Dylan Morrison
@dylanthyme.bsky.social
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Romance novelist, snack connoisseur, Terry Pratchett enthusiast. 🍎FALL INTO YOU🌳 out now; preorder 🎥 RECIPE FOR TROUBLE🍳, out 10/16. https://www.dylanmorrison.net/
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dylanthyme.bsky.social
yay, thank you so so much!!! i hope you enjoy it 💜
dylanthyme.bsky.social
thousands of years of oral tradition and communal storytelling across human culture writ large was not a road meant to lead us to the concept of copyright
rachelfeder.bsky.social
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
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drniftyplum.bsky.social
I already preordered this but this teaser just confirms that it's exactly what i want to read at this point in time! Cackled out loud several times.
dylanthyme.bsky.social
TWO! DAYS! TIL BOOK DAY! let me take you away from all this (the stresses and horrors of the dystopian present) to a better place (still full of stresses and horrors, but only for the characters, and with much lower stakes). excerpt so you can give it a vibe check! geni.us/1204-al-aut-am
"The guy in the video—Pete—is handsome in that relaxed, unin‐
tentional way Ben associates with people who had a great time in
high school. There’s something about him that’s almost familiar,
and he looks older than Ben, in probably his early thirties. His dark
wavy hair, faded tight on the sides and left longer on top, clearly
just lies that way, in the sort of easy dishevelment no one can pull
o$ when they’re trying. As if all that wasn’t enough, he’s broad
shouldered and well muscled—not a full gym rat like Ben some‐
times pulls on Grindr, but de!nitely visibly toned. It’s a look Ben
associates with rock climbers, although admittedly that may be
situational bias, because he is also wearing the type of T-shirt-with-
sleeves-cut-o$ Ben associates with rock climbers. However, the
idiot has distinguished himself from the pack by electing to do this
to a shirt with Ask Me About Canned Beans scrawled across
the front in a gigantic, hideous font.
And Pete is, above anything else, an idiot. Sure—he’s a little bit
hot. Ben can admit that to himself, here in the safe anonymity of
the New York City subway system, where anything could happen
and does, every day. Pete is a little bit hot. That doesn’t make it
okay that somehow, despite having presumably been a talented
enough chef to land one of the coveted, cushy positions as a
Gastronome test cook, he has produced what has to be the single
worst collection of cooking footage ever created by man.
“Hi!” Pete says, waving at the camera, in the !rst take. But he's" "holding a spoon in his waving hand, and it goes !ying and hits
someone nearly out of frame in the back of the head, and they yelp,
and someone else o" camera yells “CUT.” With no pause for
recovery, it’s the next take, and Pete says, “Hi! I’m Pat,” and then,
“Wait, no I’m not,” and then, nervously, like he’s not quite sure it’s
the right answer, “Pete? I’m… Pete.” They cut again, and then it’s
the hideous take after that, in which Pete holds up a bunch of
greens and says, “This is kelp—kelp—KALE. Good God. But could
we make it with kelp, do you think? I never thought about kelp—
aw, wait, these are collards, actually. Uh. Are we still rolling?”
Ben misses his train. It goes whooshing by as Pete very
earnestly tells the viewers that he thinks everyone can learn to cook
while, next to him, a piece of notebook paper that clearly reads,
DEAR PETE, REMEMBER: BUY TARRAGON, TOILET
PAPER. NO MORE HOISIN! LOVE PETE inches towards the
stove. It catches $re at the same moment Ben realizes that it’s a
local 1 train pulling away, and he releases a little gasp of surprised
annoyance in the exact moment that Pete does on-screen.
That disquieting moment of similarity is enough to get Ben to
close the computer. He tells himself he’s not going to open it again
until he has his mysterious mixed drink in his hand to dull the pain
but only lasts $ve minutes before he $nds himself reaching for the
laptop again. An express 2 train chooses that exact moment to turn
up, running as always on a secret schedule known only to itself,
which is all that saves Ben from spending the next several hours on
the platform. Instead, he spends the standing-room-only ride back
to his apartment stewing about the video, and how on earth Pete
even got a job, and how on earth he, Ben, is supposed to do his job
and edit this nightmare into watchable content." The Recipe for Trouble cover (two men cooking together against a periwinkle background) displayed on an ereader, sitting on top of a cutting board and a green gingham towel. Blue text on a yellow circle to the right of the ereader reads "PRE-ORDER NOW."
dylanthyme.bsky.social
thank you so much!! my writing process is best encapsulated by the comic below (haha! 🫠) so it always THRILLS me to hear i have PRODUCED LAUGHS 💜 i hope the rest brings you similar joy!!
A 15 panel comic by artist Tom Gould. It shows a writer typing, thinking "Haha. This is funny." Over the next several panels they begin to experience doubt, thinking "Maybe not hilarious, but funny." And then, "It is sort of funny." And then, "It seemed funny when I thought of it." And then, "Maybe it's not funny." And then, "No, it IS funny." And then, "I'm really very sure it's funny." And then, "Definitely." In the last image we see of the writer, they are sitting pensively and saying nothing, obviously still unsure. In the final panel of the comic, however, we see the reader holding the book and saying simply, "Haha."
dylanthyme.bsky.social
TWO! DAYS! TIL BOOK DAY! let me take you away from all this (the stresses and horrors of the dystopian present) to a better place (still full of stresses and horrors, but only for the characters, and with much lower stakes). excerpt so you can give it a vibe check! geni.us/1204-al-aut-am
"The guy in the video—Pete—is handsome in that relaxed, unin‐
tentional way Ben associates with people who had a great time in
high school. There’s something about him that’s almost familiar,
and he looks older than Ben, in probably his early thirties. His dark
wavy hair, faded tight on the sides and left longer on top, clearly
just lies that way, in the sort of easy dishevelment no one can pull
o$ when they’re trying. As if all that wasn’t enough, he’s broad
shouldered and well muscled—not a full gym rat like Ben some‐
times pulls on Grindr, but de!nitely visibly toned. It’s a look Ben
associates with rock climbers, although admittedly that may be
situational bias, because he is also wearing the type of T-shirt-with-
sleeves-cut-o$ Ben associates with rock climbers. However, the
idiot has distinguished himself from the pack by electing to do this
to a shirt with Ask Me About Canned Beans scrawled across
the front in a gigantic, hideous font.
And Pete is, above anything else, an idiot. Sure—he’s a little bit
hot. Ben can admit that to himself, here in the safe anonymity of
the New York City subway system, where anything could happen
and does, every day. Pete is a little bit hot. That doesn’t make it
okay that somehow, despite having presumably been a talented
enough chef to land one of the coveted, cushy positions as a
Gastronome test cook, he has produced what has to be the single
worst collection of cooking footage ever created by man.
“Hi!” Pete says, waving at the camera, in the !rst take. But he's" "holding a spoon in his waving hand, and it goes !ying and hits
someone nearly out of frame in the back of the head, and they yelp,
and someone else o" camera yells “CUT.” With no pause for
recovery, it’s the next take, and Pete says, “Hi! I’m Pat,” and then,
“Wait, no I’m not,” and then, nervously, like he’s not quite sure it’s
the right answer, “Pete? I’m… Pete.” They cut again, and then it’s
the hideous take after that, in which Pete holds up a bunch of
greens and says, “This is kelp—kelp—KALE. Good God. But could
we make it with kelp, do you think? I never thought about kelp—
aw, wait, these are collards, actually. Uh. Are we still rolling?”
Ben misses his train. It goes whooshing by as Pete very
earnestly tells the viewers that he thinks everyone can learn to cook
while, next to him, a piece of notebook paper that clearly reads,
DEAR PETE, REMEMBER: BUY TARRAGON, TOILET
PAPER. NO MORE HOISIN! LOVE PETE inches towards the
stove. It catches $re at the same moment Ben realizes that it’s a
local 1 train pulling away, and he releases a little gasp of surprised
annoyance in the exact moment that Pete does on-screen.
That disquieting moment of similarity is enough to get Ben to
close the computer. He tells himself he’s not going to open it again
until he has his mysterious mixed drink in his hand to dull the pain
but only lasts $ve minutes before he $nds himself reaching for the
laptop again. An express 2 train chooses that exact moment to turn
up, running as always on a secret schedule known only to itself,
which is all that saves Ben from spending the next several hours on
the platform. Instead, he spends the standing-room-only ride back
to his apartment stewing about the video, and how on earth Pete
even got a job, and how on earth he, Ben, is supposed to do his job
and edit this nightmare into watchable content." The Recipe for Trouble cover (two men cooking together against a periwinkle background) displayed on an ereader, sitting on top of a cutting board and a green gingham towel. Blue text on a yellow circle to the right of the ereader reads "PRE-ORDER NOW."
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bowlerhatscience.org
OK there's my Unhinged Literary Opinion: Pratchett is the greatest humanist/philosophical writer of our era.
rincewind.run
and since he really does have a quote for everything, in the wise words of Sir Terry Pratchett: “Susan hated Literature. She’d much prefer to read a good book.”
dylanthyme.bsky.social
yeahhh. a foundational piece of this movement its insistence that trans people are unreliable narrators, even on ourselves. this limits our ability to spread info outside our own circles, however true said info is! if your credibility has not been eroded in this way you gotta pick up the baton
annamenta.bsky.social
This. I believe every entertainment journalist right now has a responsibility to confront anyone working with Rowling, if only to spread awareness. If you're being forced to cover the new Potter HBO show, I hope you'll include constant, repeated references to Rowling's extreme, daily hate.
coreyatad.com
i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: i don’t think most people are aware of just how extreme Rowlings views and actions are
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kassassassin.bsky.social
Katelyn Burns is, in my opinion, one of the most effective writers when it comes to clearly establishing the stakes of our moment in history in easily understood terms, and I'd strongly encourage you to support her work.
katelynburns.com
It's been awhile since I've done a serious paid subscriber drive on here. I came into this year with 509 paid Patreon subscribers and set the ambitious goal of hitting 1000 by the end of this year. I'm a little behind pace on that now at 802. patreon.com/katelynburns
Katelyn Burns | Patreon
creating LGBTQ journalism
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dylanthyme.bsky.social
idk if this will be helpful, but might be worth reaching out here? this is a small shop here in ohio that does custom embroidery, they might be able to help! mdxembroidery.com
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dylanthyme.bsky.social
YES. and as an appreciator of art who uh does better making word pictures lol -- part of what is so amazing and life-affirming about art is knowing a *person* poured time, thought, energy, emotion, and so many CHOICES into the work. a glimpse at another human experience! that's the whole thing!
dylanthyme.bsky.social
telling stories, making art: they're release valves for the churning gyre that is a human emotional experience. like, NO, good GOD, of course i don't want to have a machine do that FOR me. you want me to LIVE in here like that? with the gyre ever-churning? horrifying! grotesque! why even say it
faineg.bsky.social
there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually
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kirbyconrod.bsky.social
all the high level, most senior expert world leading computational linguists whose work i admire as scientists are absolutely united in thinking that ai is bullshit. i just think you should know that
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baddestmamajama.bsky.social
CLUE is, in many ways, one of our best games about how we’d all like any excuse to wander around other people’s houses checking for weird shit.
dylanthyme.bsky.social
like just. across the board. setting aside the absurdity of the idea that anyone's self determination is up for 'debate' -- the stuff they monger the fear with just. isn't real. it isn't true. all these points have been roundly disproven time and again. that's enough dream yelling
dylanthyme.bsky.social
the whole thing genuinely feels like someone bursting into your house screaming "I HAD A DREAM YOU DID CRIMES!! YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE HEALTHCARE OR BE ABLE TO USE BATHROOMS ANYMORE!!" and then everyone's like "well there are good points on both sides" instead of "ummmmm what???"
cambrianera.radical.town
The trans debate is crazy when you've read any of the papers. Like, it's one thing to know because it's my own lived experience but it's always possible you're an outlier, right? So I've tried to keep up with things this whole time and it's just... nah, man, we're right? We know ourselves.
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neongrey.bsky.social
all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.
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kjcharleswriter.com
I am very excited that ALL OF US MURDERERS has been picked as one of Kobo's Best of the Month!

It's out everywhere today, in e at all platforms, in print at all good bookshops (it's the BA Indie Book of the Month!) and in audio read by Sonny Archer. Have at it!

books2read.com/u/mloE7q
Flyer with ALL OFUS MURDERERS cover and text saying 'One of Kobo's Best of the Month'
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smoreofbabylon.bsky.social
it’s so important, now more than ever, that we remember: there’s a cowboy with a big knife in Dracula, because Dracula takes place in cowboy times.
dylanthyme.bsky.social
do i think this is a time in american history where we will, as a nation, be making rational common sense decisions for the betterment of all? sadly, it's a cold and it's a broken lmao on that one. but if we WERE to improve our society somewhat, better public transit might be a good call
dylanthyme.bsky.social
"how do we build a society where people can affordably get where they're going? how do we build a society where car access isn't critical? how do we reduce general car footprint, both physical and environmental?" CAN I INTRODUCE TO MY FRIEND RAIL TRAVEL. OTHER NATIONS KNOW HIM WELL
dylanthyme.bsky.social
like many so problems in the united states: this is complex issue that requires a multi-pronged solution, but SURELY one of those prongs is "for the love of god BUILD MORE TRAINS"
jenjennings.bsky.social
We invented graduated drivers licenses for teens. They worked. But we leave 80-year-olds to “see how it goes.” Every family suffers on their own. But this is a shared social problem, not a personal one. We need conditional licenses for older drivers. Daylight. Local. Annual medical check-ins.
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banalplay.bsky.social
It's 1925. I'm leanin' against this lamppost on the lookout for dames who are lookin for trouble. I start flipping a quarter. I catch her eye. I fumble the quarter and it rolls into a sewer grate. I have lost the equivalent of thirty thousand dollars.
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gwensnyder.bsky.social
Watching Jay, I realize I am simply exhausted by folks in positions of leadership who are driven to distraction by critique.

If you can't function with critique and pushback, a leadership position is not for you.

Leadership REQUIRES you to absorb and process the critique of stakeholders.