Blyesford 🕷⚡️🍉

Longtime writer, aspiring novelist, recovering academic. Won a cosplay comp in '95 (“He just IS Ponder Stibbons!” TP). Same handle in the blue place. he/him

[Lady Jasmin Darnell ⚔️ ELDEN LORD | Queen of Fools @JasminDarnell]

I think there’s something sad about how little a lot of people know about artists, that they think posting artwork and getting likes is the payoff they want to attain with AI images they pretended to draw. Like a cool image is the goal and whole point of it. Does it not occur to you that the journey of having a long time passion, struggling and trying and failing and learning, discovering new techniques and styles, experimenting, noticing gradual improvements, expanding the range of things you feel confident attempting, discovering your uniqueness, getting in flow with the tool you’re using and the hand memory you’ve accrued, waking up excited to continue a drawing you started last night, feedback that shows your identity, dedication and intention are recognisable in your work, the joy and tactility of speedily doodling ideas way too ambitious for your current skill level, pulling off an idea you previously thought you could never do, the fun you’ve had making something being visible in the strokes, are the true joy and motivation of being an artist? The reality of a living and breathing part of you that can’t be separated from what you do or how you perceive the world? How you observe and appreciate what you see? Not just a a cool but soulless anime waifu drawing that looks exactly like a million others? But you fooled a few people and got some likes and follows and finally you feel like you got yours? What a sad and empty experience, and you think that is being an artist, it’s simply so sad. Like posting photos of luxurious locations and pretending you traveled there with your pretend gorgeous family. To what end? How do you not cry when posting this stuff?

[luka — bday on 18th! @lukaxuuya]

cookie run oc #crk #cookierun

[Dr Ben Searle (@drbensearle.bsky.social) @drbensearle]

We need to identify burnout earlier.
In issue 6 of READ BEFORE BURNING, I explain why that's so important, present the results of my research study into early warning signs of #burnout, and discuss how we might use those signs effectively.
#Psychology
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[Blyesford 🕷⚡️🍉 @blyesford]

Day 24 of #recovember: Try exercising during a break from work.

(That's it, just what it says on the packet. Surely I don't need to explain them all?)

[Blyesford 🕷⚡️🍉 @blyesford]

@Lunarnaut_M Clearly a fae trap

[Miss S⸆⸉😘🫶🏾🇵🇰 🍁🍂🥧📚☕️🦊🦔🦝🫎🦋🙊 @supermormongirl]

#GenocideBad by @sim_kern is an amazing new book that explains why speaking out against colonialism and literal genocide isn’t a “complicated” or “controversial” thing at all- it’s a perspective that centers humanity and the inherent value of every human life!!!!

[Blyesford 🕷⚡️🍉 @blyesford]

@gr8writingtips Congratulations, Clippy!

[Orbit Books @orbitbooks]

"I brought my sword. I considered bringing two swords, but that seemed alarmist."

Listen to an excerpt from THE LAST SOUL AMONG WOLVES by Melissa Caruso and read by Moira Quirk: https://t.co/hTyvz8Q4oL

[Blyesford 🕷⚡️🍉 @blyesford]

@lukaxuuya Ispep?

[Locus Magazine @locusmag]

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[Matt Johansen @mattjay]

🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.

He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords

Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:

[Blyesford 🕷⚡️🍉 @blyesford]

@XiranJayZhao Querying is like job hunting? Sure, if there was a chance that none of the 50 places you applied to were really looking for staff.
And if you’d already done most of the work they needed done.

[/Film @slashfilm]

Forget Netflix or Disney+; it's Dropout that emerged as the best streaming service in 2024 and is paving the way to a brighter streaming future. https://t.co/HLcucGSGiE

[Dungeon Scrawlers @DungeonScrawl]

Greymantle returns for an epic finale! Join the Daughters of Darkness as they save Nightside from destruction...or doom it to the flames. Hangout starts at 6 pm PT, and the episode kicks off at 6:30! https://t.co/ycNmvU1Vjm...

[Orbit Books @orbitbooks]

Happening now!

Head over to R/Fantasy now to ask some of Orbit's debut authors anything!

https://t.co/jPTwIaYLd3

[Blyesford 🕷⚡️🍉 @blyesford]

@redwyrmofficial I heard that read in the voice of @samreich as a prompt for @MakeSomeNoiseDO

[Orbit Books @orbitbooks]

"A brilliant, breathless twisty fantasy adventure that I utterly adored." —@tashadrinkstea, author of The Jasmine Throne

THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS by @melisscaru is available next week!

[Orbit Books @orbitbooks]

Next week, get caught in a murderous game to decide the fate of reality in THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS by @melisscaru. Or, prepare to fight like a she-devil with RED SONJA: CONSUMED by @GailSimone!

[Dungeon Scrawlers @DungeonScrawl]

OUR EXTRA LIFE DAY(S) OF GAMING STARTS NOW!

With giveaways from @norsefoundry @phoenixdice and @MonteCookGames plus an @idlechampions chest code!