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Drew Melbourne

@drewmelbourne.com

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Neurodivergent geek author of A DARK HOLE DARKLY, the Percival Gynt space-fantasy series, and the graphic novel ARCHENEMIES. www.drewmelbourne.com (he/him)

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Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 22d

His girlfriend says he doesn't have the temperament to solve his mom's murder.

She's probably right.

Don't believe the lies your TV tells you: Sometimes neurodivergence makes you a much SHITTIER detective.

A DARK HOLE DARKLY
A Detective's Story

Out now in ebook and paperback.

#ADHDetective
💙📚⚡️

A Dark Hole Darkly

Sometimes neurodivergence makes you a much SHITTIER detective.

www.drewmelbourne.com

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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 3h

The cutest conversation😍

Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 1h

This is why I still have my last laptop with the broken screen! I'm convinced there might be something I need off it that I forgot to transfer!

Does it need to just be sitting there on a box next to my desk?

No, probably I should put it somewhere.

Will I?

Um.

Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 23h

And the witness will address this court as "judge" or "your honor." I'm quite certain *I've* earned it!

Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 23h

You maybe remember the S1 ending better than I do!

Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 23h

My problem was that the bad guys basically win, the good guys' rallying doesn't actually have a pay off and Peacemaker ends the season (series?) on a cliffhanger that's maybe too open-ended.

(Instead of "How will he get out of this one?" it's more "What is this thing he will get out of?")

Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 23h

I definitely understand the VIBE of what you're saying, and was also struck by the fact that the Earth-X stuff/characters didn't play a direct role in the finale, but it is true that Chris' "I'm cursed" thing was mostly about the trauma of feeling responsible for his brother and dad dying again.

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Chief (T.C. Smith) || comms open! @chiefwritesbook.bsky.social · 1d

In case you saw earlier and forgot about it (looking at you, fellow ADHDers), there's still plenty of time to grab the ADHD bundle! 22 books featuring ADHD rep by mostly ADHD authors! You know you want it:

itch.io/b/3300/adhd-...

#BookSky 🩵📚 📢📚 📦📚

Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 1d

"The Crunchiest Robin."

Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 1d

Republicans hellbent on loopholing us into fascism.

Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 1d

"Liberty" is one of those words Conservatives throw around when they mean the opposite.

Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 1d

The Delaware Author Fair is coming up October 26th!

I'll be there with copies of my books (including my latest, the ADHD detective novel, A DARK HOLE DARKLY) and some fun giveaways!

If you're in the Wilmington area, please check it out!

Tickets here:

huxleyandhiro.com/c/events-2d3...

Author line-up for the Fall 2025 Delaware Author Fair includes me (Drew Melbourne) and 49 other authors (including Kelly Simmons, Richard Chizmar, Stephanie Burt, W.H. Chizmar, Amy Blackthorn, Adriana Camacho-Church Christy Schiling, and Jeff Bogle in a slightly larger font). This image includes the date of the fair (Sunday October 26th), the location (the Queen Theater in Wilmington, DE) and the sponsor (bookstore Huxley & Hiro).

Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 1d

Me, after ADHD diagnosis: Okay, but I'm still at least 15% a special totally unique snowflake and not purely the product of my neurodiversity?

Me, after reading more about the intersection of ADHD and autism: Or. Um. 3%?

Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 1d

I feel like you are being very kind/optimistic when you say "sometimes."

Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 1d

The worst is when you forget your on their profile and not your feed and you've liked five of their posts going back six months.

Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 1d

Belated update:

Cat peed two laundry baskets to death.

Back down to one laundry basket.

Cat: 1

ADHD: 0

Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · Jul 27

Ways in which my life has approved after my ADHD diagnosis #381:

I now own three laundry baskets.

Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 1d

Update:

Cat now napping (cutely) on the magazine.

Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 1d

Cat really getting into ADHD Awareness month!

Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 1d

VOLTRON, but the lions have ADHD and every episodes ends with two feet and an arm joining up to stop a space kaiju while the other arm and the torso are trying to remember where they left the TV remote.

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LAaah! A Ghost! Guettler @laguettler.bsky.social · 29d

I'm so excited to participate in a Books & Brews event! I'm already brainstorming exclusive merch ideas.....

Books & Brews
Drink beer
Meet authors
Buy Books
October 18
12 to 4
Meet local authors while enjoying craft beers
Two Brothers Brewing Roundhouse
205 N Broadway, Aurora, IL

Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 2d

Also, spiders.

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
1/2

Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 2d

Um. Reading that reply back, I see that it has less to do with your original post and more to do with the nine things I thought of in between. Oh well! ADHD strikes back...

Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 2d

One thing I low-key really appreciated about the sequel trilogy is that they more or less abandoned the "droid master" thing, which was always a slave/racism set-up ("We don't serve your kind here!") but was just sort of left to sit there and rot at the heart of STAR WARS.

Drew Melbourne @drewmelbourne.com · 2d

I have one hand in my pocket, and the other one's hitting the like button.

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 3d

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.