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~Reader, writer, occasional thinker // multi-award-losing author // rep: Harry Illingworth @harryillingworth.bsky.social

If anything good comes out of AI trying to ruin trad, please let it be that imprints stop feverishly fighting over books based on pitch, sample, and FOMO hype trains So many crappy, badly executed books (incl AI ones) sound good as a slick pitch. The reality of them is very different.

Binface is effective against Farage precisely because he is humorous. Humor is one of the best weapons we have against hate.

Delighted to see how furious Reform voters are that a "joke" candidate like the Count is being taken seriously. Maybe now they'll have a sense for how exasperated we feel that *their* joke candidate, Farage, is constantly in the news and on Question Time, despite being a political sideshow.

Hello friends! I'm taking a very rare trip across the pond to Washington DC this summer as one of the guest authors at National Book Festival. This event is hosted by the Library of Congress and will have lots to do or see! eaters #washingtondc

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I started out by cutting 7k from this novel in edits. Went down to a nice trim 107k. Since then I've added 10k back in (total of 117) and there's still a fair bit to go 😹 i think it's very likely that I'll close out at 125k which is nearly unheard of for me ☠️

DEAD WEIGHT is reviewed in Locus Magazine! 😱 "We know something awful, horrific and bloody is going to happen. The best authors are able to sustain that tension, to keep that penny teetering for a prolonged period until it abruptly falls, leaving us breathless. Knútsdóttir is that sort of writer."

Issue 786 Table of Contents, July 2026 - Locus

The July 2026 Locus magazine, issue #786, has interviews with Naomi Kritzer and Temi Oh. The issue includes the 2026 Locus Poll results. Jane Yolen (1939-2026) is remembered with an obituary and appre...

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Finished the audiobook for THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION yesterday morning, and I'm devastated that it's over. Someone please wipe my memory so i can read it all over again for the first time 🥲😭😭

I found a 1960s mini mod dress for £30(!) on Vinted to wear after the ceremony. The seller said it was hers in 1968, and that "unfortunately the marriage didn't last, but I always loved the dress." Then she showed me her wedding photo with her ex cut out, and I am living for this level of petty 😆

Black and white photo of a caucasian woman in a 196ps bridal mini dress. Ex husband has beenc hopped out with scissors Full colour picture of the op in the same dress