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Around the World in under eight days.
American aviator Wiley Post returned to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City on this day in 1933 completing the first solo flight around the world in the record time of seven days, eighteen hours and forty nine minutes.
Echoing the unprecedented feat undertaken in Jules Verne’s novel, Around the World in Eight Days, a voyage predating Post’s flight by sixty-one years.
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Around the World in under eight days.
American aviator Wiley Post returned to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City on this day in 1933 completing the first solo flight around the world in the record time of seven days, eighteen hours and forty nine minutes.
Echoing the unprecedented feat undertaken in Jules Verne’s novel, Around the World in Eight Days, a voyage predating Post’s flight by sixty-one years.
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I was intrigued when I heard the Codex Alera series was inspired by a bet where Jim Butcher had been challenged by a member of the Del Rey Online Writer's Workshop.
The challenger bet him he couldn’t write a good story based on a lame idea, Butcher countered saying he could do it using two lame ideas of the challenger's choosing, which turned out to be "Lost Roman Legion" and "Pokémon."
I read the first in the series sometime back and I've had to wait until a recent splurge in book buying saw me collect the rest of the books together.
I started the first one, “Furies of Calderon,” last night and was disappointed it wasn’t as good as I remembered. I’m going to persevere as I’m still suffering from the effects of a summer cold which has hit me hard.
As ever, I’ll report back in due course.
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I was intrigued when I heard the Codex Alera series was inspired by a bet where Jim Butcher had been challenged by a member of the Del Rey Online Writer's Workshop.
The challenger bet him he couldn’t write a good story based on a lame idea, Butcher countered saying he could do it using two lame ideas of the challenger's choosing, which turned out to be "Lost Roman Legion" and "Pokémon."
I read the first in the series sometime back and I've had to wait until a recent splurge in book buying saw me collect the rest of the books together.
I started the first one, “Furies of Calderon,” last night and was disappointed it wasn’t as good as I remembered. I’m going to persevere as I’m still suffering from the effects of a summer cold which has hit me hard.
As ever, I’ll report back in due course.
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#PennedPossibilities 1076 — What challenge does your MC dread even if they wouldn’t run from it? Why does it stand out?
Physical confrontation, Nathan is a firm believer in the Monty Python defence, i.e. run away.
He has a healthy respect for the frailties of the flesh, if pushed he’ll reach for his trusty Taser.
Nathan prefers an intellectual challenge by far, something he can really get his teeth into.
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#PennedPossibilities 1076 — What challenge does your MC dread even if they wouldn’t run from it? Why does it stand out?
Physical confrontation, Nathan is a firm believer in the Monty Python defence, i.e. run away.
As a man in a world where he often has to face off against somebody with magical powers he has a healthy respect for the frailties of the flesh. Being fairly defenceless when it comes to magic, if pushed he’ll reach for his trusty Taser.
Nathan prefers an intellectual challenge by far, something he can really get his teeth into.
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#WritersCoffeeClub 21/7: Do your works contain erotic elements? How far do you go?
I’ve included numerous allusions to matters of an erotic nature, always stopping before anything gets too hot and heavy.
As to what happens next... I leave it to my filthy minded readers to fill in the gaps.
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As Words of the Days go, it grows on you.
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I'm looking forward to seeing this series adapted for TV.
It would be the antithesis of Morse and I think the series should be called, "The Chav Detective."
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20.07.2026
If your antagonist could improve one thing about themself, what would it be?The antagonist I’m currently writing about has recently found himself to be in something of a dilemma.
A low-ranking angelic entity, he finds himself unable to understand neither his superiors nor the mortals who’s help he’s been sent down to Earth too seek.
If he doesn’t find some way to make sense of his position he could well end up having his image seared into some mortal’s morning toast.
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20.07.2026
If your antagonist could improve one thing about themself, what would it be?The antagonist I’m currently writing about has recently found himself to be in something of a dilemma.
A low-ranking angelic entity, he finds himself unable to understand neither his superiors nor the mortals who’s help he’s been sent down to Earth too seek.
If he doesn’t find some way to make sense of his position he could well end up having his image seared into some mortal’s morning toast.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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20.07.2026
If your antagonist could improve one thing about themself, what would it be?The antagonist I’m currently writing about has recently found himself to be in something of a dilemma.
A low-ranking angelic entity, he finds himself unable to understand neither his superiors nor the mortals who’s help he’s been sent down to Earth too seek.
If he doesn’t find some way to make sense of his position he could well end up having his image seared into some mortal’s morning toast.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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#QuestionOfTheDay what's something that’s an absolute dealbreaker for you when it shows up in a work you’re reading?
Sorry to say it, but it has to be vampires.
They’ve been done to death, yet they still won’t stay dead!
Same goes for werewolves and zombies, although I might forgive something featuring zombies but only if it goes back to their roots in Haitian folklore.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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#QuestionOfTheDay what's something that’s an absolute dealbreaker for you when it shows up in a work you’re reading?
Sorry to say it, but it has to be vampires.
They’ve been done to death, yet they still won’t stay dead!
Same goes for werewolves and zombies, although I might forgive something featuring zombies but only if it goes back to their roots in Haitian folklore.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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#QuestionOfTheDay what's something that’s an absolute dealbreaker for you when it shows up in a work you’re reading?
Sorry to say it, but it has to be vampires.
They’ve been done to death, yet they still won’t stay dead!
Same goes for werewolves and zombies, although I might forgive something featuring zombies but only if it goes back to their roots in Haitian folklore.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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#QuestionOfTheDay what's something that’s an absolute dealbreaker for you when it shows up in a work you’re reading?
Sorry to say it, but it has to be vampires.
They’ve been done to death, yet they still won’t stay dead!
Same goes for werewolves and zombies, although I might forgive something featuring zombies but only if it goes back to their roots in Haitian folklore.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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#QuestionOfTheDay what's something that’s an absolute dealbreaker for you when it shows up in a work you’re reading?
Sorry to say it, but it has to be vampires, They’ve been done to death, yet they still won’t die!
Same goes for werewolves and zombies, although I might forgive something featuring zombies but only if it goes back to their roots in Haitian folklore.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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To paraphrase Lt. Col. William "Bill" Kilgore, “You smell that? Do you smell that? Petrichor, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Petrichor in the morning after the overnight rain’s died away.”
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To paraphrase Lt. Col. William "Bill" Kilgore, “You smell that? Do you smell that? Petrichor, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Petrichor in the morning after the overnight rain’s died away.”
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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To paraphrase Lt. Col. William "Bill" Kilgore, “You smell that? Do you smell that? Petrichor, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Petrichor in the morning after the overnight rain’s died away.”
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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#AmReading
I’ve nearly finished the fourth book in The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott, The Necromancer.Plenty of new characters have been added to the ever-expanding cast list including: Quetzalcoatl, The Feathered Serpent, Billy the Kid’s master; Prometheus, Master of Fire who’s there to train Josh in the Magic of Fire; Coatlicue, the Mother of All, a fiendish Archon; Lord Tammuz, the Green Man and Palamedes' master; and Virginia Dare, a dangerous immortal human who joins Dee, she owns a flute seemingly one owned by the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin (her name may be more familiar to you in a different context as the first English child to be born in an American English colony).
The action continues apace as Sophie and Josh come fully into their powers, and at least there’s a mention of someone from Scott’s area of mythological expertise, Cuchulain, Irish warrior hero and demigod
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#AmReading
I’ve nearly finished the fourth book in The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott, The Necromancer.Plenty of new characters have been added to the ever-expanding cast list including: Quetzalcoatl, The Feathered Serpent, Billy the Kid’s master; Prometheus, Master of Fire who’s there to train Josh in the Magic of Fire; Coatlicue, the Mother of All, a fiendish Archon; Lord Tammuz, the Green Man and Palamedes' master; and Virginia Dare, a dangerous immortal human who joins Dee, she owns a flute seemingly one owned by the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin (her name may be more familiar to you in a different context as the first English child to be born in an American English colony).
The action continues apace as Sophie and Josh come fully into their powers, and at least there’s a mention of someone from Scott’s area of mythological expertise, Cuchulain, Irish warrior hero and demigod
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel -
#AmReading
I’ve nearly finished the fourth book in The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott, The Necromancer.Plenty of new characters have been added to the ever-expanding cast list including: Quetzalcoatl, The Feathered Serpent, Billy the Kid’s master; Prometheus, Master of Fire who’s there to train Josh in the Magic of Fire; Coatlicue, the Mother of All, a fiendish Archon; Lord Tammuz, the Green Man and Palamedes' master; and Virginia Dare, a dangerous immortal human who joins Dee, she owns a flute seemingly one owned by the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin (her name may be more familiar to you in a different context as the first English child to be born in an American English colony).
The action continues apace as Sophie and Josh come fully into their powers, and at least there’s a mention of someone from Scott’s area of mythological expertise, Cuchulain, Irish warrior hero and demigod
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel -
#AmReading
I’ve nearly finished the fourth book in The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott, The Necromancer.Plenty of new characters have been added to the ever-expanding cast list including: Quetzalcoatl, The Feathered Serpent, Billy the Kid’s master; Prometheus, Master of Fire who’s there to train Josh in the Magic of Fire; Coatlicue, the Mother of All, a fiendish Archon; Lord Tammuz, the Green Man and Palamedes' master; and Virginia Dare, a dangerous immortal human who joins Dee, she owns a flute seemingly one owned by the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin (her name may be more familiar to you in a different context as the first English child to be born in an American English colony).
The action continues apace as Sophie and Josh come fully into their powers, and at least there’s a mention of someone from Scott’s area of mythological expertise, Cuchulain, Irish warrior hero and demigod
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel -
#WordWeavers 19. What scares you the most about the future of your world?
What scares Nathan the most is the way nosy outsiders are continually showing interest in whether magic and the supernatural actually exists.
Interest ebbs and flows over time but there always seems to be some event which excites wannabe ghost busters into investigating what’s going on.
He'd far rather be off chasing down artefacts and helping out Vicky.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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#WordWeavers 19. What scares you the most about the future of your world?
What scares Nathan the most is the way nosy outsiders are continually showing interest in whether magic and the supernatural actually exists.
Interest ebbs and flows over time but there always seems to be some event which excites wannabe ghost busters into investigating what’s going on.
He'd far rather be off chasing down artefacts and helping out Vicky.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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#WordWeavers 19. What scares you the most about the future of your world?
What scares Nathan the most is the way nosy outsiders are continually showing interest in whether magic and the supernatural actually exists.
Interest ebbs and flows over time but there always seems to be some event which excites wannabe ghost busters into investigating what’s going on.
He'd far rather be off chasing down artefacts and helping out Vicky.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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#WordWeavers 19. What scares you the most about the future of your world?
What scares Nathan the most is the way nosy outsiders are continually showing interest in whether magic and the supernatural actually exists.
Interest ebbs and flows over time but there always seems to be some event which excites wannabe ghost busters into investigating what’s going on.
He'd far rather be off chasing down artefacts and helping out Vicky.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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#WordWeavers 19. What scares you the most about the future of your world?
What scares Nathan the most is the way nosy outsiders are continually showing interest in whether magic and the supernatural actually exists.
Interest ebbs and flows over time but there always seems to be some event which excites wannabe ghost busters into investigating what’s going on.
He'd far rather be off chasing down artefacts and helping out Vicky.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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#PennedPossibilities 1075: "What are the biggest obstacles in your antagonist’s life?"
The antagonist I’m currently writing, a lowly angelic entity, has a big, big problem.
Essentially he’s been sent to Earth by the Angelic Host who are too tied up in their own petty bureaucracies to sort out the problems besetting the planet themselves.
He’s an unassuming soul who’s been handed the short end of the stick and is completely out of his depth as he can make neither head nor tail of what it is that actually motivates mortals.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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#PennedPossibilities 1075: "What are the biggest obstacles in your antagonist’s life?"
The antagonist I’m currently writing, a lowly angelic entity, has a big, big problem.
Essentially he’s been sent to Earth by the Angelic Host who are too tied up in their own petty bureaucracies to sort out the problems besetting the planet themselves.
He’s an unassuming soul who’s been handed the short end of the stick and is completely out of his depth as he can make neither head nor tail of what it is that actually motivates mortals.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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#PennedPossibilities 1075: "What are the biggest obstacles in your antagonist’s life?"
The antagonist I’m currently writing, a lowly angelic entity, has a big, big problem.
Essentially he’s been sent to Earth by the Angelic Host who are too tied up in their own petty bureaucracies to sort out the problems besetting the planet themselves.
He’s an unassuming soul who’s been handed the short end of the stick and is completely out of his depth as he can make neither head nor tail of what it is that actually motivates mortals.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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#PennedPossibilities 1075: "What are the biggest obstacles in your antagonist’s life?"
The antagonist I’m currently writing, a lowly angelic entity, has a big, big problem.
Essentially he’s been sent to Earth by the Angelic Host who are too tied up in their own petty bureaucracies to sort out the problems besetting the planet themselves.
He’s an unassuming soul who’s been handed the short end of the stick and is completely out of his depth as he can make neither head nor tail of what it is that actually motivates mortals.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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#PennedPossibilities 1075: "What are the biggest obstacles in your antagonist’s life?"
The antagonist I’m currently writing, a lowly angelic entity, has a big, big problem.
Essentially he’s been sent to Earth by the Angelic Host who are too tied up in their own petty bureaucracies to sort out the problems besetting the planet themselves.
He’s an unassuming soul who’s been handed the short end of the stick and is completely out of his depth as he can make neither head nor tail of what it is that actually motivates mortals.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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#WritersCoffeeClub 18. Talk about how a work progressed from its initial inspiration. How different was it in the end?
My initial inspiration is usually in the form of an idea for a scene.
I play around with it until I get an idea of what direction the story’s going to go and then take it from there.
If I’m happy with the initial idea, and I usually am, it won’t end up being very different on the page.
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#WritersCoffeeClub 18. Talk about how a work progressed from its initial inspiration. How different was it in the end?
My initial inspiration is usually in the form of an idea for a scene.
I play around with it until I get an idea of what direction the story’s going to go and then take it from there.
If I’m happy with the initial idea, and I usually am, it won’t end up being very different on the page.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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#WritersCoffeeClub 18. Talk about how a work progressed from its initial inspiration. How different was it in the end?
My initial inspiration is usually in the form of an idea for a scene.
I play around with it until I get an idea of what direction the story’s going to go and then take it from there.
If I’m happy with the initial idea, and I usually am, it won’t end up being very different on the page.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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#WritersCoffeeClub 18. Talk about how a work progressed from its initial inspiration. How different was it in the end?
My initial inspiration is usually in the form of an idea for a scene.
I play around with it until I get an idea of what direction the story’s going to go and then take it from there.
If I’m happy with the initial idea, and I usually am, it won’t end up being very different on the page.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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#WritersCoffeeClub 18. Talk about how a work progressed from its initial inspiration. How different was it in the end?
My initial inspiration is usually in the form of an idea for a scene.
I play around with it until I get an idea of what direction the story’s going to go and then take it from there.
If I’m happy with the initial idea, and I usually am, it won’t end up being very different on the page
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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How very odd!
Usually when looking for an #onthisday subject to write about I first scroll down Wikipedia’s list of what happened on this date looking for any names or event which strike a chord with me.
Next I do a search for authors, looking for someone who seems appropriate for the literary-minded denizens of Mastodon.
Today? Not a single author, usually there’re about twenty to choose from, and only four writers to boot, none of any particular significance.
Seems the 19th of July has never been a productive day for followers of the written word.
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How very odd!
Usually when looking for an #onthisday subject to write about I first scroll down Wikipedia’s list of what happened on this date looking for any names or events which strike a chord with me.
Next I search for authors, looking for any who seem appropriate for the literary-minded denizens of Mastodon.
Today? Not a single author!
Usually there’re about twenty to choose from, and only four writers to boot, none of any particular significance.
Seems the 19th of July has never been a productive day for followers of the written word.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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How very odd!
Usually when looking for an #onthisday subject to write about I first scroll down Wikipedia’s list of what happened on this date looking for any names or events which strike a chord with me.
Next I search for authors, looking for any who seem appropriate for the literary-minded denizens of Mastodon.
Today? Not a single author!
Usually there’re about twenty to choose from, and only four writers to boot, none of any particular significance.
Seems the 19th of July has never been a productive day for followers of the written word.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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How very odd!
Usually when looking for an #onthisday subject to write about I first scroll down Wikipedia’s list of what happened on this date looking for any names or event which strike a chord with me.
Next I do a search for authors, looking for someone who seems appropriate for the literary-minded denizens of Mastodon.
Today? Not a single author, usually there’re about twenty to choose from, and only four writers to boot, none of any particular significance.
Seems the 19th of July has never been a productive day for followers of the written word.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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How very odd!
Usually when looking for an #onthisday subject to write about I first scroll down Wikipedia’s list of what happened on this date looking for any names or events which strike a chord with me.
Next I search for authors, looking for any who seem appropriate for the literary-minded denizens of Mastodon.
Today? Not a single author!
Usually there’re about twenty to choose from, and only four writers to boot, none of any particular significance.
Seems the 19th of July has never been a productive day for followers of the written word.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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It’s just occurred to me that Nathan and Vicky have developed a tradition of their own
At the start of the series Nathan’s a loner, but as the series develops he begins to make friends.
As their group grows they get into the habit of holding a social event of their own, the after-auction dinner club.
A time when they can enjoy a relaxed time together without any danger of coming under attack.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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It’s just occurred to me that Nathan and Vicky have developed a tradition of their own
At the start of the series Nathan’s a loner, but as the series develops he begins to make friends.
As their group grows they get into the habit of holding a social event of their own, the after-auction dinner club.
A time when they can enjoy a relaxed time together without any danger of coming under attack.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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It’s just occurred to me that Nathan and Vicky have developed a tradition of their own
At the start of the series Nathan’s a loner, but as the series develops he begins to make friends.
As their group grows they get into the habit of holding a social event of their own, the after-auction dinner club.
A time when they can enjoy a relaxed time together without any danger of coming under attack.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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Whilst looking for an #onthisday piece to post I came across the following irresistible nugget of information:
A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken on this day in 1992, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.
Les Horribles Cernettes, “The Horrible CERN Girls” were an all-female parody pop group, self-labelled “the one and only High Energy Rock Band,” was founded by employees of CERN and performed at CERN and other HEP-related events.
Their main claim to fame was this photograph of them was the earliest photographic image shared on the World Wide Web.
The initials of their name, LHC, are the same as those of the Large Hadron Collider, which was later built at CERN.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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Whilst looking for an #onthisday piece to post I came across the following irresistible nugget of information:
A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken on this day in 1992, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.
Les Horribles Cernettes, “The Horrible CERN Girls” were an all-female parody pop group, self-labelled “the one and only High Energy Rock Band,” was founded by employees of CERN and performed at CERN and other HEP-related events.
Their main claim to fame was this photograph of them was the earliest photographic image shared on the World Wide Web.
The initials of their name, LHC, are the same as those of the Large Hadron Collider, which was later built at CERN.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel
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Whilst looking for an #onthisday piece to post I came across the following irresistible nugget of information:
A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken on this day in 1992, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.
Les Horribles Cernettes, “The Horrible CERN Girls” were an all-female parody pop group, self-labelled “the one and only High Energy Rock Band,” was founded by employees of CERN and performed at CERN and other HEP-related events.
Their main claim to fame was this photograph of them was the earliest photographic image shared on the World Wide Web.
The initials of their name, LHC, are the same as those of the Large Hadron Collider, which was later built at CERN.
#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel