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I just ordered some copies of my novel from my US-based publisher and, oh boy (a) that exchange rate, and (b) ugh the import fees I'll probably end up paying

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When she hears this mixtape I made for her, she'll forget about all those other losers.

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Rebecca does a lot for the indie and small press writing community!

The first song I heard today was

My sophomore novel comes out at the end of this month! It's queer, political, magical, and the great @johnlangan.bsky.social compared it to Thomas Pynchon. bsky.app/profile/carr...

It's on my shelf! It should also be on yours! Go! Swarm! Obtain!

AI Fucks Up Everything it Touches (Season 1, Episode Eleventy-Thousand)

Guys, I've actually just written my first children's picture book. It was inspired by a bedtime conversation with my 6yr old about two weeks ago, and it really all just fit into place. And... I think it's good?

Facebook is down? Now where will I go for Reels showing me how I can easily make $5000/week reselling thriftstore paperbacks on Amazon or refinishing thriftstore cabinets and dressers to sell on Facebook Marketplace?

Them: So what's the WIP you really want to clear your schedule to work on? Me: It's kinda... well, it's half Space Adventure Cobra, half Sherlock Holmes, half David Bowie.

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Me: *spends two minutes online* Y'know, maybe I dodged a bullet by not getting into Marketing during my last career pivot (2022-23).

Home renovation and landscaping companies using AI images in your marketing, what the fuck are you thinking? Clients want to see actual work you've done, not some grotesque cartoon rendering of what it might look like.

Might as well go for a soda.

Marked Safe from being invited to the Group Chat

Paging @mikethorn.bsky.social et al.

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The first song I heard today was (note: the name of the song is actually Real Gone Deal, not Real Gone)

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You don't need to refer to a cartoonist as a "writer and illustrator" when they're primarily known as a cartoonist. You can just say they make comics. It's not a dirty word!

I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses

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I have a backlog of ideas for children's books in the Notes app on my phone, so this week I am working on outlining the most promising of these. Still trying to decide if I'll be looking at traditional publishing for these (under a pen name) or finding an artist to collab with and going it indie.

The Chicken Soup people out there fighting the good fight.

Good morning to everyone except Martin Scorcese!

Today I am spending too much time thinking about the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens (Lawetlat'la to the Cowlitz people, and Loowit or Louwala-Clough to the Klickitat).

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BREAKING: Fuck Your Yankee Blue Jeans have also withdrawn from the Freedom 250 celebration.

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Choke on this horseshit. One of my favourite books as a kid in the late 1980s was The Enormous Egg, first published in 1956. It hadn't been "modernized" at all and was full of dated references, and I was fine with it. Give kids some credit.

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Don't know why I'm so groggy and lethargic today, I got my usual 4.25ish hrs of broken sleep last night

"But, doctor... I am Stacey's mom."

I've said it once before but it bears repeating now

I have my annual eye exam today, and based on the fact I need drugstore reading glasses for just about everything I look at these days, I'm expecting it'll be time to lock in and accept this new phase of life.

Conversation with the 6yr old: Me: "Do you know what inspiration means?" 6: "Like when some food in the fridge gets too old and has to be a throwaway?"

Working on a Starter Pack for Canadian writers (and publishers) of any genre who reject the use of generative AI. Comment or DM to be added!

Reminder, fellas, to drop those Father's Day gift hints early and often.

Is it possible to watch the animated Conan the Adventurer anywhere? My 6yr old is still asking about Conan (!) and age-appropriate media is, uh... scant?

Stacy's mom, she's the witch, by Crom! She knows of the symbol I've sought for so long. Black moon, black sun! Two snakes as one! I don't think the witch is wrong but, "There's a price," says Stacey's mom.

Situation Update: This one has now clocked its eighth rejection.

Unpopular opinion, maybe, but I'm kinda over these smash burgers every place has on the menu these days. Give me a proper burger with a thick, meaty patty... not some crispy little beef wafer that has had all the juice cooked out of it. (And no, two smash patties isn't the answer here.)

Rats. We'll try again tomorrow.

I'm heading to the gym, and hoping to see The Headline posted by the time I get back.