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Tim Leach

@timleachwriter.bsky.social

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Writer of historical fiction, Associate Professor at University of Warwick. Website: https://www.tim-leach.co.uk/ Books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Tim-Leach/author/B07GRBS3VD.

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Tim Leach @timleachwriter.bsky.social · 20h

55. Cleaner, Jess Shannon

Compulsive and darkly hilarious "I've just left university, what is my life?" novel. Like a continuous anxiety dream, but really funny. I usually hate no paragraph novels, but it works very well here.

Tim Leach @timleachwriter.bsky.social · 20h

54. The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire, Anna Fiteni

First of an ex-student double bill - delightful, fun, and pacey fantasy/romantasy, using both Welsh history and mythology in a very satisfying way.

Tim Leach @timleachwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Writing in this position is difficult, but not impossible, and worth it for the snuggles...

Tim Leach @timleachwriter.bsky.social · 2d

As Gandhi said, be the Dark MAGA Throuple you want to be in the world.

Tim Leach @timleachwriter.bsky.social · 4d

"I'm sorry, I don't have the use of my arms."

"Would you like to leave me your home phone number?"

Tim Leach @timleachwriter.bsky.social · 4d

Incredibly good. Features what must be the best eureka/cracking the case scene on film.

Tim Leach @timleachwriter.bsky.social · 4d

Speak not of the HP, abhor the Canon, reject the Epson with your heart and your soul. Do not sully the sacred paper with the heresies of inkjet.

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Tim Leach @timleachwriter.bsky.social · 4d

Truly, a beautiful day when we may welcome another lost soul into our flock, from darkness and despair into hope and light*.

*(And also truly impressive reliability and low cost per page.)

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Tim Leach @timleachwriter.bsky.social · 4d

Makes me think of 'Giovanni's Room' - written by a young, gay, black man, written in prose that an intelligent 12 year old would not find too taxing to understand, ferociously page turning in its pacing, and utterly, utterly brilliant.

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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 5d

My hot take is that none of these are structure. These are all recipes that describe structure.

Structure is the Salt, Fat, Acid Heat of writing.

3-Act/Hero's Journey etc are recipes.

You can make great meals without using a recipe if you understand the principles of structure.

Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 6d

So #WritingCommunity how do we feel about structure?

Do you use the 3 act structure? The 5 act?

Hero's Journey? Save the Cat? Super Structure Method? Story Genius Method?

Something else?

What have you got?

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Tim Leach @timleachwriter.bsky.social · 5d

Great work!

Tim Leach @timleachwriter.bsky.social · 7d

One of the many things I loved about the recent Interview with the Vampire TV show, it had the modern equivalent of Dracula's castle as a Dubai skyscraper.

Tim Leach @timleachwriter.bsky.social · 10d

Yeah, the last decade or so of HE policy has basically been Tories saying "Run your university more like a business! Wait, not like that..."

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Tim Leach @timleachwriter.bsky.social · 11d

The main reason that the Twitter memes about epidemics of knife crime in Britain are so very tedious.

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Tim Leach @timleachwriter.bsky.social · 11d

His crybullying would be ridiculous if it wasn't also so dangerous.

Tim Leach @timleachwriter.bsky.social · 11d

It really is superb, do watch it if you haven't already.

Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 13d

Both seasons of Interview with the Vampire are on Netflix. One of the best literary adaptations in the history of television, it takes all the source material's strengths and transmogrifies all its weaknesses, like The Terror. Cruel, disgusting, sexy as fuck. Plus: Eric Bogosian! Do not walk, RUN.

Sam Reid as Lestat and Jacob Anderson as Louis in Interview with the Vampire

Tim Leach @timleachwriter.bsky.social · 12d

Ah, interesting, I thought things had been relatively quiet over there. It's all fun and games until you actually get in power and realise what collapsing your economy will do to your political prospects, I suppose.

Tim Leach @timleachwriter.bsky.social · 12d

Lovely thread, this.

John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 12d

Just before he died I got to chat to Brian Clemens as part of a press junket for a remaster of The Professionals.

After about 3 polite-but-bored answers I said:

"Okay would you mind if we spent the rest of this talking about 'Bugs'? That show BLEW ME AWAY as a teen."

And he was so happy he cried.

Rob Manuel @robmanuelyeah.bsky.social · 12d

This YouTube comment probably deserves more than three favs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzL8...

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 12d

Anyway. Guess the moral here (like in the original post) is that WHATEVER you love a creator for from their work output, do tell them if you get a chance.

It's not always the big stuff they loved the most. And there's no high like being told something you loved making was loved by someone else.

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Tim Leach @timleachwriter.bsky.social · 12d

What's your personal favourite? Earthsea definitely a contender, though on pure aesthetic is hard to beat the OG Hobbit map, which is basic of me but I don't care (the calligraphy! the red and black! the elegance of the dragon! oh my!)

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Tim Leach @timleachwriter.bsky.social · 12d

"This will definitely make them like me more," she somehow thought to herself.

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Tim Leach @timleachwriter.bsky.social · 12d

That really would be the maximum banter outcome.

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Mollie Goodfellow @hansmollman.bsky.social · 12d

Flirt with someone today, do it for Jilly Cooper x

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Tim Leach @timleachwriter.bsky.social · 12d

a woman is crying with the words " but there are dreams that cannot be " next to her

ALT: a woman is crying with the words " but there are dreams that cannot be " next to her

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Tim Leach @timleachwriter.bsky.social · 12d

(Though probably more likely that he does it anyway, blows up the economy, and runs away to America.)