Jonathan L. Howard's Blog, page 14

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Sun, 12:16 : RT @chrisf91: Just saw Grant Shapps described as a CyberSpiv. That's my new favourite term. #bbcsp Sun, 17:42 : I love this picture: http://t.co/qvfZWq2j Surreally plucky, plus books. (via @RealTimeWWII ) Mon, 10:02 : RT @saliltripathi: What Taliban is afraid of: http://t.co/EqoEWDs1 Mon, 11:40 : RT @strangechem: Read an extract from KATYA'S WORLD by @JonathanLHoward! http://t.co/XmceL1Hp Mon, 11:41 : RT @strangechem: Speaking of Katya's World, we've received final copies into the office :-) Shiny! http://t.co/DL4TbHaS Mon, 11:48 : I really fancy a "Dalek's Death Ray." Unhappily, they haven't been making them since 1977/78. http://t.co/3UR4DHEs Lovely wrappers.

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Fri, 13:20 : RT @kwjeter: Doing me a favor if you retweet: My sf novel MADLANDS, free for the Kindle, today through Sunday http://t.co/6jn9HC6O #eboo ... Fri, 13:22 : The Kindle edition of MADLANDS by the excellent @kwjeter is also available at Amazon UK, free for the moment. Fri, 16:23 : Running out of business cards & will be ordering more. VistaPrint will think, "Hey, those 100s & 100s of emails we sent him worked!" Fri, 16:24 : Don't get me wrong, VistaPrint, you've provided a good service, but, guys, I don't need emails every damn day telling me how great you are. Fri, 16:29 : I should be feeling pretty laid back about the @waterstones262 Q&A panel at 18:30, but I'm nervous. Twitch. Twitchtwitch. Fri, 16:45 : RT @Alek_Cristea: Review of KATYA'S WORLD by @JonathanLHoward. Awesome YA science-fiction! http://t.co/DQIij9Qm @strangechem #sff Fri, 16:49 : And here, in the interests of balance, is a less complimentary review. Yer pays yer money and yer takes yer choice. Fri, 16:49 : RT @adkwriter15: ARC Review: "Katya's World" by Jonathan L. Howard http://t.co/WCkaBymV Fri, 21:19 : @timmaughan Made my train with 20 seconds to spare :-O Knackered much? Oh, yes. See you next Saturday. Fri, 21:38 : RT @garethlpowell: Waterstone's Panel photo - http://t.co/QeOnS1J4 (with @timmaughan @Waterstones262 @EmApocalyptic @JonathanLHoward)

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Thu, 15:38 : Organised religion continues to cover itself in glory: http://t.co/Vfnr6goV Thu, 16:48 : RT @kindleaholic: Review: Katya's World by @JonathanLHoward @strangechem - sci fi, action, subs!, no romance. Loved it. http://t.co/CYBtqwHl Thu, 17:48 : @dcwomenkicknass Random thought. I want to see Batwoman vs The Riddler. "Riddle me this! When is a... ARGH! STOP! YOU BROKE MY RIBS!" Fri, 00:12 : I like this picture. It makes me smile. http://t.co/dTD5cQP1 That is all. Going to sleep now. Good night.

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Wed, 15:21 : Subject line of a mail shot from Lulu(dot)com: "Share your memories. For a limited time..." I'm scared now. Wed, 15:36 : RT @jonsnowC4: Is this a record? I have just received my family's tickets for the Paralympic Opening Ceremony (29th August): Special Del ... Wed, 17:01 : Amazon have a new author ranking thing, you say? Lead on! I must crush my ego forthwith! Wed, 17:03 : Disappointing -- my ego only ended up mildly bruised. I briefly got into the top 1000 SFF writers, which is a win as far as I'm concerned. Wed, 19:54 : RT @KimKierkegaard: I’m amazed by how much time & effort you guys put into you incredible Tumblr pages, as tho you were unaware of y ... Thu, 09:47 : Four disreputable characters will be loitering in @Waterstones262 tomorrow evening, one of whom is me: http://t.co/jCpQumD0 Thu, 11:00 : @AnneLyle Doing Nano this year? Thu, 11:02 : RT @DMReporter: BUSINESS: BAE merger abandoned after it emerged the weapons giant could have conflict of interest over forthcoming war w ...

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Tue, 12:59 : Tories announce �10 billion in welfare cuts while protecting the rich. Now they're allowing greater force to protect property. Coincidence? Tue, 13:31 : Yesterday: "Are your children giving you attitude? Execute them." http://t.co/AhfzLAfA Today, this: http://t.co/8HSRzbpi (via @NaomiMc ) Tue, 15:02 : On a train. Loads of seats occupied by bags, overhead racks empty. Inconsiderate bastards. Tue, 15:17 : Walked past a church converted to residences called St Peter's Place. "Hey," says St Peter. "Welcome to my crib." Tue, 17:09 : As an atheist, I hear, "Well, if you have no faith, you have no morality" a lot. Tue, 17:09 : Yeah, faith's doing a slap-up job for the morality of Charlie Fuqua, those nuns, and the Taliban. Tue, 17:34 : Can't remember if I RTed the Sci-Fi-London review of "The Fear Institute" or not. Here it is, anyway: http://t.co/6SYmUnIE </ul

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Mon, 14:32 : RT @KimKierkegaard: Magic Mountain fun today!! Kanye laughing & me crying! The whole of existence frightens me. Mon, 20:07 : Ye gods and little fish. http://t.co/AhfzLAfA GOP endorses candidate who says parents should have a right to kill "rebellious children." Mon, 20:51 : @julie_cohen Julie @MarkMorris10 You! You brought me to this! I just hope you're happy... http://t.co/J4hqoWQW

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Sun, 19:12 : Filling in a form. A long, long form. Taking longer than a tax return. I think you can guess how much I'm enjoying this. Sun, 20:15 : I like to pretend William S. Burroughs was my grandfather. http://t.co/hNf0N8pp Sun, 22:40 : RT @PlioceneBloke: Producer not invent yet, or fix. So just make pointless decision by self for now. Mon, 09:21 : Who the hell thinks, "You know what would really make this cocktail great? Liquid nitrogen." Arrant stupidity. http://t.co/tICVqbPW Mon, 09:26 : I saw an exhibition of Rothko's works years ago at the Liverpool Tate. The only impact they had upon me was, "They're quite big, really." Mon, 10:29 : Oh, seriously? After tweeting about that liquid nitrogen cocktail idiocy, I'm now being followed by a cocktail site. Nice work, bot.

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Fri, 12:47 : So, here I am, bimbling along, doing stuff. Suddenly remember I promised to have a particular thing done by today. Ffffffffffffffffffuuu... Fri, 14:17 : RT @scaryduck: Can't help thinking that James Bond Day has got too commercialised this year. The shops had their decorations up months a ... Sat, 10:42 : RT @Whoooligan: The Young Doctors... http://t.co/0yWpzEik Sat, 11:35 : Found an opening line for an unwritten novel in my notes. It's a lovely line, but it makes an abstruse reference to pigeons. No idea why.

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Thu, 14:59 : RT @brainpicker: This is excellent – animated "who's-killing-who viewer's guide" to the "land called Israel/Palestine/Canaan/the Levant" ... Thu, 17:59 : RT @RobertWRossEsq: Another of Lon Jr. and Moose ~ because they're so lovely. This on the set of 'The Mummy's Tomb'. #HalloweenCountdown ... Thu, 21:15 : Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. From the current issue of Fortean Times. http://t.co/ob3zimNZ Fri, 09:52 : RT @death_stairs: @ThePoke Take your pick - I got all of these into my local paper. #PokeAdverts http://t.co/wNvR0Yfm Fri, 09:59 : #ff @EmApocalyptic @timmaughan @garethlpowell - next Friday evening we will be on a panel together and book signing at @Waterstones262 Fri, 10:08 : "We're local authors, for local people..." http://t.co/VunbaoVQ (Via @garethlpowell ) Fri, 11:33 : RT @GreySkyThinking: Remember, its OK to be you. Not great, but OK. Fri, 11:47 : True fact. "James Bond" was not Fleming's first choice for his spy's name. It was so nearly, "The name's Maltravers. Peregrine Maltravers." Fri, 11:56 : RT @EugeneByrne: The heartless, savage, idiocy of "rolling news" in a nutshell. http://t.co/n1hB5KaC

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Wed, 13:44 : RT @WordofMouthBris: Science fiction special tonight at The Thunderbolt with Gareth L Powell and Tim Maughan. 8pm. Free Entry http://t.c ... Wed, 14:05 : RT @doubleshiny: Homosexuality will lead to a duck revolution, says Jasmine, 14 from Scargill http://t.co/ChV7zeEw Wed, 17:39 : @timmaughan Still haven't read your Arc story. Viewer doesn't want to work no matter what I do with it. Wed, 23:34 : RT @BellJarred: I cut up an e-mail about software licensing and turned it into a poem about Larry, who likes a lady called June. Hi. htt ...