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Neurodivergent geek author of A DARK HOLE DARKLY, the Percival Gynt books, and the graphic novel ARCHENEMIES. www.drewmelbourne.com (he/him)
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If you have a long-running series and the spines on your trades do not match, I judge you SO HARD. Get it together.

The 6 novels that made the finals of #SPSFC 4 are Accidental Intelligence by Bryan Chaffin, Bisection by Sheila Jenné, On Impulse by Heather Texle, Saint Elspeth by Wick Welker, Whiskey and Warfare by E. M. Hamill and Yours Celestially by Al Hess. #readem spsfc.space/2025/06/05/s...

Where's my "F*CK THE EMPIRE" t-shirt?!?

BUY MY GAY BOOK geni.us/tFD3e

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a once-in-a-generation leader who has led the fight for working people in Congress. In 2018, she shocked the world and transformed our politics. On June 24, with @aoc.bsky.social’s support and this movement behind us, we will do the same.

"I Know What You Did Last Summer" is the most distinctly American horror premise, "what if there were consequences for running a pedestrian over"

Sometimes, when you're hyperfocused on the details of something, it can be hard to separate your neurodiversity from "no, actually, the details ARE genuinely important." Like

My final verdict on how this day went is going to ride very heavily on the new WICKED trailer.

Billionaires ke paas already sab kuchh hai. Ab, aapka time aageya. Billionaires already have everything. Now, your time has come.

This This This 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 So needed so that we have actual research that can BENEFIT us #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #AutisticResearch #autismResearch

I mean, probably I should mow the lawn but

@thefienprint.bsky.social stole my road atlas freshman year and never returned it. In protest, I didn't learn to drive till 2019. (When I failed my road test twice in 2016, that was also in protest.)

Somehow our dinner table convo with the kiddo where we named 1 good thing and 1 bad thing that different presidents did morphed into: "Okay, but what's a good thing that Palpatine did while he was in office?" "He believed in science and invested a lot of money in large public work projects."

Some people seem to want to force genres to change and include whatever they want. You do you, no one can stop you, but I’m not ‘childish’ for telling you that A Romance is expected by romance readers to end with the couple together. It’s just true. That is the single genre requirement/expectation.

Deep breath, lads. In response to the proposed government disability cuts, I wrote a piece about my life before The Daily Tism (it includes a PIP assessment, a mental health crisis and iced Madeira cake). We’ll fight this with everything we’ve got. #TakingThePip

Look what came today! My very own copy of Percival Gynt and the Inevitably of Fire. Did you get yours yet? @drewmelbourne.com

2021: There is no AI, you're doing your own laundry. 2023: CEOs are saying that AI is coming and will do your laundry. 2025: There is AI. You're still doing your own laundry. 2027: You're doing the AI's laundry.

By me on ADHD, as NHS figures this week estimate that around 2.5m people in the UK have it, diagnosed and undiagnosed. www.independent.co.uk/voices/adhd-...

Okay, work week's done so it's time to plug my new book again: For fans of DR WHO, HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE, and everything, everywhere, all at once*. It's maximalist space-fantasy adventure comedy in the 201st century! 11 stories of the man who'll save the universe. One day. These are NOT that day.

I'm a trans indie author & I'd love for any of y'all looking for stuff for your Pride Month TBR to consider my work! 🌈📚 I create magical girl stories that are *entirely* queer! With trans protagonists + queer characters of all sorts! A lot of folks seem to love 'em. You might too 🥹 magicariot.com