Dylan Morrison

oh listen, i only recognize the thought in question because it's a regular visitor in my own uh let's go with 'atypically wired' brain. what was i doing at the devil's sacrament etc

sad but not surprised to hear that. creativity is a) vulnerability and b) trying and failing and failing and failing and trying and failing so hard and trying again, sometimes while crying. in a societal moment that meets being seen failing OR trying OR being vulnerable with shame... like. woof. yep

A comic book panel in which Batman is breaking a shotgun in half. The shotgun is labeled "quote dunks," and Batman is saying "THIS is the weapon of the ENEMY. We do not NEED it. We will not USE it."

And Remember: spreading fascist bullshit around to dunk on it is still spreading fascist bullshit around.

the main argument for using AI instead of engaging with the creative process seems to be "if you don't try, you can't fail." oddly, having exactly that same thought about yourself can serve a pretty good sign of depression in progress. i'm sure these two things aren't related at all

i imagine there’s about to be an influx of MAGA chuds spewing their bullshit but i really can’t stress enough that if we don’t give them oxygen, they’ll get bored and leave. block early and often.

Weirdly fun to block the White House

you're right and you should say it. they simply shouldn't make them that fancy, it's a drastic miscalculation of vibe

if you're going to start an awkward convo -- one that risks putting the other party in an uncomfortable position -- it's on you to make sure they're not trapped first. not in a moving car! at their job! mid-MRI! etc. human dignity lives in everyone being able to follow the pictured advice as needed

The decline of third spaces and hangouts, such as malls, video rental places, arcades & skate parks has been a direct result of the rise of convenience and has also been objectively bad for society as a whole. Its not that everyone HAS to socialize, but having no option to without bars is a failing.

car culture sucks shit man, it doesn't have to be this way. we built this country for trains, we can go back.

if you do enjoy RECIPE FOR TROUBLE, please consider leaving a review! in fact, if you read ANY book and enjoy it please consider leaving a review. reviews help authors SO much and it is SO unbelievably awkward to ask for them and one cannot simply roll away into peat bog instead (i checked)

could never have done this without the guidance and support of @hannahbond.bsky.social, the wonderful team at Storm Publishing, & too many loved ones to name, or the approximately 7 cumulative years of my life i have spent watching cooking videos on the world wide web (and so, in a real way, ADHD)

An ereader on top of a cutting board against a green checkered towel. The screen shows the cover of Recipe for Trouble by Dylan Morrison, which features two men cooking against a dark periwinkle background.

A 5-star reader review! 'One of the top non-spicy MM romances I've read over the last year. I loved this book! It warmed my heart.' There's also a small image of the cover of Recipe for Trouble by Dylan Morrison, which features two men cooking against a dark periwinkle background.

A 5-star reader review! 'This book should absolutely be savoured, mouthful by delicious mouthful, but I've never had much restraint and so I just gobbled it right up in two days and I do not regret my life choices.' There's also a small image of the cover of Recipe for Trouble by Dylan Morrison, which features two men cooking against a dark periwinkle background.

A 5-star reader review! 'An utterly compelling, emotionally layered, highly original romance, which manages to be both laugh-out-loud funny and heartache-inducing.' There's also a small image of the cover of Recipe for Trouble by Dylan Morrison, which features two men cooking against a dark periwinkle background.

RECIPE FOR TROUBLE is OUT TODAY! in ebook/audio/print a.co/d/ee50VJW! but you can also find it via bookshop.org, b&n, libro.fm, many places! talking up my own work is not an area of strength! i hope you enjoy my loving queer homage to the golden age of romcoms in this trying time!

Long story short, an actual Nazi doxxing ring. Enough people reported them that they went away for like 12 hours and then Elon personally brought them back. The site is dead. If you’re still on there, go lock your account right now

yay, thank you so so much!!! i hope you enjoy it 💜

thousands of years of oral tradition and communal storytelling across human culture writ large was not a road meant to lead us to the concept of copyright

I already preordered this but this teaser just confirms that it's exactly what i want to read at this point in time! Cackled out loud several times.

A 15 panel comic by artist Tom Gould. It shows a writer typing, thinking "Haha. This is funny." Over the next several panels they begin to experience doubt, thinking "Maybe not hilarious, but funny." And then, "It is sort of funny." And then, "It seemed funny when I thought of it." And then, "Maybe it's not funny." And then, "No, it IS funny." And then, "I'm really very sure it's funny." And then, "Definitely." In the last image we see of the writer, they are sitting pensively and saying nothing, obviously still unsure. In the final panel of the comic, however, we see the reader holding the book and saying simply, "Haha."

thank you so much!! my writing process is best encapsulated by the comic below (haha! 🫠) so it always THRILLS me to hear i have PRODUCED LAUGHS 💜 i hope the rest brings you similar joy!!

"The guy in the video—Pete—is handsome in that relaxed, unin‐ tentional way Ben associates with people who had a great time in high school. There’s something about him that’s almost familiar, and he looks older than Ben, in probably his early thirties. His dark wavy hair, faded tight on the sides and left longer on top, clearly just lies that way, in the sort of easy dishevelment no one can pull o$ when they’re trying. As if all that wasn’t enough, he’s broad shouldered and well muscled—not a full gym rat like Ben some‐ times pulls on Grindr, but de!nitely visibly toned. It’s a look Ben associates with rock climbers, although admittedly that may be situational bias, because he is also wearing the type of T-shirt-with- sleeves-cut-o$ Ben associates with rock climbers. However, the idiot has distinguished himself from the pack by electing to do this to a shirt with Ask Me About Canned Beans scrawled across the front in a gigantic, hideous font. And Pete is, above anything else, an idiot. Sure—he’s a little bit hot. Ben can admit that to himself, here in the safe anonymity of the New York City subway system, where anything could happen and does, every day. Pete is a little bit hot. That doesn’t make it okay that somehow, despite having presumably been a talented enough chef to land one of the coveted, cushy positions as a Gastronome test cook, he has produced what has to be the single worst collection of cooking footage ever created by man. “Hi!” Pete says, waving at the camera, in the !rst take. But he's"

"holding a spoon in his waving hand, and it goes !ying and hits someone nearly out of frame in the back of the head, and they yelp, and someone else o" camera yells “CUT.” With no pause for recovery, it’s the next take, and Pete says, “Hi! I’m Pat,” and then, “Wait, no I’m not,” and then, nervously, like he’s not quite sure it’s the right answer, “Pete? I’m… Pete.” They cut again, and then it’s the hideous take after that, in which Pete holds up a bunch of greens and says, “This is kelp—kelp—KALE. Good God. But could we make it with kelp, do you think? I never thought about kelp— aw, wait, these are collards, actually. Uh. Are we still rolling?” Ben misses his train. It goes whooshing by as Pete very earnestly tells the viewers that he thinks everyone can learn to cook while, next to him, a piece of notebook paper that clearly reads, DEAR PETE, REMEMBER: BUY TARRAGON, TOILET PAPER. NO MORE HOISIN! LOVE PETE inches towards the stove. It catches $re at the same moment Ben realizes that it’s a local 1 train pulling away, and he releases a little gasp of surprised annoyance in the exact moment that Pete does on-screen. That disquieting moment of similarity is enough to get Ben to close the computer. He tells himself he’s not going to open it again until he has his mysterious mixed drink in his hand to dull the pain but only lasts $ve minutes before he $nds himself reaching for the laptop again. An express 2 train chooses that exact moment to turn up, running as always on a secret schedule known only to itself, which is all that saves Ben from spending the next several hours on the platform. Instead, he spends the standing-room-only ride back to his apartment stewing about the video, and how on earth Pete even got a job, and how on earth he, Ben, is supposed to do his job and edit this nightmare into watchable content."

The Recipe for Trouble cover (two men cooking together against a periwinkle background) displayed on an ereader, sitting on top of a cutting board and a green gingham towel. Blue text on a yellow circle to the right of the ereader reads "PRE-ORDER NOW."

TWO! DAYS! TIL BOOK DAY! let me take you away from all this (the stresses and horrors of the dystopian present) to a better place (still full of stresses and horrors, but only for the characters, and with much lower stakes). excerpt so you can give it a vibe check! geni.us/1204-al-aut-am

OK there's my Unhinged Literary Opinion: Pratchett is the greatest humanist/philosophical writer of our era.

yeahhh. a foundational piece of this movement its insistence that trans people are unreliable narrators, even on ourselves. this limits our ability to spread info outside our own circles, however true said info is! if your credibility has not been eroded in this way you gotta pick up the baton

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

it's not FOR us

Katelyn Burns is, in my opinion, one of the most effective writers when it comes to clearly establishing the stakes of our moment in history in easily understood terms, and I'd strongly encourage you to support her work.

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idk if this will be helpful, but might be worth reaching out here? this is a small shop here in ohio that does custom embroidery, they might be able to help! mdxembroidery.com

YES. and as an appreciator of art who uh does better making word pictures lol -- part of what is so amazing and life-affirming about art is knowing a *person* poured time, thought, energy, emotion, and so many CHOICES into the work. a glimpse at another human experience! that's the whole thing!

telling stories, making art: they're release valves for the churning gyre that is a human emotional experience. like, NO, good GOD, of course i don't want to have a machine do that FOR me. you want me to LIVE in here like that? with the gyre ever-churning? horrifying! grotesque! why even say it

all the high level, most senior expert world leading computational linguists whose work i admire as scientists are absolutely united in thinking that ai is bullshit. i just think you should know that

CLUE is, in many ways, one of our best games about how we’d all like any excuse to wander around other people’s houses checking for weird shit.

like just. across the board. setting aside the absurdity of the idea that anyone's self determination is up for 'debate' -- the stuff they monger the fear with just. isn't real. it isn't true. all these points have been roundly disproven time and again. that's enough dream yelling

the whole thing genuinely feels like someone bursting into your house screaming "I HAD A DREAM YOU DID CRIMES!! YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE HEALTHCARE OR BE ABLE TO USE BATHROOMS ANYMORE!!" and then everyone's like "well there are good points on both sides" instead of "ummmmm what???"