Dylan Terry

He/Him || Professional Nerd. Some Nobodies chief writer. Mostly here for the #WritingCommunity, partially here for the meeeemes

[Dylan Terry @vorpal_words]

CYOP: APP.eal is an audio drama podcast where you create your own sci-fi adventure. Listen through as you try and perfect your predictive AR glasses - can you find love? Or will you get eaten by a bear? See if you can find all 9 endings.

https://t.co/FMA4Y69Nd0

[Dylan Terry @vorpal_words]

New blog post:

https://t.co/9QNVXheajz

(Obligatory fuck Elon, I can't wait for X to become irrelevant again)

[Dylan Terry @vorpal_words]

Finished the first draft of Painting Basilisks today. 173,866 words across 517 pages. Nice lil bloated fantasy noir piece. Gonna give it a month before a still rewrite. Celebrating with some Dragon's Milk from @newhollandbrew

#amwriting #amwritingfantasy #nanowrimo #nanowrimo22

[Dylan Terry @vorpal_words]

A rich, #sonorous gong heralded the envoy's approach. The giants loomed over the soldiers at the foot of the #fells. Tendrils of mist trailed them like a cloak. The leader wore a bemused expression beneath gnarled horns. "Let us talk, little folk," rumbled Walking Storm.
#vss365

[Dylan Terry @vorpal_words]

The last time she'd seen sunlight was on the dappled canopy of the trees in Mendscaper Plaza. A vacation when she was a child. It was so different from the eternal Pittendowns rain.
Strange, though. She couldn't imagine what it would be like to see sunlight year-round.

#vss365

[Dylan Terry @vorpal_words]

Painting Basilisks April Update: 126663 words (+26481) Did some paid work in there somewhere, but otherwise it was a productive month. Another 30K to the end?...but that's what I said last month. #shrug #amwriting #amwritingfantasy

[Dylan Terry @vorpal_words]

She's an apostate? I don't know, I thought only guys had those.

[Dylan Terry @vorpal_words]

Mitterhook Penitentiary hangs beneath Pittendown Station on massive chains, accessible only by air-gondola. The prison sports #minimal security measures - the convicts are free to serve out their sentences peacefully or trust to the mercy of the Abyss.
#vss365 #amwritingfantasy

[Dylan Terry @vorpal_words]

Painting Basilisks March Update: 101290 words (+18986)

Added some chapters to the outline, plotted some loose ends, looks like a pretty straightforward 30Kish to the finish line.

#amwriting #amwritingfantasy

[Dylan Terry @vorpal_words]

Painting Basilisks hit 100k words the other day, which means it's officially novel-length based on some definition set by someone some time ago. Probably ~30k to go before a first draft. #amwriting #amwritingfantasy

[Dylan Terry @vorpal_words]

Realized I was making a character too sympathetic, so everything nice he said went into italics and all he actually said to his staff was, "nice to see you, you're late, get back to work."

#amwriting #amwritingfantasy

[Dylan Terry @vorpal_words]

Spy balloon!
Spy balloon!
(the Ohio River may be irreparably polluted due to private lobbying and government corruption)
Spy balloon!
Spy balloon!

[Joe Abercrombie @LordGrimdark]

I’m a professional writer. So yes.

[Dylan Terry @vorpal_words]

@WriterlyTweets In the long dark, they transcribed. #sixwordstory #6words #writingprompt #postapocalyptic

[Dylan Terry @vorpal_words]

Occasionally someone stumbles into the deeper tunnels beneath Pittendowns. The walls in the basilisk warrens bear metal sheets inscribed with dense, tiny script; words from before the world broke. Nobody can read it anymore - whether #history, instructions, or warnings. #vss365

[Dylan Terry @vorpal_words]

@WriterlyTweets Contemplating the lint trap. "The horror..." #6wordstories

[Dylan Terry @vorpal_words]

Seven days after they departed, the Wranglers returned with a juvenile voidwurm in tow. Though young, the #massive beast cast a shadow over their skiff as they took port in Pittendowns. If the creature hawling their own ship felt pity for its peer, it didn't show. #vss365

[Dylan Terry @vorpal_words]

"Serving time in Mitterhook isn't that strange a #fear," Misk said. When he first toured the prison he was surprised at the lax security features. It made sense in retrospect - the Midden hung beneath Pittendowns on huge chains. There was nowhere to go but over the edge. #vss365

[Dylan Terry @vorpal_words]

@AnnaRavenAuthor "Let's get some pay."

Wouldn't that be nice?

[Dylan Terry @vorpal_words]

@AgathaChocolats Comedy night: hot takes, cold crowd.

[Dylan Terry @vorpal_words]

Neighborhood Wardens in Pittendowns are issued sidearms - officially called Irons - colloquially known as "messers." They're loud, flashy, and #deadly. Used as a last resort, it's an appropriate nickname considering the fist-sized holes they can blow in a person. #vss365