Dan Moren

@dmoren
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694 Posts
Writes things. Talks too much.
Websitehttps://dmoren.com
Tech Journalismhttps://sixcolors.com/dan/
Pronounshe/him
LocationSomerville, MA
šŸŖ #pdx Friends and cookie lovers: Olive’s #girlscoutcookies link is live! Right now, it’s limited to in-person delivery orders only. The direct-ship option opens on 2/27! So for now, if you’re in the Portland area, please help her troop help families in need, and save for their fall trip to California! https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/olive727325
#portland #girlscouts #cookies
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That's right! You can order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies from me online, all while helping my troop and I do great things in our community and beyond! Check it out.

Social media! It super sucks for writers right now, and I had some thoughts about that, should you care to read them.

https://terribleminds.com/ramble/2023/02/03/the-state-of-social-media-as-it-pertains-to-writers-in-particular/

The State of Social Media (As It Pertains To Writers In Particular)

This is a post about social media, which is the most boring kind of post. But for writers in particular, it’s an essential one. And here is why: we are at a time when traditional media is a f…

Chuck Wendig: Terribleminds

The @jsnell @dmoren Six Colors YouTube lives are great.

Come for the Apple results. Stay for the MSNBC shade throwing and chart automation talk.

https://www.youtube.com/live/MgPX0SKBwL0?feature=share

Apple Q1 Earnings Breakdown

YouTube
@dmoren I’m glad I discovered your book series. I can only read The Expanse series over again so many times! BTW been following you a long time in the Mac space with no idea you also wrote fiction!
The fun of being a traditionally published author. Every week I get to load up BookScan, which is essentially one company’s (NPD) guess at how many books I sold the previous week, based on...well, nobody knows really. It doesn’t include ebooks, which is the bulk of my sales, so instead I just get to laugh bitterly. And yet, for some reason, I still do it every week! Masochism may be a key author trait.

So you may have noticed that the Twitter login of https://movetodon.org/ is not working at the moment.

According to twitter, the app ā€œhas violated Twitter Rules and policiesā€. I can’t tell much more at the moment since the email they mention never arrived in my inbox.

Movetodon: Finds your Twitter Friends on Mastodon

This is longer than my current New York Times Crossword streak.

COVER REVEAL! Look at this amazing design (by the fantastic David Wardle) for my new book THE DOG SITTER DETECTIVE, coming in May 2023 šŸ˜

Visit https://dogsitterdetective.com/ to find out more, and for online pre-order links; or pre-order it now from your local bookseller.

(PS Nothing bad happens to the dogs!)

#books #writing #design

The Dog Sitter Detective by Antony Johnston

Award-winning murder mysteries... with dogs!

I'm talking about R.F. Kuang's Babel on @theincomparable RIGHT NOW!

https://www.theincomparable.com/live/

The Incomparable: Live stream

Listen live!

The Incomparable
Damn it, Jim, I’m a writer not a graphic designer.