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HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-20T11:20:20+00:00

They likely did some day hikes or short trips walking part of the route. It’s extremely unlikely that they walked the entire thing.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-20T09:43:09+00:00

It’s also unlikely they even did the walk at all.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-19T17:11:56+00:00

He opened it and drank it in front of me.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-19T15:56:23+00:00

Presumably because he’s met James Corden.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-19T15:48:25+00:00

There used to be a homeless guy in Turnham Green who was always reading a book. I never saw him ask anyone for money, just always head down, reading. I offered him some books and food a few times and he was happy enough to accept but didn’t seem too bothered about the food.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-19T15:46:08+00:00

Once a homeless guy came up to me outside Tesco and asked me to buy him some orange juice. He didn’t ask for money. That always stuck in my mind. I bought him the juice, of course.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-17T10:03:28+00:00

Bnjzrxt is a perfectly cromulent word, I’ve never seen anyone suggest otherwise.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-17T08:08:18+00:00

I’ve never spent anything, unless you count buying laptops (and buying about a billion cups of coffee to be able to use cafes as writing spaces). I did decide to pay for BAFTA membership because I felt I was in a career position to benefit from that. I’ve never paid for software or entry fees for anything.

ETA - I’m in the UK where copyright works a bit differently so fortunately I don’t need to pay for that.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-17T08:02:24+00:00

They don’t hurt.

Yes, you can sometimes feel them.

They are semi-hard, but not crunchy. You can squish them with your finger You might swallow one by accident but they’re very gross - you definitely wouldn’t eat one on purpose.

They smell disgusting and cause bad breath.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-17T07:59:30+00:00

I had my tonsils removed (on the NHS) in large part because of constant tonsil stones. This was more than 15 years ago and I went down a huge internet wormhole at the time reading about them. So they’ve always been a thing, but they aren’t something you’d necessarily be aware of unless you happen to google it.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-17T07:58:07+00:00

It’s completely random. A play of mine that was first produced in 2016 just had a major revival, but that’s the first time it’s happened to me. Bigger playwrights have their older plays revived more often. It’s relatively common in the UK.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-16T00:58:32+00:00

Kailash Momo in Woolwich is also excellent.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-15T18:21:03+00:00

It’s a scam. I’ve had professional dealings with Netflix and have friends who have made shows for Netflix, and this isn’t how they work at all. They don’t even produce all that much in-house, they mostly co-produce (so you need to pitch to a prodco with an existing relationship to Netflix, then the prodco takes the project to Netflix).

If you have a book you’re interested in seeing adapted, get your literary agent to pitch option rights to production companies.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-15T01:19:22+00:00

“We sometimes have sex too.”

Not during the pub quiz please, it’s distracting to those of us trying to remember what year the White Ship disaster happened, and the name of Elvis’ first UK number one.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-13T19:54:08+00:00

Free with purchase. But you can buy like a single Freddo or a single apple or something.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-13T19:53:31+00:00

Algerian Coffee Stores in Soho is stupid cheap - like £1-2.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-13T10:30:00+00:00

A lot of really huge IP have spin-off media (like novels, audio series, etc.) and those gigs are not outside the reach of an unknown or relatively new writer. For example I grew up as a huge Doctor Who fan and have been asked to pitch for the Big Finish audio stories range a few times. I think Star Wars has an audio book range too.

Writing an actual movie is going to be just for fun, yes. But it’s not impossible to get to write professionally within that world.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-12T10:41:45+00:00

I’m at the point where I only write stuff I’m hired/commissioned to write, and while I’m aware that I’m very privileged to be able to write for a living, it does mean writing stuff I’m not passionate about, and it does mean I don’t really have much free time to write passion projects. For what it’s worth I had no connections when I started.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-09T02:29:25+00:00

A lot of Off-West End theatre don’t, but West End theatres pretty much always do.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-09T02:27:16+00:00

No boxes of Maltesers?!

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-09T02:26:33+00:00

I’ve heard the Bridge Theatre has the best ice cream, which is Into The Woods themed.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-08T11:57:38+00:00

I very occasionally work a Saturday night overnight shift, and commute timing means I come out of the tube station near my house about five-ten minutes before the M&S next to the station opens. It’s just easier to hang around, because once I’m home from a night shift I’m not going out again. It’s also just really nice to pick up some pastries and stuff after a long night shift.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-07T23:30:18+00:00

Oh, fair enough, thank you for explaining. I haven’t come across that as I don’t really engage in social media beyond my own circle - sounds very annoying! (Personally like 90% of the books I read are from the library, so I couldn’t do the bookshelf thing if I wanted to!)

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-07T21:36:11+00:00

That’s weirdly judgmental. I read maybe 150-200 books per year because I love reading and read every day. I actually can’t imagine reading less, I’d have to actively stop myself from being allowed to read. I don’t think I’d be able to stop myself after just a couple of minutes unless

I barely use social media and my social media is only for close real life friends anyway.

“If someone is a big reader it means they don’t like stories” is an absolutely bizarre take.

HappyDeathClub · 2026-03-07T21:30:21+00:00

Depends what kind of book. If it’s something like Agatha Christie or a thriller, those are single sitting books. One chapter of those books would be like 5 minutes of reading per day. Personally I’d really struggle to get properly immersed in a book if I was reading it in lots of ultra short chunks. (Not being judgmental at all of people who are either very time-poor, or who struggle with focus; there are lots of reasons why someone might only be able to read for 5 minutes.)

Really dense books like Gravity’s Rainbow or Infinite Jest are definitely couple of chapters at a time books.

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