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Jen Hitze's avatar

Nice weekly coffee stack you’ve got here! Thanks so much for the mention 🤗

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David McIlroy's avatar

My pleasure Jen!

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Gareth Bradwick's avatar

I’m reading The Midnight Library at a cool 81k words. It’s great so far. I have a long flight tomorrow and hoping to get through most of it!

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David McIlroy's avatar

Enjoy, Gareth!

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Laura | Sunhats and Chardonnay's avatar

I guess you could call it fantasy.

Adventure stories of boys in their imaginary world.

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David McIlroy's avatar

Sounds good!

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Walter Rhein's avatar

Thanks for the mention! I look forward to reading more of your work!

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David McIlroy's avatar

Thank you Walter!

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Laura | Sunhats and Chardonnay's avatar

Interesting read this week.

I was also curious as I am starting to write a book. A children's book but still a book.

Currently, I'm reading "Twenty" by Marc Hall. A memoir about his travel adventures over a twenty year span. It's a ;little longer than I would normally read but when there's a story to tell it just keeps coming.

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David McIlroy's avatar

Sounds great! What genre is your children's book? Fantasy?

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Dr Nia D Thomas's avatar

I’m accompanied by a mug of black tea and rose petals this morning because I fancied something extra

Word length is something I had to contemplate when I wrote my book (out in April). It’s about 60k words. I did find a website that gave me some help.

https://wordcounters.com/word-count/search/

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David McIlroy's avatar

Sounds great Nia! I'll check out that website, too.

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Mike and Hannah's avatar

Great post this week, "Why Your Articles Fail On Medium and How to Make Them Succeed" and "6 Ways to Avoid the Substack Rut" were my favourites!

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David McIlroy's avatar

Glad you liked the post! 😊

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Sam's avatar

Still reading A happy pocketful of Money. But I’m heading away to some sunshine next week so will be looking for something fresh to read. I love buying books at the airport…. Anyone else?

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David McIlroy's avatar

Where will you be chasing that sunshine, Sam?

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Sam's avatar

Lanzarote 😎

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Idolor's avatar

Nicely Said: Writing for the Web with Style and Purpose - Nicole Fenton and Kate Kiefer Lee

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David McIlroy's avatar

Sounds like an interesting read for sure!

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Idolor's avatar

It is. I'm more than half way through already since starting on Monday.

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JS Hyder's avatar

Still the Olympian Affair by Jim Butcher - it's a tome.

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David McIlroy's avatar

You enjoying it?

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JS Hyder's avatar

Yes, but it took me a while to adjust. I should have read the first one again as it’s been 8 years between books: The Cinder Spires. I always like Jim Butchers style and his characterisation is always good, however the last Dresden files was a little too much of a big marvel ending and brief sadly, so hoping he’s not getting bored with his stories, but always fast to read so will know more soon when I finish this one 😊 If you've not read any of his I do recommend them.

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Goshen's avatar

Thank you for the newsletters you mentioned.

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Charlie Mathieson's avatar

One day late! Sunday morning coffee it is!

I am travelling, currently in Koh Pha-ngan, Thailand. I got a kindle before my trip and I think my reading time has declined. Nothing beats a real life book!

Also love the weekly check in idea, inspiring me for future ideas. Look forward to another week of reading.

Enjoy your Sunday!

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Istiaq Mian's avatar

Enjoyed the video and seeing you in person. Are you a chiefs fan?

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