Shell
@shellbryson.com
Writes sci-fi stories in Edinburgh. Founder of Edinburgh SFF writing community: https://edinburghsff.com - Software engineer by day. Personal site: https://shellbryson.com
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Best Novella goes to The last to Drown by Lorraine Wilson, Luna Press.
November 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Best Novella goes to The last to Drown by Lorraine Wilson, Luna Press.
Contrast that last video to the view on the way back from North Berwick yesterday. Makes me wish I could paint.
October 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Contrast that last video to the view on the way back from North Berwick yesterday. Makes me wish I could paint.
The haar has the city this morning…
October 13, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The haar has the city this morning…
Incredible sky again. I do love this time of year. All those colours.
October 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Incredible sky again. I do love this time of year. All those colours.
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Like... people should know that publishing IS a business and they do gamble/bet on authors who would bring in the bucks.
But apparently, a lot don't - and one-hit wonders are normally abandoned later. It's a horse race.
Please support both indie and trad. Not all have that luck and privilege.
But apparently, a lot don't - and one-hit wonders are normally abandoned later. It's a horse race.
Please support both indie and trad. Not all have that luck and privilege.
September 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Like... people should know that publishing IS a business and they do gamble/bet on authors who would bring in the bucks.
But apparently, a lot don't - and one-hit wonders are normally abandoned later. It's a horse race.
Please support both indie and trad. Not all have that luck and privilege.
But apparently, a lot don't - and one-hit wonders are normally abandoned later. It's a horse race.
Please support both indie and trad. Not all have that luck and privilege.
Eastwards across Edinburgh this morning. 🥰
September 26, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Eastwards across Edinburgh this morning. 🥰
I can feel the seasons changing. This is a gorgeous city.
September 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I can feel the seasons changing. This is a gorgeous city.
Serious Apple. I work hard at accessibility for things I build. Meanwhile you do stuff like this. Bravo. These buttons are not in a disabled state.
September 16, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Serious Apple. I work hard at accessibility for things I build. Meanwhile you do stuff like this. Bravo. These buttons are not in a disabled state.
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I'm trying to get The Shape of Monsters tagged with the LGBTQ+ lable as I think it's struggling to find its queer readers.
Hopefully that tag will also help avoid the "1 star woke bs" reviews
Listen to The Shape of Monsters by C L Hellisen on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FGDJ5X1...
Hopefully that tag will also help avoid the "1 star woke bs" reviews
Listen to The Shape of Monsters by C L Hellisen on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FGDJ5X1...
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August 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I'm trying to get The Shape of Monsters tagged with the LGBTQ+ lable as I think it's struggling to find its queer readers.
Hopefully that tag will also help avoid the "1 star woke bs" reviews
Listen to The Shape of Monsters by C L Hellisen on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FGDJ5X1...
Hopefully that tag will also help avoid the "1 star woke bs" reviews
Listen to The Shape of Monsters by C L Hellisen on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FGDJ5X1...
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Wooo! Another ESFFer with brilliant news! Congrats, Fi!
I am excited to announce that I am now represented by Judith Murray of @greeneandheaton.bsky.social
I am hard at work getting my manuscript ready for submission for editors. Hopefully we will have more good news in the near future!
Exciting times ahead!
greeneheaton.co.uk/clients/fion...
I am hard at work getting my manuscript ready for submission for editors. Hopefully we will have more good news in the near future!
Exciting times ahead!
greeneheaton.co.uk/clients/fion...
Fiona Leslie
Fiona Leslie is a sci-fi and fantasy author and self-professed board-game geek. She holds a PhD in evolutionary biology from the University of Aberdeen. A proud Glaswegian, she now lives in Edinburgh ...
greeneheaton.co.uk
August 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Wooo! Another ESFFer with brilliant news! Congrats, Fi!
Woken by loud evacuation alarms coming from Ocean Terminal, Leith. (I went it check, looks like a false alarm.)
Sound travels strangely in a city. It’s actually louder here a few streets away than the street OT is on.
Sound travels strangely in a city. It’s actually louder here a few streets away than the street OT is on.
August 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Woken by loud evacuation alarms coming from Ocean Terminal, Leith. (I went it check, looks like a false alarm.)
Sound travels strangely in a city. It’s actually louder here a few streets away than the street OT is on.
Sound travels strangely in a city. It’s actually louder here a few streets away than the street OT is on.
Extra early start at the office before work so I can get some words written. 6 weeks to hammer out this draft, 12 weeks to polish. Then sleep?
August 7, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Extra early start at the office before work so I can get some words written. 6 weeks to hammer out this draft, 12 weeks to polish. Then sleep?
Gorgeous rainbow over Edinburgh right now
August 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Gorgeous rainbow over Edinburgh right now
To be used on anyone who says they used AI for something ‘creative’, “Oh, so you’re a Slopper! Well, that’s nice,” and edge out of the conversation.
I could get behind this. Sloppers beware.
I saw somebody on TikTok using the word 'slopper' as a slur for people who use ChatGPT, and that's a thing we should start doing.
July 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
To be used on anyone who says they used AI for something ‘creative’, “Oh, so you’re a Slopper! Well, that’s nice,” and edge out of the conversation.
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Headline in a Scottish newspaper today: CONVICTED US FELON TO ARRIVE IN SCOTLAND
July 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Headline in a Scottish newspaper today: CONVICTED US FELON TO ARRIVE IN SCOTLAND
I could get behind this. Sloppers beware.
I saw somebody on TikTok using the word 'slopper' as a slur for people who use ChatGPT, and that's a thing we should start doing.
July 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I could get behind this. Sloppers beware.
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🪩 Edinburgh Culture Minute: 23 - 30 July 2025
edinburghminute.substack.com/p/edinburgh-...
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🪩 Edinburgh Culture Minute: 23 - 30 July 2025
Days Festival headliners, Punchline On Leith, The Gilded Saloon + one week until festivals begin
edinburghminute.substack.com
July 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🪩 Edinburgh Culture Minute: 23 - 30 July 2025
edinburghminute.substack.com/p/edinburgh-...
edinburghminute.substack.com/p/edinburgh-...
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Are you a writer overwhelmed by what you need to do to get a website up and running?
Then this is the webinar you need.
Then this is the webinar you need.
This Saturday, 12th of July, we've got our Your Writer Website webinar. Just look at that agenda!
Check the details here: bibliotta.com/events/your-...
Check the details here: bibliotta.com/events/your-...
July 9, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Are you a writer overwhelmed by what you need to do to get a website up and running?
Then this is the webinar you need.
Then this is the webinar you need.
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We’re so, so chuffed for Dave on this win! He’s part of the ESFF mod team and staff, and now we get to call him “award-winning author David Goodman” — how cool is that? Massive congrats from everyone at ESFF!
#writingcommunity #edinburgh
#writingcommunity #edinburgh
The face of a gobsmacked debut writer. Still absolutely reeling. More soon!
July 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
We’re so, so chuffed for Dave on this win! He’s part of the ESFF mod team and staff, and now we get to call him “award-winning author David Goodman” — how cool is that? Massive congrats from everyone at ESFF!
#writingcommunity #edinburgh
#writingcommunity #edinburgh
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(It's a software program that hallucinates. It doesn't "think" and part of the issue there is reproducing puff pieces without thinking about the consequences. And no way in hell do I let that program book stuff for me)
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(It's a software program that hallucinates. It doesn't "think" and part of the issue there is reproducing puff pieces without thinking about the consequences. And no way in hell do I let that program book stuff for me)
'ChatGPT agent, launched by Open AI everywhere apart from the EU, not only “thinks” but also acts, the US company said. The agent combines the powers of AI research tools with the ability to take control of web browsers, computer files and software such as spreadsheets and slide decks.' 1/3
OpenAI launches personal assistant capable of controlling files and web browsers
AI agent can find restaurant reservations and go shopping for users, but OpenAI acknowledges there are ‘more risks’
www.theguardian.com
July 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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(It's a software program that hallucinates. It doesn't "think" and part of the issue there is reproducing puff pieces without thinking about the consequences. And no way in hell do I let that program book stuff for me)
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(It's a software program that hallucinates. It doesn't "think" and part of the issue there is reproducing puff pieces without thinking about the consequences. And no way in hell do I let that program book stuff for me)
This @edinburghtrams.bsky.social tram needed a sleep in. Driver stopped too far along platform so had to lock front doors. The tannoy is announcing the wrong stops, and there is a physical out of service sign on the front, despite being full of passengers. Good morning!
July 3, 2025 at 6:09 AM
This @edinburghtrams.bsky.social tram needed a sleep in. Driver stopped too far along platform so had to lock front doors. The tannoy is announcing the wrong stops, and there is a physical out of service sign on the front, despite being full of passengers. Good morning!
Dear companies. If you excitedly tell me you’ve added AI to your product, this is not the must-have incentive you think it is. More of a complete turn-off, tbh.
July 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Dear companies. If you excitedly tell me you’ve added AI to your product, this is not the must-have incentive you think it is. More of a complete turn-off, tbh.
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YES! I wrote about this in The Blue, Beautiful World!
‘If we do not control the use of our own faces and bodies, can we call ourselves free?’
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘If we do not control the use of our own faces and bodies, can we call ourselves free?’
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features
Amendment to law will strengthen protection against digital imitations of people’s identities, government says
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
YES! I wrote about this in The Blue, Beautiful World!
‘If we do not control the use of our own faces and bodies, can we call ourselves free?’
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘If we do not control the use of our own faces and bodies, can we call ourselves free?’
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Went to bed early to write up editing notes. Immediately got a headache. But. Must. Words. Now. Then sleep?
June 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Went to bed early to write up editing notes. Immediately got a headache. But. Must. Words. Now. Then sleep?