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Loved this video by Simon Clark. Has the right amount of optimism and reality that I needed after everything that's been happening over the last few months. Also the props are just beautiful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1jO...

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Check out this month's featured story, 'The Complete Beginner's Guide to Time Travel and the Multiverse'. I wanted to share something a bit more positive this month. #writing #authors #writingchallenge #shortstory #sciencefiction #freefiction #timetravel jaydeholmes.com/short-storie...

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#BookBingo update. Filled 'Has Immortality' with 'A Court of Mist and Fury', the type of romance story I used to be too good for but now enjoy. Difficult to put down. Waiting so long between book 1 and 2 and forgetting details of book 1 actually improved this imo. #reading #romantasy #challenge

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More award ballots out. Bram Stoker Awards celebrate all things horror.

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This turned out so cool!

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New Tadpole Update: LEGS!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE HAVE LEGS!!!!!!!!! A bit hard to see, but I saw a tadpole today that has sprouted little leggies. Frog time soon. #frog #frogpond #tadpole #backyardwildlife #gardening #Australianwildlife

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The art from my latest World of Green and Black Featured Creature post about bladetails. To learn more about these creatures, check out my blog: jaydeholmes.com/2025/02/20/w... #art #pencildrawing #worldbuilding #sciencefiction #aliens #bestiary

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Welcome back to a new featured creature from my World of Green and Black. This month, we learn about bladetails. #sciencefiction #art #worldbuilding #aliens

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Another #bookbingo square filled on my 2025 Book Bingo Card. 'The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' is an awesome Hunger Games prequel and good villain origin story. #readingchallenge #hungergames #reading

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Okay, I can do a before and after shot of my tadpoles now that they've come out to play. First pic is from when they first hatched back in October. They're growing so well. #backyardwildlife #aussiewildlife #frogs #frogpond #nature #tadpoles #gardening

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Check out this month's featured story: 'Endlings'. jaydeholmes.com/short-storie... For some reason, I feel like posting about the end of the world this month. I'll try to post something happier next month. #writing #shortstory #postapocalyptic #sciencefiction #writingchallenge

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Filled 1 tile on my #BookBingo card. 'Haunt Sweet Home', novella by Sarah Pinsker, about an aimless woman faking hauntings for reality TV. The hauntings get too real. Light horror, fun but not spectacular. Nearly finished a book that can fill 'Adapted Into a Movie' or "Villain POV'. Any guesses?

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A swarm of Red Shouldered Leaf Beetles at the pond. The Tadpoles had a feast. Marked Graphic Media because I feel bad for the poor beetles. In the big pond today I saw an adult frog and a very long tadpole, but I'm struggling to get a good pic of Pollyzilla. #backyardwildlife #frogpond #tadpole

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Some #art for anyone who missed yesterday's featured creature article on the Drids of my World of Green and Black series. Left; A small cutting from the body of the Drid. Right: A Drid Host-Tree with decoration. Read more here: jaydeholmes.com/2025/01/25/w... #worldbuilding #sciencefiction

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This year, I want to create and share more stuff about my World of Green and Black series, so every month I'll post about a new creature in this world. First off, the stars of the show, the Drids. #sciencefiction #worldbuilding #art #writing

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Tadpole update! There is at least one mega-tadpole in the pond. I haven't been able to get a photo though, but this is, to the best of my ability, what they look like now. #backyard #frog #tadpoles #Aussiewildlife #frogpond #backyardwildlife #amphibian

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2025 book awards are coming. Phillip K. Dick Award finalists have just been announced.

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Got my new #bookbingo card challenge for the year. Looking forward to filling this one up. Feel free to play along with me. For more info on my book bingo cards visit: jaydeholmes.com/book-bingo-c... #2025readingchallenge #2025bingo #reading #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror

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Hello 2025. jaydeholmes.com/2025/01/03/h... #BookBingo #sciencefiction #reading #readingchallenge

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New featured story. I want to share something new to my website. Come check out 'Ground Beneath my Feet, Ground up in the Sky', for the first time since its initial publication at the Reedsy Writing Prompts competition. jaydeholmes.com/short-storie... #writing #shortstory #sciencefiction

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Yay, took me all year, but I got a bingo on my 2024 Book Bingo challenge card. Finally. Last book I read this year was Cujo by Stephen King which just wow, was quite a shocking end. #reading #books #BookBingo #readingchallenge

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Starting something very different at the top of the hour. Join me and my husband as we attempt our first Pokémon Soul-Link Nuzlock. www.twitch.tv/trilobytes11 #twitch #nuzlock #pokemon #gaming

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2024 has been a big year for me. Come check out what I've been doing, and what my plans are for next year. jaydeholmes.com/2024/12/23/m... #writing #books #fiction #readingchallenges #bookbingo

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I think the tadpole's mother is here. She (I think) is a Striped Marsh Frog. If my tadpoles are hers, they'll take 8-12 months to develop. Not sure if the breeding season timeframe is right though. Maybe I just have lots of frog visitors. #backyardwildlife #australianwildlife #frog #frogpond

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Okay, last time I played Ocarina of Time Randomizer with these AUSTRALIAN SETTINGS I collected 63 skulltulla tokens. Let's see if I can squish 'em all and save Hyrule today. www.twitch.tv/trilobytes11 #gaming #zootr #ocarinaoftime #twitch #randomizer

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Back playing Ocarina of Time Randomizer but with a twist. Come and see what AUSTRALIAN SETTINGS look like. www.twitch.tv/trilobytes11 #gaming #twitch #zootr #randomizer

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The tadpoles have been growing nicely, getting big and good at hiding. Even more exciting, the pot pond next to my main frog pond also got some frogspawn deposited in it, and I got to see a new batch of tadpoles hatching. #backyard #frog #tadpole #frogpond #backyardwildlife #aussiewildlife

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Now that December is here, it's time to get into that Christmas spirit and put up the tree. This year, we're really trying to catch 'em all. The presents I mean. #christmas #pokemon #christmastree #plushies

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Final month of the year. Let's wrap it up by featuring my biggest story, Neighbour. Or Neighbor, whatever floats your boats. jaydeholmes.com/short-storie... #shortstory #sciencefiction #freereads #drid

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Got knocked out of the zootr tourney today. Had fun though and happy with 3rd. If you like Ocarina of Time, go check out www.twitch.tv/scrubscentral I'm gonna keep streaming on Monday mornings, Come join me tomorrow at 10am AEST at www.twitch.tv/trilobytes11 #zootr #gaming #ocarinaoftime #twitch

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The #20books20day challenge isn't supposed to provide context for the books we post, but if anyone is interested in seeing what I think about the books I've been sharing over the past month, I did go and write a bit about them all. jaydeholmes.com/2024/11/28/2... #20books #books

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The 20 Book Challenge: Twenty books that have had an impact on who I am – one book cover a day over 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just the book cover and alt text. Day 20 Fifty Shades of Grey - E. L. James Read explanations here; jaydeholmes.com/2024/11/28/2... #books #20books20days

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I wonder how many late night drunken misadventures this machine has been involved in.

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The 20 Book Challenge: Twenty books that have had an impact on who I am – one book cover a day over 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just the book cover and alt text. Day 19 The Ancestor's Tale - Richard Dawkins #books #20books #20Books20Days

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The 20 Book Challenge: Twenty books that have had an impact on who I am – one book cover a day over 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just the book cover and alt text. Day 18 Schindler's Ark - Thomas Keneally. #books #20books #20Books20Days

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The 20 Book Challenge: Twenty books that have had an impact on who I am – one book cover a day over 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just the book cover and alt text. Day 17 The Animorphs Series - K.A. Applegate #books #20books #20Books20Days #animorphs

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Update on my Scrubs race against Kirbyfan last night. I didn't have the best time. The VOD of the whole race is still up on Scrubs Central, so go check it out if you like Zelda randomizers. www.twitch.tv/videos/23089... #gaming #speedrun #ocarinaoftime #zootr #scrubs

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The 20 Book Challenge: Twenty books that have had an impact on who I am – one book cover a day over 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just the book cover and alt text. Day 16 Ring - Koji Suzuki #books #20Books20Days #20books #horror

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A little gaming news, tonight I'm racing Kirbyfan9000 for the Ocarina of Time Randomizer Scrubs Tournament Minuet Semi-Final. Phew, that's a mouthful. If you like Zelda randomizers, then check out www.twitch.tv/scrubscentral at 11pm AEST to watch my race. #gaming #ocarinaoftime #zootr #scrubs

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The 20 Book Challenge: Twenty books that have had an impact on who I am – one book cover a day over 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just the book cover and alt text. Day 15 Job: A Comedy of Justice - Robert A. Heinlein #books #20Books #20Books20Days

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I posted about the tadpoles, but never showed off my complete frogpond. I haven't seen as many tadpoles the last few days, but with the water celery growing fast they have more hideyholes now, plus they don't have to swim too deep to go invisible. #backyard #frogpond #gardening #backyardwildlife

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The 20 Book Challenge: Twenty books that have had an impact on who I am – one book cover a day over 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just the book cover and alt text. Day 14 Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells #books #20Books #20Books20Days

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Update on the tadpoles. They're growing well, doing lots of swimming and eating. Been fun watching their antics. #backyardwildlife #backyard #AussieWildlife #tadpoles #frog #frogpond

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The 20 Book Challenge: Twenty books that have had an impact on who I am – one book cover a day over 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just the book cover and alt text. Day 13 Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared Diamond #books #20Books #20Books20Days

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The 20 Book Challenge: Twenty books that have had an impact on who I am – one book cover a day over 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just the book cover and alt text. Day 12 The Stand - Stephen King #books #20Books #20Books20Days

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