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William Meikle

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

1 year

Felt sick, went to docs this morning... ended up being hospitalised with a new cancer diagnosis...in my liver this time. Fuck cancer. I beat the bowel one, I'll beat this one too.

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William Meikle

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9 months

Just got off the phone with the surgeon. Surgery worked, cancer is all cut out, liver is healing fast and I'm all clear. Looks like I've kicked cancer's arse. Again.

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5 years

The longish drive to the hospital was worth it. I got the all clear - I'm a cancer survivor.

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5 years

@thehill The story here is the fucking piss-poor state of a country that forces kids into debt and humiliates them if they want to eat.

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8 months

A wee update on the cancer front... Just had a chat with the oncologist. She confirmed that all biopsy results they took from various places during my surgery were all clear,they cut all the tumor out of me & I don't need any chemo or radiotherapy. Onwards!

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

Bugger. Just been diagnosed with bowel cancer. It means surgery in my near future. Doc's confident of getting the wee alien out of me, so I'm trying not to worry overmuch. But I can't see me getting much writing done until it's clear and gone.

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3 months

@KingKodiakBear @kdnerak33 You need to redo your bio, because one thing's for sure, you're no Christian.

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5 years

@nytimes "Fact check: At a rally on Saturday in Green Bay, Wisconsin, President Trump lied about doctors executing babies" - there, fixed that for you.

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11 months

Just had a visit from the surgeon. (Surgery time was 10.5 hours and the poor man's knackered.) They got all of the tumor out from the liver... just a matter of letting it heal itself now

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@williemeikle

5 years

Surgery went well, Bastard Boris has been removed. Still woozy so now...sleep. Lots of it.

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@williemeikle

1 year

@AndyPlumb4 @ElaineWharton1 @theJeremyVine "I have balls"... pity you missed out in the brains department though.

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@williemeikle

6 months

Saw the oncologist today. All good news from the first checkups since the surgery. CT scan shows my liver recovering nicely, no signs of any cancer, and blood work is all clear. Blood work every 4 months from now on, CT scans once a year. Cancer's arse? Kicked.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

Just had the surgeon along to see me. There was nothing else unexpected found on my CT scan, which means the cancer hasn't spread anywhere else. Surgery tomorrow as expected. Probably around 1:00pm Newfoundland time (4:30 pm in the UK)

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@williemeikle

5 years

Managed to get out of bed and sit up in a chair for a couple of hours this morning. Recovery is underway.

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@williemeikle

4 years

Just been down the road to the hospital for my one year check up after last year's surgery. All clear, and don't have to go back for three years... it appears I have kicked cancer's arse.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

2 months

Anyone who voted this the worst opening paragraph has obviously had a sense of humor bypass and shouldn't be allowed anywhere near any awards ever again.

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The Bulwer-Lytton Awards for Worst Opening Paragraph went out and, man, I totally disagree. This opener is hilarious.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

Going dark for a bit. Checking in to hospital tomorrow morning, surgery on Tuesday...updates when I can.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

I've called the cancer Boris, and I've been telling it to fuck off every couple of hours. Doesn't do anything except make me feel better. But that's something.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

Two weeks after surgery, and I'm feeling a lot better. Moving around a lot more, the incision is healing really well, and there's only a little bit of discomfort left. Still get tired in the evenings, but better every day. Onward!

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@williemeikle

5 years

Writing for the first time since the cancer diagnosis. The engine hasn't quite come to life yet, but it's warming up. #amwriting

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

6 years

@Mel_Ankoly @AmirTalai Fuck off. If you're in a room with a woman, and show her your dick when she wasn't expecting to see it, it's indecent exposure, private room or not. Also, you're a fucking arsehole.

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5 years

@BBCPolitics "It has emerged that the father who confronted Boris Johnson in a London hospital is allowed to have an opinion." - there, fixed that shit right up for you.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

10 months

@SoldierOfGawd @NickGrimesYT "Trump is the anti-establishment guy" - the billionaire? The one with the solid gold lavatory bowl in the penthouse apartment? That anti-establishment guy? Yeah, sure, if you say so.

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William Meikle

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5 years

...and I'm home! Lovely.

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@williemeikle

5 years

@notwokieleaks Picking on an autistic 16 year old girl giving a speech in her second language. Well done, what a big person you are. Now fuck off.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

One week on from the cancer surgery; I'm in surprisingly little discomfort, getting about the house just fine and sleeping (and pooping) okay. Next milestone is getting out of the house and getting the staples out of the incision on Friday.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

@stfutony 10 years of being a full time writer and not starving either myself or my wife.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

4 years

18 months on from getting the tumor in my guts removed (and losing some small intestine with it), now cancer free and happy to still be here... that's the tweet...just counting my blessings.

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@williemeikle

5 years

@DrEdPowell You don't get to decide that I'm not a Star Wars fan. Sod off.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

1 year

@SmallStocksJay @Otto_English The ozone hole was fixed by concerted action from countries acting together to ban cfcs and hfcs... what's your point?

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

Four hours till surgery. First signs on nervousness creeping in...

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

3 years

39 years ago since I saw THE THING and BLADE RUNNER on the same day in Leicester Square, with beer and curry to follow. A day that lives long in the memory.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

Thanks for all the good wishes from the many hundreds of you who've replied to the tweet below. I'm humbled at the support...and it'll stop me feeling sorry for myself to know that so many of you are watching :-)

William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

Bugger. Just been diagnosed with bowel cancer. It means surgery in my near future. Doc's confident of getting the wee alien out of me, so I'm trying not to worry overmuch. But I can't see me getting much writing done until it's clear and gone.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

1 year

@PhillipCMcGuire @GunnerGale You are the most impressively stupid person on the internet today. Congratulations.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

1 year

Meeting with the surgeon today to discuss what's to be done about my liver tumor. Wish me luck.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

2000 words down today. Best day not just since surgery, but since my initial diagnosis back in September. So fuck you, cancer. I win.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

I'm a writer. I'm also a human being with opinions. If you don't want to hear my opinions because they're too left wing for you, then fuck off. Problem solved.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

4 years

Getting some blowback here for being political. So head's up for those who haven't been paying attention. I'm old school Scottish socialist from a line of miners and steelworkers, all of whom would have taken one look at Trump and said...wanker.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

First poo since surgery. This counts as major news.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

6 weeks after surgery, healed up, given the all clear of cancer and it has started to take on the feel of having been a bad dream...

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

4 months

Good news on the round of follow up tests. All clear on the cancer front, and everything healed up nicely from the surgery. Clean bill of health apart from minor age-related things...

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

If you want to belittle me because I'm supposedly a 'boomer' having been born in the late 50s, go right ahead. Just don't be surprised when I tell you to fuck off.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

3 months on from the tumor removal surgery, and given how I've been holding up to the snow digging these past few days, I feel fully back to normal. Not bad for an old man :-)

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

Wee checkup at the GP today. Blood pressure is best it's ever been, cholesterol is low and stable and everything else looks fine after the tumor removal, no meds required. All set for Christmas.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

Starting to get twitchy about the surgery next week. I've reached my '60s without having had a stay in hospital before now. I suppose I'm overdue. Stocking up on reading material... the unexpurgated THE STAND awaits

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

11 months

Update: Recovery has been going remarkably well despite a couple of minor setbacks, and I'm waiting for the surgeon to tell me I can go home tomorrow... just one last set of tests to take... think positive thoughts for me.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

I'm still very stiff and sore from the surgery, but improving daily. Time to catch up on the TBR pile. I've got three Phil Rickmans to read that'll keep me going for a while.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

Just got accused of ripping off GOT in the Watchers series. Unfortunately for them, WATCHERS was written 20 years ago, before I'd even read ASOIAF. Big walls on northern borders aren't just a GRRM thing.

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William Meikle

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5 years

I don't get all this "Millennials", "Boomers", "Gen-X" shite. Differential labels for people don't do anybody but advertisers and politicians any good.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

I need some happy thoughts. Had a colonoscopy two weeks back and they found something suspicious. I get the biopsy results later today, and I'm a bag of nerves...

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 months

@toothmandarrell @uranoutofluck @yilnovich Judging people on sight is an advertisment to the world that you are damaged. Same with an aversion to anybody not exactly like you. It says, "I'm a dickhead."

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

According to the doc, I'll know I'm almost ready to go home when I fart. I've got this one covered.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

Also now got a long scar from under my ribs down to my pubes, so I can casually mention 'that sword fight that almost killed me'. There can be only one!

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

4 years

I'm over 60 and immuno-comprimised. Anybody who's not wearing a mask and saying it's 'only' people like me who'll die .... I hear you. Fuck off.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

@Danger_Dad_E3 @GeorgeTakei Same as mine I guess, which is to tell people who try to change the subject to fuck off.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

4 years

The cheek of it. Arsehole DMs me to tell me he got my audiobooks free from a pirate site, then asks me to send him the epubs because he wants the full set in ebooks too. Well, he can fuck off.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

4 years

Someone asks "Which authors are overrated" What follows here is a steady stream of negativity that does nobody any good. It's so fucking depressing. Why not ask "Which authors are underrated?"

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

10 months

@fareedstory You haven't watched much TV since before about 2010, have you? Or do you consider things like M.A.S.H. , The West Wing, Hill Street Blues and many others not to be truly great shows?

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

10 months

The biggest mistake I've made since the cancer diagnosis is in allowing myself to believe I'm getting too old to still be writing. Have given myself a good talking to, and have got my arse back in the chair. Onward!

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

Slowly coming out of the fugue. I wrote 1000 words today and enjoyed it...the best wee spell since surgery a month ago. The engine is still stuttering, but looks like it's not ready for the knacker's yard yet. #amwriting

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

Once again, many thanks to all of you for the waves of support. It is much appreciated

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

11 months

Still here, Not quite fully awake Long surgery, almost 10 hours I think, but successful Seeing surgeon for update in the morning

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 months

Six months on from getting 1/2 my liver cut out. I'm mostly recovered, cancer free and alive, all things to be thankful for. Day to day general tiredness and lack of concentration is a small price to have paid. Makes writing harder work though...

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

2 months

@Bocc_accio @BlakeJo1988 The higher the IQ the more you know that using the word retarded as a slur is a sign of low IQ.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

I see Dan Simmons has joined the ranks of angry old men telling young Greta how to behave...and being a real wanker about it. Another one off the Christmas card list.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

First day since surgery that I feel no discomfort at all from the wound. Guess I have to come off the opiates now :-)

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

@washingtonpost She always was. You're just too fucking blinkered to notice. Tossers.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

10 months

Cover reveal. New collection coming soon from Weird House Press. Cover artwork by M Wayne Miller

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

My self isolating meal planner. Breakfast - 7 a.m. Second Breakfast - 9 a.m. Elevenses - 11 a.m. Luncheon - 1 p.m. Afternoon Tea - 3 p.m. Dinner - 6 p.m. Supper - 9 p.m. + Beer as required

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

Several racist fuckwits have fucked off from my followers list today. If you are a racist fuckwit, feel free to join them.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

1 year

Haven't written a word for two months since my cancer diagnosis. My brain is badly broken by anxiety. Will jut have to wait and see if it comes back after the surgery. But it feels very, very strange.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

6 months

9 months today since I felt ill, took myself off to the docs and discovered I had liver cancer. A night for counting my blessings ( and thanking my surgeons) that I'm still here. Everything from now on is gravy...

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

6 years

This month marks 10 full years of me supporting the two of us as a full time writer. And we haven't starved. I'll count that as a win then. #amwriting

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@williemeikle

5 years

@NPR Like President Trump, Boris Johnson is a dangerous fucking idiot. There, fixed that for you.

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William Meikle

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5 months

"I'm old enough to remember when Doctor Who was a serious scifi show about serious issues and there was none of this over the top frivolous stuff."

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

1 month

@DonaldShoup ...apart from all the cities built before cars were invented.

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@williemeikle

5 years

Surgery booked for next Tuesday 22nd. I hope to be on the hospital wifi if anybody wants a wee photie of my scar...

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

6 years

@Chris_Harkey @ChuckWendig Keep your politics out of the Empire, young Jedi. It is not hard to do. If you want to use the Force in the privacy of your home, that's fine, but the Empire has no need for your kind of thinking. Do not purposefully alienate the Emperor.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

In 2019 I had a tennis ball sized tumor and a foot of my small intestine cut out of me then was subsequently given the all clear of further cancer. Bring on 2020. I'm ready for it.

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William Meikle

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1 year

@AndyPlumb4 @ElaineWharton1 @theJeremyVine Kinda figured you'd be the kind who enjoyed exposing himself.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

5 years

Five weeks on from surgery and I'm a lot better. The scar is almost totally healed... just left with an annoyingly itchy belly button!

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

4 years

Yes, I'm a writer. No, I won't stop talking about my political stance on social media. I'm a human being first, writer second. If my politics stops you enjoying my books, don't read them. Pretty simple really.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

4 years

Got an email saying that my books should all be free on Amazon because they're all free on the pirate sites anyway. The 'fuck off' count for today is at '1'.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

3 years

Just had the single biggest royalty statement of my career. Not bad for an old fart. #amwriting

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

6 years

The S-Squad series is a tribute to several things - 50s big-bug B movies, Alistair MacLean books and movies, Aliens, and Dog Soldiers are all rattling around in there. But mostly it's for the love of big beasties. Mostly.

William Meikle's S-Squad series.

The S-Squad series by William Meikle

www.williammeikle.com

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

6 years

@nytimes "Burnt-out drunk bigot with fuck all new to say gets headline gig because we're clueless fuckwits say @NewYorker " There, fixed it.

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William Meikle

@williemeikle

10 months

Off to hospital tomorrow for a CAT scan on the current state of my liver 2 months after the surgery, and hopefully an update soon after that as to whether they successfully got at all the cancer when they cut out the tumour. Can't say I'm not a wee bit twitchy tonight...

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William Meikle

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1 year

Trying to maintain a public profile on social media while fighting cancer is proving beyond me... I'll just have to let everything slide and try to claw it all back later. If that's possible.

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William Meikle

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5 years

@rdonovan1 Ha! I dare you to go to any place in Scotland and try to put over that argument. You'd be eaten alive. And rightfully so, ya bampot.

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William Meikle

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4 years

My only resolution this year is to tell more people to fuck off.

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William Meikle

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2 years

I'd like to apologize to the reader who found my Vikings vs Yeti book, BERSERKER 'historically inaccurate'. Actually, no, I wouldn't.

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6 years

@prinxeMu I threw a huge tantrum in a shop when a woman stood on my invisible dog.

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5 years

@StefanMolyneux It could be that your male friends are all arseholes like you?

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6 years

@NRA ...and getting kids killed. You forgot that bit. I'll take the pagans over you soulless fuckers any day.

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4 years

21 years today since my last cigarette. ( I quit cold turkey from 30 Marlboro a day on New Years Eve as we ticked over from 1999 to 2000)

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3 months

@SyCovv_88 @JaneyGodley You must be fucking thick as shite if you don't know why she needs them.

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William Meikle

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1 year

Got a date. I'm due in for the big surgery next Thursday (16th). Will probably have to go in on Wednesday to check in and get the preliminaries done... waiting to get that confirmed. But that's one weight lifted. Now the hard part starts. #cancer #cancersucks

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William Meikle

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5 years

I've had great Hogmanays, shite Hogmanays, noisy Hogmanays and quiet Hogmanays. This year, it'll be simply a glad to still be here Hogmanay with a single malt and a tin of shortbread.

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William Meikle

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10 months

I won an award! My latest Carnacki collection got best Occult Detective collection in the 2023 Occult Detective awards

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William Meikle

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10 months

As we approach the end of 2023, I'm just glad to still be here, still in recovery from the surgery, getting slowly better every day. Small steps. #cancer #cancersucks

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