Brandie Tarvin
@wannabewriter06.bsky.social
(she/her) Writer, DBA, Editor, and all around strange person. SFWA / HWA / IAMTW Member. Recent Pubs include Shadowrun: R.A.T.S. Tales!
I'm having one of those days that I want to shave my head bald because my hair is giving me a migraine.
I hate days like this.
I hate days like this.
November 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I'm having one of those days that I want to shave my head bald because my hair is giving me a migraine.
I hate days like this.
I hate days like this.
Civil disobedience.
October 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Civil disobedience.
Welcome to the new scary. #security #AIhttps://maxproton.co.uk/blog/LLM_Vulnerability_lifecycle.html
October 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Welcome to the new scary. #security #AIhttps://maxproton.co.uk/blog/LLM_Vulnerability_lifecycle.html
For those interested in what property taxes in Florida have been doing in a not-quite-hot market (I.E., not Orlando, Tampa, Miami, etc.) This is what we've had to put up with. That's without homesteader exemption.
October 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
For those interested in what property taxes in Florida have been doing in a not-quite-hot market (I.E., not Orlando, Tampa, Miami, etc.) This is what we've had to put up with. That's without homesteader exemption.
Working for a company w/ International employees, I need to know where people are to schedule meetings. But "where are you from" is such a fraught question given the implicit racism in it. Then I realized there was an easier way to get what I need without giving offense. "What time zone are you in?"
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Working for a company w/ International employees, I need to know where people are to schedule meetings. But "where are you from" is such a fraught question given the implicit racism in it. Then I realized there was an easier way to get what I need without giving offense. "What time zone are you in?"
Everyone knows the whole Jimmy Kimmel / Steven Colbert firings are all about getting network mergers approved by Shrump's disciples, right?
September 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Everyone knows the whole Jimmy Kimmel / Steven Colbert firings are all about getting network mergers approved by Shrump's disciples, right?
Went to Academy Sports a bit back and asked for a youth short bow. Salesperson pointed me to rack of compound bows. No. I want regular bow, 1 string. SP pointed me to recurve. No. I want ordinary bow. SP points to different colored bow behind counter. "We have them here, look at other aisle."
September 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Went to Academy Sports a bit back and asked for a youth short bow. Salesperson pointed me to rack of compound bows. No. I want regular bow, 1 string. SP pointed me to recurve. No. I want ordinary bow. SP points to different colored bow behind counter. "We have them here, look at other aisle."
Just saw a van with Destiny Prep Academy as the name and a phoenix as the logo and suddenly I want to write this magic academy story but I don't want the real DPA to get upset and sue me.
😅
😅
September 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Just saw a van with Destiny Prep Academy as the name and a phoenix as the logo and suddenly I want to write this magic academy story but I don't want the real DPA to get upset and sue me.
😅
😅
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Interesting item about the whole "mortgage fraud" business striking politicians right now. It's not just them. When I bought a house for my parents, the mortgage company tried to push me into declaring it a primary residence for better interest rate. I refused exactly bcuz I worried about legality.
August 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Interesting item about the whole "mortgage fraud" business striking politicians right now. It's not just them. When I bought a house for my parents, the mortgage company tried to push me into declaring it a primary residence for better interest rate. I refused exactly bcuz I worried about legality.
OMG. My kid is finally into Greek mythology after years of trying to interest him. We finally found the book that he couldn't put down.
#parenting #happy
#parenting #happy
August 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
OMG. My kid is finally into Greek mythology after years of trying to interest him. We finally found the book that he couldn't put down.
#parenting #happy
#parenting #happy
I've spent years trying to get my third sale at pro rates to upgrade to a full #SFWA membership. After selling R.A.T.S. Tales! I found @sfwa.bsky.social's membership requirements have changed. It's no longer specific cents per word, but $1000 in sales. In 3 stories, I'm at $1075. WHOO!
August 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I've spent years trying to get my third sale at pro rates to upgrade to a full #SFWA membership. After selling R.A.T.S. Tales! I found @sfwa.bsky.social's membership requirements have changed. It's no longer specific cents per word, but $1000 in sales. In 3 stories, I'm at $1075. WHOO!
I'm published again! WHOO HOO! #Shadowrun #WriteSky Free fiction. Check it out! store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/sha...
Shadowrun: R.A.T.S.Tales! (A Shadowrun Short Story) by Brandie Tarvin
A LEGEND UNCOVERED… Roger Soaring Owl is just that, a legend among legends. Thought long dead, he was recently discovered commanding the Recon and Advance Tactical Strikeforce during the Shadow War ag...
store.catalystgamelabs.com
August 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I'm published again! WHOO HOO! #Shadowrun #WriteSky Free fiction. Check it out! store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/sha...
YAY! The contract is back. Signed and everything.
Sometime this month, I shall have a new #Shadowrun story published.
Details to come!
Sometime this month, I shall have a new #Shadowrun story published.
Details to come!
August 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
YAY! The contract is back. Signed and everything.
Sometime this month, I shall have a new #Shadowrun story published.
Details to come!
Sometime this month, I shall have a new #Shadowrun story published.
Details to come!
Hello, my peeps. If you are a #writer or #creative, become a part of a class action lawsuit!
#SFWA @sfwa.bsky.social FYI
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
#SFWA @sfwa.bsky.social FYI
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified
Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.
arstechnica.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Hello, my peeps. If you are a #writer or #creative, become a part of a class action lawsuit!
#SFWA @sfwa.bsky.social FYI
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
#SFWA @sfwa.bsky.social FYI
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Horoscopes on @theonion.com are a riot. I really need to incorporate stuff like this on my #writing. 😸
July 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Horoscopes on @theonion.com are a riot. I really need to incorporate stuff like this on my #writing. 😸
Just spent several hours yesterday and today writing up my story bible. Even if the other property writers don't use anything I created, I will have something other than incomplete sentences to base future stories off of if I'm allowed to play more in this sandbox. #Writing #WriteSky
July 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
To log into account A, I need a MFA that is sent to account B, which in turn needs an MFA, if I'm lucky, from account C and NOT account A. Because if I set it up wrong and B uses A and A uses B... I'm never going to be able to log into my accounts ever again.
😬😅😂😬
#TechTroubles #MFA #Security
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#TechTroubles #MFA #Security
July 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
To log into account A, I need a MFA that is sent to account B, which in turn needs an MFA, if I'm lucky, from account C and NOT account A. Because if I set it up wrong and B uses A and A uses B... I'm never going to be able to log into my accounts ever again.
😬😅😂😬
#TechTroubles #MFA #Security
😬😅😂😬
#TechTroubles #MFA #Security
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WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
July 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Finally watched #Spiderman No Way Home this week (first time seeing it) and walked away gutted. Thoroughly, completely flattened by the ending.
Yeah, I liked it. I can see all the heart string moments from prev movies coming together to rip it out. Need to adapt this technique for my own #writing.
Yeah, I liked it. I can see all the heart string moments from prev movies coming together to rip it out. Need to adapt this technique for my own #writing.
July 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Finally watched #Spiderman No Way Home this week (first time seeing it) and walked away gutted. Thoroughly, completely flattened by the ending.
Yeah, I liked it. I can see all the heart string moments from prev movies coming together to rip it out. Need to adapt this technique for my own #writing.
Yeah, I liked it. I can see all the heart string moments from prev movies coming together to rip it out. Need to adapt this technique for my own #writing.
This nonsense gets better and better. A Jacksonville FL company hired by Florida in 2022 to manage disaster relief and some medical consulting is being paid more than their previous 44 contracts combined to supply a work force for this camp. With no known experience of maintaining such a thing.
FL Dems just dropped the No Cages in the Everglades Act to shut down the “Alligator Alcatraz” internment camp.
It's built on the edge of a protected preserve.
Detainees report no clean water, medical care, or legal access.
🔥 43,000+ have signed the petition to close it.
⏸️ to read.
#OnYourSide
It's built on the edge of a protected preserve.
Detainees report no clean water, medical care, or legal access.
🔥 43,000+ have signed the petition to close it.
⏸️ to read.
#OnYourSide
July 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This nonsense gets better and better. A Jacksonville FL company hired by Florida in 2022 to manage disaster relief and some medical consulting is being paid more than their previous 44 contracts combined to supply a work force for this camp. With no known experience of maintaining such a thing.
THIS!!!
July 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
THIS!!!
Here's a funny.
I asked a fellow media tie-in writers for a description of character X.
Nearly all of them pointed me back to my own story from 10 yrs ago not realizing I was the one who wrote it and it doesn't answer my question. 🤣
Hey! I'm a definitive source now. 😂 #writeSky #SpecFic
I asked a fellow media tie-in writers for a description of character X.
Nearly all of them pointed me back to my own story from 10 yrs ago not realizing I was the one who wrote it and it doesn't answer my question. 🤣
Hey! I'm a definitive source now. 😂 #writeSky #SpecFic
July 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM