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Author, editor, graphic designer & book reviewer. 🏳️‍🌈🇿🇦 linktr.ee/nerinedorman

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Some photos from yesterday's author talk at Tokai Library where Toby and I nattered on about how we wrote over half a million words together.

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There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

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My very big news. I had the incredible privilege of having Storm Constantine as my editor on this before she passed. The first edition got lost in the pandemic and I am so glad to have Mirari Press as my new champion. Read more here: www.miraripress.com/post/the-com...

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For those of you curious about Now Novel's recent survey about the use of AI by writers, here are the results.
www.nownovel.com/downloads/AI...

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I've got a coaching special running. Join me for the six-week Kickstart Your Novel programme via Now Novel and get 20% discount if you use the promo code "NERINE" when you sign up.

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The full stops were trained out of me by a decade of newspaper subbing.

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Attention readers and lovers of speculative fiction, there are some amazing FREE panels at the #Otherworld event where I will be one of the panellists. Come meet the authors and learn more about their craft. RSVP events@exclusivebooks.co.za

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Marius is lovely. I've been editing for him the past year and love the books he contracts.

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Check out Mirari Press. Tell Marius I sent you his way.

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Inquisitor, Herald of Andraste, Knight-Enchanter, Ice Mage, Lyra Trevelyan ❄️ A little Dragon Age fanart, because it's been a long, loooong time :)

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I don't think you'll have read it. It's called The Site Visit. It's on the Amazing Stories website, I'm sure.

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And it was one of those stories I honestly didn't think would hit the mark with anyone - but it was one I wanted to write as it's dear to me.

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I'm pleased to announce that I have a short story included in Amazing Stories: Best of 2023, edited by Lloyd Penney. The, ahem, stellar lineup includes the likes of Paul Saka, Heather N. Santo, Adrian Tchaikovsky, and Norman Spinrad, among others.

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Every “person” you see in this is a job an actor didn’t get. Every “object” you see cost prop masters work. Every “set” you see is a place no crew was paid to work. The machine that made it was trained with stolen images. Fuck this video. Fuck the ghouls who made it. And fuck Toys-R-Us forever.

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Just putting this out here on the off chance that there are some bookish Capetonian folks who'll see this...

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Danie Ware 📚🎲 🇪🇺 💙 ⚜️'s avatar Danie Ware 📚🎲 🇪🇺 💙 ⚜️ @danacea.bsky.social
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I don't want to read something no-one has written.

I don't want to look at something no-one has drawn.

I don't want 'Happy Birthdays' no-one has wished me.

And I don't want this destructive, thieving, soulless nontent sending our power and water usage into ever-more critical levels.

#fuckAI

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From "There are Rivers in the Sky" by Elif Shafak

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A Bietou Tip Concealer (Comostolopsis germana) - pretty sure about ID as we have plenty of bitou bushes growing in our area. #moths

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Quote post a picture of you outdoors. Here I am with my co-author and awesome friend Toby Bennett just before a rather Unfortunate Experience on a ship.

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Here is my interpretation of this adorable caracal and his tiny smilodon companion. I can’t wait for you to meet them both 💖

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A phoenix I painted back in 2015. Ink and watercolour.

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And here we go... I'm revising while typesetting, because evidently I enjoy suffering.

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Took a break from edits to make some art for Monsters 2. It's been a while

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TBH the only thing that has bothered me so far was the fire-extinguishing scene in the vacuum of space. Flames in space? But the rest has entertained me.

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I'm quite enjoying Charles Stross' humour in The Laundry Files.

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I watched episode 1 of The Acolyte last night. I'm enjoying it except for the "fire" with flames that needed to be extinguished. In the vacuum of space... 😫 Then again, we have space wizards with laser swords... So... 🤷‍♀️

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glued a tiny broken garden gnome for the 3 year old neighbor and when i gave it back, she whispered "i missed you, too" into his ear

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Just read that the other day. It was delightful.

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I hate it when something is advertised under what I feel are false pretences - attended a book fair and 3/4 of the books were religious. Very disappointed.

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I had so much fun writing it - a little creative ditty to please myself.

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Doing some much-needed backup today so I can make space on my hard drive. Dear dog, did I really do so much QA work last month?

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Aren't they also related to Thrifty Car Hire? If so, I can sing you a song about how they tried to schnaai us despite the fact that we could prove they were the ones who owed *us* money.

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Oh, that's hard. I'm so sorry for your friend. We have similar issues here - it's always some person's pit bull terrier or other power breed that ends up savaging a little Yorkie or some such. I keep my Malinois leashed unless we're completely alone. She's a great dog but she does sometimes nip.

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Happy lap loaf. ❤️ I love that someone felt the need to capture this moment. Photo from my collection, ca. 1950s.

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So excite. I'm printing some copies of The Serpent's Quest. Toby and I will be having a book birthday soon. Stay tuned.

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There are aspects of my work that don't get tired...like setting print-ready files for my own novels that I've laid out. And yeah, Toby and I are pleased to announce that our first collaborative novel will be seeing a print run sooooon.

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If you walked your dog here in Cape Town's far south peninsula, your dog would also eat baboon poop. In fact, he'd probably roll in it, too. 🫣

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