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HEY UP,

Nothing too Spoook-y today; now that my book is finished, I’m full steam ahead on the search for full-time work. I’m really open to anything, and there’s lots of things I can do. The only thing I won’t do, and I’m afraid I can’t budge on this, is lap dance for Drake. It’s not that I don’t think I’d be good at it, but it’s just not my thing. Sorry.

But other than that…

This is a conversation I had with myself this morning.

“James, you’re applying for lots of jobs this morning…”

“Yes, I’ve finished my book and I need to get a job now!”

“You’ve written a book?”

“Yeah!”

“You hardly ever mention it…”

“Funny. But yeah, I need to get a job.”

“Interesting. What are you looking for?”

“Well, I’m open to anything really. I think there’s lots of things I can do…”

“Bomb disposal?”

“No, I don’t think I could do that.”

“Brain surgery?”

“Hey, I’ll give anything a go, but I’m thinking more along the lines of something with words, or editorial, or ideas, or media, or advertising, or marketing, or copywriting, or… look, should I just show you my CV?”

“No need. I’m your subconcious, I was there when you wrote it…”

“Well, you know the sort of thing I’d be good at then!”

“Cool. Hey, have you thought of sending your CV to the Spoook mailing list?”

“You think that would be a good idea?”

“Well, you do have thousands and thousands of subscribers and lots of them work in creative industries, so maybe they’ll either be hiring, or they’ll know someone who is…”

“Ooooh, that’s not a terrible idea you know.”

“Thanks!”

“Actually, isn’t the idea of sending my CV to the Spoook mailing list technically my idea too?”

“No, my idea. It was you that thought they should reboot Robot Wars, but with robot animals - bears, sharks, crocodiles - and stage it in a mock Colosseum. All the fun of the Roman Empire, none of the bloodshed! Everyone wants to know who’d win in a fight between a lion and an octopus.”

“Tell me you wouldn’t watch it!”

“I would. Everyone would, even if they wouldn’t admit to it. Like they do Riverdale.”

“Should I post my CV below then?”

“Do it!”

“Okay!”

“It’s an octopus by the way. Tentacles.”