thomasjwheatley
Thomas J. Wheatley

Fantasy & SciFi Author
Good stories entertain
Great stories transform

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2024-09-03 03:01:52

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Stormlight is such a good series! I just finished my re-listen of Rhythm of War. So good. Brandon is awesome. Have you read The Emperor’s Soul? It’s a great one too. It’s shorter. He won the Hugo for that one.

2023-04-14 17:31:46

Make today a great day…
or discover the greatness that’s already there. The sun came up, and that’s pretty great! 🌅
There’s life, and we get to be a part of it!

2023-04-12 02:42:00

2023-03-18 05:02:59

I love Ireland. Hope everyone had a great St. Patrick’s Day! 💚☘️🇮🇪

2023-03-10 16:36:53

Posting about procrastination when I should be doing other things (like writing). 🤨 Hopefully this helps those like me who procrastinate a little too much.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWTNMzK9vG4

2023-03-09 16:24:29

Why do we write?
Because we’ve exhausted every other possible excuse to procrastinate.
#writingtoday

2023-03-05 03:47:05

So many levels of insight from a single poem by Emily Dickinson
https://youtu.be/55kqNg88JqI

2023-03-04 04:22:26

Spent the day skiing with my oldest son.
Perfect snow, great weather, and the company priceless.⛷️⛷️

2023-03-01 19:33:37

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Haven’t finished Andor yet. Heard the pacing is slow through the season. Hopefully worth it. So many good things to watch, read, and listen to, it’s hard to keep up!

2023-03-01 16:36:51

Mandolorian went the way of a grizzled/broken "old" loner and paired him with a young (okay not so young) kid to care for. Mando can't be the lonely loner anymore. The contrast makes it fun.
The Book of Boba Fett however has two leads that are pretty much the same (both bounty hunters, few words, serious, etc.), and I think that's why Mando on the whole is much more enjoyable to watch.
Neither show is perfect, but it is nice to get #starwars content so can't complain!
Side note: Saw Baby Yoda with Mando at Disneyland, and it made for a pretty awesome day.

2023-03-01 16:36:51

2023-03-01 05:23:57

Overthinking what to post in a note is a difficult thing to overcome.
You can always delete the note.
…oh, no delete.
We’ll you can edit at least.
…oh, no edit.
No wonder I have anxiety about posting. 😅
Actually, I love nostr for all this. Exciting to be part of a growing protocol. Love to see the user base expand.

2023-02-28 19:19:44

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
―Oscar Wilde

2023-02-28 00:52:29

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No need to charge a physical book, just pick it up, and it works each time. Put a book on the shelf or nightstand, and seeing it passing can bring back fond memories of the story. The only problem with physical books is that when they are loaded in boxes for moving, they feel heavier than a cast iron anvil.

2023-02-23 21:13:07

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Lots of good shows out there. Some I’ve come back and watched parts of or all more than once:
Crash Landing on You
(Korean rom-com, gotta get passed the first episode and then it really takes off)
Avatar The Last Airbender (animated)
First season of The Good Place

2023-02-23 16:19:32

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Kickstarter can be a fun way to create excitement around a book launch. A number of authors I know have had great success with it. Best of luck with your writing!

2023-02-23 15:31:04

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Indie publishing is great for speed and control. Either way, the marketing for a new author is going to be largely up to the author. If Kickstarter is your jam, many have used it to help with the upfront costs of indie publishing.

2023-02-23 06:00:20

This was fun. Really Enjoyed reading Tress of the Emerald Sea. Very imaginative world building.
https://youtu.be/ZOeZAjTR-VY

2023-02-19 00:23:45

Accountants count
Builders build
Plumbers plumb
Writers…
I know the answer to this one, but it’s hard!!!
#writing

2023-02-18 15:06:35

Today is full of possibilities. Small actions towards a worthy goal add up when taken each day.

2023-02-17 03:56:40

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Loved that episode.

2023-02-16 18:20:13

This #nostr thing just might catch on.

2023-02-15 17:28:02

"Going Postal" by Terry Pratchett is such a fun read.
It was one of the first #fantasy books that I read where the society was more advanced (more than Lord of the Rings for example) with a large city that needed to revive their old post office.
Who better to do it than a "arch-swindler" Moist von Lipwig?
#books #writing
https://terrypratchett.com/books/going-postal/

2023-02-15 17:19:52

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Of course, now the rich snippet appears on the original post, and now I’m here taking to myself. 🤪

2023-02-15 17:18:36

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For some reason the post showed the link but not the rich snippet (at least on my client). Can’t let that happen, not for a show as epic as “Crash Landing on You”
Here’s another try:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVQGWgeVc4k

2023-02-14 23:32:31

Looking for something to watch?
“Crash Landing on You”
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry,
go ahead,
give a couple
episodes a try.
🫰
https://youtu.be/GVQGWgeVc4k

2023-02-14 16:03:16

Savannah Gilbo's podcast for writers is fantastic. The recent Student Spotlight with Jennifer Lauer is wonderful. They talk about lots of helpful tools for new writers. #writing #writers
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fiction-writing-made-easy/id1502307717?i=1000599493459

2023-02-14 06:59:36

Brandon Sanderson gives so much back to the writing community. I’ve had the chance to attend several of his classes at conferences over the years. Truly a writing machine that can write and teach well. If you’re looking to write sci-fi or fantasy, viewing his lectures is a great place to learn.
#writing #authors
https://youtu.be/jrIogch5DBU

2023-02-14 02:55:12

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Season 2 Episode 9 of Bluey “Sleepytime” features the Jupiter movement. Pure perfection.
https://disneyplus.com/series/bluey/1xy9TAOQ0M3r?sharesource=iOS

2023-02-14 02:48:03

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Wait, was this the first use of the hashtag for #starwars on nostr?
That’s it, people, we’ve got to branch out a little. 🙃

2023-02-14 02:43:56

We played "The Planets" by Gustav Holst for the kids the other day (more on that in a second).
Just give the movement "Mars, the Bringer of War" a listen and it may remind you of a certain movie that begins with two spaceships at war advancing towards a reddish planet below.
#starwars
The movement "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" is our favorite. Where did we find a love for the music?
It was on the kids show Bluey.
(I love watching it too)
https://open.spotify.com/track/1C3RIRKQZhSk5d2iioIhkg?si=K53CtRGuQYWizyr-523l2g

2023-02-13 14:45:13

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Thanks! Congrats to you as well. Enjoy the every minute of it. It seems the only thing faster than the speed of light is how fast your kids grow up.

2023-02-12 04:16:08

The mental gymnastics I go through to divide 150 in half.
Split 150 into two parts, 100 and 50
First Part
100 / 2 = 50
Second Part
50 / 2 = 25
50 + 25 = 75
The human calculator. Just not an effective one, but I am at least 100% correct 80% of the time. Every time.

2023-02-12 03:56:50

Apple added the Freeform app to the iPad, and I didn't think much about it; however after using it with the Apple Pencil, it's a game changer for writing. Stacks of notes sit in my office and together measure about the height of a hobbit. They're notes for my series, but they're not the best way to go back and check on a thought.
Using the Apple Pencil with Freeform lets authors take notes by hand, but have an infinitely big desktop to put them on. I can dedicate whole sections to character, setting, scenes, etc. and just scroll over when I need to refer back to something.
Never thought I'd get an Apple Pencil, but it's been such a great tool for brainstorming and notes. The first generation version is what works with my iPad.
Here's the original intro. Fun to hear Jony Ive's voice again. They should bring him back just to do the voice overs.
https://youtu.be/8sJQKbbSn9g

2023-02-10 21:29:33

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That’s amazing! Probably nothing. Where’s the stat from?

2023-02-10 05:14:06

Tonight, I was telling our young twins a story that involved wizards, dragons, and a red, red wagon.
One of the twins asked, "What's a wagon?"
I thought, "I'm a failure as a father."
I described a red wagon to them.
Then it hit me. We used to have a red wagon and I would pull them around the block in that big heavy thing (it did not have a very good turning radius). We even took them trick or treating in it one year—maybe a couple years even.
I wasn't a failure as a father, we're just a family that's memory challenged from not sleeping. Ever. #twins

2023-02-09 05:55:58

“Where are my Tic-Tacs? Ugh!”
Best line from the movie “You’ve Got Mail”
Don’t know why that’s in my head right now. Maybe my subconscious is telling me to be more thoughtful and a better listen—
—Hey wait, where are *my* Tic-Tacs?

2023-02-02 19:14:14

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -
And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -
I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.
—Emily Dickinson
c. 1861
Thanks, #[0] for the little blue bird that gave hope and voice to millions around the world. As the world changes, it’s nice to see that hope continued with #nostr Thank you, #[2] for Nostr and shoutout to #[3] for “Nostrich” so fitting! #[4]
Hope is the thing with feathers after all.
Peace. 🖖

2023-02-02 00:11:26

Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
“Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” by William Butler Yeats
Yeats, one of the greats.
Published in 1899, the poem still rings true for all with dreams—dreams we want to share with others because in some cases they’re all we have.
Here’s to the dreamers—to the crazy ones as Jobs would put it.
“Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
—Steve Jobs
Thank you, #[0] for making your dream a reality, and it’s just the beginning!
Now for the rest of us to do the same and make the world a better place one realized dream after another.
Huzzah!
(Always fun to say)
Peace🖖

2023-02-01 03:15:12

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Thanks! ⚡️👍

2023-02-01 00:16:09

First post! How about some favorite poetry:
Tell all the truth but tell it slant —
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth's superb surprise
As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind —
—Emily Dickinson