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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 16h

My favorite movie in the world has 6 sequels and .5 good sequels My favorite band's 3rd album has a few gems but mostly just stinks My favorite video game series is cheesy as shit and its lore is held together with spit and duck tape

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My most niche and unimportant music hot take is that the instrumental to Walk Like an Egyptian by the Bangles absolutely slaps Then you get to sit through the goofy ass lyrics and the song's momentum screeching to a halt for the "chrous"

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Neil Peart: No One's Disciple is a beautiful tribute to an amazing musician They pay homage to his skill and his genius but also talk about the harsh realities of life and his idiosyncrasies as a human. One couldn't wish for a better legacy 5⭐️ youtu.be/WPAJytx3juY?...

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Rush - Neil Peart: No One's Disciple

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Welcome to the least productive week for my WIP! We have: personal trip last week Work trip this week Father in law in town for the weekend between Had only this afternoon off and... yeah no energy left for editing #Writesky #writingcommunity #amediting

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I understand and appreciate that agents are busy people But at the point a query is 18 months old... you don't have to send a form rejection. I wasn't still holding out hope that you want the book lol

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

20/26 chapters of Barmaid/Blooddrinker down Idk who thought this draft could get to 65k, that guy's an idiot. Will easily clear 60k though As I get deeper I feel like there are more pages and chapters that are just... good? And I wrote them? Wild. #Writesky #WritingCommunity #amediting

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Barmaid/Blooddrinker has 2 primary POVs (you'll never guess who) and the occasional alt POV from a minor character Jethel the vampire was actually the original concept for the book, and when I decided I wanted a 2nd POV to serve the story better, that's when Tilda was born! #Writesky

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

After actual months of waiting, I may finally be moving forward at the company I actually want to work at Tentative good news is still good news right? 🎉🎉

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Tilda is a barmaid, but she's explicitly aiming to be a magical optician. She'd be a decent seamstress's apprentice under her mom too Jethel is a swineherd, but he could be most any kind of farmer, forester, etc. Really any job that lets him live outside town and not go out during the day

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Can confirm, Wolverine was indeed very mid Combat is fun enough but they just love throwing waves of the same enemies at you and can't design a boss who isn't a damage sponge Writing is generally good, particularly the Logan/Jean stuff The plot is almost complete nonsense and the end just sucks

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Tilda's biggest strength is her mind. She's observant, clever, and she picks up on things quickly Her biggest weakness (in this story) is she's a 26-year old woman with an average physique. She is NOT built to be scrapping with undead #Writesky #WritingCommunity

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Soundtrack for writing Barmaid/Blooddrinker was Last Dinner Party Soundtrack for editing B/B is Phildel Turns out atmospheric art pop is exactly what I needed for eldritch beings, undead invasions, and a vampire who turns out to be an okay guy #writesky #amediting open.spotify.com/album/7GT9b4...

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Into the Woods - Album by PHILDEL | Spotify

PHILDEL · album · 2024 · 11 songs

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

16/26 chapters of Barmaid/Blooddrinker down It's about 34k words so far, which isn't a ton, but I should be able to eke out about 65k for this draft, which is much more in line with what I wanted

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Madame Web (I am a Dakota Johnson believer and there were the bones of a good movie here if we had a better script, a better villain, no random trip to Peru, don't lie to Johnson and tell her it's MCU...)

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Dakota Johnson in Madame Web: Seriously?

Alt: Dakota Johnson in Madame Web: "Seriously. Don't do dumb things."

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I frequently find myself googling artists I find on Spotify to make sure it's real people making real music So far I've gotten lucky and my favorites started in the 2010s (SPELLES, Phildel) or started in the 2020s but are just obviously a real band (Last Dinner Party) Fuck gen AI

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

RT with your home river Originally, Vermillion and Atchafalaya Now, enjoy a flock of pelicans from the scenic Arkansas River

A big ol flock of white pelicans. way overexposed cause they were too far away from the camera

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Many things have really chapped my ass recently, and today was worse No editing progress for a couple days, but that's alright. Tonight's self-care is gonna look like laying on the couch and making a dinosaur park

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Splish Splash: Jurassic World Dinosaur Bath

Alt: The JP3 Spinosaurus swimming in Jurassic World Evolution 3 with the caption "Splish Splash, I'm Having a Bath"

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Barmaid/Blooddrinker beta draft is over halfway* done! 14/26 chapters edited *if you ignore that all the long chapters are in the back half *if you also ignore the final pass *if you also also ignore formatting, indecision, the eternal call of perfectionism, etc. #amediting #writingcommunity

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I've mastered flinging my fingers around randomly. No one does it better, really Now, turning flying fingers into grooves and basslines that sound good? Need to work on that

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

To the gen AI dweebs in my notifs across three platforms: No amount of excuses, insults or false equivalency is going to turn your slop into art, nor will it change my opinion of you for using it. So please, do us all a favour, and get out of my posts with your slop sycophancy.

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Me: alright, enough time before dnd to edit a chapter Also me: so happy it's a short chapter

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Since I'm nearing the beta draft, I guess I should introduce my WIP Barmaid/Blooddrinker (working title) is a fantasy/horror/romance There are vampires There are evil necromancers There's a clueless human MC Most importantly The 26 year old FMC does NOT shag the 200 year old vampire #amwriting

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Me, sitting down to edit: "aight let's be responsible and put my phone away" Me, 10 seconds later remembering all my revision notes are on said phone #amediting #writingcommunity

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Watched the Muppets' Treasure Island in honor of the late Tim Curry What a fun movie, the Muppets are funny by themselves, but Tim just steals the show entirely. He switches seamlessly between legitimately great dramatic acting and absolute scenery-chewing nonsense RIP to a legend 💔

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Tim Curry as Laughing Long John Silver

Alt: Tim Curry as Long John Silver, throwing his head back and laughing

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Scythe - The Last Dinner Party "Don't cry, we're bound together, each life runs its course" Happiness in the face of mortality, love and acceptance despite tragedy and death. It's a beautiful song, and this album was spinning nonstop while I finished Vampire Project youtu.be/aPT9Uk0wXDM?...

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The Last Dinner Party - The Scythe (Official Video)

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Congrats on the release, looking forward to reading!

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The Soul of War takes place over the course of about a month, but had flashbacks exploring Rhea’s childhood and when she left home 3 years prior Vampire Book takes place over like 3 days lol

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

One of many abandoned drafts or half-baked ideas! We have Gareth's story, a pretty traditional medieval fantasy, knights and elves and all Tamla and Lebelle's story, a flintlock fantasy age-of-exploration setting And Benben's story, another DnD backstory turned book about a halfling

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Meatballs and tomato sauce, soon to be a beautiful marriage Cooking Soundtrack: Parachute (Haley Williams), Woman is a Tree (The Last Dinner Party), Bloom Baby Bloom (Wolf Alice) The world sucks, but we persist

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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 26/08/2026

The best way to honor the two who have left us recently, imo, is to keep being as gay as possible

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Chapter 3 edited We're working toward the beta draft of Vampire Book (tm) Luckily, Chapter 3 was actually good? Crazy I know, didn't need much work, mostly just continuity stuff. Where does Tilda live? How many books did she buy? How did she walk home? Feels good to be back

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly was one of the only good celebrities left. Rare that you have someone so genuinely invested in the arts, education, and bringing up everyone around her For the prompt, I'm picking the Vampire Earth series by E E Knight. As a young teenager it was my first foray into gray morality

A black and white photo of a young Dolly Parton singing and playing an acoustic guitar

The cover of Way of the Wolf by EE Knight

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

BEHOLD, WORLDBUILDING Fantasy authors love maps, right? Book With No Name takes place entirely in and around the town of Slegg. Just outside is Jethel's pig farm, and eventually he and Tilda make their way downriver and find a large earthworks that's been turned into a ritual site Deep woods...

A blue sticky note with a crudely drawn map of the locales from my yet-unnamed novel

Features: Town, next to river
south of that, Jethel's farm
south of that, ritual site shaped like a donut
an arrow pointing west toward the deep woods

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Brief TMI for any who deign to know what I've been up to Last November I lost my job (layoff, left on good terms, but still sucks). Unfortunately not he first time this has happened to me, but the first time I was in a good spot to land on my feet. In the meantime I spent some holiday time /

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Recent Reads! Necroscope by Brian Lumley and Redshirts by John Scalzi Necroscope is a book that's not afraid to take its time, and I think it's better for it. We spend so much time with the two POV characters that the reader feels like we know most everything about them, helping the book earn/

Cover art for Necroscope by Brian Lumley
A grayscale image of a face with vampire fangs behind red text

Cover art for Redshirts by John Scalzi
A red and gold uniform shirt, reminiscent of the original Star Trek trope

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Rewatching Avatar mostly just reminds me of how legendary of a run The Blind Bandit into Zuko Alone is Just two of the best episodes of the entire show back to back

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

By the time I finished Expedition 33 I knew I was never touching it again as long as I live

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

8.5/10 Very solid movie, cameos were good rather than distracting. Really enjoyed the villain and Peter's arc

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Spoilers don't *ruin* things for me, but I try to avoid them That said, I often look up number reviews just to avoid what I call the "Rise of Skywalker Situation"

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

"The night was black, the moon a mere sliver, as the red-haired man walked his horse through the quiet town." The best part is the story isn't half as dramatic as this leads you to believe

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I DROVE ALL THE WAY TO DALLAS JUST TO NOT GO TO A CONCERT And I am not exactly chuffed

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I didn't need Toy Story 5 I had no expectations It had no right to actually be really good 8/10

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 05/06/2026

The Thirteenth Hour is on sale with over 30 other SFF books on Itch for Pride for only a few more days! Find this bundle here, but check out all four bundles for even more incredible books at a steal: itch.io/b/3676/pride...

A promotional banner for Pride Book Fair 2026: Pride Hard with a Vengeance; a black background with 37 book covers of various LGBTQIA+ SFF books available on itch.io here: https://itch.io/b/3676/pride-book-fair-bundle-2-pride-hard-with-a-vengeance

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Typo of the night: "he slowed his paste" The glue was running too hot, had to bring it down a notch

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Outlining a new story (this is a scary process for me) and had to stop myself from naming a character Mathilda After the last protag was Tilda it seemed a bit repetitive #writingcommunity #amwriting

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Joe Writes Books @blaguards.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Instead of recent reads: recent LISTENS So I found this band a couple years ago called SPELLES, which is sort of a goth rock/blues band and they fucking RULE They have 2 EPs and an album and all 3 are great, but they barely have any spotify listeners so go listen pls 🖤

Diving into the Arms of the Divine (2023)

A Goth/Blues Rock album by criminally underrated duo SPELLES

Stream all their shit on Spotify so they make more albums pls <3

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