Neal

@nealholt.bsky.social

(he/him) Interested in reading (mostly SF & Fantasy), writing (mostly SF), game dev (Godot!), pets, gaming (SC2, Helldivers2). No DMs Author of "Crew of Exiles". A misanthropic transcendent being has been banished to human form! Available as an audiobook!

I just reposted a cute dog video, only to realize once I read the comments that it was AI. I then "undo" the repost and block the account, but it's still showing up under my posts, so if anyone else saw it, sorry about that. What a world

"If you're dedicated to becoming an author, nothing I can say here will stop you. But if you're not, nothing I can say will make you one." - Consider This by Chuck Palahniuk

"Every moment is an edict spoken by the past. The past is the real tyranny." "I regret, then, that we cannot aim your bowmen at anything but our future." - The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

I saw The Odyssey yesterday. Hard not to be a bit disappointed. There's a great movie beneath the bloat. Also my eardrums may never recover.

Baru saw in the city what she felt in herself. The two-faced allegiances, the fearful monitoring of self and surroundings, the whimpering need to please somehow kneeling alongside marrow-deep defiance. - The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson