@pootsidoodle
Writer of fiction, TTRPGs and lost to-do lists. PhD Researcher and Writer in Residence at Ulster University. Associate Editor at @CastOfWonders. Published in WFRP, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth RPG, Factor Four and Opulent Syntax SFWA, OW-NI he/him
Submissions for the next issue of Translunar Travelers Lounge open soon. From March 15-21 is reserved for writers of color; from March 22 until April 15 is general submissions for everybody. We are looking for speculative fiction up to 5,000 words. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/
If I may add another, could you give a signal boost for @theazrai.com and @loutellstales.bsky.social’s GoFundMe.
They’re two wonderfully talented trans creators who are tackling eviction, medical malpractice, and visas.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-queer...
If I may add another, could you give a signal boost for @theazrai.com and @loutellstales.bsky.social’s GoFundMe.
They’re two wonderfully talented trans creators who are tackling eviction, medical malpractice, and visas.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-queer...
I am here to drink tea and shout about how cool my friends are, and I am nearly out of tea!!
Everyone should know about the folkloric wonder that is @hoganddice.bsky.social
Fantastic storyteller and all around wonderful friend to all corvids.
www.youtube.com/@HogandDice
A lot of work in this. We’re so delighted
Here you go, everyone can use this one (it's signed by an authority)
Seeing some discussion about how the Doctor is viewed as a bit of a poisoned chalice of a role right now, given the Disney fuckery.
That means the next one is likely to be a white guy again, and one that somehow needs to be able to deal with the enormous pressures of the role.
Who did it better?
The impression I strive to give in life.
🎶I’m walking in the air🎶
Came third in my local Park Run with a time of 22mins 14secs.
Very proud of that!
@theslabpress.bsky.social editor Donna has kindly let me post Vivid Worlds for free on my website during the @bsfa.bsky.social awards process.
It is a finalist for the Short Fiction, and if you would like to consider it, you can find it here. It may get weird.
www.rickdanforth.com/one-step-at-...
These are all good ports of call!
Decided to finally take the day off I’ve been promising myself I’d take for finishing a big essay.
Now, how do I drown out the constant voice telling me I am wasting my time and should be writing??
For my current novel's MC, she hasn't since she was a kid. She's learned a few lessons along the way, not all of them good.
She's about to learn a few more.
PeeudoPod is currently open to submissions for ANTHOLOGY or COLLECTION (not magazines or other periodicals) reprints PUBLISHED OR DUE TO BE PUBLISHED in 2026
We’ve just rejected multiple subs that don’t meet these guidelines.
Please read submissions guidelines!
A cluttered desk covered in paints and unpainted miniatures.
Warhammer audiobooks have been my “please no PhD” breaks lately, and this has inevitably got me back into the miniature gaming. Dug out my old Harlequins and maybe this time the Masque of Cegorach’s Garden will finally have colour.
After them, Dwarfs. Then my Lizardmen.
Grammarly has a "humanizer" function.
Think about it. You, a human, employ this tool to help you write, then you have to "humanize" the output. With a machine.
A list of award nominations that I'm not truly sure how I got but I'm eternally grateful for. Including best short fiction, best short non fiction, best audio and best younger readers categories.
I'm both overwhelmed and very grateful to have 5 items on the @bsfa.bsky.social award short list.
It's an honour to be nominated against pieces from:
@foxesandroses.bsky.social
@slashnburnett.bsky.social
@drfionamoore.bsky.social
@bethkesh.bsky.social
@emilyinkpen.bsky.social
Congrats all 🙌
RIP Rob Grant
thewertzone.blogspot.com/2026/02/rip-...
#robgrant #RedDwarf
I've been recently reading both Ken Liu and P.G. Wodehouse side by side, and it's really weird now that I'm trying to write a short story having these two very different voices arm wrestling for influence over my prose. 😅
Anyone who can, please help.
Oh boy, we are in the thick of it huh?
I’m a bit scared today as a trans immigrant, scared for me, you, everyone.
If you can pls share this or throw us some coins me & my trans American boyfriend @theazrai.com can pay our Canadian immigration lawyer & avoid being separated.
gofund.me/3b487b50e
Introducing my son's first book - Ollie would like you all to read this if you can and let him know what you think :)
Enjoy!
www.davidgreenwriter.com/post/ollie-s...
Just gave it a read there. Fantastic work, Ollie!
This product recall for Moss Green and Alantiko Blue ‘Colour Forge’ basing sand due to asbestos contamination crossed my desk this morning. Sharing for community info!
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/698dba...
#WarhammerCommunity
Maybe Napoleon?
Don’t attack Russia -> watch me!
You’re banished -> no I’m not.
FYI, Academia.edu has changed its terms of service to give an irrevocable worldwide license for anything uploaded to its site to be used for generative AI. I do not consent to this and have pulled all my papers.