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Nathan Hall (WIP A Fort in Winter)

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He/him. Writer, editor, Wheel of Time lover. SPFBO 8 Semi-finalist.

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Nathan Hall (WIP A Fort in Winter) @nathanhallwrites.bsky.social · Aug 2

Latest updates:

- Altar is available on Patreon, either through becoming a $5 patron or just for $5 by itself.

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- I have editing slots available starting in October. Dev and line edits for $10/1k words! Each $50 down earns a 5% discount, up to 20% off.

An Altar on the Village Green | Nathan Hall

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Chris Kohler @kohler.bsky.social · 11h

Cry Havoc! At The Disco

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Nathan Hall (WIP A Fort in Winter) @nathanhallwrites.bsky.social · 11h

Few places demand loyalty like Chinese restaurants.

Nathan Hall (WIP A Fort in Winter) @nathanhallwrites.bsky.social · 11h

Well not just.

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Voice Overacting At Its Finest

YouTube video by Andrew Levin

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Nathan Hall (WIP A Fort in Winter) @nathanhallwrites.bsky.social · 11h

This is just symbiote spidey

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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 13h

ME: a doctor put a curse on me

WIFE: which doctor

ME: yes

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?

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Nathan Hall (WIP A Fort in Winter) @nathanhallwrites.bsky.social · 11h

Bad guy do good thing? It's like a slap in the face. Complimentary.

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 23h

ONE FROG GOOD
MORE FROG BETTER
I support this message

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 16h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 18h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Nathan Hall (WIP A Fort in Winter) @nathanhallwrites.bsky.social · 11h

Prada a Deux?

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Adib Khorram @adibkhorram.bsky.social · 1d

the way i smiled and nodded at someone buying a book by an author who was an asshole at a con once (not even to me!)

Skyla Dawn Cameron @skyladawn.ca · 1d

A not talked about but weird part of being a writer is how often you’re in a group talking books and you virtually smile and nod when a recommendation comes up for someone you dislike for a petty reason like they were rude to a friend at a once, but saying so would veer on unnecessary gossip.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 15h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 18h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 13h

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 16h

It’s true: the cities are lawless and scary, if you live here sell your property as fast as possible, particularly if you have a 2 family row house from the 1920s with those nice bay windows.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 12h

We need a phrase for that feeling when you scroll past a skeet like “nooo! What?! Fuck! No!!” and experience a twinge of panic because not sure if sports or fall of nation. Heart burp?

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 14h

Some days I think, “the man bankrupted a casino.”

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 13h

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 1d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Nathan Hall (WIP A Fort in Winter) @nathanhallwrites.bsky.social · 23h

Soooooooo the garnishment isn't over. Interest and fees mean I still have this and one more check to go.

On the one hand, it's a cruel rug pull. On the other, this is the first time all year that this isn't panic inducing. We are OK. We will be OK.

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 1d

I happen to know these two characters WOULD dance for this message.

Tabitha Fringe Chase @tabby676.bsky.social · 1d

This is my dance about how much transphobes suck.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

Well, good for DC

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DC Comics won’t support generative AI: ‘not now, not ever’

“People have an instinctive reaction to what feels authentic.”

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 1d

this

🕷️Gory Thing🕷️ @korybing.bsky.social · 1d

Taps the sign

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Barbara Longley Author (no DMs) 📎 @blongley.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning, creatives! I've always been fascinated by crows and ravens because they are so intelligent. I've watched numerous documentaries, and I will find a way to write them into a fantasy story. Is there an animal that fascinates you?
#5amwritersclub #writingcommunity

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