Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)

Rich, fascinating stories, board game designs, and random thoughts, graciously provided by David Dawkins.
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2026-08-14 02:20:05 UTC

#ScribesAndMakers How often do you take mental breaks from your creative work?
Folkes, you should be taking physical breaks as well. Sitting a chair for over an hour is just bad. Get up. Refill your water. Reach your arms over your head and look out the window.
Take care of yourselves, people.

2026-08-05 22:15:11 UTC

Is there part of your world that feels perfectly safe during the day, but takes on a distinctly unsafe feeling at night?
#WorldBuilding #AmWriting #WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity #nature #trees
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2026-08-05 06:58:36 UTC

#ScribesAndMakers
What book are you currently reading, or have you finished most recently?
Just finished: The Killing Moon, NK Jemison
(re)Reading: Mort, Terry Pratchett.

2026-07-26 21:58:23 UTC

How influential is religion in your world? How influential would it like to be?
#WorldBuilding #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #dnd #ttrpg #GameDev #religion
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2026-07-25 21:56:18 UTC

Your characters burst into a room and accidentally see something they shouldn't.
#WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Cthulhu #WritingCommunity
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2026-07-23 23:09:13 UTC

How active a role do the gods (if any) play in your world?
#WorldBuilding #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #GameDev
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2026-07-22 22:13:08 UTC

Do you give your characters catchphrases? Gestures they commonly perform? Specific items of clothing they commonly deal with? How do you make them memorable from scene to scene?
#WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #Marvel #SciFi #IAmGroot #movies
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2026-07-22 08:53:28 UTC

I mean, everyone I know is writing a book.
#books #writing #disasters
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2026-07-20 23:46:26 UTC

Do you employ dramatic irony in your work?
#writing #AmWriting #cycling #Bike #irony #WritingCommunity.
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2026-07-16 23:14:35 UTC

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?
#CatsOfMastodon #cats #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Character #funny
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2026-07-14 09:03:03 UTC

#WritersCoffeeClub
How do you escape your comfort zone, writing-wise?
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No comfort zone for me. Weird shit going through my head all the time.

2026-07-12 23:47:24 UTC

It used to be that a lot of board games were variations on chess or roll-and-move. These days games are still derivative and borrow mechanics, but there are vastly more interesting mechanics to steal and tweak. What's your favourite game that doesn't feel particularly original, but is still great fun to play?
#BoardGames #Gaming #TabletopGames #chess
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2026-07-07 22:18:22 UTC

Your characters don't have to start out cool. They can be ordinary people who end up doing really cool things. My Desolation series starts with a shrimp diver going to the library. To understand why that's already cool, you should check out my latest #Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dharrigon/desolation-the-hollow-drum
#books #writing #WritingCommunity #reading #SciFi #steampunk #aliens
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2026-07-02 00:40:15 UTC

Scale. Do you use scale in your writing? Something we're used to thinking of as a certain size, make it way bigger, or much smaller. Extend this to social concepts and mannerisms. It's very important to tip your hat to someone. What do you mean you don't have a hat?
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Always fun.
#WWI #biplane #airplane #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
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2026-06-30 23:23:18 UTC

Are you a "true gamer"? How many of these sets do you own? I have French, German and Italian (also Hanafuda Japanese cards). Tell me which country you're from/in as well.
Also interested to know what you think is the best design.
#BoardGames #Tabletop #TabletopGames #cardGame #Europe #brettspiel
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2026-06-29 23:00:08 UTC

Sent my latest book out to my reviewers. This is always the nervy part because they are people who will tell it like it is. They've been full of praise, with some caveats, for my last few books. Here's hoping this one lives up to the standard. I think it's brilliant, of course, but then I'm biased.
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If you're interested in reviewing my work, DM me.
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Check it out on Kickstarter if you're interested in #SciFi mixed with #steampunk.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dharrigon/desolation-the-hollow-drum
#books #reading #review #
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2026-06-29 00:17:23 UTC

New standard for measuring pocket size just dropped.
#makers #sewing #feminism #dnd #ttrpg #gaming
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2026-06-27 22:50:13 UTC

I'm straight. But I mainly work in #theatre and the #arts .
For #Pride #PrideMonth: is there's any LGBT+ representation in your #books?
Cruel Provocations: Lesbian witch fights capitalism in Steampunk southern France. (yep: main)
Somebody Keeps Callin': A woman wakes next to a headless corpse and says, "Oh, no. Not again." (yep: side)
Desolation: Hetch didn't mean to destroy the world. She was just curious. (yep: secondary)
Check out my books: https://ororo-productions-bdd3bl.mailerpage.io/books
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2026-06-26 09:55:16 UTC

What's your pet grammar peeve? That one rule you learned but everyone else still gets wrong?
#WritingCommunity #writing #AmWriting #reading #books
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2026-06-23 21:53:30 UTC

Hunting for a hotel in November. I'm going to be in Sydney for the Australian Book Fair. Came across this gem.
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You expect me to sleep on what now? What am I, a hamster?
#hotels #travel #books #Sydney #Australia
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2026-06-21 01:23:29 UTC

I have officially sold out The Overdue Library, book one of the Desolation series. See if you can work out how you can still get a copy.
#books #Supanova #SupanovaSydney #reading
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2026-06-19 11:01:36 UTC

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@nprofile…2mmh You deserve all the leeks. Just like a Welsh person.

2026-06-15 22:21:13 UTC

Your characters are banned, from a place, or engaging in a certain activity. What clever work around do they find?
#Pride #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev
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2026-06-15 12:40:42 UTC

What would happen if the borg tried to assimilate the Discworld?
Who would win in a fight between a hundred bord and the luggage?
#Discworld #Pratchett #books #SciFi #Fantasy

2026-06-09 09:47:31 UTC

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@nprofile…45zq The point of the sampler is to give you an idea of what my books are like without you having to commit to a whole book. Is that something that interests you?

2026-06-09 07:41:31 UTC

Testing a new promotional tool. Please feel free to click the link and let me know what you think. You can also pick up a free sampler (first chapters) of all my books.
https://ororo-productions-ntkwsm.subscribepage.io/
#books #reading #writing #WritingCommunity #bookstodon
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2026-06-06 13:02:23 UTC

#WritersCoffeeClub
How do you write about places you've never been?
I'm mostly writing about an alien planet at the moment. I sketch maps to keep it all straight in my head., and usually make lots of reference sketches or use reference drawings of flora and fauna, important locations, etc. I like to sketch, but that's about as far as my drawing skills go. For instance, these are pre-fab structures in a compound created on an alien planet.
#art #writing
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2026-06-05 22:26:28 UTC

It's #Pride #PrideMonth, so time to roll out these classics.
#humour #funny
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2026-06-04 22:22:13 UTC

Your characters come across a building dedicated to a redundant technology and wonder what it was for.
#WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev
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2026-06-01 12:12:12 UTC

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@nprofile…9rjk I literally just wrote about this.
https://writing.exchange/@golgaloth/116657597920141841

2026-05-29 11:21:19 UTC

"My roomba just escaped."
"What?"
"My roomba. I left the front door open. It got out."
"So what?"
"Don't you understand? It has no natural predators. It could run rampant in the wild."
"Nah. Don't worry. It won't last long. Nature abhors a vacuum."
#MircroFiction #writing #humour #funny

2026-05-27 22:08:07 UTC

How are we all doing today? Remember, spite and contrariness are just as good a fuel for your light as love.
#Art #writing #theatre #light #resistance
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2026-05-24 22:53:47 UTC

Your character has a signature move. One day it fails.
#WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity
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2026-05-24 21:28:20 UTC

#WritersCoffeeClub
What do you need in order to finish your current WIP?
I need to work out the ending. But to do that, I need to work out the middle for the other section of characters. What makes that particular part of the story so compelling? Why does it exist at all? I mean, I know why it's there. It's the bit that reveals the Big Bad's plot, but how do they connect, even if it's in the next book, with the other characters?
A bit lost, so that's going on the backburner.
#writing

2026-05-22 04:18:57 UTC

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@nprofile…wtt2 Fall chasers?

2026-05-21 22:11:05 UTC

There used to be sun chasers. Rich folk who travelled to the southern hemisphere for summer, then then to the northern hemisphere for summer, experiencing summer all year round.
Soon we will have winter chasers, as summer becomes unbearably hot.
#ClimateChange #Climate #summer #HeatWave

2026-05-20 22:24:32 UTC

What two games would you give this treatment? Frame the boards, hang the pieces in baggies on the back.
I'd try Castles of Burgundy, though I'd probably need a thicker frame, and maybe Fresco, as that has such a gorgeous board.
#BoardGames #TabletopGames #games #gaming #brettspiel
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2026-05-18 03:41:50 UTC

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@nprofile…y6us Toledo was well worth the drive, or train trip of you're doing things that way.

2026-05-17 23:06:30 UTC

Your character's job contains dangers that would make most people baulk. Why do they find it enjoyable?
#WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity
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2026-05-17 22:23:44 UTC

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@nprofile…y6us I've been there. I remember the virtual reality thing they have in the cathederal. It poured with rain in the morning, but then cleared up enough for us to walk the walls, etc.
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2026-05-17 00:09:22 UTC

#BoardGames! Had a great time last night at our local club. Played heaps of fun stuff. Quick reviews in alt-text.
#TableTopGames #gaming #games
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2026-05-15 22:38:40 UTC

More #BoardGames this weekend! Are there some games you don't like playing? Or some types of people you don't like playing with?
I'm pretty much up for anything except straight out wargames, but even then, if I'm in the mood...
#TabletopGames #Brettspiel #games #gaming
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2026-05-15 01:40:12 UTC

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I told you not to look.
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2026-05-15 01:39:38 UTC

Whatever you do, don't turn this photo upside down. And don't look at the version in the replies.
#art #music
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2026-05-13 22:36:13 UTC

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@nprofile…gtqw Ooo. Love me a good cave. We have the Mole Creek caves and King Solomon Caves near us. I've been half a dozen times. Mostly when I'm going to write an underground scene in one of my stories.

2026-05-13 01:25:47 UTC

Star Wars
The stars do not actually engage in warfare.
#DisclaimersForBooksOrMovies
#HashTagGames

2026-05-12 22:40:08 UTC

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
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2026-05-11 21:56:12 UTC

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
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2026-05-11 11:22:53 UTC

Same, plant.
Same.
#Art #writing #life
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2026-05-11 07:44:55 UTC

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@nprofile…pj3u I already have vampire butterflies in my latest WIP.

2026-05-06 08:02:06 UTC

What's that piece of classical music they used to use for every typing scene in a movie? Not the Trish Trash Polka, the other one?

2026-05-01 05:09:44 UTC

Maria Wisnowska, undisputed star of the Warsaw Theatre scene in the 1880. Her performance combines innocence and corruption, and she took many lovers. She shot in her hotel room at the age of thirty, dying at the scene. Full story in Alt-text.
#theatre #writing #history #murder.
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2026-04-29 02:11:32 UTC

Your heroes set out to right the wrongs of the world. How exactly will they do that?
#WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev
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2026-04-27 23:26:59 UTC

You have to live here for one year. There's no heating in winter except what you can provide by cutting down local trees.
(Things like this are great for imagining #fantasy settings.)
#WritingTips #travel #AmWriting #writing #winter #WritingCommunity
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2026-04-27 23:23:04 UTC

Why is it I still have to look up Discrete vs Discreet? I'm fifty-six years old, ffs.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #writing

2026-04-22 10:02:03 UTC

Autumn colours coming in down under. How's Spring going in the Northern Hemisphere?
#Autumn #Spring
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2026-04-20 22:22:45 UTC

There are rumours and mythology about your world. Even a science fiction world. Some of it might even be true.
#WorldBuilding #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #writing #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Australia #SciFi #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev
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2026-04-19 22:16:03 UTC

I'm so glad mobile phones have gotten smaller since the 1930s. Imagine having to walk around with all that kit everywhere you went. What technological advancements have your characters noticed in their lifetime? Remember, your world is not static.
#WritingTips #AmWriting #SciFi #writing #WritingCommunity #mobile
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2026-04-19 11:06:42 UTC

I mean. Technically it's the Massive Attack beetle. Or the Fat of the Land crab.
#music #cartoon
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2026-04-16 22:07:38 UTC

I mean, I like digging into pre-history when designing monsters, but seriously. Hallucigenia is a a 5cm (2inch) worm with legs and spikes. If reality could just fuck off and stop being more creative than me, that would be great.
#WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd
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2026-04-16 04:05:54 UTC

#PennedPossibilities⁩
Do any of your characters have an unusual or uncommon pet? What is it? How did they acquire it?
Define unusual....
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2026-04-15 08:32:22 UTC

What does your character like to eat? Do you describe food in your work?
#WritingPrompt #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #food
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2026-04-10 01:36:58 UTC

Les Champidragons by Belgian artist Xavier Collette ( @nprofile…6tet ).
#art #dnd #ttrpg #dragons #cool
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2026-04-09 10:05:44 UTC

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@nprofile…wygh Magnificent.

2026-04-05 22:04:35 UTC

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@nprofile…ue3t First Class. Every Fucking Time.

2026-04-04 23:18:16 UTC

What do you hope people will learn from your work, if anything?
#writing #AmWriting #art #WritingCommunity #PillowFort
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2026-04-03 23:43:33 UTC

Off for some #BoardGames today! Wingspan has eggs, but I'm not sure it's really #Easter themed. Maybe I should go with a #moon theme with the whole #Artemis thing. What would you peeps recommend?

2026-04-03 10:24:29 UTC

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@nprofile…l0np Taking a day off can be hard. I've got one tomorrow when I go to my board game group outside Devonport.

2026-04-02 22:11:28 UTC

Artemis flight has some tough depravations ahead. Here's to a successful trip. Also enjoying the fact I get to pull out all my space memes.
#Artemis #ArtemisII #Moon #meme #funny
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2026-04-02 00:31:09 UTC

Thought I'd just drop this absolute classic from usersname Dustin Couch.
#Artemis #ArtemisII #NASA #Moon #MoonLaunch
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2026-03-30 22:20:06 UTC

Someone lays a trap for your character. What does that look like?
#WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #DnD #ttrpg
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2026-03-30 10:17:24 UTC

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@nprofile…l0np Are you able to continue your work remotely? Is that more or less satisfying? What's the online community like?

2026-03-30 10:14:57 UTC

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@nprofile…l0np With the increasing deterioration in the external breathability of air, that has the potential to be a very important field. Was it a disappointment with the system or were there people who made you feel welcome?

2026-03-30 10:12:32 UTC

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@nprofile…l0np It can be a very weird vibe to get into. What was your academic focus?

2026-03-29 00:31:29 UTC

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@nprofile…k3fr Glad you're liking the series. Book 3 is my favourite so far.

2026-03-28 23:48:11 UTC

It's my birthday, today! So I'm watching my favourite TV show.
If you want to get me a present, check out the Kickstarter for my latest #SciFi book.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dharrigon/desolation-the-same-river-twice
#Murderbot #SanctuaryMoon #books #reading #birthday
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2026-03-26 03:55:37 UTC

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@nprofile…pfuj Great book on the early days of flying, by the French guy who wrote The Little Prince. Well worth reading to recapture that lost romance.

2026-03-25 01:33:31 UTC

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@nprofile…ch3z currently in Australia, eating noodles for lunch.

2026-03-24 21:07:35 UTC

#ScribesAndMakers
"Do you have a sewing kit in your home?"
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2026-03-24 20:59:28 UTC

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@nprofile…z867 The turn structure on White Castle feels a bit weird. I understand why it has to be like that. Still weird. But I Love, Love, Love the engine building and points scoring off the back end. I need to play this a few more times.

2026-03-24 00:54:16 UTC

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@nprofile…5vm9 I find most Western cakes are saturated with so much sugar! Way too sweet. There's a lovely Hungarian walnut cake I used to get in a little shop in London. Been trying to find something like it ever since I moved to Tasmania.

2026-03-23 21:28:42 UTC

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@nprofile…l0np I'm on hold with the complaints line, but thanks.

2026-03-23 21:20:09 UTC

Twenty minutes on hold with Centrelink...

2026-03-22 20:51:04 UTC

#WritersCoffeeClub
How do you organise your notes? (No notes?)
I used to keep a document of characters that I'd created in alphabetical order, then a separate section for world-building I did on the fly. I now do both of those in the same document with Scribus, along with my entire manuscript with each section labelled at the side so I can find bits easily. That works well for me. I just wish there was a version for android.

2026-03-21 22:22:26 UTC

There are four lights.
#square #Clunes #books #booktown #writing #WritersLife #SciFi #StarTrek
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2026-03-21 19:15:08 UTC

#writersCoffeeClub
Do you celebrate any writerly anniversaries or special occasions?
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Towel Day.

2026-03-21 03:12:19 UTC

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@nprofile…p0fq Is there any other kind?

2026-03-20 22:57:48 UTC

All set up at Clunes! Come find me up by the Town Hall.
#Clunes #books #scifi #fantasy #reading #bookstodon
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2026-03-20 03:30:04 UTC

Project Hail Mary has some laughs and spectacle. Definitely worth seeing. Still feels a little but the numbers. They're desperate for a big summer blockbuster. This ain't it.
#ProjectHailMary #movies

2026-03-19 21:56:44 UTC

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@nprofile…5t9f
Brought a second hand Leaf to drive around London. Saved the entire purchase price in petrol and congestion charges within two years.

2026-03-18 21:06:59 UTC

I do not use AI at all, at any stage of writing my books. I have the &udm=14 code in my search engine so I don't even use it for research.
#AI #creative #writing #ttrpg #rpg #GameDev #art #artist
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2026-03-09 23:49:46 UTC

Yes, but what female scifi (NOT fantasy) authors would you recommend?
I'd say Ryka Aoki Light from Uncommon Stars, The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley, and Margaret Killjoy's The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion.
#books #reading #scifi #bookstodon

2026-03-09 21:00:05 UTC

While my car was being serviced, I took a little wander around #Launceston #Tasmania, visited the monkeys in the park and discovered, right next door, the old radio museum. Awesome.
#museum #radio #discovery #history
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2026-03-04 22:30:52 UTC

I'm basically recovered from my first big book festival. It took a surprisingly long time to fully recharge, probably due to all the admin and bullshit around putting my dad into full time care. I'm sketching out chapter ideas for book 5, the last book of the Desolation series. I'll have that finished by the end of the year. Probably along with another book I'm writing. More book fairs and Supanovas to attend, but I should find those easier, now.
#WritersLife #WritingCommunity
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2026-03-02 00:03:31 UTC

Back when I was young and handsome, I did a few headshot sessions that might be worth digging out for #Monochrome #MonochromeMarch #photography
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2026-03-01 20:43:41 UTC

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@nprofile…cy5p Love the phrase, "non-default settings". I will definitely steal that.

2026-02-28 06:30:00 UTC

Am I going to have to dust of my old brown coat?
#BrownCoat #Firefly

2026-02-24 01:08:01 UTC

When describing something complex, it's often useful to pick on one particular, stand-out feature. This photo I took of a lamp at the Botanical Gardens in #Melbourne. How would you a) describe it, b) convey the feeling of it?
#WritingTips #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritingChallenge
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2026-02-23 09:48:30 UTC

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@nprofile…r0wr Your home feed will show the feed from the site you signed up to, plus people you follow. You can also show all feeds - i.e. the whole of Mastodon. Personalising things require effort on your part. Just add everyone you want to see to a list. to a list. You'll be fine.

2026-02-20 20:18:51 UTC

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@nprofile…8exa Or, y'know, dust plugs.