Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)
@golgaloth.bsky.social
Rich, fascinating stories, board game designs, and random thoughts, graciously provided by David Dawkins.
#Writer #Writing #BoardGames #Fantasy #SciFi
#Writer #Writing #BoardGames #Fantasy #SciFi
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Desolation: Keep Your Imaginary Friends Close
The brilliant and thrilling second novella in the Desolation series.
www.kickstarter.com
Both the 1st and 2nd book of Desolation are now available on Kickstarter, at a discount! I'm really excited to get a whole new bunch of readers, so jump in to the series critics are calling: "exciting and multifaceted".
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dha...
#booksky #books #reading #AmReading
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dha...
#booksky #books #reading #AmReading
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@jay.bsky.team @pfrazee.com what is going on?
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
@jay.bsky.team @pfrazee.com what is going on?
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In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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I've been seeing this headline floating around. To be clear:
1) This is "No. 1" on a miniscule chart, The "Country Digital Song Sales" chart, as in people actually paying money to download country songs which is a tiny amount of people
2) The actual consumers are almost certainly fake
1) This is "No. 1" on a miniscule chart, The "Country Digital Song Sales" chart, as in people actually paying money to download country songs which is a tiny amount of people
2) The actual consumers are almost certainly fake
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I've been seeing this headline floating around. To be clear:
1) This is "No. 1" on a miniscule chart, The "Country Digital Song Sales" chart, as in people actually paying money to download country songs which is a tiny amount of people
2) The actual consumers are almost certainly fake
1) This is "No. 1" on a miniscule chart, The "Country Digital Song Sales" chart, as in people actually paying money to download country songs which is a tiny amount of people
2) The actual consumers are almost certainly fake
Out of curiosity, how often are you all backing up your work to a separate, physical drive. Mine goes to a USB stick about once a week.
#writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #backup #security
#writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #backup #security
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Out of curiosity, how often are you all backing up your work to a separate, physical drive. Mine goes to a USB stick about once a week.
#writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #backup #security
#writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #backup #security
Wow. $360,000 in legal fees and damages that Kim Davis has to pay to the couple she denied a marriage licence.
Ouchies.
#KimDavis #GayMarriage #News
Ouchies.
#KimDavis #GayMarriage #News
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Wow. $360,000 in legal fees and damages that Kim Davis has to pay to the couple she denied a marriage licence.
Ouchies.
#KimDavis #GayMarriage #News
Ouchies.
#KimDavis #GayMarriage #News
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November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Editing my current novel. That's always fun. Someone with better knowledge of grammar than you pointing out all your little mistakes.
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I am a writer. Not an imposter.
#writing #editing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
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I am a writer. Not an imposter.
#writing #editing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Editing my current novel. That's always fun. Someone with better knowledge of grammar than you pointing out all your little mistakes.
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I am a writer. Not an imposter.
#writing #editing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
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I am a writer. Not an imposter.
#writing #editing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Do you spend all your time in one location? Remember to occasionally refer to somewhere else. Have something important happen there. Unless there is nowhere else in your world.
#writing #AmWriting #Australia #WritingCommunity
#writing #AmWriting #Australia #WritingCommunity
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Do you spend all your time in one location? Remember to occasionally refer to somewhere else. Have something important happen there. Unless there is nowhere else in your world.
#writing #AmWriting #Australia #WritingCommunity
#writing #AmWriting #Australia #WritingCommunity
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
November 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Perhaps they were meant to be a sidekick, perhaps the villains subordinate, a passing love interest. Have you ever had to delete an entire character because they just weren't working? (Character merges count).
#writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #fail
#writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #fail
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Perhaps they were meant to be a sidekick, perhaps the villains subordinate, a passing love interest. Have you ever had to delete an entire character because they just weren't working? (Character merges count).
#writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #fail
#writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #fail
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It's back!
We're just a bunch of local authors sitting around and talking plots and contracts and editing woes over beer and pizza. If you're in Naarm/Melbourne and you write literally anything, join us!
We're just a bunch of local authors sitting around and talking plots and contracts and editing woes over beer and pizza. If you're in Naarm/Melbourne and you write literally anything, join us!
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It's back!
We're just a bunch of local authors sitting around and talking plots and contracts and editing woes over beer and pizza. If you're in Naarm/Melbourne and you write literally anything, join us!
We're just a bunch of local authors sitting around and talking plots and contracts and editing woes over beer and pizza. If you're in Naarm/Melbourne and you write literally anything, join us!
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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Is your character musical? Do you include music in your work? To what effect?
#music #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
#music #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
November 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Is your character musical? Do you include music in your work? To what effect?
#music #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
#music #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
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November 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Lords of Waterdeep coming back from a new publisher. It's now with @renegadegamestudios.com
You can pre-order it now:
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You can pre-order it now:
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November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Lords of Waterdeep coming back from a new publisher. It's now with @renegadegamestudios.com
You can pre-order it now:
#ad renegadegamestudios.com/lords-of-wat...
You can pre-order it now:
#ad renegadegamestudios.com/lords-of-wat...
Is your character musical? Do you include music in your work? To what effect?
#music #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
#music #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
November 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Is your character musical? Do you include music in your work? To what effect?
#music #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
#music #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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So, we know why your hero hates the villain, but why does the villain hate your hero? Make it personal. It's more fun that way.
#WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCoffeeClub #PennedPossibilities
#WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCoffeeClub #PennedPossibilities
November 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
So, we know why your hero hates the villain, but why does the villain hate your hero? Make it personal. It's more fun that way.
#WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCoffeeClub #PennedPossibilities
#WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCoffeeClub #PennedPossibilities
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I'm sorry, but when you lose by 13 points, contesting the election is not really an option. Republicans spent yesterday spreading lies about the election. We will see more of it in the days and weeks ahead as the margin of victory fades from our memory. 2026 will be a real test of our democracy.
A good sign we shouldn't overlook from yesterday's elections: the losing candidates, largely Republicans, seem to have accepted their losses. A nice change from Trump.
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I'm sorry, but when you lose by 13 points, contesting the election is not really an option. Republicans spent yesterday spreading lies about the election. We will see more of it in the days and weeks ahead as the margin of victory fades from our memory. 2026 will be a real test of our democracy.
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"What we see, I think, are a bunch of rich guys who have been comically out of touch with normal people for many decades, and more recently have blowtorched their brains into a smoking pile of ash on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X and in various group chats." prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...
America’s Dumbest Billionaires Fail to Stop Zohran Mamdani - The American Prospect
It’s encouraging on many levels: New York City didn’t submit to a campaign of flagrant bigotry from disgraced two-time loser Andrew Cuomo, and Americans, particularly young ones, can still be politica...
prospect.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
"What we see, I think, are a bunch of rich guys who have been comically out of touch with normal people for many decades, and more recently have blowtorched their brains into a smoking pile of ash on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X and in various group chats." prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
So, we know why your hero hates the villain, but why does the villain hate your hero? Make it personal. It's more fun that way.
#WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCoffeeClub #PennedPossibilities
#WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCoffeeClub #PennedPossibilities
November 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
So, we know why your hero hates the villain, but why does the villain hate your hero? Make it personal. It's more fun that way.
#WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCoffeeClub #PennedPossibilities
#WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCoffeeClub #PennedPossibilities
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Sometimes I think about how Mitt Romney voted to impeach Trump twice. Then he retired from politics in 2023, and while I have no particular insight as to why, I like to think it's because he decided the Republican party was too noxious and full of turds to remain.
November 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Sometimes I think about how Mitt Romney voted to impeach Trump twice. Then he retired from politics in 2023, and while I have no particular insight as to why, I like to think it's because he decided the Republican party was too noxious and full of turds to remain.