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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 9h

Rewriting the fucking #book again Want stewardesses in the toilet & the passengers they’re “serving” to swallow it same dirty high Not for snobs jerking to fancy syntax. Need agent who sees first para: Shit, I can sell this union treasure map Fast. Ballsy. Depth. #blog #booksky #art #herowndream

A detailed map of the Vienna Central Cemetery (Der Wiener Zentralfriedhof) displayed on an outdoor board, showing color-coded sections, numbered plot areas, gates, and legend lists in German.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thursday: filling bailed. Earliest dentist slot? Monday. Lived on baby-food mush — bananas + blender-destroyed soup. First time for this, but I’ve fixed teeth under real bombardment. This is just soft food and mild annoyance. #Life #Journal #blog #health #selfcare #wellness #food #Ukraine #Kyiv

On a black rectangular plate resting on a wooden table, there is a partially eaten dish featuring a poached egg covered in hollandaise sauce, crisp bacon, and fresh greens. A single strip of fried bacon sits separately to the left, alongside a fork and knife. Behind the plate stands a glass bottle of Franziskaner Weissbier Dunkel beer next to a tall branded beer glass containing a small amount of dark beer at the bottom.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

50 push-ups. One glass of wine. A prequel I shelved because agents still treat books like accidental arson. New Substack: on not sprinting and learning from a fictional cat who’s smarter than most of the industry. markohelgenko.substack.com/p/three-legs... #AmWriting #AuthorLife #booksky

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Three Legs, One Glass of Wine, and the Doors I Keep Locked

Holding position while the industry pretends to give a shit

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

50 daily push-ups. Expanding the routine - but not every day. Rest is part of the work. #Cat Dream in Her Own Dream has three legs. She doesn't run twice as fast. She picks her moments. Not every day is a sprint. #video #ai #art #HerOwnDream #BookSky #blog

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Shelved the #cat prequel. Agents look at me like a native who just discovered fire. Fine - writing a #parody #book I won't even try to publish. Her Own Dream still needs an agent. Sometimes the real story sounds insane. Doesn't make it less true. #Booksky #HerOwnDream #Art #Video #Blog #AI

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Started a video diary. Weekly recap over wine goes public. The rest stays mine. Ms. O'blivian in Her Own Dream archived every broadcast. Enough for dozens of books. She chose what the world saw. #art #HerOwnDream #blog #video #ai #BookSky

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Oh, my body... Blood donation number 25 last week. Small anniversary. In my book, bodies break and bleed. In life, keeping someone alive = rolling up a sleeve. Still braver than most fictional heroes. #HerOwnDream #Booksky #art #blog

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Weeks and weeks of shelling. Closest missile - under 200m. Marichka in my book returns to a city that's gone. I wrote it before I knew what that sky sounds like. #HerOwnDream #BookSky #Ukraine #art #fiction

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Pitched a Bond opening to an AI. It got me completely wrong. In my #book, a #cat controls the #AI. I can't even control a chatbot. Dream would've fired it. #HerOwnDream #BookSky #SciFi #video #art

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

An unexpectedly magical song that evoked a whole kaleidoscope of beautiful images, even though I’ve never even come close to experiencing what the text is about. #Ukraine is in for a nearly deadly hard winter. #BookSky #music #video #art www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Atd...

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Soft Cell - "The Rainbow Room" (Official Video)

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Stranger on the #metro held a book so I saw the #cover. Title unreadable. What if it rewires my head? I got off, never knowing. In Her Own Dream, Marichka collects the same half-seen city plots. Attached: what I imagined inside. #HerOwnDream #BookSky #WritingCommunity #Tolkien #art

J.R.R. Tolkien, Original illustration for "The Hobbit: Bilbo comes to the Huts of the Raft-elves" (July, 1937)

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Incense lit. Minute 7: brain plays a scene - someone walks a corridor I've never seen. Wrote it down. Not mine. 1963: a man knocks down a wall, finds Derinkuyu - 18 floors already built. A corridor in Her Own Dream arrived the same way. #WritingCommunity #BookSky #HerOwnDream #photo #meditation

In 1963 , a Turkish man knocked down a basement wall during renovations and accidentally discovered Derinkuyu , an ancient underground city extending 18 stories deep , It was equipped with schools , chapels , and air shafts , designed to hide up to 20,000 people from invaders

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

3-minute voice note. I saw the length and left it unopened. It's not that I don't care - someone else's voice is a resource I don't have today In Her Own Dream, the #cat #Dream knows: kittens aren't lazy - they conserve. I'll listen later. Fully #WritingCommunity #BookSky #HerOwnDream #cats #Art

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

5 AM. No siren - just the cat on my chest, staring. Not meowing. Just staring. I lie there: what if he has something to say? Dream, the cat in my novel, reads people the same wordless way. Your cat's 5 AM move? #BookSky #WritingCommunity #HerOwnDream #cat #cats #Art #Ukraine

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Open laptop, screen awake. What if it's a novel, mid-draft? Read or close? The Awwam inscription stayed 'open' 1,600 years; nobody came back to reform it. Her Own Dream circles that same trespass - being read before you're finished. Would you? #HerOwnDream #BookSky #photography #art #photo

A decaying Sabaean temple inscription from the abandoned Temple of Awwam (inactive since the 4th century AD), in Modern-day Yemen.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Someone really loves my content. One #dog (wrong nick) banned me, then I banned them back. They must be a ghost, because they came back from the dead, just to ban me AGAIN, just to see my face. Obsessive much? #pets #shadow #nature #funny #weird #photo #photography #art #bluesky #animals #omg

A surreal black and white photo of a dark stone wall. In the center, a bright, distinct patch of white light casts a reflection that uncannily resembles the furry white body and black-eyed face of a tiny dog.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The #AI advice going around: break the task, hand each piece to something cheap. Not an AI #trick - it's how we built skyscrapers before reliable fire. In my #book a #heist runs on thousands of workers, one dumb move each, timed right. #BookSky #herowndream #photo #lifehack #art

The ancient skyscraper city of Shiban in Yemen. Towers up to 40 metres/130 feet built with mud and still standing.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Saw a #cloud shaped exactly like a giant #dick today. Also - proof we live in a sim: clouds only ever drift left or right, never toward you, never away. My #book runs on that same unease: feeling tiny next to something too big to argue with. #art #photo #BookSky #Fiction #herowndream

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I don't regret being paranoid. I regret the times I called it that and stayed quiet. Real threats rarely look like headlines. They move oddly and want your fast reaction. My book's predator never explodes into a room, she goes still Even soft paws leave a print #BookSky #herowndream #art #photo

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

If you don't turn off comments but never reply, I #mute you. Empathy's rare online — I won't spend mine on silent pride. Mutual friends always get a pass. Heroes of my #book learned that before they had words for it. Who's on your mute list? #photo #movie #starwar #BookSky #HerOwnDream #lifehack

A black and white candid photograph captures actors Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill, portraying Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker, sharing a warm, embracing moment. Both are wearing heavy, branded winter parkas on location, likely for the filming of "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" in Norway. They are looking directly at the camera with genuine, happy smiles, cheeks touching.

Carrie Fisher, on the left with long, wavy hair, is wearing a parka with the text "STAR WARS" and a partial patch visible. Mark Hamill, on the right with messy, medium-length hair and a wider grin, wears a similar parka with various patches, including "STAR WARS" and text suggesting "NORWEGIAN UNIT" and "BIO-PEER." The background is a slightly blurred, snowy outdoor environment.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

- They've got #pilates. - What's that? - ...You'll die from that. Forget the nonsense before it does. Your brain has a real delete button, pruning what you stop using My #book has #tech built on that What are you deleting this week? themindsjournal.com/brain-delete... #BookSky #trick #lifehack

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Neuroscience Secrets: Your Brain Has A Delete Button And Here’s How You Can Use It

Your brain has a delete button which plays a crucial role in it's efficient functioning. This way your brain makes space to build new & stronger connections.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Padding a thin scene isn't boring - it's a small lie to the reader, fake tension in place of earned tension. Widow's Bay runs every horror archetype. Less works: one wrong thing, left alone. Ever driven under a sky that looked wrong, and kept driving? #BookSky #art #photo #travel

A view from a car driving along a winding highway, with dramatic, undulating asperitas clouds filling the sky above. The sky resembles a churning, dark blue ocean upside down. Bare winter trees and mountains line the side of the road, with a few cars driving ahead under the stormy cloud deck.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

#Spielberg's craft still holds decades later - every gear earns its place. He just forgot which century he's building for (Disclosure day) Most blockbusters strip gears bare (#Nolan's characters = wind-up toys) or skip engineering entirely I steal his chassis, not his decade. #Booksky #art #photo

An underwater photograph of an old, rusted car wreck sitting at the bottom of a body of water. The entire vehicle is heavily encrusted with algae, moss, and aquatic growth, gradually blending into the sandy floor. The surrounding water is clear with a deep blue tint.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The best twists don't lie to you. They just let you assume the wrong genre until it's too late. Stole this trick from a Colin Farrell detective #show (Sugar) for my book's midpoints - worked so well it scared me a little. Curious which scenes? My #book got a lot. #art #movie #BookSky #HerOwnDream

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

#Nolan's #Odyssey: $250M #fanfic, Discovery Channel narration. Clone Connery's voice for that VO. Learning to avoid: trading revenge's ancient satisfaction for therapy-speak - "let go," "accept yourself." Homer's hero fights for home. This one leaves it. #BookSky #art #movie #HerOwnDream

Raw beaten eggs cooking in a frying pan on a stovetop. Folds and air bubbles in the yellow egg liquid unintentionally form a clearly visible sad, frowning face with eyes, a nose, and a curved downturned mouth.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

My #thriller runs in two-chapter "episodes," cliffhanger each time. Stolen from #TV, not novels. This week: what else I stole from film - starting with practical effects. Latex over skin taught me to write bodies breaking apart. Want the scene? Ask. #HerOwnDream #BookSky #art #photo #movie

A two-panel image showing behind-the-scenes special effects makeup and the final result. In the top photo, makeup artists apply prosthetic makeup and paint to actor Paul McCrane, who plays the toxic waste-melted character Emil Antonowsky from the film *RoboCop*, with the actor sticking his tongue out playfully. In the bottom photo, the actor in full prosthetic makeup portrays the character with severely deformed, melted flesh, distorted facial features, and outstretched, gnarled hands.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Someone followed me, I didn’t follow back because his feed was just endless #book ads In response, he blocked me and added me to a list: “People who are on #Bluesky only because they love to hear the sound of themselves thinking they are better than you” So #strange #creature #BookSky #art #photo

Photo of a wooden utility pole completely covered in thick green vines, growing in such a way that it looks like a giant humanoid figure or a giant standing with arms outstretched against a clear blue sky.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Religion didn't invent belonging — it industrialized it: shared myth, ritual, one untouchable rule. My book's society runs the same three tools, no god required. Myth or taboo — which one holds a group together longer? #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #BookSky #HerOwnDream #WorldBuilding

Vintage 1944 paperback book cover for "The Weird Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H.P. Lovecraft, published by Bart House Mystery. The cover features a stark black silhouette of a creeping, deformed humanoid figure towering over a small town against a yellow, orange, and red sunset sky. Bold yellow and white text reads the title, author's name, and additional contents including "The Whisperer in Darkness," "The Outsider," and "The Festival."

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The best change themselves, accept others as-is. That's the story we like. Real version: they want to change everyone else, while being accepted as-is. Praise the "holy work," fix what they won't see, never change yourself. Ever praised a saint to keep them still? #BookSky #Art #foto

Black-and-white promotional photo from Ghostbusters featuring Sigourney Weaver as Dana Barrett and Rick Moranis as Louis Tully. They are posing together on a stone architectural structure high above a backdrop of a city skyline at night. Weaver lounges draped in metallic fabric with her legs extended, while Moranis sits beside her wearing thick glasses, a patterned shirt, dark pants, and socks with shoes.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I stopped asking writing gurus for advice — #AI knows what they know, for free, in ten seconds. But their followers? A room full of #readers I'm writing for. Loud as trees in a storm, worth the scroll. Found your #reader in someone's comments before? #WritingCommunity #art #BookSky #IndieAuthor

Markus Matthias Krüger - Poplar Avenue in the Storm (2010)

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

"No #smartphone" writers don't sound disciplined to me in #2026. They sound like people skipping hot water and calling it minimalism. Mine's where the #book lives: voice memos, stolen dialogue, 2am notes. Less #phone, less material. The sad phobia or a stupid pose? #BookSky #Fiction #art #photo

An overhead photo showing the worn leather soles of a pair of black dress shoes placed side-by-side inside a textured, light-colored bag. The wear patterns on both soles create distinct "sad face" shapes, with two dark, worn patches forming eyes above a larger, scuffed-up dark area that resembles a downturned mouth. The texture of the leather and the dirt scuffs are clearly visible, and the surrounding bag material has a subtle, repeating pattern and some crumpled folds.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I used to think everyone's baggage was free character research. Not anymore. Block me, I block back. No curiosity for what's broken in your head — staying alive is a full-time Ukrainian job now. Tell me the line that made you block someone. I know how to listen. #BookSky #Fiction #art

A top-down shot taken in a room with a wooden floor and a wooden desk on the left. On the desk are several markers, a paintbrush, and a box of "Dual-Tip" acrylic markers. To the right of the desk is a wooden chair with a black faux-leather seat. In the center of the seat, there is a clear, deep indentation shaped like a small ear. Behind the chair, the leg of another rolling office chair and a hanging macrame-style plant holder are visible. The lighting is ambient.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I don't call it #AI — it's an uncanny valley machine. It copies human mistakes perfectly, right when they stop being true Humans build walls with holes in the wrong places. Real scars, not makeup Machines can only paint the wall Do you have scars for creativity? #tatoo #BookSky #Art #HerOwnDream

A tattoo on a person's chest depicting a stylized pin-up style woman with long brown hair, wearing a pink top, framed by line-art roses and leaves, creatively incorporating the person's nipple as part of the tattoo's design.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Huge box of chocolates, half empty tray. Most #books and #movies work the same way - chapters and episodes that are just packaging, zero chocolate. My rule: #Amsterdam doesn't get to be canals and a bike. Show me something new and bright. So I do it. #HerOwnDream #AmWriting #BookSky #Fiction #art

Aerial dusk view of Amsterdam, Netherlands, featuring dense urban blocks, characteristic canals along the right, and illuminated city streets winding through distinctive modern and historic residential architecture.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

In the station, in the shadows Lay a corpse without a head While they searched for where it vanished Legs got up and off they sped Wrote it staring at photos of high ceilings that scared me as a kid. King's right: fears don't leave, they change costume #BookSky #HerOwnDream #Horror #poetry #art

Low-angle, symmetrical view looking straight up through the vaulted arches of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, showcasing the intricate coffered ceiling details, inscribed stone walls with names of battles and generals, and the bright blue sky framed by the stone architecture.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

#Meditation didn't calm me down — it gave me a rule: if caught, run. If knocked down, get up. Write a character who lives by that instead of just fearing things, and the whole book shifts. Took months to sink in, not one sitting. It's wide and wild What's your take? #BookSky #photo #HerOwnDream

A wide panoramic shot of a sunny landscape on a bright day with a blue sky and fluffy white clouds. Rolling green and dry grassy hills stretch across the foreground, with a dirt path winding through them. On the far right, there is a stone medieval fortress tower. In the bottom right foreground, a child wearing a white sun hat is looking out toward the scenic view.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Went to city's biggest bookstore to "research the market." Found 3 piles: reheated 15-year-old hits, heavy plotless classics, soap-opera non-fiction. None was what I wanted to read. So I wrote my book instead. What's your take? #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #BookSky #IndieAuthor #Fiction

A wood-burned portrait of Hannibal Lecter from "The Silence of the Lambs" on a rectangular wooden cutting board. He is depicted wearing his iconic, menacing straightjacket and half-face restraint mask while strapped to a gurney. Below the portrait, the words "every meal tells a story" are burned into the wood in a stylized, lowercase serif font. A hand is holding the left edge of the board.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Naming my #cat character, I wanted her purr baked into her name. Ukrainian "Mriya" (dream) already purrs: mrrrriya. Turns out English "dream" purrs too, if you drag it out — drrrrream. Ever had a word translate itself by accident? Not the same? #WritingCommunity #booksky #HerOwnDream #Cats

Two fluffy baby raccoons are nestled safely between the thick, textured branches of a large tree. The raccoon on the left sits lower, looking directly at the camera with its signature dark "bandit mask" markings around its eyes and a striped tail partially visible. The second raccoon is perched slightly higher to the right, peering out from behind a branch with a curious expression. Bright green leaves frame the top and right sides of the image, while a wooden fence and green foliage are softly blurred in the background.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Don’t fear stealing openly—Kubrick stole from painters, I try to steal from Hitchcock. We never succeed entirely. Want to read the first 2 chapters of my thriller #HerOwnDream? Let me know for feedback (or to steal something back). #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #BookSky #LitAgent #Fiction

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I wrote "Her Own Dream" to entertain and educate. But it holds a truth that terrifies Western readers: the psychological reality of living under the constant stress of war. It’s not just a war story; it’s a mirror to our survival. #SciFi #BookSky #IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity #Ukraine #Art

A fan-made movie poster in the distinct 3D animation style of Disney Pixar for John Carpenter’s horror film "The Thing." In the foreground, a bearded MacReady holding a lit lantern looks worriedly to the side. Around him are other crew members in heavy winter jackets and a wide-eyed Alaskan Malamute dog, all looking anxious. In the background, a snowy Antarctic research outpost under a dark blue night sky, a helicopter, and a terrifying, pink, multi-tentacled alien monster with a mouth full of sharp teeth. The top text reads "Disney Pixar" and "THE THING" in a frozen, icy font.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

My #book ends in the #Carpathians - a region often wrongly linked to Dracula. These mountains are not a horror trope, but a unique, vibrant reality distinct from the Alps. Every location in my story is a real invitation to discover the true #Ukraine as a part of #Europe and the #World. #booksky

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Writing a prequel instead of a sequel. Why? 1. Standalone story. 2. Reading both creates a "stereoscopic" view of the world. 3. It prevents the setting from stagnating. We usually filter reality through our own personality, making perception poorer What’s your take? #books #writingcommunity

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

My #book starts simple: Marichka, a schoolteacher from #Ukraine, takes a job escorting someone's #cat. It moves through hijacked planes, Amsterdam back rooms, and a black market where hitmen are hired like you'd order a ride - fast, anonymous. Nobody here, including the cat, is who they seem.

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

#US - #China mutual economic dependence is already a weapon. But there's a third party in that bottle: Europe - still without a sting of its own. #geopolitics #europe www.euractiv.com/news/stung-i... м

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Dmytro Demchenko 🇺🇦 @dmytrodemchenko.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

#NASA, #Boeing, billions of dollars - and a solo Polish engineer built a real propeller-#free hoverbike of #StarWars. That's what happens when #innovation doesn't wait for #corporate approval. volonaut.com

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