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Septimus Brown

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Senior editor at the DarlingAxe.com. Blogging at SeptimusBrown.com. Award-winning short-fiction writer. Author of WHEN THE SKY BREAKS. Chaotic good. He/they. 🏳️‍🌈

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 5d

On Oct 23, a small sassy dragon is coming to brain-theatres everywhere!

Join Glimm as he manages a band of blowhards set on breaking into Frostvale and toppling the government in this satire about the US-Canada trade war.

Kindle pre-orders are live 🐲
mybook.to/dragoneggs

We've Come For Your Eggs book cover (dragon flying across the sun)

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Behemothed, yes lol

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One of my favourite dialogue tags that has stuck with me after years of editing:

"I'll never forget you," he said with mouth ajar.

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"Damn right," he behemothed hoarsely.

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 36m

Doomsday Book is officially on my wishlist. Someone on Reddit said that's the best place to start. Do you agree?

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"Damn right," he behemothed hoarsely.

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 3h

Noted!! Thanks :)

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 5h

Good morning ☀️

Today I am thankful for... the perfect cup of coffee ☕️❤️

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 5h

Timeline cleanse!

Have snoot, must boop ♥️

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Assigned in the bookstore. Fuck social media. Marry books. Kill ai.

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 14h

No! You recommend it?

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"I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours."

—from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 15h

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 16h

Goodnight, Humanity!

May we all wake into a more positive and hopeful world 💕

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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 1d

The word "puzzle" comes from the Old French word "pusle," which meant "bewilderment."

#etymology

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 1d

Thanks! A lovely hike on Shuswap Lake :)

Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 1d

Timeline cleanse!

Here's a waterfall :)

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 1d

You'll be taking that pizza to go 😄

Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 1d

Good morning!

Today I am thankful for... pizza.

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 1d

New post up on the Chopping Blog 🪓🪓

Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 1d

Tragedy and Comedy: The Two Faces of Story Structure

If the protagonist is going to succeed, then you want to bring them closer and closer to failure. If they are going to fail, you want to bring them closer and closer to victory.

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#writingcommunity #booksky

Tragedy and Comedy: The Two Faces of Story Structure

If the protagonist is going to succeed, then you want to bring them closer and closer to failure. If they are going to fail, you want to bring them closer and closer to victory.

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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 1d

Tragedy and Comedy: The Two Faces of Story Structure

If the protagonist is going to succeed, then you want to bring them closer and closer to failure. If they are going to fail, you want to bring them closer and closer to victory.

darlingaxe.com

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2d

Respect to those who got here first.

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 2d

Timeline cleanse!

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 2d

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!

In addition to my writing and editing work, I'm honoured to be a board member and treasurer for Oodenaw.com, an urban Indigenous consulting cooperative. We support education initiatives, cultural resurgence, and language revitalization.

♥️

Oodenaw: Urban Indigenous Consulting Cooperative

aanii, tanisi, ʔəy̓ sweyəl! We are the people who make up the Urban Indigenous Consulting Cooperative known as Oodenaw. We do our heart-centred work together in hopes that we will impact good change i...

Oodenaw.com

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 2d

Arthur just couldn’t quite get used to working from home.

A black and white dog stares at the image of a flock of sheep on a computer monitor.

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