Jonathan L. Howard's Blog, page 11

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Sun, 15:01 : RT @hi_robb: OMG - Killed to death! http://t.co/87uVc1XG Sun, 17:41 : Just getting ready for a desperate gun battle, west of Didcot. *Didcot*, for gods' sakes. My own #NaNoWriMo continues to baffle me. Sun, 18:17 : Yes, Scrivener, perhaps I *should* teach you that word. It is, after all, the protagonist's surname, and is likely to turn up now and again. Sun, 19:19 : Scrivener: "Hey! You broke 2k! Grats!" Me: "Yay!" NaNo: "No, you didn't. You suck." Me: "Arse." Mon, 10:34 : RT @xHelloSarahx: Rejected FP Christmas ad. She's just happy about sonic screwdrivers, right? #TheDevilMadeMeDoIt http://t.co/l1MTlrux

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Sat, 21:23 : Today's #NaNoWriMo work finished with the sentence, "Chippenham awaits in all its exotic glory." I think I'm going mad. Sat, 21:46 : RT @chakrabortty: Of course, in a parallel world, the BBC D-G would simply declare this to be "the most humble day of my life" and carry ... Sat, 22:19 : Someone whose work I greatly enjoy is turning out to be a bit of a reactionary arse on Twitter. It's like Orson Scott Card all over again. Sun, 10:27 : Dreamt I was chatting to James Coburn, which was nice. Woke up to remember he's dead, which isn't. Sun, 10:59 : For folk in the UK, you may wish to know that it's almost 11:00am. Sun, 11:21 : My dad was radio op in a Churchill tank. He was lucky & came home. A lot of his mates didn't. That's one of the things I think about today.

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Fri, 14:40 : RT @timmaughan: Microsoft patents spying on you with your TV's camera and fining you if there are too many people watching: http://t.co/ ... Fri, 16:05 : @KimeCurran I may write horrific fantasy, Kim, but I have my limits. @stubbleagent Fri, 16:43 : Bit of a blip in new folk following me. Hello, new folk, and welcome aboard. Fri, 17:04 : You didn't find me some data instantly, Internet. You have failed me for the last time (Presses button. Internet falls into piranha tank) Fri, 18:35 : While typing "boffins," I typoed it as "boffons." I demand that the next weird little particle physicists discover be named "the boffon." Fri, 22:10 : Robot dragonfly, built by CIA in '70s. http://t.co/EDjJOQS7 "Insectocopter" mixes Latin & Greek. Should be "Entomopter" as any fule kno... Fri, 22:43 : Bah, error in my last tweet, got the date wrong. Deletin' and repeatin'. Fri, 22:44 : The core @BBC account has tweeted once, in 2010. The next time it tweets will be to announce the entropic heat death of the universe. Sat, 09:49 : RT @generalising: To my great delight, the Law Commission have produced an annotated list of often-quoted "dumb laws": http://t.co/4UR0y5c2 Sat, 09:55 : RT @jamiesont: If you want to get a heads up on what the Zombie apocalypse will look like the Kardashians are at Westfield today.

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Thu, 13:42 : @Conojito Interesting to know that I'm not the only one who puts together virtual soundtracks. Thu, 14:41 : RT @celialarsen: win two YA sci-fi books in int'l giveaway featuring stories by @JonathanLHoward @ellendatlow @jasouders & @chrisH0W ... Thu, 14:57 : The George Oral #authorsexmoves Thu, 15:29 : Oh, I was going to mercilessly plug KATYA'S WORLD for its UK release this afternoon, wasn't I? http://t.co/Vy0Og0vv There you go. Done. Thu, 15:38 : Apparently that doesn't count as a proper plug. Okay. "Please buy KATYA'S WORLD. Then you can read it. People seem to like reading it." Yay. Thu, 15:44 : "David Cameron warns of gay witch-hunt." Hey, gay people, leave those witches alone. Unless he means a jolly witch-hunt. Still not cool. Thu, 19:18 : I'm struck by how similar some of the Republican rhetoric about the Obama victory is to what they said about FDR's, 72 years ago. Thu, 21:05 : This #NaNoWriMo is a bit grim. Kicked off thinking it would be a jolly jaunt but it's been all violence and madness and Slough. Thu, 21:07 : Is there an innocent explanation for this http://t.co/MNpd7GHe or are the Gates of Spamnation about to open? Fri, 10:44 : Backed The Parlour Trick "A Blessed Unrest" Kickstarter http://t.co/oKcW8Zly If Johannes Cabal is filmed, there's the music, right there. Fri, 11:15 : First it was voodoo zombies, then infected slow zombies, then infected fast zombies. Now it's fast "army ant" zombies: http://t.co/MSdVLJif Fri, 11:47 : RT @Chadbourn: Charles Darwin got 4000 write-in votes after Republican candidate called evolution 'lies straight from the pit of hell' h ... Fri, 12:14 : Just read that Vernon Kay is leaving BBC Radio 1 after 9 years. My licence money has been subsidising Vernon Kay for 9 bloody years? Fri, 12:20 : RT @Gollancz: "Mark Wahlberg to star in Transformers 4." In other exciting news there is a leaf on that bit of pavement over there.

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Wed, 16:52 : Goodbye, Clive Dunn. Wed, 17:50 : RT @JonathanHaynes: Best story EVER. Brian Cox banned from listening to planet because BBC feared aliens could breach editorial guidelin ... Wed, 19:33 : RT @BristolCouncil: Job vacancy: Assistant Pirate http://t.co/QShyP7Y3 #lovebristol #lovepirates Wed, 21:15 : RT @IngridJonach: I try not to get embroiled in politics, but this was too funny not to tweet! An open letter to republicans from Oz... ... Thu, 09:55 : Oh, UK, you didn't really think there'd be any escape for you, did you? Today is the UK release for KATYA'S WORLD http://t.co/Vy0Og0vv Thu, 09:57 : I shall be promoting KATYA'S WORLD very heavily today, i.e. I'll mention it once again this afternoon and then probably shut up. Thu, 10:33 : RT @RobotTradingCo: Colinthology from @WTPress - antho in memory of Colin Harvey - ebook now available at the Robot Trading Co: http://t ... Thu, 10:36 : I have a story in Colinthology, but you should get it anyway. It's dirt cheap, awesome, & proceeds go to charity : http://t.co/vpvMB10K Thu, 10:41 : In Ye Olde Dayes, you'd have to go to Bedlam to laugh at mad people. Conveniently, we now have the internet: http://t.co/6uHeBwLk Thu, 10:45 : I like that Phillips accuses Jarrett of being both an evil mastermind AND incompetent, like Blofeld with his mittens connected by string. Thu, 10:56 : Amazon wants me to review a book I bought through them. If I do, they'll delete my review because I'm an author. Go AWAY, Amazon.

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Tue, 12:46 : RT @Glinner: Dear Lord. RT @GingerElvis: Awful ad encroachment. From the Nuneaton News. http://t.co/lQsY3qe9 Tue, 13:01 : RT @Aiannucci: Romney's closing words: "Tomorrow is a new beginning.Tomorrow we begin a new tomorrow." I've just puked myself inside out. Tue, 16:40 : @cjschoon Many thanks, Christian! Always a nice feeling when a book finally escapes into the wild. Tue, 17:05 : I understand the queues at the polling stations in the US can be quite long. Take a book to read. Ideally something nice and new. Tue, 17:06 : In unrelated news, KATYA'S WORLD is published today in the US and Canada. http://t.co/SYdeFJPo Tue, 17:16 : It's a Russalka Chronicles kind of week. The first submission draft of the second novel KATYA'S WAR went to @strangechem at the weekend. Tue, 19:46 : RT @DMReporter: BREAKING: Donald Trump has stormed the White House with a small militia and has named himself ‘Patriot in Chief’. Detail ... Tue, 20:51 : Scrivener didn't recognise "pantechnicon," and is therefore completely rubbish. #UnreasonableCriticismIsUnreasonable Tue, 21:03 : Just destroyed half of Southend-on-Sea. It had it coming. #NaNoWriMo Wed, 03:08 : RT @GailSimone: I do have to admit, Paul Ryan has virtually CARRIED the lipless, angry, evasive, entitled creep vote. Wed, 09:18 : RT @TNeenan: Mitt Romney's truly moving concession speech: "0011101010101001110101 - POWER DOWN". #election2012 Wed, 09:25 : If you want to see a grown man rolling around on the floor having a temper tantrum, the @realDonaldTrump timeline provides such a spectacle. Wed, 10:11 : RT @westendproducer: What a triumphant day for American politics. Meanwhile over here in the UK...#dear #Election2012 http://t.co/IY5scDXq Wed, 10:22 : RT @badlydrawnboyo: I'm glad, absolutely. But these condescending 'Well done America' tweets are awful. The UK elected two fascists to t ... Wed, 10:56 : RT @JohnBirmingham: #Romneydeathrally as epic poem: http://t.co/Keyqg9tE Wed, 11:51 : I always seem to end up researching guns and trains for #NaNoWriMo -- currently stressing over how Slough Station was laid out in 1945.

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Mon, 16:48 : Glad to see @BristolCon has a proper writer as GoH next year instead of a hack like @garethlpowell (Light blue touchpaper, run like buggery) Mon, 20:00 : Protags are walking from Slough to Reading. For Reading read "Mordor." And for Slough read "Slough," which is just as bad. #NaNoWriMo Mon, 20:03 : I might as well get this in smartly before someone else does. "One does not simply... *walk* into Reading." There you go. You're welcome. Mon, 20:36 : @GailSimone VWORP! VWORP! (and then they just materialise) #NewWolverineClawSoundEffectSuggestions Mon, 20:55 : RT @Pallekenl: NR: Katya's World by @JonathanLHoward (published by @strangechem) http://t.co/8f3BbZui @ALRutter Mon, 21:43 : RT @PhilAthans: UNCONFIRMED RUMOR: After Acquiring LucasFilm, Disney Now Setting Its Sights On Hasbro? http://t.co/jZt9Dcjf via @po_st Tue, 00:19 : RT @DMReporter: COUNTDOWN TO DEMOCRACY: A tired and confused Mitt Romney urges population to vote for Obama during final speech before e ... Tue, 08:48 : Good morning, America. An important day for you, isn't it? Yes, that's right... KATYA'S WORLD is published today in North America. Yay! Tue, 08:49 : There's an election today, too? What's that about? You'd think they'd publicise these things. Tue, 09:51 : Finally deigned to look out of the window. Slightly perturbed to see frost. Mind you, they had a decent fall of snow in Bath the other day.

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Sun, 14:29 : Have just used the phrase "You can't just shanghai me into the rozzers!" in my #NaNoWriMo and it made me giggle. Sun, 17:46 : Always a nice feeling when I remember how to write dialogue across a paragraph break without having to look it up. Sun, 20:30 : RT @LocusChat: World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Awards: Alan Garner and George R.R. Martin. #wfc2012 Sun, 22:26 : RT @LFBarfe: The great Joe Melia has died - http://t.co/y3XLVnKJ - Love his line about the value of celebrity opinions. (via @Helzbels)

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Sat, 14:13 : RT @LawbsterSaid: Mitt Romney is what you get if you don't murder Batman's parents. Sat, 14:48 : RT @tvgardencity: It just gets worse for the BBC. http://t.co/nfdBdhgV Sat, 17:15 : Brain glitch meant I wrote "wet-behind-the-ears" as "wet-behind-the-eyes." While doubtless accurate, there's something unpleasant about it. Sat, 18:05 : Every #NaNoWriMo I end up researching obscure handguns. Even if I wrote a frothy romcom, everybody would be armed. Sat, 20:26 : Finally got around to watching "The Spirit." Like "Sin City," I loved the look of the thing, but Miller can't do whimsy to save his life. Sat, 22:15 : Holy timesink! Almost all of OMNI, free online. http://t.co/Ew0LrzVF I loved that magazine. Sat, 22:18 : Bought an early copy, maybe #2, in the old @ForbiddenPlanet in Denmark St in '79. Had to ask H.R. Giger to step aside so I could reach it.

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Fri, 14:49 : Another problem with writing a #NaNoWriMo period piece is casual racism. Hard to keep the tone right without appalling modern sensibilities. Fri, 15:10 : RT @CherylMorgan: New Blog Post: Bristol's Troll Bridge: http://t.co/0zBrpyqW Fri, 16:08 : Working on 2 novels simultaneously, near as dammit. Both are open. I'm going back & forth. My nose is running. I think it's cerebral fluid. Fri, 16:40 : RT @precious_shusky: On the blog: Review: Katya's World by @JonathanLHoward @strangechem http://t.co/pdfXCyu3 @YA Fri, 17:13 : In my #NaNoWriMo I'm planning to make Chippenham a sinkhole of depravity and lawlessness. Just because. Sat, 10:59 : RT @PhilipArdagh: Remember: some small children are frightened by fireworks. Another great way to frighten them is to tell gory ghost st ...