Bryon Quertermous

I forgot I had a paper due in my Shakespeare class until the
night before, so I went to my memory and wrote a brilliant one comparing The Simpsons version of Hamlet to Mel Gibson’s and the prof loved it.

YES! he was brilliant and I loved Rose’s growth. Scott Frank is one of those writers I just always trust

Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime

Since @bookshop.org is offering free shipping through the end of the day why not pre-order my book and save a few coins?

Good tools reinforce flow.

I have this typed out and taped on my desk.

Writing pad and fountain pen in a brown leather portfolio on a diner booth table.

Writing longhand in a restaurant the way god and David Mamet (before he went batshit) intended. I’m using a nice writing pad as @johnrogers.bsky.social intends instead of my cheap legal pads as well.

-Take long walks
-Read long books
-Get a therapist
-Watch long movies in cinemas
-Take long naps
-Drive with the radio off
-Write a letter to someone you love and mail it
-Write a letter to someone you hate and burn it
-Eat a good meal and let the chef pick what you eat

Congrats. I got to play the game for the first time this weekend!

I just started Murder in a Small Town, which is on Fox of all places with only 8 episode seasons. So far I’m digging it. I’ve also been watching the five Agatha Christie movies (limited series?) Sarah Phelps did on BritBox and enjoying most of them.

A Powerhouse Writer Found One Word to Change the Debate About Tech

Delighted that Cory is having a moment with "Enshittification," because it's an accurate word for what's happening in tech and he's the right person to describe it.

(Gift link)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...

It‘s all the subtle clues from years of following @mdbell79.bsky.social The same thing happened to me. There’s something about the intensity of clenched fists and feet hitting the ground and the sweating that make me forget the world and literally force the stress from my body.

Selfie of a middle aged man in a car.

The weather is gorgeous out, my meds are working right, I look good and feel good, so I wanted to document it.

Elden Ring is an absolutely gorgeous game with a decent story, but Horizon Zero Dawn is beautiful as well and so much fun to play (robot dinosaur fighting!) and the story is heartbreaking and brilliant and a little too close to home these days.

FYI, just signed up for a Daggerheart demo session next month, so that’s exciting!

Share the last 4 TTRPGs you played and expose your gaming habits: DnD 5e
DnD 5e (2024)
Shadowdark
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I obviously need to play more, but finding new games is hard. I was lucky someone from my DnD group wanted to run a Shadowdark campaign.

I just for some new stationary specifically for fountain pen notes. I already have a robust collection of stationary for typewriter letters. I am a full on @rachsyme.bsky.social disciple.

Congrats!

You’d certainly recognize it from getting it repeatedly in your stocking

All this time and you end up with this is all you can come up with? You’re really trying to get us steamed aren’t you?

Well compared to you…

I fly with weapons of mass derision

Says Sarah who has probably been up since dawn.

The option of a healthy and mature conversation left the station when I jumped in.

But I know you like to fly solo in your puns Dave so I won’t railroad you in to anything.

Extra credit it you can add an automobile pun.

Book cover of From the Dust by David Stinson

I’ve been a big @dswinson.bsky.social fan from way back and love his mix of Pelecanos and Michael Connelly style, but this one is more rural and small town but just as great.

Let us turn off reposts for individual people. PLEASE!

No problem. Glad we’re getting another book in the series.

This is a fantastic book and I have to imagine the audio version hits even harder.

That was the last time it felt truly social. I was meeting new people regularly and deepening relationships with older friends and finding weird and random rabbit holes that almost always led to story or novel ideas. RIP