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Septimus Brown

@septimusbrown.com
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Senior editor at DarlingAxe.com. Novelist at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Chaotic good. He/they. 🏳️‍🌈

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 3h
Another oddball day down there in the Unites States it seems 😶
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 5h
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 4h
Today I am imagining a friendlier and more loving world 🧡 💚
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 12h
Goodnight, humanity 🌗 ⭐ Make we all wake into a world of peace and compassion 💙
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 29/09/2026
Septimus & Mino have hereby completed a dog jog 🥵🏃🥵🐕 Distance (m): 8168.6 Elapsed time: 1 hour, 1 minute, 30 seconds Link to activity: ift.tt/mMuqjES
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 29/09/2026
This morning I am envisioning a kinder and more empathetic world 💙 ❤️
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 29/09/2026
Have good dreams, hominids 🌙 ⭐ Make we all wake into a world of generosity and gratitude 💜
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 29/09/2026
New post up on the Chopping Blog 🪓🪓
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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 29/09/2026
Two days!!
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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 29/09/2026
Fair Play: How to Manage Clues and Red Herrings "Red herrings are only half the job." darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/r...
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Fair Play: How to Manage Clues and Red Herrings
Red herrings are only half the job. The real clues also have to appear on the page, and the reader needs a fair chance to notice them. The trick is to make them easily overlooked.
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 28/09/2026
Today I am manifesting a happier and healthier world 💛 💚
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 28/09/2026
Have good dreams, hominids 🌚 May we all wake into a world of generosity and compassion 💙💛
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 27/09/2026
Septimus & Mino have hereby completed a dog jog 🥵🏃🥵🐕 Distance (m): 12061.7 Elapsed time: 1 hour, 37 minutes, 17 seconds Link to activity: ift.tt/hJWkpf7
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 27/09/2026
This morning I am imagining a friendlier and more forgiving world 💜🧡
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 27/09/2026
Sleep well, Earthlings 🌒 May we all wake into a world of respect and gratitude 💜🧡
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 26/09/2026
This morning I am envisioning a healthier and more generous world 💙💜
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 26/09/2026
Goodnight, humanity 🌚 May we all wake into a world of peace and unity ❤️💙
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 26/09/2026
😄😅
Gen Z Nepo Baby Intern: I would literally die if I had to do a job interview without iced coffee
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 25/09/2026
I've definitely brought a coffee to pretty much every interview I've ever had... and usually landed the job. Also, I'm gen x. I've also conducted many interviews and would never blink at someone bringing a drink in with them.
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 25/09/2026
Septimus & Mino have hereby completed a dog jog 🥵🏃🥵🐕 Distance (m): 9880.8 Elapsed time: 1 hour, 1 minute, 4 seconds Link to activity: ift.tt/TMmW0hU
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 25/09/2026
Today I am manifesting a kinder and more loving world ❤️💙
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 25/09/2026
Sweet dreams, humans 🌙 ⭐ Make we all wake into a world of empathy and compassion 💚
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 24/09/2026
This morning I am envisioning a kinder and happier world 💛 💜
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 24/09/2026
Sleep well, Earthlings 🌔 ⭐ Make we all wake into a world of respect and unity 🧡
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 23/09/2026
Today I am imagining a friendlier and more loving world 🧡 💚
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 23/09/2026
Goodnight, humanity 🌗 ⭐ Make we all wake into a world of peace and compassion 💙
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 22/09/2026
Septimus & Mino have hereby completed a dog jog 🥵🏃🥵🐕 Distance (m): 9181.0 Elapsed time: 1 hour, 15 minutes, 14 seconds Link to activity: ift.tt/DHh2zTr
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 22/09/2026
This morning I am envisioning a kinder and more empathetic world 💙 ❤️
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 22/09/2026
Have good dreams, hominids 🌙 ⭐ Make we all wake into a world of generosity and gratitude 💜
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 22/09/2026
Caught cuddling 😍😭
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 22/09/2026
Two Good Girls 😍
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 22/09/2026
East Sooke Park ❤️ Blah blah ocean blah blah sky blah blah magnificence
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 21/09/2026
🪓🪓 darlingaxe.com/pages/first-...
The First Page Challenge: A writing contest for novelists
Closes September 30
$5 entry
$1000 prize pool
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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 21/09/2026
The First Page Challenge closes in 10 days! $5 entry $1000 prize pool Contest details here: darlingaxe.com/pages/first-...
An illustration of a landscape growing out of an open book
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 21/09/2026
Today I am manifesting a happier and healthier world 💛 💚
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 21/09/2026
Have good dreams, hominids 🌚 May we all wake into a world of generosity and compassion 💙💛
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𝕊𝕜𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕂𝕖𝕪 @skeletonkey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same god who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. ~ Galileo Galilei
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 20/09/2026
On the ferry back home to Vancouver Island :)
Sunset over ocean
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 20/09/2026
This morning I am imagining a friendlier and more forgiving world 💜🧡
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 20/09/2026
Sleep well, Earthlings 🌒 May we all wake into a world of respect and gratitude 💜🧡
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 20/09/2026
Adios, Vancouver!
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 19/09/2026
In North Vancouver, on my way to Write on Bowen 🍵📚
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 19/09/2026
This morning I am envisioning a healthier and more generous world 💙💜
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 19/09/2026
Goodnight, humanity 🌚 May we all wake into a world of peace and unity ❤️💙
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Hearsay @hearsay.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
ICE agent: beware any woman who is totally cool with you being an ICE agent, the existence of such a woman is fantasy, per FBI.
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 18/09/2026
Septimus & Mino have hereby completed a dog jog 🥵🏃🥵🐕 Distance (m): 9623.6 Elapsed time: 1 hour, 23 minutes, 56 seconds Link to activity: ift.tt/PUCIyHt
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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 17/09/2026
The Workshop: Line Editing We sharpen your manuscript line by line, with special attention to grammar, style, clarity, repetition, and word choice. darlingaxe.com/pages/the-wo... #writingcommunity
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The Workshop: Line Editing
Free sample edit & quote In our workshop, we sharpen your manuscript line by line, with special attention to grammar, style, clarity, repetition, and word choice. This might involve reordering…
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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 18/09/2026
Story Skeleton--Animal Farm Much has already been said about the allegory, but the narrative structure deserves a closer look. darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/s... #writingcommunity
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Story Skeleton—Animal Farm
In this plot point analysis of George Orwell's ANIMAL FARM, we look at the overall synopsis of the story and how traditional narrative structure is subverted with a parable format. With a short…
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 18/09/2026
Today I am manifesting a kinder and more loving world ❤️💙
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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 18/09/2026
Sweet dreams, humans 🌙 ⭐ Make we all wake into a world of empathy and compassion 💚
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