It's been a couple of weeks since I last wrote and a few things have happened:
- I spent a week up in Arvon's Lumb Bank writing house doing a wonderful week of creativity, being tutored by Leone Ross and Julia Armfield. I'm going to write more about this in another post
- Lots of things have occurred that I can't talk about yet, but will be able to next week
- I've been really tired quite a bit
I have also been looking closely at my technology needs and am thinking about the best ways to streamline it (and to move it closer to my values). This is partly an outgrowth of looking at my values as a whole. something I'm doing with a coach -- and I'll come back to that next week…
The three things which most caught my attention
- "Here's why Threads is delayed in Europe" is the definitive article on why Meta's Threads social network has been launched in the UK but not on the mainland. No, Threads isn't "banned in the EU" (which I have seen a dozen times written as if it was fact).
- "How to write a book in three days" looks at Michael Moorcock's writing practice back when he was churning them out. One of the points should probably be "be Michael Moorcock".
- "How Samuel R. Delany Reimagined Sci-Fi, Sex, and the City" is that rarest of things, an interview with the great Delany. If you haven't read "The Motion of Light in Water" then you really should.
Things I have been writing
I wrote a short post on how Apple and Disney are more than happy to hand Twitter cash which it then hands on to neo-Nazis, homophobes, transphobes and accused rapists. Basically companies that are still advertising with Twitter fall into three camps: active supports of reactionary causes; tiny companies who aren't really keeping up; and corporates who like to pretend they're for equality but won't actively do things to support it.
Things I have been reading
Reading has been a bit fragmented this week. I decided to re-read M John Harrison's "The Centauri Device" which I am churning through, but I'm also continuing with Tim Lott's "Yes! No! But Wait!" -- and when I move between books I tend to read less as a result.
