Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)

golgaloth@writing.exchange

Rich, fascinating stories, board game designs, and random thoughts, graciously provided by David Dawkins. <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Writer</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/BoardGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BoardGames</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Authodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Authodon</a>

Posts

Post #4479884
Does your fantasy world involve burning massive amounts of fossil fuels? Where does it all come from? #AmWriting #writing #fantasy #WritingCommunity #WorldBuilding #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev #ClimateChange #FossilFuels
Post #4429934
Looking for something to do this weekend? How about buying MP3s of all the music you love directly from the artists, or from Bandcamp, etc, and deleting Spotify? That could be fun. #music #spotify #ai #FuckICE
Post #4307376
Okay, #Writers. Who are you using for your covers? Drop me some recommendations for cover artists (maybe a link to their work, or just a chance to post your books). Not interested in people who do their own covers. #Writing #books #art #WritingCommunity #WritersCoffeeClub #PennedPossibilities
Post #4123086
How influential is religion in your world? How influential would it like to be? #WorldBuilding #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #dnd #ttrpg #GameDev #religion
Post #4104672
Your characters burst into a room and accidentally see something they shouldn't. #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Cthulhu #WritingCommunity
Post #4050155
How active a role do the gods (if any) play in your world? #WorldBuilding #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #GameDev
Post #4009030
I mean, everyone I know is writing a book. #books #writing #disasters
Post #3972908
Do you employ dramatic irony in your work? #writing #AmWriting #cycling #Bike #irony #WritingCommunity.
Post #3923592
Someone points out something really obvious. Your characters are stunned. #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #CatsOfMastodon #writing #WritingCommunity
Post #3906104
Off to the Tamar Valley Author's Market today to sell my books. It's a local farmer's market, but they have little themes for the mid-month market. Apparently, there will be at least two writers present. Head a long to Beaconsfield in the extremely unlikely event you read this and live in Northern #Tasmania. #Books #Reading #writing #Bookstodon
Post #3901784
Bones reveal ancient Egyptian princesses born 4,000 years ago used weapons https://phys.org/news/2026-07-bones-reveal-ancient-egyptian-princesses.html #History #Herstory #ttrpg #dnd #writing
Post #3850200
When your dig into the history of the world you're creating, how far back do you go? #WorldBuilding #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev #dinosaurs #history
Post #3488101
Sent my latest book out to my reviewers. This is always the nervy part because they are people who will tell it like it is. They've been full of praise, with some caveats, for my last few books. Here's hoping this one lives up to the standard. I think it's brilliant, of course, but then I'm biased. . If you're interested in reviewing my work, DM me. . Check it out on Kickstarter if you're interested in #SciFi mixed with #steampunk. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/d...
Post #3458039
New standard for measuring pocket size just dropped. #makers #sewing #feminism #dnd #ttrpg #gaming
Post #3406901
What's your pet grammar peeve? That one rule you learned but everyone else still gets wrong? #WritingCommunity #writing #AmWriting #reading #books
Post #3329308
Your characters are banned, from a place, or engaging in a certain activity. What clever work around do they find? #Pride #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev
Post #2822545
Your character has a signature move. One day it fails. #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity
Post #2472702
Your characters are tasked with finding something. This is somehow unreasonably difficult. (Vietnamese Mossy Frogs, so called because they are often not found in Vietnam.) #WritingPrompt #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev
Post #2396443
Same, plant. Same. #Art #writing #life
Post #2382812
Emerland. Another version of Everdell. This was fun. Though I&#39;ve never played the base game, I like the way this version builds momentum and the helpers having multiple uses is interesting. #BoardGames #TabletopGames #gaming
Post #2329539
When you&#39;re reading and someone assumes that means you&#39;re doing nothing and they can interrupt you. #books #reading #writing
Post #2216115
A character doesn&#39;t appear to be evil, or even significant, but they keep turning up, and keep messing things up for the other characters. Also, this weekend, I get to play me some #BoardGames! Yay! #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
Post #2212882
Deer deliver in the strangest of places! If you find a fawn in your yard, leave it alone, do not touch, move or feed it. They have no scent and predators cannot find them unless humans interfere. Mom leaves during the day for 2 primary reasons: to feed, and to keep her scent away. Mom will return, but not until dusk and not if humans are around. If you discover the gift of a fawn enjoy the experience, and let the Mom do what comes naturally. Please share, thank you. #wildlife
Post #2177124
#BoardGames this afternoon, and I&#39;ll be playing some more this evening. Quick review in alt. #tabletopGames #gaming
Post #2163555
Not actually helping, just increasing the amount of shit. #ai #cartoons #writing #funny
Post #2121733
How often do you use pure, blind luck as a plot device? Do you include randomness in your stories at all? It might make them more realistic, but it&#39;s often unsatisfying for the readers. #random #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev
Post #2067470
Your characters are handed an impossible task. #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #ttrpg #dnd #authodons
Post #2067464
#WritingPrompt: Your characters get in trouble with the law. But they know more than the officers. #writing #AmWriting #authodons #ttrpg #dnd
Post #2059664
What superstitions exist in your world? How might your characters run up against them? Will the prove true or false? #WorldBuilding #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev
Post #1958985
Your characters misunderstand how something works. #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity