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Discworld 36 - Making Money @rhi.bsky.social @discworldofficial.bsky.social @terrypratchett.bsky.social @terryandrob.bsky.social #Discworld #MakingMoney #MoistVonLipwig

WITCHING SEASON is live now on kickstarter! A 150+ page horror comic anthology from me and Lifeline Comics. Excited for everyone to see what we've been building for most of this year🩸🌙 Cover A by @skyepatridge.bsky.social More info here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...

inspired by this, I have done a free extract of this section of the book here. it is about understanding that *with all its problems* the BBC is as important for our intellectual health as the NHS is for our physical health: naomialderman.substack.com/p/the-bbc-an...

🏊‍♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision. In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019. Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts. 1/5

This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.

It's cool how we keep proving over and over and over again that there's a significant market for narrative-heavy, character-driven, single-player experiences in video games and publishers just categorically refuse to believe us

“How could writers not have any influence?” My brother I cannot count the number of times I’ve been hired for: hey we fully designed and animated this level, it has no story or dialogue, and playtesters hate it. Could you slap some words on it to make it feel less pointless? That kind of thing

Naomi is I think bang on here. I have said many times to many people that AI is like any other technology shift: it changes jobs and how we work. Naomi builds on that (and expresses it much better), and lands on "learn the skill of discernment". Do read this.

Discworld QOTD, from Moving Pictures "‘You’re my own flesh and blood,’ said Dibbler, shaking his head. ‘How can you do this to me?’ ‘Because I’m your own flesh and blood,’ said Soll. Dibbler brightened. Of course, when you looked at it like that, it didn’t seem so bad."

This is first cake that @dynael.bsky.social has ever made. Very proud of him. He may well be an overachiever.

Discworld QOTD, from Pyramids “Younger assassins, who are usually very poor, have very clear ideas about the morality of wealth until they become older assassins, who are usually very rich, when they begin to take the view that injustice has its good points”

Discworld QOTD, from A Hat Full of Sky "... it must be hard, being the best. You're not allowed to stop. You can only be beaten, and you're too proud ever to lose. Pride! You've turned it into a terrible strength, but it eats away at you."

He called them the interchangeable Emmas.

This is me. Although I wasn’t especially a horsey gal, I did work at a stables in my teens. Mainly so that I could be trusted to take a horse out on my own. I am genetically untidy.

I just remembered a very beautiful platformer I played a few years ago on Switch; Lost Words: Beyond the Page. If you like narrative games and puzzle platforming, might I suggest giving this one a go? It is beautiful too, from the art to the writing (the latter from none other than @rhi.bsky.social)

This was written in 2017. The current political moment was completely avoidable. ”the pain of looking back and seeing that there was a small window in which it was possible to act, and then discovering how suddenly and irrevocably that window can be slammed shut.” www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...

Freyja Stokes, a real-life #Pratchett scholar, looks at Mrs Palm and the historical connections between sex work and witchcraft... come for the history, stay for some amazing puns. Read for free: www.speculativeinsight.com Please share widely!

Fun Fact - My old flatmate (Leigh) plays Abner in the latest Conjuring movie. Turns out monsters are much less scary when you remember them borrowing your perfume and calling you ‘Little Jedi’ whenever you wore your hooded dressing gown.

Chris here. One door closes and another swings open. New things are happening at House Gutierrez. In one day we lost a plan and then gained a new much better one. Let's move some bundles! tessfowlerart.bigcartel.com Let's keep us housed. Got a good chance at a way out before 2026.

I felt very much this when I heard about free emergency contraception in pharmacies coming in today. I had to go down the most hideous wormhole 15 years ago because it was a Sunday and I didn't have £30. It could have been worse – but not that much. www.independent.co.uk/voices/morni...

If you’re looking for a present for the aspiring author in your life, pick up a copy of my guidebook ABOUT WRITING, which is published by @gollancz.bsky.social in the US and UK.

The tooth fairy once wrote to me IN ELVISH (or at least in runes) ON A LEAF! I was a lot more impressed by this as an adult than I was as a child. I wish I still had that leaf.

As Terry Pratchett said, we tell little lies to children so that they can accept the big lies they need to swallow to survive. Justice. Mercy. Duty. That sort of thing. I like to think your dad would have approved of the Dummy Elephant, @rhi.bsky.social .

Like (so it seems) every other author on the planet, I too am now getting those fake "We Are A Book Club, Honest, Plz Pay Us To Read Your Novel Thnx" emails. These are scams, folks, don't fall for it. Don't engage. Delete & Block!

If you ever catch me staring off into space and you wonder what's going on in there, assume it's this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V74n...

More game narrative nattering: www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...

Capping off the week, Farage and Co have had a terrible week - and were likely to see more of it going forward.

Please share, just 14 hours left. We will be here for years. You get that, right? No NGO or foreign government is stepping in to help a mom get enough nutrition to carry her baby to term, or house H’s malnourished toddlers, or expel the IOF from families’ land. 100/1000

Today is the last day of MCM London Comic Con! Find me at table A-16 in Artist Alley and if you've pledged to the Kickstarter come grab a FREE SKETCH from me at my table! (while stocks last!) Check out the Kickstarter here: tinyurl.com/napcomixks (1/2)

Good evening! A couple of new NAP COMIX interviews came out yesterday, one with the wonderful John Freeman of DowntheTubes: downthetubes.net/crowdfunding... (1/2)

A good time to celebrate, too, the amazing contributions of librarians over 100 years for the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway (as was) Medals, as well as their astonishing Shadowing programmes that have seen hundreds of thousands of young people reading and voting on the shortlists.

Set up at MCM London today and this weekend at table A21 in artist alley. I've got books, prints, cards, pins, all sorts. Looking forward to seeing old friends and new. See you there x

Friday 1pm PANEL! ‘HAGS, GRANDMAS & WITCHES’ with @chrissywilliams.bsky.social & host Sarah Miles @iamgiantwoman.bsky.social ARTIST ALLEY STAGE

Today!

Hi everyone, I'm urgently looking for any work. I'm a writer and narrative designer, I offer game consultations and mock reviews, I localise between German and English, I can write copy. If it needs words, I'll do it! Here's some games I've written on in the past:

right wing bigots have admitted - the “trans women in bathrooms” issue - the “trans women in sports” issue and - the “trans kids getting surgery” issue were all MADE UP TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY are you paying attention?

Dear @rhi.bsky.social @terryandrob.bsky.social @discworldemporium.bsky.social are you aware that Granny Weatherwax is competiting against Yennefer from The Witcher for 24 hours on @elbakin.bsky.social ? #discworld #terrypratchett www.elbakin.net/vote/155

Last week our local humane society took in 28 cats from a woman who had gotten in over her head with too many litters. They require a lot of care to get them healthy and adoptable - please consider a donation if you can! www.hsccvt.org/donate

OUT TODAY!!! THE OCTOBER GIRL Book One from me and @maverickogn.bsky.social! It's the first book in a YA suburban fantasy series with hints of Bradbury, Charles Addams, Amelié, Doctor Who, and Tim Burton, and I'm fiercely proud of it!

Happy World Menopause Day to all who celebrate - our GOLDEN RAGE comic is 1000% here for it, made with love by @laurenknight.bsky.social @sofiedodgson.bsky.social @beccasee.bsky.social @imagecomics.com

Do you reckon many Kickstarters get two thirds of the way there on day one? www.kickstarter.com/projects/fli...

As a new mum myself I relate so hard to this. Especially to the tiny fingers being shoved up your nose part. Hugely recommend backing this ❤️

or, in the words of the Nac Mac Feegle: “Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!”

Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay

A good friend has submitted this brilliant model of the library from Buffy to Lego Ideas. I’d be very grateful for your help in getting her to 5k supporters: beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Enormously proud to report Green Ink Sponsored Write 2025 for Macmillan Cancer Support reached £1815. Proofreading by Writers’ Gym members Bella and Truett today; digital anthology by Steve for all our sponsors tomorrow. Thanks @rhi.bsky.social for a fab title and all who wrote or sponsored 💚

We’ve nearly doubled our intended total — and I’ve sneakily left the page open so you can still secure the world-exclusive new writing anthology by donating any amount to Macmillan tonight. Thank you @rhi.bsky.social for a glorious title. www.justgiving.com/page/somewhe...

Nothing says "cyberpunk" like doing what a billionaire tells you to do

Discworld QOTD, from Wyrd Sisters