ‘do the next right thing’ - quite helpful when I’m feeling overwhelmed with shit to do, but recently found out it’s also a cornerstone of AA!

@clhubes Even worse than the massive plot holes, IMO, are the B characters paired up with Elsa (lullaby fan) Anna (army dude) and Kristof (other reindeer stan) - they have approx half a line each and add NO THING to the story 🙃

@clhubes 💯

Why do I always forget, between writing sessions, that all it consists of is… writing? Put down a word. Put down another. You can fix the order later. Like Guy de M said ‘put back on white’ ✍️

Shall we watch Twin Peaks?

@BlackdenTrust @KarolinaSutton @4thEstateBooks Hurray!

New book by #AlanGarner will be published by @4thEstateBooks on 10th October 2024 @KarolinaSutton

@KatyaTaylor @HamishH1931 Late to the party! Just finished L’s trilogy and loved this review.

@occursus1 Dog-eared that page too!

“We do not have to conform to the way our life has been written for us, especially by those who are less imaginative than ourselves.” (Deborah Levy, Real Estate)

@aa_megh Just finished this yesterday - great review! ‘A deep breath of fresh air’ is just right. I described its beautifully expressed wisdom as being ‘like food’ to my OH.

@LouiseMBuckley Sounds amazing!

I've just taken on the most brilliant book (and author). He's not on social media so I can't loop him in, but it's a deeply Welsh literary 'folk horror', set in the Welsh valleys. It focuses on an older couple, together 50 years and the last in a long, long line of farmers

@NaomiWoodBooks Yes please!

I'm think of teaching a free 1hr short-story writing workshop - like a 101 of structure and shape (the hardest thing to do in the short form, imho). First, would you be interested? Second, pls RT! Probably early July.

@coopuk is the co-op membership card a scam or am I doing it wrong? The shop is full of discount labels but for my first two shops (both £60+) only £1 was deducted when I presented my card at the checkout 🫤

@AnnettGordonW @MeganDavis931 @LucyCavColl And you! Wish I was back there now instead of half-term juggling 😅

Thanks @AnnettGordonW it was lovely to meet you at Thursday’s award ceremony @LucyCavColl I’m so glad you’re enjoying The Messenger!

What’s happening? Just watching Riverdance and bawling my eyes out 😭

@latertuliia Did you love it? The 1990s adaptation on Netflix is a fun watch.

And it's a wrap.

Need more cinema in your life? My talented husband has produced Red Herring - a #documentary by the incredible Kit Vincent. Trailer and screening details (more soon) are here: bulldog-film.com/films/red-herr…

@latertuliia Think you’ll like it :)

What if I read The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim this April?

@latertuliia Fair enough! Feeling quite intimidated by it myself, but need some writing inspo on literary mysteries and narrative structure…

@salskins I'm thinking I should stick to shorter books. I'm not sure I can commit at the moment. It looks huge. 🥲

What do I read next? I want to read A. S. Byatt's Possession or Bolaño's 2666 but they look huge (as a result to the current events, my attention span is at 5.6 on a scale from 1 to 100 so no huge books for me at the moment).