Author of the Rivers of London Serieshttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mzd34pqovc2zOh look the Dutch have been busy 😁🇳🇱02 Nov 2026 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzd34pqovc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mzcpnghyck23Yesterday’s Word Count = 554 Formative Films WRATH OF KHAN (1982) “I don’t like to lose.” https://youtu.be/ZAdQJO2jq8Q?si=t8TezKmYuw8ZS4dS02 Nov 2026 06:39 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzcpnghyck23https://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3myraywdzyc2qYesterday’s word count = 75126 Oct 2026 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3myraywdzyc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3myokkjvwnc26Yesterday’s Word Count = 780 Formative Films: BREAKING GLASS (1980) (* formative for me obviously) Have you seen the writing on the walls. Have you seen the writing on the waaaalls! https://youtu.be/YK6d3C3RuWY?si=bUprfSbm4a6qRAx725 Oct 2026 06:14 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3myokkjvwnc26https://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mygzy26rm22aFYI - no word counts I'm doing the final copyedit on the next rivers book. :)22 Oct 2026 06:29 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mygzy26rm22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mygzvfybxs2aI've been watching VisionQuest and it reinforces my view that American creatives are obsessed with lineages in a way that would make Aragorn proud. The Skywalkers, the Kennedys, the Starks, the Trumps, the Kardashians, The Dread Pirate Roberts....22 Oct 2026 06:27 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mygzvfybxs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3myediqirzc2fYesterday’s Word Count = 629 Often we shall learn more by looking at the small details…21 Oct 2026 04:41 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3myediqirzc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3my77pnf5nk2uYesterday’s Word Count = 834 Now who shall we kill today? And how? Bwa hahahaha!!!19 Oct 2026 03:50 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3my77pnf5nk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3my4yaqplv22hYesterday’s Word Count = 804 Oh no he’s fallen into the unnecessarily ugly brutalist swimming pool.18 Oct 2026 06:31 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3my4yaqplv22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mxxpaeqhfc2eYesterday’s Word Count = 810 That’s where they came from and this is where they ended up.16 Oct 2026 04:07 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxxpaeqhfc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mxv772efr224Yesterday’s Word Count = 813 So…I see we’re mystical for this one but what is the true link between Hellenistic Egypt and the Cards of Triumph?15 Oct 2026 04:14 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxv772efr224https://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mxsmzomo2k26Yesterday’s Word Count = 574 As a dog returneth to its banana So a writer returns to the source of their original inspiration.14 Oct 2026 03:44 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxsmzomo2k26https://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mxqb5efzsk26Yesterday’s Word Count = 794 THE UPS AND DOWNS – STEELEYE SPAN Songs to write…um…side projects to… And the moral of this story is get the name and occupation of the young man before you go to the apple grove. Plus this is the inspiration for Pratchett’s Cheesemongers. https://youtu.be/e-N9hfJg7wU?si=60PzZOZBjgr0kURK13 Oct 2026 05:06 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxqb5efzsk26https://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mxdstm4pms22Yesterday’s word count = 762 Edward Gorey’s oracle cards - purely for research honestly.08 Oct 2026 06:18 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdstm4pms22https://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mx6zmiaxr22bYesterday’s Word Count = 504 YOU KNOW MY NAME – CHRIS CORNELL Songs to wite books to… Your protagonist gets to their feet and returns to the fight…. https://youtu.be/YnzgdBAKyJo?si=H9i0gFLlqBSxuD5a06 Oct 2026 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx6zmiaxr22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mx43jfmyyk2lYesterday’s Word Count = 1,004 Yesterday’s book haul… LONDON TRANSPORT IN THE 1920s, Michael C. Baker INDEX, A HISTORY OF THE, Dennis Duncan05 Oct 2026 04:32 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx43jfmyyk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mwx6dp2ncc2tYesterday’s Word Count = 609 QUANTUM OF SOLACE – ZACK WHITE AND ALICIA KEYS Songs to write books to… Your protagonist wonders if this is all really worth it. https://youtu.be/cA_VhbE9gZo?si=23Oq9iKGQicEnltG03 Oct 2026 05:39 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwx6dp2ncc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mwuld5szdk2nYesterday’s Word Count = 987 UNDER FIRE – JERRY GOLDSMITH (1983) Songs to write books to… A bit of Jerry to sustain the momentum. https://youtu.be/K59pIbcWgOE?si=pfmAJ224yp145w0T02 Oct 2026 04:54 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwuld5szdk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mwpwr6u7l224Yesterday’s Word Count = 1,018 ADOUMA - ANGELIQUE KIDJO (1994) Songs to write books to… Inspirational action sequence – GO! https://youtu.be/S6LHQoM9OoE?si=d05jGiRy62XLl9qE30 Sep 2026 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwpwr6u7l224https://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mwkfbxdjqk2qYesterday’s Word Count = 762 RIO – DURAN DURAN (1982) I bet her name really isn’t Rio, I bet she just tells the tourists that, https://youtu.be/nTizYn3-QN0?si=3m3dzF-tE94WDQir28 Sep 2026 03:39 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwkfbxdjqk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mwi5ee32ac2kU think I may have cracked the voice of a new co-protagonist. I'm supposed to be working on something completely different but them's the breaks. You've just got to learn to roll with it.27 Sep 2026 06:12 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwi5ee32ac2khttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mwi5bkm5wk2kYesterday’s Word Count = 659 2ND MOVEMENT STRING QUARTET OP. 11 – SAMUEL BARBER (1936) Songs to write stories to… When things get so bad your protagonist starts having flashbacks to a war they never fought in. https://youtu.be/WAoLJ8GbA4Y?si=QJUNHNPr4tPx3Mpx27 Sep 2026 06:10 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwi5bkm5wk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mwfpeo3ldk2mYesterday’s word count = 1,007 Well that answered the question 😁26 Sep 2026 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwfpeo3ldk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mwcuva75ck2jYesterday’s Word Count = 975 Break glass in case of emergency. COLD – JORGE MENDEZ (2013) Songs to write stories to…. When your protagonist is sad but it takes bloody days to write the scene. https://youtu.be/aWIE0PX1uXk?si=RoPiSqmtj5jlUrSg25 Sep 2026 03:57 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwcuva75ck2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mwa6hegvx222Yesterday's Word Count = 533 I've run out of things to post with the word count. Assuming I get any work done - this might be a bit boring for a couple of days...24 Sep 2026 02:10 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwa6hegvx222https://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mw75j6lgbc2sThanks for all the postcard stuff - that was very useful. Now does anyone know whether trick or treating is a popular past time in Sidcup.23 Sep 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw75j6lgbc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mw6eub6jcc2aQuick Old fogies question for research. Do people send postcards anymore?23 Sep 2026 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6eub6jcc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mw67fo64pk2zYesterday’s Word Count = 844 BESSIE HEAD – EMPTY BED BLUES Listen to them lyrics man, she ain’t messing about and that’s no lie. https://youtu.be/Mc7RQCQAtKU?si=cUyG9w_mE5Ttn0Yt23 Sep 2026 07:22 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw67fo64pk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mvz7tgkepc2sYesterday’s Word Count = 955 WAR GAMES (1983) I can’t remember where but fairly certain I must of… “Confidence is high…” And that was a big f*ck off set! https://youtu.be/cHkB0SPLd7o?si=ViXEKsqNcJsj5tdD21 Sep 2026 07:46 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvz7tgkepc2s