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Author of Dragons
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Dustin Porta: Fantasy author🐉,genre editor✍️ , game designer 🎲 , painter👨‍🎨 , parent 😴.
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This is what I’m up to: Book five
in the Shadow’s Dragon series. A collab with D.K. Holmberg. Might be my favorite thing I’ve written. A story of exploration and espionage, with cozy tavern undertones, it centers around Treylen and his bonded dragon, Rime. www.amazon.com/dp/B0C1648954
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Everyone contacting me about Root as an animated property: That's cool and all but I still think it would be much more niche and way cooler if we did it with creepy puppets like the Dark Crystal.
August 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:

Our funding depends on usage.

So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
August 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Still working out the kinks with scoring. But the basics are there. #boardgamedesign #boardgamesky #boardgames #cardgames #walletgames #soloboardgaming #solitaire #gamedesign #tabletop
July 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
July 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Still playtesting the new solitaire pocket game but the cards look great. #boardgamesky #boardgames #cardgames #walletgames #soloboardgaming #solitaire #edc
July 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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can you truly call yourself a fan of a genre if you haven't read every single instance of it across all of recorded history??

www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
July 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Learning French alongside my toddler has been so much simpler than in a classroom.

We aren’t getting hung up on conjugation etc. Just collecting words to express ourselves and polishing up the grammar as we go.
June 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Card game is coming along nicely.
June 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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when I was a kid I read a lot of Star Trek novels, and the ones he wrote were a step above everything else. He was the first author whose name and works I intentionally sought out because they were so good ❤️
May 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
@orlandospurioso.bsky.social I’m finally starting Star Pepper, albeit a few years late. Right off the bat, the MC toiling inside the star pepper tree is fascinating stuff.
May 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My little have drawn indie game is a part of TGC’s Cinco de Mayo sale! Today’s the last day so go check out Mind the Mushrooms. 🍄‍🟫 Great card games really are everywhere! www.thegamecrafter.com/cinco-de-mayo
May 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Book launch day!

D.K. Holmberg and I just released #5 in our Shadow’s Dragon series. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CZ...
May 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Today’s world book day? And nobody told me.
April 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Anchor Bolts xkcd.com/3078
April 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Sitting here, seeing what’s in fashion, unironically waiting for wizard robes to come in. I need those sleeve pockets.
April 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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41/100 scores on the #SPFBO finalist table...

5 weeks of the 6 months to fill in 59 more.

mark---lawrence.blogspot.com/2024/09/spfb...
SPFBOX finalists - SPFBO 10
300 contestants are being narrowed to 10 finalists for the 10th time! Finalists for SPFBO 10 The  Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off  finalis...
mark---lawrence.blogspot.com
March 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Reading about the insane numbers of books that ordinary working people used to read a hundred years ago feels like seeing pictures of the Pacific Ocean back when it teemed with whales. Hard to comprehend what we’ve lost.
March 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
March 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The best essayist on youtube decided to take time off from reviewing antique refrigerators to make one about big tech. Do yourself a favor and hark this vod: youtu.be/QEJpZjg8GuA?...
Algorithms are breaking how we think
YouTube video by Technology Connections
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February 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I’m liking it here so let’s not forget to post a link on our other socials, OK?
February 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Guys I’m so tired of this feed. Will you give me your favorite accounts to follow?
January 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Fellow and future GryphIn fans, I present you with this GryphIn themed meme template to share your hard-decision moments, in graphical, furry, and feathery form!

P.S. If you haven't already, go read Gryphon Insurrection by @kvalenagle.bsky.social
#GryphonInsurrection #gryphon #meme #2buttons
January 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Had to get off bluesky for a few weeks because it was reminding me too much of the old place. I never liked the old place to begin with. But I’m willing to work to make my experience here better, starting with following more accounts that I like.
January 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Okay, so I got distracted by this. First by the "hats" group then by the "cats" group, which also has overlap with hats:

www.loc.gov/resource/ppm...

Literally one gazillion images.
December 9, 2024 at 6:05 AM
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One week left on the gryphon audiobook sale on Chirp =] I thought I'd mention that it's not just my books, but almost all of the Gryphon Generation series is similarly on sale!

www.chirpbooks.com/narrators/ja...
December 3, 2024 at 1:50 PM