Angela Cleland
@angelacleland.co.uk
Poet | Novelist (as Cleland Smith) | Audiobook Narrator | She/her | 🤖🦄🚀🍸
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Faithfulness to a book is not an index of quality in a film adaptation.
A movie is a different beast.
Degrees of fidelity to source material are just that: degrees of fidelity. It doesn't link to how good (or bad) the cinema experience is.
"I've read the book!" is often why we bring up faith.
A movie is a different beast.
Degrees of fidelity to source material are just that: degrees of fidelity. It doesn't link to how good (or bad) the cinema experience is.
"I've read the book!" is often why we bring up faith.
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Faithfulness to a book is not an index of quality in a film adaptation.
A movie is a different beast.
Degrees of fidelity to source material are just that: degrees of fidelity. It doesn't link to how good (or bad) the cinema experience is.
"I've read the book!" is often why we bring up faith.
A movie is a different beast.
Degrees of fidelity to source material are just that: degrees of fidelity. It doesn't link to how good (or bad) the cinema experience is.
"I've read the book!" is often why we bring up faith.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Please enjoy this animated pixel-art kangaroo that I may or may not ever use in a game
November 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Please enjoy this animated pixel-art kangaroo that I may or may not ever use in a game
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I don't like doing the hard sell, so just quietly putting this here in case you fancy buying a print 🙂
juliaallum.co.uk/shop/
juliaallum.co.uk/shop/
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I don't like doing the hard sell, so just quietly putting this here in case you fancy buying a print 🙂
juliaallum.co.uk/shop/
juliaallum.co.uk/shop/
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Amazing incorrect lyrics on the karaoke machine yesterday
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Amazing incorrect lyrics on the karaoke machine yesterday
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 26800:
Querying is a slow, anxious process. Don't make it worse by stopping work. Start something new. Have fun with it. At worst, having a new project will take the sting out of rejection. At best, you'll have a second half-finished book when your first is accepted.
Querying is a slow, anxious process. Don't make it worse by stopping work. Start something new. Have fun with it. At worst, having a new project will take the sting out of rejection. At best, you'll have a second half-finished book when your first is accepted.
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 26800:
Querying is a slow, anxious process. Don't make it worse by stopping work. Start something new. Have fun with it. At worst, having a new project will take the sting out of rejection. At best, you'll have a second half-finished book when your first is accepted.
Querying is a slow, anxious process. Don't make it worse by stopping work. Start something new. Have fun with it. At worst, having a new project will take the sting out of rejection. At best, you'll have a second half-finished book when your first is accepted.
This is my surprised face. 😐
“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
This is my surprised face. 😐
Yay! Go, pine martens!
"The first sighting of a pine marten in Studland, Dorset, in more than a century!" swanage.news/rare-and-end...
November 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Yay! Go, pine martens!
If any London-based friends are around early evening today and fancy a drink, message me. My eldest is singing in a concert I haven’t managed to get tickets to 🤦♀️ so I have some time to kill.
November 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
If any London-based friends are around early evening today and fancy a drink, message me. My eldest is singing in a concert I haven’t managed to get tickets to 🤦♀️ so I have some time to kill.
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Dr. Barr from the TOP FUCKNG ROPE
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Dr. Barr from the TOP FUCKNG ROPE
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And all 16 of them sound like late 90s Beck lyrics!
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
And all 16 of them sound like late 90s Beck lyrics!
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Authors this round include @kashinggiwa.bsky.social, @colinthecopywriter.bsky.social, @peterclines.bsky.social, @amalelmohtar.com / @maxgladstone.bsky.social, @jeremyteg.bsky.social, @victormanibo.com, @alexsegura.bsky.social, and more!
transfer-orbit.ghost.io/sci-fi-fanta...
transfer-orbit.ghost.io/sci-fi-fanta...
11 new SF/F books to check out this November
Hidden secrets, uninhabitable planets, secret worlds, and quite a bit more to check out
transfer-orbit.ghost.io
November 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
There’s a fine balance between being warm enough to concentrate on working and not so cosy I fall asleep.
a close up of a person laying on a bed
Alt: Snoozy white cat peeking out from under a blanket sees camera, SEES camera, then bolts.
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
There’s a fine balance between being warm enough to concentrate on working and not so cosy I fall asleep.
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This is the version of the post that everyone needs to see. And all you readers/authors despairing of non-comprehension, etc, we are gaining new fans of fantasy and SF. It might not be the fantasy or SF you personally read, but they're reading and buying where they weren't before.
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This is the version of the post that everyone needs to see. And all you readers/authors despairing of non-comprehension, etc, we are gaining new fans of fantasy and SF. It might not be the fantasy or SF you personally read, but they're reading and buying where they weren't before.
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Hey, I'm Tim - a boardgames writer, player & now, apparently, podcaster. Are you likely to find yourself playing games with family & friends this holiday season? Do you need recommendations for good ones to play with your group, or to gift? Reply below with who it's for & I'll do my best to help!
November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Hey, I'm Tim - a boardgames writer, player & now, apparently, podcaster. Are you likely to find yourself playing games with family & friends this holiday season? Do you need recommendations for good ones to play with your group, or to gift? Reply below with who it's for & I'll do my best to help!
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Gotta say I did not expect a post where i whinged about my inability to promo myself to do some numbers...
So I did not promo myself.
I write dark fantasy with occasional forays into horror, and you can read many of my shorts online, and novels listed here: clhellisenbooks.carrd.co
So I did not promo myself.
I write dark fantasy with occasional forays into horror, and you can read many of my shorts online, and novels listed here: clhellisenbooks.carrd.co
CL HELLISEN BOOKS
Collected links for fantasy writer CL Hellisen
clhellisenbooks.carrd.co
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Gotta say I did not expect a post where i whinged about my inability to promo myself to do some numbers...
So I did not promo myself.
I write dark fantasy with occasional forays into horror, and you can read many of my shorts online, and novels listed here: clhellisenbooks.carrd.co
So I did not promo myself.
I write dark fantasy with occasional forays into horror, and you can read many of my shorts online, and novels listed here: clhellisenbooks.carrd.co
Sounds like the All Will Rise Perimenopause DLC is coming along nicely
We just found a bug where the line 'I want to destroy something' is part of EVERY set of dialogue choices in the game. Sadly, @hugobille.bsky.social fixed the bug, with some regret in his heart. Nevertheless, a relatable sentiment. #IndieGame #IndieDev #politics
November 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Sounds like the All Will Rise Perimenopause DLC is coming along nicely
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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Leopards seek headshots for non-culinary archival use.
“The Justice Department has embarked on an effort to compile the largest set of national voter roll data it has ever collected, to essentially establish a national voting database.”
I’m sure they have good intentions. 🤦♂️
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
I’m sure they have good intentions. 🤦♂️
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Election Officials Press Trump Administration Over Voter Data
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Leopards seek headshots for non-culinary archival use.
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You’re a dear about big upping (bigging up?) other people’s works though. We notice.
📢📢 CL HELLISEN’S LATEST 📢📢
clhellisenbooks.carrd.co
📢📢 CL HELLISEN’S LATEST 📢📢
clhellisenbooks.carrd.co
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
You’re a dear about big upping (bigging up?) other people’s works though. We notice.
📢📢 CL HELLISEN’S LATEST 📢📢
clhellisenbooks.carrd.co
📢📢 CL HELLISEN’S LATEST 📢📢
clhellisenbooks.carrd.co
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That wasn’t the part I was worried about, bro
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
That wasn’t the part I was worried about, bro
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Semd me your poems : 5 days to go. @cafewriters.bsky.social #poetrycompetition
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Semd me your poems : 5 days to go. @cafewriters.bsky.social #poetrycompetition
IT’S SNOOOOWING! Not even flakes. Look at the size of these!
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
IT’S SNOOOOWING! Not even flakes. Look at the size of these!
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Excellent thread tying this perennial question to the appeal of ChatGPT and other superficial text vending machines for the non-writer. Applicable to artists, musicians etc as well.
I've had a few 'what do you do' convs recently, and everyone on hearing I'm an author comes out with "so how do you come up with ideas?", just like every book or movie about a writer has them staring numbly into space because they don't have an idea for the next book. And look, that is Not It.
November 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Excellent thread tying this perennial question to the appeal of ChatGPT and other superficial text vending machines for the non-writer. Applicable to artists, musicians etc as well.
I might have to leave the internet because I’m inexplicably one of about only three people who didn’t see the Scotland game. Briefly tuned in at half time, saw the very weird camera wandering and replay of the wondergoal then fell asleep on the sofa. 🤦♀️
November 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I might have to leave the internet because I’m inexplicably one of about only three people who didn’t see the Scotland game. Briefly tuned in at half time, saw the very weird camera wandering and replay of the wondergoal then fell asleep on the sofa. 🤦♀️