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

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.

It's the ultimate "clever engineers made a product without doing the work of making sure the product has a market"

We saw Kim's Convenience, the play that the TV show was based on. Really well done. Leans more into the drama side, but still has comedy.

I've been reading the Tangled daily newsletter, which does a good job breaking the story down and showing both sides. I also keep seeing ads for "Grounded" news, but I haven't checked it out in depth.

It's hard to find the signal in all the noise these days. Do you have any recommendations for folks to read?

Ah, thanks. I don't really follow him, but I've heard lots of complaints recently.

Uh oh, what happened?

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

Congratulations!

Small Town Holiday Romance with an Enchanting Twist | BookTrib. In A Spell for Midwinter’s Heart, author Morgan Lockhart whisks the reader away into a small mountain town filled with magic. This book hits all the marks I want from a romance for the holiday season:...

She's out! I've got a day planned of going around sneakily signing books in all my local stores.

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Welcome to the club! When I was looking for a newsletter service, I gave Ghost a shot and have loved it.

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Thanks! I'm about to start querying agents and they say being part of such groups is a good way to show I'm serious

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

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

Ah, the dream. I hope you make lots of progress. I'm working to get my query materials ready and researching possible agents to send it to.

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!

Bluesky now platform of choice for science community It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…

FUCK YEAH SCIENCE

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The author with a pointy gnome hat, weirdly trimmed beard, and wild eyes.

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.

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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.