What the heck? It's raining.

I can pull a more celebratory face, but this seems more like the one I would have pulled if someone had told me six months ago that I would hit this milestone.

After spending 2 weeks on a road trip to southern Sweden and back, I can say with great confidence that Denmark is a criminally under-rated country (by Brits). Beautiful coastline, clean seas, friendly people. I expected that from Sweden, and got it, but Denmark was a wonderful surprise.

Georgie Baker just finished running from London to Istanbul in 100 days in aid of the Blue Marine Foundation and her fundraiser is falling short. It was an incredible journey and she documented every step on TikTok with humility and humour. It deserved more support! givestar.io/gs/london-to...

It's the last day where you can pick up your summer holiday reading obsession (mine is Dungeon Crawler Carl) for only 99p on Kindle. Who knows when Amazon will discount it again!? #booksky mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

Jay Neill - Author@jayneill.com · 4w ago

🚇London Underground as a sanctuary for mythical beasts? 👩‍⚕A nurse desperate for work risks a very unusual Harley St practice? 🩻 Some very curious physiologies? The series starter for the urban fantasy The LineFolk Of London is only 99p on Kindle all month. mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

Only four days left to pick up the Amazon best seller for only 99p! It's a London that you always suspected was there... mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

Jay Neill - Author@jayneill.com · 4w ago

🚇London Underground as a sanctuary for mythical beasts? 👩‍⚕A nurse desperate for work risks a very unusual Harley St practice? 🩻 Some very curious physiologies? The series starter for the urban fantasy The LineFolk Of London is only 99p on Kindle all month. mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

July is flying by and when it's over Curious Physiologies will be back up to £1.99, so get in while you can. mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

Jay Neill - Author@jayneill.com · 4w ago

🚇Mythical beasts hiding in plain sight, trapped by the London Tube lines 👩‍⚕A nurse who discovers some curious physiologies 🩻A mysterious death that isn't a murder...or is it? The series starter for urban fantasy The LineFolk Of London is only 99p on Kindle all month. mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

Today I have mostly cleaned out a campervan, slept, and watched tennis. That is all.

From my few legacy visits back to LinkedIn, I can already see that it's regressed into a puddle of mindless business waffle. And this sort of thing will be the final nail in its coffin. AI kills everything creative that it touches.

Rest of World@restofworld.org · 4w ago

For $7 an hour, virtual assistants in the Philippines are using AI to write LinkedIn posts and comments on behalf of Western executives, fueling a "thought leadership" content mill https://restofworld.org/2026/virtual-assistant-linkedin-engagement/?utm_campaign=row-social

I consider myself, and assume I am, neurotypical, yet I am totally onboard with avoiding the bad spoon in the drawer.

Kurrikage 🔜 BLFC@kurrikage.me · 4w ago

Being neurodivergent is avoiding the bad spoon in the cutlery drawer until there's no other option.

I've loved finding out more about the folklore of the islands I live on while writing my books. Fabulous beasts. Funny beasts. Terrifying beasts. Nothing prepared me for this one... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuckela...

Nuckelavee - Wikipedia

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If you like your fantasy and scifi spice-free then a) you'll like my books. I draw the line as just one step past 'cute' 😘 b) take a look at all these free promos - All slaying, no laying! bf.jayneill.com/slaynotlay/t...

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🚇Mythical beasts hiding in plain sight, trapped by the London Tube lines 👩‍⚕A nurse who discovers some curious physiologies 🩻A mysterious death that isn't a murder...or is it? The series starter for urban fantasy The LineFolk Of London is only 99p on Kindle all month. mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

Every day I become more astonished at the number of indie authors who are prepared to pollute their timeline with AI slop images and videos. Yes, you can't avoid GenAI completely - it's baked into so many of the tools we use, but please, for the love of human creativity, think before you post it!

🚇London Underground as a sanctuary for mythical beasts? 👩‍⚕A nurse desperate for work risks a very unusual Harley St practice? 🩻 Some very curious physiologies? The series starter for the urban fantasy The LineFolk Of London is only 99p on Kindle all month. mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

There was a comic store in Kingston near where I grew up. It also sold miniatures. Every week I would go in and ask if they had the Judge Death figure in stock. Every week they would say no. I never got a Judge Death figure. I just remembered after 40 years and have a new retirement quest unlocked.

If you like your fantasy and scifi spice-free then a) you'll like my books. I draw the line as just one step past 'cute' 😘 b) take a look at all these free promos - All slaying, no laying! bf.jayneill.com/slaynotlay/t...

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It's on a Kindle deal for the entire month of July! ✔ London urban fantasy ✔ Mythical beasts living as human ✔ Acclaimed world-building ✔ Characters to fall in love with Start your new urban fantasy series obsession for only 99p! mybook.to/curiousphysiologies

The holiday home we're staying in is next door to a static caravan. There is a relatively new BMW parked next to it. Grass has grown around it and it's almost invisible. Someone has totally died in that caravan and no one's noticed. Right?

IMHO special editions should be truly special, so I'm wary of creating them in a cash-strapped way. Which leads me to Kickstarter as an option to fund them (or at least take away the financial risk of making them epic). For some reason that feels scary.

That's it. I give up. It's too hot to write (although not too hot to post on BlueSky)

It may be hot today, but not like those long, hot summers we remember from our childhood. Those summers that lasted forever. Those summers that probably never existed. But the memory got stuck in Endland—a mirror version of England packed with our lost recollections. mybook.to/terminusofallthings

The Terminus Of All Things: A mind-bending urban portal fantasy adventure

Amazon.com: The Terminus Of All Things: A mind-bending urban portal fantasy adventure eBook : Neill, Jay: Kindle Store

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Yes, it's UK only, yes it's Kindle only, no you probably don't eagerly scour the Celtic, English, Welsh mythology charts. But it's my little Everest, and now I can climb the next one.

Every so often I dip back into LinkedIn to check up on old friends, or do a bit of self promo. It's degenerated into an AI slop fest. Post after post of vacuous nonsense written by a machine. How anyone thinks it's helping them to stand out, I do not know!

Why, in an article entirely about Andy Burnham and Keir Starmer, are there not one, but two, photos of the defeated Reform candidate from Makerfield, and one of Farage? Even the bloody picture sub is obsessed with Reform. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Talk of Starmer staying on to fight is fading fast

After Andy Burnham’s by-election victory, support for the prime minister is evaporating, writes Laura Kuenssberg.

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A very simple reason why I’m not interested in incorporating this software into my work. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good

Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.

nature.com

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Coffee emergency. Youngest put beans into the grounds hopper in the Delonghi and my 'fix' introduced an air lock into the water pump. Cafeine levels approaching critically low.

I had a lovely time last night speaking to an online writers' group about my experiences as an (almost) successful indie author. I know these events are technically for the attendees to learn, but I always find that telling my story helps me to process what I'm doing as well. It's a win win!

I generally don't mind writing being a solitary pursuit, but when you hit a block (or decide that you current WIP is rubbish) then it helps to have a partner who is happy to listen to your rubbish plot idea...and then casually toss out a suggestion that is 100 times better!