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David Niall Wilson

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Author, Publisher, some awards, USA Today bestseller. Wrangler of 12 cats & chinchilla, ex-Prez HWA, trivia not fact checked. Way left. Husband & father, I'm Crossroad Press! ALT Banner: Nanbootz the Persian Cat in a Cubs T-shirt Glaring at you.


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I can see where he was going with his post, but mostly it's off target because he assumes people are only posting things like "Trump is a Liar" and that none of us have actual lives Social Media can impact. Rookie error :)

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Okay... from a 30 plus year IT manager... pass on what I said before they brick it :)

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Is that a yes?

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Did it work?

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Passed Chapter Twenty on the novel revision. Fixed more issues. I feel locked in, and when things aren't right, this time I notice. The notes are helping a lot, as well. Some of my best writing in years is in this book so I have to fix it. The Cubs won. Steele pitched all 9 innings. Sam approves.

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"You have a broken puzzle, a paint-by-number with half the numbers gray. With a paint-by-number, if you try very hard, you can guess at what some of the missing shades and hues must have been, but what you come out with is either less than, or more than the truth.” - From WIP

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That felt like karma... all those times he lefta quality start and lost...then that last game when he yelled at them all and they won (lol). Now this.

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Connections Puzzle #390 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪

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Also no surprise that Sinema and Manchin are in a photo where they pretend to be Democrats.

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Also (not interesting or surprising) all these powerful sources and Democrats aren't named. WAPO is trying to become NYT lite.

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I hope it works. It has for us on multiple models.

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I'm going to suggest something that works for no reason that I understand, but has worked a lot. HOld down the power button for AT LEAST two minutes solid. Then give it a second and hit the power again.

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No assumptions on my part, just saying I remember how cool that seemed ... every horror writer with big bleeding letters...

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Is it (by chance) an HP?

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I remember when that web in the article was amazing those of us who were there pre-websites. Like the GEnie bulletin board system.

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FFS

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Submitted a new story to a major online market. No expectations - it's a good solid story, but no idea what they will think. Reader responses were good. Was fun to write and will find a home at some point. Why not now? (lol). Here is a cat. Telly was watching the scanner suck a book into the cloud.

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It's coming... the eBook is currently discounted to $2.99 and if you pre-order from the publisher the paperback, normally $12.99 is only $10.99. Reviews say "The Mindfuck Award of the year goes to this book." "When You Leave I Disappear is a nuanced nested doll of a novella..."

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The only thing I know about current UK politics is that the good guys seem to be about to win. Watching posts flash by is much like when my European buddies start talking "futball" with slang. I've mostly figure dout Cricket, played soccer for years. Still can't follow them.

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My son brought me my Father's Day gift... SLOVAKIAN Whisky. Hit & Run - Nestville 9 yr blended. It's got a great boquet, hints of cinammon and honey, and tastes like expensive bourbon. Weird, but very cool and the bottle! A baseball bat!

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That guy is a troll

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Not sure who needs to hear this, but I'm 64. I can still run ten miles. If I had to "Potus" all day and then do events at night I would be fucking exhausted. Keeping the schedule saner isn't an issue...

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It is. I wouldn't share it because that's what they want, but absolutely ... it's a dick move.

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My review of Bad Weather Friend by Dean Koontz (audiobook) is live at Goodreads.

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Lol... sorry but at first glance I thought the thumbnail was a butt with bikini lines on it (the nail).

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I blocked that guy. It's a troll account with nothing behind it and only posting anti-Biden posts and parroting the NYT so no loss.

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This is the second guy whose entire timeline is BIDEN HAS TO STEP DOWN - both with avatars wearing a sailor hat and no names attached - I blocked so I can't show you but... @nihilism.bsky.social

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Please quit posting that very low participation nothingburger of a poll - it has no meaning other than the NYT wants this to happen, and you are the second I have idea who you are sailor cap guy I've seen posting this over and over.

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Today (despite the heat) I ran 3.3 or so miles. I found a bolt beside the road and named it Usain Bolt, so I ran a couple of miles with Usain Bolt... found a spoon to keep with the garage cats food so I don't lose any more of Trish's. #foundoutrunning #foundbyroad

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Surprising literally no one... the governors who visited the White House are still supporting their nominee, the President has had a checkup since the debate and his health is fine, and The NYT can fuck straight off. It's not optimal, but no worse than it was before the debate. Happy 4th...

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I didn't include a cat so that the link woulid show, but Crowley judges you all that it has only two likes and no shares, mostly becuase there is no cat... He is disgruntled. (You can see where the gruntle was dislodged beneath his left eye).
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Reviews have started coming in. I told you all you don't want to miss this one (even if I'm the author it's okay to listen to me) . Someone now needs to make me this "Mind Fuck of the Year" award so I can have it :)

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Payments stage 1 done for authors. Novel revised to just under 20k words, 18 chapters. Starting to get to the weird part now where it's always seemed off before. There are a number of victims and they have to be kept straight. We'll see. Nightly note - resist. Don't let it eat your life.

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I have review codes for the audio and I have review copies OF the eBook... remind me in DM what the e-mail is again?

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Have you read Jurassic Ark? (Unfortunate title, it turns out, but...)

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He memorized all traffic patterns for a major city and in his head designed a means of tracking the patterns that could be used to solve issues. Entire mass-transit schedules. Several languages in almost no time at all... and made up his own complete with grammar.

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There are plenty of instances of apparent eidetic memory, but yeah, it's nothing like the TV version. Some obviously is a mental ability to use a memory technique, but we published this. This guy ... very close? William James Sidis. His recall was incredible.

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#HorrorWritersChat I mentioned this in a comment elsewhere, but, eidetic memory means you can memorize something, like a math book. You can solve equations you remember. It does not (like on TV) mean you can process a new equation you have never seen.

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#HorrorWritersChat - When Monica Velazquez was a girl, her mother thought the eidetic memory was evil. She found her putting a puzzle together starting at a random piece and flung the pieces, then took a handful. Monica put it together (including the blank spaces) with what was left.

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One of the TV tropes about photographic memory is that it makes people able to do everything. My character for instance comments several times about this. She could picture something on canvas exactly as she wanted it and not paint it. She could do formulas from books but not solve original ones.

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#Horrorwriterschat I'm going to add something. In TATTERED REMNANTS the main character is a Latina Detective with an eidetic memory. It becomes clear in the course of the book that this is as much a disability as an ability. She can't forget anything, good, bad, traumatizing...

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#HorrorWritersChat

Ash(ley) from Egregore deals with severe Major Depressive Disorder, which becomes a huge part of her story in ways I cannot spoil.

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