Paul Flewitt - Writer of Dark Things

The passing of David Lynch really highlights how we undervalue our true visionaries, a group which diminishes with each passing year. We have guys like Clive Barker and Guillermo Del Toro, but who will be allowed to succeed them.

The world is too risk averse in the mainstream.

On the day that Trump issued the derecognition of trans people, the White House also says that we will all be recognised as the gender assigned at conception
Let's think about that.

We're all girls now, according to the White House!!

How is America a superpower? Seriously 😂

Hey yo. I've had a BlueSky account for some time, but have only posted sparingly and quite randomly. I'll try and be more present now, since more of my friends have taken the plunge.

Hi all folks, both known and less known.

No, but you are included in the class specified in the AG lawsuit if you appear in the database of scraped books.

I would urge you I sign the AG open letter and support their class action lawsuit.

I would urge all the writers in my feed to read this Author's Guild open letter, then consider adding your name and sarong with your own writing associates. This is step one...

actionnetwork.org/petitions/au...

Who has an interview at 3am?

This dude.

Coffee is on the late night menu.

Important information here for any writers who's name is listed on the AI training database...

authorsguild.org/news/you-jus...

The way to know would be to see what the AI creates and search for plagiarism.

It may no longer be accessible for the public, bit it's already been absorbed by the AI system. Unless the developers have erased it from the AI server, it's learned already.

Shocking development in the field of AI training. It seems developers are taking comet from free books to train their generators. There is a list compiled of work which has been stolen, and now being plagiarised by AI. A good few friends are named in the list.
Link:
full-stack-search-prod.vercel.app

Yesterday was about rites of passage as I sat with my daughter for her first ink.

Today is about family, hooking up with my brother this afternoon, then off to play pool mixed doubles with my wife.

Halloween is set to be a whole lot spookier.

Horrorsmith Publishing is curating a list of FREE horror books for the spooky season, and more titles are being listed all the time.

Want a free read? Check out the list at the link below.
www.spookyourkindle.com

Probably preaching to the choir here but...

When I was a kid I wanted my own library. I wanted to curate my own room of books. Now I'm a grown up, that's pretty much exactly what I have. I own over 1000 physical books, and I have no intention of stopping there.

They're not the same as when BBC one became kids TV for Saturday morning. It's just... not the same at all.

Maybe if they had something to watch, then they would engage. Slowly but surely, the mainstream TV have turned their backs on the kids. Not Al kids, even today, can afford Sky or cable. So, all they have is games.

And then Going Live, SMTV or Live and Kicking until football focus, grandstand and, when I was really young, Saints and Greavesie came on.

Now, its BBC News, followed by a couple of cooking shows. Depressing. Bring back Saturday morning cartoons!!

Man, I feel sorry for kids today.

When I was a kid, you'd wake up early rush downstairs and eat an early breakfast while watching X-Men, The Raccoons and Teenage Mutant Hero (not ninja in the UK when I was a kid) Turtles.
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Appreciating Stephen King in his birthday, one of the writers I cite as being a cornerstone of my own writing.
When I was a kid, I had a copy of Danse Macabre given to me by a neighbour. It was my first "adult horror" book, and I was captivated. My own writing changed irrevocably after that.

A few days ago, I had the pleasure of speaking with mattsrandomramblings on YouTube. The interview is now live.
We spoke about my newest novel, Architecture, as well as random writing stuff. Oh, and there's a comedy author blooper too.

Check it out here...

youtu.be/oKcgo-7pw6A?...

Say it louder for the bigots at the back.

And you too 😊

Hey, Lee. How goes it?

First is the Screamer Streamer Podcasts group, which compiles exactly what you'd expect. Here you can source interviews and discussion spots when they are open for invitations.

Next up is Buried Bloggers, which lists blogs which might host you for written interviews, blog spots and cover reveals

Heads up for my fellow writers out there... wixh is most of you, I suppose.

The Get Writing Horror group on Facebook has branched out into a couple of new groups, compiling blogs and podcasts. The aim is for writers to be able to approach more easily, and to increase their following.

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It's honestly great to look up timelines here and see writers I post contact with or moved from more familiar socials. It's like the old days again.

That's pretty good going. Congrats.

Happy Monday, folks. Back after a full weekend with an off colour child.

What did you do with your free time?

This appeared in our family chat group. Not sure if my wife is wanting me to rate her plate...

Oh right, so they'll remake Christine, but not Rawhead Rex?

Screw you, Hollywood!!

www.gamesradar.com/christine-re...