Planet Jonny

December 2009

06:16 Jonny's Twitter advent calendar DAY 4: twitpic.com/s2g4p #

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06:17 Jonny's Twitter advent calendar DAY 3: twitpic.com/rxjlu #
14:02 My work PC is 35 minutes into a hussy fit. Not amused. #

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06:18 Jonny's virtual Twitter advent calender DAY 2: twitpic.com/rt0cy #
20:56 A brief (and late) Dragonmeet report: bit.ly/4O9hd7 #

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07:04 Happy birthday @4pawsnexus. Hope the coming year is full of interesting things to sniff, chew and bark at. #
07:07 RT @muskrat_john: Congratulations EVERYONE who did NOT write a novel in November, thus successfully completing NoNoNoMo. #
07:10 Jonny's virtual Twitter advent calendar, DAY 1: twitpic.com/rolzo #
13:27 Thanks to @Bobbie42 and @JonnyHodgsonArt for the RTs! #
18:52 A few days ago I asked about Scriverner, a word processor for writers. Running through tutorial now. This might just be love at first sight. #

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13:12 Game Night Chapter Three is now up at EN World. Is Draag dead? Will anyone care? Read on... bit.ly/6dnWFh #
14:37 RT @jowyang: Stats: Women dominate men in social networking sites bit.ly/6P2LL2 the question is, why? // Except for Slashdot, course! #
17:43 Train delayed by 23 minutes. Retreated, frozen, to a Costa Coffee for a soya latte. #
18:55 I finally got the Britney spam! Was starting to feel left out. Even dogs (@doggaway) were getting it. #
18:56 RT @doggaway: Dear spammer, thanks for the thought and not sure if I speak for all dogs but Britney porn does nothing for me #
19:39 Train slowed, shuddered, groaned and died. Haven't moved for 20 mins. Driver reports "circuit failure". Man with lamp has walked past. :( #
19:56 Train now moving, perhaps thanks to the man with the lamp. Or perhaps not. Life rarely gives answers, especially where trains are involved. #

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18:07 Loot from #dragonmeet. The Star Wars thing is a prototype from a game never published. twitpic.com/rh4e9 #
19:26 For @mdlachlan, the classic "Head of Vecna" story (bit.ly/4I1oKq) with the background here (bit.ly/7Pxbi8). #

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18:50 RT @Danacea: twitpic.com/ratt3 - @stephendeas @jonnynexus @mdlachan @davedevereux talking it up! #
18:56 At #dragonmeet charity auction, which, as always, is being ably run by @natural20. twitpic.com/rc3tt #
19:46 "It went for £270 last year... Back when the world had money." #dragonmeet #
23:28 Top tip: when travelling on Tube at weekend, check for closures. I didn't. Chaotic zigzag journey. Missed fast train. On slow. :( #

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13:28 For entertaining blogging and wonderful summaries of each week's Strictly Come Dancing, follow @mpphillips #followfriday #scd #
13:44 Zoe got taken out by the public, Jade's out injured, Ali's hurt her foot, and Ricky's just been arrested. Anton's year? Or Natalie's? #scd #

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07:40 Things I'm thankful for today? Well I probably won't be getting any emails or phone calls from our American head office... :) #
09:04 The Game Night on the Web blog tour continues, with a long interview by writer Steve Darlington: bit.ly/6sYuyl #
22:31 Is it me, or is Dubai starting to look like not much more than a hot version of Iceland? ie An "economic boom" fuelled entirely by debt. #

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13:21 Heard lots of good stuff about Scrivener, the word processor for writers (bit.ly/53rEeE). But should I switch horses mid-stream? #
13:23 Forgot to thank @morrus for the very cool EN World news page link to Game Night instalment two: bit.ly/4UzZOn Thanks mate! #
18:42 RT @mytholder: Matthew Sprange's State of the Mongoose post: bit.ly/51uGuY #

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07:09 Day 2 of Visual Basic Excel course. Being a Pascal programmer exposed to Basic is like being a Daily Mail reader taken to a strip club. #
08:28 One issue with the new RT system is that my iPhone client, Echofon, doesn't yet support it. So I'm missing RTs that people are doing. :( #
09:20 Thanks to @redmole_ghost for the RT! #
16:04 I can haz do Excel VBA apps! twitpic.com/qrcr3 #
16:10 Dragonmeet seminars now up. bit.ly/4A5VWg @mdlachlan and I are on at 12 with "Writers On Roleplaying". #

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11:30 On Excel VBA Source. Love Excel, hate Microsoft. It's like falling in love with a member of the BNP. #
13:38 Game Night Chapter Two - in which a monkey is unwisely introduced to the story. bit.ly/72pDOA Please RT #
21:42 RT @mdlachlan: Dragonmeet, Saturday 28 at Kensington Town Hall in that London. RPG heaven. It's cheap, I'm on a panel, there. #

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12:56 Thanks to @natural20, @mollydot, @NeilCFord and @Sadhbhzilla for the RTs. #

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12:51 Read "Elfish Gene"? Liked it? Hated it? Talk to author @mdlachan at #dragonmeet next Sat, Ken Town Hall. bit.ly/5EmaXI #

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07:09 Congratulations to @mrtonylee for being the recipient of a #neilwebfail, the Twitterverse's highest honour! #
07:12 #neilwebfail = being linked to by that one man denial of service attack @neilhimself (aka Neil Gaiman). :) #
07:14 Forgot to plug the laptop in to charge last night. Oh well, may as well crack open the lid and see how much juice is left... #
07:15 47%! That'll do nicely! #
09:02 "Do yourself a favor and pick up the book. It's a fast read and very funny." Rodney Thompson, WotC R&D #gamenight bit.ly/3H9tFD #
15:07 RT @mdlachlan: Hey hey, I'm going to #Dragonmeet. Doing a panel on the influence of RPGs on fantasy novels. Should be good fun. // As is me! #
16:28 Huh? According to Oracle, Sunday's 1st day of week in the US, but 7th in the UK. Tell that to the 7th Day Adventists! Or God, come to that. #

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21:07 It's Game Night Blog Tour Day II on Gar Hanrahan's blog. We talk origins, influences, and hopes: bit.ly/18wlap #
21:10 Just watched Doctor Who. Is it me, or has he gone a bit messianic, in a Tony Blair circa 2003 kind of way? #
22:02 RT @neilhimself: So @mrtonylee sent me a link to the story of How Pudsey saved his life. You should read it. bit.ly/4uJj2S. // Wow!!! #

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09:17 On a course, about to learn advanced Excel! Actually quite looking forward to it. #
11:46 The Game Night on Web blog tour has begun! First stop is RPG Gamer.org: bit.ly/BMMuG Please RT #
11:47 We talk about Game Night, Critical Miss, gaming, Doctor Who, and more... bit.ly/BMMuG #
12:44 RT @writersclub: How to write and publish a bestseller. Sold out workshop now has one space due to illness. bit.ly/36ajlJ #
15:16 Best CV (resume) ever! bit.ly/1zppoj (If you're applying to games companies, that is) #
15:21 Stealing @jonnyhodgsonart's art: scummy and cheap. Stealing art he did for Games Workshop: stupid. Very expensive. bit.ly/3YXAUM #
15:23 RT @mollydot: All RPGers should read @jonnynexus's very funny Game Night: bit.ly/3H9tFD 1st chapter funny anyway. Rest will be up... #

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07:05 RT @Bobbie42: @wilw Have you ever read @jonnynexus book "Game Night"? bit.ly/3H9tFD // You know, if we all RT this... [evil grin] #
07:13 Status: knackered. Can't face new novel. Worked from 9am to 10pm yesterday on serialisation & launch. Still loads more people to contact. #
07:16 Considering a more focussed & targetted strategy of simply stalking @wilw and his 2.9 milliwheaton's of followers. #
07:20 RT @BlueBirdTail: Advertiser: always one rhyming couplet away from a fat pay cheque || Poet: always one advert away from a debt consultant #
07:23 RT @benjohncock: Oh dear..... RT @caroleagent: 'I have written a fictional novel' no no no no. Sigh ... #
07:32 Does it show that I'm sitting here on Twitter rather than writing? #
07:52 Have stopped twittering. Reading @jessruston's Luxury instead. Will resume writing tomorrow. #
08:54 Thanks to @Entorien and @puthekettleon for the RTs! #
14:05 "A Pratchet-esque debut novel of gods, roleplaying, and game-night kerfuffles. A fun, fresh, irreverent read." bit.ly/3H9tFD Pls RT #
14:27 RT @rentawitch: @jonnynexus # It is very good all. RT bit.ly/3H9tFD Game Night by Jonny Nexus - Go read it! that is all. #
17:27 Okay, let's go play Train Service Roulette, first prize the trip home to Brighton you've already paid for! #firstcapitalconnect #
17:39 And the ball drops into the black - my train wasn't cancelled! Touch wood, so far, the emergency timetable seems to be working. #
17:42 So, stalking @wilw. I used to joke about stalking @jameswallis, now he's my publisher. Then again, Clapham's a bit more local. #
18:41 RT @DomDouzeDom: Loved this book - I've let my friends read some and they have said they are going to buy a copy. Keep up the good work! #
21:31 Thanks to @DomDouzeDom, @iankevinmcdonal and @rentawitch for the RTs! #

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12:11 Read the whole of my ENNie-nominated fantasy humour novel Game Night for free on EN World. bit.ly/XC7ev Please RT #
12:11 Obviously, it goes without saying that I'd be grateful if people would retweet my previous post to within an inch of its life. #
12:15 RT @Danacea: Read the whole of Game Night for free on EN World. bit.ly/XC7ev <---if you've ever been a gamer, read this book!! #
12:24 If any of you have read Game Night and liked it, could you please go here and say a few words >> bit.ly/4yEU (Thanks hugely!) #
12:37 RT @Danacea: @jonnynexus book made me laugh my arse off :) #
14:19 RT @Bobbie42: "Game Night", a book by @jonnynexus, is the funniest thing I've read in years. If you were ever a rpg gamer, you have to read! #
18:33 Have accidentally thanked @Morrus for publishing Game Night on EN World by drawing an ascii penis on his site. Bugger. bit.ly/4FYiw0 #
19:18 Thanks to @Danacea @ZehraMustafa @johncoxon @redmole_ghost @6d6Fireball @majic13 @JonnyHodgsonArt @omegar24 @Bobbie42 @writersclub for RTs. #
19:20 "The best novel ever written about gaming. One of the funniest novels ever written about anything." bit.ly/XC7ev Please RT #
19:51 Don't want to wait to find out how it ends? Game Night is now available in PDF for $5.99. bit.ly/Ky2Od #
21:58 Favour needed: If any of you have read and liked Game Night perhaps you could go here and say a few words >> bit.ly/4yEU Thanks! #

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11:50 Finished. Very windy, and my knee went so I limped the last 3k, but managed 1:06:59, bit faster than last time. twitpic.com/pmc2s #
14:33 This morning I ran 10k. This afternoon, flights of stairs are posing a challenge. I might just have crippled myself. #
14:35 There's nothing like running 10k to show what an awesome achievement running a 42k marathan is. #

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14:55 Weather dire; heavy rain and driving wind off the sea. If it's anything like this tomorrow, it'll be: "10k? What 10k?" #
19:08 Bugger! Jules found the envelope containing my race number for tomorrow. Thus dies my last hope for being uncrocked next week. #

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09:08 [blog] Do you have a blog? My blog tour now has six participants, but I still have places free. bit.ly/1MRW5T #
12:32 If rain drops are angels' tears they must be having a pretty bad day up there. #
13:27 Overnight, six days after UK2 nuked it, my imap mail reappeared. I guess that's good; be better if they sent me something to let me know. #
17:26 The trouble with depression is you have to put in the hours. #jotd #
17:26 #jotd = "Jonnyism Of The Day" #

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07:15 I hate indestructable packaging! RT @wilw: twitpic.com/p6nxt - Please enjoy my new-headset-package-opening fail. #
07:51 I can see the gleaming spires of Croydon in the distance... #
08:33 Stuck somewhere on one of South London's many railway viaducts due, apparently, to a broken down train at Blackfriars. #
13:19 Six days after #uk2 nuked all my imap email while moving their mail server, they still haven't restored it. #ukisps #hosting #epicwankers #
17:34 Result! My train hasn't been cancelled due to driver shortages. Other folk not so lucky. #firstcapitalconnect #

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06:57 Brighton, after two days of (now halted) strike by binmen. It will be unburried dead next, I'm telling you! twitpic.com/p350m #
07:57 Bugger! Just checked blog comments and some bastard spammer has broken through the CAPTCHA and deposited 16 turds. Nice. #
08:59 twitpic.com/p3c0n - @benjohncock Yeah, I saw the retweet, and I get the new style of display. #
13:32 [blog] Do you have a blog? Then could you host me on my blog tour to launch the Game Night serialisation and ebook? bit.ly/3vvt0h #
17:25 Very cool. :) RT @Bobbie42: this guy, @jonnynexus wrote a book called "Game Night", which was one of the funniest books I have ever read. #
17:39 Bugger. First Capital Connect train drivers are on work to rule and might strike. I may have interesting travel days ahead. #thameslink #

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09:33 Attention #nanowrimo-ers! Get support & sympathy from 2 top lit agents at London Writers' Club, TONIGHT! tinyurl.com/nz9nh7 #
13:41 #londonwritersclub tonight has *changed* venue. It's now at Tibbets (bit.ly/1PCicZ), same time, 7pm start, talk 7:30. #
13:45 Ran 4k on treadmill at gym today. Have 10k race on tarmac on Sunday. 10 - 4 = 6. 6 is a worryingly big number. Currently considering panic. #
17:02 BBCs "Have Your Say" is debating GB's letter writing. I find it amusing that the people attacking him appear to be largely semi-literate. #
22:29 Quite sobering. RT @gmskarka: Publishing numbers--"The Reality of a Times Bestseller": bit.ly/14FkwB. #
22:48 On train, heading home from #londonwritersclub. @BlueBirdTail very informative and entertaining. And met some nice people. #

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