Sometimes i like to put off my full readthrough of the Discworld books but then I remember “The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.”

9 Wisest Terry Pratchett Quotes

The most valuable nuggets of wisdom from the Disc.

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Rochester fireworks looked great tonight. Far enough away that Bear didn’t even mind.

Hey look! I made a trailer for eenk, the interactive fiction firmware for Xteink e-readers! And also eenky, the companion desktop app that's kinda like what GarageBand + iTunes were to the iPod, but for making and syncing dope branching story beats. youtu.be/JddSaGFBtNU

eenk project trailer

YouTube video by Tom

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Love is Like Sinking Into a Pinpoint Black Hole came in first in InkJam 2026. It's a small game jam, but there were some really good pieces of interactive fiction, and I'm thrilled to do so well in that crowd. itch.io/jam/inkjam-2...

Latest updates are up! A visit to the Minnesota State Fair, game writing, and just a tiny bit about what's coming up next. Join and support! www.patreon.com/AWEi...

Last week I wrote a game for InkJam 2026. The theme was "Let that sink in" and my piece of interactive fiction is called Love is Like Sinking Into a Pinpoint Black Hole.

Rate Love is Like Sinking Into a Pinpoint Black Hole by aweichenlaub for inkjam 2026

An interactive story of love, black holes, and the math that ties them together. Play in your browser

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The Wizards, Warlocks and Soothsayers Bundle - Curated by John Helfers and the SFWA: storybundle.com/sfwa We're proud to partner again with the SFWA to curate this bundle of 16 fantasy novels (19 books!) that will take you on amazing journeys. Check it out!

Oh good i was just thinking Gencon was too small.

Gen Con hires The Dice Tower’s Camilla Cleghorn as head of events as show looks to scale beyond record attendance -

The hire puts a familiar face from board game media in charge of planning and delivering one of the tabletop industry's largest event programmes.

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VOTE Primary voting is done. Now let’s do a general election

Met this elderly golden at Squash Blossom Farm today. Great pizza, mead, and an ancient golden retriever? Count me in!

Latest newsletter just hit the stands! Can a whole game be written in four days? Also, check out this bird! eomail5.com/web-vers...

Light crowd at the Down by the Riverside concert, but it actually turned out to be pretty nice out tonight. (Mackenzie Carpenter is the musician) Also, i haven’t had dippin’ dots in years but they’re still good.

It's National Wine and Cheese Day & hey, I have a perfectly cheesy book to go with your beverage of choice! CHEDDAR LUCK NEXT TIME is a cozy mystery with an autistic lead & a megachonk orange cat. Book 2, BRIE MY VALENTINE, is out in February! www.bethcato.com/cheese-myste...

Jude Demarco in invisible on the Space Station Nicodemia, but that doesn't make him safe. Now he needs to decide what's more dangerous: a gang of art thieves, the church, or that mysterious woman who won't take no. #books #sciencefiction #noir books2read.com/u/38Y2vL

Had a great visit to New Ulm on Sunday and when a person visits New Ulm, MN, it just wouldn’t be right to pass up on the chance to visit Schell Brewery’s peacocks.

You can count on this prestigious literary magazine to speak truth to power.

Taco Bell Quarterly@tacobellquarterly.org · 2mo ago

The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply

A view of Rochester, obscured slightly by the smoke. I remember a time when this wasn’t normal, but now it’s every year. I am not a fan. #rochmn

SFWA’s Emerging Tech committee is fantastic and i do believe this will be worth a visit.

Emerging Tech Presents... Understanding AI: A Hype-Free Overview - SFWA Store

This SFWA Emerging Tech panel offers a hype-free discussion of how large language models work, and debunks some common areas of confusion.

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Is anyone else this happy that it’s finally cool enough out to go for a walk?

Picked up some books at the local author book fair at Garden Party Books here in Rochester, MN today. gardenpartybooks.com/

Quick reminder that this weekend you can read my interactive novel Wizard Confidential on Apple, Android, or PC. Prohibition-era Seattle noir with magic, guns, and a whole lot of wit.

Wizard Confidential

Sling spells and crack the case in a city full of bootleggers, corrupt cops, and vampires. Can you save your partner before a wizard dooms Seattle?

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I am SO happy to announce the table of contents for [RECORDED]: An Anthology of Found Media Stories, coming to haunt you on October 13th, 2026! 🎥 📚💙 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

This cat wandered around the corner the other day. After spending time in my dog’s mouth, he… was just kinda chill about it. And he’s fine. Not really intimidated at all. Anyway, I’m looking for good metaphors for Minnesota this year so let me know if you think of one.

Back home after ConVergence. Highlights were readings by @joanmarieverba.bsky.social and @naomikritzer.bsky.social Great seeing all of you that I saw. Sorry to miss those I didn’t. Such a wonderful con. #cvg2026

Lies Authors Tell. I don't know if ConVergence is trying to say something with my panels this year, but if you're at the con you should come see me at 11:00 today. #convergence #CVG2026 www.convergence-con....

Watching it all burn. #4thofjuly

Evening approaches and we are feeling a little stressed about this whole fireworks thing.

Happy 4th of July for those who celebrate. May all your explosions result in an appropriately low number of injuries. #4thofjuly

Today at ConVergence, at 5:00, you can find me on a panel called, "Importance of Writing Badly" and yes you can assume that I deserve to be there. It's going to be great. www.convergence-con....

I suspect some people unsubscribe from my newsletter because of politics and I get that others are just not into my book recs or meandering essays about the weather, but this week I got, "I do not wish to receive any emails that have pictures of live cats." The picture: