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What do you want? A new fantasy epic where magic is plentiful and dragons are real? #TalesOfDistantLands A noblebright retelling of the escape of humanity from Earth? #AWholeNewWorld What about a noir detective story in a world where superpowers won World War 2? #ThisBitterEarth cimota.com

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The new book I’m working on. How awesome is it when you get the cover?

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I was thinking of including the character sheet from my in-dev XIANGGUO #TTRPG for the protagonist in my latest #book. Does this make it #LitRPG?

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Today I started commissioning new and shiny art for MAJESTIC and XIANGGUO. Aliens for the first and a big stonking map for the second. Easily the biggest expense in the whole process. Luckily found artists that I like and trust. #ttrpgcreator

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Today I completed my first casebook. Three Verdicts of Fǎ Guān Ruò: A Casebook from the Outer Provinces 三桩判案：法官若的边省案簿

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THIS BITTER EARTH A Cold War noir of power, guilt, and the superheroes who didn’t stay heroes. Boston, 1950. The war is over, but the scars remain. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F2JK8JSK Just out now! #superheroes #noir

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My latest project, visualised

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At the moment I’m being possessed by the multiverse cosmic fantasy writing. Which saved me from the Asian fantasy horror writing. Oh. And I’ve started another book about winter.

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The data layer of the universe (including black holes, quantum information, and higher-dimensional structures) is an ontological substrate—it is the raw informational framework of reality.

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So I’m writing the next book in the series I’ve not finished yet, wait, I’m writing a game about UFOs, wait, I’m writing the TTRPG about the book series, wait, I’m writing a game about Wuxia fantasy-horror, wait, I’m writing a book about interdimensional weirdness, wait, look, a writing competition…

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www.patreon.com/posts/122474... Outline: XIANGGUO is a mythic fantasy TTRPG set in a land inspired by medieval China and Joseon Korea, where wandering heroes, cunning magistrates, and devout Daoists navigate a world of courtly intrigue, supernatural horrors, and martial prowess.

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I’m revealing more and more about the world of #xiangguo every day. There’s also heaps of free stuff on the link. www.patreon.com/posts/122474...

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i'm a tabletop roleplaying game writer and i’m writing a game set in a culture very similar to china. I am looking for some help in my description - particularly for cultural sensitivity.

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Today we resume the playing of the Tales of Distant Lands TTRPG. Real life really got in the way for a while - so it will be good to pick up again. Sad to lose one player but happy to have gained another. Exit Makaira, enter Utgar #TTRPG

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Don’t be disheartened by someone who DNF your book or struggles at a certain point.* *they’re just a bad person. (Joking. But really.)

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Look. This is a big admission. Someone I don’t know from real life or socials read my book and gave it a 5 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ rating and a wish to read more. Whomever you are, you’re now my secret crush.

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Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️

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Of course you should try my second book; an anthology of optimistic and heartfelt sci-fi. Link in bio! #writer #author #skywriters #indieauthor #sciencefiction #scifi

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I should be writing Book Two. I should be writing Majestic. But no, I’ve dug out my old notes for Xiongguo, any quasi-Asian fantasy adventure story.

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I’ve just got home and the process of travelling within the EU is a model for all nations. Minimum documentation. Minimal wait. And that’s across a Schengen border. The #EU is far from perfect but it increasingly looks like the best deal available.

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Leaving Ireland again. Back to sunny Malta. I was back to bury my father and see my mum. Found an old folder of my poems from when I was teenager so threw them in my luggage.

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A Whole New World is a diary of the future. You get a glimpse of what’s in store for us. What’s in the book? These are my TWs: Climate emergency Space Travel Altruistic heroism Escape from fascists Non-binary/LGBT Alien Worlds amzn.eu/d/iEAF3ZT

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My girlfriend (at the time) snapped this thirty years ago. Sunny day in Belfast. And I managed to find my own shadow.

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With the funeral of my father, there are visitors from the US - all the way to Ireland. But we discover, 3 days in, that an uncle and cousin voted Trump. (My aunt by blood was sane) We have 3 days left of their visit. Yes, I will be talking about the Cheeto in Chief and the Great Tariff Theft.

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In A Whole New World, lefty science-led, environmentally conscious types flee a totalitarian government in cahoots with a billionaire self-proclaimed “philanthropist” who uses tech to oppress the masses while the Earth burns and floods. I don’t know where I get my inspirations from. a.co/d/bVQegeN

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After about three weeks of silence, my KU reads just jumped. I’m so grateful to these early readers taking a chance with their time on an unknown writer. I love you people. #skywriters #writers

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A break from writing as my iPad is in the repair shop. Definitely feel a little bereft. It’s my workhorse, my constant companion. Hundreds of thousands of words hammered out into TTRPGs, supplements, novels and scripts. #skywriters #writers

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Astute observers will note that it has a nice new cover after some very blunt feedback. #indieauthorproblems

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Well, I just released my second KU book “A Whole New World” a.co/d/6Nsq7i0 It’s an anthology of short stories set in the near future. No ray-guns and teleporters, just the realities of climate collapse and the hope of a new start. 🌎🚀🪐 #skywriters #scifi #fantasy

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It’s been a couple of years since I was in Ireland. It’s odd to be back with such a heavy burden.

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My new sci-fi anthology “A Whole New World” is now available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited. A Whole New World is a sweeping anthology of humanity’s final days on Earth and its audacious journey to find a new home among the stars. amzn.to/3PXG9kA

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