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dwdistracted.bsky.social

@dwdistracted.bsky.social
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tv scriptwriter, unpublished author (querying for literary agent), youngest of eight, lapsed northern catholic, player of chess, enjoyer of cricket, listener to music, watcher of movies, reader of books. husband. father. englishman in berlin.

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dwdistracted.bsky.social @dwdistracted.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I am expecting President Lame-Duck to announce plans to invade Belgium.
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dwdistracted.bsky.social @dwdistracted.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I've been away from this place for a while. Hello. I just watched Andy Burnham's speech - in full and not moderated by some news outlet. Very excited. The north will not only rise again it will show the way for everyone else.
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dwdistracted.bsky.social @dwdistracted.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
All Hail President Truss!
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Mr Roger Quimbly @rogerquimbly.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Tweedletrump
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dwdistracted.bsky.social @dwdistracted.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
@emmaflint.bsky.social can i just fanboy for a moment? i thought Other Women was remarkable. i have a lot of sisters and we recommended books to each other. i raved about yours. they all thanked me. so I thank you.
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dwdistracted.bsky.social @dwdistracted.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
1/3 I had a tune in my head, something from the eighties and quite poppy. I couldn't identify it but I couldn't get rid of it. It was so clear and complete and I could identify all the parts as if I was at a mixing desk. It was still there when I woke this morning...
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dwdistracted.bsky.social @dwdistracted.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
it only sounds obvious when somebody say it this clearly...
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dwdistracted.bsky.social @dwdistracted.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
trying to arrive at a percentage for the posts i read and have absolutely no meaningful idea what any of it means. i'm going to say 30%.
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dwdistracted.bsky.social @dwdistracted.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
uh huh.
a very cool pic of david bowie just below, by chance, a post by his son duncan zowie haywood jones...
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dwdistracted.bsky.social @dwdistracted.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Very happy to have now closed my accretion of amazon accounts and worked out how to borrow books from my local library - which is in london while i'm in berlin - and read them on my new kobo e-reader. a device made in canada! #libraries #books
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dwdistracted.bsky.social @dwdistracted.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Dipping my toe into the broiling chaos of US politics. I can't see any of the less wacko Republicans resisting what's happening if they see the alternative as handing back power to the Democrats. Is there the slightest chance of back-channel discussions of a coalition government? #doge #trump
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Bird + Camera @doctorbluebird.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Please read this and pass it on: Aaron is a Harvard educated lawyer, community organizer and bookstore owner in Buffalo.
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Marc Riley. @marcrileydj.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Disgusting.
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dwdistracted.bsky.social @dwdistracted.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
this was big for me in 1977. i was unignorably sad when tom verlaine died recently. i watch 'match of the day 2' while i cook, the commentators are so surprised when someone scores. a track played behind an arsenal highlights package. didn't know if i should be happy about it or not #5albums70s2
album cover of marquee moon by the band television from 1977
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lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
just in case you doubted i had statistics: here's a fairly recent article (november 2024) that compiles some industry statistics, with a focus on querying and debut authors. aspiringauthor.com/statistics-o...
aspiringauthor.com
21 Debut Author Statistics: The Real Odds of Getting Published - Aspiring Author
As aspiring authors, we know the odds of getting published are against us, and breaking in as a debut author is so much more difficult. Learn more.
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dwdistracted.bsky.social @dwdistracted.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
this album was big for me back in 1977. i was unignorably sad when tom verlaine died recently. i watch 'match of the day 2' while i cook, the commentators are so surprised when someone scores. a track played behind an arsenal highlights package. didn't know if i should be happy about it or not
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/02/2025
Holy shit! Democrats, if you’re looking for a fighter, you found one— @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social for DNC Vice Chair.
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dwdistracted.bsky.social @dwdistracted.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
was just listening to a politics/money podcast. they kept talking about 'growth' and i kept thinking about the cancer of capitalism. then they called it 'prosperity' and i thought about the birds in the trees and happy people being lovely to each other. #powerofwords
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Karolina Sutton @karolinasutton.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Booker-shortlisted author of The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden, on erotic writing: it lies in the sweet spot between what you desire and what shocks or repels you. (From a great magazine called Backstory)
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dwdistracted.bsky.social @dwdistracted.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
1: ok. a question for literary agents. because it feels like the entirety of humankind is seeking representation i started to wonder how that splits by genre. we unpublished writers may not feel we're competing against each other, but there is/are a finite number of births on this metaphorical ship.
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