Props to the guy ahead of me at boarding who answered the attendant's 'have a nice flight' with 'you have my word.'
If he isn't also going to #fantasycon he SHOULD be.
@daveruddenwrites.bsky.socialDave Rudden's off to Fantasycon!
@daveruddenwrites.bsky.social
Author of SISTER WAKE, KNIGHTS OF THE BORROWED DARK, TALES OF DARKISLE, and a lot of DOCTOR WHO.
@daveruddenwrites.bsky.social@daveruddenwrites.bsky.socialVery sorry to miss you at it too but I hope everything is going gorgeously on your side and thank you for the warding spell, I promise to survive so we can all go next year!
@daveruddenwrites.bsky.socialThat is very reassuring to hear - thank you and I hope you do too! :)
@daveruddenwrites.bsky.socialOff to my first #Fantasycon and can't wait to meet you all!
It's my first one, so please do say hi - I want to hear about your books/pets/special interests/beard routines.
My wife says every time I leave the house I come back with 5 new friends, this weekend I say those are ROOKIE NUMBERS
@daveruddenwrites.bsky.socialIt's my first one, I am both enchanted and terrified to see how it will go!
@daveruddenwrites.bsky.socialYou're very good, thank you! :D
@daveruddenwrites.bsky.socialMy epic fantasy SISTER WAKE is just FOUR reviews away from fifty reviews on Amazon -
(apparently an important milestone, according to the Great Algo - pictured below)
So if you have read and enjoyed, throwing up a rating or a review would be incredibly helpful!
@daveruddenwrites.bsky.socialI love Pro Acryl - great coverage, barely need thinning, relatively big pots!
@daveruddenwrites.bsky.socialGot a teenager interested in books? I'll be doing a panel and workshop tonight with Steve McCarthy, Clara Kumagai, Alison Weatherby and Steve Ellis, moderated by Kevin McGahern!
There's a special discount too - tickets half-price just for today. Details below!
@daveruddenwrites.bsky.socialWe've already had some brilliant donations in, so let's keep this going, please do spread the word!
@daveruddenwrites.bsky.socialThis is true of teaching too - obviously there's a baseline, but when I worked as a teacher it was fascinating to watch which petty behaviour had become a teacher's rage button. (Mine was swinging on your back chair legs. Even now it makes my blood boil. Why? I have no idea)
@oisinmcgann.bsky.socialReposted by @daveruddenwrites.bsky.socialGreat news. Ireland’s libraries are one of the best parts of our society.
(And I’m not just saying that because I’m married to a librarian)
@daveruddenwrites.bsky.socialBest deployment of a GIF I've seen in ages, thank you
@daveruddenwrites.bsky.socialHe was actually teaching me a very important lesson that I don't always need to over-compensate and over-reach, and it is good advice to be sure...
@daveruddenwrites.bsky.socialHe turned into a huge robot, please advise!
@daveruddenwrites.bsky.socialI've seen that tweet and I LOVE it, kids as eldritch horrors forever
@daveruddenwrites.bsky.socialTerry Pratchett is my hero, so that makes me feel really good about looking up to him!
@daveruddenwrites.bsky.socialHE'S SO LOVED, WHERE IS IT COMING FROM
@daveruddenwrites.bsky.socialFirst author event I ever did a 16 yr old girl came up at the end and said 'when I heard a writer was coming in, I thought you were going to be shit, but you are actually... quite good.' High praise!
@daveruddenwrites.bsky.socialI can't take credit - and I mean that, once someone congratulated me on his manners and he said 'uh, this is all me.'