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Philip Brewer
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Writer. Dog-walker. Sword fighter. Someone who spends way too much time thinking about exercise, fitness, sleeping well, etc.
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I have a new #sword and it's a very special one. A unique model of Fechtschwert closely reconstructed from the measurements of a XVIth century original kept in Rome, according to a design by Mehdi Cruchade.
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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in unrelated news, who's ready for a general strike?
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Curtiss escorted Serena back to the Grand Hotel. At the door to the hotel, he drew in his breath to say his goodbyes, but she put her hand on his arm.
"Just a moment of your time, Milord." She went the counter and got her key, then returned to the staircase. (1/3) #wss366
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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It's true, you know. Ashley is the puptastickest of all possible puppers.

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2025-11-07 11:50
"How's my pupper? Are you puptastic? I bet you are! There's no pupper puptasticker than you! You're the puptastickest!"
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November 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Revin's Heart is in good company at the Jones Library!
Revin's Heart is next to a Mercy Thompson book at the library
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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"It's so sad that there are so many people--that entire CETA work crew, for example--who don't know that there is work worth doing."

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2025-11-06 6:04
"... for workers under 25, mental health is now so poor that they are generally as unhappy as their unemployed counterparts..." Source: NYT This may be more widespread, but it's not new. For example,...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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One way to write an exciting novel is to have a hero trying to achieve great things.

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#nanowrimo #nano2
A hero trying to achieve great things
One of the flaws of my fiction writing is that my heroes tend to be quiet people, eking out a meager existence during hard times. This is largely due to my perspective on the future, which is that har...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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This only succeeded in alienating their base. I hope a take-away lesson of Mamdani is that you appeal to your base by championing their issues and not by triangulating to avoid offending the rich. #uspol
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Since Clinton (and Citizens United) Democrats have positioned themselves as Republican-lite, in order to get the big money from the rich that they believe they need to compete with Republicans. #uspol
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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The full weight of western capitalism is about to laser focus on NYC. The robber barons failed to win and will panic. They will sabotage NYC because the system cannot allow Mamdani's term to be successful. They cannot allow people to believe things can be better. Your job now is to hold the line.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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The bar is pretty low for getting "enough" exercise to make you healthier.

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Setting the bar (for exercise) low
I walk a lot. Because I have a dog, and want to be sure my dog gets the exercise it needs, I take a truly inordinate number of steps per day. (Wait just a moment while I check my Fitbit...) Last week ...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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On November 22, 2025, from 12-2pm, I'll be with the Straw Dog Writers Guild at the Northampton Book Fair! stevendbrewer.com/straw-dog-no...
Straw Dog Northampton Book Fair Appearance - Steven D. BREWER
The Straw Dog Writers Guild has secured two tables at the Northampton Antiquarian Book, Ephemera, and Book Arts Fair on November 21 and 22, 2025 for authors to display and sell books! Roughly twenty a...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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I got in one good morning writing session. Then things happened.

At least, one of them was sword fighting.

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Sword fighting training not so good for writing
Sundays are the day I still manage to do some HEMA training. I used to go three times a week, but had to cut way back after I hurt my elbow. Now it's just Sundays, because Sunday is the day my group d...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Especially if you're a SFWA member, check out the link I mention here. There's some cool stuff happening!

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SFWA Worlds of Giving
Invited by my brother (SFWA's board secretary), I just attended the kick-off meeting for SFWA's Winter Worlds of Giving. If you're a writer, and especially if you're a SFWA member, check out that ...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Zines and Solarpunk, together again! @alphistia.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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First day of NaNo 2.0
I got in a very good morning writing session today, starting pretty much right after second dog walk. By late morning I'd topped 1200 words. I took a break then and paused to do some on-line chatting ...
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November 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Let me just say that I loathe the end of daylight saving time with a fiery passion exceeded only by my loathing for the beginning of daylight saving time.

#daylightsaving
November 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Daily gratitude:

1. Glad I’m not planning to fly anywhere anytime soon.
2. Glad I’m not on food stamps.
3. Glad I’m not on Obamacare any more.*
4. Glad I don’t travel by boat in the Caribbean.
October 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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maybe i'm crazy but I think we should build a society where you can buy yourself a treat once a week without financial ruin
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“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”

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Why are young people spending so much money?
October 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Going for a run with Ashley!

Content warnings: Fitness metrics, a picture of a snake, and no picture of me or Ashley.

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Halloween run, with a dog
Ashley seems to enjoy going for a run, and she's a pretty good running companion. She does want to stop and sniff rather more often than I do, and she wants to stop and pee occasionally, which does ma...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Got some writing in late yesterday. Hopefully there'll be more time for it today—and time for some serious plotting.

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#nanowrimo #nano2

Oh, and the post includes a picture of a dog.
Late start, but some writing
I was busy most of the day. In the morning I took Jackie to her (last!) physical therapy appointment, and in the afternoon I had my usual Thursday visit with some former co-workers. But in the early e...
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October 31, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Trying to get into the swing of writing updates on my writing in November.

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Late start, but some writing
I was busy most of the day. In the morning I took Jackie to her (last!) physical therapy appointment, and in the afternoon I had my usual Thursday visit with some former co-workers. But in the early e...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Today I took a stab at following the daily routine I'm hoping to use to spend the month of November writing a novel.

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#nanowrimo #Nano2
Trial run
Today was something of a trial run at what I'm hoping to do during NaNo 2.0. I did first dog walk, ate breakfast, and did second dog walk. Then I sat down and banged out a few hundred words on my new ...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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I have a lot of new stuff coming up for November! stevendbrewer.com/new-for-nove...
New for November - Steven D. BREWER
Etymologically, November was originally the ninth month of the year before the Romans messed everything up by adding January and February. But nov- is also the root for "new" in Esperanto, so let's go...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Getting back to using my walks for figuring out how my story ought to go. Even dog walks.

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#nanowrimo #NaNo2 #dogsofmastodon
Writing and outlining. And walking.
I've started generating prose for my NaNo 2.0 story, despite the fact that starting early is supposed to be against the rules. I figure it's okay because I'm not really trying to write the story ye...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM