Did you know there's an audiobook app INSIDE the fnb app?!

Last night's Makers Massive meetup had the best talks in a while. From a deep post-mortem on DD:rewind to a lovely look at games as poetry and ending with the recipe for horror cliches... insightful, inspiring, fun.

I couldn't come up with clever patreon tiers, so I went with weird. www.patreon.com/4188767/join

Thoughts on this? One way Disc E discourages over-optimising/strategising is by making failure rewarding. Why chase the right outcome when you can chase the wrongest?

Working on something new and it's getting weird.

My first solo dev work was with RenPy, then I fell HARD for inky. And yet I'm back at RenPy suddenly as though called by siren waifus. But the the weird thing is... I'm BETTER at RenPy now despite 5 years not touching it. Odd.

What a delightful and very cool animated short from DoodletmeGO youtu.be/z0AUrwl3-DI?...

Identify this reed frog. Western Cape.

That period of a new job when you have start using their pm tools. Sign in to Blorbo for tasks, Adjil for other tasks, Hddil for messaging, back rub for hr, gitMo for sandwiches. Not a fan.

In the unimportant but frustrating saga of my Huawei, whatsapp needs to be updated. But it will not be. It agrees to every step: download, threat check, installation. All completed. Yet it then tells me to do it again. And again. I am about to uninstall the app, losing my message history. Fmh.

Relooted trailer dropped. The gamer bros are jizzing with (alt)righteous rage that Africans aren't grateful the benevolent European archeologists are preserving their heritage.

Do you want a monthly event for writers in Cape Town with peer-led discussions about our craft and business across multiple forms like film, novels and games? Specifically you. Do you want this?

I'm on a mission this week to get some ratings and reviews of The Unwoven Warrior on Goodreads. Be a mate and help a mate out... www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

Feeling unreal to be up there.

Observation about diminishing hearing. At some point you stop asking people to repeat themselves because that flash of irritation is unbearable.

Does any film composer beat Vangelis? Shiiiiiit. Dude does it all. (listening to Conquest of Paradise and yooooooh)

There is no neutral tone in which to say "is that what you're wearing?" when it is, in that moment, being worn.

6pm Monday. Haven't done any work since Friday 12pm. I feel lucid, smarter, and more handsomer.

Dang that's some cozy cute energy

I'm thrilled to be getting grilled by @tanyameeson.bsky.social !

Thank you for every beautiful note, rest in peace.

I get so many compliments on the cover!

I turned 43 this week. Three days later my first novel is out in the wild. It took a long time to get here, and I'm processing some big feelings. I wish my dad could have read it.

Do all writers make their signatures cooler before their book is published or am I cringe?

Me: yoh, tough morning. Radio: REM everybody hurts Me: Radio: "so hold ooooooon" Me: *incoherently sobbing*

The horrors are many but so are the wonders.

I'll be chatting with the most excellent @tanyameeson.bsky.social at the Book Lounge on the 15th April. Tanya, I am sorry but my book is much more serious than I am, but there's wine. (After party tba - maybe)

Capetonians - what sites and services are people looking for rental properties? Property24 seems empty. Is the market that tight or are people advertising another way?

I frequently get asked “am I optimistic or pessimistic about cities?” I always say “I’m neither — what I am is determined.” So I really appreciated this excellent quote from the great writer on cities Mike Davis, about HOPE, in this @latimes.com interview: www.latimes.com/lifestyle/im...

Probably time to revisit my play about hackers stealing government AI spyware and turning it into an open access portal to reveal the regimes's secrets.

Whatever happened to Antifa? I feel like they could be having a Rorschach moment.

One of the best SA writers in _any_ genre. Well deserved, huge congratulations, and good luck!

I'm an inherently skeptical person, on the one hand it protects me from misinformation. On the other hand, it makes me a dick.

Made a tap-book sample of The Unwoven Warrior. Take a peek... jon-keevy.itch.io/the-unwoven-...

Absolutely stunned by the support of everyone who has ordered a pre-sale copy of The Unwoven Warrior. Thank you all so much 🙏 www.miraripress.com/product-page...

Thing I really appreciate about shows like Ezra Klein is that he talks to people on the other side and I can see how truly stupid they are. Seriously. Go listen to the interview with Vivek Ramaswamy and come out with any other conclusion.

Ravel Sessions start up again this Wednesday at Maker's Massive in The Homecoming Centre. If you're a writer or want to be, come join us to talk work, craft, theory, and opportunities.

Big feelings today as my novel The Unwoven Warrior goes on pre-sale: www.miraripress.com/product-page... I love the stunning cover by @bonganivizdev.bsky.social - so talented! #writers #fantasy #scifi

How do you deal with the pressure to write a great first line? I feel like a baby again.

I'm a writer, but damn it's satisfying solving a little function to randomly generate dorky lil characters.

I wanted to know wtf doge was up to and this account answered. Lords work this.

Being driven slightly mad by feedback suggesting I "pimp" the comedy. What era am I in?

A wake up call.

Just realised the guy who coined "imposter syndrome" was an actual imposter. Just in different, much worse way.

Second drafts completed of all 10 episodes. Now they're in the hands of the translator and the... um... I actually don't know what the role is known as for the writers who give notes on a particular aspect or character voice. Any ideas #writers of bluesky?

This is the only disinformation format allowed now sorry I make the rules.

Indie Game Devs, how are you feeling? Are you worried, excited, unbothered? Has the changing funding landscape affected your plans?

A friend used ChatGpt to check if a podcast title he wanted to use was already taken. 3 seconds on DuckDuckGo could have answered that question and saved him the work of replacing all his nice headings.

Still figuring out how to use this app for maximum profit. Please send money.