David Dalglish

After finishing the Astral Kingdoms, I wanted to write something much smaller, more intimate. Something where the stakes are personal and quiet compared to killing gods. I also wanted to make people cry. VOW OF ASHES, a novella of a dying woman and the vow she demands of her husband, is that book.

At 135 hours, I have beaten Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave. What a game. What a fucking epic amazing game.

Weapons was last night's movie night. Really enjoyed the format and the mystery, as well as the complete commitment to the premise. Forgot to say we watched the original Scream last week, continuing the horror stuff. Honestly, it held up pretty well, though a lot of the stereotypes no longer hold.

Not the top Steam review of Dressmaker making me cry this morning!

This is no hyperbole. So, so many of my author friends adore Dragon Age and Mass Effect (myself included).

Complete and total waste of history, expertise, and memorable franchises. Absolutely infuriating.

Someone saying you can't reject these podcast/book tour emails because you can't 100% know they're AI written must be shocked at how many single women in their area stumbled onto their dating profile and want them to see their photos.

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

Truth so accurate it hurts.

"Collin glared at one of the nearby instructors who was nearby." These are the things you find when editing that make you want to consider a new career.

"She found herself intensely disliking its intensity". Good job, writer David. Excellent work. I see why you're a pro.

"Put fight here" says that lazy asshole David wrote months ago, now I gotta figure out wtf that fight even was.

This is the part that feels like going insane daily. "lol oh no we can't stop our product from doing crimes aren't we cheeky?" FUCKING JAIL FOR THE CEO THEN

I would be EXTREMELY annoyed to discover my PR is "AI"-generated, and as someone bombarded with dozens of "AI"-generated emails daily, I assure you the stink of "AI" is immediately noticable and immediately dismissible. Publishers are not doing their new books any favors in using it.

Tonight's family movie was THE CROW and wow did I not realize how hard this imprinted on me and my writing.

If anyone's doing this to my books - hey good for you, cool, can I see it?

the year is 2030 and i no longer consume anything that isn't personalized to me. every game, every book, every movie extends to the limits of my own imagination and no further. i haven't been surprised in five years. i cry softly, in bewilderment, if i see a word i don't know

Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.

It's done. My 37th novel, a project whose name isn't even revealed yet, is done.

Hrm, I remember seeing a list being shared of a bunch of confirmed no-ai artists and whatnot. Does anyone have a link to that? Trying to buy some decorations for the house and avoiding AI shit on Amazon is getting nightmarish.

(You need to read up the thread if you aren't an Atthis Arts/Emily Bell truther like myself.) what is even happening anymore

Man, the internet is going to become completely unusable if/when Reddit goes under. I can't count the number of tech issues I've solved from there alone.

If there's a power rankings of "people I'd be most terrified to be publicly destroyed by" gotta figure she's up near the top, along with the Menswear guy.

Not me, inventing a specific combat role as a 'Shield' for this new series, and then promptly forgetting to even give the first one the MC meets an actual shield to wield.

Discoverability for new SFF books seems way down these days, especially outside of bestsellers and certain subgenres. I'm noticing this as both a reader and a writer. Great stuff is in danger of sinking without a trace. Please post about new/recent books you love or are excited for!!! I'll start:

absolutely amazing chart

With no Pan's Labyrinth, started off the spooky horror month a little early and watched THE THING. Kiddos were rightfully freaked. Those practical effects are still bonkers.

I played this at school with an awesome teacher who pretended it was educational. We looked up a cheat guide to beat it, though, because once we did, our next up game was Warcraft 2.

Sweet bleeding Mithras y'all, I get being an unhinged Astarion fan, that is one messed up guy, I like him and I don't usually have time for vampires. But you do realize that he's, like, pretend?? And that someone can have a different take on who he is or his story, right?

Why is economic sentiment so low when GDP growth is positive? There’s no reasonable explanation, the only possible conclusion is that people are all just doing a mass hysteria (/s)