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I'm a writer who's optimistic that my current flintlock fantasy project will be publishable.

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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Enjoying the new job and the one hour lunch break that gives me enough lunch time to go to the gym, freeing my nights to write-when I'm not going to my second job, anyway.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New day, new job
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Bender and Turtle Can't Get Up
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Got told by someone who worked at Tor as a copy editor that my first couple chapters where 'fantastic'. Not I just have to keep that up. (Currently on chapter 16 on my developmental edit round 3) No pressure or anything...
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Young Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) Writing
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Got another 300 words in. Just have to remember how to write and I think I'll be back in the game. Hopefully.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
broken on the shores of infinity, the black waves crashing, I stand screaming - don't throw me away to the empty sky
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Got some words in. Not the best of words but something is better than nothing, amirite?
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Still here. Sadly haven't been able to write for a month, but I'm hopeful for this week.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Hail Zeus! The Canadian attack on our glorious patriotic sky has failed.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Dear Gods, why does Microsoft make it so infuriatingly hard to choose what folder I want to save an Excel sheet in. Why are you like this? #microsoft #excel #wth
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Still trying to see the light at the end of the tunnel so writing isn't happening for a while.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
How do massive life changes affect writing? Let's spin the wheel and find out!!!
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The line between a 'quick and easy change' and 're-write the whole thing' is really-really thin.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Sometimes you just feel so tiny and unimportant. But always... always watched.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Still having motivation issues after the critique group when poof. Just thought I'd share 🤓
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
DO NOT DISOBEY YOUTUBE JESUS!!!!
Screen shot of Jesus only loving people who watch the video.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Current paranoia: does this read like an ai wrote it?
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Ho hum. That is all, go on with your day.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Aaaaand the critique group I was in croaked. Big sigh.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Happy Pride Month to my LGBTQ friends.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Well that was pretty loud (bolide apparently)
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Marvin the Martian: Where's the Kaboom?
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
That moment when the 5k word short "comic book" story you wrote attracts more attention from a writing group than the story you've spent a year on... (comic book in quotes because it's not a comic book, I can't draw)
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Randy Marsh Yells 'Gawl' in South Park
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Needed a break from Chasing Shadows so I made a little Marvel Universe character. ellipsus.com/read/7jK4nLr... #writing #fanfiction
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Intro | Max Relaxman | Ellipsus
Ellipsus makes it easy for anyone to write together.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Many words were typed today. Some words were deleted but I'm up to the halfway point through editing the current draft.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Wife: <PERSON NAME> died at work. Me: Oh that's too bad, what did he do? Wife: He died. Me: .....
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I want to have a scene where my POV character visits the surgeon to get her stitches fixed after some ill-advised parkour. But that would relieve some of the tension that I need to keep going until she blows up later. Sorry Morris, you're still just a background character...
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NPC Meme Man Looking Out Window in Rain
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Man everything is Celtic. OK, change Helvetti to Raetia. They were always the Roman remnant in my head anyway so... BAM! #writing
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Roman Soldier Cats: Ancient Feline Warriors
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
You know what I haven't watched for like a wicked long time? The Prisoner. I should watch that again.
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a bald man in a tuxedo is holding a bell
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I always get ideas on how to improve scenes when I'm at work or the gym. I take notes, but when I get ideas I want to fix them right now.
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a man in a yellow shirt is pointing at something in front of a red truck that says usf
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Ok, so if I change this scene I have to change this scene too and then I'll have to change that other scene later. But that means I'm taking mojo away from this character to give it to another. On the other hand, the scene with the original character was kinda a stretch so...
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
That moment when you start having the voice in a characters's head say "we" as a pronoun and you realize that you're never going to get a good grammer score in ProWritingAid.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Trying to decide if I should remove my proto-celtic words and replace them with English or maybe even change them to Cornish which seems like the closest to Gaulish. Trying to find that balance between world building and readability... #writing
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Experimenting with write.ellipsus.com Loving the crap out of the built in versioning. I just wish it had the ability to do tags and search the entire project like NovelWriter. @ellipsus.com
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Finally fixed that scene. I knew I put that third character there for a reason...
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Someone should do a horror game with Barenaked Ladies doing the soundtrack.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Stuck in this scene. It's like I'm trying to to much at once.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
This MacGuffin has to go, is served its purpose and is starting to get stinky.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
If we make it through this - I hope the United States will see what happened and put hard limits on presidential power. The founders were just winging it and making the wacky assumption that anyone who'd get elected wouldn't be a bag of dicks.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Sinus headache finally gone. Hopefully I can get back to editing and reviewing my crit partner's work.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Venting to the void: I'm regretting letting people convince me not to take a job in Ireland a few years ago...
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I realized the problem with my prose is that I let my grammar checker convince me it was a good idea to remove a lot of the transition words, so now it reads like a robot. I have to remind myself that it's a tool, not an expert. #writing
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Goofing with different AI models locally and the thing that always amazes me is how confidently incorrect LLMs can be. It's like talking to my parents. I think it's baked in because they're probability engines.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
(minor) Vent: Why is it so freaking hard to find barley in the store right now. AAAAAAArrrrrrrrgh.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Found a decent writing group FINALLY! Yay!
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
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a man is standing in a dark room with a green light shining on his face .
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Last picture I took at work before covid shut downs started.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Started reading The Lies of Locke Lamora. Two thumbs up. @scottlynch78.bsky.social
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I tried posting on my old facebook account, then I felt dirty and closed the browser tab.
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maxrelaxman.bsky.social @maxrelaxman.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Randomly came up with an idea for a sequel to a book that was supposed to be a one off. Not sure if I'm annoyed at me or pleased with me for killing the plan.
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a man giving the middle finger with the words expect the plan to go off the rails below him .
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