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Geoff King

@geoffo.bsky.social
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Omniscribe, wood carver, tree whisperer, quiet revolutionary. Scottish Highlands. Seeking lit agent for crossover fantasy and literary novella www.geoffkingwriter.co.uk www.patreon.com/GeoffKingWriter www.buymeacoffee.com/geoffkingwriter

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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My house, my loft, my workshop, my brain...
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is my favourite quote of the month: “Corporate wankwaffle written by an intern using CrapGPT”
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I do this to people too
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Much as we love bookshops, they need more than love to keep going. A bookshop can be the centre of a whole community. Bookshops support authors; organize events. A thriving bookshop teaches the next generation that literacy matters. So don't just love your bookshop: actually buy books there.
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 24: Don't worry whether it will be any good. Whatever it is, write it first. You can always fix it later.
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Today I'm writing the monthly newsletter which will appear here on 20th: www.patreon.com/GeoffKingWri... But I am one of those people who sends a newsletter (and an infrequent blog: geoffkingwriter.co.uk/news/ ), but I rarely read anyone else's, even those I've subscribed to. Not enough time!
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Homer Simpson's Intriguing Ideas Newsletter
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Second day of recording SLEEPERS: 150 pages down, 130 to go…
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Can't go wrong with the ever dependable @joannechocolat.bsky.social
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
What GIF pops up when you type in your name?
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Sure Jan Girl
Alt: Young woman with long blonde hair, smiling and saying, "Sure Geoff"
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I'm still #writing of course, but also making things www.woodlandtreasures.co.uk/product/bog-...
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Large Bog Oak and Holly, Amber Triplet Pendant - Woodland Treasures
Large amber pendant lovingly hand carved from 4000 year old Somerset bog oak and holly, set with three pieces of raw Baltic amber.
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Lorraine Wilson @rainewilson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Oh hi upcoming paperback release in @thebookseller.com 🙌🏽 @solarisbooks.bsky.social
Photo of a wee listing for The Salt Oracle's paperback release on 5th Nov. With this text: 

In a world where the internet crashed a generation ago, Auli's life on a floating college is threatened by mutating ghosts. Set in the same world as Wilson's debut We Are All Ghosts in the Forest. Shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award 2026.
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
99 pages into the first draft of the sci-fi novel. Not really a landmark, nor particularly significant, but it feels like I'm making good progress #sci-fi #novel #writing
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Gimmethecash 5th Element Dance
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In 1231, Frederick II, Roman Emperor and King of Germany, "aimed at the transformation of the people into a multitude destitute of will and of the means of resistance, but profitable in the utmost degree to the exchequer" (Jacob Burckhardt). Sound familiar?
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Won'T Somebody Please Think Of The Children
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Just writing this month's Patreon newsletter. Sign up for free here: www.patreon.com/GeoffKingWri... #writerslife #writing #books
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I've just made a couple of new pairs of small of earrings and added them to the website www.woodlandtreasures.co.uk/shop/earrings/
Small tree earrings hand carved from English walnut
18 mm x 20 mm, on sterling silver posts with scrollsSmall Celtic triquetra earrings hand carved from English box wood
20 mm x 15 mm, on sterling silver posts with scrolls
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A must read
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I love my fountain pen. The ink is flowing well today as I write some new scenes in the #scifi novel. Perhaps its incongruous to use such a primitive implement for a futuristic space saga, but it's just how I work best #writing
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Prateek's Amazing Pen Reaction
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Alan Cleaver @postalpathsguy.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Record of deaths in the village of Lamplugh, Cumbria between 1656 and 1663 shows: * 4 Frightened to death by fairies * 7 Bewitched * 1 led into pond by a Will-O'-The-Wisp * 2 Died of cold in the church You see, archives can be fun! share.google/CJLUig2CUimW...
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Hello Sunday #writers
Middle aged, half Roma, half white man with scruffy grey hair and beard with a finger to his temple and a thoughtful expression
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
What are five things in your upcoming release? Giant Hubworld Pedantic gynoid Tech/human hybrids Strange fungi Government corruption
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DrNaturegirl @drnaturegirl.debbiemross.co.uk · 30/07/2026
Check out Stop AI Data Centres Scotland and sign the petition. Massive power and water usage way in excess of our current national requirement. Sign for a moratorium. This is not sustainable and we don’t want it! #ai #stopaidatacentres #scotland
sustain this.
Scotland's peak energy demand is currently 4000 MW.
If all the proposals go through, the combined energy demand of all the data centres will be over 6000 MW.
That means data centres alone will use more than 1.5x the energy that Scotland currently demands.So what can you do to stop it?
Sign the government's petition to stop new planning applications going through
Scan the QR code or find the link in our bio
Petitions
Under consideration
PE2233: Moratorium on planning applications for all hyperscale data
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Is protest terrorism? Is opposing genocide terrorism? Police arresting dangerous grandmothers continues... Keep signing petitions - here's one: tiny.cc/egj7101 #protest #peace #freespeech
A woman in late middle age, crouching and handcuffed, next to a sign saying "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action" and surrounded by police
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"emotion, not event, creates a dynamic response in the mind of the reader. The artist's job is to sink a taproot in the reader's brain that will grow downward and find a path to the reader's soul and experience, so that some new emotional inflorescence will grow out of it" Barbara Kingsolver #writer
Barbara Kingsolver - late middle aged woman smiling and wearing spectacles
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 2136778: If you read widely, outside your genre, your writing will be much less likely to be formulaic and predictable.
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I don't have a smartphone, but I'm feeling pressurised by society and all those who embrace new tech and think everyone should conform.
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Every now and again I have to remind myself that none of my work will get published if I don't submit it. So, another morning of submissions under the belt! Now I can get back to #writing with a clear conscience 🙂 Always with help from my feline muse...
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Cat Headbutts Hand While Writing
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
38d.gs/sh54
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Save Our Coastguards: Scrap plans to strip rescue heroes of their pay!
This is so outrageous. The Government wants to reclassify Coastguard Rescue Officers as "volunteers" so they can get out of paying them an hourly wage when they go out to save lives. Join me and sign...
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Just putting the finishing touches to June's newsletter, with work in progress, news, competitions, recipes and lots more. Not signed up yet? You can do it here: www.joanne-harris.co.uk
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Joanne Harris | Website of the author, Joanne Harris
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Unsolicited writing advice: no. 338: The reason a synopsis is so tricky to write is that it has to convey something complex in a laser-focused way. That means any bagginess in the manuscript is probably going to come out. So keep it simple, keep it clear, and keep it to one page only.
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Please help stop whale killing secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/... #wales
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Revealed: Iceland is killing whales again
A company is rushing to slaughter whales right now – join to press Iceland’s leaders to ban whaling now!
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Scottish Book Trust @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Happy National Writing Day! Why not apply for our New Writers Awards 2027? 📆The deadline for all applications is Wednesday 29 July at noon. www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-...
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Apply for the New Writers Awards
Applications for the New Writers Awards are now open!
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I’d rather talk to you at 4:44 am in the morning than talk at your funeral. Nothing worse than losing a friend because they didn’t think they had anyone to talk to. Phones are on, the doors always open, fires can be lit and coffee can be poured. Support each other. #mentalhealth #talk #friends
Bright blue garden flowers with a bumble bee feeding in one
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
This please at every live performance everywhere. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Edinburgh International Festival will be phone-free, says Nicola Benedetti
The violinist, who has been festival director since 2023 says the policy has come at the request of artists and audiences.
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 552: Adverbs slow down the pace of your writing, and are often unnecessary in dialogue. It's always a good idea to check to see if you really need them, or whether the meaning has already been conveyed.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Clara Mattei brilliantly debunks a century of capitalist propaganda by explaining how capitalism is unnatural, has existed for only 0.1% of human history, took control of the world through violence, and is maintained by coercion and the superficial facade of liberal democracy.
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
View from my face. Stonehaven harbour. #sunny #ale #writerslife
A small boat afloat in Stonehaven harbour with cliffs in the backgroundSeveral small boats afloat in Stonehaven harbour, with a scattering of small buoys and a jetty in the distance with cars parked along it
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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
"The composition of a novel may be one part inspiration and nine parts perspiration, but that one part inspiration is essential if the work is to live as art." Margaret Atwood, 2002
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Old MacDonald had a farm, AI, AI, Oh... 😬 Please sign the email in the link
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Cat-sitting-cum-writing-retreat in Stonehaven. Nobby must be a sci-fi muse cat; his vibes are definitely getting through. Much progress is being made on this space-based novel and it feels good 🙂 🚀 🪐 #writing #sci-fi #cat
Black cat sitting upright on a chair with half-closed eyes
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Amazon should pay their fair share of tax 38d.gs/mexd
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We pay our dues. They should too.
Amazon made £62 BILLION last year, but only paid a fraction of what they should in tax. We must stop this!
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 76696: Reading (both widely and critically) is the secret to writing well. No one can expect to write unless they also read, and understand the value of reading.
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
In the woods this morning, I saw a small-to-medium sized dog attack a baby deer, holding it by its neck. The fawn writhed, escaped & ran. The dog chased it, caught it again. Repeat. Woods are home to #wildlife. Dog owners: if you can't train your dog not to attack wildlife, keep it on a leash. #dogs
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Cute Fawn on Rocky Shore
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Please sign to stop FGM secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...
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Stop female genital mutilation now!
Female genital mutilation could be legalised again in The Gambia. We only have a few weeks to act – your voice can help protect these girls.
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Essex's Reform council have banned libraries from "promoting" Black History Month & LGBTQ+ events and materials. Please sign the petition now to make them scrap this hateful decision. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/li...
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Essex libraries should be for everyone!
Did you hear that Essex's Reform council have banned libraries from "promoting" LGBTQ+ events and materials? It's outrageous! Sign the petition now to make them scrap this hate-filled decision!
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
On my cat-sitting writing retreat, I have surmounted the 30,000 word foothill of my #sci-fi novel. I think I will celebrate with a pint of ale. 🍺 #writing #cats
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Cat Running Through Snowy Mountains
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Cat sitting in Stonehaven for a few days, not quite two hours after my arrival the police turned up - a local passerby had reported a suspicious character! Do I look that dodgy...?
Man with grey beard in a police hat
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 12/06/2026
Fancy a break from the doomscroll? Take a look at a few of our favourite photos from Greenpeace work around the world this week! 🌍📸💚
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Greenpeace Pictures of the Week - Greenpeace International
The Amazon visits Paris, Deep Sea Mining goes to The Hague, and speed limits come to Germany. Here are some of our favourite images from Greenpeace work around the world this week.
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 3678: You don't have to pursue the unusual or exotic to be interesting. The real trick is showing what's familiar in a new and interesting light.
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
UK publishing generated £7.4 billion in revenue last year. Compare that to: Premier League football: £6.6 billion Home entertainment: £5.6 billion UK film industry: 2.8 billion Now tell me again why authors don't deserve fair contracts and better pay.
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Geoff King @geoffo.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
As a freelancer, I was pleased to secure a couple of weeks work from a major publisher. Sadly, I got fired before I started because my devices were too old to upgrade to the latest tech. #ludite #writer
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Man Dancing to Under Smash
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