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Morgan Lockhart

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Writer of video games, books, etc. A SPELL FOR MIDWINTER'S HEART coming fall 2025 from PRH Rep: Aurora Fernandez @ Trident Media Games: GW2, Tell Me Why, Halo, Rift, and more http://www.lockhartwrites.com

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Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 29d

This keeps growing, but a current list of my book events for the next couple of months.

An image that says, "Meet Morgan Lockhart this fall!" It has the cover of her forthcoming magical romance, "A Spell for Midwinter's Heart" and outlines the following events:

September 25th
Third Place Books
Seattle, WA
In conversation with Cookie Hiponia

September 27
Village Books
Bellingham, WA
In conversation with Ashley Ream

October 10-11
Bainbridge Book Festival
Bainbridge, WA

An image that says, "Meet Morgan Lockhart this winter!" It has the cover of her forthcoming magical romance, "A Spell for Midwinter's Heart" and outlines the following events:

November 16
Beguiled Books
Seattle, WA
Book Signing

November 21-23
Fables & Flames
Romantasy Gala
Minneapolis, MN

December 6th
A Book for all Seasons
Leavenworth, WA
Book Signing

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Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 12h

How is it that cheese gets away with "is this going to sicken me or is it delicious?"

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 20h

honestly no one should have that much money, “can you sue someone for fun just to ruin their life” should be the marker on having too much money

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 20h

one thing we can never allow to happen again is making someone president who is rich enough to fund endless frivolous lawsuits

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Natalie Spitzel | Looking for work!! @nat-the-dev.bsky.social · 1d

Believe old game devs when we tell you: burnout is real, it's painful. Be honest with yourself, take the breaks when you need them.
I've been burnt out for so long, I only just realized how long. I went from crunch at Iridium into crunch at Giant Squid with no break. About 3 years. It was too long.

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Chris Piuma @wordgarbler.bsky.social · 1d

Poetry isn't there to "mean" something, it's there to get you high.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 1d

My hot take is that none of these are structure. These are all recipes that describe structure.

Structure is the Salt, Fat, Acid Heat of writing.

3-Act/Hero's Journey etc are recipes.

You can make great meals without using a recipe if you understand the principles of structure.

Mx. D. D. Ward (they/them) @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 2d

So #WritingCommunity how do we feel about structure?

Do you use the 3 act structure? The 5 act?

Hero's Journey? Save the Cat? Super Structure Method? Story Genius Method?

Something else?

What have you got?

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Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 1d

I have added some new level of nerd to how we decorate our Lego city for Halloween: LEDs.

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Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 2d

And here's the rest of the day's programming.

sites.google.com/view/lazydra...

LAZY DRAGON BOOKS Inc - HearthCon 2025

October 11-12, 2025 Schedule of Events*online and livestreamed to Youtube

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Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 2d

HearthCon will be going all day with more great cozy fantasy related programming! You can find it all here. Right now they're doing a LitRPG panel I am sure many of you would be interested in. :)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Oo...

HearthCon 2025 - Cozy LitRPG and Xianxia

YouTube video by Lazy Dragon Books Inc

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Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 3d

And 160+ books on sale with Cozy The Day Away!

cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org

Pastiche - a great intro to my books - is on sale in ebook and (if you get it from me directly), audio.

Edwardian mystery, a museum, an arranged marriage to love match romance, and a heroine with fibromyalgia.

Home - Cozy Fantasy Sale

This is the home page for the Cozy the Day Away Sale series, where the first-ever cozy fantasy group sale happens! Sales in 2025 have…

cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org

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Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 3d

HearthCon has a lot of great panels! Here's all the info.

sites.google.com/view/lazydra...

I'm on:

Gaslamp and Regency Cozy Fantasy (4pm PDT, 7pm EDT Saturday)

&

Seasonal Cozy Fantasy(9am PDT, 12pm EDT Sunday)

I'm speaking at HearthCon! An online conference for Cozy Fantasy lovers. Join us online at lazydragonbooks.com October 11th and 12th.

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Celia Lake @celialake.bsky.social · 3d

It's a great weekend for cosy fantasy lovers! HearthCon (whole series of free panels and discussions and events) and Cozy The Day Away, a two day cosy fantasy book sale!

I'm on two panels at HearthCon and Pastiche (both ebook and audio) is on sale! More details below.

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Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 2d

Hosted a panel on Seasonal Cozy Fantasy this morning where we we talked about the whys and where fores of seasonal books.

www.youtube.com/live/8Ayt5PD...

HearthCon 2025 - Seasonal Cozy Fantasy

YouTube video by Lazy Dragon Books Inc

www.youtube.com

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Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 3d

Leo isn't sure about Halloween.

A Norwegian elk hound puppy stares warily at skeletons popping up from the ground next to headstones.

Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 4d

Gorgeous! Congrats!

Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 5d

I apparently needed the added pressure of morning of to kickstart the old hyperfocus.

Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 5d

I don't think I ever turned in an essay in high school that I didn't get up at 5AM morning of to start writing

(and I was valedictorian.)

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 6d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
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wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Count Doracula 🎃 @heyitsdora.com · Aug 25

I have two contracts wrapping up in November! If you're looking for game dev support around production, operations, publishing, and more, get in touch!

I have nearly a decade of industry experience in PC and console, and have worked with teams big and small on all genres!

heyitsdora.com

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“Dora has been an INCREDIBLE producer for In Stars and Time!!! Always organized and strategic, always helpful, always a pleasure to talk to. I could not have asked for a better producer, and In Stars and Time wouldn’t have had the same success without her!!!”

Gummy Cat

“Dora is one of the kindest, coolest, most organized and thoughtful producers I’ve had the pleasure of working with. I genuinely believe that without her fighting for us from the very first email pitch, Bear and Breakfast would not have existed.”

A screenshot captioned "selected portfolio" featuring various games including Truth Scrapper, In Stars and Time, Bear & Breakfast, and others.

A screenshot of various games I've worked on including The Adventure Pals, Swords & Souls: Neverseen, Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive and others.

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Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 5d

I had a chance to go on the Lit's Play channel and tier rank video game romances!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=pIpW...

Game Romance Tier List with HALO writer, Morgan Lockhart | FFX, BALDUR'S GATE 3, MASS EFFECT

YouTube video by Lits Play

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Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 6d

The happiness on my child's face when she realized Percy Jackson was dyslexic is exactly why representation matters.

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 7d

Hey all, I'm trying to get a baseline for how good people are at detecting whether fiction is AI-generated or human-written (most of the research on this is for nonfiction and my hypothesis is we're better with fiction).

If you have time, give it a try?

jlp-experiment.github.io/ai-detection...

AI vs Human Fiction Detection Test

jlp-experiment.github.io

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Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 6d

3/3. Like others have said, definitely had to read on to spot one of the AIs as AI. One I could immediately tell but in the other one, the sentences were passable as "not well written but not badly written either" but it took it messing up scene pacing for me to spot it.

Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 6d

Sequim.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 6d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social · 6d

OPPORTUNITY Lead Writer - CDProjekt - US

Not affiliated. Shares welcome

jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CDPROJEKTRED...

Lead Writer

Company Description: To create revolutionary, story-driven RPGs which go straight to the hearts of gamers — this is our mission. Want to dive deeper into our company’s culture? Explore our social medi...

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Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social · 6d

Jaime Gill, apparently.