Sam Missingham
@samatlounge
Publishing commentator. Founder of Meet The Booktokers, As Seen On Booktok, and The Empowered Author. Trying to disrupt book publishing for 15+ years. Not easy.
Just arrived in post - very excited to read Ever Land by @amyabdelnoor.bsky.social - read some incredible reviews.
Said this before but Suzanne Moore, Caitlin Moran, Hadley Freeman and the rest need to be replaced with other women who have more interesting lives & views and maybe don’t live in North London (imagine!) This is so insanely tedious.
Marketers, if you’re wondering what the demographic of Waitrose shoppers is - it sits in the Venn diagram of these magazines. 😩
If anyone would like a laugh at my expense (& why the hell not), this is my first attempt at making salmon en croute. Somebody call Greggs.
I walked through Green Park yesterday, I highly recommend, especially if you like daffodils.
For those asking, here’s a reply by @societyofauthors.bsky.social explaining how this happened.
Authors Guild in the US did this about 18 months ago. www.instagram.com/p/DBLJvVXgIU...
This is a classic LinkedIn post by an AI guy. He has had an amazing revelation - humans are worth more than correcting AI slop. Zero irony or self awareness. Astonishing.
Going to say goodbye to my best mate’s dog today. Her time has come after a truly magnificent life. Go well, lovely Pepper. ❤️
Anyhoo, here’s my Mum who brought up four children on her own thanks to a flower shop in Bristol. Her love of flowers and gardening gave her untold joy.
I know LinkedIn is another world especially with regards to AI, but this literary agent’s take on the romance writer using AI is gobsmacking.
There is nobody more than me who would like to say that a woman did the right thing about Walliams, but sorry, no.
I’ve been away for a few weeks and if you ever wondered how magnificent London can look from the sky…. #LoveLondon