Django Wexler
@djangowexler.bsky.social
Author of fantasy novels.
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@djangowexler.bsky.social
· May 27
EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD EXCEPT ME is out today!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DMNHMKRJ/
This is book two of the DARK LORD DAVI duology, the thrilling conclusion!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DMNHMKRJ/
This is book two of the DARK LORD DAVI duology, the thrilling conclusion!
Thinking about this and the reason BSG (and other shows, like LOST) are worse than GoT ending-wise is they are what I tend to describe as "ontological mysteries". (That is, the driving interest is a mystery in the sense of "WTF is going on?" rather than "Whodunnit?")
Also for me the canonical Disappointing Ending That Ruins The Show is not GoT but ****ing Battlestar Galactica (the new one)
January 7, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Thinking about this and the reason BSG (and other shows, like LOST) are worse than GoT ending-wise is they are what I tend to describe as "ontological mysteries". (That is, the driving interest is a mystery in the sense of "WTF is going on?" rather than "Whodunnit?")
Ok so it's not literally the BEST ending but the end of Sledge Hammer season one will never not be funny.
(They didn't think they'd get renewed. And then they did!)
youtu.be/XGoU7urNTbI
(They didn't think they'd get renewed. And then they did!)
youtu.be/XGoU7urNTbI
January 7, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Ok so it's not literally the BEST ending but the end of Sledge Hammer season one will never not be funny.
(They didn't think they'd get renewed. And then they did!)
youtu.be/XGoU7urNTbI
(They didn't think they'd get renewed. And then they did!)
youtu.be/XGoU7urNTbI
Okay get PSYCHED
LOOK at those edges!!
LOOK at those edges!!
I'm so excited to announce the Kickstarter is LIVE for the Tea Princess Chronicles deluxe omnibus special edition!
That's the complete trilogy available in one beautiful volume:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cas...
That's the complete trilogy available in one beautiful volume:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cas...
January 6, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Okay get PSYCHED
LOOK at those edges!!
LOOK at those edges!!
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All book sequels should have recaps.
All of them
Every single one.
It's an accessibility feature.
People are more likely to buy the books as they're released.
Recaps in all sequels!!
All of them
Every single one.
It's an accessibility feature.
People are more likely to buy the books as they're released.
Recaps in all sequels!!
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
All book sequels should have recaps.
All of them
Every single one.
It's an accessibility feature.
People are more likely to buy the books as they're released.
Recaps in all sequels!!
All of them
Every single one.
It's an accessibility feature.
People are more likely to buy the books as they're released.
Recaps in all sequels!!
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For those considering using AI/LLMs for their books or book covers. I was just about to mark a book as one I was interested in reading as part of a judging allotment, then didn't due to the use of AI in its cover. You're genuinely missing out on readers (& reviews) when you use this shite
January 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
For those considering using AI/LLMs for their books or book covers. I was just about to mark a book as one I was interested in reading as part of a judging allotment, then didn't due to the use of AI in its cover. You're genuinely missing out on readers (& reviews) when you use this shite
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"You know what question I mean."
"What is the Matrix?"
"No one can be told what the Matrix is...but now that it's here, we all have to accept that it's here to stay and we might as well start integrating it into our lives."
"But it's shitty!"
"Even so, the economy is depending on it."
"What is the Matrix?"
"No one can be told what the Matrix is...but now that it's here, we all have to accept that it's here to stay and we might as well start integrating it into our lives."
"But it's shitty!"
"Even so, the economy is depending on it."
January 6, 2026 at 6:32 PM
"You know what question I mean."
"What is the Matrix?"
"No one can be told what the Matrix is...but now that it's here, we all have to accept that it's here to stay and we might as well start integrating it into our lives."
"But it's shitty!"
"Even so, the economy is depending on it."
"What is the Matrix?"
"No one can be told what the Matrix is...but now that it's here, we all have to accept that it's here to stay and we might as well start integrating it into our lives."
"But it's shitty!"
"Even so, the economy is depending on it."
"All right," said the hacker. "I'm in."
"You hacked the Gibson?"
"No. God no. But I got my deck onto the hotel wifi."
"You hacked the Gibson?"
"No. God no. But I got my deck onto the hotel wifi."
This kills me. The evil technology in Neuromancer and Snow Crash basically, like, worked? It wasn't like "what are the implications of the Metaverse for human society?! And also somehow the Metaverse completely sucks shit but now I have to go there to pay my pizza delivery bill?!"
January 6, 2026 at 6:08 PM
"All right," said the hacker. "I'm in."
"You hacked the Gibson?"
"No. God no. But I got my deck onto the hotel wifi."
"You hacked the Gibson?"
"No. God no. But I got my deck onto the hotel wifi."
My 3 year old has mastered the exonerative mood passive -- "Pee was in my underwear"
January 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
My 3 year old has mastered the exonerative mood passive -- "Pee was in my underwear"
It's hard to express how stupid this is.
Listen. When a common word like "office" is generally accepted to refer specifically to your software, you have officially Won at Branding. Why on EARTH would you throw that away?
Listen. When a common word like "office" is generally accepted to refer specifically to your software, you have officially Won at Branding. Why on EARTH would you throw that away?
www.windowscentral.com/software-app...
Forever grateful to past!me who bought an offline copy of Office years ago and transferred the license to every subsequent PC.
I'm sure this rebrand will work out fine! ...just like Meta and Ecks.
Forever grateful to past!me who bought an offline copy of Office years ago and transferred the license to every subsequent PC.
I'm sure this rebrand will work out fine! ...just like Meta and Ecks.
Microsoft's new 'Microsoft 365' rebranding has us all perplexed. Again.
Microsoft Office is one of the world's most recognizable brands, literally used by billions. The initial rebrand to "Microsoft 365" was dumb by itself, but yesterday, the firm notorious for terrible b...
www.windowscentral.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:14 PM
It's hard to express how stupid this is.
Listen. When a common word like "office" is generally accepted to refer specifically to your software, you have officially Won at Branding. Why on EARTH would you throw that away?
Listen. When a common word like "office" is generally accepted to refer specifically to your software, you have officially Won at Branding. Why on EARTH would you throw that away?
Watching the end of Stranger Things so there may be some spoilers here
January 5, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Watching the end of Stranger Things so there may be some spoilers here
Sorry what are we watching now?
January 5, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Sorry what are we watching now?
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Meanwhile, "China is the dominant force in next-generation energy technologies today."
- @technologyreview.com, July 10, 2025
www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/10/1...
www.wired.com/story/byd-tr...
- @technologyreview.com, July 10, 2025
www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/10/1...
www.wired.com/story/byd-tr...
January 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Meanwhile, "China is the dominant force in next-generation energy technologies today."
- @technologyreview.com, July 10, 2025
www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/10/1...
www.wired.com/story/byd-tr...
- @technologyreview.com, July 10, 2025
www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/10/1...
www.wired.com/story/byd-tr...
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You'd have to make up a country called "Anamapama" and make the drug some kind of glowy sci-fi substance and the instigators would have to be a shadowy made-up intelligence agency that you could hand-wave away when necessary
January 4, 2026 at 7:18 PM
You'd have to make up a country called "Anamapama" and make the drug some kind of glowy sci-fi substance and the instigators would have to be a shadowy made-up intelligence agency that you could hand-wave away when necessary
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You couldn't publish this today. You'd have to cloak it under several layers of metaphor.
January 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
You couldn't publish this today. You'd have to cloak it under several layers of metaphor.
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living in the 2020’s
January 4, 2026 at 3:23 PM
living in the 2020’s
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For those published this year, I have to mention Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me by @djangowexler.bsky.social. #1 might have been my favorite book of 2024. This duology is very worth it if you like snarky fantasy. bookshop.org/p/books/ever...
Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me
Check out Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me - <b>Dark Lord Davi rules the kingdom, but she must now break the time loop that binds her in this hilariously bloody conclusion to the Dark Lord ...
bookshop.org
January 3, 2026 at 3:33 AM
For those published this year, I have to mention Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me by @djangowexler.bsky.social. #1 might have been my favorite book of 2024. This duology is very worth it if you like snarky fantasy. bookshop.org/p/books/ever...
Pizza making pro tip: having trouble shredding mozzarella? Throw it in the freezer for an hour or so until it gets hard, then it shreds perfectly!
January 3, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Pizza making pro tip: having trouble shredding mozzarella? Throw it in the freezer for an hour or so until it gets hard, then it shreds perfectly!
So much of my news now comes in the form of posts that look like "I don't care what the President says, there's nothing in the constitution that permits him to kill and eat other people's pets!"
January 3, 2026 at 12:07 AM
So much of my news now comes in the form of posts that look like "I don't care what the President says, there's nothing in the constitution that permits him to kill and eat other people's pets!"
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FOLKS... WHAT ARE WE FUCKEN DOING?!
January 2, 2026 at 5:07 PM
FOLKS... WHAT ARE WE FUCKEN DOING?!
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the water thing about genAI is bullshit but the thing where it makes on-demand nudes and CSAM isn't and the thing where it talks you into killing yourself isn't and those seem pretty bad
January 2, 2026 at 1:43 AM
the water thing about genAI is bullshit but the thing where it makes on-demand nudes and CSAM isn't and the thing where it talks you into killing yourself isn't and those seem pretty bad
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I'll tell you what, I had a great time with HOW TO BECOME A DARK LORD (AND DIE TRYING) by @djangowexler.bsky.social
But also loved the twists and thrills of I WAS A TEENAGE SLASHER by @sgj.bsky.social
But also loved the twists and thrills of I WAS A TEENAGE SLASHER by @sgj.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 1:56 AM
I'll tell you what, I had a great time with HOW TO BECOME A DARK LORD (AND DIE TRYING) by @djangowexler.bsky.social
But also loved the twists and thrills of I WAS A TEENAGE SLASHER by @sgj.bsky.social
But also loved the twists and thrills of I WAS A TEENAGE SLASHER by @sgj.bsky.social
Spam I just received:
"Dear Colleagues,
we are pleased to invite you to browse the medical library of the Lactology Foundation, in which we have collected from the ocean of medical literature only the greatest medical bestsellers, which you can use under the terms of the shared reading license..."
"Dear Colleagues,
we are pleased to invite you to browse the medical library of the Lactology Foundation, in which we have collected from the ocean of medical literature only the greatest medical bestsellers, which you can use under the terms of the shared reading license..."
December 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Spam I just received:
"Dear Colleagues,
we are pleased to invite you to browse the medical library of the Lactology Foundation, in which we have collected from the ocean of medical literature only the greatest medical bestsellers, which you can use under the terms of the shared reading license..."
"Dear Colleagues,
we are pleased to invite you to browse the medical library of the Lactology Foundation, in which we have collected from the ocean of medical literature only the greatest medical bestsellers, which you can use under the terms of the shared reading license..."
Unscientific survey, don't check replies before answering:
If I say to you, "I'm at loose ends today," what do you understand me to mean?
Optional: where did you grow up? Trying to figure out if there's a regional variation.
If I say to you, "I'm at loose ends today," what do you understand me to mean?
Optional: where did you grow up? Trying to figure out if there's a regional variation.
December 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Unscientific survey, don't check replies before answering:
If I say to you, "I'm at loose ends today," what do you understand me to mean?
Optional: where did you grow up? Trying to figure out if there's a regional variation.
If I say to you, "I'm at loose ends today," what do you understand me to mean?
Optional: where did you grow up? Trying to figure out if there's a regional variation.
Yeah the reason I do it is there's two audiences. The people reading it at release (i.e. 1+ years apart) really need the recap. The people the whole series at once can easily skip it!
Seriously please please please put recaps at the beginning of your books, I beg of you it is SO useful.
I'm had some series I DON'T finish because book N+1 picks up IMMEDIATELY after book N and I'm like "Yo that was like 3 years ago I have no idea."
I'm had some series I DON'T finish because book N+1 picks up IMMEDIATELY after book N and I'm like "Yo that was like 3 years ago I have no idea."
I am doing this in every book these days. It's just the best option.
December 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Yeah the reason I do it is there's two audiences. The people reading it at release (i.e. 1+ years apart) really need the recap. The people the whole series at once can easily skip it!
I am doing this in every book these days. It's just the best option.
I wish every book in a series (especially sff) had a recap at the beginning! Thanks @djangowexler.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I am doing this in every book these days. It's just the best option.