Dave Swan is querying
@davesswan.bsky.social
Writer, ex-journalist, freelance editor. Querying #HistoricalFiction; short stories at daveswanauthor.wordpress.com/. This feed shames fascists. #GoBlue https://linktr.ee/davidsswan.
Some people and characters speak decent English, others don’t. You can capture their language without making them look dumb (unless they really are). #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingtips #writinglife
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Some people and characters speak decent English, others don’t. You can capture their language without making them look dumb (unless they really are). #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingtips #writinglife
Thank heaven for poets. Watch this all the way to the end. You’ll smile, maybe even tear up just a little, like I did. #PattiSmith #Colbert #peace #power www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUlN...
“Peaceable Kingdom” - Patti Smith (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Thank heaven for poets. Watch this all the way to the end. You’ll smile, maybe even tear up just a little, like I did. #PattiSmith #Colbert #peace #power www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUlN...
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If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
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PEN America strongly condemned the Iranian authorities’ detention and harassment of six writers in Tehran this week as “repressive tactics meant to quash independent thinking, analysis, and expression,” said Karin Deutsch Karlekar, Director of Writers at Risk.
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Shocking Arrests of Writers and Scholars in Iran Latest in Escalating Free Speech Crackdown
PEN America strongly condemned the detention and harassment of six writers in Iran as authorities ramp up a crackdown on free expression.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
PEN America strongly condemned the Iranian authorities’ detention and harassment of six writers in Tehran this week as “repressive tactics meant to quash independent thinking, analysis, and expression,” said Karin Deutsch Karlekar, Director of Writers at Risk.
pen.org/press-releas...
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Wish I could go on national TV and say the same thing about AI! #amwriting #writingcommunity
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Wish I could go on national TV and say the same thing about AI! #amwriting #writingcommunity
People will sniff out a cardboard character, a wildly impossible plot or boring dialogue. Respect your readers on every page. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingtips #writinglife
November 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
People will sniff out a cardboard character, a wildly impossible plot or boring dialogue. Respect your readers on every page. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingtips #writinglife
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The Gulf of Mexico in the afternoon, as it always has been and will be. #Florida #PanamaCityBeach
October 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The Gulf of Mexico in the afternoon, as it always has been and will be. #Florida #PanamaCityBeach
RIP Prunella Scales, the queen of Fawlty Towers who played the real queen in another show. #Prunella #sybilfawlty www.youtube.com/watch?v=60WV...
Fawlty Towers: The best of Sybil
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October 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
RIP Prunella Scales, the queen of Fawlty Towers who played the real queen in another show. #Prunella #sybilfawlty www.youtube.com/watch?v=60WV...
Characters say things you didn’t expect. Beta readers call you out on a half-baked story line. It’s tough. But from chaos comes art. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingtips #writinglife
October 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Characters say things you didn’t expect. Beta readers call you out on a half-baked story line. It’s tough. But from chaos comes art. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingtips #writinglife
Once again our young sugar maple leads the pack in changing color.
October 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Once again our young sugar maple leads the pack in changing color.
Some crossover advice from a giant of jazz. Whether it’s notes on the bandstand or words on the page, choose the right ones and don’t waste any. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingtips #writinglife
October 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Some crossover advice from a giant of jazz. Whether it’s notes on the bandstand or words on the page, choose the right ones and don’t waste any. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingtips #writinglife
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The Pentagon confiscated press credentials from reporters who won't bow down to their anti-democratic demands and threats. I'd do the same thing if I were back on the defense beat. Read more in my new Substack post: open.substack.com/pub/daveswan...
Take the badge. Leave the First Amendment alone.
Secretary Pete Hegseth
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October 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The Pentagon confiscated press credentials from reporters who won't bow down to their anti-democratic demands and threats. I'd do the same thing if I were back on the defense beat. Read more in my new Substack post: open.substack.com/pub/daveswan...
Do you, writer, take this manuscript to be your life partner, in lousy first drafts and big sales, in beta reads and submissions, in despair and in glory? #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingtips #writinglife
October 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Do you, writer, take this manuscript to be your life partner, in lousy first drafts and big sales, in beta reads and submissions, in despair and in glory? #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingtips #writinglife
As writers, we’re always waiting for something: an agent’s decision, a cover designer’s vision, a beta reader’s thoughts. Read my thoughts on coping with these pins and needles in my Substack post for @atlantawritersclub.bsky.social: awc1914.substack.com/p/the-weight.... #amwriting #writingcommunity
October 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
As writers, we’re always waiting for something: an agent’s decision, a cover designer’s vision, a beta reader’s thoughts. Read my thoughts on coping with these pins and needles in my Substack post for @atlantawritersclub.bsky.social: awc1914.substack.com/p/the-weight.... #amwriting #writingcommunity
I used to report on the Pentagon. This is outrageous and dangerous to freedom of the press. If it succeeds, Trump can keep journalists away from any war, like Israel has done in Gaza. #pressfreedom #DOD
PEN America: "Rather than overtly censoring reporters, the DoD’s revised policy now includes vague and troubling provisions that allow government officials to label reporters as ‘security risks’ and revoke their credentials simply for seeking information." pen.org/press-releas...
Pentagon's Revised Rules Seek to Intimidate Rather Than Overtly Censor Journalists
PEN America remains deeply concerned today about threatening protocols in place that have the goal of intimidating reporters and even would allow the government to revoke credentials by labelling a re...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I used to report on the Pentagon. This is outrageous and dangerous to freedom of the press. If it succeeds, Trump can keep journalists away from any war, like Israel has done in Gaza. #pressfreedom #DOD
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If the floor isn’t level, the foundation isn’t solid. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingtips #writinglife
October 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
If the floor isn’t level, the foundation isn’t solid. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingtips #writinglife
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this is a very very big story because of the apparently totally fake story ICE/DHS put out about what happened.
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
this is a very very big story because of the apparently totally fake story ICE/DHS put out about what happened.
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History has many painful lessons.
October 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
History has many painful lessons.
Listen to everyone around you - friends, colleagues, folks on the train or in the bar. That’s not snooping or plagiarism. You’re building your book’s LLM. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingtips #writinglife
September 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Listen to everyone around you - friends, colleagues, folks on the train or in the bar. That’s not snooping or plagiarism. You’re building your book’s LLM. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingtips #writinglife
Would you want to find out by text that a loved one has just died? Me neither. Read more in my new post. open.substack.com/pub/daveswan...
Someone's dead. Hold the emojis.
You might’ve heard this famous show-business saying: “Dying is easy.
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September 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Would you want to find out by text that a loved one has just died? Me neither. Read more in my new post. open.substack.com/pub/daveswan...
Almost ten years ago, someone I knew was killed in a shooting in another Michigan town, my hometown. Whatever the politics of this horror may be, remember that people are hurting, traumatized, and scared. My thoughts go out to the congregation and everyone in #GrandBlanc. www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...
Multiple victims in Michigan church shooting; church on fire, police say | CNN
Multiple victims have been injured in a shooting at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan, on Sunday, according to police.
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September 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Almost ten years ago, someone I knew was killed in a shooting in another Michigan town, my hometown. Whatever the politics of this horror may be, remember that people are hurting, traumatized, and scared. My thoughts go out to the congregation and everyone in #GrandBlanc. www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...