The right to roam is one of the most unique and important aspects of Scottish culture and law, and to restrict this right in order to preserve the profit margins of a leisure company is unacceptable.

Gran Tarajal, Fuerteventura

Rekindling an old hobby.

#holga #holga135bc #toycamera #35mm #analogue

This video kicks ass: youtu.be/o2jzKo1RqWU?...

Saturday pints.

We make our own lightning, indeed.

#tempestbrewingco

"Write what you know," they say. Bold of them to assume I understand human relationships.

Love is patient, love is kind. Love is also someone knowing your dumbest opinions and deciding to tolerate you anyway.

Word of the Day: GROKE (Old Scots) - to gaze at somebody while they're eating in the hope that you’ll share their food.

Nothing like a casual scroll to remind you that half the internet has a PhD in topics they learned about 45 seconds ago.

Big day for the Self-Appointed Experts Committee.

Valentine’s Day is a capitalist scheme. Buy chocolate tomorrow when it’s 70% off, like a true romantic.

Fantasy books are always like "The Kingdom has stood for a thousand years," but no one ever explains how.

A thousand years? No coups? No revolutions? No civil wars? Just vibes???

Be serious.

Also, why does technology in fantasy stagnate? 2,000 years with the same arms and armour?

Magic is illegal in the world of my novel. Well, one kind of magic is illegal. The other kind is regulated to hell and back.

Which means magic exists in much the same way nuclear weapons do; controlled by the powerful and terrifying to everyone else.

#writingcommunity #magicsystems

The worst part of world-building is realizing your readers won't see half of the cool shit that makes your word tick.

#writingcommunity #worldbuilding

Being a writer is great because you get all the stress of a real job, your boss is anxiety, and your paycheck is theoretical.

#writing

King Malcolm's new official portrait

#blackcats #cats

Hello, Bluesky