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L R Fletcher
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Author of thrillers and technothrillers.
The Spike series: nerdy vigilantes vs the technological singularity.
Weekly blog and free short stories on arrowmakerbooks.com
📙Reader of all fiction
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L R Fletcher @arrowmakerbooks.bsky.social · Nov 18
My debut #novel is available on #amazon in paperback and #kindle versions. #booksky #indieauthor
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The Spike Volume One: Wake eBook : Fletcher, L R: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
The Spike Volume One: Wake eBook : Fletcher, L R: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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For today's #WIPSnips word of "shirt", another extract from The Spike Volume 2, currently in revisions.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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For today's #WIPSnips word of "burger", from The Spike Volume 2, currently in revisions.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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For today's #WIPSnips word, "local", my offering is from The Spike Volume 2, currently in revisions.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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This week: prioritising creativity over consumption; the status of my current projects; The Spike-related links; and being inspired by Jeff Buckley's "Grace".
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WeeklyWritingWrapup.20251108
This week: prioritising creativity over consumption; the status of my current projects; The Spike-related links; and being inspired by Jeff Buckley’s “Grace”.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Do you think sci-fi and dystopias are blueprints?

Are you a billionaire?

If so, STOP.

You may be inadvertently ending the world. Please speak to your nearest librarian or sci-fi/dystopian author immediately.

Thank you.

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November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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One thing I can't do:
Shameless self promotion

One thing I can do:
Write books

Current shame level:
90%

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November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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🙋 We're "not supposed" to use adjectives either, so how do we adequately describe the changing tones and flows of conversation?People don't talk like robots.
The "rules" are a lie!
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Raise your hand if you break the rule of only using "said" in your dialogue tags. 🙋‍♀️

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November 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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In this week's writing wrapup: false starts revising The Spike Volume 2; the status of my current projects; The Spike-related links; and being inspired by the "Mr Robot" OST.
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This week: false starts revising The Spike Volume 2; the status of my current projects; The Spike-related links; and being inspired by the “Mr Robot” OST.
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November 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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There's nothing quite like spending an hour revising, then realising the paragraphs you've just added would be better in a different chapter, and you can't just copy'n'paste because all the context is different.
A quick 15 minutes to swear profusely, then back to it.
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October 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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My current read is at the side of my desk whilst I'm working the day job and it's... whispering to me.

I wonder if it knows I need the job to buy more books.

Maybe that's why it wants me fired.

Maybe it's jealous.

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October 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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In this week's writing wrapup: #amediting draft 3 of The Spike Volume 2, and two new ideas I can't talk about; the status of my current projects; The Spike-related links; and being inspired by Nick Cave's "20,000 Days on Earth"
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This week: editing draft 3 of The Spike Volume 2, and two new ideas I can’t talk about; the status of my current projects; The Spike-related links; and being inspired by Nick Cave’s &#8…
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October 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Celebrating my 500th consecutive day working on my writing by resharing the post I wrote when I passed one year.
With all this time spent, you'd think I might have finished my next book by now...
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One year of writing* every day
How many more consecutive days must I write before I can stop considering myself lazy?
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October 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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I didn't know so many readers had such a fanatical interest in whaling that they'd happily accept the prioritisation of extravagant prose over pacing and plot.
Moby-Dick, puzzlingly popular.
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October 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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In this week's writing wrapup: creativity vs consumption, and starting draft 3 of The Spike Vol 2; the status of my current projects; The Spike-related links; and being inspired by AuthorTuber Sara Lubratt.
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WeeklyWritingWrapup.20251018
This week: creativity vs consumption, and starting draft 3 of The Spike Volume 2; the status of my current projects; The Spike-related links; and being inspired by AuthorTuber Sara Lubratt.
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October 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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I'm buying books at a quicker rate than I'm reading them.

If that's a problem, and I'm yet to be convinced it is, it's of reading-rate not buying-rate.

More 📚 More 📚 More 📚

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October 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Moby-Dick is the most beautifully-written textbook I've ever read.
Not sure what it was doing in the Fiction section.
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October 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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On this week's writing wrapup: completing my revision plan for draft 3 of The Spike Volume 2; the status of my current projects; The Spike-related links; and being inspired by a particular scene of "The Wire".
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This week: completing my revision plan for draft 3 of The Spike Volume 2; the status of my current projects; The Spike-related links; and being inspired by a particular scene of “The Wire&#82…
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October 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Twice this week I've been within half a mile of a bookshop.
Twice I didn't even attempt to resist its siren call.
Twice I left with multiple books.

My bank balance might not like it, but I wish more weeks were like this 😍📚📙📚

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October 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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My latest reading_report is live. A mix of genres, and the full range of scores, for the books I read in the third three months of 2025 (including the most scathing review I've ever written).
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reading_report_2025q3
A mix of genres, and the full range of scores, for the books I read in the third three months of 2025 (including the most scathing review I’ve ever written).
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October 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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On this week's writing wrapup: final updates to The Spike series bible; the status of my current projects; The Spike-related links; and being inspired by TV show "Californication".
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This week: final updates to The Spike series bible; the status of my current projects; The Spike-related links; and being inspired by TV show “Californication”.
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October 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Is it weird I've never had imposter syndrome?
I finished rereading my debut this week, for the first time since it was published in 2017, and I enjoyed it.
No cringing.
No regrets.
Any other authors think imposter syndrome isn't compulsory?
Or am I a freak?
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October 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Every "self-promotion for introverts" piece I've seen suggests "stop being an introvert".

I'm going to write a piece titled "how extroverts can stop feeling lonely" and suggest "stop being an extrovert".

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September 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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On this week's writing wrapup: the difficulty in writing the beginning of the next book in a series; the status of my current projects; The Spike-related links; and being inspired by "The Tourist" by Radiohead.
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This week: the difficulty in writing the beginning of the next book in a series; the status of my current projects; The Spike-related links; and being inspired by “The Tourist” by Radio…
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September 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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I know we're living in dark and frightening times, but no, I got nothing. Sorry.
September 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Slow down, idiot, slow down...
Do you rush to tick off as many things you want to do as possible, or do you take the time to enjoy each one?
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Slow down, idiot, slow down
Do you rush to tick off as many things you want to do as possible, or do you take the time to enjoy each one?
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September 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM