Jon

Owned by cat.
Sometimes a writer. Some of my stories are here:
https://writingwibble.wordpress.com/

Favourite books:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/54547554-jon?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=favorites&view=table

Music I listen to a lot:
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW3HuEKviVLEjRe37a46-PcuehdRzC7s7

Yorkshire UK

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sloopjonb1960_at_writing.exchange@mostr.pub

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2023-10-06 19:03:46

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@npub1cz0…wk5s Cor. I hope it's useful!

2023-10-04 18:39:35

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@npub1cz0…wk5s Finally started reading Guesthouse, and liking the opening a lot. I can see at once your writing has improved no end since I last saw any!

2023-10-01 21:19:33

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@npub1cz0…wk5s Dunno how I managed to reply to myself ... put it down to a bad day. Dad died early this morning, and while it's mostly a release (fuck Alzheimer's) I'm not at my best.
I have exactly the same 'now get out of that' problem ... in real life as well as writing. Is Gwyn up Nupp a typo, or his name in the story? It'a actually quite a good name :)

2023-10-01 10:25:28

The version I had was a very long time ago ... I'm sure it's changed a lot!

2023-10-01 10:07:27

Yes, I would. Although I must say that based on the blurb, I'd want to read Guesthouse first.

2023-09-19 12:09:11

[Saruman] was himself so far fallen that he believed all others of the Council had each their deep and far-reaching policies for their own enhancement, to which all that they did must in some way refer.
"Concerning Gandalf, Saruman and the Shire" Unfinished Tales, JRR Tolkien.
How many Sarumans there are now.

2023-09-13 21:01:21

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@npub1cz0…wk5s I don't miss emptying the litter tray since I got a catflap :)

2023-09-13 17:48:25

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@npub1cz0…wk5s I see the Grauniad is still on its miserablist puritan kick. Tossers.

2023-09-10 21:16:55

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@npub1cz0…wk5s My father was a John, and so was his father, and I would have been one too, but Mother put her foot down, and Jonathan was the compromise. But it didn't work, because I decided I'd rather be a Jon anyway. But without the H.

2023-09-10 20:15:46

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@npub1cz0…wk5s That's a lot to live up to!
Um ... are Biblical characters fictional, because, if so, yes.

2023-09-04 20:03:52

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@npub1cz0…wk5s It was fight with shite software day today. Again.
But tonight was drink a glass of Rioja blanco and watch the quiz shows, so it balances.

2023-08-31 20:53:31

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@npub1cz0…wk5s The feed in the 🧵 site is even more full of irrelevance than the feed in the 🐦 site. Maybe there's not enough take-up.

2023-08-31 19:52:40

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@npub1cz0…wk5s I got an invite to Threads, and that looks like rubbish as well. Too many crap apps!

2023-08-31 19:51:10

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@npub1cz0…wk5s It's been quite a fast decline for Dad, and getting to the end now. Horrible disease.

2023-08-31 18:08:01

This afternoon I went on a Family Expotition, with sis, bro and a nibling, to see Father. It was a bit of a wash, as the old man (looking very frail) didn't deign to wake up at all. Personally I thought he was better off asleep. The home he is in now seems very nice and clean, but I hope his stay there will not be long now. Donate to the Alzheimer's Society, friends, and cherish all the moments you still have with those dear to you. They have a use-by date.

2023-08-27 17:07:22

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@npub1cz0…wk5s The little I've seen of it did not impress me. Certainly not enough to pay to watch it. I don't pay for any streaming services - I don't believe they are worth it. In fact I watch very little TV at all now. Books are so much better.

2023-08-26 21:20:38

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@npub1cz0…wk5s I was very sad to see Mary go, but as Ben Willbond remarked, Ted Lasso paid a lot better.
We do get one more series 😀

2023-08-26 20:55:57

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@npub1cz0…wk5s Is there ever a weekend with anything to watch on normal TV? (I binge watched series 2 of US Ghosts on iPlayer - not as good as UK Ghosts, but quite amusing).

2023-08-26 19:47:19

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@npub1cz0…wk5s First job, always.

2023-08-21 20:47:33

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@npub1cz0…wk5s Joanna Arman's bio, Warrior Queen, gets good reviews. I haven't read it myself, but I'm putting it on the TBR pile.

2023-08-17 20:10:11

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@npub1cz0…wk5s We're getting an influx on Saturday for the Rushcart Festival, which I had completely forgot ... and now I have to struggle through the throng to go and get my presciption 😧

2023-08-17 17:35:47

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@npub1cz0…wk5s That looks gorgeous ... and not too crowded!

2023-08-05 13:23:18

The MC of the book I just read cusses *all* the time. Now, I don't mind swearies as such, but if your character swears in every other sentence, then you've got nowhere to go when you want to indicate the character is *really* up to high doh. It's called an 'F-bomb' for a reason. Let it off sparingly.
#writing #writerscraft

2023-07-29 11:40:32

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@npub1cz0…wk5s Was the idea for book 2 to do with the Second Coming, perhaps? The real problem with S2 is that it just isn't very funny. There was one bit where everyone spoke as if they were in a Jane Austen novel, which was amusing, but otherwise not a lot of laughs.

2023-07-29 10:42:23

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@npub1cz0…wk5s I think teasing all the shippers with a kiss and then not following through is going to seriously annoy them. Especially if there never is a third series. Aziraphale choosing ambition was very out of character. I think GO was a one shot thing, and shouldn't have been revisited. That world isn't interesting enough to carry more stories.

2023-07-29 10:05:45

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@npub1cz0…wk5s The ending has Crowley finally realise he loves Aziraphale, and he says so and gives him a big kiss. But Aziraphale has been offered the job of replacing Gabriel as top angel. And after some dither he takes it, and goes back to heaven leaving Crowley behind. Obvious set up for a 3rd series, but meanwhile leaving all the fans royally pissed off.

2023-07-29 08:50:50

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@npub1cz0…wk5s You can get a week's trial of Prime for 99p - that's what I did. Don't forget to cancel after a week though. The main plot was dreadfully weak and not very funny, and Tennant hams it up all over the place. The flashbacks were slightly better, but still not very good. The only member of the Tennant family who didn't appear was Georgia. And the ending is going to annoy a LOT of people.

2023-07-28 22:03:25

@npub1cz0…wk5s ... you were right about Good Omens 2. It was crap.