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Jay Litwicki

@jaylitwicki.bsky.social

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Where the past meets the future, and the within meets the without, you will find me. Genre aficionado and aspiring author. Fantasy, scifi, prog rock, ancient civilizations.

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Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 3h

Such a pleasant ear worm

Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 4h

#Spain #travellovers update:
Took a 3-day side trip to the Costa del Sol to briefly visit Nerja, Malaga, Mirabella, and Gibraltar.
Made the decision to drive into the last one and got hopelessly lost and toured some interesting side streets and alleys!

View of the Spanish coast from the balcony of Europe in Nerja

The crenelated walls of the Alcazaba Castle with Malaga in the background

A stand of palm trees on one of the beautiful beaches of Mirabella

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Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 4h

Give it a couple of days and it will be a trilogy.

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 8h

The only warning I have about this is, I'm on it.

The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 8h

Well if there is a Twitter exodus, I do recommend the newbies check out my alternate history starter pack. go.bsky.app/CqUujDq

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Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 4h

#20DayChallenge #musicsky
Everyone knows the cover version, but who recorded it first? Which version is better?
20 days, 20 originals made famous by another band.
9/20
Hard to believe the innocent little Cowsills siblings made this song a radio hit. I grew up on the Original Cast Recording.

Hair - Hair

YouTube video by bwtrax

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Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 19h

I contain multitudes!

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Dominus Owen Markham @dominusmarkham.bsky.social · 21h

Write what you actually think — not what you hope will trend. - Dominus Owen Markham

#WritingCommunity #WritersLife #AmWriting #IndieAuthors #writing #writers

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Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 21h

Seeing a lot of people posting rules about defining genres and such today and I stick by this post.

Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 27d

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if it didn’t have its own fiction section in Walden Books in 1973, you’ll never convince me its a separate genre. #booksky

Black and white photo of a man with his back to the camera standing outside a Waldenbooks book store in a shopping mall.

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Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 21h

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Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 1d

#20DayChallenge #musicsky
Everyone knows the cover version, but who recorded it first? Which version is better?
20 days, 20 originals made famous by another band.
8/20
I love The Boss, but I first fell in love with this song from the Rage Against the Machine cover. Since come to appreciate both.

Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad (Official Audio)

YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO

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Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 1d

Hero or villain?
John Brown.

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Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 1d

It’s the old farts like me who should probably read more contemporary titles instead of rereading Dune or Foundation!

Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta take it off my list.

Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 1d

To be fair, I considered this one!

Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 1d

What’s your favorite horror franchise? #filmsky #horror

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Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 2d

Share a cartoon from the past that kids today probably never heard of. #television

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Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 2d

I believe we have historical evidence for Antoninus! #filmsky #Spartacus

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Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 2d

#Musicsky #Music

Skeleton Goode Return with “Crocodile Wife” — A Twisted, Technicolor Fever Dream - Ethos Collective

Saigon’s psychedelic misfits Skeleton Goode return with “Crocodile Wife” — a wild new single and video bursting with color, chaos, and charm. Blending surf rock swagger with surreal humor and hypnotic...

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Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 2d

#20DayChallenge #musicsky
Everyone knows the cover version, but who recorded it first? Which version is better?
20 days, 20 originals made famous by another band.
7/20
It was the song that put The Talking Heads on the pop map, and it’s a damned fine cover of this

Al Green - Take Me To The River (Official Audio)

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Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 2d

It’s not mine, it’s cribbed from Colin Wilson’s Age of Defeat: 20th Century literature tells the story of depressed and failing shopkeepers and is meant to prepare you to accept life’s defeat
Thus I opine that genre fiction is superior in content and theme to ‘literature.’
#booksky #writingcommunity

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 2d

I’m with you Guns and Roses, but when you meet my dear wife I urge you not to speak ill of The Sound of Music!

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Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve been a boss and found the whole thing abhorrent. If anyone ever wished me a Happy Boss’s Day I would tell them so. I also told them to never give me a gift for any reason. It’s embarrassing enough being someone’s boss without that nonsense.

Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 2d

Nice

Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 3d

Octopus
The Lighthouse (oh no, sensing a tentacle theme!)
Octopus’ Garden

Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 4d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand

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Jay Litwicki @jaylitwicki.bsky.social · 3d