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Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Aug 24

Someone should write romance novels about dudes with average builds and calls them Dad Bodice Rippers.

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Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Aug 20

Me: I got us mozzarella sticks
Wife: there is no “us” when there’s cheese involved.

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Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Aug 19

Looks at my stack of first person novels.

Yeah. Never trust the narrator, especially if I wrote it 😂

Dyre @dyre.bsky.social · Aug 19

First person is fun for stories where you don't want to give too much away and need an excuse to get away with it.

"Does he know what's going on?" No? Then neither does the reader.

Another fun one is, "Would he say so if he did?"

Never trust a first person narrator.

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Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Aug 17

Guy on auto repair video: here is where I use a jack to hold up the oil pan while I take out the last couple bolts.

Me, looks at jack literally 4’ away: nah. I’ll just hold it up with my elbow while twisting the wrench in the most awkward angle imaginable.

Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Aug 11

Wrote a character intro last night and they were a “I’m going to be loud so no one pays attention to me” type. Woke up this morning and realized they are actually a “I’m very unassuming so no one notices me” type. Subtle change but it feels true to the character.

Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Aug 6

“Other hunters called it an unprovoked attack.” Might be the most wtf sentence I’ve read in a good long minute.

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Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Aug 4

Started outlining a new book last night and realized that I just wanted to get my characters into hell and now that they’re there I don’t know what to do with them.

Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Aug 3

Just realized adaptions of two of the best novels I’ve read in the last couple years (Caught Stealing & She Rides Shotgun) come out this month. Damn good time to love crime fiction.

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Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Jul 31

Have you seen it wax and wane? In Knox area I feel like it comes and goes. Right before the election, there seemed to be very few, but immediately after its like everyone realized it was “safe” to put their signs back out.

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Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Jul 30

Just pitched an anthology to my publisher with no comments other than a title. I’m so good at authoring…

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G.M. Mitchell 🌈 @gmmitchell.bsky.social · Jul 30

It might save you, or it might kill you. Only one way to find out.

#HorrorWritersChat

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · Jul 30

#HorrorWritersChat question 3:

In my horror work, the one common theme when it comes to friendship is... (complete the post)

Quote post, and don't forget to include the hashtag! (no links)

Image shows creepy figures behind a curtain. All text is in the post.

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Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Jul 30

#horrorwriterschat question 3:

In my horror work, the one common theme when it comes to friendship is we’d never make it through this shit alive without each other.

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · Jul 30

#HorrorWritersChat question 3:

In my horror work, the one common theme when it comes to friendship is... (complete the post)

Quote post, and don't forget to include the hashtag! (no links)

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Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Jul 30

What can I say? I write what I know 😂

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Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Jul 30

They would, but my demon hunter Ty Burdin spilled scotch on his laptop. He wasn’t too sad about the computer, but pissed about the scotch.

Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Jul 30

#horrorwriterschat

Most of my characters wouldn’t ever leave their houses to meet each other, but from scrolling the feed of the #southerncharmer from my social media horror novel, they all agree that they don’t like Beau.

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · Jul 30

#HorrorWritersChat question 2:

Today is International Friendship Day. The rest of the questions will be on this theme.

Take two of your works: which characters (who have never met) would be best friends in real life.

No book links please!

Quote post, and don't forget to include the hashtag!

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Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Jul 30

Hey #horrorwriterschat !
I write books that are too silly to be scary and too scary to be silly.

Pretty much every novel starts with “wouldn’t it be funny if…?” And ends with “but wouldn’t it be crazy/terrible/sad if…?”

Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · Jul 30

Yoohoo, it's me! I am back. #HorrorWritersChat question 1:

Right, this is the ice breaker round. Tell us about yourself and don't forget to include the hashtag.

NO LINKS. We have an outro for that stuff, and nobody has the time to click it in question, or go to your bio to look you up.

Image shows creepy figures behind a curtain.

Question one

Introduce yourself: Tell us who you are, what you write, and what three words or terms your obituary is likely to include discussing your writing.

No links, save them for the outro. Quote post and include the tag #HorrorWritersChat. It's the only way other participants will be able to find you - by clicking, or through the feed.

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Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Jul 30

I think “his only weakness is his family” might be the dude equivalent of “she is a quick-witted badass who is also clumsy”.

Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Jul 25

22,000 words into what I'm calling the "Filthy Casual LitRPG" novel. I'm not 100% sure where it's going or if I'm completely botching the RPG aspect*, but I'm having fun.

*This is why I have beta readers who will call me on my bullshit.

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Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Jul 22

Just got stuck in traffic so long I got bored and routed the wire for my dashcam through the headliner like I’ve been meaning to do for a year now

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Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Jul 20

Had to re-arrange the shelf to make room for the new anthology I edited, All Roads Lead to Hell.

Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Jul 19

Me trying to come up with names for dishes at a local hipster restaurant for the new novel:

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Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Jul 16

If you’re a fan of demon hunters with bad attitudes trying to survive the Tennessee heat, check out my Southern Demon Hunter series for free on Kindle Unlimited www.amazon.com/Demon-Gotta-...

Demon Gotta Go: The Southern Demon Hunter Series (Beasts of Burdin Book 1)

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Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Jul 16

If you’re a fan of demon hunters with bad attitudes trying to survive the Tennessee heat, check out my Southern Demon Hunter series for free on Kindle Unlimited www.amazon.com/Demon-Gotta-...

Demon Gotta Go: The Southern Demon Hunter Series (Beasts of Burdin Book 1)

Amazon.com: Demon Gotta Go: The Southern Demon Hunter Series (Beasts of Burdin Book 1) eBook : Nader, Alexander: Kindle Store

www.amazon.com

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · Jul 14

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Alex Nader @alexnaderwrites.bsky.social · Jul 14

First stickers to adorn the new truck.

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