David Wilson-Burns
@davidwb.bsky.social
Sr. Tech Writer / Java Dev @ Kondra | Novelist | Music Ed @ OU | Lyric Baritone & Tubist | Book Lover | Foodie | Movie Lover | 🌈 Ally | Spiritual| Liberal | Sober
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An opera singer and a sharp-tongued principal clash while fighting for a transgender student’s right to star in the musical. But when she sees him command the stage, sealing a performance with a breathtaking kiss, admiration replaces irritation, turning their reluctant bond into unexpected romance.
The Puccini Kiss - Chapter 1
Seriously Serial Fiction
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May 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
An opera singer and a sharp-tongued principal clash while fighting for a transgender student’s right to star in the musical. But when she sees him command the stage, sealing a performance with a breathtaking kiss, admiration replaces irritation, turning their reluctant bond into unexpected romance.
My knee was telling me thst weather is coming. Checked the forecast. Coming in tomorrow.
SCIENCE
SCIENCE
February 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
My knee was telling me thst weather is coming. Checked the forecast. Coming in tomorrow.
SCIENCE
SCIENCE
Next week in Oklahoma, hell is freezing over.
February 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Next week in Oklahoma, hell is freezing over.
Out at Othello’s to share some pasta
February 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Out at Othello’s to share some pasta
There are different reasons to grab a book—all valid.
1. Escape reality
2. Understand reality
3. Hit someone on the head with reality
#booksky #booknerds
1. Escape reality
2. Understand reality
3. Hit someone on the head with reality
#booksky #booknerds
February 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
There are different reasons to grab a book—all valid.
1. Escape reality
2. Understand reality
3. Hit someone on the head with reality
#booksky #booknerds
1. Escape reality
2. Understand reality
3. Hit someone on the head with reality
#booksky #booknerds
I don’t have enough confidence to assume that a gorgeous, young yoga instructor wants to follow me on social media.
I’m assuming their a pasty Russian hacker named Vlad
I’m assuming their a pasty Russian hacker named Vlad
January 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I don’t have enough confidence to assume that a gorgeous, young yoga instructor wants to follow me on social media.
I’m assuming their a pasty Russian hacker named Vlad
I’m assuming their a pasty Russian hacker named Vlad
We all have moments in our childhoods that may have changed EVERYTHING #essays #memoir
open.substack.com/pub/teaandha...
open.substack.com/pub/teaandha...
I’m Bruce Wayne
Tea and Halibut
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January 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
We all have moments in our childhoods that may have changed EVERYTHING #essays #memoir
open.substack.com/pub/teaandha...
open.substack.com/pub/teaandha...
Every Gen-Xer has a spot on impersonation of Michael McDonald.
January 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Every Gen-Xer has a spot on impersonation of Michael McDonald.
A remarkable quality of art is that there is no bad time for it. In fact, the bad times are the best times for it. This is the gift God gave us to turn sorrows into beauty.
When you’re unsure what else to do, sing, paint, write, play your instrument, act, sculpt, create…and have a glass of water.
When you’re unsure what else to do, sing, paint, write, play your instrument, act, sculpt, create…and have a glass of water.
January 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
A remarkable quality of art is that there is no bad time for it. In fact, the bad times are the best times for it. This is the gift God gave us to turn sorrows into beauty.
When you’re unsure what else to do, sing, paint, write, play your instrument, act, sculpt, create…and have a glass of water.
When you’re unsure what else to do, sing, paint, write, play your instrument, act, sculpt, create…and have a glass of water.
When I need a break in my home office and slip on my VR set to fish for salmon and catfish with my brother (who lives hundreds of miles away) on a snowy bank of a secluded Korean lake so real that my mind and body believe I’m there…
I cannot understand why EVERY household does not have one.
I cannot understand why EVERY household does not have one.
January 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
When I need a break in my home office and slip on my VR set to fish for salmon and catfish with my brother (who lives hundreds of miles away) on a snowy bank of a secluded Korean lake so real that my mind and body believe I’m there…
I cannot understand why EVERY household does not have one.
I cannot understand why EVERY household does not have one.
Like all good protagonists in the story, I had an antagonist—or perhaps it’s fair to say a nemesis; although he did not likely know it until many years later...
Advanced
Tea and Halibut
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January 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Like all good protagonists in the story, I had an antagonist—or perhaps it’s fair to say a nemesis; although he did not likely know it until many years later...
2 things
1. We add a stamp on books certifying that they were not written by AI
2. That the world’s appetite for reading fiction will EXPLODE
1. We add a stamp on books certifying that they were not written by AI
2. That the world’s appetite for reading fiction will EXPLODE
#WritersCoffeeClub Jan 7: What are your biggest hopes for the writing world in 2025?
More real people and less computers doing the creative things.
More real people and less computers doing the creative things.
#WritersCoffeeClub Jan 7: What are your biggest hopes for the writing world in 2025?
Fewer attempts of people sucking money from creatives.
Yeah, that's not gonna happen.
So, I'll echo someone else here: HAVING FUN!
Fewer attempts of people sucking money from creatives.
Yeah, that's not gonna happen.
So, I'll echo someone else here: HAVING FUN!
January 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
2 things
1. We add a stamp on books certifying that they were not written by AI
2. That the world’s appetite for reading fiction will EXPLODE
1. We add a stamp on books certifying that they were not written by AI
2. That the world’s appetite for reading fiction will EXPLODE
My tech writing job is taking me into the world of smart device programming, something I never did as an engineer and always thought it would be cool. My company has built a game changing OS that can be used on any smart device. You will hear about kOS. We built it for Coke.
January 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
My tech writing job is taking me into the world of smart device programming, something I never did as an engineer and always thought it would be cool. My company has built a game changing OS that can be used on any smart device. You will hear about kOS. We built it for Coke.
It still niggles me that I have 50k words of a really interesting metaphysical superhero fantasy novel I wrote in the 2000s sitting in a Dropbox because I didn’t figure out how to finish, was too lazy and frustrated to make needed rewrites for it to work. Maybe i have the tools now#writingcommunity
January 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
It still niggles me that I have 50k words of a really interesting metaphysical superhero fantasy novel I wrote in the 2000s sitting in a Dropbox because I didn’t figure out how to finish, was too lazy and frustrated to make needed rewrites for it to work. Maybe i have the tools now#writingcommunity
Happy Epiphany!
May your stars be bright.
May your gifts be precious.
May your journey honor good.
May your stars be bright.
May your gifts be precious.
May your journey honor good.
January 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Happy Epiphany!
May your stars be bright.
May your gifts be precious.
May your journey honor good.
May your stars be bright.
May your gifts be precious.
May your journey honor good.
Creating an unforgettable kiss is a worthy work in a woeful world. #amediting #romance
January 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Creating an unforgettable kiss is a worthy work in a woeful world. #amediting #romance
As arctic air steadily rolls south onto the Oklahoma plains whipping my tenor porch chimes into a cacophonous carillon, I prepare myself for a Sunday morning editing session with a strong coffee and the comfort of a toasty fire lighting my den....and social media to record it, of course. #amediting
January 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
As arctic air steadily rolls south onto the Oklahoma plains whipping my tenor porch chimes into a cacophonous carillon, I prepare myself for a Sunday morning editing session with a strong coffee and the comfort of a toasty fire lighting my den....and social media to record it, of course. #amediting