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The one who wrote Coraline, and co-wrote the book of Good Omens and made the TV show, also the Sandman comics writer and co-creator who made the Sandman TV show. Quite nice really. 
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Neil Gaiman Tumblr FAQ: Good Omens

Tumblr questions that Neil Gaiman has already answered. Yes, it does have some Neil-provided info of S2. But, it is spoiler leak-free! (It also does not have spoilers from early screenings of S2.)

Docs Version: Here Spreadsheet Version: Here

I’m excited about Good Omens 2 and I was already going through Neil Gaiman's blog ( @neil-gaiman ). I initially made it for me and my friends for reference, but then decided to go ahead and throw it out into the Tumblr void, too. I hope it helps.

I made my own FAQ about this here (please check it before messaging me): OrpiKnight's FAQ FAQ

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Before you ask a Good Omens question, look here. An incredibly impressive job of research and gathering.

#good omens#good omens season 2
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My old friend (and for almost thirty years my family's doctor) Dan Johnson has a charity he started in memory of his son, Alec, who was drowned in 2014. One of the projects they are supporting is helping a couple who work in Haiti with abandoned children (and aren't part of the Haitian "orphanage industry"). The couple are raising funds to buy the compound they and the children are in, and I'm helping Dan by linking to

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I have a lot of research to do BUT...can someone please give me the scoop on the "Haitian orphanage industry"? My parents adopted several (yes several) of my siblings from Haiti and I do think they were given a much better life, but it all gave me a sense of unease that I didn't fully realize until I was older.

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From Mastodon where someone asked the same question:

And here's the lumos link:

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I’d much rather donate directly than see a dime of my money distributed by J.K. Rowling, who will probably use it to ensure no queer or Jewish kids survive the orphanages.

Where would I go about doing that?

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At the top of this post. The organization I linked to has nothing whatsoever to do with Lumos.

The lumos link was there from the Mastodon article to inform the person who wanted more background on the Haitian orphanage situation.

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My old friend (and for almost thirty years my family's doctor) Dan Johnson has a charity he started in memory of his son, Alec, who was drowned in 2014. One of the projects they are supporting is helping a couple who work in Haiti with abandoned children (and aren't part of the Haitian "orphanage industry"). The couple are raising funds to buy the compound they and the children are in, and I'm helping Dan by linking to

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I have a lot of research to do BUT...can someone please give me the scoop on the "Haitian orphanage industry"? My parents adopted several (yes several) of my siblings from Haiti and I do think they were given a much better life, but it all gave me a sense of unease that I didn't fully realize until I was older.

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From Mastodon where someone asked the same question:

And here's the lumos link:

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deadfictionalpoet asked:

how do we know this is the REAL REAL REAL neil gaiman????? what proof do you have, sir

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None, obviously. The real real Neil Gaiman doesn't have any social media.

rainystarmage asked:

Hello Mr Neil.

I have this picture of you and Maurício de Souza in my phone for quite a while, today I showed my friend and she didn't believe me it was actually you

As a brazilian he's a big part of my childhood and his histories helped me learn to read, it would make me really happy that you have met him, so I would like to know if this picture is true

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It is absolutely true, yes. (Although I don't remember if it's from 1998 or 2002. But someone in the notes will know.)

absolutely-tickety-cry asked:

hello mr. gaiman, I'm curious whatcha think about headcanon where Crowley was friends with Freddie Mercury? could it actually be possible?

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I think Headcanon is Headcanon and it doesn't matter what I think of it. Me liking it wouldn't legitimize it, me disliking or denying it wouldn't make it any less your Headcanon. That's how Headcanon works. You take something inspired by the work or extrapolating on it, and choose to believe it. You don't need me and don't need to ask me.

nolsdoods asked:

hello neil!

during the bullet catch scene, right before crowley is about to shoot him, it looks like aziraphale is mouthing something to crowley but i can't figure out what it is.

if he's actually doing that, what is he saying ?

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Trust me.

cosmiado asked:

hello Mr. Gaiman!

i just wanted to let you know that i listened to the episode of Sleeping With Celebrities that you featured on, and it made an otherwise boring hour of work much more intriguing. towards the end you expressed hope that someone else found your talk of live cultures interesting. do not worry, there is at least one random internet stranger (yours truly) that found it very interesting indeed. thank you for sharing your magnificent bagel knowledge with the world

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I'm so glad. Even if you were meant to go to sleep.

apertureofficial asked:

Hello Neil, i'm a fan and i don't have money or a library to read your books at as nothing in my area has them (I've checked several times) any recommendations as to where i can look?

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Have you asked your library if or can order them? Often there's something called an interlibrary loan which allows a library that doesn't have a book to borrow it from a library that does.

vams225 asked:

hey Neil (my english teacher says we shouldn't use first names for authors so if you could pls respond with a simple yes or no if I can use your first name), Anyways... now the actual thing. so I'm a junior in high school who want to be a writer and has been greatly inspired by your work the thing is that I believe more in experience life type of education than the grade-an-exam-get-an-education deal. Is it necessary for a writer to go to college? in your opinion obviously.

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I never did.

Signed

Neil

observing-ollie asked:

hi neil, i hope your day was better than mine.

i got my hair cut today and i can't stop crying about it. it looks so bad. and it's right before school starts too. i'm not exaggerating when i say it looks like a 5 year old took scissors to my hair while i was sleeping. and it was done by a professional at a good salon! i don't know what happened but i'm devastated and maybe i'm just emotional/sentimental but i keep crying about it and i feel silly after because i know it's just HAIR.

anyways, you probably won't see this but i had to let someone know. and also, i think you would be proud of me because i have been in a reading slump for a year and last week i decided to do something about it. so i read coraline one day, ocean at the end of the lane the next, the graveyard book after, and lastly i took two days to read anansi boys. i'm planning on reading american gods next. the idea was to start off short and small and work my way up and i think it's working. thank you for your work and please never stop writing. and great job on season two by the way, it was beautiful.

please come to wisconsin soon so you're able to sign my good omens copy!

with love, ollie

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Here. I will try to cheer you up with me in October 2016 as Hurricane Matthew is hitting Florida and I have just had a very strange haircut from the only barber who hadn't closed because of the incoming hurricane. The wind noise in the background is the start of the hurricane. The haircut was because I thought we'd lose power and I might have to fight zombies and shorter hair would help. To add insult to the haircut, it had a ducktail at the back.

The khaki jacket had lots of pockets and was hurricane gear too. (I slept in the bathtub that night. The howls of the wind got loud but I didn't lose power and I was fine.)

And it still wasn't as bad a haircut as the one I got when I was 16 when my dad took the hairdresser aside before the haircut and told him that whatever I asked for, what he was to do was cut it all off and give me a short back and sides. And he did. There are no photographs.

I hope this helps. I'm proud of you too.

#bad hair days
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My first question to someone who’s like, “You should give up writing and learn to code!” would be to ask, “Is that how you entertained yourself during the pandemic? With long videos of people coding? Or did you read books and watch TV and movies like the rest of us?”

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THANK YOU.

The most funded comics campaign in Kickstarter history and it is all thanks to YOU. We do not have the words to fully express the gratitude for the love we have seen grow around the Good Omens graphic novel this past month, other than to say thank you many times over from everyone.

If you missed out, don't worry! We will be moving onto PledgeManager in the near future (sign up to be notified here), and moving finally to goodomenshq.com further down the line. Plenty of ineffable joy for all.

THANK YOU.

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Unbelievable! Thank you everyone for supporting the Kickstarter!

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My old friend (and for almost thirty years my family's doctor) Dan Johnson has a charity he started in memory of his son, Alec, who was drowned in 2014. One of the projects they are supporting is helping a couple who work in Haiti with abandoned children (and aren't part of the Haitian "orphanage industry"). The couple are raising funds to buy the compound they and the children are in, and I'm helping Dan by linking to

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juniper-jenny asked:

Hi! Any recommendations for scary stories for children? I worry about what's valuable and appropriate for my advanced reader (age 8) but also don't want to be the mom censoring what her kids read. She's curious and enjoying exploring her school library on her own, but I worry...

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My seven year old (nearly 8) just bought a Goosebumps book in the library sale, and is loving it. It seems just the right amount of scary and not. Coraline might work for your reader. And Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark...

I suspect people in the notes will have opinions.

kelpywheat asked:

Hi Mr. Gaiman,

I just wanted to let you know that I’m so very thankful for you. And specifically for Stardust.

When I was born, one of my ears was folded over at the tip. It’s one of those things that never bothered me because it was just the way my ears were and I honestly tend to forget that one of my ears is shaped any different. The doctor always offered to fix it if it ever bothered me, which I was always adamantly against. My ear is deformed in a way. Or at least that’s kind of how I used to look at it. Y’know, a “just the way it is” kind of thing.

One of my best friends, however, lent me an illustrated version of Stardust in high school, which I loved. And then one day I mentioned how my ear is folded over, and she called it my elf ear. She told me it was like Tristran Thorn. Just like his ears, my right ear is almost pointed and the left one is not. I’ve never looked at my ear as any sort of deformed ever since then.

Thank you for making me feel a little bit more magical.

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You are so very, very welcome!

#elf ears#stardust
pottyheaddemigod69 asked:

also mr gaiman, i know you have probably heard/read this a million times

WHY. JUST WHY. I CRIED. I DONT CRY FOR MOVIES OR TV SHOWS. WHY MUST YOU DO THIS TO MEEEEE

#good omens

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Because it's good to feel things, and it's good to care about people and things, even if they don't exist, and it's good to want to know what happens next.

#go2 spoilers
mochiiparadise asked:

Hey Neil 🫶This is very off topic but i saw you at lily allen’s play awhile back and im dying to know how you thought of it because it reminded me of something you would write yourself😭

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I'd always wanted to see The Pillowman -- I read the play long ago, and was thrilled when it returned and I could see it. I loved it -- Steve Pemberton and Paul Kaye were properly menacing in very different ways and Lily Allen was fabulous. The play is really powerful, and it's about the power of stories.