Damn Kold Bones
@dankoboldt.bsky.social
Genetics researcher, SF/F author, and avid bowhunter. Author of SILVER QUEENDOM (Angry Robot) and DOMESTICATING DRAGONS (Baen). Rep'd by Brady McReynolds at Jabberwocky.
Now: listening to Kaitlin Samocha in the standing-room-only #ASHG25 session on advancing rare disease research through collaborative genomics. This needed a room twice as large.
October 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Now: listening to Kaitlin Samocha in the standing-room-only #ASHG25 session on advancing rare disease research through collaborative genomics. This needed a room twice as large.
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A good thread. I've been submitting short fiction since the days when I had to send an international reply coupon with my self-addressed stamped envelope, and honestly I think even that was better than today. The early 2010s was when the process was its most writer-friendly, I think.
<totters out onto porch>
<settles into rocker>
<thumps cane a few times>
Let's talk about what the process of submitting short fiction used to look like, shall we? And about what it looks like now.
<settles into rocker>
<thumps cane a few times>
Let's talk about what the process of submitting short fiction used to look like, shall we? And about what it looks like now.
October 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A good thread. I've been submitting short fiction since the days when I had to send an international reply coupon with my self-addressed stamped envelope, and honestly I think even that was better than today. The early 2010s was when the process was its most writer-friendly, I think.
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BOOKS ARE GOOD GO GET BOOKS I maybe wrote some and a bunch are creepy —
Staircase in the Woods! The Book of Accidents! Black River Orchard!
— so get some boooooks
Staircase in the Woods! The Book of Accidents! Black River Orchard!
— so get some boooooks
You made it halfway through the week *and* we still have free shipping? Sounds like the perfect time to treat yourself to a new book and support indie bookstores in the process. 📚
October 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
BOOKS ARE GOOD GO GET BOOKS I maybe wrote some and a bunch are creepy —
Staircase in the Woods! The Book of Accidents! Black River Orchard!
— so get some boooooks
Staircase in the Woods! The Book of Accidents! Black River Orchard!
— so get some boooooks
Happy October, everyone!
October 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Happy October, everyone!
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“Fairy tales were not my escape from reality as a child; rather, they were my reality: for mine was a world in which good and evil were not abstract concepts, and like fairy-tale heroines, no magic would save me unless I had the wit and heart and courage to use it wisely”
@terriwindling.bsky.social
@terriwindling.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
“Fairy tales were not my escape from reality as a child; rather, they were my reality: for mine was a world in which good and evil were not abstract concepts, and like fairy-tale heroines, no magic would save me unless I had the wit and heart and courage to use it wisely”
@terriwindling.bsky.social
@terriwindling.bsky.social
It's October, the greatest month of the year, and the Halloween pseudonym has been chosen.
a skeleton with a pumpkin head is standing in front of a gravestone that says r.i.p.
ALT: a skeleton with a pumpkin head is standing in front of a gravestone that says r.i.p.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:36 AM
It's October, the greatest month of the year, and the Halloween pseudonym has been chosen.
I stand with #Ukraine.
a blue and yellow heart shaped flag on a white background
ALT: a blue and yellow heart shaped flag on a white background
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March 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I stand with #Ukraine.
Apologies for recent silence -- the entire family is slowly emerging from the fog of influenza A. Never have I measured so many temperatures over 101 degrees in my life. I'm the only one who hasn't caught it... yet.
a man is standing in a kitchen holding a spray bottle and saying `` i love you and all but stay away ... ''
ALT: a man is standing in a kitchen holding a spray bottle and saying `` i love you and all but stay away ... ''
media.tenor.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Apologies for recent silence -- the entire family is slowly emerging from the fog of influenza A. Never have I measured so many temperatures over 101 degrees in my life. I'm the only one who hasn't caught it... yet.
Thrilled to share (at last) that I'm writing another dragon book for Baen Books! DRAGONS GONE WILD will be installment #3 in the Build-A-Dragon Sequence.
August 30, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Thrilled to share (at last) that I'm writing another dragon book for Baen Books! DRAGONS GONE WILD will be installment #3 in the Build-A-Dragon Sequence.
Happy Valentime's Day to all! 💘
February 14, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Happy Valentime's Day to all! 💘
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"Don’t go near there; it’s buggy (translation: rich in insect life) and dangerous (translation: fear of the unknown)."
Author Jerri Jerreat talks about the inspiration behind her SOLARPUNK CREATURES story "The Wetlands vs The Mayor" 👀💙📚
www.worldweaverpress.com/blog/who-wan...
Author Jerri Jerreat talks about the inspiration behind her SOLARPUNK CREATURES story "The Wetlands vs The Mayor" 👀💙📚
www.worldweaverpress.com/blog/who-wan...
Who Wants a Stinky Swamp?
Guest Blog by Jerri Jerreat Don’t go near there; it’s buggy (translation: rich in insect life) and dangerous (translation: fear of the unknown). I grew up afraid of wetlands, and thought swamps,...
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February 12, 2024 at 3:41 PM
"Don’t go near there; it’s buggy (translation: rich in insect life) and dangerous (translation: fear of the unknown)."
Author Jerri Jerreat talks about the inspiration behind her SOLARPUNK CREATURES story "The Wetlands vs The Mayor" 👀💙📚
www.worldweaverpress.com/blog/who-wan...
Author Jerri Jerreat talks about the inspiration behind her SOLARPUNK CREATURES story "The Wetlands vs The Mayor" 👀💙📚
www.worldweaverpress.com/blog/who-wan...
I just want to say that going from a high of 65 to a high of 25 in four days is a crime against Ohioans
February 12, 2024 at 11:50 PM
I just want to say that going from a high of 65 to a high of 25 in four days is a crime against Ohioans
I promise I'm here on this platform! Life has just gotten in the way lately.
December 20, 2023 at 1:06 AM
I promise I'm here on this platform! Life has just gotten in the way lately.
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Traditionally-published authors, today's the day to tell people about your work in the Whatever Holiday Gift Guide! Go to the link below to add a comment about your books. Indie authors, your day is tomorrow!
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November 27, 2023 at 1:45 PM
Traditionally-published authors, today's the day to tell people about your work in the Whatever Holiday Gift Guide! Go to the link below to add a comment about your books. Indie authors, your day is tomorrow!
whatever.scalzi.com/2023/11/27/w...
whatever.scalzi.com/2023/11/27/w...
So I was wondering if anyone can read this, and if so, tell me (1) the language, and (2) what it says. It's on the bottom of an old hand-painted porcelain bowl I bought today!
November 28, 2023 at 2:31 AM
So I was wondering if anyone can read this, and if so, tell me (1) the language, and (2) what it says. It's on the bottom of an old hand-painted porcelain bowl I bought today!
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Getting mental illness right in fiction: a guide for writers, by expert @kathleea.bsky.social : dankoboldt.com/mental-illne... #ScienceInSF
October 2, 2023 at 1:34 PM
Getting mental illness right in fiction: a guide for writers, by expert @kathleea.bsky.social : dankoboldt.com/mental-illne... #ScienceInSF
Welcome to October, the best month of the year. It is a time of change, a time of colors, a time to go out and walk among the trees with bow and arrow (if you're me, at least)
October 2, 2023 at 1:22 PM
Welcome to October, the best month of the year. It is a time of change, a time of colors, a time to go out and walk among the trees with bow and arrow (if you're me, at least)
Boosting... if you have a blog or a website and don't want it scraped to train AI tools like ChatGPT, follow these instructions.
If you've been blocking AI from scraping your website, there's another one to add. This time, from Google: searchengineland.com/google-exten...
I've updated my post on the subject.
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#ThisShouldBeOptIn
I've updated my post on the subject.
neil-clarke.com/block-the-bo...
#ThisShouldBeOptIn
September 29, 2023 at 1:52 AM
Boosting... if you have a blog or a website and don't want it scraped to train AI tools like ChatGPT, follow these instructions.
Tonight for the second time ever, saw a string of Starlink satellites. These were deploying, too, so gradually spreading apart.
September 23, 2023 at 3:33 AM
Tonight for the second time ever, saw a string of Starlink satellites. These were deploying, too, so gradually spreading apart.
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Elvis lyrics that work as edit notes:
A little less conversation, a little more action, please
(All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me
A little more bite and a little less bark
A little less fight and a little more spark)
A little less conversation, a little more action, please
(All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me
A little more bite and a little less bark
A little less fight and a little more spark)
September 21, 2023 at 11:18 PM
Elvis lyrics that work as edit notes:
A little less conversation, a little more action, please
(All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me
A little more bite and a little less bark
A little less fight and a little more spark)
A little less conversation, a little more action, please
(All this aggravation ain't satisfactioning me
A little more bite and a little less bark
A little less fight and a little more spark)
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Just finished a fantastic panel with some fine folk, all about print vs screen in storytelling. And it's now available on YouTube for your perusal: www.youtube.com/live/sND5zlx...
September 21, 2023 at 7:38 PM
Just finished a fantastic panel with some fine folk, all about print vs screen in storytelling. And it's now available on YouTube for your perusal: www.youtube.com/live/sND5zlx...
Oh my god, more Murderbot at last. Come to me.
System Collapse, the next novel in the Murderbot Diaries, is coming out November 14 from @tordotcompub.bsky.social . It's set directly after Network Effect. Cover art is by Jaime Jones.
September 21, 2023 at 3:26 AM
Oh my god, more Murderbot at last. Come to me.
Hello, good morning. Happy to report that I've moved from the "finding my friends who are here" to the "trying to recruit my friends who haven't made the leap" stage of Bluesky.
September 14, 2023 at 11:45 AM
Hello, good morning. Happy to report that I've moved from the "finding my friends who are here" to the "trying to recruit my friends who haven't made the leap" stage of Bluesky.