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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 18h

For much of the #film, April Fool's Day is pretty much a typical 1980's slasher film with a lot of now-familiar faces. Then, comes the twist at the end which, IMO, elevates it beyond that which it appears to be. #MovieADay #Cinema #Movies

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 18h

#WordWeavers Oct. 5: If your characters had to swap lives for a week, which pairing would create the most chaos? The aggressive, grumpy military-trained Mungus and the compassionate, curious, helpful #ZackJackson would be chaotic indeed. #Books #Writing #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 18h

#WritersCoffeeClub Oct. 5: What haunts the narrative of your current work? The actions (perceived or real) of #ZackJackson that set off a new Devoran Civil War. #Books #Writing #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Everyone knew Critters was a Gremlins knock-off when it came out, but it's still entertaining in its own right. It does lack the holiday cheer, though. :D #MovieADay #Cinema #Film #Movies

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#WordWeavers Oct. 4: What is your MC's most irrational fear? Where did it come from? Zack isn't fearless, per se, but he did have a fever dream once about once of his friends turning into a pizza kaiju and devouring him. #Books #Writing #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#WritersCoffeeClub Oct. 4: How isolated are your characters in your current WIP? The sixth and last #ZackJackson novel takes place on a megastructure space habitat (a ringworld), so not isloated at all. #Books #Writing #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Did you know? Most authors are essentially small businesses. Your reviews help fuel our sales and encourage us to keep writing! #Books #Writing #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Reading helps keep your mind active & the escape fiction provides can improve your outlook and mental well-being. If you're looking for a new #HighFantasy read, try my World of Calliome novels. They're character-forward tales of magic, monsters, and adventure. (Thread: post 1/4 - Links at the end)

All the published works of Hans Cummings arranged on a purple velvet sheets. Titles are Wings of Twilight, Iron Fist of the Oroqs, Burble's Big Day, Malediction, Lament, Salvation, Summer of Crows, Forgotten Dreams, The Pleasure Pools of Persiphia, Zack Jackson & The Cult of Athos, Zack Jackson & The Cytherean Academy, Zack Jackson & The Hives of Valtra, Zack Jackson & The Secret of Venus, Zack Jackson & The Ruins of Athos.

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#SelfPromotionSaturday Whether you're creating short form videos, presentations, or training materials, professional voiceover can increase your viewers' understanding and engagement. (continued) #VoiceOver

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#SelfPromotionSaturday A lot of people use this hashtag to promote their #TTRPG products, which is great, but a lot of people work to make those products complete. Like proofreaders and editors. (continued)

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Saw is a movie that I... saw. My first wife like crap like this, but torture porn like this just ain't my bag. To each their own, but yeah... meh. #MovieADay #Cinema #Film #Movies

One sheet poster for Saw (Japanese version for some reason)

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#WritersCoffeeClub Oct. 3: How do you feel about spoilers? It depends on how invested I am in what I'm reading/watching. Sometimes, it upsets me because I wanted the thrill/joy of discovery for myself. Other times, I just don't care. #Books #Writing #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The BEST thing that true believers in AI could do is stop evangelizing to people, like me, who think it sucks. Do the hard, years-long work of detaching your beloved technology from the worst people in the world right now: shameless fascists driven by greed and domination. They’re YOUR partners.

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I think companies that use AI to vet job applicants should be, by law, require to allow people to reapply as many times as necessary until a human being gets to see their application.

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Everyone in law enforcement/government involved in an "failed execution" should lose their jobs and be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law for torture, cruelty, and attempted murder. Plus, we should just abolish the Death Penalty. It's the 21st century, FFS.

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Brian F'n Patterson @d20monkey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

New design is live (only because the idea made me laugh and that's all the reason I need): d20monkey.dashery.com/products/997...

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Gotta love it when a business gives you an email address to send your query to, and you get a system message back saying your message was blocked.

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I read a paper recently and was shocked to learn we can potentially detect RAINBOWS ON EXOPLANETS. What. It's so cool! So I wrote about it for Scientiifc American. www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-... 🔭 🧪

scientificamerican.com

Can we see rainbows on faraway exoplanets?

A future NASA telescope could spot atmospheric phenomena on planets orbiting other stars

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've played enough visual novels to know that some of these developers need to hire me to proofread their scripts. #GameDev #VideoGames

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I find myself in a position where I am being encouraged to compromise my principles in order to do something important, like get a job. This is making me very upset in a very visceral way, because I feel like it might be the only way I actually GET a job.

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Ellen Enders @ellenenders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

this seems about right and something most ppl would agree with

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

While not a Halloween movie, per se, Ghostbusters does have its share of scares (especially when I saw it as an 11 year old). It's a comedy classic, though I do tend to fall asleep to it now. That may be due to familiarity... #MovieADay #Cinema #Film #Movies

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#WritersCoffeeClub Oct. 2: Do you have plans for your next work yet? Not really. After #ZackJackson 6 is done, I might go back to revisions for my Ancient Greece fantasy story or work on Book 2 of my new fantasy series. #Books #Writing #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Do actors actually eat? Based on my experiences in #CommunityTheatre it seems like nutrition and meals are 100% an afterthought to be crammed in whenever. Maybe, I guess. #Acting #Theatre

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#WordWeavers Oct 1: I cannot find the list of prompts for this month, so you get stream-of-consciousness. Sorry. TIL: tradition figgy pudding does NOT, in fact, include figs. Blatant false advertising! #Writing #WritersOfBluesky #Books #WritingCommunity

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This asshole [Hegseth] is spending an enormous amount of tax dollars and international goodwill (such that remains) battling his own insecurities.

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

'tis the Spooky Season and it's all scary/spooky #movies all month! An underappreciated should-be classic is Warlock with Richard E. Grant and Julian Sands. Scares, thrills, and even fish-out-of-water comedy! #MovieADay #Cinema #Film

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#WritersCoffeeClub Oct. 1: What are you hoping to achieve this month? Finish revising my Seven Galaxies short stories and get the audiobook versions recorded and published. I'm still calling end of the year the official goal for that, though. #Books #Writing #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity

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Brian G. aka urbanbohemian 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · 30/09/2026

We're on Bluesky, put the link in your post. Put the link in your post. Put. The. Link. In. Your. Post. Links in posts aren't buried or de-prioritized here. This is one of the last platforms you don't have to make interested users do detective work to find the link. Just put it in the post.

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ridley Scott's dystopian dark sci-fi movie Bladerunner is a classic, but not for everyone. Rutger Hauer's final scene in the #film is an absolute masterpiece, though. #MovieADay #Cinema #Movies

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#WordWeavers Sept. 30: What stereotypes do your MCs deal with in their world? In the 43rd century of #ZackJackson, they still deal with such nonsense. #Books #Writing #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#WritersCoffeeClub Sept. 30: Where did this month's writing take you? It took me to basically summarize the first half of Hamlet with promo for our upcoming production at the end. I then performed it live in front of an audience 6X this weekend. #Books #Writing #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Marion Michael Morrison IS John Wayne AS Big Jake! For the era, this was considered a pretty violent western. I enjoy it, despite Bruce Cabot (of French descent) cast as an Apache (it's the not the first time Wayne cast him as an indigenous person). #MovieADay #Cinema #Movies #Film

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Sarah ⚧ ✡︎ @sarahkorse.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

This includes BIRTH CONTROL, by the way. As well as a shitload of mood stabilizers. Do NOT eat "spooky" black foods and snacks. Just don't.

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#WordWeavers Sept. 29: Is your character more likely to enjoy a sunrise or sunset, and why? A sunset. #ZackJackson isn't awake early enough to see sunrises if he can help it. #Books #Writing #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#WritersCoffeeClub Sept. 29: Talk about something with your work this month you're really proud of. Progress on revising my Seven Galaxy stories! The end of the year is still my goal for the audiobooks, next month is realistic for Forgotten Dreams. #Books #Writing #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Regardless of whether you watch it dubbed or in Mandarin (my preference, TBH), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a beautiful #film. And, otherwise, amazing all around. Frankly, this deserved Best Picture over Gladiator. #MovieADay #Cinema #Movies

One sheet poster for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#WordWeavers Sept. 28: Tell us about your MC’s religious or spiritual beliefs. If anything, #ZackJackson is agnostic. In the 43rd century, the vast majority of humans have put aside belief systems that have caused strife throughout our history. #Books #Writing #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#WritersCoffeeClub Sept. 28: Could you work without the internet? What would change? Certainly. I'd have a much more extensive reference library, though, and I'd be visiting public libraries much more often for research. #Books #Writing #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Y'all young whippersnappers don't know the challenge of having to restrict your file names to a mere 8 characters + extension.

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I am not comfortable hearing "Hotel California" immediately upon entering a port-o-john.

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Pretend I attached alt-text to that photo (phone app make it hard): me in a Renfair outit in front of a sign w/our show times.

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

At Clayshire Medieval Festival again today. 3 more shows to go!

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

What can I say about DC Cab? Well... it's a comedy Mr. T starred in during the height of his popularity. It's an mid-1980s #film with all the baggage you might think. #MovieADay #Cinema #Movies

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#WordWeavers Sept. 27: What interesting quirks do your characters have? It depends greatly on the character. Malapropisms , being too literal, gratuitous French... #Books #Writing #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#WritersCoffeeClub Sept. 27: How much time passes between sitting down to write and actually writing? If I haven't started within 30-45 minutes, it isn't happening. Staring at a blank page, becoming more and more frustrated is not helpful to me. #Books #Writing #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity

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Hans Cummings - Actor & Author @hanscummingsvo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Did you know? Most authors are essentially small businesses. Your reviews help fuel our sales and encourage us to keep writing! #Books #Writing #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity

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