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T R Napper @trnapper.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Want to know the golden rule for becoming a better writer? Well, I'm giving you, for free, the secret all great writers know. Link below. nappertime.com/the-golden-r...

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The Golden Rule for Becoming a Better Writer - T.R Napper

I’m obsessed with the craft of writing. I write every day, I read about the craft often, and in my...

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Walt Spookman @waltshitman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I enjoyed the hell out of This Machine Kills Billionaires by @trnapper.bsky.social. Sharp cyberpunk stories that remember the importance of the punk bit. The audio version is great as well.

The cover of This Machine Kills Billionaires by T. R. Napper. A figure stands before a gigantic neon purple god-face made of pixels and digital lines.

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

My Amazon UK review of THIS MACHINE KILLS BILLIONAIRES now has company – what looks like a review by Robin CM Duncan of BFS fame. Anyway, THIS MACHINE KILLS BILLIONAIRES by @trnapper.bsky.social is an amazing, intelligent, topical read. Literature that entertains and matters.

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Ian Green @ianthegreen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Hello pals. My new book is out TOMORROW- hardback, audiobook, and ebook! The Deep and the Drowned is an epic fantasy on the high seas. "Outstandingly swashbuckling, outrageously gripping and out-of-this-world brilliant". Tell a friend ⚔️ www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1804545899

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Not only is T.R. Napper a good bloke, he's written something that's up there with the best fiction I've ever read. My Amazon alter ego says it best: www.amazon.co.uk/portal/custo...

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Michael @ Track of Words @trackofwords.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

THIS MACHINE KILLS BILLIONAIRES, the new book from Cyberpunk extraordinarie @trnapper.bsky.social, is out now! To find out more, check out my 'Behind the Scene' post for an excerpt and commentary from T.R. Napper. Speaking for myself, I can't wait to read the whole thing! Love Napper's writing...

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE, by Jordan Harper: If you like horror/suspense/mystery, with a hanging that parallels the Jeffery Epstein "suicide," pick this barn-burner up now. The only book that equals it for sheer terror is THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS.

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Edinburgh looks gorgeous. Just to clarify, should your daynotes be coming to my email? I'm subscribed to your site, and to your email newsletter, but I'm having to manually go to your page to see the daynotes.

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

CONGRATS!!! My favourite SF author strikes again!!!🎉 Sorry to be ignorant, but where can I buy THE HIDDEN GOD? I can find the complete novella on the internet (see link), but I'd like to read it on paper or on my e-reader. asimovs.com/wp-content/u...

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Re. Abigail Dean (appearing with you at SN), I just snapped up Girl A for 99p on Kindle. I've just started The Death of Us and the writing is *exceptional*.

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

And the English translation??? I can't wait.

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

One of my favourite novels. I still haven't read Klara and the Sun, so that's going to be an earlier priority for me in '26.

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Jordan Harper @jordanharper.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Anyone looking to spread some love around, here's another worthy cause - the Team Evie book drive benefits the Children's Hospital Los Angeles in memory of Evelyn Swierczynski: www.teameviefoundation.com

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The Evelyn Swierczynski Foundation

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Laura Shepherd-Robinson @laurasrobinson.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Lovely that THE ART OF A LIE is featured in the Telegraph's best books of 2025 💚

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Thanks for being honest about the "imp of self-doubt". It's always good to normalise this part of writing and being human – and show how to overcome it.🙂

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Hope you've been there. A number of UK cities are truly amazing, and need to be experienced. As well as Edinburgh, there's York, Chester, Bath. Many more.

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Sometimes I need to read everything by an author before I move on. Or I'll stay in one genre for a while. Why? Because if I'm reading something that relaxes me or makes me happy, that's incredibly valuable for my mental health (and, as such, my productivity).

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Available "everywhere books are sold"? Well, yes, I even managed to pre-order here in Portugal. I cannot wait for a new masterpiece from my favourite working author.😀

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I LOVED the books. Feeling bereft after finishing them. Although it won't be the same, my plan is to manage the withdrawel by reading your 18th century novel recommendations (crimereads.com/6-historical...). I'm also reading up on 18th century history.

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6 Historical Novels (And One Contemporary Work) That Perfectly Capture the 18th Century

The 18th century has long been my favorite historical period to read and write about. It possesses so many of the necessary ingredients for fascinating novels: aristocratic fortunes coexisting with…

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

@jordanacosta.co After THE ART OF A LIE, I've binged everything Laura has written, and fallen in love with the 18th century, and bought copies for friends. Thank you, Laura. Your craft is **amazing**. You're an inspiration for other writers.

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

As I may have mentioned, Don Winslow is a massive hero of mine. He announced his retirement back in 2022, but I've just noticed he has a new book out in January '26!!! !!! It's a collection of short novels called THE FINAL SCORE. (His previous collection, BROKEN, is fantastic.)

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

The Maleficent Seven is part of Amazon's Kindle Monthly Deal for October, available for the sleep-averting sum of only $1.99! www.amazon.com/Maleficent-S... Or £0.74 on the UK site! www.amazon.co.uk/Maleficent-S...

The cover of The Maleficent Seven by Cameron Johnston, seven scary, silhouetted fantasy figures on a burning background.

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Jordan Harper @jordanharper.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

My goodness, sounds exciting. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jorda...

The next epic crime novel from Jordan Harper, a story of Los Angeles power brokers and those at the edge, and a single shattering incident that threatens to bring it all crashing down.

Los Angeles, right now. America with its back up against the wall. This Frankenstein’s monster of crimes and lurid dreams sewn together into something like a city.

A city ready to explode: A Hollywood pedophile is arrested, and is ready to tear down the city to get his freedom. A young woman goes missing — and men in black rubber gloves who look like cops clean out her apartment in the middle of the night. And the serial killer known as the LA Ripper is on the loose, leaving tragic/graphic/brutal crime scenes in his wake. Three people trying to keep their heads above the dirty water will find themselves coming together to unite these strands into one enormous, unspeakable crime …

JAKE DEAL is a gonzo live-streaming nightcrawler, beaming the city’s chaos straight to his audience of blood-hungry subscribers, giving them the view from the top of the mushroom cloud — until a job he can’t refuse drags him back into his old life of Hollywood glamour, drugs, sex and sleaze. Armed with cameras and hidden mics, he’ll infiltrate private clubs, gather high-class dirt — and stumble onto a conspiracy woven into the center of LA’s most powerful men, who call themselves “The Kids in the Candy Store.”

DOUG GIBSON is a street lawyer, who fights for his clients against the army of cops, prosecutors and judges – he is the knife they bring to the gunfight. But when he’s hired by a Hollywood pedophile ready to sell out his friends for a chance for freedom, he’ll take on a fight bigger than he could have imagined. And when his client “commits suicide” in prison, Gibson will have to stop being a weapon – and become a warrior.

KARA DELGADO works for an underground private concierge company – a make-a-wish foundation for the terminally rich. She scores drugs, makes connections, and plans multi-million dollar sex parties.She has learned the secret truth of this world: there are no rules, only prices. Her best friend Phoebe has gone missing, and Kara’s the only person who knows that Phoebe’s place was wiped clean of evidence by men in black rubber gloves. But when she begins to unravel the mystery of what happened to Phoebe, and its connection to the killer known as the LA Ripper, it will drag her into the dark heart of the city.

As Jake, Doug and Kara all investigate these crimes, they’ll encounter ketamine-addled sitcom stars, bloody riots, homeless gangsters, a killer cop on death row, secret vaults in Beverly Hills, tech-bro orgies, medical cannibals, true crime junkies, private security wet-work teams, reality shows, street takeovers, car chases, coyotes, a sadistic Tarzan, and a three day, fifty million dollar wedding, before everything is revealed and they must each make their choice about how to fight back in this violent world before the bloody, blazing conclusion.

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Earlier today I was listening to the 2006 Hyde Park live performance of Comfortably Numb. Gilmore sounded just a little hoarse that night. This one, in 2016, is spectacular. As good as anything ever gets. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTse...

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David Gilmour - Comfortably Numb Live in Pompeii 2016

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Jordan Harper @jordanharper.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

April 2026

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Jen Johans @filmintuition.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I'm reading it now. Yes, Jordan Harper is a dear friend but before he was my friend, his staggeringly impressive lyrical writing blew me away. Well, within the first chapter of this thing alone, it's clear he's currently one of the greatest English language writers working today in any genre.

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Lorraine Wilson @rainewilson.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Lil boost of this as today's your last chance to stock up on bargains...

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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 31/07/2025

Getting a Womble review has been on our writer bucket list for years - so this is an absolute thrill! Thank you for reading! 🔥

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ReganMacArthur @reganmacarthur.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

"There's no such thing as a natural fighter. A natural dancer has to practice hard. A natural painter has to paint all the time. Even a natural fool has to work at it." -Joe Louis

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Agreed. Enough, no more. It's breaking my heart. I don't normally attend public protests, but now I have to. The reporting on mainstream media (not least the BBC) clearly shows some of most evil, sadistic behaviour in history.

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Shauna Lawless @shaunalawless.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

I never talk about politics or real life matters on SM. I’m not an expert by any means But I feel perhaps the world needs to pause for a moment The suffering of the people of Gaza is immense. Food and aid must get through to them. Whoever has the power to make this happen - must help and now

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David (W) Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I can now start believing that Thursday actually happened, because I've seen it in the East Lothian Courier, my local paper. Thank you to Cameron Ritchie for the story. www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/2532423...

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Author's debut novel wins award named after top crime writer

A DEBUT author has scooped a top prize named after one of Scotland’s most famous crime writers.

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Someone is punching the air and cheering here in Portugal. The cats are confused. My son is joining in because it's fun.

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David (W) Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

The face of a gobsmacked debut writer. Still absolutely reeling. More soon!

Me, looking slightly dazed, holding the McDermid Debut Award cask.

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

HEAVEN RAN LAST, WATERFRONT COP, and THE BIG HEAT are all amazing novels. Highly recommended.

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Jordan Harper @jordanharper.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Here's the trailer to SHE RIDES SHOTGUN, the movie based on my first novel. Polly and Nate are out there in these streets. Check it out. Buy the book; get hep in advance. youtu.be/U9OkHjOnQPg?...

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She Rides Shotgun (2025) Official Trailer - Taron Egerton, Ana Sophia Heger

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

THE POWER OF THE DOG is amazing. Winslow does magic with character. Wonderful, sharp, readable prose. I absolutely loved THE WINTER OF FRANKIE MACHINE, THE FORCE, THE CARTEL and THE BORDER …

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

But the other three don't write gorgeous sentences like Megan Abbott, right? Surely, no one does, do they?

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Hope you're well? You look like you've lost weight.

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Congratulations!!! !!! In my own small way, I've been with you (and rooting for you) through the whole journey.😀

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

What about Shadow of a Doubt? Hitchcock did some real noirs before the later thriller stuff.

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Thanks, that's great. Your review has sold me on trying the novel.😀

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I'm not finding it on amazon uk. Is it only on release in the US?

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Dan Hanks @danhanks.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Fab review!!!

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Aw, you and Dave. As they say, hard work beats talent, but nothing beats talent when talent works. Honestly, you're both gifted guys and, more importantly, decent and generous with it.

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

We all follow our own sense of quality. I'm just interested in how any of us practically aspire to that subjective goal. The thinking, the trying it this way then that way, the words that inspire more words. For me it's often the sum of lots of little bits of inspiration, day after day after day …

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jamesbuckley.bsky.social @jamesbuckley.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

A new author to me. What's the best place to start for (1) a lover of crime fiction, and (2) a writer always looking for novels that will inspire them and help them improve their craft?

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