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Compulsive scribbler. Teller of small stories. Believes in whimsy, the written word, and fierce, dark coffee. https://jdpopham.substack.com/
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Take my money! #BlackDovesTedLassoCrossover

The research keeps piling up

Tough times/good people cont. www.popville.com/2025/02/thre...

DC is officially classified as an urban forest.

We won't be seeing any early March blooms this year. cherryblossomwatch.com/cherry-bloss...

Since nothing stiffens a bishop's mitre like the lais of Marie de France, I'm sure they knew.

This is how the machines win

Be the change you want.

I'll be attending Worldcon 2025. Just in case you wondered. seattlein2025.org

"Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray." - Lord Byron

I had no idea this was a thing.😄

Relevant meme.

Also don’t forget the Bridport Prize also has the Never Too Late Award for Writers Over 60. Please share :)

#writingcommunity

Knowing I have to break my word count down this way has spun me into despair.

Kramer Books in Dupont Circle features a bar. That's the first stop.

#writers #Edinburgh

If you're mad and find yourself yelling that you want someone launched into the Sun, take a moment, calm yourself, and remember that it takes a lot less Delta v to launch them out of the Solar System instead. You can be mad, but that's no excuse to be inefficient with propellant.

Are romantasy book sale stats counted under romance genre sales or fantasy genre sales? 🤔@jonathanstrahan.bsky.social @garykwolfe.bsky.social #publishing #writing #fantasy

Authors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book. "His caprine eyes unsettled the norms but Love and Regret's goat-headed bartender had a natural gift of gab, never short-poured, and mixed drinks with a dexterity remarkable for someone with only four fingers." - Druid Hill

Working on the future noir piece today.

If you treat your allies like shit, pretty soon all you'll have is enemies.

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO