Xander Jon Dijk the Writer
@xanderjondijk.bsky.social
Fantasy. Humor. Horror. #amwriting #amquerying #fantasyauthor
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Is Romantasy out? Just read through a bunch of agent wishlists ~30) and half of the ones accepting fantasy asked for B-plot romance or none at all.
December 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Is Romantasy out? Just read through a bunch of agent wishlists ~30) and half of the ones accepting fantasy asked for B-plot romance or none at all.
Presented without comment
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Presented without comment
Sex scenes and fight scenes are the exact same thing.
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Sex scenes and fight scenes are the exact same thing.
Big day! Sending in my first full request for Hurry Up and Die.
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Big day! Sending in my first full request for Hurry Up and Die.
Ahh! I did something talented and nobody will ever see it to celebrate with me!
October 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Ahh! I did something talented and nobody will ever see it to celebrate with me!
It’s never too late for caltrate
October 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
It’s never too late for caltrate
If you leave a spider alone for long enough, you end up with a pile of spider shit.
September 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
If you leave a spider alone for long enough, you end up with a pile of spider shit.
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Some kind of kaiju appearing briefly in the North Sea there. I wonder what that's about? 🤔
Just about to step outside to grab some lunch and wondering if you need your umbrella? ☔
Away from central southern England, southwest England, west Wales and Northern Ireland - where you may need it, for most it's sunglasses that will prove more useful 😎
Away from central southern England, southwest England, west Wales and Northern Ireland - where you may need it, for most it's sunglasses that will prove more useful 😎
September 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Some kind of kaiju appearing briefly in the North Sea there. I wonder what that's about? 🤔
Gud thread
I've spent half my life calling "temporary autonomous zones" counterrevolutionary, anti-liberation, and Disney World for wannabe cyberpunks, but I'm curious to see what happens when you get rid of them and still force people to work under hellworld grindset capitalism
I come to bury Burning Man, not to praise it, but this précis of the San Francisco zeitgeist is so bleak.
sfstandard.com/2025/08/30/b...
sfstandard.com/2025/08/30/b...
September 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Gud thread
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Uncanny X-Men #178: Cyclops mails Xavier a post-coital honeymoon photo like it's the most normal thing in the world.
August 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Uncanny X-Men #178: Cyclops mails Xavier a post-coital honeymoon photo like it's the most normal thing in the world.
If you’d like Grammarly to have options for turning off AI, you have to complain to them. I got a response saying this has been on their product roadmap for ages, but demand isn’t high enough to prioritize it.
Demand it!
Demand it!
Grammarly update: I've sent them this message, and I encourage you to do the same. You can reach the contact by scrolling to the bottom of the main page. I selected support>feedback. It's probably an unread box so you might consider trying a different submission method.
August 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
If you’d like Grammarly to have options for turning off AI, you have to complain to them. I got a response saying this has been on their product roadmap for ages, but demand isn’t high enough to prioritize it.
Demand it!
Demand it!
For perfectly understandable reasons, the publishing industry wants us to tell our stories as quickly as possible. But, it can never seem like you’re rushing. If a reader catches you rushing, they will hate you in small ways for it.
August 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
For perfectly understandable reasons, the publishing industry wants us to tell our stories as quickly as possible. But, it can never seem like you’re rushing. If a reader catches you rushing, they will hate you in small ways for it.
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We are on the cusp of AGI, definitely for real
August 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We are on the cusp of AGI, definitely for real
I’m going to admit something that will make me sound 20 years older than I am…
I’m still not sure I’m board with emoticons, and I only use emojis so folks will stop bothering me without thinking me rude.
:-D
I’m still not sure I’m board with emoticons, and I only use emojis so folks will stop bothering me without thinking me rude.
:-D
August 17, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I’m going to admit something that will make me sound 20 years older than I am…
I’m still not sure I’m board with emoticons, and I only use emojis so folks will stop bothering me without thinking me rude.
:-D
I’m still not sure I’m board with emoticons, and I only use emojis so folks will stop bothering me without thinking me rude.
:-D
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AI is for writers who don’t like to write but want to have written, and readers who don’t like to read but want to have read.
Into the sea with the whole miserable joyless fucking lot of them.
Into the sea with the whole miserable joyless fucking lot of them.
People are reading AI-generated synopses of books and then claiming they read 100 books in a week. This is how the abolition of books began in Fahrenheit 451: classics were condensed into five-minute summaries for those too busy to do the reading. Later came the burnings.
August 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
AI is for writers who don’t like to write but want to have written, and readers who don’t like to read but want to have read.
Into the sea with the whole miserable joyless fucking lot of them.
Into the sea with the whole miserable joyless fucking lot of them.
If you want to replace itch, I suggest a three site solution:
1. A place to search and browse completely distinct from
2. A place to host and access via code received from
3. A place to buy codes to access work on 2.
Turn payment into mini BitTorrent.
1. A place to search and browse completely distinct from
2. A place to host and access via code received from
3. A place to buy codes to access work on 2.
Turn payment into mini BitTorrent.
July 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
If you want to replace itch, I suggest a three site solution:
1. A place to search and browse completely distinct from
2. A place to host and access via code received from
3. A place to buy codes to access work on 2.
Turn payment into mini BitTorrent.
1. A place to search and browse completely distinct from
2. A place to host and access via code received from
3. A place to buy codes to access work on 2.
Turn payment into mini BitTorrent.
Today's Million Dollar Idea:
Like Dies the Fire, except instead of the Laws of Thermodynamics completely changing, soap gets less foamy.
Like Dies the Fire, except instead of the Laws of Thermodynamics completely changing, soap gets less foamy.
July 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Today's Million Dollar Idea:
Like Dies the Fire, except instead of the Laws of Thermodynamics completely changing, soap gets less foamy.
Like Dies the Fire, except instead of the Laws of Thermodynamics completely changing, soap gets less foamy.
Partner: What did you do this afternoon?
Me: Wrote a good logline. It's 36 words, and it took an hour.
P: Will that help you get published?
Me: No.
Me: Wrote a good logline. It's 36 words, and it took an hour.
P: Will that help you get published?
Me: No.
July 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Partner: What did you do this afternoon?
Me: Wrote a good logline. It's 36 words, and it took an hour.
P: Will that help you get published?
Me: No.
Me: Wrote a good logline. It's 36 words, and it took an hour.
P: Will that help you get published?
Me: No.
Took a bit of a break from bsky. Came back to find everybody yelling about AI. Still. Shit's stressful. I blame the neurotypicals.
May 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Took a bit of a break from bsky. Came back to find everybody yelling about AI. Still. Shit's stressful. I blame the neurotypicals.
Supernatural horror allows us to experience a derivative of fear rather than the real thing. We can feel the enjoyable aspects of terror without the negative externalities.
Few people *enjoy* being afraid, but certain components of fear can help us feel more alive.
Few people *enjoy* being afraid, but certain components of fear can help us feel more alive.
February 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Supernatural horror allows us to experience a derivative of fear rather than the real thing. We can feel the enjoyable aspects of terror without the negative externalities.
Few people *enjoy* being afraid, but certain components of fear can help us feel more alive.
Few people *enjoy* being afraid, but certain components of fear can help us feel more alive.
My level of committal is non.
February 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
My level of committal is non.
Why did I evolve an immune response that involves dumping a tablespoon of water out of my nose every 10 minutes?
February 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Why did I evolve an immune response that involves dumping a tablespoon of water out of my nose every 10 minutes?
Writersplaining: When a writer unnecessarily explains something about their story esp. within the story.
i.e.
A scary man enters the room.
*oh, the bad guy,* thinks Protagonist.
__
I doubt I'm the first to coin this (nor is it particularly clever).
i.e.
A scary man enters the room.
*oh, the bad guy,* thinks Protagonist.
__
I doubt I'm the first to coin this (nor is it particularly clever).
February 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Writersplaining: When a writer unnecessarily explains something about their story esp. within the story.
i.e.
A scary man enters the room.
*oh, the bad guy,* thinks Protagonist.
__
I doubt I'm the first to coin this (nor is it particularly clever).
i.e.
A scary man enters the room.
*oh, the bad guy,* thinks Protagonist.
__
I doubt I'm the first to coin this (nor is it particularly clever).
Watch out Georgia Power
February 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Watch out Georgia Power
Ongoing Grammarly melodrama: a quick google of non-AI alternatives was not fruitful. I don't get any utility out of MS Word's features (and I'll say this about Grammarly, it actually does catch real mistakes).
Anyway, who has recs? #NeverAI
Anyway, who has recs? #NeverAI
January 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Ongoing Grammarly melodrama: a quick google of non-AI alternatives was not fruitful. I don't get any utility out of MS Word's features (and I'll say this about Grammarly, it actually does catch real mistakes).
Anyway, who has recs? #NeverAI
Anyway, who has recs? #NeverAI