Alan Grant
@alangrantuk.bsky.social
Writer.
Email: alangrantwrites@gmail.com.
Email: alangrantwrites@gmail.com.
Chuffed to be making my @libdemvoice.org debut today with an article on why it's time liberals supported greater cooperation between Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and our own United Kingdom.
Why liberals should back CANZUK
Reading the Financial Times is not for the easily troubled. At once the news it is mission-bound to report is confusing, intimidating, and depressing when the reader becomes aware of just how much mon...
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March 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Chuffed to be making my @libdemvoice.org debut today with an article on why it's time liberals supported greater cooperation between Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and our own United Kingdom.
New writing from me on Daisy May Cooper’s staggeringly ignorant comments about Shakespeare and why we must still “go on” about him.
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#writersky #blogsky #writer #newwriting #shakespeare
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#writersky #blogsky #writer #newwriting #shakespeare
Correcting Ms Daisy: Why We Must Still Go On about Shakespeare
In defence of learning Shakespeare. Because apparently that’s needed in 2025…
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March 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
New writing from me on Daisy May Cooper’s staggeringly ignorant comments about Shakespeare and why we must still “go on” about him.
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#writersky #blogsky #writer #newwriting #shakespeare
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#writersky #blogsky #writer #newwriting #shakespeare
New writing from me. A personal reflection and a deep dive into the importance of 1973's The Exorcist.
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#writersky #moviesky #cinemasky
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#writersky #moviesky #cinemasky
My Mother Does What?
A reflection on the lasting power of The Exorcist (1973).
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February 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
New writing from me. A personal reflection and a deep dive into the importance of 1973's The Exorcist.
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#writersky #moviesky #cinemasky
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#writersky #moviesky #cinemasky
Progressives lost hearts and minds over DEI because they argued that diversity, equity, and inclusion were good things in themselves and failed to argue that they lead to good things.
January 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Progressives lost hearts and minds over DEI because they argued that diversity, equity, and inclusion were good things in themselves and failed to argue that they lead to good things.
I've written a novel. I need an agent.
It's good. I know how to write. Ask The Express or the Times, and they'll tell you.
It's dystopian. Set in a world where a worse pandemic followed COVID, the rich retreat to a high-tech island.
Email me: alangrantwrites@gmail.com
It's good. I know how to write. Ask The Express or the Times, and they'll tell you.
It's dystopian. Set in a world where a worse pandemic followed COVID, the rich retreat to a high-tech island.
Email me: alangrantwrites@gmail.com
January 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I've written a novel. I need an agent.
It's good. I know how to write. Ask The Express or the Times, and they'll tell you.
It's dystopian. Set in a world where a worse pandemic followed COVID, the rich retreat to a high-tech island.
Email me: alangrantwrites@gmail.com
It's good. I know how to write. Ask The Express or the Times, and they'll tell you.
It's dystopian. Set in a world where a worse pandemic followed COVID, the rich retreat to a high-tech island.
Email me: alangrantwrites@gmail.com
There once were two buns in a box,
That was secured just like Fort Knox,
Gayly they played,
Eating and getting laid,
Until the arrival of a lock-picking fox.
That was secured just like Fort Knox,
Gayly they played,
Eating and getting laid,
Until the arrival of a lock-picking fox.
#LimerickRhyme
#WritingPrompts
#WritingCommunity
Jan 11 optional prompt
#NIBBLE
A limerick is 5 lines
Lines #1 #2 #5 rhyme - longer
Lines #3 #4 rhyme - shorter
Metric anaPEST
📸 mine
Sasha and Malia
#WritingPrompts
#WritingCommunity
Jan 11 optional prompt
#NIBBLE
A limerick is 5 lines
Lines #1 #2 #5 rhyme - longer
Lines #3 #4 rhyme - shorter
Metric anaPEST
📸 mine
Sasha and Malia
January 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
There once were two buns in a box,
That was secured just like Fort Knox,
Gayly they played,
Eating and getting laid,
Until the arrival of a lock-picking fox.
That was secured just like Fort Knox,
Gayly they played,
Eating and getting laid,
Until the arrival of a lock-picking fox.
I sent my novel to a bunch of publishers and didn't hear back from them with a glowing acceptance instantly, so of course, I've decided I'm the worst thing to happen to words since mumble rap.
January 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I sent my novel to a bunch of publishers and didn't hear back from them with a glowing acceptance instantly, so of course, I've decided I'm the worst thing to happen to words since mumble rap.
The Bishop of Central Vancouver,
Used to pleasure himself with a hoover,
But he ran out of luck,
By underestimating the suck,
And when it got it out it was smoother.
Used to pleasure himself with a hoover,
But he ran out of luck,
By underestimating the suck,
And when it got it out it was smoother.
January 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The Bishop of Central Vancouver,
Used to pleasure himself with a hoover,
But he ran out of luck,
By underestimating the suck,
And when it got it out it was smoother.
Used to pleasure himself with a hoover,
But he ran out of luck,
By underestimating the suck,
And when it got it out it was smoother.
There once was a woman from Skye,
Who could never stick to one guy,
And she said with a grin,
That stretched down to her chin,
Most are rubbish but the best of them try.
Who could never stick to one guy,
And she said with a grin,
That stretched down to her chin,
Most are rubbish but the best of them try.
January 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
There once was a woman from Skye,
Who could never stick to one guy,
And she said with a grin,
That stretched down to her chin,
Most are rubbish but the best of them try.
Who could never stick to one guy,
And she said with a grin,
That stretched down to her chin,
Most are rubbish but the best of them try.
My novel is ready! A publisher and agent would help. So, if that's you and you would like to read a dystopian chiller set on an island hiding from a second, even worse, global pandemic that grips the world after COVID-19, please get in touch.
#booksky #writersky #authorsky #literaturesky
#booksky #writersky #authorsky #literaturesky
January 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
My novel is ready! A publisher and agent would help. So, if that's you and you would like to read a dystopian chiller set on an island hiding from a second, even worse, global pandemic that grips the world after COVID-19, please get in touch.
#booksky #writersky #authorsky #literaturesky
#booksky #writersky #authorsky #literaturesky
I’ve find ‘fantasy’ really boring. All that orcs, hobbits, wenches, knights, swords and armour stuff looks and feels the same to me and my eyes glaze over when I see it. Plus, they run to 1000s of pages. But, I always work assuming I could be wrong so what book would change my mind? #booksky
January 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I’ve find ‘fantasy’ really boring. All that orcs, hobbits, wenches, knights, swords and armour stuff looks and feels the same to me and my eyes glaze over when I see it. Plus, they run to 1000s of pages. But, I always work assuming I could be wrong so what book would change my mind? #booksky
A Happy New Year to my nascent BlueSky community. I hope you had fun. Personally, I'm going into 2025 happier than I went into 2024 in so I thought I'd play with a fun idea.
As a proud #booksky guy, I'm pinning this thread here all year and recording what I read. Come join me!
As a proud #booksky guy, I'm pinning this thread here all year and recording what I read. Come join me!
January 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A Happy New Year to my nascent BlueSky community. I hope you had fun. Personally, I'm going into 2025 happier than I went into 2024 in so I thought I'd play with a fun idea.
As a proud #booksky guy, I'm pinning this thread here all year and recording what I read. Come join me!
As a proud #booksky guy, I'm pinning this thread here all year and recording what I read. Come join me!
If you’re not writing about the most interesting thing that has ever happened to your characters, why aren’t you writing that instead?
December 31, 2024 at 6:22 PM
If you’re not writing about the most interesting thing that has ever happened to your characters, why aren’t you writing that instead?
This New Year's Eve (Hogmanay to my fellow Scots), I find myself halfway through the redraft of a novel that was a mere thought this time last year. I expect to have it in a fit state in mere months.
I had my doubts I could get this far with it. #booksky #writersky
I had my doubts I could get this far with it. #booksky #writersky
December 31, 2024 at 3:48 PM
This New Year's Eve (Hogmanay to my fellow Scots), I find myself halfway through the redraft of a novel that was a mere thought this time last year. I expect to have it in a fit state in mere months.
I had my doubts I could get this far with it. #booksky #writersky
I had my doubts I could get this far with it. #booksky #writersky
Remember fellow writers, if something can be cut from your work then it should be.
Nobody wants your second best.
Nobody wants your second best.
December 31, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Remember fellow writers, if something can be cut from your work then it should be.
Nobody wants your second best.
Nobody wants your second best.
I’ll stop banging on about how great dark academia is when it stops being so great! This was superb. More supernatural than I usually go for, but very enjoyable nonetheless. Read the whole thing in three days. Great characterisation and suspense building. Catelyn Wilson is a talent.
December 31, 2024 at 9:13 AM
I’ll stop banging on about how great dark academia is when it stops being so great! This was superb. More supernatural than I usually go for, but very enjoyable nonetheless. Read the whole thing in three days. Great characterisation and suspense building. Catelyn Wilson is a talent.
If you read Of Mice and Men and find it “harmful” then you have my pity and the ideologically imprisoned morons teaching you, and the callous zealots who trained them, will have to make do with my contempt. Sheer ignorance of the value of a jewel of 20thC American literature. bbc.in/3ZNq59C
Of Mice and Men: Classic US novel taken off GCSE course in Wales
The book's removal is welcomed by the children's commissioner amid concern about racist language.
bbc.in
December 23, 2024 at 12:28 PM
If you read Of Mice and Men and find it “harmful” then you have my pity and the ideologically imprisoned morons teaching you, and the callous zealots who trained them, will have to make do with my contempt. Sheer ignorance of the value of a jewel of 20thC American literature. bbc.in/3ZNq59C
Might be controversial to say so, but I think lots of people confuse quality and quantity in books. An eight book, 90K word each, saga is obviously too long and could be cut down. Especially in sci-fi and fantasy. If you’re not telling me the most interesting bit, ask yourself why not?
December 22, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Might be controversial to say so, but I think lots of people confuse quality and quantity in books. An eight book, 90K word each, saga is obviously too long and could be cut down. Especially in sci-fi and fantasy. If you’re not telling me the most interesting bit, ask yourself why not?
Because my beloved Scottish homeland is colder than a witch’s nip at this time of year, I usually spend the holidays in warmer climes.
This year’s holiday reading arrived today, All The Devils by Catelyn Wilson. Very excited to crack it open.
This year’s holiday reading arrived today, All The Devils by Catelyn Wilson. Very excited to crack it open.
December 19, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Because my beloved Scottish homeland is colder than a witch’s nip at this time of year, I usually spend the holidays in warmer climes.
This year’s holiday reading arrived today, All The Devils by Catelyn Wilson. Very excited to crack it open.
This year’s holiday reading arrived today, All The Devils by Catelyn Wilson. Very excited to crack it open.
From the author of If We Were Villains, @mlrio.bsky.social. Graveyard Shift is a tight as a drum dark academia novella with a lean, thumping heart of dread and menace. Friends, but make it graveyard. Perfect for those late nights in the library. Totally recommended.
December 18, 2024 at 12:27 PM
From the author of If We Were Villains, @mlrio.bsky.social. Graveyard Shift is a tight as a drum dark academia novella with a lean, thumping heart of dread and menace. Friends, but make it graveyard. Perfect for those late nights in the library. Totally recommended.
So, the first seven chapters of my novel have had the first edit treatment.
You wouldn't think something could be the best thing I've ever written and the worst thing anybody ever wrote, depending on the day, but here we are...
You wouldn't think something could be the best thing I've ever written and the worst thing anybody ever wrote, depending on the day, but here we are...
December 15, 2024 at 6:10 PM
So, the first seven chapters of my novel have had the first edit treatment.
You wouldn't think something could be the best thing I've ever written and the worst thing anybody ever wrote, depending on the day, but here we are...
You wouldn't think something could be the best thing I've ever written and the worst thing anybody ever wrote, depending on the day, but here we are...
Just finished A Lesson in Vengeance by @sosaidvictoria.bsky.social. I love me some dark academia and this is some good dark academia. Like a good cup of coffee, it’s dark, strong, and it kept me awake at night. Fans of The Secret History and If We Were Villains, this is your next read.
December 4, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Just finished A Lesson in Vengeance by @sosaidvictoria.bsky.social. I love me some dark academia and this is some good dark academia. Like a good cup of coffee, it’s dark, strong, and it kept me awake at night. Fans of The Secret History and If We Were Villains, this is your next read.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day One
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day One
November 25, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day One
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day One
I like my comedy dark, black ideally, and I love a dystopia so I've read The Suicide Shop a few times. It's a deeply funny short story set in a bleak dystopian future in which people kill themselves regularly, and set in the shop that sells the things to help them. An acquired taste, but delicious.
November 23, 2024 at 9:18 PM
I like my comedy dark, black ideally, and I love a dystopia so I've read The Suicide Shop a few times. It's a deeply funny short story set in a bleak dystopian future in which people kill themselves regularly, and set in the shop that sells the things to help them. An acquired taste, but delicious.