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G. D. Penman @gdpenman.bsky.social · 23m

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 8h

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 8h

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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Leaf~ @leaftilde.bsky.social · 16h

90s RTS low-rez FMV goblin who, half way during your mission briefing, holds her hand over her earpiece receiver.

"Hold up commander—I'm receiving some important intel!"

(The update is about an orc woman who has broken up with her partner and is looking to make a bad decision later that night)

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G. D. Penman @gdpenman.bsky.social · 31m

I'm fond of patting my stomach and warning that my baby weight is still here 17 years later.

G. D. Penman @gdpenman.bsky.social · 13h

"Bow your head for if you don't youre gonna bang it on these logs" was rejected for lacking in whimsy

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G. D. Penman @gdpenman.bsky.social · 22h

Be the change you want to see in the world. Drive others mad with your indescribable appearance and behaviour.

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G. D. Penman @gdpenman.bsky.social · 23h

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G. D. Penman @gdpenman.bsky.social · 1d

If you enjoy podcasts and SFF books, you're pretty spoiled for choice. But one I personally enjoy is Dan Coolbaugh's thefantasyandscififanaticspod.com

Each episode feels like a conversation with a different creator, so while it isn't consistent, it is interesting in a different way each time

The Fantasy and Sci-Fi Fanatic's Podcast

thefantasyandscififanaticspod.com

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G. D. Penman @gdpenman.bsky.social · 1d

Me and my deadlines, daily.

Doctor Who.

"Bill, I've got no TARDIS, no sonic, about 10 minutes' oxygen left, and now im blind."

"Can you imagine how unbearable Im going to be when I pull this off?

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G. D. Penman @gdpenman.bsky.social · 1d

I remember as a kid, the shock of meeting other people who had read the same books and learned none of the same lessons.

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G. D. Penman @gdpenman.bsky.social · 2d

a close up of a cartoon mouse 's face with a very angry look on its face .

ALT: a close up of a cartoon mouse 's face with a very angry look on its face .

media.tenor.com

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G. D. Penman @gdpenman.bsky.social · 2d

With all due respect to Mr Fazbear, he will never be half the businessman, pizza salesman, or supernatural terror that Charles Entertainment Cheese is.

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