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neilhimself

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It's too late now. I'll probably never grow up and get a real job. I suppose I will just have to keep making things up and writing them down.

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ftwaijing , to random
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So my entry in the @neilhimself Folio Society contest didn't make the cut as a finalist 😢 It's disappointing, but I gave it my best shot and am very happy with what I created ☠️ 🖤

I might still turn it into an art print for my Etsy shop with a portion of funds raised going to charity, like I did with the bookmark art I also did for 'The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains'. If I do I will post about it here later on

neilhimself ,
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@ftwaijing it's lovely. And I'm glad I wasn't a judge.

neilhimself ,
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@ftwaijing absolutely okay!

blaisefaint , to random
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@neilhimself @ColleenDoran I note that you are using PledgeBox for fulfillment of the project. Given that this is your first time using PledgeBox I hope that you are doing your due diligence to make sure that they don't do anything stupid, like giving customers a 30-minute window to download stuff, because -- DANG! -- that would sure be annoying.

neilhimself ,
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@blaisefaint @ColleenDoran the Terry Pratchett estate is managing the project. If there are problems with Pledgemanager can you let them know?

fluffypaws , to random

books to read instead of harry potter:

  • percy jackson and the olympians by rick riordan
  • all of the other books / series in the riordanverse
  • the scholomance by naomi novik
  • the inheritance cycle by christopher paolini
  • the nsibidi scripts by nnedi okorafor
  • the magicians by lev grossman

boost for visibility and feel free to comment more suggestions!

please also note that not all the recommended books will be suitable for children or teens.

neilhimself ,
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@coregaze @fluffypaws

I've tried hard and failed.

Rita89 , to random
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Hello, when I see questions like this on Tumblr, and your answers @neilhimself, I always smile. Then Sandman crosses my mind and I comment as below. But, even if you are only a dream, sir, you make this world worth to live in. ❤️🌍 I would spend hours talking with you about all that you know and want to share, not only about books. Some people, as I can see, often seems to forget you are a man, a human being like us, before to be a famous writer. PS: I love when you reply with sarcastic words. 😎😌

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neilhimself ,
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@Rita89 thank you!

Yorkslass70 , to random
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Treated myself to a new book today. I would never have discovered it if it hadn't been for the wonderful @neilhimself . Can't wait to start reading it but I have The Dark Is Rising sequence to finish first.

The back cover. It says "All is not what it seems. In the murky London night, a knife wielding gentleman named Jack prowls the streets with his faithful watchdog Snuff - gathering together the grisly ingredients they will need for an ancient and unearthly rite. For soon after the death of the moon, black magic will summon the Elder Gods back into the world. And all manner of Players, both human and undead, are preparing to participate. Some have come to open the gates. Some have come to slam them shut. Now the dread night approaches - so let the Game begin.

neilhimself ,
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@dearlove @stevedurbin @Yorkslass70 the Kalifriki story is in print: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kalifriki-roger-zelazny/1141042296?ean=9781515454007

hagbard , to random
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but Netflix's Sandman is awesome!

I may be the millionth dude telling you this, but... thank you. Really like it, @neilhimself
Going to read the books as well.

neilhimself ,
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@hagbard Thank you!

Jonathanrz , to random Portuguese
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@neilhimself I am just starting to watch American gods for the second time. What a great show, any chances of having a fourth season?

neilhimself ,
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@Jonathanrz I don't know.

ikeacurtains , to random
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@neilhimself somewhat disappointed you didn't plug the fediverse in your final tweet. I mean, you -are- here afterall. :(

neilhimself ,
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@ikeacurtains My Mastodon account is on the Twitter ID so people can find it. I'm not reliably here.

golgaloth , to random
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You need some good news? I need some good news.

Season 3 of Good Omens is confirmed.

@neilhimself

neilhimself ,
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@Monina6969 @golgaloth well you'll probably enjoy Season 3 then. It's a lot more like Season 1.

neilhimself ,
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@mcv @golgaloth @Monina6969 oh, I don't know....

ElleGray , to random
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Look what's coming back! Great happy news on this chilly rainy Thursday.

Congratulations and a big thank you to @neilhimself who brings this magical show to us, and who makes the world seem a little brighter 😇😈📚♥️

https://ew.com/good-omens-renewed-for-season-3-8415818

neilhimself ,
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@ElleGray thank you!

EclecticDad , to random

@neilhimself I am looking for a new audiobook. You name the book and if my library has it I'll listen. No questions asked.

neilhimself ,
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@EclecticDad Bleak House.

mark , to random
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Finished Diane Duane's "Spock's World."

This novel was written in the '80s but it could easily have been written in 2018. 5/5 stars no notes. Worth a read.

neilhimself ,
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@globcoco @I_am_elena @mark @dianeduane this:
https://wilwheaton.net/2018/08/the-world-is-a-terrible-place-right-now-and-thats-largely-because-it-is-what-we-make-it/

clueless_capybara , to random
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I just found @neilhimself god damn Gaiman here on and apparently he's had an account for more than a year?? Can someone confirm that it's the real Neil and explain to me what he's doing away from 😂👌

neilhimself ,
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@clueless_capybara I'm afraid not. Neil Gaiman has no social media.

neilhimself , to random
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Amazon US are doing a Black Friday deal on The Sandman book 1. 560 pages down from $29.99 to $13.40. Obviously I'd prefer that you bought it from an independent book or comic shop. And obviously I know some of you are on a budget where this could make a difference.

https://amzn.to/3uCiyy9

davidboatymcboa , to random
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Here are the live links to the @neilhimself books on the @raffall_app site for the

STARDUST - Rarer than Hens Teeth Edition

https://raffall.com/348278/enter-raffle-to-win-a-very-unique-copy-of-stardust-by-neil-gaiman-hosted-by-linda-silliman-millar

neilhimself ,
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@skippy442 @davidboatymcboa fucked up how?

oligneisti , to random
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A few months ago I saw that @neilhimself (and some friends of mine) was coming to . I got tickets fully intending to read books by authors attending. Then I bought a new apartment and moved. Constant work for three months now. Today I went to get my armband and felt guilty that I have read nothing.

BTW. Every time I am around tourists in Iceland I have the urge to tell them about my podcast. I could just wear a shirts all the time but that feels a bit vain.

neilhimself ,
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@oligneisti @Jostein back then, I had the time. This trip they've scheduled for me to the minute.

neilhimself ,
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@Jostein @oligneisti I'm sure you were fine. The worst was a German interviewer at the Hamburg book festival who had a lot of opinions about my themes and stories that had nothing to do with anything I'd ever said or thought. After a while I started asking him what he'd actually read that I had written. He blustered. I asked him for plot details, whereupon he admitted he had never read anything I had written.

FibroJedi , to random
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I thought I'd posted here with my latest chapter of "Skirmishes and Schisms" on .

Chapter 7 is out, and as Klor'asq finally meets those who thought he needed freeing, Ferrfeiss wonders if all the heartache and effort had been for nothing.


https://www.worldanvil.com/community/manuscripts/read/6487187293-fibrojedi-skirmishes-and-schisms

neilhimself ,
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@FibroJedi can you find a real life writers group ? Meet and read and talk about each other's stories?

neilhimself , to random
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This may answer many questions about Dead Boy Detectives:
https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/dead-boy-detectives-cast-netflix
“Who amongst us can honestly say that if we were hanging around the Earth as a ghost we wouldn’t want to start a detective agency?”

neilhimself OP ,
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@designative no. DBD is already shot.

neilhimself OP ,
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@designative no DBDs will be first.

neilhimself OP ,
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@Wraithe that they are. It was a "back door pilot".

limebar , to random
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@neilhimself is often answering questions or posting on Tumblr.

Here is an RSS feed bringing those into the fediverse.

@NeilGaimanTumblrRSS

neilhimself ,
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@limebar @NeilGaimanTumblrRSS useful!

Vibracobra23 , to random
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In celebration of the birthday of @neilhimself here is the first page of the first of four one-issue short stories he penned as part of the Tharg's Future-Shocks series. This one is from Prog 488 of 2000AD, published on the 20th of September, 1986: "You're Never Alone With A Phone!" Script by Neil Gaiman with artwork by the late John Hicklenton and lettering by Tom Frame.

neilhimself ,
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@Vibracobra23 so strange to see it.

pmarrone , to random
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@neilhimself I love what you’re doing with Miracleman! I collected all of the old Eclipse stuff back in the day, and I was reading it annually right up until you began releasing more. I was wondering if the issues that are coming out now were completed recently or if they were done back in the day and are only being released now?

neilhimself ,
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@pmarrone part three and half of part four were written in 1993, but Mark redrew them.

Nadru , to random
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@neilhimself Hey Neil, big fan! Any possibility of the American Gods series returning? Why did it have so many issues with actors and show runners?

neilhimself ,
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@Nadru I don't know why -- while it was being made in Canada I was in the UK working on Good Omens. I'd love to see it finish though.

KraftTea , to random
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Another good question to ask, legally speaking...

Did Amazon Prime let content providers know in advance that they were giving Amazon the right to run ads in their content?

How do they feel about this?

@neilhimself , any thoughts about having Good Omens chopped up with ads?! Will any of the revenue make its way back to cast & crew?

neilhimself ,
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@KraftTea I don't know anything about it.

neilhimself , to random
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I wrote a blog entry about my return to the role of Charles Dickens, for the first time in a decade, at https://journal.neilgaiman.com/2023/10/for-two-nights-only-christmas-carol.html
NYC's TOWN HALL, Dec 18th and 19th. Tickets go on sale this Friday.

neilhimself , to random
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Come and see me in Newark on the 3rd of December. It's going to be fun. I will read things and answer questions too. Sun, 12/03/23 @ 3:00PM

https://www.njpac.org/event/neil-gaiman/

neilhimself OP ,
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@inkican no.

neilhimself OP ,
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@BillMcGuire we shot two weeks and then stopped because the actors went on strike.

neilhimself , to random
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A Ray Bradbury Night in Symphony Space in NYC on November 1st. And I'm so happy to be hosting a night of Bradbury stories. Three amazing readers and me. Come and listen.

https://www.symphonyspace.org/events/selected-shorts-ray-bradbury-neil-gaiman-2023

JustBrogrammer , to random
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I know I'm late to the party, they always did say I was a late bloomer and all, but Good Omens is really really good. I always did like Neil Gaiman's writing but it's another thing to binge watch season 1 of . I mean the binge part was easy as I could not stop and now, here, after the finale I really have to see how a season 2 can be a thing right?
Mainly tip on the hat good sir, fantastic story. @neilhimself 👏👏🎩
(I know now I'm the one putting in line, I'm a monster)

neilhimself ,
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@s1m0n4 @JustBrogrammer you may be the first person ever to describe Good Omens as too macho.

notspookypip , to random
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Hi @neilhimself ! I'm a huge fan and an aspiring writer with a... less than satisfactory range of vocabulary. How does one learn new phrases and words and actually remember them?

neilhimself ,
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@notspookypip put them into sentences and into stories.

ClayForeman , to random

Hey @neilhimself any advice for an aspiring comic book writer who has familial tremors so he can't draw worth a damn and has entire worlds he could partner with some artists on? I can't afford to commission entire comics with my current job, and I've been searching for an artist or artists to partner with for years. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Loved the second season of good omens btw! Can't wait for season 3!

neilhimself ,
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@ClayForeman meet artists however you can.

neilhimself ,
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@ClayForeman there are definitely places artists gather but it changes from place to place. Do you have a local art college? A local art supplies store? A library art group? A local comic store?

neilhimself ,
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@ClayForeman good luck. There are a lot of artists and would be artists in Austin.

CinnabarMint , to random
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@neilhimself the Neilverse fandom got together to wish you a speedy recovery!!!

Special thanks to @SylWritesStuff who helped put the card together.

Now friends, lets get this one rolling so that it can get to Neil himself.

(Link to better quality: https://i.imgur.com/np8ccyw.jpg)

neilhimself ,
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@CinnabarMint thank you! All of you!

medley56 , to random
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@neilhimself
People here have resorted to taking screenshots of your twitter account and posting the images here. I humbly suggest moving your social media off of twitter. We love you here. And we have better moss and bird photos.

I think this argument kind of nails it:
https://throwawayopinions.io/the-paradox-of-intolerance.html

neilhimself ,
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@medley56 I'm rarely on Twitter unless it's something being put on all media. Mostly I'm on Bluesky these days.

neilhimself ,
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@medley56 mostly it was the chiding attitude of people on Mastodon that kept me looking for somewhere else. I keep Twitter for the people I have in DMs mostly but may have to give even them up.

neilhimself ,
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@medley56 a bit puzzled about them posting screenshots of things I also posted on Mastodon or Bluesky though.

neilhimself ,
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@guiltmanager @medley56 some of them do. Some of them I have email for. Some of them I have phone numbers for. And that still leaves a few hundred people I only had direct contact with through Xitter DMs.

neilhimself ,
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@trisweb @medley56 that's good.

StableGeniusLib , to random
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“Librarians in public schools in Charlotte County, Florida, were instructed by the school district superintendent to remove all books with LGBTQ characters or themes from school and classroom libraries.”

This is a must read from the always informative Judd Legum.

https://popular.info/p/florida-school-district-orders-librarians

neilhimself ,
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@apricots @jlroberson @StableGeniusLib https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_28

neilhimself , to random
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I'm here. It's me. Magic!

The (green-ticked) Neil Gaiman

neilhimself OP ,
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@TLK not currently.

neilhimself OP ,
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@monkeyninja I don't think Cat's here. She's a marvel.

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