Martyn Lawrence

Creating beautiful books @Royal_Armouries (Leeds/Tower of London/Fort Nelson). Editor, @ThinkWrite trainer, Christadelphian. Now @martynlawrence99.bsky.social

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@HGold_author It was wonderful to meet you. Thank you on behalf of Ezra from Leeds, who was even more starstruck than I hoped!

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@unsereOEBB Weißt du, ab wann Buchungen für den Nightjet nach Brüssel/Paris am 2.1.25 möglich sind? Buchungen für später im Januar sind möglich, für den 2. Januar jedoch nicht. Vielen dank.

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@pressfuturist Yeah, the scene outside now is basically this: #LBF24

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@DrPJWilliams I would have loved to seen the design brief for this cover! Really looking forward to the book.

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@aliceoutthere1 Thank you Alice. I was due to arrive in Imlil this morning for a trekking week and have been reading your books as preparation. Now desperately sad for so many people.

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@teamluca @deany75 @theanalyst I like this. And I like the idea of it not being a common occurrence!!

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@teamluca @deany75 @theanalyst Could do - but would you put the onus on the umpire to call it, or on the bowler to appeal? The first puts more pressure on umpires (already watching front foot/line of ball); the second would be the only time you'd have an appeal for penalty runs instead of a wicket.

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@deany75 @theanalyst Can't do it, thank goodness. 41.16 - it's 5 penalty runs and a report. (Interesting to compare the two laws: actively stealing a run requires the umpire's intervention, whilst leaving the crease early requires the bowler's intervention.)

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@pablodiablo74 @HelenhCarr "Five Guys Named Hugh" still seems the optimum number for a journal article :-)

[Nick Canty @nickpublisher]

Some financial insights on the reality of indie bookselling ⬇️

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@sashers Try approaching cultural institutions directly. They might offer reduced/free rates for images - if the book is being printed in any quantity, the audience engagement often offsets the income. #bookmachine

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If you queue to see the Crown Jewels, you'll go right past the @Royal_Armouries Waterloo Battery at the @TowerOfLondon.

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On the 18 June 1815, The Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo. Here @TowerOfLondon we have the 'Waterloo Battery', cannons captured from the French, which now stand in front of the 'Waterloo Barracks' (Jewel House) 💎👑💍

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I think it’s safe to say there are worse places for a @Royal_Armouries book launch. Thanks to the Dean and Chapter of @wabbey for hosting in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries, @boydellbrewer for producing, and @AnneAgincourt and Susan Jenkins for editing!

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I've been asked about book royalties by no less than six authors in the last fortnight, so here's a (4yo) thread by @mollykh to explain the situation. Things haven't improved since 2018 :-(

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@Ofmooseandmen @samatlounge @thebookseller @PublishersAssoc Agree 1000%.

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Apropos of nothing, one of the @royal_armouries collection pieces on display at @fort_nelson.

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Great to see the publication of the second volume in the @Royal_Armouries Research Series - on a rather timely subject :-/ Big thanks to all at @boydellbrewer.

[Anne Curry @AnneAgincourt]

So pleased to see this out in time for 600th anniversary of Henry V’s funeral. Thanks to Susan and all contributors as well as to the Royal Armouries and Boydell Press

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@pressfuturist I actually knew you were vegetarian and still forgot. Well, play golf and paddle in the sea then ;-) Hope you feel better soon.