MMO Burnout: Lord of the Rings Living Card Game is my gold standard for LOTR game adaptations

TIDAL is a great alternative to Spotify. They don't run ICE ads or invest in murder drones. Bonus: they pay musicians more fairly! Another bonus: their "shuffle" feature doesn't prioritize content based on advertising algorithms.

My monthly newsletter. This month I compare looking for an agent to the hiring I do at my day job.

She's out! I've got a day planned of going around sneakily signing books in all my local stores. booktrib.com/2025/09/23/a...

I just reached a big writing milestone. I've been accepted as a member of @sfwa.bsky.social !

Fun article that points out a lot of the things that drive me to blend mystery and thriller plots with sci fi and fantasy settings.

Spent the morning writing the first draft of a novel synopsis. It needs a lot of work, but I've met my day's goal. So now it's time to get back to comp reading. #amwriting

The newest issue of my writing newsletter is out. Enjoy!

I've been bouncing around between cleaning up the few things I noticed when I reread my manuscript and updating my various writing-related sites. Soon I'll have no excuse not to write my synopsis. But wait! I have to write my newsletter! Huzzah!

FUCK YEAH SCIENCE arstechnica.com/science/2025...

I'm considering updating my photo to match the gnome theme of my novel

To create a Website with your own domain? There are lots of ways to do that. Personally, I use Wordpress to host my blog and Ionos to manage the rest of my site and domains. Wordpress probably is enough to get started. Other people use Squarespace, Wix, etc. Many options. wordpress.com

It’s a rainy day here, a vacation day. So I’m doing the only reasonable thing: Introducing my children to The Karate Kid (1984) and The Karate Kid Part II (1986). I almost forgot how great these movies are.

"Why do you keep doing it?" Here's my answer. My new blog post: www.leslieconnerbooks.com/post/i-ll-ke...

Researching helium-3 mining on the moon for my current WIP and found this company making plans and prototypes: www.interlune.space #amwriting

The kids are back into Magic the Gathering, so I'm back into Magic the Gathering. I bought a pre-made commander deck and fired up MtG Arena to remember how to play.

Recently updated my info: Check out my writing and newsletter at www.ingnomevation.com Follow @todd.ingnomevation.com.ap.brid.gy for blog/newsletter feed on Bluesky Get the same updates via RSS at www.ingnomevation.com/rss/ View my author business card at toddcedwards.com

Found The Hero With A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell while on vacation. I feel like I need to finally read it.

I'll be at the @authorsabb.bsky.social table at #WorldCon tomorrow from 10-1. Come say hi if you're there!

yes! adding to this: * Wikimedia Commons (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) * Flickr, using the filter by license feature (www.flickr.com/search)

I have gone ahead and written up a more organized piece about why I think recommending decades-old genre "classics" to young people new to the space is not, shall we say, a great thing to do whatever.scalzi.com/2025/08/11/p...

Currently reading The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty. I'm about halfway through and loving the characters, setting, and plot. High seas action and a bit of magic are a great combination, and I recommend checking it out. www.sachakraborty.com

I'm gearing up to pitch my fantasy/mystery genre blend to agents. First step, finding comp titles. I'm having a challenging time, since I haven't found many mysteries set in fantasy worlds, but I've got a small list to check out. First up: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett.

You can now learn to play Hubworld: Aidalon via our Learn To Play Resources, and order Preview Decks today for the price of shipping @ Covenant! gamefound.com/en/projects/... #hubworldaidalon #cardgame

@jordanmorris.bsky.social I reserved my copy of Web of Spider-Verse: New Blood from the amazing Isotope Comics here in San Francisco. Next time you're in town you should check it out. The owner is amazing at recommendations.

@amynielsen.bsky.social Thanks doing the synopsis seminar today! Zooming out and writing a ~500 word summary of the key points was very helpful as I'm working on my story edit pass.

Working on my Warhammer Underworlds Sepulcher Guard. Once I figure out the paints on this model, I'll do the rest to match. Still have to do a dark wash, then corrosion wash on the copper, and finally highlight. #warhammer #minipainting

Move over crabs...

My new essay at Scientific American is out. #fires #climate #water "We know what’s coming, but we also know what to do...It's time to listen to the science, stop listening to the deniers and work to make our dystopian future, once again, fiction." www.scientificamerican.com/article/los-...

So I expanded this thread into a blog post called "How (and why) to make a personal website" - check it out! Tons of very practical info - hope it helps make it all seem more manageable! gregpak.com/how-and-why-...

@robmortellwrites.bsky.social Heh, the tag line for my current novel is "techno thriller with a twist of magic". :)

This weekend I'm novel editing. Here's another book an agent recommended to help me polish before submitting: sevendrafts.com by Allison Williams #writing

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...

It didn't take long for me to pick the paint scheme for my new Emberwatch squad for Warhammer Underworlds. #warhammer #minipainting

I wrote something to myself recently, which I think would be helpful to share here, for all of those who are engaging with this Neil Gaiman piece (or any of the other super shitty stuff out there), and the reactions to that place and having their nervous systems get massively activated.

Doing some light afternoon reading in prep for novel editing. #writing

I'm having a tough time coming up with comps for my novel, but my writing playlist captures the vibe. I mostly listened to the soundtracks from Only Murders in the Building, Cyberpunk 2077, and Elden Ring. #writing

Three small earthquakes just off the coast of San Francisco this morning. Clearly a Kaiju is trying to break through.

Hello Bluesky! First post. If you dig gaming, game development, fantasy writing, Dungeons and Dragons, and need culture in general give me a follow! I'll follow you back!

The moderation changes Meta is making across its platforms is another opportunity for me to remind you that having your own actively maintained site is one of the best ways to assure that people will always be able to find you, no matter what happens to the social media sites you don't control.

Today's writing adventure: learning to convert markdown formatted chapter files into pdf with pandoc. Next: writing a bash script to compile all the chapters and then convert. That way I can keep my files separate for editing. Coming soon: learning VIM visual mode and marks. #writing #linux

Yay! I finished the first draft of my novel, just in time to claim 2024! Time for a break to reset my head before diving into edits. Total came in at 76,140 words. I had predicted 80,000, so that's pretty good.

Now I'm disappointed because I learned they aren't talking about "data centaurs".

Finished a chapter today. Only two more until the first draft is done! I can still do it before the year is over.

The December edition of my writing newsletter is out! I talk about being almost done with the first draft of my thriller, prepping for editing, and looking for comps. Check it out and share if you know someone who would be interested. www.ingnomevation.com/newsletter-d... #writing

1000% this chunk of asphalt with a partial tile labyrinth that appeared as set decoration in the opening is going to be a crucial clue in the second act.

Farming seaweed in isolation increases the risk of disease outbreaks, according to a study. Growing seaweed within intact seagrass ecosystems decreases disease risk by 75% and could increase annual revenue by up to $1 million USD per square km. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Out now - National Academies consensus report on Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science 🧪 It was a privilege to serve as one of the 15 committee members from a wide range of scientific disciplines who put this report together. Quick 🧵1/ www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/und...

Whoa—the Montana Supreme Court holds that its state constitution protects the right to "a stable climate system," and strikes down a law that barred consideration of greenhouse gas emissions when permitting new fossil fuel projects. juddocumentservice.mt.gov/getDocByCTra...