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Matthew H
Writing stuff.
Read: [The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel](https://micro.blog/books/9781982169909) by Douglas Brunt 📚: https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/2025/06/23/read-the-mysterious-case-of.html
As a recidivist 80s nerd who spent high school in what we were pleased to call ‘the computer room’, I’m loving Halt And Catch Fire on ITV. It’s a fictionalised version of microcomputers in the 80s where people invent the internet on Commodre 64s.
Breaking news: the new head of MI6 (C) got started with spying when she was given the Usborne KnowHow Book Of Spycraft. I too have this book and memorised it as a kid. When is it my turn to be C?
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Shortly after Denmark decided to replace Windows and Microsoft 365 with open-source solutions, the German state of Schleswig-Holstein also announced that it will replace Microsoft Teams and the Office suite with open-source alternatives in its public institutions.
https://tecnoblog.net/noticias/mais-um-pais-alemanha-abandona-microsoft-por-softwares-de-codigo-aberto/
Read: Never Flinch by Stephen King 📚
King is always compulsive, without me being able to figure out why. He’s sneaking some suspense in there without me realising how. #Booksky #amreading #bookstodon https://micro.blog/books/9781668089354
Short story - King of the Mountain: https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/2025/06/17/short-story-king-of-the.html
Trump’s been outplayed by Putin, Netanyahu and every other world leader because he’s all ego and bluster and not very bright. All he has left is lying to his base
Read: Mood Machine by Liz Pelly 📚
Audiobook recorded by the author, Liz Pelly, in an intensely irritating? slackjawwwd valleh girrl drawl? that almost made me? stop listening? Not helped by? Adolescent horror that? the music business? is a business? #BookSky #amreading #bookstodon https://micro.blog/books/9781668083529
Read: Who Could Ever Love You by Mary L. Trump, PhD 📚
As fellow family-of-a-narc, I found a few moments in this resonated, but if you’ve come across The Donald ever before, there’s not a lot new here. #BookSky #amreading #bookstodon https://micro.blog/books/9781250278487
Read: Come Closer by Sara Gran 📚
New York architect is either possessed or has a psychotic breakdown in a tightly written novella. Psychological thriller or horror? You choose. https://micro.blog/books/9780571356164
So that’s the plotting done. Now it’s just… typing. Which is great and also daunting.
The world’s richest man and most powerful man bitching about each other like mean girls. Meanwhile the climate is in meltdown, there are at least 3 international confrontations that could lead to world wars, and dictators are seizing power everywhere. I’m off to watch Midsomer Murders.
Read: [The House of My Mother](https://micro.blog/books/9781668065419) by Shari Franke 📚: https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/2025/06/05/read-the-house-of-my.html
Read: Presumed Guilty by Scott Turow 📚
Courtroom thriller that actually uses the legal procedures and tactics for its twists, and plays with the reader’s knowledge of Presumed Innocent. Class.
Read: How to Lose a Country by Ece Temelkuran 📚
Turkish writer who’s fled Erdogan tries so hard to stay humane, humorous and hopeful despite the pandemic of populist demagogues. She almost succeeds. https://micro.blog/books/9781668087855
Watched/went to a webinar about making money from short stories. The good news is that there are many more outlets for my genre than I thought. The bad news is that ‘payment’ is not really a thing. Good for just getting stuff out there anyhow.
#writingcommunity #writing
Just at that point where I’m getting into the rhythm of the WiP and feels like it’s starting to take on a life of its own.
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