Sometimes you gotta be able to acknowledge the direction you've taken in a book isn't the right thing for the overall story. Lucky I only got 60k into this novel before realising ;)

A little update on the status of The Mountain's Shattered Heart (Miner's Quest 1) and the rewrite/review of The Shadow's Rising Fury (Miner's Quest 2) - a free post over on my Patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/158201... #LitRPG #GameLit #ProgressionFantasy #Amwriting

Thanks to Hasbro, I'm gonna be able to create a custom Hatchet & Kaiser action figure set with very little effort 😂 #LitRPG #GameLit#AussieAuthor #edgeforce

Mortal Kombat 2 review - it's, uh, better than Mortal Kombat: Annihilation I guess.

Rawr! Come on down to table A08 at CollectFest Brisbane for some #LitRPG goodness!

Does anyone else get to the point where they consider and overthink what they post on social media that you end up just posting nothing?

New dating strategy to whittle out the incompatible - give me the name of a book series that you've read with at least 7 books in it. Then we can go out for coffee.

Anyone else up to date with The Boys? Because GOD DAYUM.

There should be a filter on dating apps to filter out people who don't have favourite books.

The Mandalorian and Grogu is one of the worst film titles of all time, and it's not even close.

Magic night was so fun! We got three games in. I won the first, then was mana starved and had shit draws for the last two. Still, super fun. A mate played the island walk Merfolk deck and just wrecked the entire table. Then my other mate wrecked the table with flying dinosaurs.

Hehehe a couple of you found the paperback I sneakily published... 😈

I don't think I'll ever get sick of the thrill of finishing a novel and being on the cusp of releasing it.

Getting ready for Magic night tomorrow!! 🐢 😁 🔪 #mtg #magicthegathering #tmnt

Almost twelve years to the day since I held my first novel for the first time. Thanks for everything, Metro 7. For the lessons learned, the confidence/delusion to keep going, and the knowledge that there aren't many better feelings than holding something you've created in your hands.

We're currently watching a real life Picture of Dorian Gray, but the picture isn't a painting kept secret. It's a President kept in the open, reflecting the ugly heart of a nation.

How long until we start wearing bondage gear and trading in guzzoline?

It's wild to me that we live in a world where one of the best video game to movie adaptations is Sonic the Hedgehog. And we're getting a fourth movie, and all the preceding three movies go kinda hard.

Huh. . .you know, one advantage of the LitRPG format is I don't have to work item descriptions into the narrative, smoothing them over into regular sentences. They can be separated into descriptive blocks of text. And that sort of takes a mental burden off me, the writer. Well done, brain. Brain: ☕

"HOW IS THIS MEANT TO LIGHT OUR DARKEST HOUR?!"

Anyone looking to study item synergies, deep mechanical interactions, and a gameplay loop that makes you come back for more-that whole JUST ONE MORE RUN!!! mentality, you should played Mewgenics.

My parents surprised me with the best birthday present I've ever gotten... A replica Thylacoleo Carnifex skull, mounted, with custom labelling that matches my book #Carnifex. One of a kind. Best thing ever. 💀

Last night, while playing Goat Simulator 3, my son and I stumbled across a remake of P.T. - hilarious and terrifying, especially when you're goats.

Last night, I officially passed the 50k word count barrier on my next book.

If you see this, post a character that starts with C

Earlier, I spotted a snake with tiny gorgons for hair. When I looked at her, the pebble in my pocket turned to flesh.

Having sushi for lunch and A Cruel Angel's Thesis starts playing on the speakers. Unexpected, but pleasant turn of events.

I desperately want to play a video game that makes me feel like I felt when I played Mass Effect 2 for the first time.

IYKYK #Fallout

I think we're at a point in history where we can easily say that America is not the paragon of culture that it once was. It hasn't been for a while. But the rot that has been on display for the last ten years shows a deep well of sickness. Even after Trump is gone, the rot will remain.

One benefit of being selfish with my time and energy over the holiday break is that I'm ending January 10kgs lighter, and 30,000 words richer.

I wish I had a hobby I loved half as much as my bogan neighbour loves working on his 4x4 that doesn't run.

Way to appeal to the male fantasy, random music YouTube music channel. I will indeed play this while I write for three hours tonight hahaha

Thanks PS Plus! I'm playing through Cyberpunk 2077 again, and man, I love this game. Playing through it again, the changes that they've made between launch and now are huge. But it's still great. I never got the Porsche in my first playthrough for some reason, but I got it this time!

Quite a few years ago, I couldn't understand how people could choose to not be engaged with the ills of the greater world. Then I had a kid. Went through a second divorce. Spent almost two years in survival mode. Now I get it. If I let some of the bad stuff in, I will crumble. And I can't do that.

I love having good publishing news that I can't talk about yet.

Walked past the toy room, and the light was hitting Castle Grayskull just right.

Oh man! Battle Cat Man On Battle Cat, man! #MOTU #Thundercats

Glasshouse mountains from the top of the Redcliffe Show Ferris Wheel 😍⛰️

I'm so happy Lego Masters is back.

One of the best Aussie horror films out there.

Imagine introducing an AI function to your platform that makes it so people need to engage less with the content put on that platform, completely circumventing your own ad-revenue based ecosystem for paying creators. Nice one, #YouTube.

Creatives with an audience and who are eternally online also need to be really conscious of the power of mobilising their audience. A glib comment where you disagree with someone can really quickly turn into a dogpile attack on another creative.

I'm seeing a resurgence of gatekeeping and general douchery in the creative space lately. A rising tide lifts all ships, and a less than kind word can literally derail a creative's desire to create.

Do you ever go somewhere new just to lift the fog of war in your real life? If not, you should try it.

First draft of my next book is done. 101k words. 85k edited/redrafted so far.

I've never been diagnosed as being on any kind of spectrum, but when Pokémon Stadium came out, I needed to use every move with every single Pokémon that could use it, so I could see what kind of animations they chose to use in a 3D space. "But what does Kabutops look like when it uses Mega Kick?!"

I'm at that point in middle age where I want to purchase a obscure musical instrument and learn to play.