David Bridger

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Mastodon since Nov 2022. Migrated to Writing Exchange Mar 2026.

I am a novelist, playwright, and poet. Pagan. Dedicant of the Mórrígan. Learning Irish. Old salt. Old biker. Cold War rebel -> present day anarchist. We are the resistance. Palestine Action. 🇵🇸 Friend of crows, rescuer of dogs, adopter of donkeys. Trans ally. he/him #pwME

If I get an unlikeable vibe off you, I'll block you. No argument. No trading of insults. No warning.

My books are my activism.

Publisherhttps://www.beatentrackpublishing.com/?ref=DavidBridger
WIP Bloghttps://davidbridgerwip.wordpress.com
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I give a small regular monthly donation to a food bank, and I just sent an extra donation after reading an article about people's SNAP benefits being cut 50% by Trump.

I found myself suddenly shaking in fury over the fact that people count on my poor little donations when there are billionaires who could wipe out hunger in a day who don't lift a finger. I have rarely been so angry in my life.

It usually doesn't hit me so hard. Today it did.
#Hunger

"We survived the 1976 heatwave". Yes we did, in the same way we survived the covid pandemic - some of us survived to say things like that, the people who died aren't here to disagree. The 1976 heatwave was estimated to have caused 20% extra deaths in the UK compared to the same period in 1975.

Also 1976 was fifty years ago, and the heatwave was so unusual people are still talking about it. Today dangerous heat is more of an "every other Thursday" type event.

#WritersCoffeeClub #WritingCommunity

22nd Jun 2026. Walk us through how you build a story.

It starts with a character in a situation. I live with them in my head for a while if they're interesting, and if it seems they and their situation have the legs to make a story I'll start daydreaming their interactions with others. By the time I start writing its single-sentence-per-chapter skeleton plan, I know I'll be writing the story. Then that's what I do, all in one go for as long as it takes.

Will Starmer get in the sea? I couldn't care less.

#WordWeavers #WritingCommunity

22nd Jun 2026. How do you use buildings and architecture in your current story?

So far in this WIP I've focused on my small community of boatbuilders on the Atlantic coast of C25th Ireland, their houses, cabins, workshops, machinery spaces, stores, and community buildings all made of wood using the same skills they employ to build their wooden boats.

#ScribesAndMakers #WritingCommunity

22nd Jun 2026. Have you ever worked collaboratively on a creative project with others?

Several times in my long career, as mentee once, mentor three times, and on equal terms in a handful of other projects, some more fun than others. Most recently, fruitfully, and definitely most fun, Nimue Brown @Nimue_B and I co-authored three novels that sit in our publisher's editing queue and will be released in a single volume with the title The Wessex Mysteries.

#WordWeavers 22. How do you use buildings and architecture in your current story?

In very complex ways, possibly a hyper-complex way: I have a sneaking suspicion that if mapped according to my descriptions some of the interiors would turn out to be non-Euclidean.

Some mentions of architecture are meant to illuminate matters of culture and history. Notably, Karnburg is a recognizable early-modern city with walls and gates, while the House on the Rock in Traventi explicitly has neither.

As the heat becomes unbearable, it is time for a true #IceAge masterpiece: a tiny yet remarkable figurine of a woolly mammoth, just 3.7 cm long.
Carved from mammoth ivory around 40,000 years ago, this miniature work of art was discovered at the Vogelherd Cave on the Swabian Jura in south-west Germany. Despite its size, it captures the essence of one of the Ice Age’s most iconic animals with astonishing skill and detail.

📷 me

#Archaeology