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Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 14h

0+1 = 1. +3 = 4. +5 = 9
I guess I just look for patterns, or abstractions, or something.

Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 14h

My brain is weird when it comes to numbers. When my insomnia was really bad (a decade or two ago) I went from counting numbers to listing squares: 1, 4, 9, 16 and realised if you start with 0 and add odd numbers you get square numbers.

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Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 16h

And what, pray tell, is wrong with prime numbers? Am I the only one that uses prime numbers as radio volume settings?!?

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Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 19h

I was talking to this guy yesterday about car radios, and I said I listened to an oldies station because it's AM (signals are bad in the hills) and plays music I like.
Then he mentioned volume and apparently he always sets the volume to an even or a divisible by five number. Like a fucking psycho.

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Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 1d

We used to joke over here that you could park anywhere you liked, so long as you put your hazard lights on. I have seen guys in suits park in a bus zone while ducking in to buy smokes, a woman go into a bottle shop parked in a disabled spot, and endless hordes park in loading zones. Hazard lights!

Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 2d

I've been blankly staring at a section of bookshelf for the last couple of days (it's just a "I'm thinking" stare) and someone just came in and asked for one of the books in that section of books.

#CueTwilightZoneMusic

Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 3d

Needing to reorder another lot of Popular Penguins is not a bad problem to have!

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Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 3d

Look, I'm not saying that mobile phone spam is getting out of control, but it's barely 1/4 past 8 and I got an SMS about a sale for a place I haven't been to for about four years...

Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 4d

For those that are curious they sell their singles for AUS $1 which is about USD $0.65

Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 4d

The new Dressing Gowns song has dropped! Gnowangerup. And I believe it's Bandcamp Friday (or whatever that non-catchy name is).

#TheDressingGowns
#Gnowangerup

Gnowangerup, by The Dressing Gowns

track by The Dressing Gowns

thedressinggowns.bandcamp.com

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Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 9d

I woke up singing the chorus of the song The Dressing Gowns are currently working on (so it must be catchy, at least to me), and then some completely different lyrics not at all related to Bus9 came to me and when I got into work I played around with a few chords. As you do.

#AmIWritingANewSong

Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 10d

Thinking about getting some of these in; they have a good price point, there are some interesting title, and I think they look good. Thought? Opinions? Recipes for Lobster Jello?

Penguin Archive

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books. Collection out 15 July 2025.

www.penguin.com.au

Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 11d

Four stories went out, four rejections came in. At least one had feedback!
*twiddles thumbs*
I am sure this has been said millions of times, but it would really be nice to have someone else to do all that boring submission, finding an agent, and ancillary stuff so I can focus on the writing part...

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Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 15d

Despite the King being born in November, we have the King's Birthday long weekend this weekend, which is not a global thing, or even an Australian thing (other countries and states pick their own dates), but, by crickey! we will not let that stand in the way of a long weekend!

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Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 16d

My first AD&D character was a Paladin. The choice was based solely on how cool that picture was.

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Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 18d

According to the lies* I have told the taxman this year I'll be getting a refund!

*From a certain point of view.

Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 20d

Tough times here at the bookshop with Benny the Beagle not around; the cat threw up (which is the kind of normal cat behaviour you just shrug about and hope to clean up before you step in it) and then she had to eat her own vomit. The sacrifices we must make in these troubled times, and all that...

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Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 21d

I had a bit of an idea for a story and wound up writing a bit of a story.
I think, perhaps, I need to ruminate more until all the pieces fall into place...

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Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 22d

I still love that cover.

Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 24d

That's a supportive like, not a "hurrah things are bad" like.

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Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 25d

New edition?

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Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 25d

One of the magazines I sent a story off to has a 1 minute to 48 hour turn around on submissions. I assumed this was a joke until I got a rejection in 24 hours. As they have no wait time between submissions (only one active at a time) I sent another, darker story. It's been 3 days. That's good right?

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Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 26d

That does look like a fun room to be in.

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Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 29d

Sent out three short stories today. Now we play the waiting game...

Drew Sanderson @phylosfett.bsky.social · 29d

Have any of you actually tried to shiver your timbers? It's not as much as fun as you'd think!