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J Steele

@jsavagesteele.bsky.social
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Nom du plums for Cornish writer Alec McQuay - currently horror, humour, and both. He/him, hefty lefty, ADHD, mental illness, anti-hate in all its forms. I have trans family members so don't even try it.

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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 12h
Most days I'm utterly grateful for the meds I have to help me function, work, and maintain some level of stability in my life. Other days I look at that heap of tablets I take just to feel normal and to not crumble into a sobbing mess, I think about the people responsible, and I think... Fuck you.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 14h
Rough time to be a writer. Thanks to the efficiency of Netflix's AI division the idea I had in the shower this morning was added to voice notes, optioned, picked up, developed, processed, cancelled at 67% rendering, and filed as an insurance write-off before I'd dried off enough to put my boxers on.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 14h
Can't wait for the efficiency of quantum computing powered AI movies. From prompt to posterity, sailing through storyboarding, production, reshoots, post-production, reception, StudioInterference.exe backlash, SnyderVSN.MP4, cloud-based ovation at TinCannes.com, all in 0.03 picoseconds. Incredible.
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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 15h
Humans are messy and imperfect and emotional and funny and they pour that into their art. Why would anyone want to outsource that to the planet-killing plagarism machine?
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sometimes you get plenty done at work, you earn more than your keep, and you're absolutely ready for home. Unfortunately that last bit comes several hours before you're allowed to leave. Arse.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Not impressed that Sky's pushing an AI-driven show called "The War Game" with a picture of Michael Gove on the thumbnail. You can't show a glimpse of a woman's areola without getting a ban and there's Sky popping up on my laptop with a fully 3D rendered cunt.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today's soundtrack to work is the Terrasite album by Cattle Decapitation, who I was lucky enough to see perform in Bristol a few years back before The Marble Factory was sold out from under the venue. Still pissed about that. Scourge Of The Offspring is a favourite. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBcT...
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Scourge of the Offspring
YouTube video by Cattle Decapitation - Topic
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I struggle a bit with what to put on the socials. I feel like a lot of people have build a nice following before they publish their first story (good for them!) but I have no idea how to do that... If writer, why am hermit shaped???
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Listening to more of Gareth L Powell's "About Writing" and it's really helping. It comforts me to hear of relatable life experiences (and from a writer whose brain it sounds like works a little like mine does) AND it's helped me spend a £10 Audible voucher. 1st two of Emma Newman's Planetfall books.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Psycho Goreman. No doubt.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Very cool evening for those of us near Helston!
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Decided to make a goals list. Easy ones, middling ones, and long term. *Edit "Bait And Switch" *Finish / launch "Expired" *Become Edge Lit guest *Plan and begin a script *Complete "Pricks" novel *5 subscribers *3 Kofis *Positive reviews x 3 *Agent *Published by Pseudopod *Record song for "Pricks"
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Friendly warning to all - there are friendly, helpful, complimentary folks going around on Bluesky talking to writers, and judging by the way they speak and the patterns I'm noticing I'm 100% certain many are bots farming for things to feed into AI. Don't send your art to people you don't know.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I think my goal with what I'm writing at the moment is to find a small number of people who LOVE IT. Could maybe do with some help with comedy writing though... There's something about a joke falling flat that I find uniquely tough. Real comedians impress the hell out of me for going through that.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Very dumb joke as the detective arrives and displays his credentials. “There. I trust everything is in order?” “Oh no sir, this is a crime scene! They’ve left everything where it was.” #amwriting #amtired
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"I'm sorry I just started hearing really loud circus music in my head. What did you say?" Leslie Knope, Parks & Recreation.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Rollercoaster of a day. Really up after the day's writing, really down over the lack of engagement with the things I've worked on this week. Brutal. But, hey. C'est la vie, innit? Feel shitty, walk it off, keep going. It's the only way it gets better.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wonder if the makers of Fleshlight were annoyed that the term "blow pipe" was already taken.
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Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mixed feelings about my ATOMFALL novel. Delighted that it's out, less so that it was published four months ago and I only found out today. That aside, I think I did good work with this and, considering its less than barnstorming release, It's got nice reviews. ATOMFALL: THE SECRETS OF WINDSCALE
Cover of ATOMFALL: THE SECRETS OF WINDSCALE, showing the protagonist, journalist Jenny Coggins, regarding the Windscale plant in the distance. Blue energy emanates up from the ruined plant, and lighting strikes down from an angry cloud above.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sneaky suspicion that the daft "taking a break from the book" story I'm writing might be a bit TOO specifically my own sense of humour. I'm still going to write it, just might be a tough sell. Meh.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So the step counter I bought is a bust. Works great but thanks to the combination of a sedentary workday and ADHD-related foot tapping I'm clocking tens of thousands of steps per day without going anywhere. Bugger. Wonder how many calories are burned per-tap.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Horror. Also, on my car the wiper stalk goes down to increase the wipeyness, up to reduce the wipeyness. Extra horror.
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Ginger Coffee Creams of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 23/09/2026
WORD OF WARNING. hey folks please be careful when using things like Canva. It was brought to my attention that one of the images for the portrait header I use was being flagged as AI on meta. After lots of digging it turns out that the free element that I used for the border around…
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Living my life post-diagnosis is very strange. I'm really trying with people but decades of masking (and trauma) make it feel very odd, as if I'm not sure who I am now. The good thing though is that if I've lost track that much, I can be whoever I want, can't I? #adultadhd #masking #mirroring
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This sounds brilliant, definitely also the kind of fodder a young, developing nerdy mind would devour.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My task today will be to start setting up my author page as I'm fairly determined to do this properly now I'm back to (something like) a good place! There will be a Royal Road account, a Wordpress or similar, and eventually a free Patreon. Recommendations welcome!
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Started a Parks & Recreation rewatch and I'm adding to my personal to-do list, "befriend Amy Poehler. I'm figuring that when I inevitably write something that Nick Offerman damn near breaks his legs to act in I'm one degree of separation away. Not quite a two-fer, but at worst a one-point-a-bit-er.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
One of the least-funnest things about being a writer on the socials is when you post about something you're working on and it's met with tumbleweeds. It never feels good but it's also totally fine, it's totally normal, and your friends owe you dick all. Don't get in your head about it. Move on.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Morning all, I hope your week is off to a good start! Looking for a book recommendation. I'm having a few days away and I'd like a great fantasy or sci-fi book, but it's got to be cosy / hopeful. I've got Travis Baldree's latest on the way (cannot WAIT) but I'll devour that. Need at least one more!
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The more I read about Alan Ritchson the more I like the guy.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Also, for Reacher fans, Neagley has now started on Amazon. She was a favourite bit player in the main show and Maria Sten thoroughly deserves to stand front and centre. Hoping that Amazon does right by her because this could be fantastic.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
One of my favourite shows finished just recently and I'm going to really miss Colin From Accounts. Funny show with a fantastic cast, a lot of really quite damaged characters, but at the centre of it all a lot of heart. Three great seasons and a smooth landing. Find it on BBC iPlayer.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Funny thing. I've written a really short piece this week about a movie I watched too young and that little bit of contact with the writing world has been unbelievably good for me. I'd really missed this feeling. #writersofbluesky #cornwallwriters #amwriting
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ah, that moment where you're writing a little bit of dark detail harkening back to earlier in the story, it's going really well, you're very pleased with yourself, and then you realise that the bit you're referencing was altered so didn't happen in this continuity. Aah... Farts. #amwriting #amdumb
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Writers naturally look out at the world a lot and I'm currently fascinated by the manosphere people. These dudes who didn't realise Tate was leasing fancy trappings as marketing props for his grift. Do you think they also believe that women REALLY get stuck face down / ass up in washing machines?
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Biggest response I've had to a writing-related post in a long time just came from asking people if they'd like me to kill them in a story. From that I've got a list of names I now don't have to invent, it was a bit of fun with friends, and it felt great. Got to enjoy those moments! #amwriting
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Weird thing about writing a comedy book - it feels really arrogant to think I'm funny enough. It's got its own kind of imposter syndrome, maybe because so many of the professionals are such relentlessly clever and insightful people. Do you ever feel that way? #amwriting #impostersyndrome #comedy
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Some people edit as they go and some don't, but I've found a comfortable medium that sates the fiddle urges without getting bogged down. Letting myself edit ONLY the line I'm writing and then leaving it go and moving on is really working! #amwriting #writersofBluesky #Writinghorror #editting
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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ack-Ack Macaque is my most prescient book. Published in 2013, it features a tech billionaire with plans to colonise Mars, a crisis in the British royal family, brain implants, MMO games, and rogue AI. It also won the BSFA Award for Best Novel and a new edition is now available. #books
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I have promised myself that I will keep this an online presence that's about writing, getting to know people (screw the term "networking," blurgh) but... There shouldn't be anything controversial about mourning an unnecessary loss of life, especially where children are concerned. #writersofbluesky
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New writing website to set up soon for serialised freebie writing. Have been recommended Royal Road but if anyone has other recommendations I'll be interested to hear 😊
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Not one note. Perfection.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Just connected some mental dots about why I've come to love "living ship" science fiction in my reading material as a growed-up person. Knight Rider, Blue Thunder, Air Wolf, Seaquest: DSV, Cannonball Run, Flight Of The Navigator... I've been enjoying "the car's a character" fiction forever.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Have to love a bit of Google... "Enter username and password. Good, good... Let's just be sure it's you. Please check your phone to complete 2 factor authentication. Hmm... Aah, it IS you. Come in... Come in..." *EMAIL PING on that very same phone* "DUDE WTF DID YOU JUST LOG IN???"
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inkle @inkle.co · 11/09/2026
🎙️ Call for voice actors! 🎭 We're looking for two lead voices for our next game. - One male and one female, vocal age 40 to 60 - Cornish / Welsh / South-West England accent If that's you, please send an acting sample to info@inklestudios.com, marked “casting call”. (Paid, ofc) <3 RTs!
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Patrick Stewart's Witty 'Acting' Moment
ALT: Patrick Stewart's Witty 'Acting' Moment
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Writing today. Hoping people like footnotes...
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I would love the remake Alien vs Predator, sticking very closely to the graphic novel storyline and not the abomination we ended up with. Tweak, but not twat about. Sometimes a writer needs the humility to accept that someone else's concept is great and not let their ego compel them to meddle.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
OK... Today's NYT Spelling Bee... I know it's a British term of anti-endearment, but... It's not just me thinking it, right?
Today's letters from the New York Times Spelling Bee puzzle, these being K in the middle, with I E H C A D around the edge. And no, the Pangram ISN'T DICKHEAD. Cowards.
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J Steele @jsavagesteele.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Opening line problems today. I defeated the blank page with ease, only to waste a chunk of my limited writing time on laughing at my own extremely puerile joke. Writing advice - don't be an idiot. It really helps, I assume.
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