Thomas Gaffney
@writertomg.thomasgaffney.com
https://www.thomasgaffney.com/
Horror Writer. HWA Member. Emerson MFA PopFic Graduate. Short Stories in The Dread Machine and Bards & Sages. Working on my first novel. He/Him.
Horror Writer. HWA Member. Emerson MFA PopFic Graduate. Short Stories in The Dread Machine and Bards & Sages. Working on my first novel. He/Him.
I wish I could watch the new Knives Out movie without it being sponsored by that slop Microsoft Copilot…
December 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I wish I could watch the new Knives Out movie without it being sponsored by that slop Microsoft Copilot…
Stephen King: I killed poor, innocent Georgie in the beginning of IT.
Andy Muschietti (writing Welcome to Derry): Hold my beer mug full of numerous dead children.
Andy Muschietti (writing Welcome to Derry): Hold my beer mug full of numerous dead children.
December 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Stephen King: I killed poor, innocent Georgie in the beginning of IT.
Andy Muschietti (writing Welcome to Derry): Hold my beer mug full of numerous dead children.
Andy Muschietti (writing Welcome to Derry): Hold my beer mug full of numerous dead children.
Black Kenobi
Your GI JOE name is the color of your shirt followed by your first pet's name.
GO.
GO.
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Black Kenobi
Been a minute...
Blog | Thomas Gaffney
Things are Moving | Wow. Okay. It's been a while since I posted anything. I've started this blog post, like, four times now and just never finished it. I'm trying to remember ever
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October 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Been a minute...
Random Updates
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Random Updates and Misc Things | So the official deadline for the Fulbright application is fast approaching. I have a second letter of sponsorship from The Norwegian Folk Museum F
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October 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Random Updates
Weird writing spot
Blog | Thomas Gaffney
Weird Writing Spot | So, I've been in a weird writing spot. I want to write. I don't know what I want to write. I have ideas. But I also need new ideas. I have stuff that I want
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September 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Weird writing spot
Teaching material?
Slowly Getting There | Thomas Gaffney
So, I'm getting near the submission time for the Fulbright application. I think my Statement of Grant and Short Answer Essays are all good and ready to go. I have emails out about
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September 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Teaching material?
Looks like I got a sponsor and housing!
Bad News & Good News & Better News | Thomas Gaffney
So, I've sent out several emails, looking for a sponsor in Norway for my potential Fulbright project (if I get it). And most of the replies have not been ... good? Tho, this happen
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August 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Looks like I got a sponsor and housing!
I just finished sending out over 40 emails to various professors in Norway, looking for a Fulbright sponsor. There a few professors that would be a perfect fit (IMHO), so finger crossed ...
August 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I just finished sending out over 40 emails to various professors in Norway, looking for a Fulbright sponsor. There a few professors that would be a perfect fit (IMHO), so finger crossed ...
August 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I can't believe there are people that constantly blog. This is a pain in the butt...
How Do People Do This? | Thomas Gaffney
Man ... I have a website I use to track my writing goals, keep me motivated, and feed me the dopamine when I hit my marks. (it looks like I'm way behind - I am - because I scrapped
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August 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I can't believe there are people that constantly blog. This is a pain in the butt...
Some days I write 27 words, and those words are a struggle. The other day, I was at -106 words for the day. Tonight, I had an hour to kill while waiting for the missus to get out of work, and I stopped by the nearest Starbucks. I guess I just needed to get out because I wrote 539 words in an hour.
August 1, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Some days I write 27 words, and those words are a struggle. The other day, I was at -106 words for the day. Tonight, I had an hour to kill while waiting for the missus to get out of work, and I stopped by the nearest Starbucks. I guess I just needed to get out because I wrote 539 words in an hour.
Bloggity blog...
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thomasgaffney.com/blog/falling...
Falling Behind | Thomas Gaffney
Naturally, on a blog post titled Falling Behind, I'm writing a blog post when I should be working on the first draft of my next book idea. Or working on Fulbright stuff. Or helping one my Emerson clas...
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July 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Bloggity blog...
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What's this? A blog post?!?
Updates and Self-Sabotage | Thomas Gaffney
Welp, I'm doing it again. I'm applying for the Fulbright Scholarship in an attempt to go to Oslo, Norway to research the Huldra folklore for a horror story I want to write. I will admit, I got my hope...
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July 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
What's this? A blog post?!?
SO IT BEGINS. I have taken an old manuscript I wrote about 9-10 years ago, re-plotted it, and have started a full re-write...
June 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
SO IT BEGINS. I have taken an old manuscript I wrote about 9-10 years ago, re-plotted it, and have started a full re-write...
May 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Bookmail! Got my copy of Dark Spores (edited by @carolgyzander.bsky.social) today. Gorgeous cover. Great authors. And some PGH #HWA writers included, too! Looking forward to getting into these stories. @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social @saratantlinger.bsky.social @candacenola.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Bookmail! Got my copy of Dark Spores (edited by @carolgyzander.bsky.social) today. Gorgeous cover. Great authors. And some PGH #HWA writers included, too! Looking forward to getting into these stories. @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social @saratantlinger.bsky.social @candacenola.bsky.social
Continuing to read books on my TBR pile from Pittsburgh #HWA authors. I know Velkwood has been on my TBR pile for an embarrassing amount of time, but I’ve been dying to read Boneset & Feathers by @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social, and I’m now a third of the way thru it and loving it
April 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Continuing to read books on my TBR pile from Pittsburgh #HWA authors. I know Velkwood has been on my TBR pile for an embarrassing amount of time, but I’ve been dying to read Boneset & Feathers by @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social, and I’m now a third of the way thru it and loving it