Gonna need letters of transit signed by Charles deGaulle just to get back to Indiana to see my kid by this summer.

Addendum: it's also always STFU Friday, so if people don't see you broadcasting what you're doing... it might be because you're doing it right.

A full moon above a neighborhood

Good morning moon 🌝

For anyone who saw me on the "Worldbuilding While Neurodivergent" panel at #WorldbuildingCon 2025, you will be happy to know I'm finally getting my boba. 🧋😆

Watching Jurassic Park, where a computer nerd with a debt problem and delusions of grandeur tears down all the safety systems, with no understanding of the consequences, so he can better facilitate his planned espionage and theft.

Meadow is smiling to the camera. They have long black hair and are wearing a sleeveless orange top and braces.

Our 99th interview is here! Join us for a chat with TTRPG powerhouse, @howdylovedarlin.bsky.social

When Meadow isnt playing in a myriad of stellar actualplay shows, they're also a professional GM, TTRPG content creator & indie game designer!

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Become the ultimate worldbuilder! March 15-16, 2025 Join keynote speaker Mary Robinette Kowal for Worldbuilding Con 2025

Characters Who Change the World(building) Saturday, March 15 | 11:30 AM - 5 PM ET Guests: Cody Pondsmith, Tracy Hickman, Ed Greenwood, Celeste Conowitch, Gail Carriger

Worldbuilding an Unforgettable City Saturday, March 15 | 11:30 AM - 5 PM ET Guests: Mur Lafferty, Scott Lynch, Dominique Dickey

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Join me at @worldanvil.com - a free, virtual conference on YouTube March 15-16. I'll be giving the keynote address on Saturday, March 15 at 12 PM ET, and there are many interesting talks worth sticking around for. Learn more: worldbuildingcon.com

My Circle of Stars druid was based on Yvaine from Stardust (and my DM was happy to literally drop her out of the sky into the campaign). But I am increasingly playing her like Phoebe from Friends - upbeat, unbothered & chipper *because* of her horrible backstory. #dnd

I once took a "raptor watching" lake cruise and learned that bald eagles often don't fish for themselves - they steal fish other raptors catch. Geese however are the reason I believe birds descended from dinosaurs.

Got a lot done but I don't have a single solitary spoon left. Hubs is gonna have to gently ladle me into bed like the fragile dumpling I am later. 🥟

Today's video editing work for @worldanvil.com was all about the value of satire and social commentary in #sci-fi and whooooboy was that a timely assignment.

It might end up also being a book, and maybe a podcast. But right now, it wants to be letters. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ And maybe some tea and seed packets. And possibly some doodles of the raccoon getting into mischief 🦝.

I had a story idea, but the story wants to be letters. It wants to be actual, physical mail from your quirky aunt Tabitha, who is a hedge witch with a raccoon familiar. It wants to encourage you during a difficult year.

Ever the antidote.

• Wendell Berry •

It's my understanding the current administration was humiliated by its betters today, an observation that will be evergreen for the next three years, ten months

Small men always grow angry when they are confronted with the type of man they wish people saw them as, but can never be.

[“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape? The moneylenders, the know-nothings, the authoritarians have us all in prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can.”]

Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

24 Pleasant Websites That’ll Put a Smile on Even the Most Serious Doomscroller’s Face It’s bird time

Nice! A kind DM mentioned us in this article as a positive website to help folks feel happy and inspired. www.cracked.com/article_4559... #hopescrolling

I mean, everyone focuses on the frustration of being kids again. Not "well, shit, the world was falling apart when we left and we apparently don't get to miss one damn excruciatingly terrifying minute of it."

No particular reason that's my line of thinking right now.

Exactly how pissed do you think the Pevensies were to realize the Blitz was still going on after spending a couple decades in a bottle universe?

In Louisville, the bourbon finds YOU. Also, highly recommend Troll Pub on 2nd and Main.

Simply evil villains *can* work. Here's how. YouTube video by World Anvil Worldbuilding

If you want to check out those videos, you can find them here:
Villains - youtu.be/XdcOL88cpWw
Heroes - youtu.be/cUXx96tKgsw

This whole thread is excellent, but it has me thinking about our "how to write villains" video from @worldanvil.com last week. We have an older, more evergreen video on hero archetypes, but this specific thread is worth exploring in a whole essay.

Working on this video helped me gain some perspective on real world events. And aside from that, #WorldBuilding is a creative hobby that's good for your mental health, and a form of positive escapism which can be a balm for the soul in difficult days.

I'm delighted to be speaking at the all-virtual Worldbuilding Con by @worldanvil.com March 15-16. Click here to learn more, see the other fabulous speakers, and get reminders: worldbuildingcon.com

Simply evil villains *can* work. Here's how. Sure, a sympathetic villain (with or without redemption arc) can be fun. But have you considered... EEEEEEVIL?! Mwahahaha! 😈 Janet makes the case for why *sometimes* a true "Big Bad Evil Guy" is the RIGHT choice for your story - and how to make a villain whose moral compass points "DO EVIL" into an

Sure, a sympathetic villain (with or without redemption arc) can be fun. But have you considered... EEEEEEVIL?! Janet explains when a true "Big Bad Evil Guy" is the RIGHT choice - and how to make a villain whose moral compass points "DO EVIL" compelling!
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GUESS WHO HAS 2 THUMBS AND JUST GOT HER ADHD MEDS BACK BAY-BEE

‘Romantasy’ novel hits sales record | LinkedIn “Onyx Storm,” set at a “war college for dragon riders” has become the fastest-selling adult novel in 20 years, per Circana BookScan data.

If you're working on a multi-book fantasy series with intricate #worldbuilding, might we suggest you give us a look? 👀 🫶

And if you're curious about the #Romantasy genre - the tropes, tips, and more - we did a video on it: youtu.be/6dBFSINabEE

Dear brain: why are you like this?