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Dylan Madeley

@dylanmadeley.bsky.social
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Writer from Canada. He/him demisexual #bi cis. Stutters. #ActuallyAutistic. Nine self-published fantasy works complete; six currently available via Itchio, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, Apple Books, and Amazon. www.dylanmadeley.com

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Just a girl and her books @thebookwyrmshoard2.bsky.social · 2h
I’m Selling My Books Ooh I know that's a seriously depressing way to start off a post isn't it? But the really good job I was hoping to get the other day, is well not happening. I have rent to pay and kids and dogs to feed and parents to make sure they have electricity. So off they go! At first I…
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I’m Selling My Books
Ooh I know that's a seriously depressing way to start off a post isn't it? But the really good job I was hoping to get the other day, is well not happening. I have rent to pay and kids and dogs to feed and parents to make sure they have electricity. So off they go! At first I was super sad about this but honestly, like my mental health cannot handle going through anymore interviews right now.
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 8h
Apropos of a thread I saw earlier with an artistic depiction of prototaxites. They vaguely reminded me of this standing stone from the Hills of Tara, but taller. live.staticflickr.com/22/35585973_...
Lia Fail stone display as placed on the Hills of Tara. A standing stone surrounded at its foot by a round arrangement of bricks embedded in the earth. In the distance we see grass, rolling hills, trees, and a few sheep.
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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A few months ago, the library suffered a leak of water pouring in and then the steam valves malfunctioned, creating a tropical sauna reaching 118 F. Students called the fire dept thinking it was a fire, b/c why else so hot. Staff rushed to save manuscripts. Deferred maintenance did this.
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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just a couple of days left to apply for this :) I'll be closing it down October first so I have plenty of time to get the bundle set up
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I was going to write a blog post about pretty much the same things I have threaded here, except with more pictures. Then I realized I wasn't feeling it. I already reported on the experience and it doesn't feel like news. So, here are the pictures that haven't already been posted here. 👇
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Day after the Fest, one of the first things I did was apply to a couple other markets in upcoming months. I was overstocked for Word on the Street despite indicators from past performance, because I imagined that if my postering even got a 30% response rate I should be prepared to offer something.
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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 28/09/2026
Got a book out in October? Hit me up!
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Day 2 over. On my way home. I think I made about 15 total sales this event.
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Remembered my banner today.
An early table setup for an author. A floral tablecloth is now partly covered by a long banner draped over it which features the logo and words Dylan Madeley, Author. On top of the table is a book stand with six books. There is a blue binder marked Reviews.
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Kaya Skovdatter 🏳️‍⚧️ (She/They) @gothgreenwitch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Friends: looking for recs for a Canadian artist doing detailed-SF style covers (ACE era, full SF, painterly). Not my project. Passing along recs. I'm drawing mental blanks, but if anyone has any good options, please send my way.
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Up earlier than I'm used to, and preparing for Day 2 of Word on the Street. Hoping that the following happens: 1. Folks who took a card come back with a favourable decision 2. They aren't all focused on "The Fate of Lenn" and/or "Alathea: Goddess & Empress", which began the event at 4 copies apiece
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Christopher @christopher-r-m.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think I found my people at the Word on the Street book festival today. Speculative climate fiction, maybe not so good fairies and tough women warriors despite the odds? Yup, I’ve good some great new reads. cc @stelliform.press @dylanmadeley.bsky.social
A stack of five books held up in front of the tents of the book festival. 

Arboreality by Rebecca Campbell
Geeen Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris
After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang
Alathea: Goddess & Empress by Dylan Madeley
The Ghosts of Nothing by Cecily Walters A large crowd in front of small vendor tents. A sign for Stelliform Press publishing house showcasing some of their titles.
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm heading out to this soon. Come visit me late this morning or this afternoon! Or tomorrow if it works better for you.
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy first day of Word on the Street. Just finishing up my morning routine and I'll be out the door not too long from now. Indie author, small booth, simple setup. Still giving myself about an hour; I foresee a bit of taping to account for any wind.
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you'll be out and about in Toronto next weekend, come visit me in Indie Alley! I plan to be there both days. toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca #TheWordOnTheStreet #TheWordOnTheStreet2026 #WordOnTheStreet #WordOnTheStreet2026 #WOTS #WOTS2026 #fantasy #IndieAlley #IndieAuthors #IndieBooks #Toronto
A dark yellow banner square. Main text reads:

The Word On The Street

David Pecaut Square

September 26-27

11-6 PM Saturday

10-5 PM Sunday

215 King Street West, Toronto

The Word on the Street

Toronto Book & Magazine Festival

Celebrating the latest in Canadian and Indigenous Literature

Free For All Ages
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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Count the #TinyJoys - one, two, and wait for it ... three small hedgehogs! We had been wondering if we had two little ones, but it is so hard to tell in 10 second video clips. Then we got a couple of clips of two, then this. I'm going to ask St Tiggywinkle's for advice on monitoring and weighing.
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have now set up an #AuthorsRepublic account because I am long overdue to offer an audiobook edition of any of my titles. If you are on that site, I think "Prince Ewald the Brave" should be publicly searchable; would appreciate someone on the #narrator end of things confirming they can find it.
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Busy enough day given that most of the work is to follow; have to apply for personal medical insurance because a doctor recommends something that could cost $10K+ out of pocket, and he recommended which insurance to apply for. Handed me literature about the medicine and my issue.
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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I need TEN sales to hit my #SapphicSeptember goal... And there are only six days left in the month Help me get there?
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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026
Indie Authors, which part of the world do you call home? Asia-Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, Islanders & ALL Asia) Africa Europe UK Central & South America Canada US (state?) (Yes, I'm interested in country(s) too!) Do you sell books direct? (Itchio/ Payhip/ Kofi) I'm considering a Books Direct
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Bogi Takács / WE'RE HERE ToC announced! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hi everyone! You fundraised for one of my trans former students leaving Kansas - that helped and they are now safely in Colorado. I'm now asking you to help againnnnn Let's get Siobhán Kirchstein's fundraiser to goal! She is 100% a real person, I know her and just spoke to her today. Threading:
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Donate to Protect Siobhán from Discrimination, organized by Siobhan Kirchstein
Hello, everyone, my name is Siobhán, a 41-year-old trans woman who works as a c… Siobhan Kirchstein needs your support for Protect Siobhán from Discrimination
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R.B. Lemberg. Yes, still in Kansas @rblemberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mutual aid alert. Siobhán Kirchstein, whom I've known for many years, is a trans woman who works as a janitor at KU and has been targeted for using a bathroom. Her case has been profiled in many venues, including by M. Gessen at the NYT. I've talked to her at length recently.
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This last outing is probably also my last outing in shorts and a tee this year; all very Canadian of me, I know. So, from that point of view, summer ended today for me. Time to reacquaint myself with black cargo pants and jeans.
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Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It's officially the first day of fall, which makes this the perfect time to remind you that #FirstDraftFall - our answer to NaNoWriMo - starts very soon on October first! Check out the full details of the challenge by following the link below:
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#FirstDraftFall - Weeknight Writers
The Weeknight Writers answer to NaNoWriMo, #FirstDraftFall is a challenge to write a first draft in October - December.
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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026
With Ace Week🖤🩶🤍💜 coming up Oct 25-31st, I'm putting together an Itchio bundle called 'Asexuals on Adventures'. Main criteria: at least one main character is somewhere on the asexual spectrum (aro-ace is fine👋) and see eligibility graphic for 'Adventure'!⬇️ Sign up form: on my discord or I can DM!
Asexuals on Adventures, Coming Oct 19-31st on Itchio.

Ace flag and purple background.

Main text: 'Adventure' for the purpose of this bundle could be of a fantastical, scientific, or other speculative nature, or historical. Ideally it involves travel/ exploration, and may involve quests (from personal in scale, to save a people/ save the world.)

Eligibility & Genre: 
At least one Main Character is somewhere on the asexual spectrum.
Plot-central ace (and LGBTQIA+) themes are welcome, but not required.

Adventure. There needs to be a big adventure, ideally one involving geographical travel. Eg. Exploring space/ a fantasy world, time travel, an alternate history, an underworld of demons, a society of vampires. Sexual exploration involving long distance travel and experiences of other places (eg a road trip) is welcome. Murder mysteries involving long distance travel (eg. multi city/ country investigations and some experience of those places) are welcome.

Given Adventure, I'm anticipating Fantasy, SciFi & other Speculative Fiction. Possibly Historical, mystery/ crime, romance, NSFW.

Preorders: Pre-orders are welcome, if your book releases within 5 weeks of the bundle's end date. Please state the release date in your Itch book description, so readers know when they can download your book.

Categories: YA and Adult Fiction, novellas and full length novels.
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today I intend to walk the route from College Street and Lansdowne Avenue eastward to Augusta Avenue, to take down any remaining posters. The QR codes have expired and the weather will turn them into litter. Chances are, people have taken most down for me as they were relatively simple to remove.
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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If @science.org is covering it, I guess I should share something here- we have for the first time definitively detected radio emission from a planet around another star! 🔭🧪🎢 What does this mean? Details in thread! (But TL;DR- still not aliens) 🧵 www.sciencenews.org/article/exop...
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First radio waves seen from an exoplanet hint at otherworldly auroras
The gas giant Beta Pictoris b, about 63 light-years away, has the mass of 10 Jupiters and a magnetic field thousands of times as strong as Earth’s.
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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.com · 21/09/2026
When her proposal goes sideways, Kyle Talos will have to think on her feet to keep herself, the love of her life, her brother, and her father all safe as she's forced to lead a dangerous voyage to seek out the Well of Eternal Life. Wide: bit.ly/ElysiumPropo... Itchio: bit.ly/itch-tep
Trope/theme map for The Elysium Proposal by A.E. Bross. Included are:

- "Why can't this one night go well?"
- Pansexual female MC and Nonbinary LI
- Really, really complicated family dynamics
- Grump of a healer
- Cuddles
- On an adventure towards certain death... yay?

A fantasy pirate adventure with romance, danger, & all the trimmings.
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Repost: Things you should know but didn't know you needed to know before knowing: A nasothek is a collection of the broken noses of statues and busts. Now you know.
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Got pet chores done. Had a chicken burger and root beer using a gift certificate while I was out on my errands. Got more done today than I had planned. Overall, very good day.
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Finished walking a Roncesvalles-Queen-Kensington-Dundas circuit and realized most of these posters have been ripped down, and I was lucky if I found and disposed of over a dozen. Contemplating just letting College Street go since these things seem to come down well enough on their own.
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I did start rewatching Lynch's "Dune" (1985) during my last concurrent platelets/plasma donation, but I have had such experiences (not with the material itself, but with other people's responses to my responses to the material) that I don't even comment anymore. Sir Patrick Stewart looking dashing.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Your regular reminder that if you have ANY reason not to fast on Yom Kippur (and mental health IS HEALTH) -- it's not just "ok" to eat -- you're *commanded* to do so --
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Home | A Mitzvah to Eat
At A Mitzvah to Eat, we empower Jews needing ritual accommodations to safely connect to sacred Jewish practice and community. We provide resources, support, and advocacy for these Jews, as well as the...
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Just recorded a bunch of QR code scans from DeKalb and Fort Worth. Sure didn't put up posters there.
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Stephanie Caye @kittensyay.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Love me. Hate me. Buy my books. stephaniecaye.com#books 📚💙🌆 (I mean like probably don't hate me tho I'm pretty nice but that didn't work for the joke)
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Stephanie Caye, Author
Author website for Stephanie Caye
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Carolina VonKampen 📚 Freelance Editor @carolinavonkampen.com · 19/09/2026
I hadn't realized that #betaread scammers were so prevalent until I started seeing them more and more on Bluesky. Here's a good breakdown of what these scams entail and how to vet any beta readers or #editors you work with: winterandwords.tumblr.com/post/8131471... #writing #writingcommunity
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⛔ How to spot beta reader and editor scams on Tumblr and beyond (and why it matters)
You may have seen posts from fake beta reader and editor accounts here or in other writing spaces online. Unfortunately, they often target young and/or inexperienced writers who are less likely to...
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you'll be out and about in Toronto next weekend, come visit me in Indie Alley! I plan to be there both days. toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca #TheWordOnTheStreet #TheWordOnTheStreet2026 #WordOnTheStreet #WordOnTheStreet2026 #WOTS #WOTS2026 #fantasy #IndieAlley #IndieAuthors #IndieBooks #Toronto
A dark yellow banner square. Main text reads:

The Word On The Street

David Pecaut Square

September 26-27

11-6 PM Saturday

10-5 PM Sunday

215 King Street West, Toronto

The Word on the Street

Toronto Book & Magazine Festival

Celebrating the latest in Canadian and Indigenous Literature

Free For All Ages
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Heading out to finish the New Toronto sweep of poster removal. The next neighbourhood in sequence is near Queen and Roncesvalles but that can be a whole other afternoon of work.
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Can*Con @canconsffh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Any official emails from the team will be from an @/can-con.org domain Anyone else is an imposter 👀 Please do always feel free to reach out if you're concerned about the validity of an email!
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In a mall, eating A&W because I had a gift card. Place like this really brings feelings about the ephemerality of my strivings, and my utter smallness in general. Not the way New York City did, but I'm not often there.
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Good to get the hat off for a moment and feel a breeze in the shade.
Author's selfie at a commuter train station. The background shows concrete walkway and shelter supports that are painted green.
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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Crowvus @crowvuslit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Today on the Crowvus Book Blog we have a #BookReview of @dylanmadeley.bsky.social's book, "The Last Gift-Knight". Head over to discover your next great read: crowvusbookblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/book... #HighFantasy #Reading #BookRecommendation #YALit #SFF #BookSky #BookBlog
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Book Review - The Last Gift-Knight by Dylan Madeley
Today, I'm very excited to share my thoughts on Dylan Madeley 's book, The Last Gift-Knight . Dylan sent me a copy of his book after reachi...
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Please come visit me in Indie Alley on Sept. 26th/27th! 215 King Street West, Toronto toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca #TheWordOnTheStreet #TheWordOnTheStreet2026 #WordOnTheStreet #WordOnTheStreet2026 #WOTS #WOTS2026 #fantasy #IndieAlley #IndieAuthors #IndieBooks #Toronto
A dark yellow banner square. Main text reads:

The Word On The Street

David Pecaut Square

September 26-27

11-6 PM Saturday

10-5 PM Sunday

215 King Street West, Toronto

The Word on the Street

Toronto Book & Magazine Festival

Celebrating the latest in Canadian and Indigenous Literature

Free For All Ages
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Two days deep into the effort to remove weeks-old weathered posters, the word "futility" is pondered a great deal.
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Hogan @lphogan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A bookstore for the #webcomic of "Side Quested" has been added to #WebcomicsOffline (webcomicsoffline.com/side-quested), showcasing Volume 1 already brimming with 304 pages of magical adventure #comics based on the #webcomics of the strip by @alepresser.com & @kbspangler.com 😎
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Webcomics Offline|Side Quested
Where to find the webcomic of “Side Quested” in print!
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 17/09/2026
NEW: We spent months investigating a little-known media startup called Brown Brothers Media, which buys legit news sites and turns them into AI-powered zombie content farms What blew my mind was its traffic -- it appears to be getting more readers than NPR or CBS News futurism.com/artificial-i...
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How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per Month
Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Well, my appearance at The Word on the Street is a big gamble and I'm likely to not have any in-person markets the rest of the year after that, so hopefully if you were meaning to come visit me you can come out Sept. 26/27th at 215 King Street West (hoping for good weather).
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I think part of my rough mood in the long term is because FB made me feel like I had made hundreds more friends, but I evidently didn't make close enough friends to stay in touch with most of them the moment I decided to leave Meta and its platforms. Still retain some on Discord and one by phone.
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Dylan Madeley @dylanmadeley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I'm listening to the possibility that I feel this weird restless way because I should really just start outlining, even if I have ~6 months to go before a specifically set aside/scheduled time to write the draft. Well, why not prepare sooner instead of later? I'll find out tomorrow if this is so.
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