Lynda Clark
@lyndac
Writer, reader, gamer. Still mostly bogling to Aswad. Any pronouns. No alt text? No follow, no matter how cool & interesting you are. There will be swears.
There's unconventional romance and then there's whatever the hell I've ended up doing here. Michel Faber told me to do it! (True story) Pre-order here: www.fairlightbooks.co.uk/books/strang...
Google just sent me one of those really annoying "hey remember all these pictures?" recaps and it's the first time I was like... I have no recollection of the point in my life when I looked like Will from Inbetweeners, but apparently that happened.
Because of the release of The Odyssey, people have been playing my dumb Odyssey-themed game, 108 Suitors and it got this entirely sincere and not at all tongue in cheek review. See what all the fuss is about here: notagoth.itch.io/108-suitors
Received this from @galleybeggars.bsky.social and while my tbr is presently out of control and growing, I will get to it eventually and am currently just really enjoying the smell of it like a huge gross freak.
I'm still on holiday so... pre-order Strange Talk (having a bad voice day, don't care, look up Spasmodic Dysphonia if you're wondering) www.fairlightbooks.co.uk/books/strang...
Husbands? Dead. Wives? Invisible. Children? Cannibals and thieves. While you wait for the (somewhat) lighter weirdness of Strange Talk, why not give Dreaming in Quantum a go in the meantime? www.fairlightbooks.co.uk/books/dreami...
Lovely event this evening chaired by @heatherpalmer.bsky.social and starring Heba Al-Wasity and @mkhardywrites.com (I'm sorry Erin & Morag - I couldn't get a picture of you two without standing up and I didn't want to put everyone off mid-conversation!)
I can't wait to introduce you all to Door and Amie in November. In the meantime, here's my first ever book promo video for anyone who missed it this morning.
Rainbow in Elie on evening's walk. Didn't realise it was a doubler until looking at the photo.
ICYMI, now in The Bookseller as well. www.thebookseller.com/rights/fairl... (Should I shave my head again, folks? I'm contemplating shaving my head again. The only thing putting me off is the "thistle" stage when I'm inevitably growing it out again.)
It's finally happening! (It's a subscription-only article on Bookbrunch, so haven't bothered linking directly)
My @galleybeggars.bsky.social prize book tokens came through the other day so naturally I immediately spent it on a stack of goodies! (Some of which I've already read as ebooks but wanted physical copies & some which have been on my wishlist for too long! Thanks GBP!
Much as The Courier is something of a right wing rag at times, I do appreciate that they are pretty consistent in doing this regardless of who it is. If someone has a serious criminal conviction you bet that they're putting that in the headline.
Lovely book post arrived today from @nightjarpress.bsky.social. I look forward to digging in soon!
Wish the people who say "Spaniels never stop do they?!' when we're out in a walk could see his response to me asking if he fancies going out when he's *not* feeling it.
Settle an argument here. Badger is sulking because he had his breakfast early this morning & thinks he should have his chew relative to that, but I think he should have it as elevenses every day regardless of breakfast time. Who is correct?
I know there's a deluge of 'End of Year Wraps', but I saw someone else do this and thought it was actually useful because it helps put into perspective just how hard it is to put creative stuff out into the world.
People always say: "Spaniels, so much energy!" And don't get me wrong, he has his moments, but this is the look I just got when I asked if he's ready for a walk.
When I rounded the corner this morning to find this I thought there had definitely been a murder.
Always pathologically early to graduation but it does mean I get to chill in the very understated McEwan Hall.
Great panel on Collaborative Writing with @lindzmcleod.bsky.social, @davecook.bsky.social and the dynamic duo that is @mkhardywrites.com here at #Cymera
"Failing to centre funding opportunities on straight white middle/upper class men may reduce likelihood of R&D support from said men". There, fixed your headline Times Education.