Finbar Hawkins

Hurrah! Thank you for featuring GHOST! 👻

Traitors on the inside, Trump on the outside ... who’d want to run the BBC now? Actually, I would This week’s column by Stewart Lee on the bbc in crisis

Traitors on the inside, Trump on the outside ... who’d want to run the BBC now? Actually, I would

This week’s column by Stewart Lee

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.

Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social

We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.

Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

This is the new image I meant to put as main pic. It shows the change in Thiel's holdings. Those letters NVDA stand for Nvidia and the words next to it are self-explanatory "SOLD ALL".

Thiel, the closest thing that Silicon Valley has to a bond villain, has pumped & dumped. So...what happens next?!?

That's wonderful. So Xmasy

This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu

The Two Ronnies (15th November 1980). Swear box.

It's been a grand launch week for GHOST with lovely reviews in @theobserveruk.bsky.social and The Telegraph. Today GHOST arrived in the top 5 Amazon/YA Historical nestled between @philippullmanreal.bsky.social and Robert Louis Stevenson 👻😍👻

Skipping about the place that GHOST, out this week, is featured in @theobserveruk.bsky.social best YA books for Autumn in illustrious company with authors @tiafisher.bsky.social and her ‘Not Going to Plan’ and Manjeet Mann’s ‘Roar’ Thank you, Fiona Noble, day made!

'All Along the Watchtower' obvs

Thank you so much, Helenka - do hope you enjoy it! X

A very Happy Book Birthday to @finbarhawkins.bsky.social whose wonderful novel GHOST is out today 👻😍👻

Thanks a million, Debbie. That’s so lovely to hear!!

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No bad thing, given the general state of things!

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Absolute pleasure, Emma. Do hope you enjoy GHOST, and if you do, please drop by Amazon/Good Reads to let me know ;->

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Aw, thanks so much, Emma. I always love coming on here. Thanks for having me, and I hope to be back for 'WITCHES' ;->>

Yes, I bombard them rather!

Most of writing, I think, it pure grit and determination. You have to get to the desk, and write, even when things seem hard and slow. Only a few words? Doesn't matter, you made it there. Remember, 'walking is writing.' So as things come to you, record or write them in your phone.

Ah now, that would be a thing. I have good director pals at Aardman, so we shall see ;->>

...Yes, you have to do it all again. But each draft will be better and faster, and the real story will emerge. Did I mention to NOT GIVE UP? ;->> #ukteenchat

...But, the main biggie, is do not stop writing that book. Get to the end of the first draft, then put it in a drawer for a month, and write other things. Then go back to that draft and read it through and start making notes for the next draft... #ukteenchat

Gosh, I’m a bit rubbish about this, but I think the best one I can give is DON’T EFFIN’ GIVE UP!! And don’t beat yourself up if you’re feeling blocked. Just go walk, talk to the blackbirds ;-> and things will loosen up by the time you’re home... #ukteenchat

I'm giving it a go, like anything it's a time issue, and the other books are under contract, so they come first. But I've been using my workshop to explore younger age group, and they seem to like it, so...

Yeah, it definitely would. I've script written for Aardman for years on many different things, so it's great to go back into script form - completely different from novel writing and collaborative which I love. So keep 'em crossed, we shall see...