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MD Presley

@mdpresley.bsky.social
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Author, fantasy worldbuilding guy, not a doctor

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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Can't decide which would be the better nick name. But for now, please refer to me as Swamp Rhino.
fox5sandiego.com
Fossils found in Southern California could be prehistoric ‘thunder beast’ or ‘swamp rhino’
(FOX 5/KUSI) — City crews working on an infrastructure project in Oceanside found fossils of a prehistoric animal that could be more than 40 million years old. The city said on Tuesday that the fos…
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Repost with an image of your favourite James Bond (wrong answers only)
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Francesco Dellamorte shrug
ALT: Francesco Dellamorte shrug
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Joel Flanagan-Grannemann @servantand.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Repost with an image of your favourite James Bond (wrong answers only)
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Sane People Comedy Sketch
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Shit, Texas might actually be in play for the midterms if things are getting this bad. www.washingtonpost.com/food/2026/09...
washingtonpost.com
A top Texas smokehouse is cutting brisket from its menu amid soaring beef prices
Butter’s BBQ in Sinton, Texas, says brisket is eating up 70 percent of its total grocery costs.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Remembering that I need to tell folks I have a new book coming out in a few months. Like mysteries, barbecue, unicorns, and... barbecued unicorns? Fantastic beasts and how to eat them, y'all! Review copies available. mybook.to/creaturecomf...
A faux barbecue menu featuring the books Creature Comforts. The menu has several real items like burnt ends before listing Hodag, cockatrices, and manticore.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On a scale of 1-10 how midlife crisis is it to sign up for a Hyrox? It’s between that or getting into model trains.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The title Other Mother instead of Other Mommy for that upcoming horror movie just feels like an unforced error.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Doing data entry for the PTA, which yes, is exactly as much fun as it sounds.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If you’re wondering how many shirts a man can sweat through in a day, it’s three so far.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Raucous is objectively a weird word.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A handy little list of restaurants and bars near the convention center if you want to assault your waistline while @laworldcon.bsky.social.
beforewegoblog.com
A Local’s Guide to Gaining Five Pounds Eating and Drinking at Worldcon 2026
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
How many more times am I going to have to look up blond/ blonde for it to finally stick?
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Hey hungry #worldcon attendees: Looking for local spots to get your nosh on that aren't the usual chains? Well, I've put together this list that includes a place with a cloud of liquor that rains into your cocktail. Come gain five pounds with me. #LAConV.
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A Local’s Guide to Gaining Five Pounds Eating and Drinking at Worldcon 2026
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Today's writerly question: Is the keyboard sticky, or am I the sticky one?
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Vet: We'd like to get bloodwork done on your dog. It's $250. Me: Why? Vet: Because we don't have it. Me: But why do you need it? Vet: Because we don't have it. I hate that they think we're limitless money supplies.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I forgot about this one. Some of my finest work.
The youngest Stark dying and the words "Baby Stark doo-doo-doo-doo" followed by Caitlan dying and "Mommy Stark, doo-doo-doo..." and finally Ned Stark about to get beheaded and "Daddy Stark, doo-doo..." well, you get it.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
It’s weird that panhandling is so reviled but lemonade stands are an entrepreneurial rite of passage. Anyway I tried to pay my son not to have a stand, which might be the wrong lesson on my part.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Behold the sticker my wife found on my butt. I believe I’ve been walking around with it since at least last night. Accurate but still embarassing.
A sticker reading “solid wiggles”.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
There's something gratifying when editing and you go to see if the building you said was brick in chapter 5 is also listed as such in 37, AND IT IS!
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
SoCal doesn't have traditional seasons, and we're entering my least favorite, where the coyotes leave feral kitten parts strewn about the neighborhood. Spay and neuter your pets, people.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Workout Wednesday insight: walking lunges are punishment from God. That is all.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
How many times can a single character bellow in a book? Asking for a friend.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Today in random writerly research, I learned the Chupacabra has only been around since 1995. Huh.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Happy first day of school to those who celebrate. I’m back to daytime writing hours.
A hand holding up a mimosa in front of a computer screen.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Well, I just spent the morning researching goat vocalizations. Be a fantasy author, I thought. You can just make up whatever you want.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Research takes you to some weird places. Never thought about applying ginger to a horse’s fundament before. Now I can’t stop.
The etymolgy behind the verd of gin, which tells the tale of applying ginger to a horse’s fundament.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Finishing up on the edits for this, and I'm pretty pleased with my weird little monster. It's been a hoot combining my interest in BBQ and fantasy creatures. It's also up for preorder at $1 off. mybook.to/creaturecomf...
An advertisement for the book Creature Comforts, done up as a barbecue menu.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
My son’s burning desire to tell me something is in direct proportion to how busy I am. Today it was during tire flips. Did you know he made a 42 minute playlist with Teen Titans memes? I now do.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
In an arcade with my son, aka my own personal hell. Just set him loose w $15 in credits. Let’s see how long that lasts.
A garish arcade with loads of neon lights and games.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Happy Ana and Din day to all those that celebrate. First time in a long time I woke up early to read.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Me every time I sell a book.
A man (me) jumping quite high in a celebratory manner.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I like editing in big blocks because you see how many times you repeat ideas in adjacent chapters. Those ideas may indeed need to be hit hard, and those chapters may have been written weeks apart, but seeing them again and again is always eye opening.
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W&S_BOOKCLUB @wsbookclub.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Self-published Authors Appreciation Week 2026 has officially come to a close, but you can find everything posted on the hub page. Come find a great new author! Thank you to everyone who made this year a success! #spaaw #SelfPublishedAuthorsAppreciationWeek
wittyandsarcasticbookclub.home.blog
Self-Published Authors Appreciation Week 2026 Hub
This week bloggers and reviewers are celebrating great self-published books. Because there will be so much great content from multiple people, I’ll do my best to gather them together and share them…
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
My music references are usually 20+ years old, but I do listen to new stuff too. Girl Scout has been my latest obsession, with this song inspiring the opening scene of my novella. You should check them out. Their Brink album is even better.
youtube.com
Girl Scout - Desert Island Movies
YouTube video by Girl Scout
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
You should read any article with the tagline “hot butthole summer” but double so if it uses the word Buttholeaissance.
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 26/07/2026
The first Eric Carter necromancer book is a Kjndle Daily Deal and you can pick it up for $1.99 today.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Two more days to grab three urban fantasy books for three bucks. Mystical mysteries Magical libraries Haunted houses Multiple magic systems And an enchanted iPod mybook.to/InnerCircle
Four books in the Inner Circle series, the first three marked at $.99 for July 20-26.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Guest article up discussing the Masquerade and it's purpose in Urban Fantasy from the author, audience, world, and character perspective. Go check it out. #spaaw #SelfPublishedAuthorsAppreciationWeek
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I had a little sit down with Mr. Newton to give three of my favorite recent self published titles. You should check them out.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Second day back on the heavy bag and my 8yo wanted to join me. I told him he could hit during my rest periods. It devolved into him throwing an origami ninja star at it, and honestly, that's better than I expected.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
New book out Oct 29: Creature Comforts: Fantastic Beasts and How to Eat Them! BBQ culture meets magical society All the cockatrice you can eat! Preorder if you have the stomach for it: mybook.to/creaturecomf...
A faux bbq menu featuring the book Creature Comforts. On the left, it sells meat by the pound and features mundane foods like sausage alongside impossible foodstuffs like cockatrice and hodag. In the middle it lists tropes from the book, including: Fantastic beasts and how to eat them, magician stock show & rodeo, former foes turned allies, enchanted bank heist, unicorn meat smuggling ring, and enchanted competition & chili cookoff!
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
First time back on the heavy bag in at least 18 months and I think I acquitted myself well. 10 2-minute rounds with a minute between. My hope is to move back to 8 3-minute rounds. We'll see what my elbows say about that. How I get golfer's elbow from boxing I'll never know.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
As a regular reader and exerciser, it amuses me that they spent a whole article critiquing Hegseth's form, complete with citations from all the major branches' handbooks. But I'm trying to teach my 8yo not to exercise shame... 1/3
theatlantic.com
Pete Hegseth, You Call That a Pull-Up?
Military fitness experts say the secretary of defense fails on form.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I'm on a list (and the only E at that)! Also a good time to let folks know you can pick up this stand alone mystical mystery for $.99 right now. mybook.to/ElectricCity...
The book Electric City Switches on a circuit board background. Trope descriptions include: John Wick + Now You See Me, false identities, black sheep homecoming, hacking hexes between waring exes, ghosts, gada, Ganesha; the pen is mightier than the wand, and whip swords!
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Perhaps because I took their name in vain today, Bulgarian split squats came up in my workout today and humbled me badly. Supposed to be eight round of six: BSS, kettle clean press, hang snatch, ring push ups in 40 min. I quit at 20 with four sets done. Still sweating an hour later.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I'm running a sale on my little urban fantasy series in honor of Self Published Author Appreciation Week, so go grab some weird mystical murder mysteries on the cheap. Think The Magicians meets Knives Out. #spaaw
Five ebooks from the Inner Circle series: Rites of Passage, Ghost Stations, Electric City Switches, Creature Comforts, and Are You In. The first three are $.99 during July 20-26, while the fourth is out Oct 29th, and the final one is free.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Watching World Cup in Spanish bc it’s free. Don’t know who this Pelota fellow is but he’s in almost every play.
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W&S_BOOKCLUB @wsbookclub.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Self-published Authors Appreciation Week starts tomorrow! Join in on a weeklong celebration of self-published authors! Who's ready to shout about great self-published books? More info⏬️ #SelfPublishedAuthorsAppreciationWeek #booksky #selfpublished #bookbloggers #readers
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Announcement Repost: Self-Published Authors Appreciation Week 2026
Self-Published Authors Appreciation Week 2026 is almost here! This weeklong, multi-reviewer event exists to shine a spotlight on some of the many outstanding self-published authors who do it all! A…
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I was amazed at how far D&D has come when I recently saw a Target billboard advertising D&D with a girl front and center, and this post reminds us old timers what it was like back in the day.
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MD Presley @mdpresley.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
July 14th and my neighbor has put up the first of his Halloween decorations. And you thought you were overboard.
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