Scribbler Hackit
@scribblerhackit.bsky.social
Bookworming. Writing. Losing sleep over the state of the world.
Author of THE MYRIAD OF SIMON HANSEN, a meandering, egghead gay romance(?) set in a Dublin bookshop in the 90s.
https://myriadofsimonhansen.com/
Author of THE MYRIAD OF SIMON HANSEN, a meandering, egghead gay romance(?) set in a Dublin bookshop in the 90s.
https://myriadofsimonhansen.com/
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The Myriad of Simon Hansen
A diary
myriadofsimonhansen.com
Lest anyone doubt the roman a clef credentials of MYRIAD, I was definitely working in a bookstore c. 1990 because I vividly recall that Life in Hell comic strip dude getting a new show called The Simpsons, and being threatened with violence for carrying The Satanic Verses. myriadofsimonhansen.com
Deleted my Microsoft account and an ancient, no longer used Outlook email and feel very
a black and white photo of a woman wearing a sweater and smiling .
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman wearing a sweater and smiling .
media.tenor.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Deleted my Microsoft account and an ancient, no longer used Outlook email and feel very
If most of your beta readers have the same note, it might be worth seriously considering. If 5 different people say 5 different things, though, there may not be much substance to 5 various subjectivities, so heed your own muse's gut and feel fine with ignoring.
What is your favorite piece of writing advice, guidance, and/or wisdom?
December 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
If most of your beta readers have the same note, it might be worth seriously considering. If 5 different people say 5 different things, though, there may not be much substance to 5 various subjectivities, so heed your own muse's gut and feel fine with ignoring.
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I mean, Millions of people eat Goldfish crackers. I think the general zeitgeist would be fairly unchanged if they stopped existing.
December 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I mean, Millions of people eat Goldfish crackers. I think the general zeitgeist would be fairly unchanged if they stopped existing.
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Back up/pirate any queer Netflix content that hasn't ever been released physically (Nimona, Umbrella Academy, Sense8, etc...) before it poofs out of existence.
In the new year you're going to watch Netflix constantly debase itself to secure regulatory approval for its merger with Warner Brothers. This is just the start:
Netflix cancels gay military series ‘Boots’ the Pentagon called ‘woke garbage’
“Boots” followed the story of Cameron Cope, played by Miles Heizer, a gay teen from Louisiana who is bullied and “finds new purpose — and unexpected brotherhood — with his motley …
nypost.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Back up/pirate any queer Netflix content that hasn't ever been released physically (Nimona, Umbrella Academy, Sense8, etc...) before it poofs out of existence.
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This is a hill I will die on as an editor.
Adverbs are fine. Sometimes there really is a difference between "she whispered" and "she said softly."
December 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is a hill I will die on as an editor.
So very pleased OP goes on with followup posts or I woulda hadda gotten crisp all up in here. ❤️
Watching ‘Jaws’ last night and towards the end, the action pauses for an almost 4 min monologue.
I’ve been reading about writing techniques lately and one commonly repeated is to cut anything that doesn’t propel the plot forward aka ‘ kill your darlings’
www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii...
I’ve been reading about writing techniques lately and one commonly repeated is to cut anything that doesn’t propel the plot forward aka ‘ kill your darlings’
www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii...
The True Story Behind Quint's Indianapolis Monologue in 'Jaws'
The speech is one of the most famous in movie history!
www.warhistoryonline.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
So very pleased OP goes on with followup posts or I woulda hadda gotten crisp all up in here. ❤️
2025 was my least productive year ever due to a new, seemingly endless health issue that started in Jan, but managed to selfpub MYRIAD 1 and 2, and had a short tale tradpubbed under the other pen name. Very sad about the situation. 2026 can't come soon enough.
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025, no matter how big or small
Reading & writing has kept me alive this year.
Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
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December 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
2025 was my least productive year ever due to a new, seemingly endless health issue that started in Jan, but managed to selfpub MYRIAD 1 and 2, and had a short tale tradpubbed under the other pen name. Very sad about the situation. 2026 can't come soon enough.
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Seeing people use generative AI is extremely embarrassing. They're like tiny children being given controllers that aren't plugged into the gaming system and they're smashing buttons shouting, "I'm winning!" Only they're adults, fully capable of playing but they want the unplugged controller.
December 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Seeing people use generative AI is extremely embarrassing. They're like tiny children being given controllers that aren't plugged into the gaming system and they're smashing buttons shouting, "I'm winning!" Only they're adults, fully capable of playing but they want the unplugged controller.
Explain your username:
Welp, as a writer in many forms, I just like to roll with irony slash a sense of humility.
Welp, as a writer in many forms, I just like to roll with irony slash a sense of humility.
Explain your username.
I promo/spotlight/review indie books (and art). Very straightforward. 🥰
I promo/spotlight/review indie books (and art). Very straightforward. 🥰
Explain your username.
I've done so a few times in the past but for anyone who's new here, it's basically just my last name paired with a random number. Technically, there IS a meaning behind the number, but it's a story that I'd rather just not mention because it involves embarrassing memories.
I've done so a few times in the past but for anyone who's new here, it's basically just my last name paired with a random number. Technically, there IS a meaning behind the number, but it's a story that I'd rather just not mention because it involves embarrassing memories.
December 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Explain your username:
Welp, as a writer in many forms, I just like to roll with irony slash a sense of humility.
Welp, as a writer in many forms, I just like to roll with irony slash a sense of humility.
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I'm a comics creator. Every time I lead a workshop with kids, I see their absolute joy in drawing with their OWN HANDS. If you deny kids that joy by forcing them to type prompts into a computer, you're failing as an educator.
Shame on you for this.
Shame on you for this.
December 24, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I'm a comics creator. Every time I lead a workshop with kids, I see their absolute joy in drawing with their OWN HANDS. If you deny kids that joy by forcing them to type prompts into a computer, you're failing as an educator.
Shame on you for this.
Shame on you for this.
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Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
My critique is the mostly bland, uninspired or even offensive casting, tbf. Pass.
Some Viewers Are Critiquing Christopher Nolan's THE ODYSSEY for Historical Accuracy After the First Trailer's Release
Some Viewers Are Critiquing Christopher Nolan's THE ODYSSEY for Historical Accuracy After the First Trailer's Release
Christopher Nolan is known for his larger than life films with massive stories and budgets to match, and he is taking his filmmaking to the next level with his adaptation of the epic 24-part poem by Homer,...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
My critique is the mostly bland, uninspired or even offensive casting, tbf. Pass.
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Some absolutely top notch orange cattery here
October 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Some absolutely top notch orange cattery here
Under his fucking eye, amirite, Sammy?
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university
Graduate instructor who gave failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky no longer teaching at OU
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university.
www.koco.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Under his fucking eye, amirite, Sammy?
Will side-eye any queer person lipsyncing or burlesquing to "I will Survive" going forward, because hard not to know all this now. Gay anthem shot to hell.
Gloria Gaynor revealed as MAGA donor after being picked by Trump for Kennedy Center Honor
Gloria Gaynor revealed as MAGA donor after Trump picks her for Kennedy Center Honor
‘I Will Survive’ singer has reportedly donated nearly $22,000 to right-wing politicians and organizations since 2023
www.the-independent.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Will side-eye any queer person lipsyncing or burlesquing to "I will Survive" going forward, because hard not to know all this now. Gay anthem shot to hell.
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It was the Dunning of tymes. It was the Kruger of tymes.
December 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
It was the Dunning of tymes. It was the Kruger of tymes.
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The remaining Victorian ghosts admitted defeat today. “The world in 2025 is so much spookier than anything we could come up with, so we’re taking retirement. Here, have our shoes as a parting gift.” Victorian ghosts—creepy to the last.
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
More than 400 leather hobnailed boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, have been found.
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The remaining Victorian ghosts admitted defeat today. “The world in 2025 is so much spookier than anything we could come up with, so we’re taking retirement. Here, have our shoes as a parting gift.” Victorian ghosts—creepy to the last.
None. I keep MYRIAD in a separate world because it's quasi-autobiographical and I'm private that way.
(Obligatory PSA so as not to mislead smut-buyers: The series isn't really smut, but 🔥🔥🔥 exists here and there, esp in book 2)
(Obligatory PSA so as not to mislead smut-buyers: The series isn't really smut, but 🔥🔥🔥 exists here and there, esp in book 2)
Considering that many of you may be spending time with loved ones this month, #Smutcember:
Who among your friends and family has read your smut? Has it been a positive experience sharing it with them?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Who among your friends and family has read your smut? Has it been a positive experience sharing it with them?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
None. I keep MYRIAD in a separate world because it's quasi-autobiographical and I'm private that way.
(Obligatory PSA so as not to mislead smut-buyers: The series isn't really smut, but 🔥🔥🔥 exists here and there, esp in book 2)
(Obligatory PSA so as not to mislead smut-buyers: The series isn't really smut, but 🔥🔥🔥 exists here and there, esp in book 2)
I've said it before, but those "naked xrays" installed in airports in the west was a test-run of citizens' complacency and toletance for invasive authoritarian surveillance. Our lack of pushback revealed everything they needed to know.
Human beings are adaptable. Too adaptable. We put up with too much shit.
December 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I've said it before, but those "naked xrays" installed in airports in the west was a test-run of citizens' complacency and toletance for invasive authoritarian surveillance. Our lack of pushback revealed everything they needed to know.
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So many of these fools saying AI art is the future and AI will soon be indistinguishable from humans in every way, their arguments boil down to “the human experience means nothing” and honestly i don’t think people who believe that are capable of understanding art in the first place
December 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
So many of these fools saying AI art is the future and AI will soon be indistinguishable from humans in every way, their arguments boil down to “the human experience means nothing” and honestly i don’t think people who believe that are capable of understanding art in the first place
Whenever I see a post by an author deriding lush, inventive prose, I immediately know I will bounce off their bland-ass work.
MYRIAD isn't densely written or flowery (that flair is under another pen-name), but Simon has a vocab and gets aroused by words like I do.
MYRIAD isn't densely written or flowery (that flair is under another pen-name), but Simon has a vocab and gets aroused by words like I do.
I was thinking earlier about how vocabulary affects reader experience and preferences.
I like big words and I cannot lie. When an author challenges my vocabulary, it’s often a sign I’m going to enjoy a book.
Some folks gravitate toward a more accessible reading experience, which tbc is 100% okay!
I like big words and I cannot lie. When an author challenges my vocabulary, it’s often a sign I’m going to enjoy a book.
Some folks gravitate toward a more accessible reading experience, which tbc is 100% okay!
December 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Whenever I see a post by an author deriding lush, inventive prose, I immediately know I will bounce off their bland-ass work.
MYRIAD isn't densely written or flowery (that flair is under another pen-name), but Simon has a vocab and gets aroused by words like I do.
MYRIAD isn't densely written or flowery (that flair is under another pen-name), but Simon has a vocab and gets aroused by words like I do.
As a perennial “Read Caleb Williams and Political Justice!” broken record, this trending—regardless of target—pleases me.
(I love Godwin’s work so much that he figures in MYRIAD. Of course.)
(I love Godwin’s work so much that he figures in MYRIAD. Of course.)
Caleb Williams (1794), William Godwin's timely exposé of fake news, dirty tricks, and all the truth-twisting deceptions by which authoritarian governments maintain power, is now trending on Bluesky. (Image from 19c. reprint)
December 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
As a perennial “Read Caleb Williams and Political Justice!” broken record, this trending—regardless of target—pleases me.
(I love Godwin’s work so much that he figures in MYRIAD. Of course.)
(I love Godwin’s work so much that he figures in MYRIAD. Of course.)
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I see a lot of "please be respectful of other people's decisions" around AI in indie author spaces and I don't understand it. If you plagiarise that makes you a plagiarist. If you steal someone else's work and lie that it's your own, that makes you a liar and thief. I'm supposed to respect that?
My friends, I say this with all the love in my heart: Right now might not be the moment for “But we should be TOLERANT and NUANCED about the plagiarism machines!”
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
December 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I see a lot of "please be respectful of other people's decisions" around AI in indie author spaces and I don't understand it. If you plagiarise that makes you a plagiarist. If you steal someone else's work and lie that it's your own, that makes you a liar and thief. I'm supposed to respect that?
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Having a cat is so cool. There is a little creature in my bed who loves me and vibrates like a tiny motorcycle and is so fuzzy and wants to snuggle. How could I want anything else
December 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Having a cat is so cool. There is a little creature in my bed who loves me and vibrates like a tiny motorcycle and is so fuzzy and wants to snuggle. How could I want anything else