Michael Jecks Author

Oh ... I thought it was only me who was so popular!

Enjoy the lack of spammers! I get the damn things all the time!

Today another type of #scam People claiming to be famous authors. How to test? Look at their feed. Clues: opened the account 10/12/14 days ago. Multiple posts on day 1, reposts since. Why would a famous author follow you? #IDtheft #fraud #avoid

What's odd is, the wording is EXACTLY the same as a number of other "women" who have written over the last weeks. All pretty, creative, dress designers, born in Italy or Paris, all living in LA now, allegedly. All scams. #scams #IDtheft #avoid.

Okay - scammers. This morning I got: "I hope my message didn't bother you. It's interesting that you always appear in my friend recommendation list. I'm curious, do we know each other?" on facebook. Pretty woman, polite. What's odd? #scams #IDtheft #avoid

Book on a mossy rock with some green leaves. Book title - The Ghost of Blaubart Mansion. The cover features a young woman approaching an ominious-looking house.

Book on a mossy rock next to a little gray dog that is looking up. Book title - The Ghost of Blaubart Mansion. The cover features a young woman approaching an ominious-looking house.

OUT TODAY - THE GHOSTS OF BLAUBART MANSION!

Thanks to @cemeterygatesmedia.bsky.social and cover artist @lukespoonerartist.bsky.social!

When you have a little Bernese Mountain Dog resting beside you, and then stretching, you often find that suddenly your chair has moved a few inches. It doesn't make writing any easier!

Bloody right! I'll avoid fraying my ears too!

Yeah, that was my thought as I started looking round the house at all the lithium batteries. Including my hearing aids!

YouTube video by NileRed Lithium is dangerous

I found this fascinating - there are dangerous things in every home!
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Data vs. Doubt: Danish Scientist Responds to U.S. HHS Secretary Critique of Aluminum Vaccine Study Anders Hviid, August 3, 2025, Copenhagen In his opinion piece published August 1, 2025, on Trialsite News, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services raises a number of methodol...

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Walk by the river

Glorious shadows under the trees

And the sun stayed out!

Water and stones. That would make a good painting when I get some time!

Just back from a lovely walk. Not too hot, so easy walking by the river as usual. Only difference being, I had to pick up four dog poos. Not my dogs, other selfish arses who don't bother to clear up. Then the blasted hound rolled in something vile. She's in disgrace after a cold shower!

“She wasn’t stolen. She was preyed upon”

She was 16 years old.

Cover of FIELDS OF GLORY

Celebrations for Boldwood's 6th anniversary!

Sales for FIELDS OF GLORY have been staggering. The #vintaine series is doing really well. Today is the 6th anniversary of @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social and in that time they've sold ... 39,000,000 copies of books! That is incredible. Well done to the whole team!

Just now working on ideas for a podcast, then back to the latest book, mixed with a little Patreon post for all those interested, then a newsletter for next week, and also harvesting some courgettes, beans, rocket, tomatoes and lettuces. And then back to the book again.

Ugh. Had email issues this week, so deleted Airmail from my phone. Now trying to set it up again - Why is it so BLOODY hard to get the damn things to work? 3 email accounts, and only one wants to oblige. Think I'll be without a phone email service for a while.

You can always come again!

Friends

More friends!

A lovely looking section of river

The Magdalen bridge

It was a long drive to Oxford, but worth it to see old friends!

Old colleges are very appealing

View of dreaming spires

Another view

Horrible place to have to study!

Lovely day at Oxford with friends. Gorgeous views from the top of St Hilda’s.

Pittsburgh wipes out $58M in medical debt for more than 43,000 residents Pittsburgh partnered with the nonprofit group Undue Medical Debt to erase $58 million of past due bills for more than 43,000 people.

Well this is cool. The city of Pittsburgh used extra pandemic funds to buy Pittsburghers' medical debt from collectors and cancel it. Nobody needed to enroll, people just got notices that their medical debt is gone. www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...

Lovely walk up to the river and then along both banks. On the way, I saw this. Have you ever tried to catch a flaming dragonfly when it's in a hurry to flit around? It's not easy!

Watercolour of a boat

Spare time this evening meant a chance to doodle with the paints again. #watercolour #sketch #relax

My desk smothered in research books!

This is a real author working desk. Only 60 more pages and this #edit is finished. Then back to the next story in my #Vintaine series, book 5. Phew. I can hear the slavedriver cracking her whip as I type! #histfic #amwriting #medieval #HolyWar @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social @editorbritton.bsky.social

Yes - and drug policies haven't moved on since then. Even after Prohibition's failure, Reagan still thought the "War on Drugs" was a good idea. It's criminalised kids, caused massive spike in prison occupancy, and drug problems are infinitely worse. Utter failure on all levels!

He had a number of kids, but amassed several properties in England as well as Italy.

Hi everyone! I’m a fiction author with HQStories/HarperCollins and my books (psychological thrillers) are #LittleWhiteLies, #SafeAndSound #IllNeverTell #AGuiltySecret. I’m also a clinical psychologist 🤓 and trans ally 🏳️‍⚧️ Looking forward to joining you all!
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Of course, the evil, murdering sod wasn't in the same league as, say, Putin or Stalin, but he did his best with sharp pointy things. All to make himself rich. Gather the money while devil take the hindmost - a true mercenary.

Left my desk nine hours ago having completed 2/3s of this edit, and now back in the saddle. Should get it done, if now shockers, by end today. As an incentive to focus, the wallpaper on my computer is now John Hawkwood's tomb. What an evil so and so ...!