John Wiswell

Unveiling the cover for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS! Garrodigh is a curmudgeonly three-headed dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. Unfortunately, the rider he's assigned to is... a lot. Coming Summer 2026 from DAW (US) and Arcadia (UK)!

A friend sent me a shelfie from PDX showing that THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS is a staff pick at the Powell's there! I can't believe how pretty this shelf talker is!

Even among people who use AI, nobody wants somebody else's slop. They like using AI to get out of doing work for other people. Use it for them instead of doing work, and they're not so happy.

People praise my dedication, but by that measure, this migraine is a hero.

And "The Goatkeeper's Harvest" in audio if that's your thing: PseudoPod 816: The Goatkeeper’s Harvest | PseudoPod share.google/7Dkuo6gZdasG...

@marissalingen.bsky.social Hey, you're great.

perfect, no notes

If you have a five star scale with half stars, then you have a ten star scale.

How to make an author website, the fairly quick and only slightly dirty version!

This is really screwed up.

So much to say about Brazil, not least of which is the role that Erika Hilton, a Black trans leader and most voted woman politician in Brazil, played in mobilizing folks for Lula. She was behind the critical, concrete, economic promise of shorter work-week. theprint.in/feature/erik...

At one point he had a Whatsapp group with 10 million people in it, coordinating action. Which I didn't even think whatsapp was infrastructurally designed to support. And yes, whatsapp is of course a meta network, but the strategy was to be everywhere, to act redundantly, to be unbannable.

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Serbia! Holy crap, congratulations on kicking out Vucic!

Brazil! God, I am so relieved for y'all.

I hope this game never ends.

look, nothing is simple and i have no parsimonious explanation for anything here, but a student protest movement, focused on corruption & authoritarianism, just won a major european election. a big deal.

The Anthem

💼4📚 At the core of it TDHSC is about characters recognizing their problems and being willing to work on them, even if that means accepting help. If you want a break from seeing how bad things can be, it's worth spending time with these characters that remind us that it's possible to be better, too.

#bookreview 📚💙 📚🪐 📚⚔️ Fan of: - Fish out of water - Found family - Physical therapy - MC's doing their best - PTSD Try @wiswell.bsky.social's The Dragon Has Some Complaints linktr.ee/johnwiswell A wounded dragon hatches a plan to get a free ride off of the local town, & gets a lot more than expected.

We'll have a sign for this display on Tuesday, but Ace Week starts today. Happy week to my fellow asexuals!

Ever notice "abusers can grow and change" uniformly comes from people who haven't actually checked if someone grew or changed? It's like a magic wand of sentiment they wave over harm.

Not only did Spiegelman use it. He admitted doing it was lazy. And he's still going to expect you to pay for it.

People always say to focus on personal growth, but I've got dozens of growths and they sure aren't helping me.

me: You're generous, but I don't need any more fibrous tissue. my body: Oh, I encyst.

Spectacular pain day. My feet feel like they'll wilt and unravel down to the bone.

UK friends, they're practically giving away this wonderful book.

I just finished @wiswell.bsky.social's The Dragon Has Some Complaints (after binging it over maybe a week) and, y'all, this book is a true delight and so worth a read! Between the humor, action, and truly heartfelt moments it is such a wholesome story (and a world I want more of!). Loved it!! :)

The Trident chalk wall really delivers sometimes.