Danie Ware
@danacea.bsky.social
#Author Titan, Black Library, Aconyte, Rebellion. #Bookseller. 20yrs specialist pop culture marketing, events and PR. Ex-reenactor, #ttrpg gamer, likes cats, #NOAI. Views my own.
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Danie Ware
@danacea.bsky.social
· Oct 20
Lugan Vision Quest: Book One of the Ecko Legacy series
Lugan Vision Quest: Book One of the Ecko Legacy series eBook : Ware, Danie : Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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No cozy
No cutesy
No romantasy
Just one old biker
A fuckload of psychotropics
And a derelict fantasy world, lost to madness
www.amazon.co.uk/Lugan-Vision...
No cutesy
No romantasy
Just one old biker
A fuckload of psychotropics
And a derelict fantasy world, lost to madness
www.amazon.co.uk/Lugan-Vision...
Today was not a good time to lose a filling 😡
December 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Today was not a good time to lose a filling 😡
Reposted by Danie Ware
This letter pretends it is reasonable and obvious but ultimately is an attempt to excuse a dozen or more ways of letting anti-human, pro-techlord, environment-destroying septic AI into our industry, organizations and processes. But there just isn’t an ethical use of generative AI, full stop.
Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community on AI
file770.com/erin-underwo...
Erin's core thesis is "There are responsible ways to use AI that support creators without replacing creative labor."
file770.com/erin-underwo...
Erin's core thesis is "There are responsible ways to use AI that support creators without replacing creative labor."
Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community
Hi Friends, Erin Underwood After writing the letter below, I thought rather than sending it to SFWA only, I’d share it with Mike at File 770 along with a note that read: “Am I crazy? Will this blow…
file770.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This letter pretends it is reasonable and obvious but ultimately is an attempt to excuse a dozen or more ways of letting anti-human, pro-techlord, environment-destroying septic AI into our industry, organizations and processes. But there just isn’t an ethical use of generative AI, full stop.
Binx is fixing me with the 'FEED ME' stare.
Who teaches cats to do this? Is it passed from a parent cat to their kittens? Do younger cats pick it up from older cats or siblings? Or does it come from some unseen 'How to Train Your Human' manual?
Who teaches cats to do this? Is it passed from a parent cat to their kittens? Do younger cats pick it up from older cats or siblings? Or does it come from some unseen 'How to Train Your Human' manual?
a black cat is peeking out from behind a cabinet in a bathroom
Alt: a black cat is peeking out from behind a cabinet in a bathroom
media.tenor.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Binx is fixing me with the 'FEED ME' stare.
Who teaches cats to do this? Is it passed from a parent cat to their kittens? Do younger cats pick it up from older cats or siblings? Or does it come from some unseen 'How to Train Your Human' manual?
Who teaches cats to do this? Is it passed from a parent cat to their kittens? Do younger cats pick it up from older cats or siblings? Or does it come from some unseen 'How to Train Your Human' manual?
Reposted by Danie Ware
We're putting together our monthly newsletter! If you have January opportunities for writers, let us know - we're particularly interested in sharing opportunities for writers in the North of England, and for writers of speculative fiction.
December 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
We're putting together our monthly newsletter! If you have January opportunities for writers, let us know - we're particularly interested in sharing opportunities for writers in the North of England, and for writers of speculative fiction.
A little #realartmatters, to counter the tide of slop :)
December 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A little #realartmatters, to counter the tide of slop :)
Reposted by Danie Ware
I feel this. It's no coincidence that gardening was something I enjoyed this year. Fewer devices, less tracking, more care. Paper books, friends IRL, walking, tea, perfume, cinema, gigs...
Just be mindful that the attention economy is *not*your friend and not everything is accomplished by shopping.
Just be mindful that the attention economy is *not*your friend and not everything is accomplished by shopping.
Buttons are back. Knobs are back. Dumb devices are back. Own-it-forever software is back. Print is back. Personal websites and chronological feeds are back. Touching grass is back. People keep saying 2015, but it’s not far enough. The entire 2010s were a mistake. We must retvrn to… 2009.
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
December 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I feel this. It's no coincidence that gardening was something I enjoyed this year. Fewer devices, less tracking, more care. Paper books, friends IRL, walking, tea, perfume, cinema, gigs...
Just be mindful that the attention economy is *not*your friend and not everything is accomplished by shopping.
Just be mindful that the attention economy is *not*your friend and not everything is accomplished by shopping.
Reposted by Danie Ware
#ttrpg writers wanted by @cubicle7games.bsky.social
A chance for rpg writers to start something new in 2026?
A chance for rpg writers to start something new in 2026?
*WRITERS WANTED*
We’re looking for freelance writers who know and love The Laundry Files.
If that sounds like your kind of hazard pay, we want to hear from you!
https://cubicle7games.com/en_EU/blog/call-for-writers-the-laundry-roleplaying-game
We’re looking for freelance writers who know and love The Laundry Files.
If that sounds like your kind of hazard pay, we want to hear from you!
https://cubicle7games.com/en_EU/blog/call-for-writers-the-laundry-roleplaying-game
December 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
#ttrpg writers wanted by @cubicle7games.bsky.social
A chance for rpg writers to start something new in 2026?
A chance for rpg writers to start something new in 2026?
The soundtrack to our CyberPunkin' twenties, when the Dark Future was all longcoats and boosted reflexes...
www.discogs.com/master/92107...
www.discogs.com/master/92107...
December 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The soundtrack to our CyberPunkin' twenties, when the Dark Future was all longcoats and boosted reflexes...
www.discogs.com/master/92107...
www.discogs.com/master/92107...
Reposted by Danie Ware
For further context twitter added a button that allows users to generate ai images using existing art posts from artists. It removes glaze and it basically reskins the artwork by using the existing work as a base. Twitter is no longer a safe space for art
December 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
For further context twitter added a button that allows users to generate ai images using existing art posts from artists. It removes glaze and it basically reskins the artwork by using the existing work as a base. Twitter is no longer a safe space for art
Second night of a sleeping (or quiet) Binx.
He's no longer scrab-scrabbling endlessly at the door, and has settled to sitting on Isaac's windowsill, looking out at the world below.
Very pleased the new kitty is adjusting, though getting into, and out of, the flat is requiring...
He's no longer scrab-scrabbling endlessly at the door, and has settled to sitting on Isaac's windowsill, looking out at the world below.
Very pleased the new kitty is adjusting, though getting into, and out of, the flat is requiring...
December 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Second night of a sleeping (or quiet) Binx.
He's no longer scrab-scrabbling endlessly at the door, and has settled to sitting on Isaac's windowsill, looking out at the world below.
Very pleased the new kitty is adjusting, though getting into, and out of, the flat is requiring...
He's no longer scrab-scrabbling endlessly at the door, and has settled to sitting on Isaac's windowsill, looking out at the world below.
Very pleased the new kitty is adjusting, though getting into, and out of, the flat is requiring...
December 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Reaching that 'need to eat all the munchies in the house so there are no more munchies in the house so we can stop eating fucking munchies' stage of the holidays.
December 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Reaching that 'need to eat all the munchies in the house so there are no more munchies in the house so we can stop eating fucking munchies' stage of the holidays.
This has been everywhere, and it's so true.
My son asks me how I know so many people in SFF, books, comics, geek culture, etc, and it's this. It's just because we were all at the same events, the signings, the Cons, and we all hung out and made friends.
And we're still friends, decades later.
My son asks me how I know so many people in SFF, books, comics, geek culture, etc, and it's this. It's just because we were all at the same events, the signings, the Cons, and we all hung out and made friends.
And we're still friends, decades later.
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +
December 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This has been everywhere, and it's so true.
My son asks me how I know so many people in SFF, books, comics, geek culture, etc, and it's this. It's just because we were all at the same events, the signings, the Cons, and we all hung out and made friends.
And we're still friends, decades later.
My son asks me how I know so many people in SFF, books, comics, geek culture, etc, and it's this. It's just because we were all at the same events, the signings, the Cons, and we all hung out and made friends.
And we're still friends, decades later.
I will not buy your AI book
I will not give its text a look
I will not share your AI art
I will not share even a part
I will not play your AI game
I will not play it, feel some shame!
Use your soul and heart and head
And make us things to love, instead
(With apologies to Dr. Seuss).
I will not give its text a look
I will not share your AI art
I will not share even a part
I will not play your AI game
I will not play it, feel some shame!
Use your soul and heart and head
And make us things to love, instead
(With apologies to Dr. Seuss).
I don't want gen AI in my software
I don't want gen AI in my phone
I don't want gen AI in my email
I don't want gen AI in my recipes
I don't want gen AI in my safety documentation
I don't want gen AI in my schools
I don't want gen AI in my healthcare
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my phone
I don't want gen AI in my email
I don't want gen AI in my recipes
I don't want gen AI in my safety documentation
I don't want gen AI in my schools
I don't want gen AI in my healthcare
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
December 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I will not buy your AI book
I will not give its text a look
I will not share your AI art
I will not share even a part
I will not play your AI game
I will not play it, feel some shame!
Use your soul and heart and head
And make us things to love, instead
(With apologies to Dr. Seuss).
I will not give its text a look
I will not share your AI art
I will not share even a part
I will not play your AI game
I will not play it, feel some shame!
Use your soul and heart and head
And make us things to love, instead
(With apologies to Dr. Seuss).
Hunting is VERY high up my list of 'Things I Absolutely Fucking Despise', not only because of its appalling cruelty, but because of the damage it does to farmlands, its utter disregard of rural people, and the ruination it brings.
The arrogance of these cunts is beyond words.
BAN IT.
The arrogance of these cunts is beyond words.
BAN IT.
Such patronising guff - “all the rural people want is to lick off a little of the muddy fox blood from the master of the hunt’s riding boots before offering their youngest daughter to a Freemason dressed as a sex beagle”
Labour ‘alienating rural people’ with plan to ban trail hunting, says Countryside Alliance
December 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Hunting is VERY high up my list of 'Things I Absolutely Fucking Despise', not only because of its appalling cruelty, but because of the damage it does to farmlands, its utter disregard of rural people, and the ruination it brings.
The arrogance of these cunts is beyond words.
BAN IT.
The arrogance of these cunts is beyond words.
BAN IT.
Right, hoofing this giant cub out to work and I must have a Caterpillar day, and eat through a Nice Green Leaf.
That, and get on with something useful :)
That, and get on with something useful :)
December 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Right, hoofing this giant cub out to work and I must have a Caterpillar day, and eat through a Nice Green Leaf.
That, and get on with something useful :)
That, and get on with something useful :)
Make a Bond movie casual
Zircons are Forever
Live and Let Snooze
The Spy Who Thought I Was Okay, Actually
Zircons are Forever
Live and Let Snooze
The Spy Who Thought I Was Okay, Actually
On Her Majesty’s Sedate Service.
Make a Bond movie casual
No Time To Diet
No Time To Diet
December 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Make a Bond movie casual
Zircons are Forever
Live and Let Snooze
The Spy Who Thought I Was Okay, Actually
Zircons are Forever
Live and Let Snooze
The Spy Who Thought I Was Okay, Actually
Delighted to discover that, while this is of its time, it's actually dated incredibly well. Remember watching it as a teen (cough), and it's not doing so badly!
Boxing Day viewing, DVD borrowed from a friend, and fear it may not have dated well...
December 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Delighted to discover that, while this is of its time, it's actually dated incredibly well. Remember watching it as a teen (cough), and it's not doing so badly!
And we have success.
Major engineering project yesterday, putting MDF over the cat flap and then blocking it completely (I shit you not) with the fucking kitchen table...
...and Binx has FINALLY stopped spending all night yowling and trying to escape.
Looks like he won't be slippers, after all.
Major engineering project yesterday, putting MDF over the cat flap and then blocking it completely (I shit you not) with the fucking kitchen table...
...and Binx has FINALLY stopped spending all night yowling and trying to escape.
Looks like he won't be slippers, after all.
December 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
And we have success.
Major engineering project yesterday, putting MDF over the cat flap and then blocking it completely (I shit you not) with the fucking kitchen table...
...and Binx has FINALLY stopped spending all night yowling and trying to escape.
Looks like he won't be slippers, after all.
Major engineering project yesterday, putting MDF over the cat flap and then blocking it completely (I shit you not) with the fucking kitchen table...
...and Binx has FINALLY stopped spending all night yowling and trying to escape.
Looks like he won't be slippers, after all.
Boxing Day viewing, DVD borrowed from a friend, and fear it may not have dated well...
December 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Boxing Day viewing, DVD borrowed from a friend, and fear it may not have dated well...
Reposted by Danie Ware
My Mother, going around and telling people that I a) 'gave money to boys', while simultaneously b) 'needed a man to take care of me'.
In the ten-plus years since she passed, I've often wondered about this strange, Schrodinger's Boyfriend, and who he might have been...
In the ten-plus years since she passed, I've often wondered about this strange, Schrodinger's Boyfriend, and who he might have been...
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
My Mother, going around and telling people that I a) 'gave money to boys', while simultaneously b) 'needed a man to take care of me'.
In the ten-plus years since she passed, I've often wondered about this strange, Schrodinger's Boyfriend, and who he might have been...
In the ten-plus years since she passed, I've often wondered about this strange, Schrodinger's Boyfriend, and who he might have been...
Night three of a very, VERY determined kitty, trying to get out of the catflap.
The catflap is locked, has a thick sheet of cardboard taped over the top, and two heavy boxes in front of that (stable ones, so he can't pull them over or hurt himself).
Scrabblescrabblescrabble.
Every 15 minutes.
The catflap is locked, has a thick sheet of cardboard taped over the top, and two heavy boxes in front of that (stable ones, so he can't pull them over or hurt himself).
Scrabblescrabblescrabble.
Every 15 minutes.
December 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Night three of a very, VERY determined kitty, trying to get out of the catflap.
The catflap is locked, has a thick sheet of cardboard taped over the top, and two heavy boxes in front of that (stable ones, so he can't pull them over or hurt himself).
Scrabblescrabblescrabble.
Every 15 minutes.
The catflap is locked, has a thick sheet of cardboard taped over the top, and two heavy boxes in front of that (stable ones, so he can't pull them over or hurt himself).
Scrabblescrabblescrabble.
Every 15 minutes.