Aggregate Twitterage: May 4-21, 2010
@theagilmore that's three torches, Thea. Do you hold them in different hands? 6:23 PM May 20th via web in reply to theagilmore
I write about Ray Bradbury in the TIMES: http://bit.ly/cKNRT6 6:20 PM May 20th via TweetDeck
@aiusepsi and I would have signed it... 5:48 PM May 20th via Swift in reply to aiusepsi
@aiusepsi or it was me. 5:06 PM May 20th via Swift in reply to aiusepsi
RT @publisherswkly Part II of Neil Gaiman's Imaginary book project on the Hypothetical Library; an audiobook http://ow.ly/1NBVP 2:35 PM May 20th via Swift
Waiting in my hotel room. Advance copies of the UK edition of STORIES. http://twitpic.com/1pgdd4 2:34 PM May 20th via Twitpic
@CallMeGoldie will do. Is it your first London trip? 1:25 PM May 20th via Swift in reply to CallMeGoldie
@mrseb next season. It will shoot in summer. 11:00 AM May 20th via Swift in reply to mrseb
@AprilynnePike you are a wise woman. 10:59 AM May 20th via Swift in reply to AprilynnePike
RT @ellenstarbuck: anychance of a retweet for myself+my mums charity run? http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/ellenandsusie 10:58 AM May 20th via Swift
In which Mr Moffat looks more cheerful and Mr Curtis more debonair. My fingers still cover the episode title. http://twitpic.com/1peq82 10:57 AM May 20th via Twitpic
@maureenjohnson I do not make up stories. I have no imagination. 10:32 AM May 20th via Swift in reply to maureenjohnson
@InByTheEye so glad! 10:25 AM May 20th via Swift in reply to InByTheEye
RT @evilrooster: @neilhimself Link leads to a page that has been taken private. Use this instead: http://ifeelinfinite.net/help.htm 10:24 AM May 20th via Swift
@CallMeGoldie I'll miss you! Damn! 10:22 AM May 20th via Swift in reply to CallMeGoldie
Who are these three middle aged men? Dear God, what are they plotting? Can no one save us? http://twitpic.com/1pef8c 10:21 AM May 20th via Twitpic
RT @deseraestage: family emergency. taking up a collection for mom + stepdad. info on my blog: http://bit.ly/dBGdHs (plz RT.) 7:13 AM May 20th via Swift
@laura_ketley alas this is just an in and out again trip... 7:00 AM May 20th via Swift in reply to laura_ketley
Farewell Bristol. On a train to BBC Cardiff for little script meeting. Probably Cardiff will be bigger on the inside. 5:56 AM May 20th via Swift
From NAPERVILLE READS school visit earlier this year. My favourite thing I've ever seen on a school wall. http://twitpic.com/1p9ja2 9:10 PM May 19th via Twitpic
@VaguelyBohemian odd. It's meant to go to a dozen different options. 8:33 PM May 19th via Swift in reply to VaguelyBohemian
Re: the widget, you can see me talking about STORIES & the various ways to read anthologies if you click on Multimedia http://bit.ly/97CdCC 7:54 PM May 19th via web
For those wondering about the World's Best Table: it was designed and made by the amazingly talented Chul An Kwak: http://bit.ly/hn7j2 7:46 PM May 19th via web
@AmyLynnBest you need to address that to @actuallynph who is the Other Neil of Twitter. 7:39 PM May 19th via web in reply to AmyLynnBest
Oops. That's http://www.neilgaiman.com/works/Books/Stories:+All+New+Tales/ or http://bit.ly/97CdCC. Widget link. Right. As you were. 7:31 PM May 19th via web
@stibbons 140 characters. I left out the other a. 7:28 PM May 19th via web in reply to stibbons
The Widget can also be grabbed from http://www.neilgaiman.com/works/Books/Stories:+All+New+Tales which may be safer. 7:27 PM May 19th via web
OK. There is a Stories Widget you can get for your website at http://soc.li/SJiv7FG. It is an actual widget. Not a doohicky or a thingmabob. 7:23 PM May 19th via web
@RichardHCooper your Aunt Susan is an amazing writer. I'm not surprised that Diana blurbed her. 7:16 PM May 19th via web in reply to RichardHCooper
Honestly, you should read a book by Diana Wynne Jones. Archer's Goon or Dogsbody or Fire & Hemlock or, well, any of them. So you know. 6:41 PM May 19th via Swift
@ShadowWolfSmith a 1963 strathisla 6:30 PM May 19th via Swift in reply to ShadowWolfSmith
@neverwear less than a week! 2:04 PM May 19th via Swift in reply to neverwear
@Rhiarti it will go away.they always do. 2:03 PM May 19th via Swift in reply to Rhiarti
@cwethern tell em it's the sent-by-Gaiman-Blog or Twitter password Chris and @docbrite came up with. It's meant to do something good. 1:59 PM May 19th via Swift in reply to cwethern
Creeping back to populated places. From northwest Scotland to southwest England. Yes, I need a haircut. http://twitpic.com/1p6lzk 1:58 PM May 19th via Twitpic
@cwethern try it and see. 1:31 PM May 19th via Swift in reply to cwethern
Best table ever arrived safely. Found via Twitter. Artist/tablemaker Kwak found via @valya on Twitter, and he made http://twitpic.com/1p399q 4:58 AM May 19th via Twitpic
Today: pack, drive 3 hours, hope ashcloud is on my side, fly south to see terminally ill friend. Write in the cracks. 4:54 AM May 19th via web
@Einsteins_Clone yes. Make your stories about something. 4:17 AM May 19th via web in reply to Einsteins_Clone
@PrincessOfPage It's not that ambiguous, but his parentage is important. 4:16 AM May 19th via web in reply to PrincessOfPage
@kynn @debreese @Layogenic: yup. It'll get blogged when I get back to blogging. 3:58 PM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to kynn
You are all right to shoo me. I go away. I miss @maddyg44 and @amandapalmer. I listen to the hooded crows and the sheep. Mostly I write. 3:28 PM May 18th via TweetDeck
@bethofalltrades true. But they have $1000 of the $15K right now, and the alternative is they go into an institution. 3:27 PM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to bethofalltrades
(via @evelynevelyn) World's oldest conjoined Twins need $15,000 donation : http://bit.ly/b7b5MN 3:26 PM May 18th via TweetDeck
@evelynevelyn @amandapalmer @jasonwebley this is a much better link - it works and says where to send donations to: http://bit.ly/b7b5MN 3:20 PM May 18th via TweetDeck
This made me sad. She was a wonderful cat. http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/05/edith-wharton-the-cat-is-dead/ 3:14 PM May 18th via TweetDeck
RT DRUNKHULK $30K FOR BRISTOL PALIN SPEECH! HERE CLUE! PAY $5K MORE AND GET NEIL GAIMAN! SOMEONE WHO ACTUAL EARN IT! OR GET DRUNK HULK! 10:31 AM May 18th via web Retweeted by neilhimself and 100+ others
@Black_Kettle they are also available on DRM free Compact Disk! 2:00 PM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to Black_Kettle
RT @RJFerret: Compiled today's #1b1t "American Gods" Q&A with @neilhimself: http://goo.gl/nJhW #1b1tNG @1b1t2010 1:59 PM May 18th via TweetDeck
@Pami_Therese of course not. Go for it. 12:21 PM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to Pami_Therese
@eun_hye1 that's Murder Mysteries on "Two Plays For Voices" and "The Monarch of the Glen" on LEGENDS... 12:02 PM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to eun_hye1
The 3 Dreamhaven CDs of me reading short stories are now up on Audible.com: http://bit.ly/dfc9uI http://bit.ly/bkgwcu http://bit.ly/alBUMT 11:55 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
Perfect timing. The man from the council is here about the path. Thank you all for such great questions! #1b1t 11:10 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
@ChuckWendig I think I would rather be defied than deified #1b1tNG 11:08 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to ChuckWendig
@cabridges I suspect @thatkevinsmith is what all gods and demons aspire to be #1b1t #1b1tNG 11:07 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to cabridges
@foxipher yup #1b1tNG 11:06 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to foxipher
The clock just bonged. I'll do another couple and then wrap up. Whew... #1b1t #1b1tNG 11:05 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
RT @DrWicked: I'm loving this. FYI http://bit.ly/cOVdMB is a great way to see questions and replies on the same page. #1b1tNG 11:05 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
@PrincessOfPage right. Reread the bits about his mum and her death... #1b1tNG 11:04 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to PrincessOfPage
@chapeskie she's a bit me, in that speech, and a lot her #1b1tNG 11:03 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to chapeskie
@sakuralovestea they disappeared inside her, along with the rest of him #1b1tNG 11:02 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to sakuralovestea
@ian_atrus good! #1b1tNG 11:02 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to ian_atrus
@paradroid001 When I did my first AG reading, in Las Vegas, a black security guard named Shadow told me he loved his name in a book #1b1tNG 11:00 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to paradroid001
@MaryGaughan it does. There's an amazing website of dead Chi-Chis. Or there was. #1b1tNG 10:59 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to MaryGaughan
@swanroad Seamus Heaney's wonderful Sweeney Astray, I think #1b1tNG 10:59 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to swanroad
@amysueamysue I do not know. I loved writing her. #1b1tNG 10:57 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to amysueamysue
@acertainmiss not yet #1b1tNG 10:57 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to acertainmiss
@acertainmiss when it was published, it was a Bestseller. Now it's an Award Winning Classic. This sidesteps the genre issue entirely #1b1tNG 10:56 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to acertainmiss
@Parriola I'd love to write a Silas book. But I think the V thing would be irrelevant... #1b1tNG 10:55 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to PArriola
@lianakay definitely. I'm trying to do this one spoiler free... #1b1tNG 10:55 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to lianakay
@JustPBG I've always assumed so, but who knows for certain? #1b1tNG 10:54 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to JustPBG
@flimgeeks I rather liked it. I figured that the 15th word was "Fuck". If people were offended they could stop there. #AmericanGods #1b1tNG 10:54 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to flimgeeks
@PrincessOfPage He'd be good, but a bit white #1b1tNG 10:53 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to PrincessOfPage
@PrincessOfPage God yes. It was about 2 years of writing. I got very discouraged very often. But I had a book to finish and deliver #1b1tNG 10:52 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to PrincessOfPage
@cabridges I knew how the ending felt, but I wasn't sure exactly what happened in it #1b1tNG 10:51 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to cabridges
@clabarth use the "in reply to" to see... #1b1tNG 10:50 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to clabarth
@TurtleKnitta No. If you don't let it out, it's not finished. #1b1tNG 10:50 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to TurtleKnitta
@Ruaidhri_ Yes. In Cork I had to type with gloves on, because it was so cold. #1b1tNG 10:49 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to Ruaidhri_
@paradroid001 It was mostly ready to write when I started it, apart from driving across America #1b1tNG 10:49 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to paradroid001
@OHNOITSKEN Nope. American Gods was mostly written in a couple of big old Barnes and Noble drawing books #1b1tNG 10:48 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to OHNOITSKEN
@madfishmonger They glare at me, and punctuate better than I ever can #1b1t #1b1tNG 10:47 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to madfishmonger
@azucena34 Except for this hour (15 minutes to go!) #1b1t #1b1tNG 10:47 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to azucena34
@esahc No, by the lives of many of the women in "LIves of the Great Criminals" and the Newgate Calendar for that period, #1b1tNG 10:46 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to esahc
@endalaust I went near there with Tori Amos, whose family own an old farm, and it seeemd to fit #1b1tNG 10:45 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to endalaust
@richlieu_uk not as such #1b1tNG 10:44 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to richlieu_uk
@MacDivaONA because it seemed to encapsulate everything strange about America that I was trying to say in the book #1b1tNG 10:43 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to MacDivaONA
@MaryGaughan Yup. I'd normally write one whenever I got stuck on the main story. Then I put them where they worked best. #1b1tNG 10:42 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to MaryGaughan
@PrincessOfPage Who says he couldn't? #1b1tNG 10:42 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to PrincessOfPage
@ML140 sometimes. But in #1b1t I'm actually amazed at how many things are being picked up I thought were only for second readings #1b1tNG 10:41 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to ML140
@grimmauldstreet hard to say. He lived in my head for two years, after all. But he keeps eveything on the inside #1b1tNG #1b1t 10:40 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to grimmauldstreet
@lingmops yup #1b1tNG 10:39 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to lingmops
@daneoshiga I don't know. How do people who don't know anything about America deal with the book? #1b1tNG 10:39 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to daneoshiga
@cabridges I hope so. #1b1tNG 10:39 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to cabridges
@FrankZappa174 Both. I knew a lot when I started but I didn't know everything. #1b1tNG 10:38 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to FrankZappa174
@mochachick8 most Twitter readers will allow you to read the conversation or the "in reply to" to see what I'm answering #1b1tng 10:38 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to mochachick8
@Bethazon Not really. I can put them in the next American Gods book, one day... #1b1tNG #1b1t 10:37 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to Bethazon
@deviousjen all fiction, and all life, consists of making choices. #1b1tNG 10:36 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to deviousjen
@daneoshiga I think the joy of #1b1t is that the world gets to choose, not me #1b1tNG 10:35 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to daneoshiga
@idlan I don't think all struggles in American Gods boil down to any one thing #1b1tNG 10:35 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to idlan
@meaganoff 1) Not this week, 2) We'll see 3) Perhaps #1b1tNG 10:34 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to meaganoff
@krista_harris I have! And to Ruby Falls as well! #1b1tNG 10:33 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to krista_harris
@loschicos three times so far int he last 14 years. And I want to come back and bring @amandapalmer with me #1b1tNG 10:33 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to loschicos
@Campion7 I have, although so far I've only adapted existing things (see 2 Plays For Voices, Signal to Noise CDs) #1b1tNG 10:32 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to Campion7
@NathanTDean I was very lucky. Or very determined. Both, really. #1b1tNG 10:31 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to NathanTDean
@jkennerly the one was a way of talking about the other #1b1tNG 10:30 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to jkennerly
@heinar depends how much chili you're making #1b1tNG 10:30 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to heinar
@SainterThom all of the above. But they coalesced one strange day in Iceland when I had not slept for 2 days #1b1tNG 10:29 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to SainterThom
@chapeskie I wrote a Jesus scene, & took it out again. It seemed about as relevant to a story of grifters as including the president #1b1tNG 10:29 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to chapeskie
@Alexxan Both. Some things you've learned over the years. Some things you suddenly need to know how to do. #1b1tNG 10:27 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to Alexxan
@Alexxan learning how to do an autopsy, & what order you have to put the bits back in the body #1b1tNG 10:26 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to Alexxan
@hombre_mediocre I do not know. I love them, for the stories and what they say about us. No favourites this week. #Sandman #1b1tNG 10:26 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to Hombre_Mediocre
@EasternSmooth aren't there hints enough in the book? #1b1tNG 10:25 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to EasternSmooth
@ChrisTimOere The Anansi story was based on a real Anansi story, testicles and all #1b1tNG 10:25 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to ChrisTimOere
@uponthesea about 40 years. But I didn't know it was research. I thought it was reading about stuff I liked. #1b1tNG 10:23 AM May 18th via web in reply to uponthesea
@ggevrey I didn't. #1b1tNG 10:20 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
@Mohandis mostly the plausibility factor. And they felt a bit tired. Medusa's in there. #1b1tNG 10:19 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to Mohandis
@CBPodge I think so. You can check the Shadow novella "Monarch of the Glen" for a definitive answer. #1b1tNG 10:19 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to CBPodge
@CBPodge 1) The perfect metaphor for the book, or so I hoped, and 2) yes. And maybe. #1b1tNG 10:18 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to CBPodge
@Chrolly very wise #1b1tNG 10:17 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to Chrolly
@SabrinaLuna No real graphic novel plans. I think the movie/TV rights are being bought as we speak. #1b1tNG 10:17 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to SabrinaLuna
@SabrinaLuna yes #1b1tNG 10:16 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to SabrinaLuna
@BertSwattermain not at all. Many mythologies overlap or say similar things. It's more fun finding the differences #1b1tNG 10:16 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to BertSwattermain
@BertSwattermain many. I'd planned a big Japanese story, a Golem story, and more, but the book got too long #1b1tNG 10:15 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to BertSwattermain
@michael_finazzo mostly in Florida and at home. I finished it in a very cold old house half an hour from Cork #1b1tNG 10:14 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to michael_finazzo
@BertSwattermain I think Americans have remained astonishingly consistent for a few hundred years now. #1b1tNG 10:13 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to BertSwattermain
@BertSwattermain I knew a lot when I began, but things happened on the way that I wasn't expecting #1b1tNG 10:12 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to BertSwattermain
@Ys0seri0us Good Question. #1b1tNG 10:11 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to Ys0seri0us
@KrissWeekley I'm sure that Zelazny was an influence. I was trying to write a book he would have liked. I missed him & still do. #1b1tNG 10:11 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to KrissWeekley
@hubrigant Not much. He helped me resolve the checkers game, on the train to Gothenberg, though. #AmGods #1b1tNG 10:09 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to hubrigant
@peajayar Twitter's not a god. It's a messenger of the Gods. #1b1tNG 10:08 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to peajayar
@magnushimself I think if you decide that any book is about Only One Thing you're probably wrong. Even if that thing is in there. #1b1tNG 10:08 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to magnushimself
@magnushimself America, mostly. All the stuff I saw that no-one seemed to be writing about. #1b1tNG 10:07 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to magnushimself
@acertainmiss Something I've wondered ever since I noticed that all the magic had gone from the Appalachian versions of Jack stories #1b1tNG 10:06 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to acertainmiss
@KymmInBarcelona not really. If not me, then no-one else was going to write it.... #1b1t #1b1tNG 10:06 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to KymmInBarcelona
@placeboeffect kind of wonderful. I wish we had more readers in China, but then, I think Twitter's mostly blocked. #1b1t #1b1tNG 10:05 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to placeboeffect
@4luvpets it feels good. It feels odd. I'm impressed with the intelligence of the hivemind as it reads. #1b1tNG 10:04 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to 4luvpets
@sarawr it's in there, more or less #1b1tNG #1b1t 10:03 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to sarawr
@velocibadgerGRL you are always allowed to ask. And I am allowed not to answer. #1b1tNG #1b1t 10:03 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to velocibadgerGRL
@foxipher I thought we were only doing up to Chapter 6ish? Still, that's a good question. Thinking about it tells you things about the story 10:02 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to foxipher
Okay. If you want to follow the replies, use the #1b1tNG hashtag. I'll answer as many spoiler free AMERICAN GODS Q's as I can... 9:59 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
The #1b1t Twitterview (#1b1tNG) starts in 20 mins. Unless the man from the council turns up. I'll @reply people to not clog your twitterfeed 9:42 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
So if I am late for #1b1t I'll have wellington boots on and will be following a council official through the mud. We'll see. #1b1t #1b1btNG 7:44 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
If I'm late for #1b1tNG I apologise in advance. Just got a call from local council official who needs to inspect a path, but isnt sure when. 7:43 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
Yes, you can and should shoo me back to work. (But I'll be back at 10 am EST for the #1b1tNG 1 hour Q&A). 6:35 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
The Obie Awards (Off Broadway) honour Stephin Merritt for CORALINE & David (Other Mother/Coraline script) Greenspan http://bit.ly/9jeiu1 6:28 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
RT 1B1T2010 A reminder #1b1t. Discussion is taking place by chapter: Go to #1b1t_1C, #1b1t_6c, etc. Questions for @Neilhimself should be tagged #1b1tNG 5:28 AM May 18th via TweetDeck Retweeted by neilhimself and 6 others
Bugger. Cannot not-post the link to http://hypolib.typepad.com/the-hypothetical-library for reasons you will see if you click on it. 7:34 AM May 17th via TweetDeck
Argh. Shambling dull-eyed deadlines are approaching through the mist. If you see me around on Twitter before Wednesday, shoo me away. 5:52 AM May 17th via web
@MichaelDWalker no, for I am thousands of miles away from there... 5:25 AM May 17th via TweetDeck in reply to MichaelDWalker
@Pami_Therese very kind of you. 5:23 AM May 17th via TweetDeck in reply to Pami_Therese
@NancyPantsjr down the first field, keep walking past two gates, then at the sign with the arrow in it, climb the hill. You can't miss it. 5:23 AM May 17th via TweetDeck in reply to NancyPantsjr
@mom2dcb It starts at Nothing At All and goes to What J. K. Rowling Made in her Best Year. 5:20 AM May 17th via web in reply to mom2dcb
Goodnight everything. What a beautiful everything you are. 9:06 PM May 16th via TweetDeck
A very quiet day. I heard cuckoos, walked to a mystery grave of standing stones, burned dinner, and imagined things. Also wrote. 9:05 PM May 16th via TweetDeck
@redmenace56 well, given that one of those people is in the book, and one is discussed, I was pretty sure you hadn't finished it... 7:32 PM May 16th via TweetDeck in reply to redmenace56
@timpratt but there's also chrysalids. A fine word with skiffy roots. 7:31 PM May 16th via TweetDeck in reply to timpratt
@KenPlume possibly the best news of the year. And it's been a good year. 7:11 PM May 16th via web in reply to KenPlume
@redmenace56 have you finished the book yet? 6:56 PM May 16th via web in reply to redmenace56
@littlehyaena to google "small beer" perhaps? 4:58 PM May 16th via web in reply to GaslightReading
My neighbours took me to see a "Viking gravesite" which is why I burned the eggplant (or aubergine). 4:39 PM May 16th via web
@bigscaryteeth not to mention playing bongos to strippers and occasional lockpicking. 1:28 PM May 16th via web in reply to bigscaryteeth
@ohkayewhatever not to worry. Nothing's ever wrong with trying to be helpful. 12:25 PM May 16th via web in reply to ohkayewhatever
And a whole Collective Noun of me-related Tumblrs listed at http://bit.ly/crdfIu 12:07 PM May 16th via web
Just learned there's an AMERICAN GODS Tumblr page. Obviously the quotes & art cld be spoilers. #1b1t http://fuckyeahamericangods.tumblr.com 12:02 PM May 16th via web
@ninio not that I can think of. Other than both have people travelling about the middle bits of America that often don't get written about. 9:36 AM May 16th via web in reply to ninio
RT KellyZeissShea @neilhimself Petition to save the Queens Library in NYC: http://www.savequeenslibrary.org/ Would you mind re-tweeting? Thanks & LOVE!!! 11:48 PM May 15th via web Retweeted by neilhimself and 100+ others
@SarahFTW incredibly small. But there are libraries, and you can read them for free. 8:55 PM May 15th via web in reply to SarahFTW
@mickmoart have you tried twittering them at @cbldf? otherwise the merchandise etc website at cbldf.com should work. 8:52 PM May 15th via TweetDeck in reply to mickmoart
@DaveMcKean He was great, that bloke. He did a brilliant impression of you, too. 8:06 PM May 15th via web in reply to DaveMcKean
@wendyfarrowart you should ask the Telegraph about the guard. It's @telegraphPics on Twitter. 7:06 PM May 15th via web in reply to wendyfarrowart
@jodrell that's the second best... 6:52 PM May 15th via TweetDeck in reply to jodrell
@almojadidi it feels just fine. And yes, I remember the interview. 6:50 PM May 15th via TweetDeck in reply to almojadidi
Best Tiger Picture Ever: http://bit.ly/dynxMS 6:48 PM May 15th via TweetDeck
@almojadidi 17 years ago. 1993 was 17 years ago. 6:47 PM May 15th via TweetDeck in reply to almojadidi
@mrtonylee it's not that I wouldn't like tidy hair. It's that it doesn't do that all-staying-in-one-place thing any more. Lor'knows I tried. 6:34 PM May 15th via web in reply to mrtonylee
RT -- amazing art donated! @sketchseven www.pres-aid.com Art auction to benefit an animator suffering from leukaemia. Thank you! 6:11 PM May 15th via web
@amandapalmer http://twitpic.com/1ne0ed - @heatherrua got it right. 5:19 PM May 15th via Twitpic
@mrtonylee it's so... odd. And the Young Vess is just as disconcerting. 5:16 PM May 15th via TweetDeck in reply to mrtonylee
LOOK! NEW BLOG ENTRY When We Were Very Young: posted by Neil From seventeen years ago: the SAN... http://bit.ly/9ODgfB WARNING:Contains me 5:04 PM May 15th via twitterfeed
@BrownSpeak it's an instrumental version of Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields' song, "I Think I Need a New Heart". 4:27 PM May 15th via web in reply to BrownSpeak
Good lord. 17 years ago, a half-hour PRISONERS OF GRAVITY about SANDMAN: http://bit.ly/dglCoo (with young @davemckean & @thejillthompson) 4:10 PM May 15th via TweetDeck
A reminder: you can buy Bela Fleck's (@belafleckbanjo) wonderful version of the Danse Macabre at http://amzn.to/cZyVTi http://bit.ly/7gE8Yh 3:18 PM May 15th via TweetDeck
@AletaMay it's true. 3:05 PM May 15th via web in reply to AletaMay
@Suw no. I did until the web happened. Now my newspaper's the Guardian, and Radio 4 etc are always around. I'm semi-plugged in... 2:55 PM May 15th via web in reply to Suw
@Kim_Bruning Nah. Portable DVD players are really cheap. 2:42 PM May 15th via TweetDeck in reply to Kim_Bruning
@1B1T2010 Yes, definitely. American Gods was a reaction to 8 years living in the US, and trying to make sense of it as an immigrant. 2:33 PM May 15th via web in reply to 1B1T2010
@Kim_Bruning I have a rubbish Mac Air. They don't believe in disc drives. 2:31 PM May 15th via web in reply to Kim_Bruning
Bought a mini DVD player to watch pilot episode of @Paul_Cornell's PULSE. Now I just have to find the DVD he gave me. Will report back. 1:55 PM May 15th via web
@Wolven that's true. But the books are still out there. 1:47 PM May 15th via TweetDeck in reply to Wolven
The complete list of US National Doodle Day doodles for auction up at http://bit.ly/cza98C #Neurofibromatosis 1:46 PM May 15th via TweetDeck
@WmTylerDavis I do not know. I think so. 12:25 PM May 15th via web in reply to WmTylerDavis
@hollyherself love you girl. Keep putting things into boxes. Also, I can't dial out from here yet. 11:54 AM May 15th via web in reply to hollyherself
@drkbish I wouldn't do that. It's not about me... 11:45 AM May 15th via web in reply to drkbish
I checked Google Books. There're more books (published since 2001) with it in, & so many Google refs. I don't think it'll go back in the box 11:45 AM May 15th via web
Looks like the world thinks I should fix the Wiki thing. Fair enough. First I'll get the book that's referenced... 11:41 AM May 15th via web
@amandapalmer http://twitpic.com/1ntf3x - It looks like me with the world in my hair. Thank you, love. It's beau 11:40 AM May 15th via Twitpic
@nikostar write a different story. 11:35 AM May 15th via web in reply to nikostar
RT martinejoelle: @neilhimself 4yr old has leukemia, urgent need Indian+white bone marrow donor. www.matchdevan.com 1-200K chance, 12 weeks to find Pls RT? 3:08 AM May 15th via web Retweeted by neilhimself and 100+ others
@katiedidwhat good point. 8:32 PM May 14th via web in reply to katiedidwhat
@lklinger you know, the Annotated American Gods... argh. You'd have to do a lot of driving... 8:09 PM May 14th via web in reply to lklinger
LOOK! NEW BLOG ENTRY One Book, One Twitter, One Wondering Author, One Wandering Character: post... http://bit.ly/aZxVcF WARNING:Contains me 7:59 PM May 14th via twitterfeed
@matthew_roach but that was before a reference book came out with the information in it. Which they got from A G. Only I know I made it up. 7:58 PM May 14th via web in reply to matthew_roach
@matthew_roach @Madreflections it doesn't work that way. Me fixing it on Wikipedia would be "original research", and deleted. 7:48 PM May 14th via web in reply to matthew_roach
This blog (on ethical dilemmas, making stuff up & Wikipedia) will autopost here soon, but I wanted the hashtag: http://bit.ly/b8Wm0v #1b1t 7:37 PM May 14th via TweetDeck
@patifimbrethil that stops after about 60 seconds and the program starts. 7:00 PM May 14th via web in reply to patifimbrethil
You can hear the @terryandrob episode of MUSEUM OF CURIOSITY at http://bit.ly/aQrzou until Monday. Funny, informative radio via @qikipedia 6:45 PM May 14th via TweetDeck
And this is what I will be recording next week: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/museumofcuriosity.shtml - it's all @qikipedia's fault. 6:14 PM May 14th via web
Just learned that INSTRUCTIONS is in its 2nd week on NYT Bestseller list. Hurrah. Watch the video of the book at http://youtu.be/dWRvqO1MjIs 6:06 PM May 14th via web
The @amandapalmer tour (& @jasonwebley & @evelynevelyn) kicks off N. American leg on Monday in Vancouver: details http://bit.ly/blog051310 6:03 PM May 14th via web
Spending a quiet & completely unexpected evening with my mum, after a delayed plane stranded me in the UK overnight. A good thing. 6:01 PM May 14th via web
@mlindenuk next time you think it's me, come and ask. I'll happily scribble on things. 5:51 PM May 14th via web in reply to mlindenuk
@mlindenuk it was me! You should have come over and said hullo. 5:30 PM May 14th via web in reply to mlindenuk
@RichWilsonx1 Next season. 5:18 PM May 14th via web in reply to RichWilsonx1
@askeeve yup. But the Gibbons version is funnier. 4:27 PM May 14th via web in reply to askeeve
http://tinyurl.com/24km23r and http://tinyurl.com/2a58bpj are the links to my National Doodle Day Doodles. Auction Ends May 23rd. 7:40 PM May 13th via web
RT @Serenader317 @neilhimself Please inform your readers http://coilhouse.net/2010/05/save-the-life-of-kiana-firouz/ Please, this woman's life is at stake. 9:50 AM May 13th via web in reply to neilhimself Retweeted by neilhimself and 100+ others
LOOK! NEW BLOG ENTRY A Political Football in A Teacup: posted by Neil I’m off writing a long... http://bit.ly/b5SPhx WARNING:Contains me 2:03 PM May 11th via twitterfeed
RT @Crowdsourcing Newcomers: Follow @1b1t2010 and read http://bit.ly/9vd1Np & http://bit.ly/ahO10E to see what One Book, One Twitter (#1b1t) is all about. 1:49 PM May 7th via TweetDeck Retweeted by neilhimself and 22 others
RT @Crowdsourcing This is legit! Visualize your #1b1t community! Participate in short survey & @tektrekker will do a google map mashup! http://bit.ly/aGmInc 4:14 PM May 7th via TweetDeck Retweeted by neilhimself and 9 others
@amandapalmer http://twitpic.com/1lm7mi - I think this must be why @davemckean likes Prague so much. Everything 7:07 AM May 8th via Twitpic
@MitchBenn You should see the amazing wifi Heath Robinson thing I put together to do a last round up of emails... 3:50 PM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to MitchBenn
Am on 1week accidental twitterholiday. Phone won't connect to internet, computer access amazingly limited. So I shall write & miss you all. 3:38 PM May 7th via TweetDeck
25 glorious #1b1t badge entries so far. http://bit.ly/ckTM3v 3:28 PM May 7th via TweetDeck
@gabakulka and you! 3:20 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to gabakulka
@maddyg44 you are welcome darling girl. I miss you. 3:20 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to maddyg44
@Brklyfightguy I would love one but will be half a world away. 3:20 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to Brklyfightguy
@elizunseelie Brilliant! 3:19 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to elizunseelie
@toria970 I applied for a postal vote but the voting slip never arrived. So theoretically yes, actually no. 3:19 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to toria970
@evie42 (HUGE GRIN) 3:16 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to evie42
@jolliegiant I sometimes do "five finger exercise" short stories. 3:16 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to jolliegiant
@staciesmess ...and almost entirely Neanderthal. 3:15 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to staciesmess
@staciesmess your husband is amazing, talented and unforgettable. 3:14 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to staciesmess
@FoxyMsMoxie you are so welcome! 3:14 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to FoxyMsMoxie
@daxstyles maybe a bit. But it's a book club. It's not like there are right or wrong answers... 3:14 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to daxstyles
@EthicalPervert Ah. How sad. I liked the idea that all white supremacists were a little bit Neanderthal. 4:54 PM May 6th via web in reply to EthicalPervert
@EthicalPervert are you sure? http://bit.ly/bqT00R looks pretty damn peer-reviewed to me. What am I missing? 4:01 PM May 6th via TweetDeck in reply to EthicalPervert
@AliLuminescent I'll tell @sxipshirey 3:26 PM May 6th via TweetDeck in reply to AliLuminescent
@jupitusphillip thank you, Phil. 3:14 PM May 6th via web in reply to jupitusphillip
@amandapalmer http://twitpic.com/1lkk31 - I wondered what you were doing. 2:47 PM May 6th via Twitpic
@KenPlume I would plug http://j.mp/drkOl7 but fear the wrath of the Twitter Police. 2:45 PM May 6th via TweetDeck in reply to KenPlume
@ayeletw great idea. Give me a few days (and remind me if I don't plug it) as plugging too many things right now... 2:44 PM May 6th via TweetDeck in reply to ayeletw
Dear @paulandstorm. I've finished plugging Cool San Francisco Events, so cannot tell people that http://j.mp/drkOl7 is tonight. Sorry. 2:40 PM May 6th via TweetDeck
"Any human whose ancestral group developed outside Africa has a little Neanderthal in them" per @newscientist: read at http://bit.ly/dehrXq 2:32 PM May 6th via TweetDeck
And finally, @Jamyianswiss is in conversation with @Donttrythis next Thursday http://bit.ly/amr9Sy. You should go. Lucky San Franciscans. 2:24 PM May 6th via TweetDeck
Why am I plugging San Franciscan things? Oh well. The world needs to know: GIANT BONES by Peter Beagle starts tomorrow http://bit.ly/bJlMYx 2:22 PM May 6th via TweetDeck
RT (let him know, if you know) @sxipshirey: I need to repair the Sxipenspiel. Where in NYC can I get bicycle bells? 2:08 PM May 6th via TweetDeck
A reminder for anyone who wants to take part in the "One Book One Twitter" AMERICAN GODS read: Follow @1b1t2010 for information etc. 2:07 PM May 6th via TweetDeck
If you're in San Francisco, why not go to Booksmith's on the Haight tonight? PICTURE THE DEAD booklaunch. Wish I could: http://bit.ly/caOOWU 2:01 PM May 6th via TweetDeck
RT @erikthedane @neilhimself: will you please RT? Goodreads blocked in Iran http://fwd4.me/N2M #booksmakenoharm #censorship 1:24 PM May 6th via TwitterBar Retweeted by neilhimself and 100+ others
Re: chapter hashes, #1b1t_1c, _2c, etc. is official, unless it proves unworkable. #1b1t is a work in progress, folks. Therein lies the fun! 11:02 AM May 6th via TweetDeck Retweeted by neilhimself and 2 others
@lonlentz not all. Most. 1:22 PM May 6th via TweetDeck in reply to lonlentz
@franksands not as far as I know. The frowl link I gave helps with geography and gods. 1:22 PM May 6th via TweetDeck in reply to franksands
@MatsuYun I'm sorry... 1:19 PM May 6th via TweetDeck in reply to MatsuYun
RT CherylMorgan When you vote remember "Choosing the lesser of two evils isn't a bad thing. It's a good thing. You get less evil" (Chomsky) /via @Marjorie73 6:46 AM May 6th via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by neilhimself and 100+ others
President Goodluck Jonathan is sworn in as president in Nigeria. For his cabinet, he has chosen Allthebest Steve and Yoursfaithfully Alan. 6:44 AM May 6th via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by neilhimself and 100+ others
Writing in Prague. This does not feel enough like work. http://twitpic.com/1lhf0y 6:59 AM May 6th via Twitpic
@amanda_flintoff beautiful! 6:51 AM May 6th via Swift in reply to amanda_flintoff
@ladywolf363 probably not this year. 6:28 AM May 6th via Swift in reply to ladywolf363
@hubrigant Shadow and Laura were together until death parted them. 5:10 AM May 6th via Swift in reply to hubrigant
@alexandrak I know. Can't wait to see her. 5:09 AM May 6th via Swift in reply to alexandrak
@jerry_levine I dont. Kent Williams maybe? 5:09 AM May 6th via Swift in reply to jerry_levine
@angelina41 I already did... 5:05 AM May 6th via Swift in reply to angelina41
RT @RobinAStephens: The Guardian publishes American Gods chapt 1 http://bit.ly/cNyiex #1b1t 6:21 PM May 5th via Swift
@macjonez they were so nice! 5:08 PM May 5th via Swift in reply to macjonez
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2010/05/straight-for-the-art-michael-chos-best-american-comics-cover/ is the brilliant Michael Cho cov 4:05 PM May 5th via twidroid
@GaGaLittleMnstr well, give her my love. 4:01 PM May 5th via Swift in reply to GaGaLittleMnstr
@catsdontsmile I don't watch it. Keep hearing they're big fans. 4:00 PM May 5th via Swift in reply to catsdontsmile
@Jasubea online at mousecircus.com or you can buy it at audible or iTunes or buy CDs anywhere. 3:59 PM May 5th via Swift in reply to Jasubea
@catsdontsmile you'd have to ask them. 3:54 PM May 5th via Swift in reply to catsdontsmile
The show's amazing. I was amused by this "melon-thighed chick just threw my spine outta place" Amanda poster. http://twitpic.com/1lboqq 3:22 PM May 5th via Twitpic
@gaviaoarqueiro it's not a real SANDMAN movie. 1:46 PM May 5th via TweetDeck in reply to gaviaoarqueiro
Over at Kickstarter: Navajo film has $2000 pledges since yesterday. Only $4700 to go in 5 days. You can pledge just $15 http://bit.ly/bYbBvq 1:01 PM May 5th via TweetDeck
@knokaut sure. 12:35 PM May 5th via Swift in reply to knokaut
@shakti82 it is a secret until it is announced. 9:07 AM May 5th via Swift in reply to shakti82
Just learned that Peter O'Donnell, creator of Modesty Blaise, has died. A really nice man. I am glad we met. 8:58 AM May 5th via Swift
In Prague for the first time in my life. Right now writing in Radio 1 Lobby while @amandapalmer & @jasonwebley are on the radio. 8:54 AM May 5th via Swift
@futbolera4 always 8:49 AM May 5th via Swift in reply to futbolera4
RT good article @JonSlack: @EmilyBenet @neilhimself AuthorBlog quotes, you can find the article on blogging here http://tinyurl.com/37kgdmv 8:47 AM May 5th via Swift
@fairnymph did you ask @neverwear about them? 7:05 PM May 4th via Swift in reply to fairnymph
LOOK! NEW BLOG ENTRY What I did to celebrate National Library Week (part two) (and other stuff)... http://bit.ly/bVi7Po WARNING:Contains me 6:14 PM May 4th via twitterfeed
@davidlistensaff probably Boys For Pele. 5:31 PM May 4th via TweetDeck in reply to davidlistensaff
RT @this1littlebird: show your Love for Tennesee & Text "REDCROSS" to 90999 to give $10 donation. #nashvilleflood 5:16 PM May 4th via TweetDeck
Anyone reading American Gods for One Book One Twitter: Here's the suggested #1b1t commenting plan. http://bit.ly/cavjS0 4:17 PM May 4th via TweetDeck
@stusureno none of those. It was picked for #1b1t 4:15 PM May 4th via TweetDeck in reply to stusureno
RT @nextread: New NR post: SSM Review: Bloody by Roddy Doyle (From STORIES ed by @neilhimself ) http://bit.ly/aQTh4W 4:15 PM May 4th via TweetDeck
@NotFlashGordon I'll try to push it again in a few days. Good luck! 3:56 PM May 4th via TweetDeck in reply to NotFlashGordon
A reminder about this Navajo Kickstarter project. They have 6 days to get about $7000. Why not contribute something? http://bit.ly/bYbBvq 3:40 PM May 4th via TweetDeck
@renatesol it's an "everybody reads" project, not an "everybody reads at the same time and speed". Start a week late. 1:05 PM May 4th via TweetDeck in reply to renatesol
@TheSilentShadow I could, but I bet that I don't. 1:05 PM May 4th via TweetDeck in reply to TheSilentShadow
Getting some awesome entries in our #1b1t badge design contest. Check 'em out! http://bit.ly/aUKx4J 9:43 AM May 4th via Brizzly Retweeted by neilhimself and 3 others
@ruthbeingruth nope. I was asked to write a good Doctor Who episode. That was my whole brief... 12:08 PM May 4th via TweetDeck in reply to ruthbeingruth
For those of you reading AMERICAN GODS and feeling all at sea - http://frowl.org/gods is a really useful Guide to Gods and America. #1b1t 11:55 AM May 4th via web
@spacedlawyer nope. fun. 11:42 AM May 4th via TweetDeck in reply to spacedlawyer
@DeathMetalHero it is. 11:35 AM May 4th via TweetDeck in reply to DeathMetalHero
@maureenjohnson You want ADVICE? From Twitter? Given the worldwide Opinion Shortage, I think that's pretty darn irresponsible, young lady. 11:28 AM May 4th via TweetDeck in reply to maureenjohnson
Peter S. Beagle Fans! The SF Stage Adaptation of GIANT BONES is on at the EXIT Theater for May 7-June 19 http://www.giantbonesplay.com/ 11:13 AM May 4th via TweetDeck
@Wolven not many. I see a few. 11:10 AM May 4th via TweetDeck in reply to Wolven
In ANTWERP, where in 1911 my greatgrandfather had a mysterious diamond scandal & fled to the UK. Still @amandapalmer tickets but going fast. 11:05 AM May 4th via web
NEW "Stories" by @peterstraubnyc, @joe_hill , M.M. Smith, Joe Lansdale, @neilhimself, @JSCarroll 23 Signatures! http://tinyurl.com/24a3nv7 9:01 AM May 4th via web Retweeted by neilhimself and 7 others
People are asking how to take part in One Book One Twitter's AMERICAN GODS read (#1b1t). It's easy. FOLLOW @1B1T2010. 10:32 AM May 4th via web
RT @GuardianBooks 'One Book, One Twitter' launches worldwide book club with Neil Gaiman http://bit.ly/d3Re3n 7:23 AM May 4th via twitterfeed Retweeted by neilhimself and 100+ others
RT @lotteluna I'll be there, yes. 5:24 PM May 3rd via Swift in reply to lotteluna
@dropje really? 5:15 PM May 3rd via Swift in reply to dropje
@babylaverne I'll be hanging around the signing table at the end if you don't see me before. 4:01 PM May 3rd via Swift in reply to babylaverne
@StevTrev I loved meeting her and spending time with her, and How proud she was of all of you. 3:57 PM May 3rd via Swift in reply to StevTrev
If you couldn't get into any of the Sold Out German Evelyn Evelyn shows: @amandapalmer says there're still tickets for Antwerp gig tomorrow. 3:56 PM May 3rd via Swift
@MaraLeftlung: sure. happy birthday @Leftlung. 1:09 PM May 3rd via Swift
RT alas I missed this @fablor: Full Mushroom Hunting report by @birdchick http://bit.ly/ahtgDG !!! 12:50 PM May 3rd via Swift
Naming a fuzzy genre? http://bit.ly/a9GZLJ puzzles over it and suggests that perhaps @peterstraubnyc got it right after all. 9:37 AM May 3rd via TweetDeck
@angelina41 That's tragic. I adored her, and her family are all so very nice. 9:26 AM May 3rd via TweetDeck in reply to angelina41
RT (They're great. See 'em if you can) @BitterRuin: please tell everyone that tickets for our tour are on sale now! at www.bitterruin.com 9:25 AM May 3rd via TweetDeck
@defix Cologne or Germany? 8:27 AM May 3rd via Swift in reply to defix
@Valya yup! Have him come! 8:21 AM May 3rd via Swift in reply to Valya
@David_N_Wilson it's nearly 1 pm here. 6:53 AM May 3rd via Swift in reply to David_N_Wilson
@TabataShou unless I am disguised as e.g. a Mexican bandit. 6:45 AM May 3rd via Swift in reply to TabataShou
RT @amandapalmer: to get on the KÖLN guestlist, tweet "ich will @amandapalmer heute abend in köln/gloria sehen"! winners announced 3pm, GO! 6:44 AM May 3rd via Swift
RT @neverwear: new blog up featuring the @neilhimself mailbox treasures & comic book magnets: http://kittysneverwear.blogspot.com/ 6:42 AM May 3rd via Swift
Tonight we're in Köln. At a club called Gloria. By we = I'm in the audience and @amandapalmer @jasonwebley and @sxipshirey do all the work. 6:26 AM May 3rd via Swift
@angelina41 Rose Trevino died? That's heartbreaking. Such a nice, funny, kind lady. 4:06 AM May 3rd via TweetDeck in reply to angelina41
I write about Ray Bradbury in the TIMES: http://bit.ly/cKNRT6 6:20 PM May 20th via TweetDeck
@aiusepsi and I would have signed it... 5:48 PM May 20th via Swift in reply to aiusepsi
@aiusepsi or it was me. 5:06 PM May 20th via Swift in reply to aiusepsi
RT @publisherswkly Part II of Neil Gaiman's Imaginary book project on the Hypothetical Library; an audiobook http://ow.ly/1NBVP 2:35 PM May 20th via Swift
Waiting in my hotel room. Advance copies of the UK edition of STORIES. http://twitpic.com/1pgdd4 2:34 PM May 20th via Twitpic
@CallMeGoldie will do. Is it your first London trip? 1:25 PM May 20th via Swift in reply to CallMeGoldie
@mrseb next season. It will shoot in summer. 11:00 AM May 20th via Swift in reply to mrseb
@AprilynnePike you are a wise woman. 10:59 AM May 20th via Swift in reply to AprilynnePike
RT @ellenstarbuck: anychance of a retweet for myself+my mums charity run? http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/ellenandsusie 10:58 AM May 20th via Swift
In which Mr Moffat looks more cheerful and Mr Curtis more debonair. My fingers still cover the episode title. http://twitpic.com/1peq82 10:57 AM May 20th via Twitpic
@maureenjohnson I do not make up stories. I have no imagination. 10:32 AM May 20th via Swift in reply to maureenjohnson
@InByTheEye so glad! 10:25 AM May 20th via Swift in reply to InByTheEye
RT @evilrooster: @neilhimself Link leads to a page that has been taken private. Use this instead: http://ifeelinfinite.net/help.htm 10:24 AM May 20th via Swift
@CallMeGoldie I'll miss you! Damn! 10:22 AM May 20th via Swift in reply to CallMeGoldie
Who are these three middle aged men? Dear God, what are they plotting? Can no one save us? http://twitpic.com/1pef8c 10:21 AM May 20th via Twitpic
RT @deseraestage: family emergency. taking up a collection for mom + stepdad. info on my blog: http://bit.ly/dBGdHs (plz RT.) 7:13 AM May 20th via Swift
@laura_ketley alas this is just an in and out again trip... 7:00 AM May 20th via Swift in reply to laura_ketley
Farewell Bristol. On a train to BBC Cardiff for little script meeting. Probably Cardiff will be bigger on the inside. 5:56 AM May 20th via Swift
From NAPERVILLE READS school visit earlier this year. My favourite thing I've ever seen on a school wall. http://twitpic.com/1p9ja2 9:10 PM May 19th via Twitpic
@VaguelyBohemian odd. It's meant to go to a dozen different options. 8:33 PM May 19th via Swift in reply to VaguelyBohemian
Re: the widget, you can see me talking about STORIES & the various ways to read anthologies if you click on Multimedia http://bit.ly/97CdCC 7:54 PM May 19th via web
For those wondering about the World's Best Table: it was designed and made by the amazingly talented Chul An Kwak: http://bit.ly/hn7j2 7:46 PM May 19th via web
@AmyLynnBest you need to address that to @actuallynph who is the Other Neil of Twitter. 7:39 PM May 19th via web in reply to AmyLynnBest
Oops. That's http://www.neilgaiman.com/works/Books/Stories:+All+New+Tales/ or http://bit.ly/97CdCC. Widget link. Right. As you were. 7:31 PM May 19th via web
@stibbons 140 characters. I left out the other a. 7:28 PM May 19th via web in reply to stibbons
The Widget can also be grabbed from http://www.neilgaiman.com/works/Books/Stories:+All+New+Tales which may be safer. 7:27 PM May 19th via web
OK. There is a Stories Widget you can get for your website at http://soc.li/SJiv7FG. It is an actual widget. Not a doohicky or a thingmabob. 7:23 PM May 19th via web
@RichardHCooper your Aunt Susan is an amazing writer. I'm not surprised that Diana blurbed her. 7:16 PM May 19th via web in reply to RichardHCooper
Honestly, you should read a book by Diana Wynne Jones. Archer's Goon or Dogsbody or Fire & Hemlock or, well, any of them. So you know. 6:41 PM May 19th via Swift
@ShadowWolfSmith a 1963 strathisla 6:30 PM May 19th via Swift in reply to ShadowWolfSmith
@neverwear less than a week! 2:04 PM May 19th via Swift in reply to neverwear
@Rhiarti it will go away.they always do. 2:03 PM May 19th via Swift in reply to Rhiarti
@cwethern tell em it's the sent-by-Gaiman-Blog or Twitter password Chris and @docbrite came up with. It's meant to do something good. 1:59 PM May 19th via Swift in reply to cwethern
Creeping back to populated places. From northwest Scotland to southwest England. Yes, I need a haircut. http://twitpic.com/1p6lzk 1:58 PM May 19th via Twitpic
@cwethern try it and see. 1:31 PM May 19th via Swift in reply to cwethern
Best table ever arrived safely. Found via Twitter. Artist/tablemaker Kwak found via @valya on Twitter, and he made http://twitpic.com/1p399q 4:58 AM May 19th via Twitpic
Today: pack, drive 3 hours, hope ashcloud is on my side, fly south to see terminally ill friend. Write in the cracks. 4:54 AM May 19th via web
@Einsteins_Clone yes. Make your stories about something. 4:17 AM May 19th via web in reply to Einsteins_Clone
@PrincessOfPage It's not that ambiguous, but his parentage is important. 4:16 AM May 19th via web in reply to PrincessOfPage
@kynn @debreese @Layogenic: yup. It'll get blogged when I get back to blogging. 3:58 PM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to kynn
You are all right to shoo me. I go away. I miss @maddyg44 and @amandapalmer. I listen to the hooded crows and the sheep. Mostly I write. 3:28 PM May 18th via TweetDeck
@bethofalltrades true. But they have $1000 of the $15K right now, and the alternative is they go into an institution. 3:27 PM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to bethofalltrades
(via @evelynevelyn) World's oldest conjoined Twins need $15,000 donation : http://bit.ly/b7b5MN 3:26 PM May 18th via TweetDeck
@evelynevelyn @amandapalmer @jasonwebley this is a much better link - it works and says where to send donations to: http://bit.ly/b7b5MN 3:20 PM May 18th via TweetDeck
This made me sad. She was a wonderful cat. http://www.chestertownspy.com/2010/05/edith-wharton-the-cat-is-dead/ 3:14 PM May 18th via TweetDeck
RT DRUNKHULK $30K FOR BRISTOL PALIN SPEECH! HERE CLUE! PAY $5K MORE AND GET NEIL GAIMAN! SOMEONE WHO ACTUAL EARN IT! OR GET DRUNK HULK! 10:31 AM May 18th via web Retweeted by neilhimself and 100+ others
@Black_Kettle they are also available on DRM free Compact Disk! 2:00 PM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to Black_Kettle
RT @RJFerret: Compiled today's #1b1t "American Gods" Q&A with @neilhimself: http://goo.gl/nJhW #1b1tNG @1b1t2010 1:59 PM May 18th via TweetDeck
@Pami_Therese of course not. Go for it. 12:21 PM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to Pami_Therese
@eun_hye1 that's Murder Mysteries on "Two Plays For Voices" and "The Monarch of the Glen" on LEGENDS... 12:02 PM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to eun_hye1
The 3 Dreamhaven CDs of me reading short stories are now up on Audible.com: http://bit.ly/dfc9uI http://bit.ly/bkgwcu http://bit.ly/alBUMT 11:55 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
Perfect timing. The man from the council is here about the path. Thank you all for such great questions! #1b1t 11:10 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
@ChuckWendig I think I would rather be defied than deified #1b1tNG 11:08 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to ChuckWendig
@cabridges I suspect @thatkevinsmith is what all gods and demons aspire to be #1b1t #1b1tNG 11:07 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to cabridges
@foxipher yup #1b1tNG 11:06 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to foxipher
The clock just bonged. I'll do another couple and then wrap up. Whew... #1b1t #1b1tNG 11:05 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
RT @DrWicked: I'm loving this. FYI http://bit.ly/cOVdMB is a great way to see questions and replies on the same page. #1b1tNG 11:05 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
@PrincessOfPage right. Reread the bits about his mum and her death... #1b1tNG 11:04 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to PrincessOfPage
@chapeskie she's a bit me, in that speech, and a lot her #1b1tNG 11:03 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to chapeskie
@sakuralovestea they disappeared inside her, along with the rest of him #1b1tNG 11:02 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to sakuralovestea
@ian_atrus good! #1b1tNG 11:02 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to ian_atrus
@paradroid001 When I did my first AG reading, in Las Vegas, a black security guard named Shadow told me he loved his name in a book #1b1tNG 11:00 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to paradroid001
@MaryGaughan it does. There's an amazing website of dead Chi-Chis. Or there was. #1b1tNG 10:59 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to MaryGaughan
@swanroad Seamus Heaney's wonderful Sweeney Astray, I think #1b1tNG 10:59 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to swanroad
@amysueamysue I do not know. I loved writing her. #1b1tNG 10:57 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to amysueamysue
@acertainmiss not yet #1b1tNG 10:57 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to acertainmiss
@acertainmiss when it was published, it was a Bestseller. Now it's an Award Winning Classic. This sidesteps the genre issue entirely #1b1tNG 10:56 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to acertainmiss
@Parriola I'd love to write a Silas book. But I think the V thing would be irrelevant... #1b1tNG 10:55 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to PArriola
@lianakay definitely. I'm trying to do this one spoiler free... #1b1tNG 10:55 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to lianakay
@JustPBG I've always assumed so, but who knows for certain? #1b1tNG 10:54 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to JustPBG
@flimgeeks I rather liked it. I figured that the 15th word was "Fuck". If people were offended they could stop there. #AmericanGods #1b1tNG 10:54 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to flimgeeks
@PrincessOfPage He'd be good, but a bit white #1b1tNG 10:53 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to PrincessOfPage
@PrincessOfPage God yes. It was about 2 years of writing. I got very discouraged very often. But I had a book to finish and deliver #1b1tNG 10:52 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to PrincessOfPage
@cabridges I knew how the ending felt, but I wasn't sure exactly what happened in it #1b1tNG 10:51 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to cabridges
@clabarth use the "in reply to" to see... #1b1tNG 10:50 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to clabarth
@TurtleKnitta No. If you don't let it out, it's not finished. #1b1tNG 10:50 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to TurtleKnitta
@Ruaidhri_ Yes. In Cork I had to type with gloves on, because it was so cold. #1b1tNG 10:49 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to Ruaidhri_
@paradroid001 It was mostly ready to write when I started it, apart from driving across America #1b1tNG 10:49 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to paradroid001
@OHNOITSKEN Nope. American Gods was mostly written in a couple of big old Barnes and Noble drawing books #1b1tNG 10:48 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to OHNOITSKEN
@madfishmonger They glare at me, and punctuate better than I ever can #1b1t #1b1tNG 10:47 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to madfishmonger
@azucena34 Except for this hour (15 minutes to go!) #1b1t #1b1tNG 10:47 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to azucena34
@esahc No, by the lives of many of the women in "LIves of the Great Criminals" and the Newgate Calendar for that period, #1b1tNG 10:46 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to esahc
@endalaust I went near there with Tori Amos, whose family own an old farm, and it seeemd to fit #1b1tNG 10:45 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to endalaust
@richlieu_uk not as such #1b1tNG 10:44 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to richlieu_uk
@MacDivaONA because it seemed to encapsulate everything strange about America that I was trying to say in the book #1b1tNG 10:43 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to MacDivaONA
@MaryGaughan Yup. I'd normally write one whenever I got stuck on the main story. Then I put them where they worked best. #1b1tNG 10:42 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to MaryGaughan
@PrincessOfPage Who says he couldn't? #1b1tNG 10:42 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to PrincessOfPage
@ML140 sometimes. But in #1b1t I'm actually amazed at how many things are being picked up I thought were only for second readings #1b1tNG 10:41 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to ML140
@grimmauldstreet hard to say. He lived in my head for two years, after all. But he keeps eveything on the inside #1b1tNG #1b1t 10:40 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to grimmauldstreet
@lingmops yup #1b1tNG 10:39 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to lingmops
@daneoshiga I don't know. How do people who don't know anything about America deal with the book? #1b1tNG 10:39 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to daneoshiga
@cabridges I hope so. #1b1tNG 10:39 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to cabridges
@FrankZappa174 Both. I knew a lot when I started but I didn't know everything. #1b1tNG 10:38 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to FrankZappa174
@mochachick8 most Twitter readers will allow you to read the conversation or the "in reply to" to see what I'm answering #1b1tng 10:38 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to mochachick8
@Bethazon Not really. I can put them in the next American Gods book, one day... #1b1tNG #1b1t 10:37 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to Bethazon
@deviousjen all fiction, and all life, consists of making choices. #1b1tNG 10:36 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to deviousjen
@daneoshiga I think the joy of #1b1t is that the world gets to choose, not me #1b1tNG 10:35 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to daneoshiga
@idlan I don't think all struggles in American Gods boil down to any one thing #1b1tNG 10:35 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to idlan
@meaganoff 1) Not this week, 2) We'll see 3) Perhaps #1b1tNG 10:34 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to meaganoff
@krista_harris I have! And to Ruby Falls as well! #1b1tNG 10:33 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to krista_harris
@loschicos three times so far int he last 14 years. And I want to come back and bring @amandapalmer with me #1b1tNG 10:33 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to loschicos
@Campion7 I have, although so far I've only adapted existing things (see 2 Plays For Voices, Signal to Noise CDs) #1b1tNG 10:32 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to Campion7
@NathanTDean I was very lucky. Or very determined. Both, really. #1b1tNG 10:31 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to NathanTDean
@jkennerly the one was a way of talking about the other #1b1tNG 10:30 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to jkennerly
@heinar depends how much chili you're making #1b1tNG 10:30 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to heinar
@SainterThom all of the above. But they coalesced one strange day in Iceland when I had not slept for 2 days #1b1tNG 10:29 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to SainterThom
@chapeskie I wrote a Jesus scene, & took it out again. It seemed about as relevant to a story of grifters as including the president #1b1tNG 10:29 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to chapeskie
@Alexxan Both. Some things you've learned over the years. Some things you suddenly need to know how to do. #1b1tNG 10:27 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to Alexxan
@Alexxan learning how to do an autopsy, & what order you have to put the bits back in the body #1b1tNG 10:26 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to Alexxan
@hombre_mediocre I do not know. I love them, for the stories and what they say about us. No favourites this week. #Sandman #1b1tNG 10:26 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to Hombre_Mediocre
@EasternSmooth aren't there hints enough in the book? #1b1tNG 10:25 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to EasternSmooth
@ChrisTimOere The Anansi story was based on a real Anansi story, testicles and all #1b1tNG 10:25 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to ChrisTimOere
@uponthesea about 40 years. But I didn't know it was research. I thought it was reading about stuff I liked. #1b1tNG 10:23 AM May 18th via web in reply to uponthesea
@ggevrey I didn't. #1b1tNG 10:20 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
@Mohandis mostly the plausibility factor. And they felt a bit tired. Medusa's in there. #1b1tNG 10:19 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to Mohandis
@CBPodge I think so. You can check the Shadow novella "Monarch of the Glen" for a definitive answer. #1b1tNG 10:19 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to CBPodge
@CBPodge 1) The perfect metaphor for the book, or so I hoped, and 2) yes. And maybe. #1b1tNG 10:18 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to CBPodge
@Chrolly very wise #1b1tNG 10:17 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to Chrolly
@SabrinaLuna No real graphic novel plans. I think the movie/TV rights are being bought as we speak. #1b1tNG 10:17 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to SabrinaLuna
@SabrinaLuna yes #1b1tNG 10:16 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to SabrinaLuna
@BertSwattermain not at all. Many mythologies overlap or say similar things. It's more fun finding the differences #1b1tNG 10:16 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to BertSwattermain
@BertSwattermain many. I'd planned a big Japanese story, a Golem story, and more, but the book got too long #1b1tNG 10:15 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to BertSwattermain
@michael_finazzo mostly in Florida and at home. I finished it in a very cold old house half an hour from Cork #1b1tNG 10:14 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to michael_finazzo
@BertSwattermain I think Americans have remained astonishingly consistent for a few hundred years now. #1b1tNG 10:13 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to BertSwattermain
@BertSwattermain I knew a lot when I began, but things happened on the way that I wasn't expecting #1b1tNG 10:12 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to BertSwattermain
@Ys0seri0us Good Question. #1b1tNG 10:11 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to Ys0seri0us
@KrissWeekley I'm sure that Zelazny was an influence. I was trying to write a book he would have liked. I missed him & still do. #1b1tNG 10:11 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to KrissWeekley
@hubrigant Not much. He helped me resolve the checkers game, on the train to Gothenberg, though. #AmGods #1b1tNG 10:09 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to hubrigant
@peajayar Twitter's not a god. It's a messenger of the Gods. #1b1tNG 10:08 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to peajayar
@magnushimself I think if you decide that any book is about Only One Thing you're probably wrong. Even if that thing is in there. #1b1tNG 10:08 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to magnushimself
@magnushimself America, mostly. All the stuff I saw that no-one seemed to be writing about. #1b1tNG 10:07 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to magnushimself
@acertainmiss Something I've wondered ever since I noticed that all the magic had gone from the Appalachian versions of Jack stories #1b1tNG 10:06 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to acertainmiss
@KymmInBarcelona not really. If not me, then no-one else was going to write it.... #1b1t #1b1tNG 10:06 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to KymmInBarcelona
@placeboeffect kind of wonderful. I wish we had more readers in China, but then, I think Twitter's mostly blocked. #1b1t #1b1tNG 10:05 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to placeboeffect
@4luvpets it feels good. It feels odd. I'm impressed with the intelligence of the hivemind as it reads. #1b1tNG 10:04 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to 4luvpets
@sarawr it's in there, more or less #1b1tNG #1b1t 10:03 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to sarawr
@velocibadgerGRL you are always allowed to ask. And I am allowed not to answer. #1b1tNG #1b1t 10:03 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to velocibadgerGRL
@foxipher I thought we were only doing up to Chapter 6ish? Still, that's a good question. Thinking about it tells you things about the story 10:02 AM May 18th via TweetDeck in reply to foxipher
Okay. If you want to follow the replies, use the #1b1tNG hashtag. I'll answer as many spoiler free AMERICAN GODS Q's as I can... 9:59 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
The #1b1t Twitterview (#1b1tNG) starts in 20 mins. Unless the man from the council turns up. I'll @reply people to not clog your twitterfeed 9:42 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
So if I am late for #1b1t I'll have wellington boots on and will be following a council official through the mud. We'll see. #1b1t #1b1btNG 7:44 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
If I'm late for #1b1tNG I apologise in advance. Just got a call from local council official who needs to inspect a path, but isnt sure when. 7:43 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
Yes, you can and should shoo me back to work. (But I'll be back at 10 am EST for the #1b1tNG 1 hour Q&A). 6:35 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
The Obie Awards (Off Broadway) honour Stephin Merritt for CORALINE & David (Other Mother/Coraline script) Greenspan http://bit.ly/9jeiu1 6:28 AM May 18th via TweetDeck
RT 1B1T2010 A reminder #1b1t. Discussion is taking place by chapter: Go to #1b1t_1C, #1b1t_6c, etc. Questions for @Neilhimself should be tagged #1b1tNG 5:28 AM May 18th via TweetDeck Retweeted by neilhimself and 6 others
Bugger. Cannot not-post the link to http://hypolib.typepad.com/the-hypothetical-library for reasons you will see if you click on it. 7:34 AM May 17th via TweetDeck
Argh. Shambling dull-eyed deadlines are approaching through the mist. If you see me around on Twitter before Wednesday, shoo me away. 5:52 AM May 17th via web
@MichaelDWalker no, for I am thousands of miles away from there... 5:25 AM May 17th via TweetDeck in reply to MichaelDWalker
@Pami_Therese very kind of you. 5:23 AM May 17th via TweetDeck in reply to Pami_Therese
@NancyPantsjr down the first field, keep walking past two gates, then at the sign with the arrow in it, climb the hill. You can't miss it. 5:23 AM May 17th via TweetDeck in reply to NancyPantsjr
@mom2dcb It starts at Nothing At All and goes to What J. K. Rowling Made in her Best Year. 5:20 AM May 17th via web in reply to mom2dcb
Goodnight everything. What a beautiful everything you are. 9:06 PM May 16th via TweetDeck
A very quiet day. I heard cuckoos, walked to a mystery grave of standing stones, burned dinner, and imagined things. Also wrote. 9:05 PM May 16th via TweetDeck
@redmenace56 well, given that one of those people is in the book, and one is discussed, I was pretty sure you hadn't finished it... 7:32 PM May 16th via TweetDeck in reply to redmenace56
@timpratt but there's also chrysalids. A fine word with skiffy roots. 7:31 PM May 16th via TweetDeck in reply to timpratt
@KenPlume possibly the best news of the year. And it's been a good year. 7:11 PM May 16th via web in reply to KenPlume
@redmenace56 have you finished the book yet? 6:56 PM May 16th via web in reply to redmenace56
@littlehyaena to google "small beer" perhaps? 4:58 PM May 16th via web in reply to GaslightReading
My neighbours took me to see a "Viking gravesite" which is why I burned the eggplant (or aubergine). 4:39 PM May 16th via web
@bigscaryteeth not to mention playing bongos to strippers and occasional lockpicking. 1:28 PM May 16th via web in reply to bigscaryteeth
@ohkayewhatever not to worry. Nothing's ever wrong with trying to be helpful. 12:25 PM May 16th via web in reply to ohkayewhatever
And a whole Collective Noun of me-related Tumblrs listed at http://bit.ly/crdfIu 12:07 PM May 16th via web
Just learned there's an AMERICAN GODS Tumblr page. Obviously the quotes & art cld be spoilers. #1b1t http://fuckyeahamericangods.tumblr.com 12:02 PM May 16th via web
@ninio not that I can think of. Other than both have people travelling about the middle bits of America that often don't get written about. 9:36 AM May 16th via web in reply to ninio
RT KellyZeissShea @neilhimself Petition to save the Queens Library in NYC: http://www.savequeenslibrary.org/ Would you mind re-tweeting? Thanks & LOVE!!! 11:48 PM May 15th via web Retweeted by neilhimself and 100+ others
@SarahFTW incredibly small. But there are libraries, and you can read them for free. 8:55 PM May 15th via web in reply to SarahFTW
@mickmoart have you tried twittering them at @cbldf? otherwise the merchandise etc website at cbldf.com should work. 8:52 PM May 15th via TweetDeck in reply to mickmoart
@DaveMcKean He was great, that bloke. He did a brilliant impression of you, too. 8:06 PM May 15th via web in reply to DaveMcKean
@wendyfarrowart you should ask the Telegraph about the guard. It's @telegraphPics on Twitter. 7:06 PM May 15th via web in reply to wendyfarrowart
@jodrell that's the second best... 6:52 PM May 15th via TweetDeck in reply to jodrell
@almojadidi it feels just fine. And yes, I remember the interview. 6:50 PM May 15th via TweetDeck in reply to almojadidi
Best Tiger Picture Ever: http://bit.ly/dynxMS 6:48 PM May 15th via TweetDeck
@almojadidi 17 years ago. 1993 was 17 years ago. 6:47 PM May 15th via TweetDeck in reply to almojadidi
@mrtonylee it's not that I wouldn't like tidy hair. It's that it doesn't do that all-staying-in-one-place thing any more. Lor'knows I tried. 6:34 PM May 15th via web in reply to mrtonylee
RT -- amazing art donated! @sketchseven www.pres-aid.com Art auction to benefit an animator suffering from leukaemia. Thank you! 6:11 PM May 15th via web
@amandapalmer http://twitpic.com/1ne0ed - @heatherrua got it right. 5:19 PM May 15th via Twitpic
@mrtonylee it's so... odd. And the Young Vess is just as disconcerting. 5:16 PM May 15th via TweetDeck in reply to mrtonylee
LOOK! NEW BLOG ENTRY When We Were Very Young: posted by Neil From seventeen years ago: the SAN... http://bit.ly/9ODgfB WARNING:Contains me 5:04 PM May 15th via twitterfeed
@BrownSpeak it's an instrumental version of Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields' song, "I Think I Need a New Heart". 4:27 PM May 15th via web in reply to BrownSpeak
Good lord. 17 years ago, a half-hour PRISONERS OF GRAVITY about SANDMAN: http://bit.ly/dglCoo (with young @davemckean & @thejillthompson) 4:10 PM May 15th via TweetDeck
A reminder: you can buy Bela Fleck's (@belafleckbanjo) wonderful version of the Danse Macabre at http://amzn.to/cZyVTi http://bit.ly/7gE8Yh 3:18 PM May 15th via TweetDeck
@AletaMay it's true. 3:05 PM May 15th via web in reply to AletaMay
@Suw no. I did until the web happened. Now my newspaper's the Guardian, and Radio 4 etc are always around. I'm semi-plugged in... 2:55 PM May 15th via web in reply to Suw
@Kim_Bruning Nah. Portable DVD players are really cheap. 2:42 PM May 15th via TweetDeck in reply to Kim_Bruning
@1B1T2010 Yes, definitely. American Gods was a reaction to 8 years living in the US, and trying to make sense of it as an immigrant. 2:33 PM May 15th via web in reply to 1B1T2010
@Kim_Bruning I have a rubbish Mac Air. They don't believe in disc drives. 2:31 PM May 15th via web in reply to Kim_Bruning
Bought a mini DVD player to watch pilot episode of @Paul_Cornell's PULSE. Now I just have to find the DVD he gave me. Will report back. 1:55 PM May 15th via web
@Wolven that's true. But the books are still out there. 1:47 PM May 15th via TweetDeck in reply to Wolven
The complete list of US National Doodle Day doodles for auction up at http://bit.ly/cza98C #Neurofibromatosis 1:46 PM May 15th via TweetDeck
@WmTylerDavis I do not know. I think so. 12:25 PM May 15th via web in reply to WmTylerDavis
@hollyherself love you girl. Keep putting things into boxes. Also, I can't dial out from here yet. 11:54 AM May 15th via web in reply to hollyherself
@drkbish I wouldn't do that. It's not about me... 11:45 AM May 15th via web in reply to drkbish
I checked Google Books. There're more books (published since 2001) with it in, & so many Google refs. I don't think it'll go back in the box 11:45 AM May 15th via web
Looks like the world thinks I should fix the Wiki thing. Fair enough. First I'll get the book that's referenced... 11:41 AM May 15th via web
@amandapalmer http://twitpic.com/1ntf3x - It looks like me with the world in my hair. Thank you, love. It's beau 11:40 AM May 15th via Twitpic
@nikostar write a different story. 11:35 AM May 15th via web in reply to nikostar
RT martinejoelle: @neilhimself 4yr old has leukemia, urgent need Indian+white bone marrow donor. www.matchdevan.com 1-200K chance, 12 weeks to find Pls RT? 3:08 AM May 15th via web Retweeted by neilhimself and 100+ others
@katiedidwhat good point. 8:32 PM May 14th via web in reply to katiedidwhat
@lklinger you know, the Annotated American Gods... argh. You'd have to do a lot of driving... 8:09 PM May 14th via web in reply to lklinger
LOOK! NEW BLOG ENTRY One Book, One Twitter, One Wondering Author, One Wandering Character: post... http://bit.ly/aZxVcF WARNING:Contains me 7:59 PM May 14th via twitterfeed
@matthew_roach but that was before a reference book came out with the information in it. Which they got from A G. Only I know I made it up. 7:58 PM May 14th via web in reply to matthew_roach
@matthew_roach @Madreflections it doesn't work that way. Me fixing it on Wikipedia would be "original research", and deleted. 7:48 PM May 14th via web in reply to matthew_roach
This blog (on ethical dilemmas, making stuff up & Wikipedia) will autopost here soon, but I wanted the hashtag: http://bit.ly/b8Wm0v #1b1t 7:37 PM May 14th via TweetDeck
@patifimbrethil that stops after about 60 seconds and the program starts. 7:00 PM May 14th via web in reply to patifimbrethil
You can hear the @terryandrob episode of MUSEUM OF CURIOSITY at http://bit.ly/aQrzou until Monday. Funny, informative radio via @qikipedia 6:45 PM May 14th via TweetDeck
And this is what I will be recording next week: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/museumofcuriosity.shtml - it's all @qikipedia's fault. 6:14 PM May 14th via web
Just learned that INSTRUCTIONS is in its 2nd week on NYT Bestseller list. Hurrah. Watch the video of the book at http://youtu.be/dWRvqO1MjIs 6:06 PM May 14th via web
The @amandapalmer tour (& @jasonwebley & @evelynevelyn) kicks off N. American leg on Monday in Vancouver: details http://bit.ly/blog051310 6:03 PM May 14th via web
Spending a quiet & completely unexpected evening with my mum, after a delayed plane stranded me in the UK overnight. A good thing. 6:01 PM May 14th via web
@mlindenuk next time you think it's me, come and ask. I'll happily scribble on things. 5:51 PM May 14th via web in reply to mlindenuk
@mlindenuk it was me! You should have come over and said hullo. 5:30 PM May 14th via web in reply to mlindenuk
@RichWilsonx1 Next season. 5:18 PM May 14th via web in reply to RichWilsonx1
@askeeve yup. But the Gibbons version is funnier. 4:27 PM May 14th via web in reply to askeeve
http://tinyurl.com/24km23r and http://tinyurl.com/2a58bpj are the links to my National Doodle Day Doodles. Auction Ends May 23rd. 7:40 PM May 13th via web
RT @Serenader317 @neilhimself Please inform your readers http://coilhouse.net/2010/05/save-the-life-of-kiana-firouz/ Please, this woman's life is at stake. 9:50 AM May 13th via web in reply to neilhimself Retweeted by neilhimself and 100+ others
LOOK! NEW BLOG ENTRY A Political Football in A Teacup: posted by Neil I’m off writing a long... http://bit.ly/b5SPhx WARNING:Contains me 2:03 PM May 11th via twitterfeed
RT @Crowdsourcing Newcomers: Follow @1b1t2010 and read http://bit.ly/9vd1Np & http://bit.ly/ahO10E to see what One Book, One Twitter (#1b1t) is all about. 1:49 PM May 7th via TweetDeck Retweeted by neilhimself and 22 others
RT @Crowdsourcing This is legit! Visualize your #1b1t community! Participate in short survey & @tektrekker will do a google map mashup! http://bit.ly/aGmInc 4:14 PM May 7th via TweetDeck Retweeted by neilhimself and 9 others
@amandapalmer http://twitpic.com/1lm7mi - I think this must be why @davemckean likes Prague so much. Everything 7:07 AM May 8th via Twitpic
@MitchBenn You should see the amazing wifi Heath Robinson thing I put together to do a last round up of emails... 3:50 PM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to MitchBenn
Am on 1week accidental twitterholiday. Phone won't connect to internet, computer access amazingly limited. So I shall write & miss you all. 3:38 PM May 7th via TweetDeck
25 glorious #1b1t badge entries so far. http://bit.ly/ckTM3v 3:28 PM May 7th via TweetDeck
@gabakulka and you! 3:20 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to gabakulka
@maddyg44 you are welcome darling girl. I miss you. 3:20 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to maddyg44
@Brklyfightguy I would love one but will be half a world away. 3:20 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to Brklyfightguy
@elizunseelie Brilliant! 3:19 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to elizunseelie
@toria970 I applied for a postal vote but the voting slip never arrived. So theoretically yes, actually no. 3:19 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to toria970
@evie42 (HUGE GRIN) 3:16 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to evie42
@jolliegiant I sometimes do "five finger exercise" short stories. 3:16 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to jolliegiant
@staciesmess ...and almost entirely Neanderthal. 3:15 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to staciesmess
@staciesmess your husband is amazing, talented and unforgettable. 3:14 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to staciesmess
@FoxyMsMoxie you are so welcome! 3:14 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to FoxyMsMoxie
@daxstyles maybe a bit. But it's a book club. It's not like there are right or wrong answers... 3:14 AM May 7th via TweetDeck in reply to daxstyles
@EthicalPervert Ah. How sad. I liked the idea that all white supremacists were a little bit Neanderthal. 4:54 PM May 6th via web in reply to EthicalPervert
@EthicalPervert are you sure? http://bit.ly/bqT00R looks pretty damn peer-reviewed to me. What am I missing? 4:01 PM May 6th via TweetDeck in reply to EthicalPervert
@AliLuminescent I'll tell @sxipshirey 3:26 PM May 6th via TweetDeck in reply to AliLuminescent
@jupitusphillip thank you, Phil. 3:14 PM May 6th via web in reply to jupitusphillip
@amandapalmer http://twitpic.com/1lkk31 - I wondered what you were doing. 2:47 PM May 6th via Twitpic
@KenPlume I would plug http://j.mp/drkOl7 but fear the wrath of the Twitter Police. 2:45 PM May 6th via TweetDeck in reply to KenPlume
@ayeletw great idea. Give me a few days (and remind me if I don't plug it) as plugging too many things right now... 2:44 PM May 6th via TweetDeck in reply to ayeletw
Dear @paulandstorm. I've finished plugging Cool San Francisco Events, so cannot tell people that http://j.mp/drkOl7 is tonight. Sorry. 2:40 PM May 6th via TweetDeck
"Any human whose ancestral group developed outside Africa has a little Neanderthal in them" per @newscientist: read at http://bit.ly/dehrXq 2:32 PM May 6th via TweetDeck
And finally, @Jamyianswiss is in conversation with @Donttrythis next Thursday http://bit.ly/amr9Sy. You should go. Lucky San Franciscans. 2:24 PM May 6th via TweetDeck
Why am I plugging San Franciscan things? Oh well. The world needs to know: GIANT BONES by Peter Beagle starts tomorrow http://bit.ly/bJlMYx 2:22 PM May 6th via TweetDeck
RT (let him know, if you know) @sxipshirey: I need to repair the Sxipenspiel. Where in NYC can I get bicycle bells? 2:08 PM May 6th via TweetDeck
A reminder for anyone who wants to take part in the "One Book One Twitter" AMERICAN GODS read: Follow @1b1t2010 for information etc. 2:07 PM May 6th via TweetDeck
If you're in San Francisco, why not go to Booksmith's on the Haight tonight? PICTURE THE DEAD booklaunch. Wish I could: http://bit.ly/caOOWU 2:01 PM May 6th via TweetDeck
RT @erikthedane @neilhimself: will you please RT? Goodreads blocked in Iran http://fwd4.me/N2M #booksmakenoharm #censorship 1:24 PM May 6th via TwitterBar Retweeted by neilhimself and 100+ others
Re: chapter hashes, #1b1t_1c, _2c, etc. is official, unless it proves unworkable. #1b1t is a work in progress, folks. Therein lies the fun! 11:02 AM May 6th via TweetDeck Retweeted by neilhimself and 2 others
@lonlentz not all. Most. 1:22 PM May 6th via TweetDeck in reply to lonlentz
@franksands not as far as I know. The frowl link I gave helps with geography and gods. 1:22 PM May 6th via TweetDeck in reply to franksands
@MatsuYun I'm sorry... 1:19 PM May 6th via TweetDeck in reply to MatsuYun
RT CherylMorgan When you vote remember "Choosing the lesser of two evils isn't a bad thing. It's a good thing. You get less evil" (Chomsky) /via @Marjorie73 6:46 AM May 6th via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by neilhimself and 100+ others
President Goodluck Jonathan is sworn in as president in Nigeria. For his cabinet, he has chosen Allthebest Steve and Yoursfaithfully Alan. 6:44 AM May 6th via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by neilhimself and 100+ others
Writing in Prague. This does not feel enough like work. http://twitpic.com/1lhf0y 6:59 AM May 6th via Twitpic
@amanda_flintoff beautiful! 6:51 AM May 6th via Swift in reply to amanda_flintoff
@ladywolf363 probably not this year. 6:28 AM May 6th via Swift in reply to ladywolf363
@hubrigant Shadow and Laura were together until death parted them. 5:10 AM May 6th via Swift in reply to hubrigant
@alexandrak I know. Can't wait to see her. 5:09 AM May 6th via Swift in reply to alexandrak
@jerry_levine I dont. Kent Williams maybe? 5:09 AM May 6th via Swift in reply to jerry_levine
@angelina41 I already did... 5:05 AM May 6th via Swift in reply to angelina41
RT @RobinAStephens: The Guardian publishes American Gods chapt 1 http://bit.ly/cNyiex #1b1t 6:21 PM May 5th via Swift
@macjonez they were so nice! 5:08 PM May 5th via Swift in reply to macjonez
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2010/05/straight-for-the-art-michael-chos-best-american-comics-cover/ is the brilliant Michael Cho cov 4:05 PM May 5th via twidroid
@GaGaLittleMnstr well, give her my love. 4:01 PM May 5th via Swift in reply to GaGaLittleMnstr
@catsdontsmile I don't watch it. Keep hearing they're big fans. 4:00 PM May 5th via Swift in reply to catsdontsmile
@Jasubea online at mousecircus.com or you can buy it at audible or iTunes or buy CDs anywhere. 3:59 PM May 5th via Swift in reply to Jasubea
@catsdontsmile you'd have to ask them. 3:54 PM May 5th via Swift in reply to catsdontsmile
The show's amazing. I was amused by this "melon-thighed chick just threw my spine outta place" Amanda poster. http://twitpic.com/1lboqq 3:22 PM May 5th via Twitpic
@gaviaoarqueiro it's not a real SANDMAN movie. 1:46 PM May 5th via TweetDeck in reply to gaviaoarqueiro
Over at Kickstarter: Navajo film has $2000 pledges since yesterday. Only $4700 to go in 5 days. You can pledge just $15 http://bit.ly/bYbBvq 1:01 PM May 5th via TweetDeck
@knokaut sure. 12:35 PM May 5th via Swift in reply to knokaut
@shakti82 it is a secret until it is announced. 9:07 AM May 5th via Swift in reply to shakti82
Just learned that Peter O'Donnell, creator of Modesty Blaise, has died. A really nice man. I am glad we met. 8:58 AM May 5th via Swift
In Prague for the first time in my life. Right now writing in Radio 1 Lobby while @amandapalmer & @jasonwebley are on the radio. 8:54 AM May 5th via Swift
@futbolera4 always 8:49 AM May 5th via Swift in reply to futbolera4
RT good article @JonSlack: @EmilyBenet @neilhimself AuthorBlog quotes, you can find the article on blogging here http://tinyurl.com/37kgdmv 8:47 AM May 5th via Swift
@fairnymph did you ask @neverwear about them? 7:05 PM May 4th via Swift in reply to fairnymph
LOOK! NEW BLOG ENTRY What I did to celebrate National Library Week (part two) (and other stuff)... http://bit.ly/bVi7Po WARNING:Contains me 6:14 PM May 4th via twitterfeed
@davidlistensaff probably Boys For Pele. 5:31 PM May 4th via TweetDeck in reply to davidlistensaff
RT @this1littlebird: show your Love for Tennesee & Text "REDCROSS" to 90999 to give $10 donation. #nashvilleflood 5:16 PM May 4th via TweetDeck
Anyone reading American Gods for One Book One Twitter: Here's the suggested #1b1t commenting plan. http://bit.ly/cavjS0 4:17 PM May 4th via TweetDeck
@stusureno none of those. It was picked for #1b1t 4:15 PM May 4th via TweetDeck in reply to stusureno
RT @nextread: New NR post: SSM Review: Bloody by Roddy Doyle (From STORIES ed by @neilhimself ) http://bit.ly/aQTh4W 4:15 PM May 4th via TweetDeck
@NotFlashGordon I'll try to push it again in a few days. Good luck! 3:56 PM May 4th via TweetDeck in reply to NotFlashGordon
A reminder about this Navajo Kickstarter project. They have 6 days to get about $7000. Why not contribute something? http://bit.ly/bYbBvq 3:40 PM May 4th via TweetDeck
@renatesol it's an "everybody reads" project, not an "everybody reads at the same time and speed". Start a week late. 1:05 PM May 4th via TweetDeck in reply to renatesol
@TheSilentShadow I could, but I bet that I don't. 1:05 PM May 4th via TweetDeck in reply to TheSilentShadow
Getting some awesome entries in our #1b1t badge design contest. Check 'em out! http://bit.ly/aUKx4J 9:43 AM May 4th via Brizzly Retweeted by neilhimself and 3 others
@ruthbeingruth nope. I was asked to write a good Doctor Who episode. That was my whole brief... 12:08 PM May 4th via TweetDeck in reply to ruthbeingruth
For those of you reading AMERICAN GODS and feeling all at sea - http://frowl.org/gods is a really useful Guide to Gods and America. #1b1t 11:55 AM May 4th via web
@spacedlawyer nope. fun. 11:42 AM May 4th via TweetDeck in reply to spacedlawyer
@DeathMetalHero it is. 11:35 AM May 4th via TweetDeck in reply to DeathMetalHero
@maureenjohnson You want ADVICE? From Twitter? Given the worldwide Opinion Shortage, I think that's pretty darn irresponsible, young lady. 11:28 AM May 4th via TweetDeck in reply to maureenjohnson
Peter S. Beagle Fans! The SF Stage Adaptation of GIANT BONES is on at the EXIT Theater for May 7-June 19 http://www.giantbonesplay.com/ 11:13 AM May 4th via TweetDeck
@Wolven not many. I see a few. 11:10 AM May 4th via TweetDeck in reply to Wolven
In ANTWERP, where in 1911 my greatgrandfather had a mysterious diamond scandal & fled to the UK. Still @amandapalmer tickets but going fast. 11:05 AM May 4th via web
NEW "Stories" by @peterstraubnyc, @joe_hill , M.M. Smith, Joe Lansdale, @neilhimself, @JSCarroll 23 Signatures! http://tinyurl.com/24a3nv7 9:01 AM May 4th via web Retweeted by neilhimself and 7 others
People are asking how to take part in One Book One Twitter's AMERICAN GODS read (#1b1t). It's easy. FOLLOW @1B1T2010. 10:32 AM May 4th via web
RT @GuardianBooks 'One Book, One Twitter' launches worldwide book club with Neil Gaiman http://bit.ly/d3Re3n 7:23 AM May 4th via twitterfeed Retweeted by neilhimself and 100+ others
RT @lotteluna I'll be there, yes. 5:24 PM May 3rd via Swift in reply to lotteluna
@dropje really? 5:15 PM May 3rd via Swift in reply to dropje
@babylaverne I'll be hanging around the signing table at the end if you don't see me before. 4:01 PM May 3rd via Swift in reply to babylaverne
@StevTrev I loved meeting her and spending time with her, and How proud she was of all of you. 3:57 PM May 3rd via Swift in reply to StevTrev
If you couldn't get into any of the Sold Out German Evelyn Evelyn shows: @amandapalmer says there're still tickets for Antwerp gig tomorrow. 3:56 PM May 3rd via Swift
@MaraLeftlung: sure. happy birthday @Leftlung. 1:09 PM May 3rd via Swift
RT alas I missed this @fablor: Full Mushroom Hunting report by @birdchick http://bit.ly/ahtgDG !!! 12:50 PM May 3rd via Swift
Naming a fuzzy genre? http://bit.ly/a9GZLJ puzzles over it and suggests that perhaps @peterstraubnyc got it right after all. 9:37 AM May 3rd via TweetDeck
@angelina41 That's tragic. I adored her, and her family are all so very nice. 9:26 AM May 3rd via TweetDeck in reply to angelina41
RT (They're great. See 'em if you can) @BitterRuin: please tell everyone that tickets for our tour are on sale now! at www.bitterruin.com 9:25 AM May 3rd via TweetDeck
@defix Cologne or Germany? 8:27 AM May 3rd via Swift in reply to defix
@Valya yup! Have him come! 8:21 AM May 3rd via Swift in reply to Valya
@David_N_Wilson it's nearly 1 pm here. 6:53 AM May 3rd via Swift in reply to David_N_Wilson
@TabataShou unless I am disguised as e.g. a Mexican bandit. 6:45 AM May 3rd via Swift in reply to TabataShou
RT @amandapalmer: to get on the KÖLN guestlist, tweet "ich will @amandapalmer heute abend in köln/gloria sehen"! winners announced 3pm, GO! 6:44 AM May 3rd via Swift
RT @neverwear: new blog up featuring the @neilhimself mailbox treasures & comic book magnets: http://kittysneverwear.blogspot.com/ 6:42 AM May 3rd via Swift
Tonight we're in Köln. At a club called Gloria. By we = I'm in the audience and @amandapalmer @jasonwebley and @sxipshirey do all the work. 6:26 AM May 3rd via Swift
@angelina41 Rose Trevino died? That's heartbreaking. Such a nice, funny, kind lady. 4:06 AM May 3rd via TweetDeck in reply to angelina41
