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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 15h

"Do you want to work for free on a project for which no one is getting paid?" Damn, I love it when they talk dirty.

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 21h

Middle-age mile stone achieved! Being booked in for cataract surgery.

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We have almost reached the finale of The Boys. A show that should have ended a season or two earlier, and which is increasingly obsessed with things going up or coming out of bottoms.

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is what plays in my head every time I edit a training scene in a fantasy novel.

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Team america montage

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If your character smiles, write that they/he/she smiled. Not offered, gave, quirked, delivered, showed a smile.

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My boss is making me work on a sick day because he is a nob. (For clarity, I am my boss. (Still a nob, though))

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Controversial opinion of the day - the term crossover fiction can get in the sea. Shortly followed by 'New Adult'.

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Saturday's gig was Sam Campbell at the New Theatre in Oxford. An evening of silly fun. Very much enjoyed it. Especially for the Big Night Out vibes.

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Feeling poorly today, so spending the majority of my time on the sofa with Alan Moore's latest.

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Last night's gig was Mike Wozniak at the Oxford Play House. Absolutely loved it - Wozniak's whimsical provincial tales are beautifully structured, beautifully observed, and pleasingly strange. "I know he's a liar, because he once told me he saw a cow do a press-up."

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Having listened to The Castle, Jon Ronson's excellent new book. Bloody hell, it's good. Makes me extra angry about AI and billionaires.

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Initially I was frustrated with the rise of self-checkout but I appreciated how stores passed the savings on to me rather than pocket the money, fire armies of workers & make me do a job I suck at. It’s also why I’m optimistic about AI! I have been kicked in the head by several horses.

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

AI may be dangerous, say the people who make AI. What if - and hear me out - you don't make it dangerous then? Better yet, hoy it into the sea. Right fucking in it.

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Swan River Press @swanriverpress.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Helen Grant discusses her ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES and her love of Gothic fiction: "The big thing I love about the Gothic is that it is filled with emotion. When something terrifying happens, I’m interested in how that makes people feel." Full interview: swanriverpress.ie/2024/09/exca...

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Last night's movie was Saccharine, which I thoroughly enjoyed. A queer body horror movie with an emotional core.

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Author just used the word 'sibilated' rather than 'said' and now I want to put my fist through a dictionary.

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Sure, just make up words. Why not?! *sobs in editor*

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Minnie was released from cat prison yesterday - she graced us with a dirty protest in her cat carrier, and then sought our forgiveness with a huge dead pigeon presented to us at midnight.

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It is week whatever of the school holidays. Effectively eleventy billion years until they go back.

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The Killings at Parrish Station was just perfect. Just the right amount of cosmic horror to get your imagination going and a thread of dry humour throughout. Also, six and done. Great to have a show that is brave enough to tell a complete story.

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George Sandison @georgesandison.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I am beyond excited to announce SQUAMOUS, my forthcoming memoir of a career in indie publishing. In which a withered husk of an editor attempts to accurately describe that which defies all rational minds.

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 05/08/2026

I'm not sure why we're posting about ai but I don't use AI in my writing, in my cover art, etc. I've had every feature that could automatically modify text in Word turned off for decades, and AI is just more of the same. Every edit lovingly done by hand.

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Another year and still no invite to the Kim Newman summer party...

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Burning the candle at both ends and in the middle so that I can take a week off next week.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 367: Nothing you write is ever wasted. Whether anyone reads it or not, it helps build something better. It counts.

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Be considerate during this heatwave. Do make sure to ask as many people as you can whether it is hot enough for them.

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Irrational annoyance: I fucking hate the term 'picky bits'.

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Can't wait to be woken up in the early hours of Monday morning to those lamenting/celebrating the sportsball outcome.

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Andi Turnbull @adtcomics.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Inbetween avoiding dissolving into soup and doing TFN work, I just read Petrol Head by @robwilliams71.bsky.social @pye.bsky.social Absolutely excellent work. Robots, rogue ai, environmental damage, compsiracies & spectacle to distract the masses. Finger chillingly on the pulse and a riveting read.

The cover to Petrol Head by Rob Williams and Pye Parr. Showing a futuristic hot rod muscle car speeding, while hovering above can be seen a young girl looking a little concerned and agitated and behind her a humanoid robot, with a round head, and two yellow optic sensors and an exhaust pipe on one side of it's head emitting smoke.,

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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

HEATWAVE ALERT: If you leave children in your car on a very hot day please ensure a window is open so they can at least have a cigarette.

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Feeling rather helpless in the face of it all at times this week. I totally understand the link between climate change and heat waves, and where it's all come from. But feeling beaten over the head by a lot of 'isn't this terrible and it will get worse' posts. Somewhat freezes you into inaction.

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Christina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

This evening! Let me distract you from the sweats for an hour. Then we can all go and get a callipo.

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🥭MANGO - Comms Closed @mgosketches.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Now and always, say NO to Al ✊️

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

With the sale of Solaris, I'm delighted that friends and colleagues get to keep their jobs and the imprint goes on. I do, however, have very mixed feeling about the Rebellion years of ownership.

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Who doesn't love a nice bit of refreshing 'told you so'ism? So cooling.

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Christina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Calling all fellow childless cat people. I am doing an event on 7 July for death prep when you're ageing without children. It's free. Register here www.tickettailor.com/events/agein...

Event page for before I go a practical guide to death admin for people ageing without children.

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Every time you say it's too hot, Jesus raises the temperature by two degrees.

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Fucking hell, how does one not sink into despair over climate change/politics/etc?

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Struggling for ideas for Father’s Day gifts? You may find the following list helpful. Dad’s like: Beer BBQ Football Drywalll Tanks (septic, immersion, battle (in that order)) Books about war Books about books about war Documentaries about books about books about wars Your Auntie Janice Tits.

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Jonathan Oliver - Editorial @jonolivereditor.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Get you some books. I can confirm that The Needfire is superb.

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Christina Martin @christinamartin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

They have supported me from the off. If you use bookshop.org pleases consider selecting Printed Matter Hastings as your supported store now and again.

Me in 2023 in front of the same book shelves as the post above holding up Ashes to Admin after signing copies in store.

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