I love getting little postcard stories from @eskaftun.bsky.social every week. Such a nice moment of creativity and whimsy and inspiration amongst all the doomy and spammy stupidity I otherwise get.
Check out her profile for her Patreon link. Totally worth it.
#flashfiction #stories #amreading
Sugar gliders sleeping inside a plushie treasure chest Mimic creature from DnD
Sugar gliders just trying to rest inside a mimic’s mouth without getting eaten.
Aren’t we all these days.
Had a lovely #Norwescon as always, thanks to the hard work of the incredible volunteers, great fellow panelists, and the company of so many awesome friends old and new.
@norwescon.org
News headline: mystery space illness still unexplained
News headline: astronauts may struggle to reproduce in space
News headline: scientists 3D print microbots that swim without a brain
Ground News delivering them scifi writing prompts!
Everything’s going to work out totally fine.
#scifi #writing #writingprompts
A couple of random photos I took recently, without comment.
Random photo from my weekend.
I mean, has everyone checked their Signal app? He might have accidentally shared the top secret reason with you.
Wow. Not sure what it says that it got this super fast. Should I be worried?
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Absolutely! Thanks :)
Political cartoon showing MAGA GOP elephant on beach telling woman in front of bathroom he needs to inspect her genitals while massive tidal waves of the Trump Economy, AI impacts, Climate Change, and Authoritarianism loom behind him ready to crash down on them both.
I drew a little something in Procreate to capture how I’m feeling. Obviously needs like three more waves but this captures the gist…
#politics #trump #maga #gop #ai #economy #authoritarianism #climatecrisis #politicalcartoon #lgbt #transrightsarehumanrights
lol!
Randy in front of the Troll art installation named Jakob Two-Trees, with troll looking over his shoulder
Randy in front of the Troll art installation named Jakob Two-Trees, with Randy looking up at the troll over his shoulder.
Ran into a troll in Issaquah.
It’s right behind me, isn’t it …
A shame these trolls didn’t exist when I was writing Finn Fancy Necromancy. Maybe I can work them into a future novel.
#troll #fantasy #artwork #magic #fantasybooks #adventure #hobbit #pacificnorthwest
Randy in a pine box
Mary in the Junkyard playing in the Paramount
Wet Leg playing in the Paramount
Wet Leg in the Paramount
Had a blast going with friends to WET LEG last night (with awesome opening act Mary in the Junkyard). Pre-show hangout at the Pine Box, a former mortuary turned bar/ pizza restaurant. #wetleg
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Screenshot of one of Emily Skaftun postcard stories titled Eggcelent Choice!
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Also, love to Third Place Books, who always has an amazing lineup of readings and great community spaces! Should have said so in the post.
#thirdplacebooks
Chuck Tingle on stage
Chuck Tingle describing the four categories of people based on what he writes.
Chuck Tingle presentation slide saying rather than ask why try, ask why not try to build, party, create, risk etcetera.
Saw Chuck Tingle on Wednesday. Fun, funny, and full of love and positivity as always.
His are the only horror novel readings I’ve been to, but I assume all horror novel readings are full of sparkle and energy and laughter and love, right? ;p
#chucktingle #loveisreal
FIRST: I love that Washington's Secretary of State Steve Hobbs is a D&D player/GM who goes by "Happy Tracker Meow Meow."
SECOND: I love that he and UW professor Jin Ha Lee are advocating ways games can be used to train folks to battle misinformation.
www.kuow.org/stories/pop-...
#dnd #resistance
Melissa Caruso & Megan O'Keefe, Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, Seattle, WA - Mon 8/18 - 7 PM https://www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/melissa-caruso
One last timebecause I know I miss stuff on Bluesky all the time...If you're in/around Seattle, come meet @meganeokeefe.bsky.social & me at Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park) tomorrow! REALLY looking forward to geeking out about craft & stuff with Megan! www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/meliss...
What's in the Trump/GOP big, ugly bill?
-Tax cuts skewed to the rich
-Medicaid & SNAP cuts
-Public land sell off
-Big Oil tax loopholes
-Blocks state and local regulation against AI
-More money for defense contractors
The oligarchy's wishlist.
A box of special edition Oreos labeled “Oreo Selena Gomez”
Selena Gomez flavored Oreos?!
I know there was that whole Gweneth Paltrow’s V-scented candle.
And I realize people love Yellowjackets and Hannibal and I-Zombie and all.
But this just seems a bad idea to me. I mean, what if they get “the hunger”?!
#selenagomez #alwayssunny
I love that people are reportedly glitter bombing a certain group of masked kidnappers so that they are identifiable without their masks. Can’t get rid of glitter! The power of sparkle!
Happy Pride!
It’s amazing how many chores I find suddenly interesting and urgent when I need to write a difficult emotional scene.
#amwriting #amvacuuming #ammakingasnack #amdecluttering #amdoingdishes #ammakinganothersnack #whatwasIwriting #ohyesithinkitsdinnertimenow #amwonderingwhyicantloseweight
OMG I’m just mad I didn’t think of it! 😆
A current influencer trend claims em-dashes are "chaptGPT dashes" and prove AI writing, and --
YOU CANNOT HAVE MY EM-DASHES!
I don't write with AI, but I DO use 527,362 em-dashes per novel. They come direct from my soul, they FEEL right -- something AI could never understand.
#amwriting #writing
DoorDash is part preview of a world with replicators. Order whatever meal you want at home and zap it’s there, ready. How does anyone in Star Trek fit in their uniforms? Also computer, stop suggesting I add Dairy Queen. I said Earl Grey, hot, and I meant i… oh, fine, and one Peanut Buster Parfait.
Wonderful weekend at #Norwescon. Thanks everyone who came to my reading! So good to catch up with so many friends at the con. And thank you to the Norwescon volunteers for all your hard work and passion.
I say that, and yet I fear it is simply that they are stupid and convinced they know better than the experts, idiot fragile manchilds who’ve been told they are kings among men, the true protagonists among NPCs.
I’m sure Trump and his friends didn’t bet against the market and plan to buy up all the foreclosed real estate (or whatever finance bros do to profit on the suffering of others) before he put his plan in motion.
Blue Horseshoe likes all those stocks Tariffs are tanking.
I love what Cory Booker did. I just wish I hadn’t woken up to multiple fundraising emails with the same copy/paste statement from him. It feels like it cheapened it.
How cool would it have been to get emails from him saying “Here’s ten ways you can join the fight” that weren’t about donations?