derrylm.bsky.social
Author, photographer, football/soccer fan. I've written some books, but good luck finding them.
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DROOD by shitty person (TM) Dan Simmons comes to mind.
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The only thing I'll note is I would hope Macfarlane is not addressing First Nations peoples with this book, but rather those of us who've been raised in a different tradition and need someone to open the door for us to properly see the view. But we shall see.
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Farkus, my man. Still one of the all-time great villain names, if not the greatest.
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I mean, why close the barn door after the horses escape? It's not like this will ever happen again, right?
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Just discovered he was following me and I had missed it, so I have returned the follow. Worthwhile, if you speak Tongue-in-Cheek.
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But were those names on their jerseys?
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Novels and short stories, both are garnering the same inattention and ghosting. I suspect I will return to work on the non-fiction book, now that my health has (mostly) recovered. Not sure if I have it in me to bother with SF/F again, even with all the stories inside me.
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...and people who for even more unfathomable reasons choose to ignore follow-up emails. It also includes one anthology where other authors (rightly) celebrated their acceptances. To say I am fed up with this fucked-up business and how it's treated me these past few years would undersell it.
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I’d clarify that you donate those books if you have already made plans with the library and are aware it may not keep everything. Don’t just dump a big ol’ surprise on the librarians.
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With the added bonus that the buyer is responsible for remediation costs.
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Oof. Older me would have changed the use of at least one word, which is unfortunate. Also, older me probably would have picked something other than Ender's Game, but such is life.
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That's old news. Think instead of a proctologist who does their exams with the patient on a tanning bed.
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I don't agree either, but found it an amusing take.
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You just gave me a business idea. Not the dating, the other part.
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Just a warning that if you do it on Substack there will be many scolds involved.
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I would slavishly copy it and then stalk him.