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Keith W. Dickinson
@keithwdickinson.bsky.social
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Author of Dexter & Sinister, and The Dragonfly Delivery Company. New novella, Glunda the Veg Witch, out now! BBNYA 2024 Finalist. #SafeSpace 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦 keithwdickinson.com
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · Nov 9
Hi New Followers 👋

You've made a wise choice. 👍

As well as posting silliness and hope for a better world I also write books (full of silliness and hope for a better world). Start with this free book of shorts written to introduce you to the #steampunk world of Hammersmyth.

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Book Cover for The Hammersmith Tales (spelt with a y instead of an i). A beige background with shadowy images of cogs and clock faces. In the bottom right corner sits a grey cat wearing brass goggles and a green scarf. H elooks out at us with a lopsided grin. His tail is segmented with metal joints and his eyes have mechanical irises. The book's title is across the top in red and gold. Written in white below it says "A collection of steampunk shorts from the author of", then in yellow/gold "Dexter & Sinister Detecting Agents." Below that is the author's name in white, Keith W Dickinson.
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 14h
Well, that's me off to Oslo in November. No idea what I'll do there except I've got a ticket for the ballet on the last night. I'll probably just wander about a bit lost, eat some food, and take lots of photos of things the locals find boring but which I think are fascinating coz they're foreign. 😋
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14h
Gaza journalist Maha Hussaini: “We have returned, like we’ll always do.”
A cat sits in a window. Beyond a completely destroyed city
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 14h
Theraponies. 😊
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 15h
Hadn't thought about Helsinki. I went to Stockholm last year and it was lovely. Can recommend that.
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 15h
That's the plan (maybe). I need a couple of days away. Also thinking about Copenhagen. It'll be one or the other.
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Liam Hogan @liamjhogan.bsky.social · 15h
It is not too late, on this, #BookshopDay, to wander into your local bookshop (be it chain or otherwise) and order a copy of A Short History of the Future: 42 retro themed #sci-fi short stories, including some award winnners. From @northodoxpress.bsky.social, promoting Northern writers.
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 16h
As much to fly to Oslo and back as it is to get the train to Carlisle. FFS.
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 16h
I've got one in. What about you?
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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 19h
Translunar Travelers Lounge welcomes submissions of speculative fiction 5000 words and under. Full details are at the link.https://translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/
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Translunar Travelers Lounge @translunartl.bsky.social · 19h
Translunar Travelers Lounge welcomes submissions of speculative fiction 5000 words and under. Full details are at the link.https://translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/
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Author Ronan Beckman @ronanbeckman.bsky.social · 16h
I have been so blessed to have readers leave wonderful reviews on each of my novels this week. To know that there is someone who actually reads and enjoys my writing - well, it means the world to an author. Thank you so much reviewers and readers (you know who you are!). 😇😇😇
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 16h
"Overall, the pessimists broadly agree: it’s no longer a matter of if AI is massively overhyped, but when the whole thing comes crashing down."
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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 18h
“I had previously assumed a 10-year depreciation curve, which I now recognize as quite unrealistic...Based on my conversations over the past month, the physical data centers last for three to ten years, at most.” futurism.com/future-socie...
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The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 1d
I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.

The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...
AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought
An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 17h
It depresses me that I get more emails from corporations than I do real people.
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 17h
"Don't shoot until you can see the whites of their eyes."

*starts shooting when they're half a mile away*
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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 18h
My third review for #SFINCS is up on WEIRDE Reviews! I absolutely adored this book and I can't wait to dive into the rest of Whistberry's stories.

Full review⬇️
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On the left is the book cover for The Final Voyage of Avery Mothmere by Helen Whistberry features a black cat with white paws reaching out to a ship. Genre: Fantasy On the right is a review summary: The Final Voyage of Avery Mothmere is a fantastical journey through a strange land with even stranger inhabitants. Similar to our protagonist, this story left me with many questions that often went unanswered, but I feel as though that’s the point of the story. The world is very much seen through Avery’s eyes and perceptions, and Whistberry does an excellent job letting us into their mind. The narration style is reminiscent of authors like Jane Austen which gives the story a historical feel. If you love stories with a strong voice, fantastical settings, and a plot that never quite lets you know where it’s going to turn next then I’d highly recommend this novella. On the bottom is a spray paint logo for SFINCS3 team TBR and WEIRDE Reviews
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 17h
NB: I've done the same with #AttackMars, #GlundaTheVegWitch, and #TheNightMayorOfLondon too.😏

I just can't stop going on about my own stuff. I'd be a nightmare to work with. I spill the beans all over the place! 😂
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 18h
And if anyone's really *really* curious, as with all my books, Bluesky is littered with a trail of breadcrumbs from the writing process that'll give you some clue to what #InTheValleyOfTheWind contains. 😊

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 18h
Can't believe I forgot to tag @northodoxpress.bsky.social as well. I was being so careful too! 🤦
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 18h
Author and Publisher Q&A plus book signings after the panel.

#Publishing #TradPub #IndiePub #SelfPub

www.urmstonbooks.co.uk/paths-to-pub...
Paths to Publication
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 18h
Got a question about publishing you've always wanted answered? Well now's your chance!

#AuthorTalk #WritingCommunity #Manchester

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Background graphic of a printing press. Urmston Books and BFS logos on either side of the title. Three author photos beneath title plus the compass emblem for Northodox Press Text: The British Fantasy Society & Urmston Books & Board Games “Paths to Publication” Keith Dickinson, Andrew Knighton, Emma Sterner-Radley, Northodox Press Wednesday 22nd October, 7pm, Urmston Books, 72 Flixton Road, M41 5AB Tickets £5 https://www.urmstonbooks.co.uk/paths-to-publication
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 18h
All film/book/TV/music/performance awards are just the best of what the judges were made aware of at the time.
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Lawrence Harding (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️ @lhardingwrites.bsky.social · 19h
Reasonably priced private COVID vaccines in London (and they did their best to find a way to give it to me for free - sadly I'm all the wrong kinds of chronically ill)

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Uncharismatic Megafauna @liminalitea.bsky.social · 21h
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 18h
Hopefully 'In The Valley Of The Wind' will come out soon, so those who are curious can compare the two to see if my comparison is correct or not.
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 18h
Also interesting to note that the scene that made me cry is the same type of scene that makes me cry in my own WIP 'In The Valley Of The Wind', a young character struggling to come to terms with the overwhelming reality of someone else's mortality.
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 18h
I was having trouble following each character and strand when they stood alone, but once they crossed over I felt more connected with the story as a whole.
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