Brandon Koeller
@bkoeller.bsky.social
I make Security Products. Aspiring sci-fi writer, Seattle transplant, lover of words and ideas and scotch.
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
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Thufir Hawat at the grocery store: "I was supposed to get .." (eyes go white) "..goldfish crackers"
October 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Thufir Hawat at the grocery store: "I was supposed to get .." (eyes go white) "..goldfish crackers"
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Paul Atreides in a trance, simultaneously savoring the genetic memory of every single Dorito eaten by humanity’s ancestors
January 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Paul Atreides in a trance, simultaneously savoring the genetic memory of every single Dorito eaten by humanity’s ancestors
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Right so after several recent incidents at work it seems like it's time to tap the sign again:
Never apologize to me when your cat crashes a video call.
Your cat is perfect.
I understand that the begging for attention is not charming to you but it is to me and I wish to see your cat.
Thank you.
Never apologize to me when your cat crashes a video call.
Your cat is perfect.
I understand that the begging for attention is not charming to you but it is to me and I wish to see your cat.
Thank you.
December 10, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Right so after several recent incidents at work it seems like it's time to tap the sign again:
Never apologize to me when your cat crashes a video call.
Your cat is perfect.
I understand that the begging for attention is not charming to you but it is to me and I wish to see your cat.
Thank you.
Never apologize to me when your cat crashes a video call.
Your cat is perfect.
I understand that the begging for attention is not charming to you but it is to me and I wish to see your cat.
Thank you.
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The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.
December 3, 2024 at 4:05 PM
The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.
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Six decades later, Star Trek may still be the only franchise based on the ideas that diversity is strength, justice is the measure of civilization, bounty is to be shared, peace is worth the price, and all these things can be achieved.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
November 29, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Six decades later, Star Trek may still be the only franchise based on the ideas that diversity is strength, justice is the measure of civilization, bounty is to be shared, peace is worth the price, and all these things can be achieved.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #50,926!
September 17, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #50,926!
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Another data point: I ditched the former Twitter mid-November, did no messaging/marketing there at all, and still had the most profitable holiday sales run I've ever had, and this first quarter is (so far) looking pretty great too. I haven't been back and won't be back. Turns out I don't need it.
a word for anybody who's still on twitter. I just played 4 sold out shows. I RT'd my management's posts about them once or twice but that's it. I don't even look over there any more. now I know I have 20+ years building tMG so that's true. but. if you wanna bail on bird app, there's a data point.
March 6, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Another data point: I ditched the former Twitter mid-November, did no messaging/marketing there at all, and still had the most profitable holiday sales run I've ever had, and this first quarter is (so far) looking pretty great too. I haven't been back and won't be back. Turns out I don't need it.
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If you want there to be F&SF fiction mags, we need to do something now, while Amazon is removing their support. Check out one mag's website today and support them, if you have the means. Or just RT this if you can't, because the situation is pretty dire.
October 3, 2023 at 1:32 PM
If you want there to be F&SF fiction mags, we need to do something now, while Amazon is removing their support. Check out one mag's website today and support them, if you have the means. Or just RT this if you can't, because the situation is pretty dire.
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Question: When you say you love salty snacks, is it really the salt you love, or is it, as I think we must all truthfully confess, the monosodium glutamate that you love? There is no wrong answer, except the one where you try to say it's the salt, not the MSG.
June 4, 2023 at 4:19 PM
Question: When you say you love salty snacks, is it really the salt you love, or is it, as I think we must all truthfully confess, the monosodium glutamate that you love? There is no wrong answer, except the one where you try to say it's the salt, not the MSG.
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On the list of things I do not want to experience in virtual reality I would definitely include smell. Hard no to virtual smell.
May 5, 2023 at 7:55 PM
On the list of things I do not want to experience in virtual reality I would definitely include smell. Hard no to virtual smell.