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How I take criticism:

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A little light in a dark time…

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Dear Journalists, I would like to share two maps. One is the area where the protests in LA are taking place. The other is the area where the US Constitution is under assault by a tyrannical regime. Any questions on the relative scale of the two stories?

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“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” ―Lao Tzu

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We're excited to reveal the theme for our first anthology: FOLKLORE. In a month's time, we'll be open for short story submissions of 2,000-10,000 words from writers living in the North of England. Spread the word, and get your keyboards/pens/typewriters at the ready...

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Like I keep saying: I could make rockets that explode at -least- as much as SpaceX, and I'll do it for a lot less.

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Cracked the seal on this box and got to work… this one’s going to be a ton of fun.

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So both of these little guys are done. Fun models to paint, and looking at them tugs on my nostalgia strings. Loved this version of the Hobbit when I was a kid, and watched it endlessly with my own kids when they were little.

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Moseyed into @halfpricebooks.bsky.social in Dublin today. Forgot there was a 20% off sale this weekend. Best $12 I’ve spent all week.

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Omg, one week from today!! I can’t wait for this epic supernatural western adventure to be unleashed on the world! 🌵 MELINDA WEST AND THE GREMLIN QUEEN 🌵 Invasion of the Body Snatchers meets Bonnie & Clyde—with way more monsters. .99 preorder: scifiwri.com/melinda-west... #DarkFantasy ##WeirdWest

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I’ve been struggling trying to wrap my head around an idea for a story I was asked to write. Took a walk today, and the whole idea just hit me like a ton of bricks. Time to warm up my typing fingers!

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Cautionary tale.

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Lately I find myself wishing I could be blissfully ignorant. But mostly I just sit here reading the news and vacillating between “seething with rage” and “anxiously hopeless.”

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A few years back, I was binge-reading @stephenking.bsky.social , and gave myself tendinitis in my thumb from the way I hold books.

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I’m saving “Humpy Wheeler is an executive of NASCAR,” for the next time someone complains about a fictional character name.

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Latest project off the hobby table. Finished this one up last night.

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Show us your writing process in a GIF.

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I woke up this morning with the song “Breakfast Machine” from the movie Pee Wee’s Big Adventure running through my head. So I can already tell it’s going to be a weird day. youtu.be/KVdqwD_bcPs?...

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Today in two completely different conversations with two completely different groups of people I’ve been able to reference two completely different scenes from Weird Al’s “UHF.” I feel like I should probably buy a lotto ticket on the way home.

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Thought: in sci-fi, there’s apparently a job that’s the person who “puts red lights into a robot’s eyes, so it can activate them when it turns evil." Wouldn’t it make more sense to include a “don’t be evil” chip instead?

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This anthology "Monster Bones" came out in March, and I totally spaced on it. Includes my story “Charnel Moon,” about a less-than-savory character who meets up with something evil in a cemetery. Edited by @stephellis.bsky.social , published by @cemeterydance.bsky.social Check it out!

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Thought for the moment: surfing was to the pop culture of the 60s, as karate was to the pop culture of the 80s.

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📢 Game designers we need you! 🎲 Are you a tabletop game designer? Are you going to @UKGamesExpo? Do you have a cool game to pitch? Then we'd love to hear from you! Head to the form below for more information. 📝 bit.ly/4m8nAcg

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Happy 80th anniversary of Hitler killing himself in his bunker to all who celebrate, which, as I now understand it, is not everybody

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CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @dccartoonist.bsky.social )

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There used to be a greasy spoon burger joint I went to every few months (Oscar’s, in downtown Berkeley, Ca). It closed after something like 50 years, and was replaced by a Japanese restaurant of some sort. I will forever lament never being able to get another Oscar’s burger.

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After a pal’s text-to-speech went berserk in an iMessage, from now on I’ll be calling HPL’s Nyarlathotep “Gnarly hood dip.”

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“Forget the Torment Nexus! Let’s mashup HPL’s “From Beyond” and “The Colour Out of Space”!” www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...

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