Tom
@twilliams81.bsky.social
PhD candidate at UVa doing fun things with novels and computers. Biographer of Raymond Chandler. Occasional critic.
$27000 compensation for a professional writer seems high to me.
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
$27000 compensation for a professional writer seems high to me.
Thank you! We’re very grateful for your and @scholarslab.bsky.social support!
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Thank you! We’re very grateful for your and @scholarslab.bsky.social support!
Pleasure. At the very least they’re fun. This may give a bit more context www.the-tls.com/literature/l...
How literary brands are refreshed and renewed
Readers love brand-name authors because they know what to expect when they buy their books; and publishers love them because they make predictable
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November 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Pleasure. At the very least they’re fun. This may give a bit more context www.the-tls.com/literature/l...
What about extension novels? Joe Ide’s version of Philip Marlowe in The Goodbye Coast is interesting because he’s more than simply modernised. Similarly, Kim Sherwood’s recent Bond series without Bond
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
What about extension novels? Joe Ide’s version of Philip Marlowe in The Goodbye Coast is interesting because he’s more than simply modernised. Similarly, Kim Sherwood’s recent Bond series without Bond
This is all so new that sustainability question is only now an issue. The British Electorate rejected proportional representation in 2014(ish) & that seemed to be that. A bunch of factors — collapse of Lib Dems in 2015; rise of RFM on right and greens on left — might make it a savvy issue to revisit
October 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This is all so new that sustainability question is only now an issue. The British Electorate rejected proportional representation in 2014(ish) & that seemed to be that. A bunch of factors — collapse of Lib Dems in 2015; rise of RFM on right and greens on left — might make it a savvy issue to revisit