Karin Salvalaggio
@karinsalvalaggio.bsky.social
American crime writer living in London. Staying for the werewolves.
www.karinsalvalaggio.com
www.karinsalvalaggio.com
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Some have said the assisted dying debate has been "parliament at its best". I'm not so sure. Instead I think religion has quietly played a dominant role in the debate, distorted the conversation, with few believing MPs being straightforward about why. My piece for the i. inews.co.uk/opinion/mps-...
MPs are being dishonest about why they oppose assisted dying
For many, religious belief plays a part - and MPs should make clear when that is the case
inews.co.uk
November 29, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Some have said the assisted dying debate has been "parliament at its best". I'm not so sure. Instead I think religion has quietly played a dominant role in the debate, distorted the conversation, with few believing MPs being straightforward about why. My piece for the i. inews.co.uk/opinion/mps-...
I miss my boy 💔
November 27, 2024 at 7:39 PM
I miss my boy 💔
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Are you a crime fiction, thrillers and mystery book fan like me? I've put together a couple of different handy book starter packs. Find them below or over on my profile 👇
✒️ Authors: go.bsky.app/ErtLoKa
👩💻 Book Bloggers: go.bsky.app/QgFVnrR
🎪 Literary Festivals & Events: go.bsky.app/TgJLfBA
✒️ Authors: go.bsky.app/ErtLoKa
👩💻 Book Bloggers: go.bsky.app/QgFVnrR
🎪 Literary Festivals & Events: go.bsky.app/TgJLfBA
November 26, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Are you a crime fiction, thrillers and mystery book fan like me? I've put together a couple of different handy book starter packs. Find them below or over on my profile 👇
✒️ Authors: go.bsky.app/ErtLoKa
👩💻 Book Bloggers: go.bsky.app/QgFVnrR
🎪 Literary Festivals & Events: go.bsky.app/TgJLfBA
✒️ Authors: go.bsky.app/ErtLoKa
👩💻 Book Bloggers: go.bsky.app/QgFVnrR
🎪 Literary Festivals & Events: go.bsky.app/TgJLfBA
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Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
November 24, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
Making homemade pappardelle and venison ragù tonight. The house smells amazing! 👩🍳🇮🇹🍝
November 26, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Making homemade pappardelle and venison ragù tonight. The house smells amazing! 👩🍳🇮🇹🍝
Added bonus––I think @trevorwoodwrite.bsky.social is an Arsenal fan.
Chapeau @trevorwoodwrite.bsky.social ! Your brilliant detective thriller (in more ways than the usual) is so right for a TV adaptation. Looking forward to the next in the series
Delighted to announce that The Silent Killer has been optioned for TV by FilmNation TV UK which makes the @wearebookanista.bsky.social review seem very prescient indeed.
November 25, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Added bonus––I think @trevorwoodwrite.bsky.social is an Arsenal fan.
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Mom: when you're finished arguing, could you please put your damn cups in the dishwasher instead of leaving them next to the sink like you always do?
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Mom: when you're finished arguing, could you please put your damn cups in the dishwasher instead of leaving them next to the sink like you always do?
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Creative writing lecturer: describe the cup without using the word ‘cup’, ‘half’, or ‘empty’. You’ve got 15 minutes.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Creative writing lecturer: describe the cup without using the word ‘cup’, ‘half’, or ‘empty’. You’ve got 15 minutes.
Optimist: the cup is ½ full
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Illustrator: Depending on the angle, you may not be able to see what’s in the cup at all. You need to be more specific in your brief. What else is around the cup that we need to be able to see?
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Illustrator: Depending on the angle, you may not be able to see what’s in the cup at all. You need to be more specific in your brief. What else is around the cup that we need to be able to see?
November 23, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Mom: when you're finished arguing, could you please put your damn cups in the dishwasher instead of leaving them next to the sink like you always do?
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Mom: when you're finished arguing, could you please put your damn cups in the dishwasher instead of leaving them next to the sink like you always do?
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No thoughts just Edo period depiction of hammerhead sharks
November 15, 2024 at 7:41 PM
No thoughts just Edo period depiction of hammerhead sharks
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I was surprised when they featured it on a banner ad on the website for me. It's definitely not getting any attention, though. They're putting nothing behind it.
Here's the trailer
www.netflix.com/watch/819255...
Here's the trailer
www.netflix.com/watch/819255...
November 23, 2024 at 2:50 PM
I was surprised when they featured it on a banner ad on the website for me. It's definitely not getting any attention, though. They're putting nothing behind it.
Here's the trailer
www.netflix.com/watch/819255...
Here's the trailer
www.netflix.com/watch/819255...
Oddly soothing
Anyway…
Here’s a visualization of all the curse words being used on Bluesky in real time.
Each word is a cute fluffy little profane cloud.
It’s oddly soothing.
H/t @bagpuss.org
#SwearSky
swearsky.bagpuss.org
Here’s a visualization of all the curse words being used on Bluesky in real time.
Each word is a cute fluffy little profane cloud.
It’s oddly soothing.
H/t @bagpuss.org
#SwearSky
swearsky.bagpuss.org
SwearSky
Bluesky profanity, as it happens
swearsky.bagpuss.org
November 23, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Oddly soothing
Being stuck at home all day waiting for EVRI to deliver a package has its advantages. I used it is an excuse to do fuck all aside from snacking and reading The Whisper Man by @alexnorth.co.uk from cover to cover. Great read.
Package didn't arrive so may have to read another book tomorrow. So sad.
Package didn't arrive so may have to read another book tomorrow. So sad.
November 22, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Being stuck at home all day waiting for EVRI to deliver a package has its advantages. I used it is an excuse to do fuck all aside from snacking and reading The Whisper Man by @alexnorth.co.uk from cover to cover. Great read.
Package didn't arrive so may have to read another book tomorrow. So sad.
Package didn't arrive so may have to read another book tomorrow. So sad.
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Are you passionate about books and eager to share your love of literature with others?
Goldsboro Books is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Bookseller to join our team in the heart of Covent Garden, London.
More details at the link below:
goldsborobooks.com/blogs/news/g...
Goldsboro Books is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Bookseller to join our team in the heart of Covent Garden, London.
More details at the link below:
goldsborobooks.com/blogs/news/g...
Goldsboro Books London is Hiring - Full Time London Bookseller
Are you passionate about books and eager to share your love of literature with others? Goldsboro Books, the UK's leading independent retailer of signed first editions, is seeking an experienced and en...
goldsborobooks.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Are you passionate about books and eager to share your love of literature with others?
Goldsboro Books is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Bookseller to join our team in the heart of Covent Garden, London.
More details at the link below:
goldsborobooks.com/blogs/news/g...
Goldsboro Books is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Bookseller to join our team in the heart of Covent Garden, London.
More details at the link below:
goldsborobooks.com/blogs/news/g...
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy
Laith Majid, a Syrian refugee, holding his son and daughter, arrives on the Greek island of Kos
Photograph: Daniel Etter/New York Times/Redux / eyevine
November 20, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy
Laith Majid, a Syrian refugee, holding his son and daughter, arrives on the Greek island of Kos
Photograph: Daniel Etter/New York Times/Redux / eyevine
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This is how you become a writer: just pick one of the things that is deeply wrong with you. Make it a character. Now send it on a self-help journey or try to kill it. Now call it a book.
November 18, 2024 at 2:40 PM
This is how you become a writer: just pick one of the things that is deeply wrong with you. Make it a character. Now send it on a self-help journey or try to kill it. Now call it a book.
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I have shared a ton of publishing advice over the years, but I think my number one recommendation is to find a way to separate the art from the business in your mind, and to hold on tight to that distinction.
November 10, 2023 at 2:57 PM
I have shared a ton of publishing advice over the years, but I think my number one recommendation is to find a way to separate the art from the business in your mind, and to hold on tight to that distinction.
‘Post you from a different era’ challenge. Me hanging out Raggedy Ann, 1970
November 20, 2024 at 9:39 AM
‘Post you from a different era’ challenge. Me hanging out Raggedy Ann, 1970
This is beginning to feel like speed dating.
<Puts on her best smile>
Introduce yourself with:
One book: All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy
One movie: The Bourne Identity
One album: August and Everything After, Counting Crows
One TV show: Twin Peaks
There you go. That's me.
<Puts on her best smile>
Introduce yourself with:
One book: All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy
One movie: The Bourne Identity
One album: August and Everything After, Counting Crows
One TV show: Twin Peaks
There you go. That's me.
Oh god, here we go again . . .
Introduce yourself with:
One book: Hangover Square, Patrick Hamilton
One movie: Blood on Satan's Claw
One album: Rain Dogs, Tom Waits
One TV show: Doctor Who
There you go. That's me.
Introduce yourself with:
One book: Hangover Square, Patrick Hamilton
One movie: Blood on Satan's Claw
One album: Rain Dogs, Tom Waits
One TV show: Doctor Who
There you go. That's me.
Hey hey!
Introduce yourself with:
One book: The Long Goodbye, Raymond Chandler
One movie: Air Force One
One album: August & Everything After, Counting Crows
One TV show: The Wonder Years
Introduce yourself with:
One book: The Long Goodbye, Raymond Chandler
One movie: Air Force One
One album: August & Everything After, Counting Crows
One TV show: The Wonder Years
November 19, 2024 at 11:43 PM
This is beginning to feel like speed dating.
<Puts on her best smile>
Introduce yourself with:
One book: All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy
One movie: The Bourne Identity
One album: August and Everything After, Counting Crows
One TV show: Twin Peaks
There you go. That's me.
<Puts on her best smile>
Introduce yourself with:
One book: All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy
One movie: The Bourne Identity
One album: August and Everything After, Counting Crows
One TV show: Twin Peaks
There you go. That's me.
Florida circa 1976. Note the matching pompoms on the Keds. I was all in.
November 19, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Florida circa 1976. Note the matching pompoms on the Keds. I was all in.
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Have a manuscript you want to get ready for submission or publication? I have openings for developmental edits! juliadahl.com/editing/
November 18, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Have a manuscript you want to get ready for submission or publication? I have openings for developmental edits! juliadahl.com/editing/
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SO excited to share my first ever cover reveal on this site! It is book 3 in the Kat & Lock series (No 1 In the Blink of an Eye won the Theakston’s crime novel of the year) and I cannot wait for you to read this. Thank you to the S&S team who created this stunning cover - out April 24th 2025👇
November 18, 2024 at 12:00 PM
SO excited to share my first ever cover reveal on this site! It is book 3 in the Kat & Lock series (No 1 In the Blink of an Eye won the Theakston’s crime novel of the year) and I cannot wait for you to read this. Thank you to the S&S team who created this stunning cover - out April 24th 2025👇
Irving Penn - Mile Davis' Hand
November 18, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Irving Penn - Mile Davis' Hand
So good I read it twice. Highly recommend The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates. It's beautiful and heartbreaking.
November 18, 2024 at 10:23 AM
So good I read it twice. Highly recommend The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates. It's beautiful and heartbreaking.
Introduce yourself with some jobs you've done apart from what you do now.
1. Delivered newspapers
2. Bagged groceries
3. Sold clothes in a mall
4. Restored VWs
5. Microbiologist
6. Graphic Designer
1. Delivered newspapers
2. Bagged groceries
3. Sold clothes in a mall
4. Restored VWs
5. Microbiologist
6. Graphic Designer
Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve done apart from what you do now:
1. Builder
2. Boxer
3. Bouncer
That’s literally it!!
1. Builder
2. Boxer
3. Bouncer
That’s literally it!!
Introduce yourself with some jobs you’ve done apart from what you’ve done now.
1 shelf stacker
2 boom mic holder for BBC golf coverage
3 mail room worker
4 pensions consultant
5 IT programme manager
6 prospectus envelope stuffer
1 shelf stacker
2 boom mic holder for BBC golf coverage
3 mail room worker
4 pensions consultant
5 IT programme manager
6 prospectus envelope stuffer
November 14, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Introduce yourself with some jobs you've done apart from what you do now.
1. Delivered newspapers
2. Bagged groceries
3. Sold clothes in a mall
4. Restored VWs
5. Microbiologist
6. Graphic Designer
1. Delivered newspapers
2. Bagged groceries
3. Sold clothes in a mall
4. Restored VWs
5. Microbiologist
6. Graphic Designer