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T. M. Shannon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him)
@tmshannonauthor.com
3.2K followers 2.3K following 8.9K posts
Catholic Bisexual living on Cabrogal land with Bipolar 1/ADHD and a penchant for writing, blogging, and gaming

Currently neck deep in the overhaul of Three Ways, catch up with the posts and a short story on my site https://tmshannonauthor.com/
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Well the MC goes to a massage parlor and gets a happy ending...

Oh, you meant the book's ending! Yeah, nah, so not happy

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A meme with text above a picture of an angry black man with short black hair and his teeth bared with the punchline text The meme reads: Author: Don't worry, there's a happy ending. Me: Great! Is it a happy book? Author: I SAID. THERE'S. A. HAPPY. ENDING.
October 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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I'm jumping in with my October 3 answer #writinglifempnthly

I'll spare you the mess that is my space, lots of crap on the right of the laptopto

But here's my writing/gaming buddy, the Lord Humungus from Mad Max 2 aka The Road Warrior

Yes, huge fan

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A photo of the author's writing buddy, a Funko Pop vinyl figurine of The Humungus from the movie Mad Max 2 aka The Road Warrior. The Humungus is a bare chested man wearing bondage straps and a colander- like metal face mask, with cancerous sores on his body. He is introduced in the movie by his herald, "Greetings from The Humungus. The Lord Humungus. The Warrior of the Wasteland. The Ayatollah of Rock'n'Rollah."
October 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Taylor's of 'Arrogate, proper tea from Yorkshire?

Luxury! I never 'ad tea this good as a kid, we had to brew with the same Lipton teabag for 6 years!
A close up of a "cuppa tea", a mug of black tea from Taylor's of Harrogate in Yorkshire as shown on the red tag of the teabag, with the milk a ruddy colour from an extended brewing time
September 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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So this happened

When you get canned for calling out a right wing hater, you know society is fucked

#auspol
#LGBTQIA+
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9 News Australia news still, a picture of TV host Jimmy Kimmel, a man with greying hair and beard in a grey suit jacket, white shirt, and black striped tie, over the headline "Kimmel Show Axed over Kirk Comments" This relates to comments made calling out right wing frontman Charlie Kirk, who was recently murdered, bringing into question the right to free speech - the right seems to be given free reign yet anybody else gets censored or axed
September 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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This was last week after my recovery meeting (a 12-step fellowship based on AA), pecking some words out whilst enjoying a beer

I do good writing outside or in cafes and pubs (bars)

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A photo of the poster's laptop computer with a mechanical keyboard on top, with a glass of brown IPA beer to the left, taken in a pub (hotel) The laptop screen shows the title page and copyright page of the work in progress novel Three Ways, featuring the impossible triangle logo, a vector image of a 3D triangle where the three bent sides appear to fold impossibly into each other
September 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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#NoAI
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A meme reading: Realizing in 20 years I'll probably be saying something like "No son of mine is marrying an AI Chatbot. Marriage is between two humans only" and my kids will be like "Omg dad you're so Robophobic!"
September 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Breakfast of writing champions, a coffee, sausage and egg muffin (with BBQ sauce, legendary!), and that all important hashy

Hoping to get this chapter done, been slow at it given there's raunch incoming

The darling partner will be happy with the end product

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The author's writing breakfast - a flat white coffee in a tall grey green mug sitting on a yellow plate, a sausage and egg muffin and hash brown on a grey plate - and a wooden utensil and napkin caddy
August 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Found this from my search, can't even block

Unknown if locked down, made private, or banned from Bluesky
Screenshot of user @tales-typos profile page, which has either been locked down, made private, or banned from Bluesky after making inflammatory comments about cutting off support for the trans community over their political views of Gavin Newsome
August 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Looks like the account is locked down or has been made private, can't even block, just report
Screenshot of @tales-typos.bsky.social's account showing no image or posts, and no ability to block, which could be an account set to private or the user has been banned This is possibly related to the user's inflammatory posts stating "I used to support the transgender community" but has opted to deny support in relation to political support of Gavin Newsome, who has recently entertained right-wing commentators on his new podcast, and support of anti-trans views of trans athletes in school sports, which is outright banning This and other Democrat members siding with bans has led the trans community to speak against what is seen as unfair, inflammatory, and hateful attitudes
August 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Author Update 🖊️

It happened

After all the times I've mansplained (don't worry, been a while) irony has struck in the form of someone who just had to tell me what success means in wider context with a screenshot

Truly, I have lived

(For me, every day is a success)

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Screenshot of a person's reply to one of my posts mansplaining to me what success is using a screenshot from a dictionary app
August 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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For those spouting "em dashes in novels is AI", here's the nuance, ironically from Google's AI Overview

Spaced em dashes are seen in British English guides, and I'll bet older ones in due need of updating

As an Aussie? We blend UK/US words and styles, so no spaces for my dashes

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Google's AI Overview result on the query "do novels use spaces for em dashes" and typically it's no, unless you're using a British (proper) English style guide Besides that, em dash usage in novels is not a sign of AI - nuance always in the face of bit-part truisms
July 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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First, the guy should know how em dashes work - typically no spaces, with spaced em dashes seen in older British (proper) English style guides

The irony? Google's AI Overview told me this

Nuance as always in the face of bit-part truisms - doubt this guy has seen these older British style guides...
Google's AI Overview response to the query of how to use em dashes in novel writing - and pretty much unless it's an old school British (proper) English style guide, em dashes don't have spaces between words
July 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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So another author with replies/quote reposts disabled (no judgement) posted this and so true

Case in point me last Tuesday, swear I was headed for a mixed manic/depressive/psychotic episode

Left work early, rested, and got back to games to relax and not stress on the rewrite

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An inspirational Quote of the Day by Quill Cassava Elska - "Be sure you make time to relax and have peaceful moments to yourself, otherwise you're bound to go batshit crazy at some point", something the poster experienced last Tuesday
July 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Author Update 🖊️

Just me, a tea, the mess on my desk, and my buddy The Humungus

Going into the #wip, got a good flow going on a chapter, and about to jump time to the pivotal weekend

Send prayers, one scene is gonna hurt like hell

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#AmWriting (glacially)
A picture of the author's laptop and keyboard, tea in a grey cup, a Funko Pop figurine of The Humungus from Mad Max 2 aka The Road Warrior, and accumulated clutter on the desk behind
July 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Can't find the post #LGBTQWriteAThon so I'll post the question flag

I'm hoping to get to the earlier relationship in two weeks to meet my Queer Writing Group promise

But this means going through the outing scene, and with my oomphy rewriting, it's gonna hurt

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The #LGBTQWriteAThon June 30 question "Goals this week/next month", black text on top of the Pride Progress flag, a rainbow flag with the People of Colour/Trans pride flag chevrons, and intersex circle in triangle
June 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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I see everybody using their phones on speaker just like Captain Kirk 36 years after this...
Captain James T Kirk, a brown haired man in an olive tunic with an A-shaped symbol on it, holds a Communicator to speak with his ship the Enterprise in orbit, from the original TV show Star Trek
June 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Welp #WritingCommunity, #WriteSky, #BipolarSky #auspol the Kimikoo bots have fired up, this is my third

But the Thumb of Blocking needs regular exercise, so, onward!
Screenshot of bot now named Lily, my third "Kimikoo" bot of the night (all handles include the word "kimikoo")
June 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Don't forget your alt text for people using screen readers

You can set all photos/gifs to demand you add alt text before you can post, in your Accessibility settings
Screenshot of the Bluesky app Accessibility settings page, with an option to "Require alt text before posting"
June 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Here's the settings page:
The Bluesky app Post Interaction Settings page, allowing you to block replies/quote reposts for you safety and/or sanity
June 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Alright #WritingCommunity, #WriteSky #BookSky I'm going in - having only read excerpts in Year 5

Given the times, we should all be reading Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl, and I hope to all that's good that people don't have to resort to hiding in a Secret Annex
An excerpt from Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, a Dutch Jewish girl who hid with family and others from the Nazi persecution until betrayed The text: "I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support"
June 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Subscribe wall? Really?
Daily Maverick "subscribe wall" preventing access to the article if you don't sign up
June 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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So #ComJunity my writing/gaming buddy is none other than The Humungus

The Lord Humungus

The Warrior of the Wasteland

The Ayatollah of Rock'n'Rollah

(Yeah bit of a fan - the only Ford cars I'll be caught dead in are a Mustang, or the Interceptor)
A Pop Funk vinyl figurine of the Lord Humungus from Mad Max 2 aka The Road Warrior, a man wearing a scant leather harness, a metal facemask, with cancerous wounds on his arms and legs
June 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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So #WritingCommunity, my manuscript assessor said I have to read more

I finally found the book to read, rescued from behind the charity bins at work where it was carelessly dumped - The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

A little dogged and stained but pertinent reading for these repeated times
The Definitive Edition of "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank, a Jewish teenager who hid with family from the Nazi Regime until betrayed, and died in a Nazi death camp after capture
June 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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I replied to him on appropriate terms for his nonsense and got tagged as *rude* lmao

Meanwhile the +1 Thumb of Blocking has been rightfully engaged
The reply to JD Vance, "Piss off you Luddite hater" tagged as Rude by Bluesky Yes, I'm miffed, too
June 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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So people are so stupid they can't google?

This took me longer to screenshot than to search

Common sense is truly extinct
A screenshot of a Google AI Overview explaining the difference between "use by" date and "best before" date
June 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM