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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him)

@tmshannonauthor.com
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Catholic Bisexual living on Cabrogal land with Bipolar 1/ADHD and a penchant for writing, blogging, and gaming Currently neck deep in the overhaul of Three Ways, catch up with the posts and a short story on my site tmshannonauthor.com

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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 03/10/2026
Gotta love when the darling partner shows how much she supports my writing Plus say hi to my writing buddies St Anthony of Padua (my consecrated name) and mini Darth Vader - just need to find where my FunkoPop Lord Humungus is and the trio is complete #WritingCommunity #ReaderSky #BookSky
A picture of the author's support corner

In the centre to right side of the photo is a small wood block with a see-through plastic mini sign featuring black writing above an old-fashioned typewriter. The caps locked text reads, "Future best-selling author."

On the left of the wood block is a black, semi-transparent mini figure of Darth Vader from Star Wars, a cyborg dressed in black clothes wit a robe who has a respirator on his chest, and wears a distinctive face mask and Samurai-style helmet

To the left is a statue of St Anthony of Padua, who is the author's consecrated name. Anthony is depicted as a young man with dark brown hair in a tonsure - with a band of hair found around the head with a bald scalp.

St Anthony is wearing a brown robe and holding the child Jesus - a young child with long light-brown hair in a white robe  and holding a flower with white petals and a yellow centre - who is sitting on a red book

St Anthony is the patron saint of lost items. 

The red book represents a book of his that he leant to someone, but wasn't returned; he prayed for its return, and the person returned it and joined Anthony's religious order

He is holding child Jesus because Jesus went missing in Jerusalem, and his parents Mary and Joseph looked for him and found him in the temple in Jerusalem
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 20/09/2026
I found an old friend on offer at the pub, what a writing buddy to have 😁 #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #ReaderSky #BookSky
A pint (585ml) glass of Guinness stout, an Irish black ale with a prominent creamy head, with the Guinness name and golden harp logo printed on the glass

The pint is on a bar table with the OPs mechanical keyboard and a portion of a laptop in the bottom left corner
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 08/09/2026
"Here we see the Bin Chicken in its element, atop a wheelie bin, lording it over its domain. "Alas, the bin is closed, and it cannot dig through the rubbish for food, a disappointing start to the morning." #Australia #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #ReaderSky #BookSky #auspol #BipolarSky
A "bin chicken," the Australian colloquial term for the Australian White Ibis, a large white bird with black tail and a black head with a long, curving beak

The bin chicken is standing on top of a wheelie bin, as they are known for picking through rubbish for food, as the wetlands they lived in have long since been urbanised
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 08/08/2026
Good news - it's Friday 13th next week, I'm feeling the Jason vibes already... #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #ReaderSky #BookSky
Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th horror movie franchise, a man in a tattered jacket, shirt, and pants wearing a white hockey mask and holding a machete
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 01/08/2026
Here's just the As and start of the B's Just like the Skyrim map there's way too many words to sift through, but I have torn my ACL... www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/ #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #ReaderSky #BookSky
A screenshot from Merriam-Webster's time traveller feature, with As and Bs results of words that entered the English language from the OPs birth year 1981
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 18/07/2026
Currently I'm not worried about the rough skeleton draft being terrible, I'm already ruminating about cutting the 8-chapter start down to 5 or 4 On the plus side, I made this Skeletor meme for motivation
The top/bottom image Skeletor "Remember/Until we meet again!!!" meme

In the top picture, Skeletor (from the Masters of the Universe cartoon), a muscular blue man with a skull for a head in purple barbarian gear and hood, reclines on his side in a provocative pose saying "Remember, you have to flesh this out into a full novel"

In the bottom picture, Skeletor runs into a cave to escape capture, completing the meme with its iconic line
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 16/07/2026
Author Update 🖋️ Day 2 of the Skeletor outline and I'm cranking the Swift & bopping along because my MC's an insta-Swiftie 8 chapters dot pointed and I already want to cut it to 5, maybe get it done in 4, so intriguing to see pacing problems already #WritingCommunity #ReaderSky #BookSky
A Skeletor top-bottom meme where Skeletor, a blue man in purple strappy clothes and hood with a skull for a head is reclining on his side saying, "Remember, you have to flesh this out into a full novel," then is running off into a cave saying, "Until we meet again!!!"
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 01/07/2026
So post my purchase of Wuthering Heights (the 19th century Twilight Zone episode, not the "romance") I got my Amazon book recs today I said, "Bet you I get Jane Eyre," and I certainly did Looks like I'm finally into the classics 😁😁 #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #ReaderSky #BookSky
A screenshot of the poster's Amazon Book Recommendations showing the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

The poster bought Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights a few days ago
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 26/06/2026
Okay so I just got the Kindle version of Wuthering Heights because I watched the Dov James video on it being massively understood But this had me laughing because we're gonna need necromancy for the new releases #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #ReaderSky #BookSky
An Amazon "Follow the author" option to get new release updates from Emily Bronte - author of Wuthering Heights which the poster just got on Kindle - who's been dead for quite some time
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 17/05/2026
Author Update 🖊️ My book-writing beer of choice? Lumberjack Rye IPA Not for Pacific ale drinkers, it's dry, a nice dose of bitterness, with definite hoppy fruitiness to boot With a lovely brownish colour, it fuelled lots of words last week Bring it on! #WritingCommunity #ReaderSky #BookSky
A gold/brown craft ale with a generous, white frothy head in a Sydney Brewery-branded beer glass

The OP really likes this beer
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 10/05/2026
Author Update 🖊️ The book and a brew, could there be a better combo? Yeah, probably, my morning brew is a large flat white, and some of you love tea, others some whiskey And now for a spot of writing #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #ReaderSky #BookSky #LGBTQIA+
A photo of the author's laptop open on the Three Ways title and credits page, and a part drunk glass of dark gold beer
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 28/04/2026
Courtesy of Google:
Google results on hawthorn berry edibility, yes they are edible once ripe (seeds not to be eaten)

They can be eaten raw, or made into jams, jellies, teas, and candies/lollies
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 19/04/2026
It pays to know these things, so as not to offend... #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #ReaderSky #BookSky #LGBTQIA+
For the last time:

Abyss = for staring into.
Void = for screaming into.

Please stop screaming into the abyss; we are not insured for that.
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 13/04/2026
Yes, this is how author I am... #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #ReaderSky #BookSky #LGBTQIA+
AI Overview results for the Google search "lay or lie or laid past tense"

Laid is the past tense of Lay, as in, "I lay/laid the paper down"

Lay is the past tense of Lie, as in, "I lie/lay on the couch"

The author searched because, surprisingly, he does not know all the words...
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 01/04/2026
So I saw an Alyssa Matesic vid on the Shy Girl thing, and saw the "rule of three" pop up as example, because from Wikipedia (see pic below), LLMs apparently go as nuts on this rule as em dashes As with all writing rules, don't make them your Gospel #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #ReaderSky #BookSky
A Wikipedia screenshot of the "rule of three" Use by Large Language Models:

"Large language models often use the rule of three. AI writing may overuse the rule of three, especially when using adjectives, leading to writing which feels verbose but lacking in depth."
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 01/04/2026
Panic and blockage certainly isn't fun like that, my first attack kept me from getting on a train and I had to walk out of the station Here's some techniques you can try to help, but do consider seeing a psych for help For blockage, try free writing and permit yourself not to answer any questions
A guide to dealing with panic attacks using Cognitive Behavior Therapy techniques of Breathing, Replacing Thoughts, Grounding, and Anti-Struggle

If you experience panic attacks don't forget to seek professional help including CBT sessions, but there are other methods available if one style doesn't work
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 24/03/2026
#auspol #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #ReaderSky #BookSky
Meme of a Shell petrol price board related to the bowser prices inflated due to the war on Iran and a major shipping corridor closed off by Iran

Regular unleaded costs an arm

Plus unleaded costs a leg

V-Power high octane costs your soul

Diesel costs a kidney
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 14/03/2026
#auspol #LGBTQIA+ #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #ReaderSky #BookSky
Picture of a man in a blue shirt and woman in a red dress at a white-clothed table eating dinner at a Shell petrol station (gas station)
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 07/02/2026
Yass, bisexual lighting!! #LGBTQIA+ #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #ReaderSky
The crowd at Ivy, Sydney for Bed By 10pm, dressed in purple lighting that's giving the poster bisexual vibes - bonus content, other queer people
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 07/02/2026
Author Update 🖊️ Bed By 10pm is now, officially and unequivocally, in full effect Yes, I've started dancing, you think I'm lounging when they've started the 90"a stuff? Also picking up a lot of queer vibes in the tunes too 😁 #LGBTQIA+ #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #ReaderSky #BookSky
The large crowd at Bed By 10pm at Ivy, Sydney, the lights are a cool blue against the sunlight from the open rood
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 07/02/2026
Yes, I'm in my mid 40's, but I'm day raving today... Well, when the 90's stuff is cranking, nice chillout vibe with the 80's stuff at the moment Also back at Ivy for the first time since 2012 (ex workplace--boo to the Libera backer who owns the place) #WritingCommunity #ReaderSky #LGBTQIA+ #AusPol
The DJ booth and VIP section of Ivy, in Sydney, Oz, seen between two white pillars. The poster is here with his darling partner for Bed By 10, a 30s+ dance party/rave running from 1pm to 8pm
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 28/01/2026
Yeah, mate, looking real good aye
A graph of the Australian dollar versus US dollar currently buying 70 US cents at 28/01/26

The graph starts in the mid 60 cent range, but climbs quickly from 22/01
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 15/12/2025
Piss off, Frydenberg, you scumbag, there's a reason you're a has-been Eyes were and are open, Joshie - pity you're blind to reason #auspol
Excerpt from the ABC News Australia on-going live feed of the Bondi Shooting mass casualty event, in which former Liberal politician and all-around scumbag Josh Frydenberg comments on right-wing hellsite X about a "Rise in antisemitism" (recent firebombings of synagogues in Melbourne and a "terror threat" in Sydney involving a caravan were found to be criminal activity)

Former Liberal treasurer Josh Frydenberg has released a statement on X saying yesterday's terrorist attack was the result of an "unprecedented failure of leadership" from leaders.

He says Jewish Australians have received nothing but "hollow words" from Australia's leaders in response to antisemitism since the October 7 attacks..

Frydenberg says the prime minister's pledge to not let antisemitism get a foothold in Australia has failed.

"The massacre we have seen at one of our nations [sic] most inconic [sic] landmarks is the culmination of an unprecedented failure of leadership to heed the warning signs that were so obvious to every Australian who opened their eyes," Frydenberg said in a post on X.
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 15/12/2025
Drop some balls there, ASIO? #auspol
An excerpt of ABC News Australia detailing one of the shooters was looked into six years ago, found in relation to another arrested Islamic State-aligned terrorist arrested in 2019

Breaking: ASIO examined gunman for close ties to IS
Tessa Flemming  profile image
By Tessa Flemming

Australia's domestic intelligence agency, ASIO, examined Bondi gunman Naveed Akram six years ago for his close ties to a Sydney-based Islamic State group (IS) terrorism cell, the ABC understands.

Naveed Akram, 24, and his father Sajid Akram, 50, killed at least 15 people yesterday evening when they opened fire on the Chanukah by the Sea event.

The ABC understands investigators from the Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) believe the gunmen had pledged allegiance to the IS terrorist group.

An IS flag was found in the men's car at Bondi Beach, according to a senior JCTT official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The official said ASIO took an interest in Naveed Akram six years ago, after police foiled plans for an IS terrorist attack.
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 06/12/2025
Serendipity is when your random grab of Smarties turns out queer coded #LGBTQIA+ #WritingCommunity #ReaderSky #BookSky
An assortment of colour-coated chocolate lollies in pastel blue, purple, brown, green, orange, mauve, and red
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 05/12/2025
Google to the rescue, Heated Rivalry on HBO Max here in Oz Sadly we've already got 4 streaming services, get it on Blu-ray perhaps? #LGBTQIA+ #WritingCommunity #ReaderSky #BookSky
Results of a Google search into whether the show Heated Rivalry is streaming in Australia, with the query "Is the gay hockey show on streaming in Australia"
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 27/10/2025
Well the MC goes to a massage parlor and gets a happy ending... Oh, you meant the book's ending! Yeah, nah, so not happy #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #ReaderSky #BookSky
A meme with text above a picture of an angry black man with short black hair and his teeth bared with the punchline text

The meme reads:

Author: Don't worry, there's a happy ending.

Me: Great! Is it a happy book?

Author: I SAID. THERE'S. A. HAPPY. ENDING.
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 03/10/2025
I'm jumping in with my October 3 answer #writinglifempnthly I'll spare you the mess that is my space, lots of crap on the right of the laptopto But here's my writing/gaming buddy, the Lord Humungus from Mad Max 2 aka The Road Warrior Yes, huge fan #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #ReaderSky #BookSky
A photo of the author's writing buddy, a Funko Pop vinyl figurine of The Humungus from the movie Mad Max 2 aka The Road Warrior.

The Humungus is a bare chested man wearing bondage straps and a colander- like metal face mask, with cancerous sores on his body.

He is introduced in the movie by his herald, "Greetings from The Humungus. The Lord Humungus. The Warrior of the Wasteland. The Ayatollah of Rock'n'Rollah."
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 22/09/2025
Taylor's of 'Arrogate, proper tea from Yorkshire? Luxury! I never 'ad tea this good as a kid, we had to brew with the same Lipton teabag for 6 years!
A close up of a "cuppa tea", a mug of black tea from Taylor's of Harrogate in Yorkshire as shown on the red tag of the teabag, with the milk a ruddy colour from an extended brewing time
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 18/09/2025
So this happened When you get canned for calling out a right wing hater, you know society is fucked #auspol #LGBTQIA+ #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #ReaderSky #BookSky
9 News Australia news still, a picture of TV host Jimmy Kimmel, a man with greying hair and beard in a grey suit jacket, white shirt, and black striped tie, over the headline "Kimmel Show Axed over Kirk Comments"

This relates to comments made calling out right wing frontman Charlie Kirk, who was recently murdered, bringing into question the right to free speech - the right seems to be given free reign yet anybody else gets censored or axed
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 14/09/2025
This was last week after my recovery meeting (a 12-step fellowship based on AA), pecking some words out whilst enjoying a beer I do good writing outside or in cafes and pubs (bars) #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #ReaderSky #BookSky
A photo of the poster's laptop computer with a mechanical keyboard on top, with a glass of brown IPA beer to the left, taken in a pub (hotel)

The laptop screen shows the title page and copyright page of the work in progress novel Three Ways, featuring the impossible triangle logo, a vector image of a 3D triangle where the three bent sides appear to fold impossibly into each other
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 14/09/2025
#NoAI #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #ReaderSky #BookSky
A meme reading:

Realizing in 20 years I'll probably be saying something like "No son of mine is marrying an AI Chatbot. Marriage is between two humans only" and my kids will be like "Omg dad you're so Robophobic!"
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 29/08/2025
Breakfast of writing champions, a coffee, sausage and egg muffin (with BBQ sauce, legendary!), and that all important hashy Hoping to get this chapter done, been slow at it given there's raunch incoming The darling partner will be happy with the end product #WritingCommunity #readersky #booksky
The author's writing breakfast - a flat white coffee in a tall grey green mug sitting on a yellow plate, a sausage and egg muffin and hash brown on a grey plate - and a wooden utensil and napkin caddy
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 23/08/2025
Found this from my search, can't even block Unknown if locked down, made private, or banned from Bluesky
Screenshot of user @tales-typos profile page, which has either been locked down, made private, or banned from Bluesky after making inflammatory comments about cutting off support for the trans community over their political views of Gavin Newsome
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 23/08/2025
Looks like the account is locked down or has been made private, can't even block, just report
Screenshot of @tales-typos.bsky.social's account showing no image or posts, and no ability to block, which could be an account set to private or the user has been banned

This is possibly related to the user's inflammatory posts stating "I used to support the transgender community" but has opted to deny support in relation to political support of Gavin Newsome, who has recently entertained right-wing commentators on his new podcast, and support of anti-trans views of trans athletes in school sports, which is outright banning

This and other Democrat members siding with bans has led the trans community to speak against what is seen as unfair, inflammatory, and hateful attitudes
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 23/08/2025
Author Update 🖊️ It happened After all the times I've mansplained (don't worry, been a while) irony has struck in the form of someone who just had to tell me what success means in wider context with a screenshot Truly, I have lived (For me, every day is a success) #WritingCommunity #WritrSky
Screenshot of a person's reply to one of my posts mansplaining to me what success is using a screenshot from a dictionary app
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 22/07/2025
For those spouting "em dashes in novels is AI", here's the nuance, ironically from Google's AI Overview Spaced em dashes are seen in British English guides, and I'll bet older ones in due need of updating As an Aussie? We blend UK/US words and styles, so no spaces for my dashes #WritingCommunity
Google's AI Overview result on the query "do novels use spaces for em dashes" and typically it's no, unless you're using a British (proper) English style guide

Besides that, em dash usage in novels is not a sign of AI - nuance always in the face of bit-part truisms
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 22/07/2025
First, the guy should know how em dashes work - typically no spaces, with spaced em dashes seen in older British (proper) English style guides The irony? Google's AI Overview told me this Nuance as always in the face of bit-part truisms - doubt this guy has seen these older British style guides...
Google's AI Overview response to the query of how to use em dashes in novel writing - and pretty much unless it's an old school British (proper) English style guide, em dashes don't have spaces between words
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 22/07/2025
So another author with replies/quote reposts disabled (no judgement) posted this and so true Case in point me last Tuesday, swear I was headed for a mixed manic/depressive/psychotic episode Left work early, rested, and got back to games to relax and not stress on the rewrite #WritingCommunity
An inspirational Quote of the Day by Quill Cassava Elska - "Be sure you make time to relax and have peaceful moments to yourself, otherwise you're bound to go batshit crazy at some point", something the poster experienced last Tuesday
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 03/07/2025
Author Update 🖊️ Just me, a tea, the mess on my desk, and my buddy The Humungus Going into the #wip, got a good flow going on a chapter, and about to jump time to the pivotal weekend Send prayers, one scene is gonna hurt like hell #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky #AmWriting (glacially)
A picture of the author's laptop and keyboard, tea in a grey cup, a Funko Pop figurine of The Humungus from Mad Max 2 aka The Road Warrior, and accumulated clutter on the desk behind
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 30/06/2025
Can't find the post #LGBTQWriteAThon so I'll post the question flag I'm hoping to get to the earlier relationship in two weeks to meet my Queer Writing Group promise But this means going through the outing scene, and with my oomphy rewriting, it's gonna hurt #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky
The #LGBTQWriteAThon June 30 question "Goals this week/next month", black text on top of the Pride Progress flag, a rainbow flag with the People of Colour/Trans pride flag chevrons, and intersex circle in triangle
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 28/06/2025
I see everybody using their phones on speaker just like Captain Kirk 36 years after this...
Captain James T Kirk, a brown haired man in an olive tunic with an A-shaped symbol on it, holds a Communicator to speak with his ship the Enterprise in orbit, from the original TV show Star Trek
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 24/06/2025
Welp #WritingCommunity, #WriteSky, #BipolarSky #auspol the Kimikoo bots have fired up, this is my third But the Thumb of Blocking needs regular exercise, so, onward!
Screenshot of bot now named Lily, my third "Kimikoo" bot of the night (all handles include the word "kimikoo")
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 21/06/2025
Don't forget your alt text for people using screen readers You can set all photos/gifs to demand you add alt text before you can post, in your Accessibility settings
Screenshot of the Bluesky app Accessibility settings page, with an option to "Require alt text before posting"
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 21/06/2025
Here's the settings page:
The Bluesky app Post Interaction Settings page, allowing you to block replies/quote reposts for you safety and/or sanity
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 20/06/2025
Alright #WritingCommunity, #WriteSky #BookSky I'm going in - having only read excerpts in Year 5 Given the times, we should all be reading Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl, and I hope to all that's good that people don't have to resort to hiding in a Secret Annex
An excerpt from Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, a Dutch Jewish girl who hid with family and others from the Nazi persecution until betrayed

The text: "I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support"
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 20/06/2025
Subscribe wall? Really?
Daily Maverick "subscribe wall" preventing access to the article if you don't sign up
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 20/06/2025
So #ComJunity my writing/gaming buddy is none other than The Humungus The Lord Humungus The Warrior of the Wasteland The Ayatollah of Rock'n'Rollah (Yeah bit of a fan - the only Ford cars I'll be caught dead in are a Mustang, or the Interceptor)
A Pop Funk vinyl figurine of the Lord Humungus from Mad Max 2 aka The Road Warrior, a man wearing a scant leather harness, a metal facemask, with cancerous wounds on his arms and legs
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 19/06/2025
So #WritingCommunity, my manuscript assessor said I have to read more I finally found the book to read, rescued from behind the charity bins at work where it was carelessly dumped - The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank A little dogged and stained but pertinent reading for these repeated times
The Definitive Edition of "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank, a Jewish teenager who hid with family from the Nazi Regime until betrayed, and died in a Nazi death camp after capture
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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him) @tmshannonauthor.com · 19/06/2025
I replied to him on appropriate terms for his nonsense and got tagged as *rude* lmao Meanwhile the +1 Thumb of Blocking has been rightfully engaged
The reply to JD Vance, "Piss off you Luddite hater" tagged as Rude by Bluesky

Yes, I'm miffed, too
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