Matthew Loxton / is on Nostr

Healthcare improvement and strategic foresight analyst, professional trainer in qualitative research methods. Organizational behavior researcher. Board member at Blue Faery Liver Cancer. Writer of stuff

Read my fiction titles on Amazon "The Screw Turns" at https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B09P5LLNZ1
See my Kindle Vela stories at https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B0BLXHVVSY
... and my children's stories at https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B0BLT56MG9

Last Notes

2024-08-09 16:39:04

#wordweavers 9. Tell us about a character that you don’t like as a person.
I do short stories, and I kill off all the characters I don't like as people. Dr. Mulvaney is a sexist pig and a money-grubbing turd, and when Zoe does something that results in his death, everyone is better off
https://www.physiciansweekly.com/medical-fiction-zoes-breakthrough/

2024-06-19 15:56:24

I dropped off the author's proof copy of my latest collection of short stories in one of those "Little Free Library" boxes. I often pass it when walking the Husky, and he didn't mind the short detour.
Got me wondering though, if you are the kind of #reader who patronizes those riny libraries, would you feel a little cheated that it's not the commercial publication, or would you feel like it's a special find, a little unique, maybe?
Do tell

2024-06-13 18:07:24

#WritersCoffeeClub Day 13: What's your favorite antagonist to write? Villains, anti-hero's, rivals?
Really unpleasant antagonists who often get murdered by a strong woman character

2024-06-06 16:10:47

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@npub1rkt…sqek
Oh he was just "mistaken" or "misspoke"
Men of his refinement and grace don't lie
/s

2024-03-13 15:44:48

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@npub15zu…s7lx
Good chance someone dies because of this

2024-03-13 15:31:22

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@npub15zu…s7lx
Tiny tiny tiny chance that Marge uncovers something actually going on, but astoundingly huge probability that she fucks up more than one research project and the whole organ donor and transplant mechanism

2024-03-13 13:33:28

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@npub1lzz…jhl3
I can't quite decide if those media outlets do that because their management just long to have a right-wing autocracy, or if they are just completely focused on daily pageviews

2024-03-13 12:36:33

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/mar/11/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-medical-boards-malpractice

2024-01-11 14:52:29

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@npub1k74…dmux
Yes, sadness was my overriding reaction. It was so comforting to know that Jessica Fletcher could go from grieving widow on the verge of destitution to wealthy and celebrated author in a year, and that real life bubbled up examples like Rowling. Then one realizes that the fiction is, well, fiction, and that a Rowling is as rare as someone winning a lottery.
Of the members of my writing group, maybe one can live on their writing, so long as they also give courses, of course

2023-11-28 15:36:56

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@npub18wj…lvmv
Thanks.
May I offer you something else about which to be cynical?
Some charitable organizations compete and spend money and effort trying to push other charities out of the way for donor money and attention. That competition is often ugly, and at best results in charities not working well together even though they have compatible or similar missions.

2023-09-17 11:30:12

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@npub1hpc…hjn3
I want add a sidebar to this conversation.
Twitter has also ceased to be a usable space for many researchers, and I'm not sure any of the qualitative research CAQDAS platforms have a Twitter import function and analysis option anymore. In my CAQDAS, that was removed months ago.

2023-08-18 15:21:22

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@npub1nxt…055a
Dumb question perhaps, but how do you know what those other author's keywords are? Is that displayed someplace in their profile, alongside their book, ...?

2023-08-16 17:22:11

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@npub10lc…7wpc
You can also put retired teapots in the garden and plant something in them

2023-07-20 16:52:43

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@npub10cm…36ex
It is the kind of person who just keeps pushing a line of reasoning until someone stops them or they get distracted by cancer or dementia.
@npub189n…satx

2023-07-12 17:00:30

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@npub1ggh…ykhp
Dang, you just gobble that stuff down, dontcha? :)
Well, if you want to try somewhat macabre short stories, you can get most of mine for free over here: https://www.physiciansweekly.com/category/doctors-voice/medical-fiction/
If you like them, you can get the collections as Kindle eBook or paperback on Amazon under the series "The Screw Turns"

2023-07-12 16:50:07

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@npub1ggh…ykhp
Sorry, I do short story collections, but I can suggest checking if your local library system has BiblioBoard and publishes local indie authors. That way you can maybe find stuff you like and support local talent and your public library

2023-04-19 21:36:55

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True
But every bit chips away at their supporters and donors.

2023-04-13 15:35:27

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Teri, does this amplification loop that is playing have some point at which they can no longer get their base to rise any more or been outraged any more, and the base is exhausted, or can they just keep finding new things to outrage the base forever?