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Matt Holland Author Dot Com
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Glorious amateur. Writer. Pulp Idol 2023 finalist. He/Him

Website: http://matthollandauthor.com/
Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@gallaetha_matt/videos
Books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0753GZ52J?binding=kindle_edition&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tkin
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I finally managed to do it! I've been trying to crack 7k for about two years now and I just about managed it today. This means the next time I row the pressure to hit this again will be enormous
The display from a rowing machine showing that I rowed the equivalanent of 7000 metres in half an hour, burning around 435 calories. I still don't know what those other numbers mean.
December 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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If anyone is doubting how hard I've hit it this month, here's how the graph stands as we enter the 30th day of LiNoWriMo
My homemade word tracker. It shows that I've written 51670 words in November. So don't give me any shit.
November 30, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Karl (with a K) and Homer from the Simpsons. Homer has hair in this one. They're both staring in awe at something just off camera (could be a curry battered sausage). The caption reads: "Stunning. Absolutely stunning."
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Goddamn, I'm even closer. I can maintain a solid pace for about twenty five minutes, but then everything just drops out of me and I start struggling to even complete a rep. Literally a case of the spirit being willing but the flesh being weak
The display from a rowing machine showing that I rowed the equivalent of 6991 metres in half an hour, burning around 431 calories. There are some other numbers too but I don't know what they mean.
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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I'm particularly proud of my little typesetting joke there. Do you think I pressed the space bar twice for no reason? Like I'm some sort of centrist?
Former prime minister and full-time wheat fondler Theresa May giving a speech in 2016. Behind her is the slogan: "Building a country that works for everyone." Except for 'F' is falling off the wall, turning the statement into "Building a country that works or everyone."
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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I done it!
My homemade LiNoWriMo progress chart. It shows my progress for the past twenty-six days, showing that I've written fifty thousand words so far in the month of November.
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Only gotta write 1700 more words to hit my 50,000-word target for LiNoWriMo. Let's fuckin go!
A grey kitten with a sad expression looking at a laptop screen displaying some messages. The messages read: "henlo kittin." "helllo u STINKI KITTIN" "go write a book."
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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All conflicts should be resolved by sending our worst guy to fight their worst guy. Not only would this save a lot of lives, but it'd also be way more entertaining than what we do right now
A still from Doraleous and Associates. It shows a little wormy guy in brown armour in a slapfight with a little wormy guy in black armour. A bunch of soldiers carrying spears are watching in the background. The context for this is that in the show this is the worst fighter from one side fighting the worst fighter from the other to resolve a war so it's a clever reference.
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Haven't posted a LiNoWriMo update in a while, but I hit another milestone. 45,000 words! Only 5,000 more until I hit the target. Barring any disasters I should be done within the week (with LiNoWriMo, anyway. Book's still nowhere near being done)
My progress on my homemade LiNoWriMo tracker. It shows that I've written 45763 words in this project so far, with a graph displaying my daily progress.
November 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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There's a Harper 😍
Harper, a brown and white spaniel, snoozing on a chair. Her paws are sprawled out in front of her and she looks very comfy.
November 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Bolsanaro's prison cell is nicer than where I live. That's one of the saddest things I've ever heard
Coach McGuirck from Home Movies, slapping his hand to his forehead in despair at discovering white collar prison is nicer than where he lives.
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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So fucking close! When I saw I was almost at 7k I started absolutely hooning it with every fibre of my being and still fell just short of it. Getting there though
The display from a rowing machine, it shows that I rowed the equivalent of 6985 metres in half an hour, burning around 430 calories.
November 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Look at this thing. You can't compete with perfection. Also, this portion is only about 370 calories or so
Beef chilli with brown rice, mushrooms, kidney beans, and jalapeños.
November 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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A painting of a naked man crouched in the corner of a dark room screaming whilst ripping his own face off.
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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If she's the person I just looked up, then the first thing I saw on their page was an advert for not one, but two of their published books. Payment for services rendered, I reckon. The old Osman deal
Squirrelly Dan from Letterkenny: a burly, bearded white man in overalls squinting at the camera. The caption reads: "Kinda makes a feller wonder don't it?"
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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What's he? What's he?
Building in there?
It sounds really sinister
And the neighbours really care
Tom Jones from the Sex Bomb video again.
November 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Rain Dog, Rain Dog
I'm a rain dog
Huddle in this doorway
You might be a rain dog too
Tom Jones singing Sex Bomb from an old TV from the music video for Sex Bomb.
November 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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If you're looking for fiction and have an e-reader, you could try mine, maybe? *cough cough www.amazon.co.uk/Hair-Dog-Par... cough*

Goes without saying that I hope the surgery goes well too
Homestar Runner wearing yellow paint to disguise himself as The Cheat leaning in from out of frame. Instead of a brown bag of "mouldy bread guys" he's holding a copy of Hair of the Dog by Matt Holland. He has an expectant and hopeful look on his face.
November 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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I bet you love cycling too, don't you?
The centrist bingo card. The centre square, the random elipses, both balds, and ableist slur squares have all been crossed out.
November 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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I'm on the fence here if accusing someone of being on drugs/drunk just for having a different opinion counts as ableism or not. What does everyone else think?
The Centrist in Your Mentions Bingo card with the centre square, horseshoe theory, and bald (spiritual) squares crossed out.
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Look me in the goddamn eye and tell me these things are different
A clanker lumbering along with slumped shoulders like an incel piece of shit. That "virgin walk" meme with the incel lumbering along with slumped shoulders like a goddamn clanker.
November 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Another LiNoWriMo milestone! I've officially passed the halfway point. I thought the book would be done by now, honestly, but I'm having fun with it again and maybe I'll reach the ending in the next 25,000 words?
My homemade LiNoWriMo word counter. It shows my progress numerically on one side (currently at 25,194 words) and a graph on the other.
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Not fair to brand all vampires as 'parasites'. I'm a fair vampire (leave 50% of the blood in the body after feeding) in an area that is full of delicious, warm, pulsing life-blood. I've no quarrel with bad vampires being outed but this type of generalisation is unfair
Nosferatu from the original 1922 film as played by Max Schreck. He's looming in a doorway, looking menacing.
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Also saw a # Pro Cycling Fan in there too. Playing all the hits
The Centrist in your mentions bingo card. I'm not going to alt text all of the squares, but two of the prominent ones are "REALLY into cycling" and "Retired." So that's how this fits into the joke here.
November 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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This is why I suck at posting. All of my thoughts are just slightly longer than the maximum post length. Here's how it would've looked
Basically the same post as above in my original draft: "There's a type of poster on here you'll never see organically. They only appear on your radar when they slither into someone else's mentions like "hmm , methinks I do not agree with your statement vis a vis that people should be paid for their labour" and I strongly believe every one of these people should be killed." It is seventeen characters too long to fit in a single post, hence why I had to chop it up and completely dilute its entire meaning and weaken my overall point because nobody ever clicks through to read the whole thread on here.
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM