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CTPhipps

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Bestselling author of The Supervillainy Saga, Space Academy Dropouts, Straight Outta Fangton, The Bright Falls Mysteries, Lucifer's Star, & Cthulhu Armageddon.

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#vamily #worldofdarkness #vampirethemasquerade #books #urbanfantasy

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It's been hard getting Amazon's unwieldy search engine to show what World of Darkness books have been re-released by Crossroad Press. So, I decided to assemble links to the ones released so far. beforewegoblog.com/world-of-dar... @crossroadpress.bsky.social @lorebynightvtm.bsky.social

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There was a time to talk about replacing Biden. It was called the primary. Now if he's replaced, Trump will win. The people who think otherwise are deluding themselves. Especially when all their candidates say they're refusing to run against Biden. #politics #Biden #election

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The results of my first attempt to do Royal Road and releasing a book as a #webserial instead of a more traditional release. Lords of Dragon Keep seems to be doing well so far. www.royalroad.com/fiction/8933... #fantasy #RoyalRoad #LitRPG #humor

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I hate that they cancelled the SNOW show that was to star Kit Harrington. They claim it was because they didn't have a good story to tell but they could have gotten four seasons just out of discarded ASOIF material like Stoneheart, Val, and Craster's sons.

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My opinion on #HotD Episode 4:

Aegon II: LEERROYYYYY JENKINS

Criston: Oh God, he just ran in there.

#houseofthedragon #gameofthrones

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A lot of people argue about the ending of #curseofstrahd being that he just comes back. For me, the answer of where you come down on this is the argument, "Which is more important: the PCs or the Storyteller?" Is it the story or the PC's story? #dungeonsanddragons

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I don't mind the use of AI for non-profit fan projects and think that's a fine use of them. For example, The Ballad of Strahd is a fantastic story and song. But it's VERY similar to some other metal songs I've listened to.
youtu.be/zcRKMPpsW94?... #AI #Ravenloft #CurseOfStrahd

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The biggest advice I can give any indie author is to not quit, keep your expectations realistic, and also realize that criticism is worthwhile to listen to. The first 1,000,000 words you write will be crap. #writing #indiebooks

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The "one third want Biden to drop out poll" summarizes what's wrong with political discourse on the Left. "So, you want to kick out someone with 2/3rds support and replace them with someone who already has a strike against them with said numbers?"
@davidniallwilson.bsky.social

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Rain has pretty much canceled July 4th celebrations and fireworks around here but we are being treated to something even better: thunderstorms! The original - and still best - Big Noise with Lights in the Sky.

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Accepting reality it's a stupid idea? Because I have literally not even heard of most people they forward to replace him.

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I love FanFiAddict. Great bunch of peeps.

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Trying to get Biden to drop out is a psyop from the Right. If there was a time to replace Biden as the nominee, it was the primary. Also, why is no one trying to get Trump to drop out since he's a rambling basket case?

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My biggest disappointment with the acknowledgement there's not going to be any DLC is the fact we never got to find out what happened to Imoen. Yes, it's her, Imoen. #BaldursGate3

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I mean they'll lose a huge chunk of business.

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Putting all of my unread #Kindle books into an Excel spreadsheet is turning out to be a BIT more complicated than I expected. #TBR #Goodreads

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I've just started writing down all of my unread books into an Excel spreadsheet. So far, it's turning into a massive undertaking. It turns out my eyes are bigger than my literary stomach. #Goodreads #Kindle #books

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I'll wait until multiple news outlets reports on this because the "podcast" breaking of this means that they'll want to be as sensationalistic as possible. The actual admitted facts, though, are pretty terrible. #NeilGaiman

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Hey, the Greek Gods were never territorial! Why can't you pray to both?

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Hey if a Mexican guy wants to worship Poseidon that's his business. My ancestors worshiped the Old Gods and now I venerate the Seven with the rest of the Andals.

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The ones in America claim to be Irish. The ones from Ireland tell them they're Americans.

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What did Rhaenyra intend to offer as terms? She didn't seem to have any counteroffer to the Greens since Alicent asks if she plans to surrender. At least Alicent offered Dragonstone and Driftmark. What did Rhaenyra intend to offer Aegon if he stepped down?

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You are either a Lucy man or a Rebecca man. I'm a Lucy one. :)

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Churchill, Gandhi, Einstein, Poe, Dickens weren't exceptional in their racism either. But that's not what they are remembered for.
The flaws become important because they belong to noteworthy people.
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@ctphipps.bsky.social
You deleted your excellent comment about Lovecraft and I no longer have a place to put this:
He was racist as fuck, but if that was the only thing known about him he wouldn't be remembered at all.
What's another racist New Englander?
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As generally as much as I like Biden, someone needs to tell him that you can call Trump something worse than, "someone with the morals of an alley cat." Biden comes off as almost comically nice like Ned Flanders and that's not really a feeling that resonates these days.

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I mentioned I love how your cats with mustaches look like you. I think you need to do some side by side shots.

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I miss this girl. Bellatrix LeStrange (Trixie) was one of the most photogenic cats ever. Here she is hugging a stuffed cat and napping on my daughter's bed.

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I love Bernie but I'm not going to begrudge Biden is probably the most progressive president in my lifetime. I'm a crazy frothing leftie but the rest of the people voting for Democrats versus fascism...aren't.

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Thoroughly enjoying one of my favourites, Mr David Tennant, being extremely relaxed about saying things which are true.

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Yea, I've done a lot more on the other (older) releases. Alas, I'll be bowing out of WoD5 now and working purely on older material. THE MURDER OF MODIUS on Storyteller's Vault will be my last 5th Edition material.

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I hope you enjoy them! I got to (re)edit the Toreador and Malkavian books for my tiny bit of WOD immortality.

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Yesterday afternoon, I received £135/$171 Vampire: The Dark Ages books, and I am excited and honoured to be able to show them off in such a fashion!

What are they? What's the quality like? Where can I get some?

For those answers and MORE, check out this unboxing video!
youtu.be/SHFYCIo5D5Q

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Just finished my 1st read of the Fallout TTRPG & I like the system so far (it's one thing to like/hate something upon reading THEN trying it) and it definitely gives you a sandbox of Bethesda Fallout for you to play with, for better & for worse. Nothing that can't be fixed with some homebrew (cont.)

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It was a good game but the choice to set it in the Commonwealth specifically with so much detail felt limiting versus a new setting or explanation on how to build your own.

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I'm pleased to say that TALES OF AN ELDRITCH WASTELAND got a #BookBub new release. It'll be coming out on July 23rd and I have to say it's one of my best works. A nice mixture of pulp, horror, and post-apocalypse short stories in the Cthulhu Mythos. www.amazon.com/Tales-Eldrit...

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I'll be putting the first nine chapters up on Royal Road on July 1st. :)

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This is the cover of the #LitRPG adventure that I've started and am going to release as a web-serial. I quite like the art here. My premise is, "guy is dumped into dark fantasy like the Witcher or Dark Souls and games the system." #writing #fantasy #darkfantasy

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If you want to write good #StarWars, here is a suggestion:

"Good Jedi vs. Evil Sith. The heroes are likable, the villains boo hiss."

#writing

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