Andrew Reid
@mygoditsraining.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, maker. Novels: The Hunter (Headline, 2018), The Survivor (Minotaur, coming Spring 2026). Repped by Juliet Mushens at Mushens Entertainment
Pretty sure we're on the road to unrolling a blank paper in public being an arrestable offence
August 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Pretty sure we're on the road to unrolling a blank paper in public being an arrestable offence
So @liammcilvanney.bsky.social is in Edinburgh, I'm in Ayr; at the weekend in Ardrossan while I'm on Arran; then in Ayr when we go to Edinburgh. You would almost think we're avoiding each other...
July 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
So @liammcilvanney.bsky.social is in Edinburgh, I'm in Ayr; at the weekend in Ardrossan while I'm on Arran; then in Ayr when we go to Edinburgh. You would almost think we're avoiding each other...
I feel like this is a trap for me considered I spent my entire childhood taping movies off the tv onto long play video tapes and watching them over and over and over. Predator? Flight of the Navigator? Groundhog Day? Flash Gordon? King Kong? Destroy All Monsters? GHOST CHASE? They're all there.
June 29, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I feel like this is a trap for me considered I spent my entire childhood taping movies off the tv onto long play video tapes and watching them over and over and over. Predator? Flight of the Navigator? Groundhog Day? Flash Gordon? King Kong? Destroy All Monsters? GHOST CHASE? They're all there.
I mean, given the state of any comment section online when a woman posts about martial arts, I imagine it was less "infiltration" and just turning up in a red baseball cap with one or more "Nordic iconography" tattoos visible and giving each another a knowing nod of acknowledgement.
June 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I mean, given the state of any comment section online when a woman posts about martial arts, I imagine it was less "infiltration" and just turning up in a red baseball cap with one or more "Nordic iconography" tattoos visible and giving each another a knowing nod of acknowledgement.
I feel like there should be an instant ejector seat deployment for this kind of character description. Grim.
June 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I feel like there should be an instant ejector seat deployment for this kind of character description. Grim.
Here is the cover for my new novel - and US debut - The Survivor, coming March 2026 from Minotaur Books. It's just under a year away, but I am still feeling really hyped about it? I think that's fine, though. You're allowed to be hyped about these things.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
May 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Here is the cover for my new novel - and US debut - The Survivor, coming March 2026 from Minotaur Books. It's just under a year away, but I am still feeling really hyped about it? I think that's fine, though. You're allowed to be hyped about these things.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
On a whim, signed up to a linoprint course held by a local printmaking group. Didn't really know what to print so gave a bear a tie and anxiety. Went really well. Highly recommend finding the kind of people who have invested in getting enormous presses installed in their houses
March 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
On a whim, signed up to a linoprint course held by a local printmaking group. Didn't really know what to print so gave a bear a tie and anxiety. Went really well. Highly recommend finding the kind of people who have invested in getting enormous presses installed in their houses
Had an idea late last night, couldn't go to bed until I had made a shitty version of it
March 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Had an idea late last night, couldn't go to bed until I had made a shitty version of it
GET HYPE STAY HYPE
January 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
GET HYPE STAY HYPE
I sold a book! It's coming out next year! It's a thriller! I'm very excited about it! It's even being translated! I'll probably be more coherent later, but for the moment: !!!!!!
January 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I sold a book! It's coming out next year! It's a thriller! I'm very excited about it! It's even being translated! I'll probably be more coherent later, but for the moment: !!!!!!
Went to see the arena production of Les Mis last night, and it's nice to see them lean on the true meaning of the tale: two extremely hot older men have a deeply passionate enemies to lovers arc interrupted by a bunch of annoying kids.
January 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Went to see the arena production of Les Mis last night, and it's nice to see them lean on the true meaning of the tale: two extremely hot older men have a deeply passionate enemies to lovers arc interrupted by a bunch of annoying kids.
Who knew that the Brain Gremlin from Gremlins 2 would be the one with the best investment advice of all
January 25, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Who knew that the Brain Gremlin from Gremlins 2 would be the one with the best investment advice of all
Following a conversation on here, started making zines with the kids at home and setting it up at school. First, a zine about how to make a zine!
January 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Following a conversation on here, started making zines with the kids at home and setting it up at school. First, a zine about how to make a zine!
*blinks in Scottish*
If we can survive entire subgenres of romance stuffed with garbled names like Lachlain MacRieve and more heather to romp through than arable land (or a disproportionate number of Heathers to romp with), then I'm sure the Welsh will be fine.
If we can survive entire subgenres of romance stuffed with garbled names like Lachlain MacRieve and more heather to romp through than arable land (or a disproportionate number of Heathers to romp with), then I'm sure the Welsh will be fine.
![Selected text from a BBC article on romantasy with Welsh influence.
'She said the natural starting point for many authors was their own, often Welsh, roots, and the impact on awareness of Welsh language and culture was huge.
"It's a positive thing in terms of discovering a very rich new culture or opening up to other perspectives [but] what worries me is a particular perception of Wales that is developing within fantasy, which is that it's this magical, rural, romantic place.
"It can be pretty patronising, it creates an image of the country which isn't realistic. That's not all that Wales is."'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:s2v4yoemocqgwrfyuhyxfmqo/bafkreibsnzq7rttss22c5fd3gs5lovkbdwoeri2khqq4lmsbhr6gpyosvi@jpeg)
January 5, 2025 at 7:35 AM
*blinks in Scottish*
If we can survive entire subgenres of romance stuffed with garbled names like Lachlain MacRieve and more heather to romp through than arable land (or a disproportionate number of Heathers to romp with), then I'm sure the Welsh will be fine.
If we can survive entire subgenres of romance stuffed with garbled names like Lachlain MacRieve and more heather to romp through than arable land (or a disproportionate number of Heathers to romp with), then I'm sure the Welsh will be fine.
Outsourcing all my 2025 posts to my 8 year old daughter with a typewriter
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January 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Outsourcing all my 2025 posts to my 8 year old daughter with a typewriter
bla bla bla cool toilet bums
bla bla bla cool toilet bums
Saffron buns with almond paste rolled into the dough and filled with vanilla cream
December 14, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Saffron buns with almond paste rolled into the dough and filled with vanilla cream
Renewal and destruction are two sides of the same coin
December 7, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Renewal and destruction are two sides of the same coin
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn't a selfie.
November 27, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn't a selfie.
Can't believe I just got fucking owned by a gift card
November 24, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Can't believe I just got fucking owned by a gift card
It's a common gag to say that the real secret to improving as a climber is buying new stuff, but I can honestly say these bad boys have changed the game
November 23, 2024 at 1:10 PM
It's a common gag to say that the real secret to improving as a climber is buying new stuff, but I can honestly say these bad boys have changed the game
We all agree that there's a mandatory six month quarantine on all of the astronauts now that their "drill" is over, right? I mean, that's long enough for whatever is now incubating in one of them to break cover, for sure.
June 13, 2024 at 5:00 AM
We all agree that there's a mandatory six month quarantine on all of the astronauts now that their "drill" is over, right? I mean, that's long enough for whatever is now incubating in one of them to break cover, for sure.
Oh! Another Skeletor enjoyer! I salute you and your excellent badge taste.
June 1, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Oh! Another Skeletor enjoyer! I salute you and your excellent badge taste.
I return. My local supermarket is taking big steps back in time to shift their stock of beer as a healthy drink.
May 25, 2024 at 6:29 AM
I return. My local supermarket is taking big steps back in time to shift their stock of beer as a healthy drink.
Our goal last year was to eat less meat but when we did have it to buy locally. Because we were loyal customers last year, we got a bonus box.
February 1, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Our goal last year was to eat less meat but when we did have it to buy locally. Because we were loyal customers last year, we got a bonus box.