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Quill Holland 📚
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🇳🇿 Software developer by day 👨🏼‍💻 #SciFi #Author by night ✍️ Occasional poet & artist 👨🏼‍🎨 #WritingCommunity
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#HappyHalloween everyone!

If you're going trick-or-treating, remember the following:
1) Don't trust pumpkins - they're seedy
2) Go big or gourd home
3) Don't be a jerk-o-lantern
4) Have a terror-ific time

#Ghosts #GhoulsJustWannaHaveFun #Vampires #Werewolves #Zombies #Pumpkins
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 31, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Are you heading down to the final day of #springeddon? Be sure to check out the Authors Alley and bag yourself an🔥Armageddon exclusive anthology!🔥
October 26, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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A slightly quicker turnaround this time - it's blog post #7 - a review of #TheSaganDiary by John Scalzi! It may be the odd one out of the series, but it's still a well-written, interesting, and engaging piece of fiction. Read the full review here 👉
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Quill Holland's Blog | Review: The Sagan Diary by John Scalzi
Whilst it may be the odd one out of the Old Man’s War series, The Sagan Diary is still a well-written, interesting, and engaging piece of fiction. It won’t be to everyone’s liking, but if you’ve made ...
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September 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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#Blogpost number 6 of 2025 (where is the year disappearing to?!?!) - A #review of #TheGhostBrigades by John Scalzi. Not quite to my liking as much as #OldMansWar, but a good read nonetheless. Check out my full thoughts here 👉https://quillholland.nz/review-the-ghost-brigades-by-john-scalzi
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Quill Holland's Blog | Review: The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
When I read Old Man’s War, I was hooked, not only by the world-building and the characters but also by the technology and the ideas that the story oh so fantastically played with. As I finished readin...
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August 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Are you in the Wellington region this weekend & looking for something bookish to do?👀
There are events going down August 9-10 from Paekākāriki to Ōtaki - see bookmarkapiti.nz for details & come say hello to me @ Big Mac Slabs 10am-3pm Sunday 10th!
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August 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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#Blogpost #5 of 2025, I #reviewed #Season3 of #ImpactWinter - a very strong & engaging 3rd entry in the series😁- read my full review in the link below!
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Quill Holland's Blog | Review: Impact Winter, Season 3, by Travis Beacham
We are back for season 3 of Impact Winter, and wow, did I enjoy this installment! The series continues to deliver quality entertainment, through the talent of its voice cast, the imagination of its au...
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March 2, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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IDK how I'm just hearing about this, but Apple TV+ is developing a #TheMurderbotDiaries show?! 👀
Having read & reviewed 4 of the books, I'm looking forward to seeing this adaptation. #AlexanderSkarsgård has been cast as #Murderbot, which has a lot of potential & the sneak peek images look promising!
Apple TV+ shares first look at 'Murderbot', a killing machine who just wants to watch TV all day
Martha Wells's award-winning 'The Murderbot Diaries' is getting a snarky adaptation with Alexander Skarsgård at the helm this spring.
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March 1, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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#blog post #4 of 2025, here's my #review of The Prison by J Swift! A satisfying & interesting sequel; check out my full thoughts in the link below 😊
#writingcommunity #readingcommunity #scifi #indieauthor
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Quill Holland's Blog | Review: The Prison by J Swift
The Ark was an interesting story, and its sequel, The Prison, is an intriguing tale in its own right. The protagonist trio, Alissa, Shem and Ham, have all made it onto the Ark, which has left the sola...
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February 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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The 3rd #blogpost of 2025, it's my #review of #impactwinter #Season2 - an enjoyable return to this unique take on #vampires & #apocalypse!
#writingcommunity #ReadingCommunity #fantasy #scifi
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Quill Holland's Blog | Review: Impact Winter, Season 2, by Travis Beacham
Impact Winter is back for season 2, and whilst I wasn’t as taken with this second instalment, I still enjoyed returning to this unique take on vampires and apocalypse!
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February 16, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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#blogpost #2 of 2025 - a #review of #ScavengersReign, a complex & unique, beautifully presented and otherworldly #scifi show!
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Quill Holland's Blog | TV Show Review: Scavengers Reign
It’s always nice to see new IPs appearing on our screens and sci-fi TV shows are no different. Scavengers Reign is a perfect example of something new, something different, and wow – is this show a lot...
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February 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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It's a new year, a new month, and a new #blogpost! Check out #review #1 of 2025 - Old Man’s War by John Scalzi.
#writingcommunity #readingcommunity #scifibooks #scifi
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Quill Holland's Blog | Review: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
When Old Man’s War was recommended to me by my uncle & cousin, the premise immediately sounded interesting. After I’d read the blurb, I definitely wanted to read more, and I was hooked after the openi...
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February 2, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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I have a starter pack for published sff authors and indie publishers. I know I've missed loads of people so drop me a msg to get added in. go.bsky.app/7XhRcey
January 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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My whole deal is that I’m a sci-fi writer. If you love stories where normal people face extraordinary challenges—which may involve wormholes, world sims, alien skins, or lost twins—I’d love to send you a free copy of my twisted little short story “Fruiting”! Details in the comments…
A lineup of sci-fi novels by author J.D. Robinson
December 1, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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It's been a bit slow on the blogging front this year 😅
But ah, my third blog post of 2024 and the year's first #moviereview, it's Rebel Moon: The Director's Cut! Read my #blogpost to see what I thought! #writingcommunity #ReadingCommunity #scifi #movies
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Quill Holland's Blog | Movie Review: Rebel Moon, The Director's Cut
In many ways, the changes actually make the standard and director’s cuts feel like different films – and the names given to each part of Rebel Moon reflect this: Part One went from A Child of Fire to ...
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October 31, 2024 at 11:29 AM
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My 2nd blog post of 2024 & the year's first #Review, it's Mass Effect Andromeda: Annihilation by Catherynne M. Valente! Read my #blogpost to see what I thought of this fantastic tie-in story to the Mass Effect Universe. #WritingCommunity #readingcommunity #bookreviews quillholland.nz/review-mass-...
Quill Holland's Blog | Review: Mass Effect Andromeda: Annihilation by Catherynne M. Valente
There are three tie-in novels for Mass Effect Andromeda, so naturally, I started with the third and final entry into that trilogy of stories. If you’ve read my Thoughts on the Lore of Mass Effect blog...
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May 11, 2024 at 5:36 AM
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First blog post of 2024, & I thought I'd try something a little different - sharing some of my thoughts on the lore of #masseffect. I played through all four games over 2023 & loved so much, but the worldbuilding in particular. Have you played the games?
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Quill Holland's Blog | Thoughts On: The Lore of Mass Effect
The beauty of storytelling is that there are so many ways to tell stories – books, obviously, but also orally, visually, and interactively. The Mass Effect series of games has been a favourite of mi...
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January 14, 2024 at 2:01 PM
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#HappyNewYear2024 everyone! Wishing you all the very best for 2024!
December 31, 2023 at 1:12 PM
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#MerryXmas #BookCommunity & #WritingCommunity - I hope everyone is having a wonderful day!
December 25, 2023 at 3:18 AM
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We're halfway through #NaNoWriMo #WritingCommunity! So the question is, how are y'all doing?
#amwriting #writinglife #challenge
November 15, 2023 at 2:29 PM
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So I was supposed to work on #NaNoWriMo, but didn't have the headspace 😅🤷‍♂️so I decided to do some #drawing instead! It's been a to-do list item for a while to do a #colorwheel & here is part 1! What do y'all think & what colour/#Pokemon should I do next? 🤔#colorwheelchallenge
November 15, 2023 at 7:22 AM
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I was interviewed by the brilliant AS Akkalon!

We talked about indie publishing, upcoming titles from Lost Boys Press, my map commission work, and lots more. 💙 www.asakkalon.com/interview_wi...
Fantasy maps, publishing, editing, and writing: an interview with Dewi Hargreaves
I interviewed Dewi Hargreaves about his freelance work making maps for fantasy books, working at an independent press, and much more.
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November 13, 2023 at 9:37 AM
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The #TheForgottenSaga universe has changed between #ForgottenEvil & #AwakenedHorror - map lines have been redrawn, factions evolved & reborn & a new threat could redraw it all again! Book 2 once again features a fantastic #map by the incredible @dewiwrites.bsky.social! What do y'all think?
November 6, 2023 at 9:55 AM
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As an #awakenedhorror launch week special, get -60% off #forgottenevil! But hurry, there are only two days left - the discount ends November 7th!
#booklaunch #booklover #readingcommunity #scifibooks #scifibookseries #bookstoread #readIndieBooks
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November 5, 2023 at 7:18 AM
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Wishing you a merry day where we successfully and repeatedly blow stuff up to really rub it in the face of that guy who failed to blow up the English parliament in 1605!
November 5, 2023 at 6:01 AM
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Hypothetically, does writing a blog post count towards my NaNo word count for the day? 😅

Asking for a friend.
#NaNoWriMo #BehindSchedule #opps
November 2, 2023 at 11:10 AM