Reached the 40,007th word in my new Bond novel. It's a single letter, the 13th in the alphabet.
— Anthony Horowitz (@AnthonyHorowitz) July 16, 2021
Oh. One is reminded of one’s own paltry effort.
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The other 2 M’s were too big for a gif…literally.
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Mawdsley and Mansfield…Hargreaves as a gif remains elusive…
Or even a postable still!
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It’s still not confirmed that Hargreaves was M.
The debate is both endless and valid for either.
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Kind of like whether or not DAF is the greatest Bond film ever (ducking in Brooklyn and awaiting an Orion gif).
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It is. however, indisputable that Robert Brown’s M and Judi Dench’s M are the same character.
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Why wasn’t there a code name theory for M, by the way? 
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Mmmmmmm…
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Some people even wisper that before all this he was a servant for some guy named Ivanhoe.
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Both of them.
Not sure if this possibility has come up yet, but I just finished The Spy Who Loved Me (my first read of it- was very pleasantly surprised, I enjoyed it a lot mot than I was expecting) and the thought occurred to me that this could be a good period for Horowitz’s third Bond novel. It could take place post Thunderball and centre around Bond’s mission in Toronto and include SPECTRE. It could end with him getting a flat tire in the storm and pulling into Dreamy Pines, or even include the ‘Him’ part of TSWLM told from Bond’s perspective (one Horowitz writing about another). This would also tie in with the trend of his novels using parts of Flemmings work.
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Hmm…I dunno about Horowitz, but it might be interesting for someone to tackle this time period at some point. I daresay it might be one of the few unexplored corners of the Fleming Bond timeline at this point.
I mean, we’ve had plenty of post-TMWTGG books (with Horowitz making his own contribution soon). We’ve had an origin story set before Casino Royale. We’ve had a book set slam bang in the middle of the timeline, following on from Goldfinger.
The period between Thunderball and OHMSS (which includes TSWLM) could be a pretty interesting one to explore. Bond basically spends about a year or two hunting SPECTRE and Blofeld, with little success in the end by the time OHMSS begins. It could be interesting to see Bond on a mission during this frustrating point in his career where he’s so fed up of a seemingly hopeless task that, by the end, he seriously contemplates resigning from the Service!
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Typo I believe
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60,007th word: "sobbed". This is not, of course, a reference to Bond who didn't even cry when Tracy was killed. About 15,000 words to go!
— Anthony Horowitz (@AnthonyHorowitz) August 4, 2021
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He is very good with his own marketing and promoting, is he not?
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If Twitter had existed for James Joyce:
“Last word: Yes.”
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It can be a good source for information quickly but for the most part…
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