"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Check out the @octocon.bsky.social website to see what happened at #dublincomiccon when I took Octo on a photoshoot for their big #OctosDayOut adventure 🐙

Did you know #Octocon2025 will also be online this year? Attend from anywhere in the world from the comfort of your one home for exclusive panels and workshops. 2025.octocon.com #octocon #scifi #fantasy #readingcommunity #Fandom #Cosplay #Cosplayers #Horror

Yep yep. Caring means one is invested emotionally, it doesn't have to be that the character is likeable or that the plot has big life threatening stakes. (I wrote an entire novella where the stakes for the end of act II were "high-pressure banquet poetry", see On a Red Station Drifting)

We would like to thank South Dublin County Council for their support in bringing you #Octocon2025. https://2025.octocon.com/ #Octocon #SciFiConvention #Fantasy #ReadingCommunity #OnlineConvention #Fandom #Cosplay #Cosplayers #writingworkshop #crochet #crocheting

Sent out two poetry submissions to @uncannymagazine.bsky.social. Who knows, right?

📣Announcing #PreDV and #DVParty!📣 Excited to bring back #PreDV & #DVParty leading up to #DVPit! Practice your pitches during #PreDV on Mon, Sept 29, 2025! Get to know your fellow participants during #DVParty from Oct 2-Oct 7! Follow this account or dvpit.carrd.co for all official announcements!

Day one at the @octocon.bsky.social fan table, at #DublinComicCon

🚨IMPORTANT DVPIT ALERT!🚨 Unfortunately, the DVpit url has been claimed by an unknown party claiming to be us with services that we do not endorse. All the official information for DVpit only comes from this account, our discord, or dvpit.carrd.co We implore you to be safe & protect your information

My creative writing lessons are beginning again on Monday 15th September! And they're still priced at just €50 for a block of six sessions. Hope to see some of you there, spaces are limited! www.davidgreenwriter.com/creative-wri...

I'll be helping with @octocon.bsky.social fan table at Dublin Comic Con this weekend! Wirh a few days to go, my new cosplay is *not ready* yet 😨 Husband is working full steam on the gun, and it's not even steampunk 😬

PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb

The Orient Express is one of history's most famous train journeys. Different routes were taken. I for one would love the purple route. Source: buff.ly/XrpuWsd

You can be part of bringing #Octocon2025 to the masses and have an inside track in all the fun. Think you could fulfill these roles? Then get in touch via the link below: 2025.octocon.com/join-the-oct... #Octocon #SciFiConvention #Fantasy #Fandom #Cosplay #SciFi #Horror #ReadingCommunity #Comics

Our next #Octocon2025 online guest is @khanwong.bsky.social. Khan has a past as a poet, cellist, arts funder and internationally known hula hooper. His debut novel, The Circus Infinite, was published by @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social#Octocon2025 https://2025.octocon.com/khan-wong-online-guest/ #Octocon

A lot of the committee and staff of Octocon are disabled. So, accessibility is a high priority for us. If you feel there is something more that Octocon could be doing please reach out!

Delighted to have been nominated for two British Fantasy Awards this year for Best Fantasy Novel (A Shadow Over Haven) and Best Non-Fiction (Autism and Writing) alongside some amazing writers I deeply admire. Thanks to everyone who voted for me, I really appreciate it 🙂

A big congratulations to @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social for being nominated for two @britfantasysoc.bsky.social. #Octobooks #Fantasy #FantasyLit #Supernatural #IrishLit #Octocon2025 #Octocon

Trans women are women. Pass it on.

Disney has joined the fight against AI’s theft of creative work, suing Midjourney & calling it “a bottomless pit of plagiarism”. Midjourney engineers once told me their actions were justified because art is ‘ossified’. End the plagiarism machine. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/b...

Absolutely loving Murderbot.

I read this aloud to my husband who began giggling and biting his tongue 🤣

"Common spotted" wild orchids in Cabinteely Park's meadows.

No matter WHO the original author is and how much you dislike their views, there is NO EXCUSE for plagiarism and stealing an author’s words. I’m actually disgusted an ‘author’ in the community would not only blatantly plagiarise a trad book word for word 🧵⬇️

Octo would like to wish you all a happy and safe #PrideMonth. #Octocon would be nothing without our #LGBTQ+ members. Thank you for making our con possible and for making our Octobers a lot sunnier. Image as per post #Octocon2025 #Fantasy #Scifi #Pride #Fandom #SciFiConvention #ReadingCommunity

We're back! #Octocon2025 will take place on Saturday, 11th October 2025, Maldron Hotel, Tallaght, Dublin & online, and Sunday, 12th October 2025, online. Check out https://octocon.com/ to keep up to date with guest announcements and more! Image as per post. #octocon #scifi #Fantasy #fandom #horror