David
@davidleeholcomb.bsky.social
Retired art director for TV news. Now I play the saxophone, grow orchids, write novels, and annoy my husband.
Fun time yesterday getting interviewed at my local NPR affiliate! Along with fellow authors Madi Love and Gustave Carlson, we promoted the Local Author Open House that's coming up on Dec 6 at the Fayetteville Public library. Writers who like to talk to the public: We really are a thing.
November 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Fun time yesterday getting interviewed at my local NPR affiliate! Along with fellow authors Madi Love and Gustave Carlson, we promoted the Local Author Open House that's coming up on Dec 6 at the Fayetteville Public library. Writers who like to talk to the public: We really are a thing.
Join me and a dozen other local authors for an afternoon of smiling, chatting, signing books, and being generally ... authorish. It'll be fun!
November 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Join me and a dozen other local authors for an afternoon of smiling, chatting, signing books, and being generally ... authorish. It'll be fun!
What's a female/gender-neutral analog to the term "hitman"? "Hitperson" is just ridiculous, and "hitwoman" sounds like a failed 1960's superhero franchise. I mean, what does a woman who kills people for a living put on her business cards? (Asking for a friend.)
June 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
What's a female/gender-neutral analog to the term "hitman"? "Hitperson" is just ridiculous, and "hitwoman" sounds like a failed 1960's superhero franchise. I mean, what does a woman who kills people for a living put on her business cards? (Asking for a friend.)
I have a cat. I also have a mouse. I don't know how it got here, and it defies my efforts to capture it, but I discovered last night that it is eating out of the cat food dish. While the cat sits by and waits her turn. You had one job, Margaret Catwood. One job. WE ARE NOT AMUSED.
June 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I have a cat. I also have a mouse. I don't know how it got here, and it defies my efforts to capture it, but I discovered last night that it is eating out of the cat food dish. While the cat sits by and waits her turn. You had one job, Margaret Catwood. One job. WE ARE NOT AMUSED.
#writers #writingcommunity #writing In an insane world, is it wrong to use our writing to try to create a quiet space, a refuge where the madness is kept at bay? I'm a news junkie, a former TV newsperson, a small-town elected official, so I'm not apolitical, but sometimes I just have to walk away.
June 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
#writers #writingcommunity #writing In an insane world, is it wrong to use our writing to try to create a quiet space, a refuge where the madness is kept at bay? I'm a news junkie, a former TV newsperson, a small-town elected official, so I'm not apolitical, but sometimes I just have to walk away.
I did a thing! My third novel is out. My first foray into fantasy! Tonight, I'm doing an in-person event at Pearl's Books in Fayetteville, Arkansas. #BookSky #writingcommunity
June 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I did a thing! My third novel is out. My first foray into fantasy! Tonight, I'm doing an in-person event at Pearl's Books in Fayetteville, Arkansas. #BookSky #writingcommunity
No, I'm fine. I'm just resting my eyes.
No, that's a lie. Actually, I'm halfway through the second act of my current novel-in-progress, and my protagonist keeps wandering off script. My brain is melting.
No, that's a lie. Actually, I'm halfway through the second act of my current novel-in-progress, and my protagonist keeps wandering off script. My brain is melting.
June 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
No, I'm fine. I'm just resting my eyes.
No, that's a lie. Actually, I'm halfway through the second act of my current novel-in-progress, and my protagonist keeps wandering off script. My brain is melting.
No, that's a lie. Actually, I'm halfway through the second act of my current novel-in-progress, and my protagonist keeps wandering off script. My brain is melting.
Genre prejudice. That's when a great actor gets no respect from film historians because he or she worked primarily in genre movies. Every time I see Barbara Shelley in something, I fall in love all over again.
May 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Genre prejudice. That's when a great actor gets no respect from film historians because he or she worked primarily in genre movies. Every time I see Barbara Shelley in something, I fall in love all over again.
I did a thing. Humor me, just this once, and I'll get back to political sh*tposting soon.
Available now in ebook, paperback, and hardcover. Just look for David Lee Holcomb, Strange News, anywhere books are sold.
Available now in ebook, paperback, and hardcover. Just look for David Lee Holcomb, Strange News, anywhere books are sold.
May 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I did a thing. Humor me, just this once, and I'll get back to political sh*tposting soon.
Available now in ebook, paperback, and hardcover. Just look for David Lee Holcomb, Strange News, anywhere books are sold.
Available now in ebook, paperback, and hardcover. Just look for David Lee Holcomb, Strange News, anywhere books are sold.
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It’s Amazing What White Evangelicals Are Willing To Ignore….
April 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
It’s Amazing What White Evangelicals Are Willing To Ignore….
Just sent out my first promotional email for my upcoming book. It's just an email. Really. Why do I feel like I just sent my child out onto a battlefield?
#books #writing #indieauthors #authors
#books #writing #indieauthors #authors
March 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Just sent out my first promotional email for my upcoming book. It's just an email. Really. Why do I feel like I just sent my child out onto a battlefield?
#books #writing #indieauthors #authors
#books #writing #indieauthors #authors
Because there just aren't enough words floating around cyberspace currently, I've revamped and relaunched my website, www.turningupbones.com
It's lean and clean, and yes, I'm using it to promote my upcoming novel, Strange News. Don't judge me.
It's lean and clean, and yes, I'm using it to promote my upcoming novel, Strange News. Don't judge me.
March 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Because there just aren't enough words floating around cyberspace currently, I've revamped and relaunched my website, www.turningupbones.com
It's lean and clean, and yes, I'm using it to promote my upcoming novel, Strange News. Don't judge me.
It's lean and clean, and yes, I'm using it to promote my upcoming novel, Strange News. Don't judge me.
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these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions
March 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions
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You chose this.
You chose him.
For the third time, you had a chance to reject his vitriol, condemn his criminality, prevent his lawlessness, denounce his bigotry—and you flat-out refused. More than that, you celebrated it. That’s not something I can abide.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-the-peo...
You chose him.
For the third time, you had a chance to reject his vitriol, condemn his criminality, prevent his lawlessness, denounce his bigotry—and you flat-out refused. More than that, you celebrated it. That’s not something I can abide.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-the-peo...
To The People I Know Who Voted for Him,
To the people I know who voted for him,
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
You chose this.
You chose him.
For the third time, you had a chance to reject his vitriol, condemn his criminality, prevent his lawlessness, denounce his bigotry—and you flat-out refused. More than that, you celebrated it. That’s not something I can abide.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-the-peo...
You chose him.
For the third time, you had a chance to reject his vitriol, condemn his criminality, prevent his lawlessness, denounce his bigotry—and you flat-out refused. More than that, you celebrated it. That’s not something I can abide.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-the-peo...
I did a thing.
Well, me plus three editors, five beta readers, and a lot of emotional support from people who will be glad when it's all over. My third novel, “Strange News,” will be hitting the streets on May 3. Ask for it at your local bookstore!
Well, me plus three editors, five beta readers, and a lot of emotional support from people who will be glad when it's all over. My third novel, “Strange News,” will be hitting the streets on May 3. Ask for it at your local bookstore!
March 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I did a thing.
Well, me plus three editors, five beta readers, and a lot of emotional support from people who will be glad when it's all over. My third novel, “Strange News,” will be hitting the streets on May 3. Ask for it at your local bookstore!
Well, me plus three editors, five beta readers, and a lot of emotional support from people who will be glad when it's all over. My third novel, “Strange News,” will be hitting the streets on May 3. Ask for it at your local bookstore!
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March 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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"NO KINGS LIVE HERE"
March 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"NO KINGS LIVE HERE"
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Planes didn't crash when this guy ran things.
February 18, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Planes didn't crash when this guy ran things.
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REPOST if you stand with AOC!
February 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
REPOST if you stand with AOC!
Doing the thing I never do, because now it's more important than it's ever been.
February 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Doing the thing I never do, because now it's more important than it's ever been.
Every day on Bluesky, I get a dozen new "friend" requests from women with zero posts and profile photos that are mostly breasts (and lips that look like breasts). Is this an endemic problem on Bluesky? Is there a way to filter these people out? The legit people are getting buried in all this BS.
January 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Every day on Bluesky, I get a dozen new "friend" requests from women with zero posts and profile photos that are mostly breasts (and lips that look like breasts). Is this an endemic problem on Bluesky? Is there a way to filter these people out? The legit people are getting buried in all this BS.
This is probably a horribly sexist attitude to take, and I apologize in advance if that's the case, but ... If somebody wants to be my friend on social media and their feed consists of one generic meme and a profile photo of nothing but cleavage, I'm afraid it ain't gonna happen.
December 10, 2024 at 5:13 PM
This is probably a horribly sexist attitude to take, and I apologize in advance if that's the case, but ... If somebody wants to be my friend on social media and their feed consists of one generic meme and a profile photo of nothing but cleavage, I'm afraid it ain't gonna happen.