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  "description": "Lo! The sun!",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-09T11:43:53.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.davidgoodman.net",
  "tags": [
    "interview with Scottish crime writer Louise Welsh on CrimeTime FM",
    "this interview with Jennie Godfrey on Quick Book Reviews",
    "programming Bloody Scotland",
    "appearing on the superb A Kick Up The Arts",
    "Bookshop",
    "Amazon",
    "Craig Mod",
    "Year Seven review of the membership programme he runs",
    "a thousand true fans"
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  "textContent": "The light is definitely coming back. Three and a half minutes per day in February. On Sunday I sat in my kitchen with sun streaming through the window and could actually feel my spirits lift in real time. I had a busy but fun weekend, including the excellent Luna Press Publishing annual party. It was brilliant to see so many other authors and have a good old natter.\n\nAnd this morning I got out into the woods (without a hat for the first time this year), saw loads of roe deer, saw the sun through the trees and was surrounded by birdsong. And Poppy the Labrador had a Very Good Stick to show me at the beach.\n\n**ON DECK:** A very decent 1,227 words this morning. I'm belatedly realising I've accelerated through the 'parts' of my novel too quickly, so I'm probably going to grab a few chapters and shift them backwards. This makes no real difference to the narrative flow, it just means the 'Part Two - Blah blah blah' pages come a bit later. But I'm on part 3 of 5 with less than half of my planned word count, so I think I will, structurally speaking, shift everything backwards.\n\n**LISTENING:** I was on a lot of trains this weekend and wandering about in Edinburgh, so I listened to a load of really good podcasts. This interview with Scottish crime writer Louise Welsh on CrimeTime FM was fantastic. And I also loved this interview with Jennie Godfrey on Quick Book Reviews. Then, this morning I listened to Denise Mina, who's programming Bloody Scotland this year, appearing on the superb A Kick Up The Arts.\n\n**WATCHING:** I was out and about most of the weekend, so didn't watch much aside from GLADIATORS (nail-biter of an Eliminator finish this week!) and an episode of an animated series on Apple TV called WONDLA, which I can't remember if I've already talked about. It's very pretty and has some excellent cliffhangers and an amazing voice cast.\n\n**READING:** I'm still working on RAT RACE by Callum McSorley (Bookshop, Amazon) and having a whale of a time. I was cackling out loud in a pub at one scene on Saturday night.\n\n**LINK:** I've long been fascinated by the work of hard-to-describe writer/book producer/long-distance walker Craig Mod. I really enjoy his (multiple) newsletters and his view on the world, and also admire how transparent he is about how he makes a living. He's just posted his Year Seven review of the membership programme he runs which funds his work and it's, again, absolutely fascinating. I was always slightly sceptical of the idea of a thousand true fans, but Craig does seem to have found a hyper-specific niche producing work that a sizable number of people didn't realise they wanted until he started doing it.\n\n**UP NEXT:** Prepping for a very brief trip to London this week, then teaching at Napier University on Friday, as well as trying to get 5k words on the WIP, draft a new presentation for _next_ week's workshop AND write a short story that is due before the end of the month. It's going to be a busy one. Thankfully I have two long train journeys to help with that.\n\nOnward!\n\n🔗\n\nSome purchase links on this page are affiliate links, which help support this website and my work.",
  "title": "Daynote - Mon 9 Feb",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-09T11:43:53.000Z"
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