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Former game designer, retired writer, slacker. www.davidlubar.com
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I love when I find myself in great company.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

I like how this shot of a downy woodpecker came out.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

I thought Bluesky would be better than Twitter, but I'm getting an endless stream of followers who all seem to be Asian females who post a series of liberal reposts and don't seem to have any content of their own. It all feels very scammy.

submitted 38 days ago • 2 comments

For anyone who hasn't received an expected royalty for April 1 from Penguin Random Whatever, they now require a scanned W9 to release payments. But they never told me this until I asked where my money was. Let your author friends know, if you think this might affect them.

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

I embrace the pleasure that comes from being an amateur photographer. I know I would have to learn a lot before I could come close to the sort of shots the pros get. But sometimes, a photo happens to look very nice, and I like to share those. Here's one from this morning of a downy woodpecker.

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Happy National Poetry Month. Here's a link to the poetry scene (about poetry, written in prose) from Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, which hits its 20th anniversary this June, and always sells well on the day before summer-reading essays are due. You'll love it. davidlubar.com/SFNL_poetry_scene.htm

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

Canadians! 🇨🇦 Book industry needs your help (incl. for 🇨🇦 book creators like me, whose books are published and/or warehoused in U.S.). Dept of Finance seeks feedback before April 2nd, 2025 re: tariffs, including tariffs on BOOKS coming into Canada from US: slowburnbooks.ca/april-2-tariff #CanLit

submitted 81 days ago • 2 comments

I am so proud of my daughter. www.pw.org/about-us/new...

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Fourth outage for Twitter today. Apparently, unlike boxing, Twitter does not have a three-knockdown rule.

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

I suspect some of the newer writers here might never have seen this essential clip from Harlan Ellison, so I figured I'd post a link. (And if you are thinking "Harlan who?" you definitely should watch it.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj5I...

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment

I'm happy to announce that the local red-winged blackbirds have started getting ready for mating and nesting.

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

In a slight departure from my posts of birds and stuff like that, here's something political:

submitted 128 days ago • 1 comment

Look what my favorite daughter did! The title refers to Margitte's "The Treachery of Images," aka "This is not a pipe." merionwest.com/2025/01/22/t...

submitted 140 days ago • 0 comments

I suspect whoever named the hairy woodpecker never considered that possibility that someday people would try to get middle-school boys interested in birding.

submitted 151 days ago • 0 comments

Wow -- those snow geese cast a HUGE shadow...

submitted 154 days ago • 1 comment

I love how this photo of a dark-eyed junco came out.

submitted 161 days ago • 0 comments

Like a cardinal in the wind...

submitted 162 days ago • 1 comment

Six gees a laying... (Disclaimer -- not geese.) (Disclaimer -- not laying) Happy New Year!

submitted 166 days ago • 1 comment