Dan is writing 🇨🇦 🍁
writerdan.bsky.social
Dan is writing 🇨🇦 🍁
@writerdan.bsky.social
Writer of light detective fiction and urban fantasy, grinding my way to publication. Likely to follow you only if you are a reader, writer, or author. Or author-adjacent. Or #NAFO and #Ukraine.

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For the first Halloween in 14 years, I don't have a dog barking every time a trick-or-treater shows up at the door. Kinda sucks.
November 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I am now starring in "Breaking Bad: Canadian Edition". You know, where the protagonist gets cancer and gets treatment for free because of universal health care, but complains about having to pay for parking.

#Canada
October 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
It's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in #Canada, which I am marking by reading "21 Things You May Not Know About The Indian Act".

Worthwhile #reading.

#books
September 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I was headed to the gym, then the heavens opened and the rain poured down and I discovered I am made of sugar.
September 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Wasn't swept up in the rapture. It's like bombing a job interview.
September 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
@jenniferjcoldwater.bsky.social is doing a book signing today from 3 to 5 if you happen to be in Woodland Hills, L.A.
theopenbook.net/woodland-hil...

#writing
The Open Book | Woodland Hills
theopenbook.net
September 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Hey!!!! If you’re in #yyj Bolen Books has 3 copies of If a Bumblebee Lands on Your Toe! Ahead of the Canadian release date!! 🐝 🇨🇦
May 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
What you need to share about the “one big beautiful” ugly horrible bill
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
What you need to share about the “one big beautiful” ugly horrible bill
(Resending so you can share over email without my inadvertent notes after the “share” button)
open.substack.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:46 AM
There's nothing new about company towns. Bad idea way back then; bad idea now.

#resist #endoligarchy
Is Starbase the future of America?
Friends,
robertreich.substack.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Get your seedlings!

#yyj #GardeningInCanada
Get Growing, Victoria! | City of Victoria
www.victoria.ca
May 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
May 24, 11-3, at the Royal BC Museum. I'll be helping with a robotics display. Yes, you can drive a FIRST robot!

#yyj #robotics #FIRST
Passport to Science Event Launch | Royal BC Museum and Archives
Guests of all ages are invited to kick off their Summer of STEAM at this interactive event. You’ll say hello to our many-legged friends with the Victoria Bug Zoo, contemplate the depths of space with ...
www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
May 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The US needs a better future.

#resist #endoligarchy
Keep demonstrating against Trump — but also for a better future.
The importance of progressive populism
open.substack.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Did you buy a book from an independent Canadian bookstore on Saturday, the 26th? If so, you can join the CIBD contest!

#books #Canada #canlit

www.indiebookstores.ca/cibd-contest/
Contest For Book Lovers - IndieBookstores
www.indiebookstores.ca
April 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Didn't register to vote? You still can.

Also, it'll be slamming busy for the first few hours and then quieter until about 4, then slamming busy again. At least, that was my experience the 4 days of advance #voting.

#Canada #election
Didn't register to vote? You can still do so on election day | CBC News
It's not too late for Canadians looking to cast their ballot who haven't yet registered to vote — Elections Canada allows voters to register on election day at their polling station.
www.cbc.ca
April 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
How's your evening going?

I could barely fit a glass over this big boy.
April 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Introducing the 2025 #CreativeNonfiction finalists for the @RBC #BronwenWallace Award for Emerging Writers:
◣ Huyền Trân
◥ Phillip Dwight Morgan
◢ Graham Slaughter
Congratulations!
writerstrust.com/BronwenWallace #canlit
April 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Volunteer spots are full on Saturday. Phew! But you can bring your papers down and get them shredded securely.

#yyj #events #VictoriaBC
Shred-a-Thon - Broadmead Care
Save the date! Broadmead Care's 2025 Shred-a-Thon is happening on Saturday, April 26, 2025 in Victoria, BC.
www.broadmeadcare.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The view from the right...

Good to hear. Goodish, at least.

#resist
The view from the right
Conservative condemnation of the Trump regime is almost as vehement as is progressive condemnation. Will they give cover to business leaders who have so far remained silent?
open.substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The lineups at polling stations are short or non-existent today.

#Canadian #election #elxn45
April 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Advance polls open at 9 this morning for the #Canadian #election.
April 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I just had another of those painful #BoycottAmerica conversations with the owner of a small site I've used for years. I canceled my subscription and explained that it was because of the US slide into autocracy. I got a polite and personal response from the owner.

I do hope the decent Americans win.
April 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM