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Glynn Stewart@glynnstewart.bsky.social |
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Author of Starship's Mage and over 70 other science fiction and fantasy novels.
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Glynn Stewart
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Yeah, that would suck. Thankfully, the floor is sufficiently split to allow for *two* AC units. I just have to rely on the bedroom one to keep the house livable while I play video games!
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Glynn Stewart
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Yup. I think my UPS might have cost more than the portable AC unit XD
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Glynn Stewart
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Welp, my entire office is apparently wired on one circuit. For 98% of things, this is not a problem. With a high end gaming PC and a portable air conditioner, though... Yeah. If I don't turn the AC off when I start gaming, the circuit breaker goes. Oof.
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Glynn Stewart
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I somehow missed the crowd funding campaign for the tenth anniversary edition of the Firefly game. On the one hand, I already have 90% of the game plus expansions. On the other, I have no idea where that is in my basement On the gripping, we have a Firefly game night booked... and see "other"
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Glynn Stewart
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Yay for the return of the daily kitties!
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Glynn Stewart
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I joked about it beforehand, but it's still funny that I went back on medication I can't drink coffee on with: 1 new bag of ground coffee 1 new bag of beans ~40 nespresso pods I got through half the Nespresso order at least!
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Glynn Stewart
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Thread. I'm... moderately sure I'm not being held hostage, I promise XD
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At least one person in the house fully approves of the new plan. Freya does not like her humans going anywhere (poor cat has separation anxiety)
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Glynn Stewart
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Ugh Unfortunately, it looks like we're not going to make WorldCon this year. Too many things going on for us to be able to leave the country for the planned two weeks, basically.
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Glynn Stewart
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*mails Orion a monocle and top hat*
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Glynn Stewart
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I finally found the missing box of dice in my basement. 410 D6es. Why yes, I did play Shadowrun and buy new dice cubes for each character, why do you ask?
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Glynn Stewart
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Running the Dragon AGE TTRPG, which has been on my "want-to-run" list since... uh... well, for as long as it has existed. I have fewer potential players for things than I once did, but one of them is an absolute Dragon Age nerd so I am delighted to hit multiple purposes at once XD
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Glynn Stewart
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Prepping to run my first in-person game in a very, very, VERY long time tomorrow. I've played in person, but I haven't GMed in person since 2020—and haven't GMed this year at all! Lot of printing out bits of the rulebook to give the players as reference. Plus printing the entire adventure for ref
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Glynn Stewart
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Much as I approve of libraries going this way, I end up mourning "library as quiet space" I tried to work in an updated library recently, and there were no quiet spaces at all. Evolution is good, but smaller libraries especially lose the ability to have quiet corners.
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John Bull
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For next time you're feeling awkward at a party, here are some icebreakers.
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Glynn Stewart
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I think it gets misunderstood as "a type of brown" not "has two different colors" a lot.
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Glynn Stewart
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Double checking as both of my editors questioned it, but, yes, hazel eye are what I think they are. (Since I *have* them I was pretty sure, but when two / two folks question the description I do have to check)
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Glynn Stewart
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I've seen it used as shorthand for "we've included all the costs in this project budget", ie, "we've fully costed out the new build" but that's a kind of niche finance use and probably grammatically incorrect No one expects perfect grammar from accountants
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Seanan McGuire
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Just finished DREADNOUGHT by @aprildaniels.bsky.social. What a brilliant barn burner of a book. I'm ordering the second volume immediately, and anxious to do the same with the third.
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Glynn Stewart
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The problem with treating mental health stuff is that the meds take weeks to take proper effect and the side-effects kick in almost immediately. A med that doesn't work can cost me days or weeks of work. So, of course, can *not* treating my brain-meats, so... we try and we hope things get done.
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Glynn Stewart
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Rereading what exists of the book because my brain is being a malarkey-machine. I think I can get into this now. I think.
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This is honestly a better promo for the book than I ever managed.
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Glynn Stewart
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I did it! Made daily wordcount on the new book for the first time. (Starting a book is always hard and my brain has been a nightmare the last little bit)
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Glynn Stewart
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My south-facing window is now covered in paper and there's an ice pack on my fan... I will survive. I just need to also get a bunch of work done...
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Glynn Stewart
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The window AC unit we bought for my office just turned out to have been broken on arrival, too. (Because having every unit run two window AC units is going to be so much better for the transformer than 50 proper household units...) New AC unit coming tomorrow!
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Glynn Stewart
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Well. It is now hot enough that the lack of A/C in the townhouse is a problem. (I've had severe heat stroke several times in the past, which makes me annoyingly vulnerable to it). Unfortunately, the board had an engineering study done which said the complex's transformer can't handle 50 AC units.
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Glynn Stewart
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Oof, stay safe and dry!
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Glynn Stewart
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Male Terzan are the smallest of the three genders (but this is always on a curve) and tend toward jewel tones. Neuter Terzan are mid-sized, tending toward more muted tones, often brown or red. Female Terzan average largest, with black and white patterns. One smaller Mother has very clearly dyed fur
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Glynn Stewart
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The advantage of laying out the sexual tri-morphism of an alien race in chapter two is that I can be subtle in chapter three that one of them is trans. The aliens are ruled by the Mothers, female members of the race who have raised a clutch to adulthood. You'll what note that *doesn't* say.
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Glynn Stewart
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I have been, by any metric, stunningly successful at converting art into money. One form of art, at least. Which means I can't write anything for fun, words are definitely work. And anything else I do I have my brain going "shouldn't you be writing, that's what pays the bills?"
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Glynn Stewart
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I enjoy the game, but it's the kind of game where you reach a point where you must grind to access upgrades or story content (I could pay real money for some, but not all, of the upgrades, but the story content requires significant repeated missions) Fun with friends, but I play solo, so...
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Glynn Stewart
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Well deserved. Congrats!
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Glynn Stewart
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Warframe dropped an update. I redownloaded the game, poked around for a few days, played the new content, now uninstalled the game. It's an odd one, where I absolutely love the game but I'm at a point where engaging in it will require So. Much. Grind. And I don't want to do that to my brain again.
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Glynn Stewart
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Exactly! Freya is a sweetheart who never wants to be far away, but while she'll sleep on my feet at night, she won't stay on my lap. This time, she settled down and went to sleep for almost an hour before I had to move!
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Glynn Stewart
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My phone battery is dying and I need to use the bathroom, but my cat has fallen asleep on my lap for the first time ever and I don't want to move her!
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John Bull
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This
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Glynn Stewart
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I think the displays are about 600 sets. I have 650 in my spreadsheet but the metal sets are elsewhere and there's one advent calendar collection that didn't fit...
The wood displays are from glowcraft.com.au and can still be purchased. The acrylic are a KS from Kakapopotcg that are discontinued.
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Glynn Stewart
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1300 words. Day one of a book that was supposed to be started yesterday (cough, Monday really) but Life and medical appointments have interfered. It'll do, brain-donkey. It'll do.
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Glynn Stewart
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I mean, another option (I'm not sure if the residencies are financially supported somehow?) is to just rent a condo/hotel room in Banff or Canmore. Sit staring at the mountains and write your book. (It's how I finished my last one. My partner looked at me, looked at my deadline, and sent me off :P)
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Glynn Stewart
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Well, when you fly through Calgary on your way to Banff, hit us up for coffee. It will be more productive than trying to beat sense into the CanLit crowd.
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Glynn Stewart
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This is why I basically don't engage with the Canadian writing scene much at all... I attended CanCon once and decided I was happier and more productive writing books XD
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Glynn Stewart
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I have, yes, though I have no idea if pictures of the current array have crossed her feed.
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Glynn Stewart
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Well, I mean, if folks ask for dice pictures....
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Glynn Stewart
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The non-main collection includes the giant bag of D10s for World of Darkness, all of the metal dice, all of the non standard polyhedrals like the Polyhero sets, and my D6 cubes wherever they are XD (A box. In my basement. Among roughly 80 other boxes)
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Glynn Stewart
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Well, the dice reorganization is complete. One advent calendar collection of 24 sets is tucked away and I have an entire chest of duplicates, but the "main collection" is all in drawers with clear fronts of one sort or another.
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Glynn Stewart
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This is so far beyond #firstworldproblems and into #hypernicheproblems that I can't help but be amused at myself XD
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Glynn Stewart
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In theory, the slots subdivide and one of the collections is of smaller sets... except that I was using these displays for larger sets and didn't keep all of the dividers. I subdivided a bunch of other trays while organizing and now I have one divider left. Oof.
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Glynn Stewart
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Well, after a hefty reorganization of my dice collection, I have 18 open display slots. Unfortunately, the two remaining "collections" are of 23 and 24 dice sets respectively... so I'm going to need to split a collection and that is going to take more thought than I have this evening.
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Howard Tayler
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Sandra's book project, STRUCTURING LIFE TO SUPPORT CREATIVITY, is the #5 project this week on Backerkit!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
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Glynn Stewart
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Finished FF7 Rebirth yesterday. It was very definitely a Final Fantasy ending, yup. Good game, though there were definitely moments where I was just *not* ready for another minigame!
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