HD Beird
@thebeird.bsky.social
Human shaped Form who try write #book good.
Likes himself some of those #movies and #videogames too.
Also facial hair enthusiast.
#indie #scifi #fantasy #horror
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Likes himself some of those #movies and #videogames too.
Also facial hair enthusiast.
#indie #scifi #fantasy #horror
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08W9KRT15?ref_=dbs_p_mng_rwt_ser_shvlr&storeType
January 15, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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Alright, time to get into some of those weeds I promised! The theme of this week and next will be fighting-centric. Weapons and armor this week. Militaries next week. Today's #JanuaryWorldbuilders Q: What weapon(s) are used by your MC (or another important character?)
January 15, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Alright, time to get into some of those weeds I promised! The theme of this week and next will be fighting-centric. Weapons and armor this week. Militaries next week. Today's #JanuaryWorldbuilders Q: What weapon(s) are used by your MC (or another important character?)
#HorrorWritersChat
Good stuff Mary, thank you for the distraction
I'll leave you all with this bundle of joy
As one review said;
Be safe, be creative, watch some videos of daschunds
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
Good stuff Mary, thank you for the distraction
I'll leave you all with this bundle of joy
As one review said;
Be safe, be creative, watch some videos of daschunds
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
January 14, 2026 at 7:59 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
Good stuff Mary, thank you for the distraction
I'll leave you all with this bundle of joy
As one review said;
Be safe, be creative, watch some videos of daschunds
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
Good stuff Mary, thank you for the distraction
I'll leave you all with this bundle of joy
As one review said;
Be safe, be creative, watch some videos of daschunds
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
Reposted by HD Beird
Thank you for attending #HorrorWritersChat and sharing your horror with us.
Qs will be up for 23 hours more.
Once you’ve answered the questions, it’s time to share your stuff! Or other folks stuff.
Let’s uplift each other and reshare what we see.
My eyeballs are ready!!
Qs will be up for 23 hours more.
Once you’ve answered the questions, it’s time to share your stuff! Or other folks stuff.
Let’s uplift each other and reshare what we see.
My eyeballs are ready!!
January 14, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Thank you for attending #HorrorWritersChat and sharing your horror with us.
Qs will be up for 23 hours more.
Once you’ve answered the questions, it’s time to share your stuff! Or other folks stuff.
Let’s uplift each other and reshare what we see.
My eyeballs are ready!!
Qs will be up for 23 hours more.
Once you’ve answered the questions, it’s time to share your stuff! Or other folks stuff.
Let’s uplift each other and reshare what we see.
My eyeballs are ready!!
#HorrorWritersChat
Bullies and Bastards
Folk who fail upwards into success and hate those who aren't impressed
Sociopaths, Sex Creeps and Money Goblins
Idealogues and the idiots they control
The very worst of the human race going all Half-Maker on what's left of the ruins
Bullies and Bastards
Folk who fail upwards into success and hate those who aren't impressed
Sociopaths, Sex Creeps and Money Goblins
Idealogues and the idiots they control
The very worst of the human race going all Half-Maker on what's left of the ruins
January 14, 2026 at 7:52 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
Bullies and Bastards
Folk who fail upwards into success and hate those who aren't impressed
Sociopaths, Sex Creeps and Money Goblins
Idealogues and the idiots they control
The very worst of the human race going all Half-Maker on what's left of the ruins
Bullies and Bastards
Folk who fail upwards into success and hate those who aren't impressed
Sociopaths, Sex Creeps and Money Goblins
Idealogues and the idiots they control
The very worst of the human race going all Half-Maker on what's left of the ruins
Reposted by HD Beird
Horror is known for having both natural and supernatural antagonists, like the landscape or a ghostly presence.
Q4 #HorrorWritersChat
In your current WIP or latest published horror work, who or what antagonises your protagonist?
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Q4 #HorrorWritersChat
In your current WIP or latest published horror work, who or what antagonises your protagonist?
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January 14, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Horror is known for having both natural and supernatural antagonists, like the landscape or a ghostly presence.
Q4 #HorrorWritersChat
In your current WIP or latest published horror work, who or what antagonises your protagonist?
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Q4 #HorrorWritersChat
In your current WIP or latest published horror work, who or what antagonises your protagonist?
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#HorrorWritersChat
By trying to pass itself off as competent?
Ahem, I meah ah . . .
I go for visceral sensation but try and give it some kind of poetic, otherworldly feel so you keep reading despite the nihilism and have some fun
By trying to pass itself off as competent?
Ahem, I meah ah . . .
I go for visceral sensation but try and give it some kind of poetic, otherworldly feel so you keep reading despite the nihilism and have some fun
January 14, 2026 at 7:37 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
By trying to pass itself off as competent?
Ahem, I meah ah . . .
I go for visceral sensation but try and give it some kind of poetic, otherworldly feel so you keep reading despite the nihilism and have some fun
By trying to pass itself off as competent?
Ahem, I meah ah . . .
I go for visceral sensation but try and give it some kind of poetic, otherworldly feel so you keep reading despite the nihilism and have some fun
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Q3 #HorrorWritersChat
How does your writing style seek to instill fear, disgust, or otherwise unsettle your readers?
[See an example from Cynthia Pelayo in the graphic]
How does your writing style seek to instill fear, disgust, or otherwise unsettle your readers?
[See an example from Cynthia Pelayo in the graphic]
January 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Q3 #HorrorWritersChat
How does your writing style seek to instill fear, disgust, or otherwise unsettle your readers?
[See an example from Cynthia Pelayo in the graphic]
How does your writing style seek to instill fear, disgust, or otherwise unsettle your readers?
[See an example from Cynthia Pelayo in the graphic]
#HorrorWritersChat
The perceived reality that gets violated is the notion that anyone has any clue what's going on and what to do about it
Individuals and institutions alike
Been hitting a bit too close to home for the last . . .
🤔
. . .decade, but I can't ignore what I want to write
The perceived reality that gets violated is the notion that anyone has any clue what's going on and what to do about it
Individuals and institutions alike
Been hitting a bit too close to home for the last . . .
🤔
. . .decade, but I can't ignore what I want to write
January 14, 2026 at 7:23 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
The perceived reality that gets violated is the notion that anyone has any clue what's going on and what to do about it
Individuals and institutions alike
Been hitting a bit too close to home for the last . . .
🤔
. . .decade, but I can't ignore what I want to write
The perceived reality that gets violated is the notion that anyone has any clue what's going on and what to do about it
Individuals and institutions alike
Been hitting a bit too close to home for the last . . .
🤔
. . .decade, but I can't ignore what I want to write
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“Horror comes from a violation of what characters perceive to be reality.” - Writing in the Dark by Tim Waggoner
Example: a haunted house violates the assumption that we are alone in our homes.
Q2 #HorrorWritersChat
Which perceived realities do you utilise in your horror writing?
Example: a haunted house violates the assumption that we are alone in our homes.
Q2 #HorrorWritersChat
Which perceived realities do you utilise in your horror writing?
January 14, 2026 at 7:16 PM
“Horror comes from a violation of what characters perceive to be reality.” - Writing in the Dark by Tim Waggoner
Example: a haunted house violates the assumption that we are alone in our homes.
Q2 #HorrorWritersChat
Which perceived realities do you utilise in your horror writing?
Example: a haunted house violates the assumption that we are alone in our homes.
Q2 #HorrorWritersChat
Which perceived realities do you utilise in your horror writing?
#HorrorWritersChat
Hi I'm HD Beird, sexy and weird
HD stands for Handy Dishcloth, cause I'm always there to mop up a mess
AKA, my books
I write horror in a sci-fi setting involving black comedy, mystery and a bit of smut
Current inspirations?
Dark City
Bioshock Infinite
&
Angel Heart
Hi I'm HD Beird, sexy and weird
HD stands for Handy Dishcloth, cause I'm always there to mop up a mess
AKA, my books
I write horror in a sci-fi setting involving black comedy, mystery and a bit of smut
Current inspirations?
Dark City
Bioshock Infinite
&
Angel Heart
January 14, 2026 at 7:07 PM
#HorrorWritersChat
Hi I'm HD Beird, sexy and weird
HD stands for Handy Dishcloth, cause I'm always there to mop up a mess
AKA, my books
I write horror in a sci-fi setting involving black comedy, mystery and a bit of smut
Current inspirations?
Dark City
Bioshock Infinite
&
Angel Heart
Hi I'm HD Beird, sexy and weird
HD stands for Handy Dishcloth, cause I'm always there to mop up a mess
AKA, my books
I write horror in a sci-fi setting involving black comedy, mystery and a bit of smut
Current inspirations?
Dark City
Bioshock Infinite
&
Angel Heart
Reposted by HD Beird
Welcome to #HorrorWritersChat
Q1
Introduce yourself and the horror subgenres you write.
Then, share three works of horror that influenced your latest work OR current WIP.
Q1
Introduce yourself and the horror subgenres you write.
Then, share three works of horror that influenced your latest work OR current WIP.
January 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Welcome to #HorrorWritersChat
Q1
Introduce yourself and the horror subgenres you write.
Then, share three works of horror that influenced your latest work OR current WIP.
Q1
Introduce yourself and the horror subgenres you write.
Then, share three works of horror that influenced your latest work OR current WIP.
#JanuaryWorldbuilders
🤔
In my first bugs, it was bugs and algae
In my second, it was fish
In my third . . . coffee, cigarettes and hemp milk
They need some variety in their diet
🤔
In my first bugs, it was bugs and algae
In my second, it was fish
In my third . . . coffee, cigarettes and hemp milk
They need some variety in their diet
January 14, 2026 at 6:04 PM
#JanuaryWorldbuilders
🤔
In my first bugs, it was bugs and algae
In my second, it was fish
In my third . . . coffee, cigarettes and hemp milk
They need some variety in their diet
🤔
In my first bugs, it was bugs and algae
In my second, it was fish
In my third . . . coffee, cigarettes and hemp milk
They need some variety in their diet
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Last question on our "society, broadly" theme for #JanuaryWorldbuilders. What food or drinks are popular in the society you've been talking about? If can be an MC's society, or any one you have an interesting answer for.
January 14, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Last question on our "society, broadly" theme for #JanuaryWorldbuilders. What food or drinks are popular in the society you've been talking about? If can be an MC's society, or any one you have an interesting answer for.
#JanuaryWorldbuilders
Without giving too much away, the alien race in my books manage to catch the light of a star and split it into the spectrum
It's a gesture of awe
Please don't tell me someone else got their first
Gets me paranoid!
Without giving too much away, the alien race in my books manage to catch the light of a star and split it into the spectrum
It's a gesture of awe
Please don't tell me someone else got their first
Gets me paranoid!
January 11, 2026 at 8:21 PM
#JanuaryWorldbuilders
Without giving too much away, the alien race in my books manage to catch the light of a star and split it into the spectrum
It's a gesture of awe
Please don't tell me someone else got their first
Gets me paranoid!
Without giving too much away, the alien race in my books manage to catch the light of a star and split it into the spectrum
It's a gesture of awe
Please don't tell me someone else got their first
Gets me paranoid!
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#JanuaryWorldbuilders! Tell me more about your fictional society. What are some gestures or actions that are considered good etiquette? If you're writing about non-Earth societies, do they have any such actions/gestures that we don't use? Alternatively, do they have *rude* gestures?
January 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM
#JanuaryWorldbuilders! Tell me more about your fictional society. What are some gestures or actions that are considered good etiquette? If you're writing about non-Earth societies, do they have any such actions/gestures that we don't use? Alternatively, do they have *rude* gestures?
#pretendpanel
Like the stories themselves, I find the characters and who they are during the first draft
For example, I started one with the intent of making a noir mystery but as I was writing it became a black comedy
So the main characters had to reflect that
They evolve as the story does
Like the stories themselves, I find the characters and who they are during the first draft
For example, I started one with the intent of making a noir mystery but as I was writing it became a black comedy
So the main characters had to reflect that
They evolve as the story does
January 10, 2026 at 8:53 AM
#pretendpanel
Like the stories themselves, I find the characters and who they are during the first draft
For example, I started one with the intent of making a noir mystery but as I was writing it became a black comedy
So the main characters had to reflect that
They evolve as the story does
Like the stories themselves, I find the characters and who they are during the first draft
For example, I started one with the intent of making a noir mystery but as I was writing it became a black comedy
So the main characters had to reflect that
They evolve as the story does
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#pretendpanel, maybe this has changed for you, or maybe not! But either way, I'm keen to know...
January 10th: How has your creation of main characters evolved over time?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 10th: How has your creation of main characters evolved over time?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 10, 2026 at 8:01 AM
#pretendpanel, maybe this has changed for you, or maybe not! But either way, I'm keen to know...
January 10th: How has your creation of main characters evolved over time?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 10th: How has your creation of main characters evolved over time?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel
I'm certainly becoming more critical of what I write, and I was pretty harsh with myself to begin with
I've scrapped at least five book ideas because they weren't working, and just restarted another due to it having no forward momentum
I prefer succinct pacing, I think
I'm certainly becoming more critical of what I write, and I was pretty harsh with myself to begin with
I've scrapped at least five book ideas because they weren't working, and just restarted another due to it having no forward momentum
I prefer succinct pacing, I think
January 10, 2026 at 8:37 AM
#pretendpanel
I'm certainly becoming more critical of what I write, and I was pretty harsh with myself to begin with
I've scrapped at least five book ideas because they weren't working, and just restarted another due to it having no forward momentum
I prefer succinct pacing, I think
I'm certainly becoming more critical of what I write, and I was pretty harsh with myself to begin with
I've scrapped at least five book ideas because they weren't working, and just restarted another due to it having no forward momentum
I prefer succinct pacing, I think
Reposted by HD Beird
#pretendpanel, let's get into the hard questions, shall we?
January 9th: How has your craft evolved lately? (as in, your prose, your structuring, voice and tone, etc)
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 9th: How has your craft evolved lately? (as in, your prose, your structuring, voice and tone, etc)
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 AM
#pretendpanel, let's get into the hard questions, shall we?
January 9th: How has your craft evolved lately? (as in, your prose, your structuring, voice and tone, etc)
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 9th: How has your craft evolved lately? (as in, your prose, your structuring, voice and tone, etc)
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#SFFChat
Thanks for indulging me
Here's all three of said books
Check them out
They're not bad
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Thanks for indulging me
Here's all three of said books
Check them out
They're not bad
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
January 9, 2026 at 10:42 PM
#SFFChat
Thanks for indulging me
Here's all three of said books
Check them out
They're not bad
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
Thanks for indulging me
Here's all three of said books
Check them out
They're not bad
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
Reposted by HD Beird
#SFFChat Outro: Thanks so much for chatting, everyone!
Comment on someone's snippet, then comment here with something you'd like shared! (:
See you next Thursday AM ! 6-7 EST
Comment on someone's snippet, then comment here with something you'd like shared! (:
See you next Thursday AM ! 6-7 EST
January 9, 2026 at 12:21 AM
#SFFChat Outro: Thanks so much for chatting, everyone!
Comment on someone's snippet, then comment here with something you'd like shared! (:
See you next Thursday AM ! 6-7 EST
Comment on someone's snippet, then comment here with something you'd like shared! (:
See you next Thursday AM ! 6-7 EST
#SFFChat
AMNION: Hundreds had breached the perimeter. They'd slipped in undetected yet again and were gathering en-mass
LOST WITNESS: There's a fine line between doing what's right and what feels right in the doing
KILLER KAGAMI: Where were you going before deciding you couldn't get there?
AMNION: Hundreds had breached the perimeter. They'd slipped in undetected yet again and were gathering en-mass
LOST WITNESS: There's a fine line between doing what's right and what feels right in the doing
KILLER KAGAMI: Where were you going before deciding you couldn't get there?
January 9, 2026 at 10:37 PM
#SFFChat
AMNION: Hundreds had breached the perimeter. They'd slipped in undetected yet again and were gathering en-mass
LOST WITNESS: There's a fine line between doing what's right and what feels right in the doing
KILLER KAGAMI: Where were you going before deciding you couldn't get there?
AMNION: Hundreds had breached the perimeter. They'd slipped in undetected yet again and were gathering en-mass
LOST WITNESS: There's a fine line between doing what's right and what feels right in the doing
KILLER KAGAMI: Where were you going before deciding you couldn't get there?
#SFFChat
The Gunslinger by Stephen Kind
It's the only Dark Tower book I read
Not because I disliked it, just kinda fell to the wayside and I never got back around to it
"The Man in Black fled across the desert, and The Gunslinger followed."
Hook, line, and sinker baby!
The Gunslinger by Stephen Kind
It's the only Dark Tower book I read
Not because I disliked it, just kinda fell to the wayside and I never got back around to it
"The Man in Black fled across the desert, and The Gunslinger followed."
Hook, line, and sinker baby!
January 9, 2026 at 10:31 PM
#SFFChat
The Gunslinger by Stephen Kind
It's the only Dark Tower book I read
Not because I disliked it, just kinda fell to the wayside and I never got back around to it
"The Man in Black fled across the desert, and The Gunslinger followed."
Hook, line, and sinker baby!
The Gunslinger by Stephen Kind
It's the only Dark Tower book I read
Not because I disliked it, just kinda fell to the wayside and I never got back around to it
"The Man in Black fled across the desert, and The Gunslinger followed."
Hook, line, and sinker baby!