Thomas Gaffney
@writertomg.thomasgaffney.com
https://www.thomasgaffney.com/
Horror Writer. HWA Member. Emerson MFA PopFic Graduate. Short Stories in The Dread Machine and Bards & Sages. Working on my first novel. He/Him.
Horror Writer. HWA Member. Emerson MFA PopFic Graduate. Short Stories in The Dread Machine and Bards & Sages. Working on my first novel. He/Him.
Black Kenobi
Your GI JOE name is the color of your shirt followed by your first pet's name.
GO.
GO.
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Black Kenobi
Been a minute...
Blog | Thomas Gaffney
Things are Moving | Wow. Okay. It's been a while since I posted anything. I've started this blog post, like, four times now and just never finished it. I'm trying to remember ever
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October 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Been a minute...
Random Updates
Blog | Thomas Gaffney
Random Updates and Misc Things | So the official deadline for the Fulbright application is fast approaching. I have a second letter of sponsorship from The Norwegian Folk Museum F
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October 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Random Updates
Weird writing spot
Blog | Thomas Gaffney
Weird Writing Spot | So, I've been in a weird writing spot. I want to write. I don't know what I want to write. I have ideas. But I also need new ideas. I have stuff that I want
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September 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Weird writing spot
Teaching material?
Slowly Getting There | Thomas Gaffney
So, I'm getting near the submission time for the Fulbright application. I think my Statement of Grant and Short Answer Essays are all good and ready to go. I have emails out about
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September 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Teaching material?
Looks like I got a sponsor and housing!
Bad News & Good News & Better News | Thomas Gaffney
So, I've sent out several emails, looking for a sponsor in Norway for my potential Fulbright project (if I get it). And most of the replies have not been ... good? Tho, this happen
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August 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Looks like I got a sponsor and housing!
I just finished sending out over 40 emails to various professors in Norway, looking for a Fulbright sponsor. There a few professors that would be a perfect fit (IMHO), so finger crossed ...
August 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I just finished sending out over 40 emails to various professors in Norway, looking for a Fulbright sponsor. There a few professors that would be a perfect fit (IMHO), so finger crossed ...
August 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I can't believe there are people that constantly blog. This is a pain in the butt...
How Do People Do This? | Thomas Gaffney
Man ... I have a website I use to track my writing goals, keep me motivated, and feed me the dopamine when I hit my marks. (it looks like I'm way behind - I am - because I scrapped
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August 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I can't believe there are people that constantly blog. This is a pain in the butt...
Some days I write 27 words, and those words are a struggle. The other day, I was at -106 words for the day. Tonight, I had an hour to kill while waiting for the missus to get out of work, and I stopped by the nearest Starbucks. I guess I just needed to get out because I wrote 539 words in an hour.
August 1, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Some days I write 27 words, and those words are a struggle. The other day, I was at -106 words for the day. Tonight, I had an hour to kill while waiting for the missus to get out of work, and I stopped by the nearest Starbucks. I guess I just needed to get out because I wrote 539 words in an hour.
Bloggity blog...
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Falling Behind | Thomas Gaffney
Naturally, on a blog post titled Falling Behind, I'm writing a blog post when I should be working on the first draft of my next book idea. Or working on Fulbright stuff. Or helping one my Emerson clas...
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July 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Bloggity blog...
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What's this? A blog post?!?
Updates and Self-Sabotage | Thomas Gaffney
Welp, I'm doing it again. I'm applying for the Fulbright Scholarship in an attempt to go to Oslo, Norway to research the Huldra folklore for a horror story I want to write. I will admit, I got my hope...
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July 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
What's this? A blog post?!?
SO IT BEGINS. I have taken an old manuscript I wrote about 9-10 years ago, re-plotted it, and have started a full re-write...
June 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
SO IT BEGINS. I have taken an old manuscript I wrote about 9-10 years ago, re-plotted it, and have started a full re-write...
May 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Bookmail! Got my copy of Dark Spores (edited by @carolgyzander.bsky.social) today. Gorgeous cover. Great authors. And some PGH #HWA writers included, too! Looking forward to getting into these stories. @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social @saratantlinger.bsky.social @candacenola.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Bookmail! Got my copy of Dark Spores (edited by @carolgyzander.bsky.social) today. Gorgeous cover. Great authors. And some PGH #HWA writers included, too! Looking forward to getting into these stories. @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social @saratantlinger.bsky.social @candacenola.bsky.social
Continuing to read books on my TBR pile from Pittsburgh #HWA authors. I know Velkwood has been on my TBR pile for an embarrassing amount of time, but I’ve been dying to read Boneset & Feathers by @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social, and I’m now a third of the way thru it and loving it
April 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Continuing to read books on my TBR pile from Pittsburgh #HWA authors. I know Velkwood has been on my TBR pile for an embarrassing amount of time, but I’ve been dying to read Boneset & Feathers by @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social, and I’m now a third of the way thru it and loving it
"That's why Amazon should be illegal..."
STFU
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April 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"That's why Amazon should be illegal..."
I'm very behind on reading stuff from my fellow Pittsburgh #HWA members, so I started going through my TBR pile (alphabetically, to be fair). And today I finished a recent surprise bookstore find, LICKER by @mikearnzen.bsky.social. A quick read that'll have you laughing while being grossed out.
April 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I'm very behind on reading stuff from my fellow Pittsburgh #HWA members, so I started going through my TBR pile (alphabetically, to be fair). And today I finished a recent surprise bookstore find, LICKER by @mikearnzen.bsky.social. A quick read that'll have you laughing while being grossed out.