Winning by one point is the best. #BoardGames #gaming #TabletopGames

Whatever you do, don't turn this photo upside down. And don't look at the version in the replies. #art #music

Did you know? In the Victorian era, Hannah Cullwick's secret diaries revealed one of the strangest relationships of the 19th century. Like most maids, she spent her entire life working in domestic service. Her days were filled with exhausting physical labor. #Victorian #women #history

Whatever you do, don't turn this photo upside down. And don't look at the version in the replies. #art #music

But your character breaks the rules for good reasons, right? ...Right? #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #Writingcommunity

It is literally in your purview. It is one of the most important functions of you purview. It is a constitutionally-mandated function of your purview.

But your character breaks the rules for good reasons, right? ...Right? #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #Writingcommunity

Your characters have put something off for so long it becomes another problem entirely. Illusion CGI created this image of a colosseum on a human tooth. But, if I don't go to the dentist soon... #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #dentistry #colosseum #roman #art #DigitalArt

Have you thought through the consequences of having magic in your world? What's the most unexpected realisation you've had about how things will work differently? #WorldBuilding #writing #ttrpg #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #GameDev #gaming

i have yet to see a single cis person say something about the fact that the government just designated trans people a terrorist group and threatened to kill all of us.

Some responded to this by saying it's true, but only insofar as 2014 Twitter is never coming back. That Roberts is, in fact, pining for a social media ecosystem that once benefited the left but is long gone. Let me advance a more radical proposition: the left's extreme onlineness was Always Bad.

Have you thought through the consequences of having magic in your world? What's the most unexpected realisation you've had about how things will work differently? #WorldBuilding #writing #ttrpg #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #GameDev #gaming

LOL sounds like something I'd throw at my PCs

Same, plant. Same. #Art #writing #life

Your characters are tasked with finding something. This is somehow unreasonably difficult. (Vietnamese Mossy Frogs, so called because they are often not found in Vietnam.) #WritingPrompt #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev

Same, plant. Same. #Art #writing #life

Day two at the Long Gallery, Salamanca Market in Hobart. Come say high and chat about books! #books #reading #AmReading #SciFi #fantasy #supernatural #booksky

I look at this piece of bland hotel-room art and can't help but see the endgame state of an area-control board game I haven't invented yet. Who do you think won? #BoardGames #hotels #travelling #WritersLife

A character doesn't appear to be evil, or even significant, but they keep turning up, and keep messing things up for the other characters. Also, this weekend, I get to play me some #BoardGames! Yay! #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

Yeah, increasing output doesn't mean it's good output lol

Working on the cover for my next Desolation book. What colour do you think I should use? #art #design #writing

Had my flu and covid vaccinations on the same day. Wiped me out for yesterday, but I've bounced back strongly today. Which is just as well, considering I'm going away this weekend and have a lot to do. #WritersLife #writing #WritingCommunity

Not actually helping, just increasing the amount of shit. #ai #cartoons #writing #funny

What superstitions exist in your world? How might your characters run up against them? Will the prove true or false? #WorldBuilding #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev

What superstitions exist in your world? How might your characters run up against them? Will the prove true or false? #WorldBuilding #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev

I'll be at the Tassie Indie Author Book Fair this weekend! Come along and check out my #SciFi #steampunk #fantasy #books! There may be a special surprise new book if the #Kickstarter comes through in time! #reading #AmReading #BookSky #Tasmania #hobart #Australia

The conservative intelligentsia is quietly running seminars to convince judges not to believe climate science, while loudly accusing liberals of a conspiracy to bias judges against the oil industry: www.propublica.org/article/clim... via @abrahm.bsky.social

How often do you use pure, blind luck as a plot device? Do you include randomness in your stories at all? It might make them more realistic, but it's often unsatisfying for the readers. #random #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev

"Rich Kid, Poor Kid reinforces the urgency and devastation of the school funding problem in Australia. @janecaro.bsky.social delivers the story in a way that should propel readers into action" says Elisa Di Gregorio in The Conversation theconversation.com/australias-f...

How often do you use pure, blind luck as a plot device? Do you include randomness in your stories at all? It might make them more realistic, but it's often unsatisfying for the readers. #random #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev

I'll be at the Tassie Indie Author Book Fair this weekend! Come along and check out my #SciFi #steampunk #fantasy #books! There may be a special surprise new book if the #Kickstarter comes through in time! #reading #AmReading #BookSky #Tasmania #hobart #Australia

#BoardGames this afternoon, and I'll be playing some more this evening. Quick review in alt. #tabletopGames #gaming

#BoardGames this afternoon, and I'll be playing some more this evening. Quick review in alt. #tabletopGames #gaming

ALERT: Mattel has been pushing game designers to submit pitches using their My Mattel Ideas portal, even if designers are in discussions with Mattel people directly. The portal forces you to commit to a royalty cap of 1.5% plus a 10% deduction to net sales - effectively 1.35%.

I only learned about the Our World in Data Child Mortality graph from ACOUP last year. Now it's like first thing I think of in every bit of historical fiction or historical analysis. You want to "go back"? Which 2 of your siblings do you want dead by age 15? Which 2 of your kids?

Land of hope and glory, : Victoria, part one, robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/04/land...

I can't stand, nor do I use, Spotify, but this is a good step and I'm glad to see it. No one should be duped into listening to AI slop. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

The Hares and Hyena’s email newsletter shared Rowland’s review and it’s so, so strategically phrased,

Yeah the rotisserie chicken amendment is neat! Unfortunately it was attached to the Farm Bill which locked in $187 billion in cuts to SNAP. So, yes, now SNAP can be used for rotisserie chickens but more importantly, this bill means red tape, cuts & tons of people losing access to food completely.

Plaything. My @smh cartoon.

With alt text, because the Butlerian will be accessible or not at all.

Axe studies! I did these a while back, and am still very happy with them. I draw axes and other fantasy/historical weapons for a flat $50!

Your characters misunderstand how something works. #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity

“Use AI to brainstorm but not to write.” “Use AI to help you outline but not to write.” These are commonly proposed as “ethical” ways for undergrad students to use AI, but I’m sorry, brainstorming & outlining are just as integral to writing as the actual construction of sentences.

Holy shit! 3,500 words today. I had the afternoon off. This bit of the story has been broiling for while. It all just gushed out. If I could keep that up, I'd be able to write a book a month. Now I've got to edit it. Maybe I'll leave that until tomorrow. #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity

Your heroes set out to right the wrongs of the world. How exactly will they do that? #WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev

The sun goes down on an old industry in your world. What has replaced it and why? A dynamic world always feels more alive to readers. #WritingTips #writing #WritingCommunity

Your heroes set out to right the wrongs of the world. How exactly will they do that? #WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev

Books, board games. Same difference. #books #reading #BoardGames #TabletopGames #AmReading