Shameless plug! ☺️
www.waterstones.com/book/poetry-...

Like playing the lottery, it just takes one person to actually win something to mean everybody else can live in hope! [and keep on losing money meanwhile...]

😂😘

ha, well consider it made! (And bravo – Proust is on my "one day" list...)

Yes, the initials are useful expectation-setting indicators. Poor robotic Linda doesn't know most people don't call me A. K. 😁

Surely the only reason to write is because you can’t not? Without that inner compulsion the writing life makes no sense whatsoever 😂

Does everyone make the same joke, that you’ll never get that time back? 😁

Instagram bustled me into opening a Threads account. The writing/publishing talk seemed much livelier – more noise at least, not sure about content... I didn't stay, but I do wish the big publishers would be more active here.

That is really good to hear!

Ah, those halcyon days when authors didn’t have to enjoy self promotion on social media…

Was that at the royal festival hall? Was it good? I’d love to have gone! - but I did get to see Kamala Harris the day before 🥳

I published my own…

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