Tom Mason

When life gets in the way of writing Some thoughts on priorities, writing, and being ok that the work takes a back seat for a while

New blog post: Some thoughts on priorities, writing, and being ok that the work takes a back seat for a while.

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A day out in London.

Why I am scared of writing Some thoughts on moving from first to second draft

Why I'm scared of writing. A new post on the fear of moving from first draft to second draft.

#Writing #WritersofBlueSky #Blueskywriters #AmWriting #Sciencefiction #SciFi

Just popping in to say it doesn't matter if you've published one book or twenty, you'll never stop comparing yourself to others and feeling moments of inadequacy and frustration that you aren't as 'successful' as your peers.

That's why it's important to carefully define what 'success' is for you.

Why I am scared of writing Some thoughts on moving from first to second draft

Why I'm scared of writing. A new post on the fear of moving from first draft to second draft.

#Writing #WritersofBlueSky #Blueskywriters #AmWriting #Sciencefiction #SciFi

Do they have a good pension?

Lovely morning run from Bristol ➡️ Bath.

Thrilled to bits to have a story coming out in issue 2 this spring. Look at that line-up!

Had a wonderful evening performing last night. Thanks Mark and Mel.

Thank you!

❤️ Are we meeting at 6 or 6.30? Cc @nic-v.bsky.social

It’s the @smallcitybookshop.bsky.social book club tonight and I cannot wait to talk about The Other Valley.

One of those books where my eyes could move quick enough across the page.

Not a snack, but if it's any sort of helpful motivation, I pointed out your novel in Storysmith to a friend at the weekend and said they should give it a read.

A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,

"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"

Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

A little sci-fi short story from me on AI, job interviews and weird eye tests.

#WritersofBluesky #Scifi

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Five things that made me write more As a counterweight to the last blog on what hasn't helped me be a better writer, here's some of the writing techniques that have worked for me over the past few months.

New blog: Five techniques that have helped me write more #fiction.

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Starship Alexandria: Episode 1 - The Kraken Wakes For this very first episode of Starship Alexandria, Emma puts forward John Wyndham’s classic SF novel The Kraken Wakes (1953) for Adrian to read and consider (published in the US as Out of the Deeps.)...

As @aptshadow.bsky.social has just announced, we've started a new podcast called Starship Alexandria. It's cosy, nerdy and relentlessly positive. We take it in turns to recommend a beloved book/film/graphic novel to each other and discuss it enthusiastically. starshipalexandria.com/episode-1-th...

I turn 40 this week. If you want to make an ancient man happy, buy a copy of my debut collection.

If you want to make an ancient man unhappy, don't buy it.

If you want to make him confused, buy a copy and then immediately leave a one star review on Goodreads. blackshuckbooks.co.uk/hunting-by-t...

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

Resolution to catch up with the best TV of 2024 (and a bit of the year before) progressing rather nicely.

Next up: Kaos

Five things that made me write more As a counterweight to the last blog on what hasn't helped me be a better writer, here's some of the writing techniques that have worked for me over the past few months.

A new blog from me on the five techniques that have helped me write more #fiction.

#AmWriting #WriterSky

This is high art

happy trying to get the cat into the carrier so we can go to the vet for a checkup day to all those (me) who celebrate.

You can’t share this on the internet, Tom. It’s too adorable. My heart cannot take it.

Sushi in her happy place.

Looking forward to #TalkingTales next week. See some of you there?

Title: Modern Folk horrors of the British Isles Five images of various characters: A coven of murderous witches... Who play loud youtube videos on public transport. An ancient malevolent demon... With a three-hour podcast interviewing entrepreneurs. A flock of bloodthirsty ravens... Who think absolutely everything is "Woke". A primordial shambling beast... Wearing a "Make albion great again" baseball cap. A mob of satanic villagers... Who give bad reviews to books they haven't read.

my HORRIFYING cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books

Looking forward to it. Hopefully will have a story to send you this week.

Stokes Croft Writers Talking Tales, Bristol Writing Group Stokes Croft Writers Talking Tales: SCW is a writing group based in Bristol. They run TT, a regular short story, poetry & spoken word reading event.

I co-run a storytelling night in #Bristol called Talking Tales. Our next event is on Thursday 17th April - free entry! Join us for stories, poetry, spoken word & more. If you'd like to read or perform, do get in touch. More info:
www.christopherfielden.com/about/stokes...
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This was taken at the point of my training run where I was thinking it was a lovely morning for it.

3 hours later, I had other thoughts.

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