btw we’re 8 copies away from a big pre-order milestone sooooo if anybody wants to help a trans author and her queer magical girls out 👀 magicariot.com/fullbloom

New proposal for the Modern Pentathlon just dropped...

Thanks to the time change, Freya is convinced she is getting her evening snacks an hour late. At ten pm, there was an attempted riot Riots are easily suppressed, however, when they weigh eleven pounds and don't actually want to hurt anyone.

The presentation of the King of Aabo (an explicitly West African-derived diaspora star nation) is so very much based on Young Simba in the Lion King Broadway show... I think it's slightly better than it's intentional, right? 😂

All spelling errors in French used on this account are entirely due to spellcheck not having the same standard of "close enough" as a Canadian who hasn't had a conversation in the language in 20 years.

I think 1. But that's more that all of my boomboxes needed to plug in? I'm arguably too young for many of these, and yet managed them all.

A more affordable option in my shop update today at 8pm est. Got a Pride and Prejudice box, two Lord of the Rings boxes, and an Arcane box. $60 bucks instead of $210! staffandbranch.com

So, I was really hoping to be done this book early - the sooner it's done, the sooner we can move. But the drop dead target is Monday and I have a great murthering space battle to write, plus aftermath, plus a list magnet short story. I think it's going to run right up to the last moment.

Last dice box update tomorrow, November 8th at 8pm est! staffandbranch.com

For today's N7 day, I want to share a toy I found a while ago: www.n7.world Someone has used the D&D 5E free version to build a Mass Effect RPG. It looked well-done when I last glanced at it. (I have not played this. I ran ME with a Star Wars Saga hack)

Question for French speakers: My translator has given my two options for the French series title for Changeling blood, with good arguments for each. I like the feel of one slightly better, but I'd love some opinions. A: Le Sang du changelin B: L'Héritage du changelin Thoughts anyone?

I love this shirt. The pattern isn't quite right for my tortie, Solara, who passed from cancer about six years ago now, but the vibe is. Every time I put it on, it's like giving her a hug again. I was the only person she'd ever let pick her up. She learned to love Jack, but *I* was *hers*

Happy #N7Day! If you're looking for a sci-fi tabletop RPG set in the 22nd century, where humans are just starting to settle the galaxy, your heroes have psychic powers, and use jumpships build by a human/alien coalition, I have a suggestion: theonyxpath.com/trinity-cont...

No. I do not need a Lego Enterprise. I already *have* a Lego Enterprise (the shuttle) that I never built. The Star Trek one probably wouldn't fair any better.

Somehow, I'm surprised that the neurology clinic is all stark flat surfaces, bright lights and too loud music Y'all do realize you're seeing migraine patients? People with sensory issues? I'm just the drive and walking in was a bit much for me.

The first one almost got me, except I could find no evidence of the person on the internet. Now... Yeah. Can't filter for them, yet can ID them on site myself.

Crap, I appear to have gone semi-viral with a post where no one is reading the second part of the thread. Apparently the concept of guided shells is an arcane mystery that doesn't belong in sci fi XD

Someone posted a Project Zomboid screenshot and I am reminded of the one zombie game I keep trying to find. It was tile-based and you were building and expanding your "fort" through old cities. In at least one version, it was explicitly set in Canada. I thought it was Zombieville, but nope.

Today's goal was 4,100 words. Got 3,600. Tomorrow's goal is now 4,200. Pressure front swung through the city. It's getting cold here. At least I have reason to stay inside and finish the book!

Ah, logistics. Having the fancy starship with the awesome railguns is great—up until you realize that you can't duplicate the *rounds* the people you stole it from fired. Six point five billion gravities. It takes some engineering to have something that can undergo that and still have an engine.

Oh, of *course* the Calgary Stampede has an official French name. Is it used in most of the articles about it? No. Most of the French articles I see call it "le Calgary Stampede" (the official name seems to be "le Stampede de Calgary")

Sometimes you are danger scrolling a vendor's website and find the perfect Yule gift for a friend. One down! Now to work out the rest of my gaming group...

YOU CAN'T MAKE ME TAKE EXAMS, PARADOX. YOU'RE NOT MY REAL MUM.

I feel like the presence of two iterations of certain hours in the day is unreasonable. 8 isn't always one of them, but today... Ugh. *Falls over on couch dramatically, making sure not to spill coffee*

It's aaaaliiiiiive!!! HEART OF STONE is now available again! Vampires and dragons and djinn, oh my! Welcome to the world of the Old Races as Margrit Knight discovers her hot new client isn't just wanted for murder - he's also a gargoyle! www.amazon.com/dp/B0FD4MKZM...

Anyone know what hotaudiobooks.com is? A bunch of the previews of my audiobooks showed up on Youtube saying people could listen to them for free on the site, which always seems sketchy. Site itself looks... legit ish, but I've never heard of them.

Thanks to some advice from @robertrath.bsky.social, I finally played a game of Kill Team this morning. Kill Team is like if John Woo directed a Warhammer 40K movie about teams of special forces operators squaring off to blow up the Planetary Governor’s mansion.

Kill team is absolutely great, and perfect for parents who might not be able to escape for a whole big Warhammer battle. Also it lets you paint a lot of different types of miniatures so you end up dipping a toe into factions you always liked but where couldn’t commit to building a full army.

I haven't managed to touch my paints since finishing the Marshall the other day. I have three AdMech Syrberus Raiders (misspelt, I know) to finish up for the 500pt army I'm making so Jack can try the game. I'd like to finish them this week too...

So, this week I need to get an ARC ready to go out on Thursday - I think I may have done it already, so that should be easy enough - and finish this novel. Which I now expect to be 10K over my conservative target Sigh. And for once, I haven't even dramatically gone outside the outline!

Freya, a cat who is smart enough to tell time with solid accuracy but not able to read clocks, *hates* the day the clocks fall back.

This pair are still kittens in my mind, which is hilarious because they're the same age as my Freya.

I kind of want Christopher Judge to play him, if nothing else because I feel the man deserves a boost to mega stardom. But yeah. That edit with Butler looks bang on

The first children have arrived! A pair of very small firefighters

Delighted to say that an updated and expanded version of my series on one of the most extraordinary acts in aviation history will be running on The Up Front over the coming weeks. And even better: it's now completely free to read.

All we want is to see posts by the people we follow in the order they made them and to block those who displease us and we have that If you want to improve this hellsite, kick off the racists and transphobes

I'm pretty sure 5:30 is too soon to be worrying about not getting any kids for Halloween - but I would have expected some by now?

I’ve got a brand new website and a Kickstarter campaign that ends in 24 hours! Come check me out and preorder your Curiouser & Curiouser Vol 2 here, For one more day only!

You exist because we allow it. And you will end because we demand it. If you see this, post a robot that isn't from Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr. Who or Transformers.

Inevitably it was going to be a video game character and Regis came to mind first. If you see this, post a vampire that's not Dracula

OUT NOW! The first book in my Gothic paranormal fantasy serial Shadows Over Ravenkirk 1: The Last Will And Testament Of Wilhelmina Bruttenholm is available today wherever books are sold! Join Victoria as she investigates her mysterious inheritance in a haunted seaside town! books2read.com/SOR1

I am still perpetually amused about the reader who enthused over the Duchy of Terra series being "hard SF" That is the series where I explicitly threw the laws of physics out in chapter 3 of book 1.

Wishing you all a HAPPY HAMILLWEEN !!! 🎃 👻 😱 💀 🧙‍♀️ 🐈‍⬛ My costume this year is from one of my favorite Disney movies: Pinocchio. How do you like me as Geppetto?

The pack’s ready for a howling good Halloween! 🎃🐺

Happy Halloween and Blessed Samhain! I have some work to do, then I need to go to the new house, inflate a dragon and hand out chocolate bars and glowsticks.

Seeing the size of this thread, with places all over the U.S., was a warm hug on a cold night.

Vet called; Yuri is in surgery and, due to at-the-jaw-level issue, he's having five teeth removed, buy my books for yourself, your friends, your family, and even your ex. Entire thread of books linked below.

As someone who often bakes with pumpkin but never makes pumpkin pie, the standard size of canned pumpkin is ridiculous. I need half a cup. Not half a liter.

I appear to have to face up to the fact that I will be doing dishes every day for the rest of my life.

ATTENTION CALGARY PEOPLE If you are in Calgary-Bow, and want to recall your MLA, details here to get started on the petition/process: recallnicolaides.ca/sign-the-pet...