David Bridger

I'm a lot of things, including a science fiction and fantasy author. Witchy hedge druid. Old salt. Person of the world with a prehistory habit. Nonpartisan ecosocialist hermit. Novelist, playwright, poet. Friend of crows, rescuer of dogs, adopter of donkeys. Trans ally. I reject and oppose hatred. he/him #pwME

My books: https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?ref=DavidBridger

My readers group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/478381059398631

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2025-03-20 10:18:13

#ScribesAndMakers 20th March 2025. Do you like graffiti? Do you have an example?
I admire and enjoy Banksy's graffiti. This is when he visited Palestine 20 years ago and painted murals on the Segregation Wall.
https://banksyexplained.com/the-segregation-wall-palestine-2005/

2024-09-20 19:12:55

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@npub1dts…6798 Me, if you like.

2024-09-05 07:36:53

#mosstodon
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/083/794/498/028/847/original/0d047497dc558632.jpeg

2024-08-08 08:13:38

#writerscoffeeclub Aug 8: Authors love to show off a book stack. Post an image of your stack or a collage of your digital work.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/925/381/077/860/289/original/5507e141ff9530d3.jpg

2024-06-30 08:55:03

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@npub1psd…9sr7 Watching the madness over there from under our own madness here on Tory-Tory Island, I've assumed that Trump is in the electoral race mainly to avoid serving time.

2024-05-30 07:23:27

#wordweavers 30/5: Are you comfortable writing from the POV of a child? Written any?
I've done so from time to time, and have been perfectly comfortable.

2024-05-26 08:54:50

#WritersCoffeeClub 5/26: Would you consider writing a guide to your work, e.g. for aspiring writers?
No. I'm not a teacher. I mentored intensively, three novelists, one at a time for about three years each. Those working relationships were rich and enjoyable. But that was then. I'm old and sick now, needing all my remaining energy to finish my final projects, so teaching isn't in that mix. But I wish young (in the trade) writers all the very best.

2024-04-17 06:50:21

#WordWeavers 4/17. What personal expertise of yours makes it into your books?
Nautical stuff.

2024-03-04 10:30:38

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@npub1vt6…w2mw I love your pictures of Dartmoor. I 'm nearby, and used to pretty much live up there, but nowadays I'm housebound by illness so my only "fix" of loveliness is pictures from you and others. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

2024-02-28 07:57:23

I've just deleted my bloggish newslettery thing on wp.com. https://gizmodo.com/wordpress-tumblr-plan-sell-user-content-ai-companies-1851291225

2024-02-25 08:52:32

On my desktop and my android phone, I've replaced Google's search engine with Ecosia. Any suggestions for further improvements of this nature that I might make?

2024-02-11 11:25:42

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@npub1vfp…m2jc I appreciate you responding, and thanks for drawing my attention to the painting in the first place. It's thrilling!

2024-02-10 10:53:07

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@npub1vfp…m2jc I adore this! Do you know who the artist is, please?

2024-02-01 10:07:37

#WritersCoffeeClub Feb. 1st Tell us about yourself, published work, WIP or anything else people should know.
My books are all published by Beaten Track Publishing. My author page there: https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?ref=DavidBridger

2024-01-30 11:25:52

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@npub1psd…9sr7 It's what we voted for. Not me, and not you, but millions of people have voted for this at every general election since 1979. I don't blame the corrupt politicians and officials any more than I blame other vermin for doing what they do. It's what they are. It's the millions of unthinking fools who put them there carrying the blame for this.

2024-01-24 15:00:54

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@npub15wt…7rek I'm very sorry. We've been through it too many times as well, most recently and if possible most heartbreakingly just three months ago.

2024-01-24 11:14:59

#WordWeavers 24 Jan
Out of all your writing, what was the hardest scene for you to write?
The next one.

2024-01-07 08:47:36

#WritersCoffeeClub Do you have an epilogue in any of your writing? How do you feel about them?
Only in one of my novels, Storywalker. It's a where-are-they-now? chapter, a catch-up with the books's big cast of characters. I enjoyed emotional warmth while writing it, and some readers have said they share the warmth.

2023-12-20 07:28:57

#WritersCoffeeClub Dec 20: Do you name or number chapters? If you name them, how do you decide on a name?
Broadly speaking, I name them in fantasy novels and number them in science fiction. Although in my most recent SF - Space Train (available) and Space Train 2 (publisher's editing queue) - I name chapters with locations. In my Wessex Mysteries WIPs with @npub1z53…s6p4 we're starting each chapter with an icon to represent its POV character and then a title that is the first few words of its text.

2023-12-14 08:16:33

#WordWeavers Dec 14: Do you write characters with different sexual orientations and gender identities from your own? What guides your writing?
I've written characters in all colours of the rainbow. What guides my writing in this regard is love and respect.

2023-11-01 07:15:16

#WordWeavers 11-01 — Introduce your story as if it were a high-budget film.
FIREFLY meets WAGON TRAIN. Space pioneers, frontier worlds, alien societies, war refugees rebuilding their lives, heroes with heart, loving relationships of many flavors, and a scarily clever ruthless enemy.
https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?n1=publications&id=386

2023-11-01 07:11:02

#Writerscoffeeclub 1st November 2023 - What's the best writing advice you've heard or read?
"Follow no rule off a cliff."
CJ Cherryh

2023-08-09 10:06:59

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@npub10n9…tjug Iain Banks, for his fiction of course and especially his brilliant SF, but equally for his forthright outspokenness against vile capitalist beliefs and behaviour, which I first discovered when I was pre-published and people were warning me that to continue speaking out would ruin my prospects as an author.

2023-08-06 11:18:06

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@npub14k2…ed68 @npub1caz…vv9e Thank you for this recommendation. It sounds wonderful and I'm away to order a copy now.

2023-08-05 10:30:53

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@npub1j8m…v5r7 This is beautiful. Your art is serene and your magic truthful. Thank you. I've subscribed to your YouTube channel.

2023-08-01 15:32:34

#WritingWonders Day 1 Intro, and which side character I'd hang out with:
I write SFF novels and short stories and nonfiction solo, and magical 1930s England detective fiction with @npub1z53…s6p4.
In a short story in my 2nd Collection WIP, there's this jazz singer vampire....

2023-07-17 09:43:09

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@npub16uc…k62q Thank you. Already I feel welcomed. :)

2023-07-17 09:31:49

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@npub16uc…k62q I'm very heartened to read this thread of your today. Been keeping an interested eye on your game hashtag while recovering from a nasty relapse, not well enough yet to participate fully, and nor am I a romance or erotica author, but I have the utmost respect for them and very glad to see what you've written here. :)

2023-06-08 22:28:51

On my one-to-ten scale of rude awakenings, a leprechaun standing on my bedside table and urinating loudly into my ear is a definite nine.
...is the opening sentence of the short story I'm going to write next.
#amWriting #fantasy

2023-04-22 12:29:18

My updated #introduction on Mastodon.
I'm a lot of things, including a science fiction and fantasy author. Witchy hedge druid. Old salt. Nonpartisan ecosocialist person of the world with a prehistory habit. Novelist, playwright, poet. Friend of crows, rescuer of dogs, adopter of donkeys. Trans ally. I reject and oppose hatred. The pronouns I prefer are he/him. I live with ME (#pwME) and arthritis.
My books: https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?ref=DavidBridger
My readers group of Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/478381059398631