M.H.Johnsen
@mhjohnsen.bsky.social
Writer of horror/SFF. Reader of everything. Scientist. Owned by two cats. She/her.
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Leave the year as you want to enter the next: dancing like a maniac in the kitchen to Sister Act while baking cookies with at least 50% sugar.
a group of nuns are dancing on a street in front of a deo arc store
Alt: Scene from the film Sister Act: a nun dancing wildly on the street
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December 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Leave the year as you want to enter the next: dancing like a maniac in the kitchen to Sister Act while baking cookies with at least 50% sugar.
This year has been full of books: easily 3x more than usual and a greater variety, thanks to the library. I've discovered new authors (Edouard Louis) and new favourite books (Nothing will ever be the same, Børstad Skjervø; The Cloisters, Hays). Hope everyone else has had a good bookyear as well.
December 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
This year has been full of books: easily 3x more than usual and a greater variety, thanks to the library. I've discovered new authors (Edouard Louis) and new favourite books (Nothing will ever be the same, Børstad Skjervø; The Cloisters, Hays). Hope everyone else has had a good bookyear as well.
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This will forever be my favorite way to explain why I don’t get competitive as an artist.
December 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This will forever be my favorite way to explain why I don’t get competitive as an artist.
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Here’s to 2026
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s to 2026
I often find myself with a Pratchett novel around New Years. Maybe to soothe myself after a long year and fortify myself for the next. This year, Going Postal. Very apt.
December 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I often find myself with a Pratchett novel around New Years. Maybe to soothe myself after a long year and fortify myself for the next. This year, Going Postal. Very apt.
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Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy is inexplicably a Christmas watch for me. And for my family. And my friends. Anyway, Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Lord of the Rings trilogy is inexplicably a Christmas watch for me. And for my family. And my friends. Anyway, Merry Christmas!
God Jul to all those who celebrate today!
December 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
God Jul to all those who celebrate today!
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Somehow we've recorded 250 episodes - a milestone we never thought we'd reach! We've spoken to some amazing writers on the podcast, and today is no exception as we chat with the brilliant @joe-hill.bsky.social & hear all about King Sorrow!
Watch now: youtu.be/-sSuhfB2Dzc
Listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone
Watch now: youtu.be/-sSuhfB2Dzc
Listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone
December 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Somehow we've recorded 250 episodes - a milestone we never thought we'd reach! We've spoken to some amazing writers on the podcast, and today is no exception as we chat with the brilliant @joe-hill.bsky.social & hear all about King Sorrow!
Watch now: youtu.be/-sSuhfB2Dzc
Listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone
Watch now: youtu.be/-sSuhfB2Dzc
Listen: linktr.ee/ukpageone
Bedknobs and Broomsticks is just great, and I will not be convinced otherwise. Yes, I'm watching old-school Disney as a reward for a few long days at work. I regret nothing.
December 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Bedknobs and Broomsticks is just great, and I will not be convinced otherwise. Yes, I'm watching old-school Disney as a reward for a few long days at work. I regret nothing.
Day job has been spilling into my evenings since early November. Not good for sleep, but fantastic for the drive to write (I always really want to when I don't have time).
December 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Day job has been spilling into my evenings since early November. Not good for sleep, but fantastic for the drive to write (I always really want to when I don't have time).
Movie you've watched more than six time with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
Hard mode? Well, hard to choose just one, I suppose.
Hard mode? Well, hard to choose just one, I suppose.
December 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Movie you've watched more than six time with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
Hard mode? Well, hard to choose just one, I suppose.
Hard mode? Well, hard to choose just one, I suppose.
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Let's hear from you writers, tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've written, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other
#WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky 💙📚
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#WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky 💙📚
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December 3, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Let's hear from you writers, tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've written, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other
#WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky 💙📚
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#WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky 💙📚
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So tonight I am on the sofa, considering reading but instead binging Only Murders In The Building and drinking wine because the cat is asleep in my lap and moving to get a book would be a crime.
Every day is #caturday
Every day is #caturday
December 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
So tonight I am on the sofa, considering reading but instead binging Only Murders In The Building and drinking wine because the cat is asleep in my lap and moving to get a book would be a crime.
Every day is #caturday
Every day is #caturday
Got this one for the boy. He likes it but keeps asking when we get to the dragon. I suppose that is entirely fair.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Got this one for the boy. He likes it but keeps asking when we get to the dragon. I suppose that is entirely fair.
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Atmospheric sky tonight. Even a faint red ring around the moon. Also, still a bit baffled at how quickly the afternoons get dark now - this was taken at 5pm.
December 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Atmospheric sky tonight. Even a faint red ring around the moon. Also, still a bit baffled at how quickly the afternoons get dark now - this was taken at 5pm.
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(UK) Parliamentary Petition: Require generative AI watermarks & ban using people’s likeness without consent
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/736690
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/736690
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
(UK) Parliamentary Petition: Require generative AI watermarks & ban using people’s likeness without consent
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/736690
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/736690
Odd thought: if Poirot and Miss Marple had ever quarreled, my money would be on Miss Marple every time.
November 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Odd thought: if Poirot and Miss Marple had ever quarreled, my money would be on Miss Marple every time.
It is time for Christmas songs at choir and yesterday saw a miniscule flurry of snow outside. Tis clearly the season.
November 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It is time for Christmas songs at choir and yesterday saw a miniscule flurry of snow outside. Tis clearly the season.
This, but go read the whole thread. Ideas are easy, execution is not.
"Inspirations sleet through the universe continuously. Their destination, as if they cared, is the right mind in the right place at the right time."-- Terry Pratchett
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This, but go read the whole thread. Ideas are easy, execution is not.
Ok, so it's cold out. In north Norway for a few days, and thanking my lucky stars I remembered to bring the woollens.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Ok, so it's cold out. In north Norway for a few days, and thanking my lucky stars I remembered to bring the woollens.
Two years ago, I started writing a horror novel. It fizzled out. Two weeks ago I picked it up anew, scrapped all the text and rewrote it to encompass all of the rage I have built up over the years. It is the most excited I have been about a book for a decade.
November 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Two years ago, I started writing a horror novel. It fizzled out. Two weeks ago I picked it up anew, scrapped all the text and rewrote it to encompass all of the rage I have built up over the years. It is the most excited I have been about a book for a decade.
October always feel like the most autumn-y of the autumn months. So here are some end-of-October pumpkins.
October 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
October always feel like the most autumn-y of the autumn months. So here are some end-of-October pumpkins.