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Jay Wayward

@ricochetrita.bsky.social

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Writer, bisexual, vocalist for sludge metal band Cursed Body. He/Him I like X-men comics. Eviscerate fascism everywhere. 🏴🌱 “The Dreaming Dead”, a queer sword and sorcery novel, available at jaywayward.com

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Jay Wayward @ricochetrita.bsky.social · Mar 17

Ever wanted to see an elderly bisexual woman disembowel an imperialist soldier?

The Dreaming Dead is out now. It’s a queer, dark fantasy novel that follows a notorious bandit as a young adult and much older woman.

#queersff #booksky #fantasy
💙📚 🌈📚 🪐📚

A book cover. The background is a red and black fog. The foreground shows a muscular, somewhat young woman in leather armor swinging a sword and yelling. The white text at the bottom reads “The Dreaming Dead”

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Jay Wayward @ricochetrita.bsky.social · 12h

Uhhhh *basis

Jay Wayward @ricochetrita.bsky.social · 12h

Frankly astounding I’m allowed to hang out and make art with cool, talented people purely on the bases of being able to sound like I was kicked in the throat and write angsty poetry

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Jay Wayward @ricochetrita.bsky.social · 12h

Being in a band rules

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Jay Wayward @ricochetrita.bsky.social · 17h

I got very close to both a big corvid and a very small sparrow recently, and I’m still riding that high.

Jay Wayward @ricochetrita.bsky.social · 17h

Yo this sounds awesome

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Jay Wayward @ricochetrita.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao you get it

Jay Wayward @ricochetrita.bsky.social · 1d

Mostly the stuff I’m looking forward to writing not being what I’m writing yet.

Like I want this big, dramatic, emotional moment to happen, already! I want them to see that something needs to change!
#weeknightwriters

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 1d

Q4: What aspects of character development do you find most frustrating? #WeeknightWriters

Notepad that says “#WeeknightWriters: What aspects of character development do you find most frustrating?"

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Jay Wayward @ricochetrita.bsky.social · 1d

Always so fun to make it happen

Jay Wayward @ricochetrita.bsky.social · 1d

Didn’t answer the second part but I feel like it’s “does this sound cool” and if it does I start thinking about things like values, speech patterns, family history, personality quirks, dress, etc

Jay Wayward @ricochetrita.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like it’s showing an unexpected aspect of a character? Like showing somebody very tough be soft, or somebody very selfish become empathetic.
#weeknightwriters

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 1d

Q3: What aspects of character development do you enjoy most? What goes into making a character? #WeeknightWriters

Notepad that says “#WeeknightWriters What aspects of character development do you enjoy most?"

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Jay Wayward @ricochetrita.bsky.social · 1d

Nine times out of ten it’s “I want something this character holds close to them to radically change. what fucked up thing will make that happen?”
#weeknightwriters

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 1d

Q2: What aspects of character development do you consider most important to your story planning process? #WeeknightWriters

Notepad that says “#WeeknightWriters What aspects of character development do you consider most important to your story planning process?"

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Jay Wayward @ricochetrita.bsky.social · 1d

#weeknightwriters

I feel like it’s sort of both, in that I usually think of a character first but with a little bit of context.

Like the original pitch for The Dreaming Dead was “Conan the Barbarian but gay” which is a specific kind of character and story.

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 1d

Q1: Do you typically create characters to match the story you want to tell or build your stories based on character(s) already living in your head? #WeeknightWriters

Notepad that says “#WeeknightWriters: Do you typically create characters to match the story you want to tell or build your stories based on character(s) already living in your head?"

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Jay Wayward @ricochetrita.bsky.social · 1d

Iconic, frankly

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 1d

"we have to use AI because it's not going away" is such a weak-ass justification. because like, no we don't. what are you talking about. do you rush out to try every incurable disease too

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Beren's Reverie @berensreverie.bsky.social · Nov 11

The Hunter's Funeral Procession

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World's Spookiest Lesbian🏴 🔯 🏳️‍⚧️ (Amanda) @amandak6647.bsky.social · 2d

Amanda Kauffman - The Nothingness That Was

1. Twenty Years of Emptiness
2. Self Unto Ruin
3. Annihilation
4. What I Left Behind Me
5. The River of Memory
6. The Nothingness That Was

Coming 2026

The cover of my solo album The Nothingness That Was, an edited version of the Robert Fludd painting The Nothingness That Was Prior To The Universe. A black square is surrounded by a white border.

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 3d

I'm not saying I've got Lists of Queer Adult SFF for Bookshop's free shipping days, but
bookshop.org/shop/queerad...

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Jay Wayward @ricochetrita.bsky.social · 2d

The key is to just think about stuff really hard

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Ben Lockwood, PhD @benlockwood.bsky.social · 2d

Collective power works

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2d

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback.

After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.

Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site

Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.

www.jsonline.com

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Jay Wayward @ricochetrita.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like the Star Wars sequel trilogy is a bit over-hated but whewwww did they miss the landing on Finn’s story

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Jay Wayward @ricochetrita.bsky.social · 3d

Siiiiiiiick

Jay Wayward @ricochetrita.bsky.social · 3d

I’m rewatching A New Hope and yeeeeeesh Luke is so unbearable at first.

Jay Wayward @ricochetrita.bsky.social · 3d

The great thing about Star Wars is that sometimes you see a weird alien

Jay Wayward @ricochetrita.bsky.social · 3d

Love seeing a rodian