David Cart-writer
@dcartwriter.bsky.social
Author of the Camelot 2050 Trilogy, Wordsmith-for-Hire, Fan of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror.
Getting back to Conventions (and my routine) has done its magic!
Five-Hundred words written today without breaking a sweat.
Five-Hundred words written today without breaking a sweat.
November 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Getting back to Conventions (and my routine) has done its magic!
Five-Hundred words written today without breaking a sweat.
Five-Hundred words written today without breaking a sweat.
Picked up some fun titles at #WorldFantasyCon, my TBR pile has now officially hit 'Oh god, what am I doing?' 🤣
November 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Picked up some fun titles at #WorldFantasyCon, my TBR pile has now officially hit 'Oh god, what am I doing?' 🤣
It's Thursday, we're in Brighton, it's #Worldfantasycon. See you all there!
October 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's Thursday, we're in Brighton, it's #Worldfantasycon. See you all there!
It's taken a little time, but #Camelot2050 has reached 1000 books sold!
The new edition run is nearly finished and a new set of original stories are in motion. To the readers who've already enjoyed the books I'm happy to say that the future of Camelot is Bright, the future of Camelot is Now!
The new edition run is nearly finished and a new set of original stories are in motion. To the readers who've already enjoyed the books I'm happy to say that the future of Camelot is Bright, the future of Camelot is Now!
October 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It's taken a little time, but #Camelot2050 has reached 1000 books sold!
The new edition run is nearly finished and a new set of original stories are in motion. To the readers who've already enjoyed the books I'm happy to say that the future of Camelot is Bright, the future of Camelot is Now!
The new edition run is nearly finished and a new set of original stories are in motion. To the readers who've already enjoyed the books I'm happy to say that the future of Camelot is Bright, the future of Camelot is Now!
Been quiet for a while, it's been a slow year. Still plodding along, trying to do the thing. Hopefully more developments to come soon.
October 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Been quiet for a while, it's been a slow year. Still plodding along, trying to do the thing. Hopefully more developments to come soon.
I'm bloggin again (or trying to)! This time I'm talking about the purposes and uses of food and meal scenes in literature.
davidcartwriter.art.blog/2025/06/01/t...
davidcartwriter.art.blog/2025/06/01/t...
Tastefully Written (Or – Food and its Place in Literature)
Bourbon and coffee on the mean streets, rehydrated rations on a starship, afternoon tea with the pastor, or a medieval style banquet in a castle in the sky. At some point, somewhere in our stories,…
davidcartwriter.art.blog
June 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I'm bloggin again (or trying to)! This time I'm talking about the purposes and uses of food and meal scenes in literature.
davidcartwriter.art.blog/2025/06/01/t...
davidcartwriter.art.blog/2025/06/01/t...
New suit, who dis?
May 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
New suit, who dis?
On our way home from a week-long hike up the Pennine Way. Gotta say, it was wonderful 😊
(Because I'm not allowed to say that the best part was th Spa at the end 😜)
(Because I'm not allowed to say that the best part was th Spa at the end 😜)
May 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
On our way home from a week-long hike up the Pennine Way. Gotta say, it was wonderful 😊
(Because I'm not allowed to say that the best part was th Spa at the end 😜)
(Because I'm not allowed to say that the best part was th Spa at the end 😜)
Forgot to post a toon-theme last week so,back to it.
#9 Darkwing Duck. Let's rub some Funk on it this week! This slapstick Batman knockoff holds a dear place in my heart. It's a found family story with emphasis on leaning into each others strengths to get the job done!
youtu.be/z_75Gjpmi1k?...
#9 Darkwing Duck. Let's rub some Funk on it this week! This slapstick Batman knockoff holds a dear place in my heart. It's a found family story with emphasis on leaning into each others strengths to get the job done!
youtu.be/z_75Gjpmi1k?...
Darkwing Duck Theme - Full Version
YouTube video by Rage
youtu.be
April 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Forgot to post a toon-theme last week so,back to it.
#9 Darkwing Duck. Let's rub some Funk on it this week! This slapstick Batman knockoff holds a dear place in my heart. It's a found family story with emphasis on leaning into each others strengths to get the job done!
youtu.be/z_75Gjpmi1k?...
#9 Darkwing Duck. Let's rub some Funk on it this week! This slapstick Batman knockoff holds a dear place in my heart. It's a found family story with emphasis on leaning into each others strengths to get the job done!
youtu.be/z_75Gjpmi1k?...
#8 Bravestarr. This was probably my favourite even before I was old enough to realise how special it was.
Bravestarr took liberties with the source of it's MC, but the show was inspirational for the right reasons, many of which weren't even apparent to me until much later.
youtu.be/wUfJuOp7Dck?...
Bravestarr took liberties with the source of it's MC, but the show was inspirational for the right reasons, many of which weren't even apparent to me until much later.
youtu.be/wUfJuOp7Dck?...
BraveStarr Intro Opening Theme
YouTube video by Cartoon Intros
youtu.be
March 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
#8 Bravestarr. This was probably my favourite even before I was old enough to realise how special it was.
Bravestarr took liberties with the source of it's MC, but the show was inspirational for the right reasons, many of which weren't even apparent to me until much later.
youtu.be/wUfJuOp7Dck?...
Bravestarr took liberties with the source of it's MC, but the show was inspirational for the right reasons, many of which weren't even apparent to me until much later.
youtu.be/wUfJuOp7Dck?...
So, something's been tickling at my brain recently and, since I won't be going to the States during the Trump Moronarchy, I feel okay in calling it out.
Those fat-face mems of J.D. Vance reminded me of something, he's a fucking Garbage Pail Kid!
Those fat-face mems of J.D. Vance reminded me of something, he's a fucking Garbage Pail Kid!
March 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
So, something's been tickling at my brain recently and, since I won't be going to the States during the Trump Moronarchy, I feel okay in calling it out.
Those fat-face mems of J.D. Vance reminded me of something, he's a fucking Garbage Pail Kid!
Those fat-face mems of J.D. Vance reminded me of something, he's a fucking Garbage Pail Kid!
Reposted by David Cart-writer
@aknighton.bsky.social takes his mind back to Fantasycon 2024, consults his notes, and brings us this debrief from the panel on working with Arthurian legends.
britishfantasysociety.org/writing-from...
britishfantasysociety.org/writing-from...
February 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
@aknighton.bsky.social takes his mind back to Fantasycon 2024, consults his notes, and brings us this debrief from the panel on working with Arthurian legends.
britishfantasysociety.org/writing-from...
britishfantasysociety.org/writing-from...
OMG, I *almost* forgot to post an 80's toon theme-song this week!
Let's have a little fun at Number Seven!
#7 The Gummi Bears.This cover by #FrogLeapStudios truly embodies the same manic energy many of us felt as kids when that first fanfare played on a Saturday morning.
youtu.be/VAuhJt5TQb0?...
Let's have a little fun at Number Seven!
#7 The Gummi Bears.This cover by #FrogLeapStudios truly embodies the same manic energy many of us felt as kids when that first fanfare played on a Saturday morning.
youtu.be/VAuhJt5TQb0?...
Gummi Bears Theme (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli)
YouTube video by Frog Leap Studios
youtu.be
March 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
OMG, I *almost* forgot to post an 80's toon theme-song this week!
Let's have a little fun at Number Seven!
#7 The Gummi Bears.This cover by #FrogLeapStudios truly embodies the same manic energy many of us felt as kids when that first fanfare played on a Saturday morning.
youtu.be/VAuhJt5TQb0?...
Let's have a little fun at Number Seven!
#7 The Gummi Bears.This cover by #FrogLeapStudios truly embodies the same manic energy many of us felt as kids when that first fanfare played on a Saturday morning.
youtu.be/VAuhJt5TQb0?...
Okay! Progress post!
Ruin-Nation - 38.5k
Bentley Tales: Cocaine and Able - 31.5k
Rendered Flesh: Alpha Access - 25.5k
Camelot 2052 - 4.3k
Superior - 3.3k
So, yeah. All together it's about 100k, which is what I'd aim for in *one* novel. Shame it's spread over five titles 😛
Ruin-Nation - 38.5k
Bentley Tales: Cocaine and Able - 31.5k
Rendered Flesh: Alpha Access - 25.5k
Camelot 2052 - 4.3k
Superior - 3.3k
So, yeah. All together it's about 100k, which is what I'd aim for in *one* novel. Shame it's spread over five titles 😛
March 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Okay! Progress post!
Ruin-Nation - 38.5k
Bentley Tales: Cocaine and Able - 31.5k
Rendered Flesh: Alpha Access - 25.5k
Camelot 2052 - 4.3k
Superior - 3.3k
So, yeah. All together it's about 100k, which is what I'd aim for in *one* novel. Shame it's spread over five titles 😛
Ruin-Nation - 38.5k
Bentley Tales: Cocaine and Able - 31.5k
Rendered Flesh: Alpha Access - 25.5k
Camelot 2052 - 4.3k
Superior - 3.3k
So, yeah. All together it's about 100k, which is what I'd aim for in *one* novel. Shame it's spread over five titles 😛
#4 It's not really a list of kickin' 80's cartoon themes without the amazing Stan Bush, but! Rather than The Touch (which might feature later) I think these trying times call for us to blast 'Dare', from Transformers the Movie, loud and proud!
youtu.be/UKjNVVmLCGQ?...
youtu.be/UKjNVVmLCGQ?...
Transformers - The Movie(1986) - Dare
YouTube video by PriestTwilight
youtu.be
February 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
#4 It's not really a list of kickin' 80's cartoon themes without the amazing Stan Bush, but! Rather than The Touch (which might feature later) I think these trying times call for us to blast 'Dare', from Transformers the Movie, loud and proud!
youtu.be/UKjNVVmLCGQ?...
youtu.be/UKjNVVmLCGQ?...
#3 The Galaxy Rangers. Influenced by Macross and the Million Dollar Man, The Galaxy Rangers is a personal favourite. The title track is epic, so epic that they worked it into an episode where the Rangers go looking for badguys in an interstellar Battle of the Bands!
youtu.be/ZnVCI1PhENQ?...
youtu.be/ZnVCI1PhENQ?...
No Guts No Glory (from The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers)
YouTube video by John Van Tongeren - Topic
youtu.be
February 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
#3 The Galaxy Rangers. Influenced by Macross and the Million Dollar Man, The Galaxy Rangers is a personal favourite. The title track is epic, so epic that they worked it into an episode where the Rangers go looking for badguys in an interstellar Battle of the Bands!
youtu.be/ZnVCI1PhENQ?...
youtu.be/ZnVCI1PhENQ?...
In the 80’s/90's we had cartoons with themes of morality, ethics & diversity, basically 'don't be a douche-bag'.
Luckier still, these cartoons had banging theme songs, which said similar in the lyrics.
So, I’m going to share a few of these tracks for fun.
Image Credit: Could't locate artist.
Luckier still, these cartoons had banging theme songs, which said similar in the lyrics.
So, I’m going to share a few of these tracks for fun.
Image Credit: Could't locate artist.
February 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In the 80’s/90's we had cartoons with themes of morality, ethics & diversity, basically 'don't be a douche-bag'.
Luckier still, these cartoons had banging theme songs, which said similar in the lyrics.
So, I’m going to share a few of these tracks for fun.
Image Credit: Could't locate artist.
Luckier still, these cartoons had banging theme songs, which said similar in the lyrics.
So, I’m going to share a few of these tracks for fun.
Image Credit: Could't locate artist.
Every time, every damn time.
January 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Every time, every damn time.
Reposted by David Cart-writer
Being terrified was starting to give way to being really angry.
January 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Being terrified was starting to give way to being really angry.
Todays work is going acceptably...
“Bentley Blower Pennywhistle!”
I don’t care who, or what, you are. Whether you’re demonic nobility, tossing it off in the fiery pit, or elder gods dreaming dark dreams in the vastness of space, when your parent uses your full name, you know you’re in trouble.
“Bentley Blower Pennywhistle!”
I don’t care who, or what, you are. Whether you’re demonic nobility, tossing it off in the fiery pit, or elder gods dreaming dark dreams in the vastness of space, when your parent uses your full name, you know you’re in trouble.
January 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Todays work is going acceptably...
“Bentley Blower Pennywhistle!”
I don’t care who, or what, you are. Whether you’re demonic nobility, tossing it off in the fiery pit, or elder gods dreaming dark dreams in the vastness of space, when your parent uses your full name, you know you’re in trouble.
“Bentley Blower Pennywhistle!”
I don’t care who, or what, you are. Whether you’re demonic nobility, tossing it off in the fiery pit, or elder gods dreaming dark dreams in the vastness of space, when your parent uses your full name, you know you’re in trouble.
Copied from a close source
Ok. I'm going to share this here, because if I put it on bluesky it might go viral and I don't wanna have to deal with that...
First things first. Support your Unions. That includes the farm's union.
Ok. I'm going to share this here, because if I put it on bluesky it might go viral and I don't wanna have to deal with that...
First things first. Support your Unions. That includes the farm's union.
November 19, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Copied from a close source
Ok. I'm going to share this here, because if I put it on bluesky it might go viral and I don't wanna have to deal with that...
First things first. Support your Unions. That includes the farm's union.
Ok. I'm going to share this here, because if I put it on bluesky it might go viral and I don't wanna have to deal with that...
First things first. Support your Unions. That includes the farm's union.
Reposted by David Cart-writer
Back to Bluesky after a break and I find this lovely recommendation for my little merfolk novella Fish! Not your typical mermaids - this mosaic explores a merfolk refugee crisis in the UK in the 2030s and pulls no punches.
Just read Fish! By @idakeogh.bsky.social
This was just the book I needed after one of the worst weeks I can remember. Brilliantly constructed mermaid story, honest, and empathetic, with hope and community woven through the sadness.
Please, read this one if you get the chance.
This was just the book I needed after one of the worst weeks I can remember. Brilliantly constructed mermaid story, honest, and empathetic, with hope and community woven through the sadness.
Please, read this one if you get the chance.
November 13, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Back to Bluesky after a break and I find this lovely recommendation for my little merfolk novella Fish! Not your typical mermaids - this mosaic explores a merfolk refugee crisis in the UK in the 2030s and pulls no punches.
Reposted by David Cart-writer
@bonabooks.bsky.social & @riengray.bsky.social I'm still reading through #Iwantthattwinkobliterated but omg do I want to read the rest of A Heart of Broken Steel... Please?
October 20, 2024 at 1:33 PM
@bonabooks.bsky.social & @riengray.bsky.social I'm still reading through #Iwantthattwinkobliterated but omg do I want to read the rest of A Heart of Broken Steel... Please?