Iain Luke Jones

I’ve come to a slightly unsettling realisation. We are living in the future. Not the “hoverboards on every street and dinner in pill form” future that was promised, but still. The future nonetheless. I can stand in my kitchen, holding a small glowing rectangle, and ask it questions about literally anything. And it answers me. Not always correctly, mind you, but confidently, which is arguably more impressive. It got me thinking. Is this actually the future we imagined, or just

People are often surprised when I tell them I get nervous before shows. Not a fluttery, butterflies-in-the-stomach nervous. A proper nervous. The kind where I deliberately don’t join in the warm-ups. Where I quietly remove myself from the group. Where, if you tried to chat to me moments before I go on stage, you’d probably get a polite nod and very little else.

Like millions of others, I was obsessed. Those first three seasons were lightning in a bottle.

Because sometimes the difference between being trapped and being free is nothing more than the angle you choose to see it from.

Long COVID is weird. There’s no other word for it. From the outside, I look fine. I walk around, I talk, I do my usual things. To most people, I seem like my old self. And I get it. If someone looks fine, you assume they are fine. So when I mention Long COVID, it often gets the polite nod and the unspoken, “Oh, you’re over that now, right?” Well, no. Not quite.

My Book 'The Pundamentals' - Available now on Amazon Confession: I hate self-promotion. I hate it in that deeply British, please-don’t-make-a-fuss kind of way. I’d rather sit in a puddle than draw attention to myself. And yet… I’ve also written a book. A book I’m really proud of. It’s called The Pundamentals - From the Improv Stage to the Page, and if I don’t tell anyone about it, who will? When I first published it, I naively thought I could just release it into the wild and

When Andor was first announced, I remember wondering why they’d chosen to explore Cassian’s backstory. If any Rogue One character seemed ripe for a spin-off, surely it was Jyn Erso? But I’m an optimistic Star Wars fan—grateful for the stories we get rather than being the kind to tear them apart detail by detail.

It doesn’t feel like that long ago I was writing a blog post about being stuck in the querying trenches, feeling utterly soul-destroyed by the whole process. But even then, I said I wouldn’t be deterred, that I’d keep ploughing on in search of an agent who got my voice, someone who would champion me and work to get my novels out into the world of traditional publishing. Roughly this time last year, life completely pulled the rug out from under me. My voice acting work had to

They say a joke is like a frog: if you dissect it, you kill it. But puns? Puns are like linguistic hydras, cut one apart, and two more take its place! That was my experience when I set out to write The Pundamentals, a book all about the wonderful world of wordplay. The journey began with a simple idea: what if I ran an improv workshop focused entirely on puns? After all, punning has always been a huge part of my comedic arsenal, and I figured others might enjoy sharpening the

Ah, the glamorous life of a writer. Sitting in a cozy nook, sipping tea, and weaving tales that will one day leave readers in awe. At least, that’s what I thought before I embarked on the thrilling (read: emotionally exhausting) adventure known as the submission process. Spoiler alert: it’s less of a glamorous montage and more of a long, awkward series of blind dates where you’re not sure if they’re ghosting you or just stuck in traffic. But let’s rewind to the beginning… The

The Most Amazing Day Hello, dear readers! It has been a while since I last posted, and you may have been wondering where I’ve been. The title of this blog might sound dramatic, but I promise it’s apt. Earlier this year, I was venturing full steam ahead into the world of voice acting. Part of that journey meant having a very visible online presence, regularly posting blogs, connecting with peers, and sharing my progress. Then life threw me a curveball, and everything changed.

This intriguing paradox combines the inner world of introversion with the external social traits of extroversion

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