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vaniety asked:

good day to u Sir. so first, 2 things about me: i love cats & i'm not much into horror (coz i'm a scaredy-cat). but despite the latter, i got into the Sandman audible & I enjoyed it. I got through the grisly murders & creepy psychos, but at Ep.18 (Dream of a Thousand Cats) the unfortunate incident with the kittens (i can barely type this) almost made me stop listening! had to take an actual break before i got through that episode... eventually, i finished the whole thing & I was quite proud of myself (& amazed by you, the whole cast & production).

my second point: i started "Oceans at the End of the Lane" just now & the first chapter again near traumatized me (poor Fluffy 😥). So my actual question is: are you a cat or a dog person? me, i love both (there's 1 dog & 5 cats in our home).

also, pls can you tell me if Sandman 2 has anymore cat-related incidents i should prepare for? thanks so much.

I’m pretty sure Sandman Act II is kitten-friendly all the way. Act III may have a couple of kitten-related moments, though nothing as traumatising as anything in Act 1 or in Ocean.

I don’t really get the division of people into Cat and Dog people. I’ve had Cats I loved and Dogs I loved.

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gloamglozerglam-deactivated2022 asked:

Hello! I’m curious if you’ve ever written something while being convinced that no one in their right mind would ever publish it. And if so, what ended up happening with it? Tabled? Published after all? Consigned to oblivion? (I ask because I am a few hundred thousand words deep in a project that I suspect will never see the light of day, although I’d like it to.)

Mostly they won awards eventually.

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kim-poce asked:

Have you heard about Tumblrs banned tags?

Just heard about it. It seems foolish – people use tags to warn people away from things, to comment, to joke, for a whole lot of reasons. If random words can cause people or posts to vanish from Tumblr (at least for iPhone users), the only effect it will have is for people to stop using tags.

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fungimoth asked:

the others are at my dads house.. but I managed to get my hands on the rest of your books! Merry Christmas Neil, I’m going to have a lot to read this winter break :D

Marry Christmas!

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containment-br3ach3d asked:

please completely disregard my previous ask my brain is so scrambled that I thought you were a famous astrophysicist I'm so sorry oh my god

I came close to forwarding it to Mr Tyson, but then decided it would involve too much explanation.

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oneoldsock asked:

I saw an ad for the sandman audio book and had a thought. Does it still feel exciting to see stuff you worked on in like regular life as a poster or tv ad or other stuff? or are you just kind of used to that by now?

I’m kind of used to it. But that doesn’t mean I’m not excited.

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jess208 asked:

Hi Mr Gaiman and happy christmas to you! not sure if anybody has asked this before but in the book, when we first meet the character of War, why was the scene changed from a Hotel to North Africa in the TV show? Thanks!

Budget. We were running out, and we didn’t have the money for the hotel (which was where it was set in the script originally). But we had the tent in the desert – we were using it as a place for the people to wait while we shot the Eden stuff – so I rewrote the scene to be set there.

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urdnotflexthejedibard asked:

Merry Christmas to me!

And when I unwrapped the book it opened to a random page toward the end, so technically the first words of yours I've ever read are "Get your shit together."

Happy holidays, and thanks for the life advice I guess?

You are very welcome.

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selkies-at-dawn asked:

Happy Holidays, Mr. Gaiman!

I’ve got a writing question for you. When you sat down to write American Gods, what was the one thing you kept in mind throughout the entire process?

Must… keep… going…

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imyahoroshee asked:

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Mr. Gaiman! I really like Good Omens - the book and the TV series. But there is one point I can't understand. At the end of Episode 6, Crowley and Aziraphale change bodies back (they return to their normal form). When did they first change? (in St. James's Park they were in their bodies, and then the angel and the demon were captured, and after that they couldn't change, could they?)

Watch Episode 6 again. There are lots of clues for you there.