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Extracts From My Notebooks
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Jul 22
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My Crowdependency Problem
Here we see a very, very normal morning scene in rural Devon, UK: a writer gets up, makes himself a coffee and finds a crow in his living room, striking…
Jul 20
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Tom Cox
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Edwin Starr's Redemptive Jellyfish Journey And How It Helped Him Learn To Be A Person Again
The big mistake people who’ve never had writer’s block usually make in their assumptions about writer's block is thinking that it must be about having…
Jul 14
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Tom Cox
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Edwin Starr's Redemptive Jellyfish Journey And How It Helped Him Learn To Be A Person Again
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The Hagstone
a new short story
Jul 11
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Tom Cox
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Can You Please Stop Telling Me To Live My Best Life Please
Thoughts On The Advice Pandemic
Jul 8
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Can You Please Stop Telling Me To Live My Best Life Please
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June 2025
The Reason Your Shampoo Wants You to Use More Shampoo is Because That Means You Will Buy More of Your Shampoo
An extract from my upcoming third novel, Everything Will Swallow You
Jun 28
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Tom Cox
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The Reason Your Shampoo Wants You to Use More Shampoo is Because That Means You Will Buy More of Your Shampoo
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FINALLY!
At last the painful wait is over, and I can reveal Joe McLaren's brilliant cover design for my third novel.
Jun 22
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France
Much has happened to me over this past week, but perhaps the place to begin is that last Thursday afternoon I saved a French kitten’s life by grabbing…
Jun 18
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The Lost Place
In 2022, in the aftermath of the publication of my debut novel Villager, in a wild and impractical dust storm of inspiration, I had an idea for a…
Jun 15
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Why I Decided To Sell (A Really Huge Chunk Of) My Record Collection
I took a formidable wedge of my record collection to a vinyl dealer friend in Gloucestershire this week.
Jun 7
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Why I Decided To Sell (A Really Huge Chunk Of) My Record Collection
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May 2025
I'm Sorry, I Cannot Afford To Purchase Your House, But I Might Well Write Weird Stories Inspired By It
What a week.
May 30
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Deciding Not To Interview Lou Reed
A mixtape of sorts
May 23
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