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Christopher Swann

@swannyauthor.bsky.social

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Teacher, reader, writer, husband, father: five for the price of one. Author of SHADOW OF THE LIONS, A FIRE IN THE NIGHT, and the Faulkner Family Thriller series.

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · Nov 12

To everyone who wants to be a writer: make friends with other writers. Not so you can ask them for blurbs or post that you know last week’s best-selling author or whatever. Do it bc writers are a supportive community and will have your back. #amwriting

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · Sep 20

My newest Substack post! open.substack.com/pub/swannyau...

Why Do We Write?

On failure, joy, and magic

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · Jul 21

On Martin Cruz Smith (1942-2025) and what his writing meant and still means to me. #martincruzsmith #arkadyrenko

Martin Cruz Smith

"One of our best writers, period" (1942-2025)

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · Jun 13

So I made a Substack, “Every Word Is a Win.” And yes, it’s pretty cool over there, too. #1000wordsofsummer #amwriting

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Day 12 of 1000 Words of Summer

Getting stuck and moving on

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · Jun 11

Hey, I did a Substack! (Started a Substack, whatever.)

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Every Word Is a Win

Day 11 of 1000 Words of Summer

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · Jun 9

Day 10: 1382 words so far. And the day isn’t over.

For anyone struggling to get to 1000 words—for two days last week I wrote zero words. Wrote only 61 another day.

Every word is a win.

#1000wordsofsummer

Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · Jun 9

Day 7: 0 words
Day 8: 61 words
Day 9: ~900 words
It's Day 10. Let's do this.
#1000wordsofsummer

Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · Jun 6

Day 6: household chores & repairs came up, so zero words today. Back at it on Day 7. #1000wordsofsummer #amwriting

Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · Jun 5

Day 5: I wrote 1,143 hard-fought words. More to come. #1000wordsofsummer #amwriting

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · Jun 4

Day 4 of #1000wordsofsummer: 620 words, plus research. Thanks for the inspiration, @jamiattenberg.bsky.social. Onward.

Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · Jun 2

1213 words so far on Day 3 of #1000wordsofsummer and I’ve got more coming later.

Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · Jun 2

Day 1: ~700 words
Day 2: 1294 words
Day 3: let's go

#1000wordsofsummer 2025 #crafttalk @jamiattenberg.bsky.social

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · May 14

What I’m reading now. #emilycarpenter #Gothictown

Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · Apr 29

Reading JOYLAND by @stephenking.bsky.social and just read the line “When it comes to the past, everyone writes fiction,” and I said out loud, “Damn, he’s so good.”

Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · Apr 1

Happy Day 1 of National Poetry Month. #nationalpoetrymonth

Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · Mar 24

Anybody else long for the good old days of petty corruption and occasional incompetence instead of (*waves arms*) whatever all THIS is?

Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · Mar 23

Opening doors is better than slamming them shut.
It’s the same with minds.

Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · Mar 6

Afternoon on a beach in Belize. There are far worse fates.

Beach in Belize with kayaks pulled up on the sand

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · Feb 18

I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

Video obtained by CNN shows the rear landing gear of the jet buckling and the right wing shearing away in a fireball after the plane landed hard on the runway.

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · Feb 17

Remember when George W. Bush was the worst president ever?

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · Feb 15

As true today as it was eighty years ago.

I’m tired of living in the Divided States of America. Can we get back to the idea of a United States of America, and a shared understanding of reality? Because that would be swell.

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Watch this US anti fascist educational film from 1945.

YouTube video by MobergsR

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · Feb 5

Stephen Fry shared this joke: “Elon Musk is not a Nazi. Nazis made really good cars.”

Fighting all this will take hard work, courage, and perseverance. But it will also take humor. Thank you, @stephenfry.bsky.social.

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Wendigo Wires 👻 @joparkerbear.bsky.social · Feb 3

This is a good zoomed-out take. Not the full picture, but a massive chunk of it.

Aaron Bartley
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Why are they doing this? What's motiving the techno-feudalists (Musk, Thiel, Vance, Andreessen and their minions) to wreck our country and tank the economy?
I've subjected myself to hours of YouTube interviews and dozens of screeds by the tech overlords and their high priests. They have made no effort to hide their motivations. This is my attempt at a basic synthesis of how they explain their shift from neo-liberals to Trumpists:
1. The techno-feudalists have billions invested in crypto and without a big push from the government and the removal of all regulations, their money will be lost. Crypto has not mainstreamed in the way they expected, both because of Biden-era regulations on speculative investments and because the public just isn't into it. They need the state to manage the transition to crypto.
2. Similarly, they're gravely concerned about the trillions they've invested in Al. Any amount of regulation or constraints by the state is seen as a death-knell. They know that Al has prompted a speculative bubble and they need the state to manage the bubble through subsidies and contracts. They also need the state to aggressively shield the US from Chinese Al technology.
3. Both crypto and Al are burning up the earth. The electricity demands of both Al and crypto are enormous. They need a completely deregulated energy industry and rapid shift away from any climate policy. Even the mention of climate change is a threat to their fortunes.
4. China has caught up faster than they expected in all realms of tech. They need an ultra-protectionist/nationalist regime to keep Chinese technology at bay.
5. Lastly, they resent their employees deeply for the political concerns they've been raising about climate change and DEl. They blame the "radicalizing" influences of elite institutions and want the government to shut these institutions down or reform them heavily.

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · Feb 4

You know, when I was a kid, I wondered what it would have been like to fight fascists like my grandfather did in WWII. Looks like I might get my chance.

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Judyds @judyds.bsky.social · Feb 3

Repost on Blue Sky and Facebook page. Post in comment sections too. Try to post 100 times.

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Christopher Swann @swannyauthor.bsky.social · Feb 3

So, is everything still on fire?

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