What *is* colonial is the context, the "why" of the dungeon delve: The fantasy of the unspoiled, savage land; of monsters both barbaric and fabulously rich, not people enough to have rights to life and property; of a frontier you can shape to your whim. This fantasy is intrinsically colonial. 4/

Today I dove into the world of Hexcrawls. It was surprisingly easy to convert a section of my world into a hexmap, even though it's not fully populated yet. Excited to continue working on this and make my custom rules, because #5e travel rules certainly don't work very well for this. #ttrpg #dnd

The more times I re-read this, the more I chuckle.

vaibhavguptawho.substack.com/p/mimir-the-... Published a lighthearted story about Mimics being the redheaded stepchildren of shapeshifters in the world of #fantasy. #writingcommunity #writingsky #fiction #ttrpg #dnd #5e

Final result of the #fiction writing year: 114,835 words written. Of which, 75228 are towards the novel (301 pages). Of which, 23079 were written in just December. The novel is 88% complete. I feel like shouting with glee! #booksky #authorsky #writingsky #writingcommunity

That time of year again!

The Continental Classic has been absolutely stellar this year. Not a single bad match and some surprising blinders. #AEW

Nice. (Novel progress) #writingcommunity #writingsky #booksky #authorsky

"Slush pile" is such a horrible word for submission backlogs, lol. Each of those stories was written with love (I hope) if not with skill. 😭 #writingcommunity #writersky

How to actually write a book. #booksky #writingsky #authorsky #writingcommunity (See alt text)

When I'd finished the "first draft" of a story in May, it was 70 pages long and my longest story ever till date. That same story is now 270 pages today and has 70 more pages to go until it is complete as my first fantasy novel. #booksky #writingsky #writingcommunity

Hot take: @teamcherry.bsky.social should make Sea of Sorrows so hard that Silksong feels like a walk in the park. Fuck the whiners.

I dare anybody to say that Randy Savage isn't the manliest man that ever manned.

Just hit my bronze goal for the month of December. Reached 65000 words on my novel manuscript. Still have 13 days to go for silver goal (70k) and gold (75k). Tough but doable. Crazy to see that I only have about 5.5 chapters left to FINISH this novel. #writingcommunity #writingsky #booksky

The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

Hit my head on a wooden ledge and my mom's response was "pcch". #AsianParenting

so insanely fucking real for this

And also just like that, 100000 words of fiction written this year! #writingcommunity #writingsky #booksky

SIXTY THOUSAND on my manuscript! At worst, it is *66.6%* complete. At best, it is *80%* complete. AAAAAA I'm getting there guys! I'm getting there! #writingcommunity #writingsky #booksky

I can't over the grossness of his facial expressions.

I've eaten like 800 calories today and run 2 games of D&D, 4 hours each, back to back. It's time to place an order for delivery and consume 1400 calories in one go.

Jeff Jarrett needs to be a good best friend and make this happen.

Was very down yesterday, exhausted from running 2 D&D games on Sunday. Today has been a great turnabout with a proper workout and 900 words written towards my manuscript. Made a video last week about crossing 50k words but BlueSky won't let me post it. #writingcommunity #writingsky #booksky

Dispatch is an awesome game that clearly has had a lot of love and effort put into it. I finished it last week but this week I'm obsessing over the music. What a selection of songs!

“hey hangman you promised us pics of plants, this is just a bunch of leaves what gives?” newsflash dumbass, leaves IS plants. leaves provide winter shelter for insects like lightning bugs and butterflies, fertilize the soil, and are a pain in the ass to move anyway so just leave them where you can

it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet

I propose an international law that once you become personally responsible for the murder of 1,000 people, be it via direct violence or policy, you are declared a dragon and adventurers can form parties to quest against you.

Excellent piece that I'm going to be sharing with a lot of people who think they know marketing. Lots of advice for me to implement as well, if I can stop being so precious with my skeets and Substack and all that.

I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!

Just finished writing today's session. 866 words today, 5102 this week. Novel at 47k. Unreasonably excited to hit that 50k next week. #writingcommunity #writingsky #booksky

Writing romance feels so weird. Feels like picking up two dolls and saying, "now kiss". Just a matter of practice I guess. Eventually I'll be having dolls kissing all over the place. #writingcommunity #writingsky #booksky

Manuscript crossed 45000 words today. Was feeling a bit of friction in writing so rearranged the outline yesterday and instantly became unstuck. ~60% of the way there now?! Unbelievable. #writingcommunity #writingsky #booksky

Club sandwich made this morning. Pulled chicken sandwich made on Sunday. #SandwichSky

I could write, but why write when the bed is inviting me at 3pm on a Monday? Let's take a nap.

AEW, might as well make Hangman the face of these Halloween Themed Shows. Cause he doesn’t miss. #AEWDynamite

Incredibly dumb. 11 out of 10, no notes, long live #AEW.

Batman using Kenny Omega’s One-Winged Angel finisher on a cop. AEW continues to influence the world.

Why does every babyface have to be a dumbass with zero object permanence? This is about Zaria. #NXT #NXTHalloweenHavoc

I opened #LinkedIn for 2 minutes and the skin burned away from my face.

Clown show after clown show after clown show

when i was younger we had different things than the things people have now

the day that society at large understands that testosterone and estrogen are necessary hormones in your body regardless of your sex, and that hormone supplementation is a health question rather than a loaded emotional question, will be one of the greatest days in human history.

It's a joyous day as we officially step out of novella territory and enter novel territory! 40000 words! This is still only about 45-50% though. 😂 I think the final length will be closer to 90k rather than 75k. #booksky #writingsky #writingcommunity

#AEW WrestleDream was a great show. Really satisfying to see Darby Allin win in the way the match went. Also loved Toni Storm vs Kris Statlander. Heel Opps is interesting, I guess, but we need Hurt Syndicate to be more babyface in the run up to their match.

I ran an 8-hour professional game of Dungeons and Dragons today. #d&d #5e

Can you say 50%?! #booksky #writingsky #writingcommunity (Yes of course it's nebulous and subject to change but shut up, man.)

Started writing a scene in the novel hoping to manage just 400 words for the day. Kinda got into the groove and kept going till I finished and it was 1300 words. Wheeee. My novel is now at 36000+ words, or 144 pages. Might hit 150 pages this week! #writingcommunity #writingsky #booksky

The momentum is back and I'm up to 34000+ words now of my novel. Started writing new scenes in “part 2” and revising “part 1”. Don't stop me now, I'm havin’ such a good time, I'm havin’ a ball. #writingcommunity #writingsky #booksky

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