Here we are with my FAVORITE of the three covers of the first three books of our TALKING CURE series of novels. The whole trilogy is ON SALE NOW IN PRINT! IN PRINT, I say! sspbooks.com Prices listed are in CANADIAN dollars! #fantasy #trilogy #bundle #sale #therapy #psychiatry #slowburn #romance

Here y'all go. BRUMATION.

When I wear my new glasses they smell strongly of plastic and I didn't like it-- at first. But yesterday I realized I recognize it as also being "new action figure smell" and now I like it. #childhood #genx #glasses #smell #smells #olfactory #marvelsecretwars

Okay, the first Song to the Siren trilogy of books AND the first Talking Cure trilogy of books AND MORE are now ALL being sold by the publisher as bundles IN PRINT! sspbooks.com The prices shown right now are in CANADIAN dollars, but shipping is free for the United States and Canada!

Have you been half asleep And have you heard voices?

Hey folks, I'm literally 2 dollars short for the boys' prescription cat food and also haven't eaten myself in a couple days. Please help if you can or at least send me your energy and power so I can get a fucking job this week, I'm very very tired

The cover of our new novel THE TALKING CURE (Book 2): TRANSFERENCE, or, THE MAN IN THE LIGHT GRAY SUIT. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FYCSK94T

Happy Halloween from Wicker Man Studios! Here's Liz from GUN STREET GIRL and a werewolf! (She's not a werewolf. She's just yelling at one. But we stuck what she's yelling at behind her, because otherwise it was hard to get them both in the same shot.)

He drew his sword again. “Look,” he said, holding his blade out so I could see what was reflected. I looked. I only saw myself. “...I don’t look good bald.” “You’ll get used to it.”

The next morning, I found a new tray of food next to me. Behind it, sure enough, there was Eisai-san, chanting. It figured that only he was quiet enough to bring a tray into my room without waking me. “Are you going to be doing chanting for my soul every day of my life?” I said grumpily.

Illustration from page 153 of Wicker Man Studios' spooky samurai novel HUNGRY GHOSTS, partially serialized for free on the Royal Road site-- www.royalroad.com/fiction/1344...

Illustration from page 142 of Wicker Man Studios' spooky samurai novel HUNGRY GHOSTS, partially serialized for free on the Royal Road site-- www.royalroad.com/fiction/1344...

Illustration for page 103 of Wicker Man Studios' spooky samurai prose novel HUNGRY GHOSTS. Illustrator: [email protected]

"Ooh, I'm sorry, THE ROAD is incorrect-- I'm afraid you're thinking of the wrong film, there-- the correct answer was 'What is NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN?'" "...I understand what you're saying, but in my defense, the country in THE ROAD was also definitely no country for old men. ...Nor anyone else."

If you are personally following me and if you are personally on Facebook (I know, I know) then you are invited to ASPECT: the (new) Awesomely Social Positive Encouraging Creator Table group that I run with colleague David Doub. www.facebook.com/groups/23848...

Illustration-- HUNGRY GHOSTS (the prose novel) page 52

Raise your hand if you're an indie creator (of something) and if you're also on Facebook (not just "yeah I have a page there for my work") but you, specifically, personally

What #ttrpg handles inventory/carried stuff in the best way? Bonus points for simple/easy.

Tee hee, my wife is suddenly writing a new short story (for our anthology project called Twisted Lit). She's so cool. What a nice feeling (to finish teaching an online class and be surprised to find her hard at work writing dialogue, I mean).

The Ones Who Rescue The Kid From Omelas And Burn It Down As They Leave

"I was there, Gandalf... 3000 years ago"

Okay, new question, #ttrpg people... what game has the BEST mechanic for a PC aiding/helping another PC? (Please feel free to not just name the game, but to explain (or quote?) for me how it works.)

Just need 2 more followers here on BlueSky to get to a nice round number. The person that gets us there, I'll give a free digital novel (that we wrote).

Ugh, I adulted hard today. Mostly getting ready for my fall classes.

Okay, #authors and #readers --Trigger Warnings//Content Warnings! How do you feel about them in a #novel , especially a scary and/or somewhat disturbing novel? What's a novel where you've seen someone give/use them well? Opine, please!

Geez, were the Batman creative team LOOKING RIGHT AT a picture of Robert Bloch when they designed The Scarecrow??

There's a particular #ttrpg I'm thinking of, but I can't remember which one it is. The one I'm thinking of starts with the players kind of making the world by taking turns answering questions about the world and what they're in the middle of doing... So... which game am I trying to remember?

Wait... wait wait wait. #Alien was 1979. #RedDwarf started 9 years later in 1988. ...Do we have Cat because someone wondered "what if we left a couple of ship's cats out loose while someone was in cryo-sleep?" Is Ripley's cat Jonesy, like, basically the conceptual ancestor of Cat?

[dashing frantically through the door of the Internet five minutes before closing] (panting) you still got some of those cat pictures?

I wish somewhere there was an online index/archive of links to transcripts of #ttrpg Actual Plays. NOT videos/recordings-- I can't stand watching/listening to people role-play after the fact-- I just want to read summaries. Lots of them. Of all kinds of games.

gift link here courtesy of Josie

Sigh. I need someone new to bounce #ttrpg ideas off of and discuss with and stuff. Any takers?

I've seen some people talk about new #ttrpgs as "Souls-like." What would the exact opposite of "Souls-like" be?

You can now listen to the first chapter of our prose novels online (for free): music.amazon.com/podcasts/867... They're also on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other places where one finds podcasts. (Search for MARRIED GEEK COUPLE) #audio #audiobook #audiobooks #free #firstchapter

Welp. Screw Roll20 and it seems time to migrate to publisher site only purchased for PDFs. Need to poke @theonyxpath.bsky.social VERY HARD to offer non D20 options.

It’s official. Studio Execs are now using Chat GPT to evaluate screenplays. Here’s proof from a friend’s pass letter: Not only is it vague and unhelpful, it references one specific — an antique camera. The problem? THERE’S NO ANTIQUE CAMERA IN THE FUCKING SCRIPT.

Reskeeting with alt text Yeah this is some concerning shit ngl

Okay, #TTRPG people... I have a colleague whose job makes him have to act like a big-time extrovert 5 days a week. The other two days of the week are very taken up with family obligations and just crashing in sleep... (continued)

New #ttrpg question: what is the best-designed CHARACTER SHEET you have ever seen. In a choice between "easy to understand and use" and "pretty-looking//cool-looking," tell me about "easy to understand and use," although of course both are allowed if you have a nominee. Show an example if you can

TV remote stopped working. Replaced batteries, nothing. Tried resetting it-- pushed buttons, made sure nothing was stuck... nothing. Bought new remote. Worked great for about 10 mins... then nothing. Buttons ON tv itself still work. Ideas?

Is this funny? Because we think it's funny. #Daria #cosplay #glasses #funny #silly #lalalalala #excuseme #ifimwrongpleasecorrect #yourestandingonmyneck #yourestandingonmynecklalalalala

How does one make a curated list of people on BlueSky? I want to make one of authors...

Me: "Let's try watching The Mandalorian soon." Wife: "Maybe while we're at your mom's house? Do you think she'd mind watching it? She did go to that one film with Benita's grandkid..." Me: "Hun. I had the original action figures. This is NOT my mom's first Star Wars rodeo." #starwars #geek

My wife was talking to me and she said "and the rpg+ community--" She put the plus out of habit! Because when she "says letters," and then "community," she just naturally sticks a + on the end! So that's great #ttrpg #rpg #ttrpgcommunity #ttrpg+

What do you want from a #ttrpg setting? NPCs? Locations? Unique monsters? Factions? What else? #rpg #setting

We're only 7 backers* away from Monster Truckers getting to 50% funded! 🤯 Let's do this! *At the average pledge amount

One time the samurai-turned-priest Taketsura was attacked by a village of goblins who could detach their heads and then their heads flew around trying to bite him to death. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS? BECAUSE WE MADE A GRAPHIC NOVEL ABOUT IT (AND MORE). www.amazon.com/Hungry-Ghost... (FREE with KU!)

Does anyone out there happen to understand how to play #Fallout with mods? As in, DLC-type mods? I managed to play Fallout London, but other mods are kind of over my head. Any advice? #mods #DLC