David Dalglish
@ddalglish.com
Author of THE SHADOWDANCE SERIES, KEEPERS TRILOGY, THE HALF-ORCS, VAGRANT GODS, LEVEL: UNKNOWN, RADIANT KING, and more. site: ddalglish.com
Patron: http://patreon.com/thatdalglishguy He/him.
Patron: http://patreon.com/thatdalglishguy He/him.
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David Dalglish
@ddalglish.com
· Mar 4
This is a story of six completely, utterly broken individuals, and the ruination of the world that comes from their hurt and sorrow. THE RADIANT KING is out today! (links below)
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in 2026 we are NOT hustling, we are NOT grinding, we are doing just enough Job to have money for Video Game
December 27, 2025 at 5:22 AM
in 2026 we are NOT hustling, we are NOT grinding, we are doing just enough Job to have money for Video Game
So many of my writer friends are just weirdos I met when we were all hanging out on the kindleboards forum trying to figure out self-publishing and being excited when we made like, more than $100 bucks in a month.
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 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
So many of my writer friends are just weirdos I met when we were all hanging out on the kindleboards forum trying to figure out self-publishing and being excited when we made like, more than $100 bucks in a month.
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still my favorite christmas post
December 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
still my favorite christmas post
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yeah my IMO is: it's bad to use it, it's bad they left it in, it's good they removed it, it's good they disavow it, and it's entirely justified to have rescinded awards for it. i will continue to talk about clair obscur fondly.
youtu.be/7MSRfVKC-Tc 11:38
fiiinally an official atatement i can just accept LMAO
"we did use it when it was new but we didn't like it and never will again" is a great and satisfying answer
fiiinally an official atatement i can just accept LMAO
"we did use it when it was new but we didn't like it and never will again" is a great and satisfying answer
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Sandfall Interactive Q&A
YouTube video by Sushi
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
yeah my IMO is: it's bad to use it, it's bad they left it in, it's good they removed it, it's good they disavow it, and it's entirely justified to have rescinded awards for it. i will continue to talk about clair obscur fondly.
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Your power bill has tripled and you can't afford new PC parts just to create this.
December 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Your power bill has tripled and you can't afford new PC parts just to create this.
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It's done.
The Top Ten Worst Hit Songs of 2025
YouTube video by Todd in the Shadows
www.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
It's done.
I don't care what awards you win. Even the FIFA Make Words Good prize will still have me mocking you for needing ChatGPT to write your book for you.
December 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I don't care what awards you win. Even the FIFA Make Words Good prize will still have me mocking you for needing ChatGPT to write your book for you.
All these "I've been discriminated against as a poor helpless white man" posts are just proving these guys are made out of fucking glass.
December 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
All these "I've been discriminated against as a poor helpless white man" posts are just proving these guys are made out of fucking glass.
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if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
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We've fallen so far from grace and must find a way back to salvation.
December 18, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We've fallen so far from grace and must find a way back to salvation.
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Most people don’t lack ideas. They lack resources. What we’re living through right now is a constructed reality of people who have inflicted themselves with the opposite problem. They have all the resources, more that any single person could blow through in a lifetime. And utterly no imagination.
December 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Most people don’t lack ideas. They lack resources. What we’re living through right now is a constructed reality of people who have inflicted themselves with the opposite problem. They have all the resources, more that any single person could blow through in a lifetime. And utterly no imagination.
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Fingers crossed this doesnt age poorly but I keep thinking back to how the devs for Lies Of P, a South Korean game company, gave their employees a paid vacation and a free switch 2 as a thank you.
Nothing's stopping companies from caring about their employees except greed.
Nothing's stopping companies from caring about their employees except greed.
December 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Fingers crossed this doesnt age poorly but I keep thinking back to how the devs for Lies Of P, a South Korean game company, gave their employees a paid vacation and a free switch 2 as a thank you.
Nothing's stopping companies from caring about their employees except greed.
Nothing's stopping companies from caring about their employees except greed.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Earlier this year, Matt Yglesias and Hakeem Jeffries urged progressives to shut up about immigration and Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Yglesias said "bad groups" were pushing Dems left on immigration and would help Trump's numbers.
How did they get this so wrong? www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
How did they get this so wrong? www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
The cost of playing defense on immigration
What Matt Yglesias, Hakeem Jeffries, and Keir Starmer got wrong about the politics of immigration
www.gelliottmorris.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Earlier this year, Matt Yglesias and Hakeem Jeffries urged progressives to shut up about immigration and Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Yglesias said "bad groups" were pushing Dems left on immigration and would help Trump's numbers.
How did they get this so wrong? www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
How did they get this so wrong? www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
I can't wait to find out he puts his hair in a ponytail because that's how his dad wore it and the lore reveal at how his now dead girlfriend who died to a totally different Beast always cooked him his twelve eggs.
I do not want Gaston backstory, I do not need Gaston backstory, I reject Gaston backstory
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
Disney Developing Live-Action ‘Gaston’ Movie From Writer Dave Callaham And Producer Michelle Rejwan
Disney is in early development on a new live-action pic centered on the Beauty and the Beast character Gaston.
deadline.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I can't wait to find out he puts his hair in a ponytail because that's how his dad wore it and the lore reveal at how his now dead girlfriend who died to a totally different Beast always cooked him his twelve eggs.
"If you know how to tell a great story, you will LOVE AI."
Yet every single person who tells great stories is currently giving LLMs a gigantic middle finger and wanting nothing to do with it.
Curious, that.
Yet every single person who tells great stories is currently giving LLMs a gigantic middle finger and wanting nothing to do with it.
Curious, that.
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"If you know how to tell a great story, you will LOVE AI."
Yet every single person who tells great stories is currently giving LLMs a gigantic middle finger and wanting nothing to do with it.
Curious, that.
Yet every single person who tells great stories is currently giving LLMs a gigantic middle finger and wanting nothing to do with it.
Curious, that.
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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‘Where do you get your ideas from’ that authors often dread focuses on this misunderstanding. Ideas are easy.
Ideas spring from ideas. Ideas create a more complex ecosystem that prompts the evolution of…
Ideas spring from ideas. Ideas create a more complex ecosystem that prompts the evolution of…
December 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
‘Where do you get your ideas from’ that authors often dread focuses on this misunderstanding. Ideas are easy.
Ideas spring from ideas. Ideas create a more complex ecosystem that prompts the evolution of…
Ideas spring from ideas. Ideas create a more complex ecosystem that prompts the evolution of…
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Look, for real, if you have a problem with trans folks, you can unfollow or block me right now.
(And if you think this is virtue signalling, you can go too, although I'm immune to all that ad hominem shit)
These are our brothers and sisters, for fuck's sake.
(And if you think this is virtue signalling, you can go too, although I'm immune to all that ad hominem shit)
These are our brothers and sisters, for fuck's sake.
December 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Look, for real, if you have a problem with trans folks, you can unfollow or block me right now.
(And if you think this is virtue signalling, you can go too, although I'm immune to all that ad hominem shit)
These are our brothers and sisters, for fuck's sake.
(And if you think this is virtue signalling, you can go too, although I'm immune to all that ad hominem shit)
These are our brothers and sisters, for fuck's sake.
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losing my mind watching people genuinely complain that there wasn’t enough ‘variety’ in their awards show because Expedition 33 - a game that is exceptional in almost every way - won several awards for being exceptional in almost every way
December 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
losing my mind watching people genuinely complain that there wasn’t enough ‘variety’ in their awards show because Expedition 33 - a game that is exceptional in almost every way - won several awards for being exceptional in almost every way
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(one of the paradoxes of publishing is that while publishers as entities are... not doing a great job on the whole, the employees that I have worked with at publishers are often freaking amazing and trying really hard with zero ability to navigate impossible systems while being paid too little)
December 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
(one of the paradoxes of publishing is that while publishers as entities are... not doing a great job on the whole, the employees that I have worked with at publishers are often freaking amazing and trying really hard with zero ability to navigate impossible systems while being paid too little)
Supergirl | Official Teaser Trailer
YouTube video by DC
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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I wanted to share some bookish gift ideas. Hope this helps!
🎁 A Book Stand - this is great hands-free reading.
🎁 A clip on book light - I like this rechargeable one.
🎁 Book ends
🎁 DIY Book Nook Kits - The one in the video is from Cute Bee but even Lego have some!
🎁 A Book Stand - this is great hands-free reading.
🎁 A clip on book light - I like this rechargeable one.
🎁 Book ends
🎁 DIY Book Nook Kits - The one in the video is from Cute Bee but even Lego have some!
December 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I wanted to share some bookish gift ideas. Hope this helps!
🎁 A Book Stand - this is great hands-free reading.
🎁 A clip on book light - I like this rechargeable one.
🎁 Book ends
🎁 DIY Book Nook Kits - The one in the video is from Cute Bee but even Lego have some!
🎁 A Book Stand - this is great hands-free reading.
🎁 A clip on book light - I like this rechargeable one.
🎁 Book ends
🎁 DIY Book Nook Kits - The one in the video is from Cute Bee but even Lego have some!