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Morgan Lockhart

@mizdoomcookie.bsky.social

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Writer of video games, books, etc. A SPELL FOR MIDWINTER'S HEART coming fall 2025 from PRH Rep: Aurora Fernandez @ Trident Media Games: GW2, Tell Me Why, Halo, Rift, and more http://www.lockhartwrites.com

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Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 23d

This keeps growing, but a current list of my book events for the next couple of months.

An image that says, "Meet Morgan Lockhart this fall!" It has the cover of her forthcoming magical romance, "A Spell for Midwinter's Heart" and outlines the following events:

September 25th
Third Place Books
Seattle, WA
In conversation with Cookie Hiponia

September 27
Village Books
Bellingham, WA
In conversation with Ashley Ream

October 10-11
Bainbridge Book Festival
Bainbridge, WA

An image that says, "Meet Morgan Lockhart this winter!" It has the cover of her forthcoming magical romance, "A Spell for Midwinter's Heart" and outlines the following events:

November 16
Beguiled Books
Seattle, WA
Book Signing

November 21-23
Fables & Flames
Romantasy Gala
Minneapolis, MN

December 6th
A Book for all Seasons
Leavenworth, WA
Book Signing

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Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 1h

The happiness on my child's face when she realized Percy Jackson was dyslexic is exactly why representation matters.

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 18h

Hey all, I'm trying to get a baseline for how good people are at detecting whether fiction is AI-generated or human-written (most of the research on this is for nonfiction and my hypothesis is we're better with fiction).

If you have time, give it a try?

jlp-experiment.github.io/ai-detection...

AI vs Human Fiction Detection Test

jlp-experiment.github.io

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Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 1h

3/3. Like others have said, definitely had to read on to spot one of the AIs as AI. One I could immediately tell but in the other one, the sentences were passable as "not well written but not badly written either" but it took it messing up scene pacing for me to spot it.

Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 2h

Sequim.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social · 5h

OPPORTUNITY Lead Writer - CDProjekt - US

Not affiliated. Shares welcome

jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CDPROJEKTRED...

Lead Writer

Company Description: To create revolutionary, story-driven RPGs which go straight to the hearts of gamers — this is our mission. Want to dive deeper into our company’s culture? Explore our social medi...

jobs.smartrecruiters.com

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Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 8h

Jaime Gill, apparently.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

Looking for one thing you can do right now to help protect the right to vote? It will only take a few minutes, and you can share it with all of your friends. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-thing-yo...

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote

The U.S.

joycevance.substack.com

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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 1d

Uh...

San Andreas, Cascadia faults could combine to produce back-to-back earthquake disasters, new research suggests

They are two of the West Coast's most destructive generators of huge earthquakes: the San Andreas fault and the Cascadia subduction zone. What if they were capable of back-to-back disasters?

www.seattletimes.com

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Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 1d

Uh......

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Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · 1d

Boosting again, please share! Still looking for writing work-- full time or contract, i'm incredibly adaptable and eager to learn and grow ✍️

Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨ @emmakidwell.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hi! I was laid off from Firaxis this morning. I wrote leaders and civs for Civilization VII (NDA for now) and Deadpool and Storm for Marvel's Midnight Suns. I also wrote the award-nominated Hindsight.

I'm available for full time, remote work starting ASAP. DMs are open:

emmkid.info

Portfolio

emmkid.info

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 19d

Don't stop searching for joy.
Track it down if you can.
Look in cluttered bookstores, movie theaters, spooky cemeteries, and mossy forests.
Take joy out for tea, adventure, and gentle mischief across the land.

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Meagan G @m00gart.bsky.social · 1d

It's that time again, folks. I have been told I will be let go from Heart Machine next week. The people there have been amazing friends and coworkers and anyone else who has been affected deserves all the love and support.

I will be updating my portfolio soon; any Env Art leads would be appreciated

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Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no. :(

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

We're working with Greg Johnson, the creator of ToeJam and Earl, on a beautiful and deeply personal game he's making called Dancing with Ghosts - the Kickstarter went live today, check it out: www.kickstarter.com/projects/hum...

Dancing With Ghosts

A charming, poignant interactive narrative ghost story, starring two girls, set in a Thai river village.

www.kickstarter.com

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Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 1d

Also, if you happen to do the ARC thing, it was just added to Netgalley UK!

www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

A Spell for Midwinter's Heart

NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

www.netgalley.co.uk

Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 1d

UK Readers! A Spell for Midwinter's Heart is coming out your way November 6th.

bedfordsquarepublishers.co.uk/book/a-spell...

Bedford Square Publishers | A Spell for Midwinter’s Heart

bedfordsquarepublishers.co.uk

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Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly every time I see one of these maga dudes talking about being too afraid to go to downtown Portland I think about how I stayed right in the heart of everything they are afraid of, alone, last year, and walked around day & night without fear.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Syllogism time!

-- Real men are brave and strong.

-- MAGA men live in the suburbs because they're afraid of crime in the city.

-- Gay men live in the city.

∴ ______________________________________________________

Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 1d

fellas is it gay to live in a city

Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 1d

God I love this journey for Karl.

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Olivia Dade @oliviawrites.bsky.social · 1d

🎇 PREORDER BONUS ALERT! 🎇

If you order SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE from @lovessweetarrow.bsky.social by 11/15, you'll receive a dust jacket inspired by old-school romances, with gorgeous new artwork by @lenikauffman.bsky.social and lots more '80s-inspired fun!

shop.lovessweetarrow.com/product/seco...

The graphic has a peachy-pink background and shows the dust jacket for Olivia Dade's SECOND CHANCE ROMANCE. The dust jacket features a naked, hot, fat man on one knee embracing a pretty fat woman, whose hair flows out behind hair and whose suit jacket is falling off her shoulder.

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Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 1d

Ohhhhhhhh my.

Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 1d

WHAT a way to start my day. Brava @jaimegill.bsky.social

Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · 2d

"Fake it ‘til you make it, Tony says, though I’m not sure that works when the it is inside you."

Sharp as an incisor, a phenomenal #fiction #mustread from @jamiegill.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/jaim...

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social

Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 1d

I'm going to be moderating a panel on Seasonal Cozy Fantasy at HearthCon, a virtual cozy fantasy convention, this Sunday at 9AM PDT.

Join me!

sites.google.com/view/lazydra...

LAZY DRAGON BOOKS Inc - HearthCon 2025

October 11-12, 2025 Schedule of Events*online and livestreamed to Youtube

sites.google.com

Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 2d

I am actually! That was one of their recommendations because you can freeze it.

Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 3d

Seriously. I had no idea what chanterelles cost and then I looked after and was like "oh this is like hundreds of dollars."

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Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 3d