Do you employ dramatic irony in your work? #writing #AmWriting #cycling #Bike #irony #WritingCommunity.

Just in case. #software #mircrosoft

One of my MCs always wears long sleeves on the job because he keeps a silver stake hidden in one. A necessary precaution being a human who works around vampires.

Hit the halfway point on the final book of my series of novellas. Very exciting, and one character has died already (I'm not telling you which). Meanwhile, book four is up on #Kickstarter, pop along and check it out. Reviews coming soon. #books #writing #reading #bookstodon #AmWriting #bugs #ants

Does your character's outfit allow them to easily conceal a weapon? #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #barbie #rococo #clothing

THREAD: The boy is called a liar. He’s told not to defend himself. Then the private school owner encourages all of his peers to attack him, one by one. She hits him, repeatedly, with a plastic pipe-like object. How does this school still exist — and receive state funds? 🧵

I take Venmo

#BoardGames this weekend! . The Oregon Trail - five minutes of nostalgic fun, a really crap game. . The Guild of Merchant Explorers - trail building done right. . Fresco (pictured). Haven't played this great game in ages. . Finished with San Juan. Cracking little card game version of Puerto Rico.

Crikey! Getting this beauty into the trap was solid work, using the targets to lure him in in his own time - really have to let them sort it out, they pack a killer punch But once in, he settled in after a bit of aggro, and now it's a good day in Tassie #WritingCommunity #ReaderSky #BookSky

It's okay. They've managed to tap the tank behind a fence. #tank #Tasmania #history #writing

Overused tropes. Finishing each other's sentences is not the only sign that two people get along, or know each other well. What other indications can you think of? #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Character #funny #Cats

Tamar Valley Author's Market today, selling my books. It's a local farmer's market, but they have little themes for the mid-month market. Head a long to Beaconsfield, #Tasmania in the extremely unlikely event you read this and live in Northern Tasmania. #Books #Reading #writing #Booksky

As a robotics researcher, learning scientist, and author who has followed Realbotix for years, I'm compelled to do a Bluesky thread on this whole pivot that Realbotix is now trying, turning from humanoid sex robots to classroom "education" robots. Buckle up. nysfocus.com/2026/07/14/n... 🧵

Overused tropes. Finishing each other's sentences is not the only sign that two people get along, or know each other well. What other indications can you think of? #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Character #funny #Cats

Someone points out something really obvious. Your characters are stunned. #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #CatsOfMastodon #writing #WritingCommunity

Someone points out something really obvious. Your characters are stunned. #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #CatsOfMastodon #writing #WritingCommunity

Had to finish this quickly last night before it left Xbox Game Pass. It was a fun dungeon hack and puzzler with a fantastic mountain hiking theme. You'd have to play it to understand. Grab a copy if you can. #gaming #DungeonsAndSkiPants #games

FREE BOOK! This is the first chapters of all my books, free, no sign-up, just download and read away. storage.googleapis.com/mailerlite-u... #books #reading #booksky #SciFi #Fantasy #supernatura

Amen. #BookSky

mandatory reading

Girls don't want boys. They want a Mountaineer's axe from the Muromachi period in Japan c14th. Discuss. #Japan #writing #Axe #history #mountains #research

My friend the Michigan Strangler has died. A lot of people only know the Michigan Strangler from all that strangling he did and I understand that, but that is not the full picture of the friend he was to me when he wasn't strangling people. We used to go to Arby's. Rest in peace, "Chokey Boy."

Not my work, but my wife's dissertation featured grizzly bears. And mice and chickens. It's pretty great.

I mean.. I hate to tell you this Gail. but the queer community elders voted and decided you are definitely one of us.

#ScribesAndMakers Has a bear ever featured in your work? If so, what sort of bear? As far as I'm aware, @gailsimone.bsky.social has never read or featured in any of my books.

I'm not, and neither's my wife.

Riley: ‘Helen Keller couldn’t have written a book.’ Also Riley: has clearly never opened one. How does dumb keep getting paid?

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A lot of my books are really about trying to become visible to yourself. #lgbtqbooks #trans #queer

Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:

In the past, board games were variations on chess or roll-and-move. These days games still borrow mechanics, but there are better mechanics to steal and tweak. . What's your favourite game that doesn't feel original, but is still great fun to play? #BoardGames #Gaming #TabletopGames #chess

Art is bought and sold at many levels across a society. Who's buying art in your world? #WritingTips #WorldBuilding #art #writing #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev #WritingCommunity

I'm on fire today! Over a thousand words this morning on the big fight at the end of the Desolation series, and bubbling with ideas for how to continue after lunch. It's great to be in the flow. #writing #AmWriting #books #Desolation #WritingCommunity

For the all fans of #UKPol our there. #StarWars #Andor #CountBinFace

I'm on fire today! Over a thousand words this morning on the big fight at the end of the Desolation series, and bubbling with ideas for how to continue after lunch. It's great to be in the flow. #writing #AmWriting #books #Desolation #WritingCommunity

Babe, you can't just buy fruit and wait until it goes off and chuck it out. You have to eat it. -What? No. I eat it. Seriously? This banana is so old it's levelled up. And has it's own set of dice. #ttrgp #dnd #humour #microfiction #writing #games #gaming

How many women are there in your story? Why not more? #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #funny #meme

Your characters don't have to start out cool. They can just end up doing really cool things. My Desolation series starts with a shrimp diver going to the library. Check out my latest #Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dha... #books #writing #reading #SciFi #steampunk #aliens #AmWriting

Your characters don't have to start out cool. They can just end up doing really cool things. My Desolation series starts with a shrimp diver going to the library. Check out my latest #Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dha... #books #writing #reading #SciFi #steampunk #aliens #AmWriting

Theatre troupes in the past used to have a book of skits, from which they could construct plays on the fly depending on the audience, a Zibaldoni in Commedia del Arte. Do you have a book of snippets to pull from in your writing? #WritingTips #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

Theatre troupes in the past used to have a book of skits, from which they could construct plays on the fly depending on the audience, a Zibaldoni in Commedia del Arte. Do you have a book of snippets to pull from in your writing? #WritingTips #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

#BoardGames this weekend! What did you play? We had our local group meeting, so I got in some Seven Wonders, a couple of rounds of Aberration, Thunder Road, and (not pictured) Cats Knocking Things Off Ledges. Quick reviews in alt. #TabletopGames #games #gaming #BrettSpiel

Have you ever written a wedding into your stories? Or a story entirely about a wedding? Circustances with heightened emotions already built in are fertile ground for storytelling. #WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #horses #wedding

So, Clarice. Have the lambs stopped screaming? . Feel free to have a little fun this #Sunday and caption this yourself. . #Funny #floater #BlueSky