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Zachary Duncan

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Fiction writer, indie game dev, Gàidhlig learner zacharyduncan.substack.com

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Such a fun poem! I like the flow of it

30.09.2025 16:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

That’s a rather sweet poem

27.09.2025 23:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I have this novel and an epic poem in draft form and everything else is self published to my Substack

25.09.2025 18:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I #amwriting a low fantasy book set in a world where heroes have to contend with tyrannical kings and a resurgence of old magic. Hoping to publish in the next year!

25.09.2025 17:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Mixing genres can be a revelatory synthesis. Don’t take advice on taste from something that can’t understand it.

25.09.2025 17:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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My writing has gotten me to the #48 rising spot in Fiction on Substack! Very exciting!

Check it out:
zacharyduncan.substack.com

#writersofbluesky #substack #poetsofbluesky #poetry

25.09.2025 01:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Songs at an Angle to Society Literary Critique, William Blake

William Blake was an English poet, mythologist and engraving artist from the romantic period.

What was so singular about his vision—if anything?

#Art #Poetry #WilliamBlake #WritersofBluesky

02.04.2025 19:21 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Like the cat didn’t try to squeeze inside that glass box the second after the picture was taken

15.01.2025 14:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Bold hypocrisy sounds like a perfect tagline for my Substack

09.01.2025 00:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Very understandable. I’ve challenged myself to write a very long poem over the last few months. 531 words so far over 9 stanzas. Step 2 is finding anyone who wants to read long poems

08.01.2025 23:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I like that appraisal. Descriptive, not prescriptive

08.01.2025 22:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is lovely. Is it original?

08.01.2025 22:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is the most concise encapsulation of game dev I think I’ve ever seen

23.12.2024 22:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bioran 🤎 | BBC ALBA
Bioran 🤎 | BBC ALBA YouTube video by BBC ALBA

Just thought I’d share a Gàidhlig language animated Christmas short film from #BBCAlba.

Nollaig Chridheil! 🎄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

youtu.be/uTBItoxvlgQ?...

#scottish #gaelic #gàidhlig

23.12.2024 21:26 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

I’m a fellow writer and (video)game dev. Howdy

23.12.2024 20:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Zachary Duncan | Substack Original poetry and short stories. I may also share thoughts either philosophical or literary.

I write fantasy and scifi poetry and short stories.
zacharyduncan.substack.com

22.12.2024 16:27 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Just an inquisition, but what were the origins of your fandom?

16.12.2024 18:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I listen to a few: SpeakGaelic, Coffee Break Gaelic, Big Gaels Don’t Cry. The third of those is the most casual with the first two being more educational.

13.12.2024 16:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Is this done by scaling a collision capsule relative to the speed of Theevo’s movement? Or are you actually maintaining a 3D field of wind vectors?

09.12.2024 13:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This movie bucked the hallmark movie trope of featuring exclusively under-wrought performances, over budget lighting department and frankly bewildering writing. This had all those crucial elements, but in Scotland.

10/10

07.12.2024 02:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Focus on quick iterations of fun gameplay loops before worrying about anything looking good

04.12.2024 13:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I write fantasy and scifi short stories and poetry. I’d love to be added to your starter pack

30.11.2024 13:15 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

On the third hand Sam Harris says to learn jujitsu to obviate lies and give stitches to them

27.11.2024 18:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

They are experimenting with adding back 6v6. It’s been pretty fun

27.11.2024 16:41 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This is basically the whole design for Souls-like games

27.11.2024 16:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

John Prine was an amazing folk poet

27.11.2024 02:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I quite enjoyed that. And I love that it was hand written in such an unusual way.

26.11.2024 23:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Appreciate it! Feels good

26.11.2024 03:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Lovely pack. Just added a few of them

26.11.2024 02:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0