Igor Rendić
@igorrendic.bsky.social
Writer, translator, geek. Author of the A Town Called River urban fantasy series. Editor and podcaster at Morina kutija & Mora FM. From Croatia.
https://igorrendic.com/a-town-called-river/
https://igorrendic.com/a-town-called-river/
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Weirdly the opposite because ideas don't really mean anything--it's much more about the execution and how I pull it off. I can write a modern version of Dracula and you can write a modern version of Dracula, but neither of us will write SALEM'S LOT, which was King's modern version of Dracula.
I would think that knowing if an idea is going to be a dog would be easier than knowing if it's going to be a bestseller.
December 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Weirdly the opposite because ideas don't really mean anything--it's much more about the execution and how I pull it off. I can write a modern version of Dracula and you can write a modern version of Dracula, but neither of us will write SALEM'S LOT, which was King's modern version of Dracula.
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I have *never* used ChatGPT. Not once.
I’m not saying I’m better than you… oh fuck it, I’m better than you.
I’m not saying I’m better than you… oh fuck it, I’m better than you.
September 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I have *never* used ChatGPT. Not once.
I’m not saying I’m better than you… oh fuck it, I’m better than you.
I’m not saying I’m better than you… oh fuck it, I’m better than you.
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"Bluesky is boring."
Social media *should* be boring. Being algorithm and dopamine poisoned is bad, actually.
When your feed dries up for the day, that's your cue to go do something else until new stuff shows up later.
Social media *should* be boring. Being algorithm and dopamine poisoned is bad, actually.
When your feed dries up for the day, that's your cue to go do something else until new stuff shows up later.
September 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
"Bluesky is boring."
Social media *should* be boring. Being algorithm and dopamine poisoned is bad, actually.
When your feed dries up for the day, that's your cue to go do something else until new stuff shows up later.
Social media *should* be boring. Being algorithm and dopamine poisoned is bad, actually.
When your feed dries up for the day, that's your cue to go do something else until new stuff shows up later.
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Orson Welles would murder every one of you motherfuckers with a hammer.
Orson Welles’ Lost Movie Will Use AI to Reconstruct Missing 43 Minutes
Orson Welles’ Lost Movie Will Use AI to Reconstruct Missing 43 Minutes
Since the rise of generative artificial intelligence in 2022, the technology has mostly been plugged into parts of the production pipeline as far as its deployment in Hollywood. Think visual effects, dubbing and storyboarding. As it stands, it’s mostly thought of as a tool to streamline certain processes and cut costs.
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September 6, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Orson Welles would murder every one of you motherfuckers with a hammer.
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It's two years since my debut novel, Dark Woods, Deep Water was published, and one year since my novella, Ghost Apparent came out.
When you're an indie author, you don't stop to celebrate, because you're always chasing new goals. But I think these books deserve to be celebrated.
When you're an indie author, you don't stop to celebrate, because you're always chasing new goals. But I think these books deserve to be celebrated.
September 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
It's two years since my debut novel, Dark Woods, Deep Water was published, and one year since my novella, Ghost Apparent came out.
When you're an indie author, you don't stop to celebrate, because you're always chasing new goals. But I think these books deserve to be celebrated.
When you're an indie author, you don't stop to celebrate, because you're always chasing new goals. But I think these books deserve to be celebrated.
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Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
August 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
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Graham Linehan ruined his own life by walking down a path of hatred but forgetting to first become a billionaire writing beloved children’s books and THEN walking down a path of hatred
August 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Graham Linehan ruined his own life by walking down a path of hatred but forgetting to first become a billionaire writing beloved children’s books and THEN walking down a path of hatred
One of the best sff writers today and an exceptionally wonderful human Emma Newman is having... A Year. (pictured here making a face that makes us all go "same, girl, same"). If you can donate to make her fight against breast cancer a little easier, please do. Or you can buy some of her books!
Okay, deep breath.
I need your help. My friend set this up for me because financial stress is making the whole cancer stress a lot worse.
www.paypal.com/pools/c/9gAG...
If, like me, you don't have money atm, if you have read and enjoyed any of my books, please can you tell people about them?
I need your help. My friend set this up for me because financial stress is making the whole cancer stress a lot worse.
www.paypal.com/pools/c/9gAG...
If, like me, you don't have money atm, if you have read and enjoyed any of my books, please can you tell people about them?
Em's bad year support fund
Our dear Emma Newman is having a shite year. First she broke her ankle walking on flat pavement, now she's got breast cancer fucking up her life. The broken bone put her out of commission for almost t...
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August 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
One of the best sff writers today and an exceptionally wonderful human Emma Newman is having... A Year. (pictured here making a face that makes us all go "same, girl, same"). If you can donate to make her fight against breast cancer a little easier, please do. Or you can buy some of her books!
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Tangentially, this is why sending a budding SFF author to study Wells or Heinlein or Tolkien isn't particularly helpful. They need to read what's being written now first and foremost, to find the best way to express their own ideas. Understanding how today's SFF builds on went before can come later.
Either way, you also have to be a good storyteller. You have to be 'readable'. So if it's an older character there IS such a thing as too authentic. You have to communicate to 2025 readers. Not 1949, 1969, or 1989 readers.
July 4, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Tangentially, this is why sending a budding SFF author to study Wells or Heinlein or Tolkien isn't particularly helpful. They need to read what's being written now first and foremost, to find the best way to express their own ideas. Understanding how today's SFF builds on went before can come later.
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I'm cheering very hard for this to happen!
We are Dublin 2029, a bid for the 87th Worldcon! We are a growing group of fans and we want to host the World Science Fiction Convention, Worldcon, in Dublin in 2029 - and we'd love your help! Follow us on our social medias here - linktr.ee/dublin2029 - or support our bid at dublin2029.ie/ 💚
April 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'm cheering very hard for this to happen!
Literally my favourite sff author and one of my favourite people in general.
🚨ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
Continuing in the world of the works of Alexandre Dumas, with a supernatural twist, THE FEARSOME HEART, @emmanewman.bsky.social's sequel to THE VENGEANCE, follows Morgane on another swashbuckling adventure as she searches for the Fountain of Youth!
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Continuing in the world of the works of Alexandre Dumas, with a supernatural twist, THE FEARSOME HEART, @emmanewman.bsky.social's sequel to THE VENGEANCE, follows Morgane on another swashbuckling adventure as she searches for the Fountain of Youth!
bit.ly/4lEqxB8
April 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Literally my favourite sff author and one of my favourite people in general.
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There is nothing relevant you could say about Omelas that hasn't been said already in the past 50+ years. I think SFF keeps coming back to it over and over because it's easier to play mental rescue drills for an imaginary child than confront the suffering of real children that fuels this society.
March 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
There is nothing relevant you could say about Omelas that hasn't been said already in the past 50+ years. I think SFF keeps coming back to it over and over because it's easier to play mental rescue drills for an imaginary child than confront the suffering of real children that fuels this society.
Finished my second #transrightsreadathon book, A Light Most Hateful by @haileypiperfights.bsky.social and it was a hoot, a trippy, weird af hoot.
March 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Finished my second #transrightsreadathon book, A Light Most Hateful by @haileypiperfights.bsky.social and it was a hoot, a trippy, weird af hoot.
Finished "Coup de Grace" by Sofia Ajram for #transrightsreadathon! Enjoyed it overall (trapped in a weird place is one of my favourite plots) even though I had some issues with the ending.
March 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Finished "Coup de Grace" by Sofia Ajram for #transrightsreadathon! Enjoyed it overall (trapped in a weird place is one of my favourite plots) even though I had some issues with the ending.
I was 36 when A Town Called River came out in 2021.
Authors, repost this with the age you published your first novel. I’m trying to see something.
March 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I was 36 when A Town Called River came out in 2021.
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Seen a few folks astonished by my lack of support for ChatGPT and similar. Because AI, right?
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
December 27, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Seen a few folks astonished by my lack of support for ChatGPT and similar. Because AI, right?
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
It's World Read Aloud Day! Sooooo if you're interested in hearing me and my fellow authors from the Shtriga Books stable reading excerpts from our sffh titles, click here!
Mystery, Horror, and the Magic of Croatia: Shtriga Aloud
YouTube video by Shtriga Books
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February 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It's World Read Aloud Day! Sooooo if you're interested in hearing me and my fellow authors from the Shtriga Books stable reading excerpts from our sffh titles, click here!
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Generative AI is not an assistive device because being a bad writer is not a disability.
September 3, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Generative AI is not an assistive device because being a bad writer is not a disability.
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For the writers upset that one short fiction editor can tell within the first few sentences if a story is a "no," I have even worse news for you:
This is nearly all short fiction editors.
This is nearly all short fiction editors.
Authors! Submitting your story to an open call? As someone reading through 400+ submissions for an anthology, some tips:
Opening paragraph/sentence: I can tell within the first few sentences if a story is a 'no.'
'Maybes' turn to 'no's' by the end of the first paragraph. Brutal, but it's true.
Opening paragraph/sentence: I can tell within the first few sentences if a story is a 'no.'
'Maybes' turn to 'no's' by the end of the first paragraph. Brutal, but it's true.
January 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
For the writers upset that one short fiction editor can tell within the first few sentences if a story is a "no," I have even worse news for you:
This is nearly all short fiction editors.
This is nearly all short fiction editors.
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Midnight came. Everyone was already dead, devoured by the hungry fire. At least the last thing their drunken eyes saw was a beautiful explosion of colors and shapes from the bucket filled with fireworks.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat question 4 (last question but stick around in ten minutes for the outro):
Skeet sized story time!
Write a story in a single post starting with "Midnight came. Everyone..."
Quote post, and don't forget to include the tag!
Skeet sized story time!
Write a story in a single post starting with "Midnight came. Everyone..."
Quote post, and don't forget to include the tag!
January 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Midnight came. Everyone was already dead, devoured by the hungry fire. At least the last thing their drunken eyes saw was a beautiful explosion of colors and shapes from the bucket filled with fireworks.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat
Could I interest you in an urban fantasy trilogy featuring a krsnik and his friends fighting monsters and foiling bad guys' plans?
Inspired by Slavic folklore and mythology, and set in Rijeka, Croatia.
Ebooks everywhere, paperback via Amazon POD.
#urbanfantasy #slavicfantasy #slavicurbanfantasy
Inspired by Slavic folklore and mythology, and set in Rijeka, Croatia.
Ebooks everywhere, paperback via Amazon POD.
#urbanfantasy #slavicfantasy #slavicurbanfantasy
January 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Could I interest you in an urban fantasy trilogy featuring a krsnik and his friends fighting monsters and foiling bad guys' plans?
Inspired by Slavic folklore and mythology, and set in Rijeka, Croatia.
Ebooks everywhere, paperback via Amazon POD.
#urbanfantasy #slavicfantasy #slavicurbanfantasy
Inspired by Slavic folklore and mythology, and set in Rijeka, Croatia.
Ebooks everywhere, paperback via Amazon POD.
#urbanfantasy #slavicfantasy #slavicurbanfantasy
Speaking as a writer, translator, and inveterate geek, this was a pretty good year.
December 30, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Speaking as a writer, translator, and inveterate geek, this was a pretty good year.