content person. writing a novel during the night and helping folks get the disability benefits they deserve during the day dereksilva.me 🍕🐀 #LGMhttps://bsky.app/profile/dereksilva.mehttps://bsky.app/profile/dereksilva.me/post/3mdvdonjnjs2kAs the world somehow survives into a new year, so does the blog that no one asked me for. This year I plan to make some changes with a new look and new types of posts as I track my #writinglife from obscurity to (I assume) fame and fortune. https://buttondown.com/dereksilva/archive/125-blog-dodger-rag/02 Feb 2026 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:xjivtyu7omkcr6lfjobmtte3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdvdonjnjs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/dereksilva.me/post/3lzyteide222oHell Gate's news team is very good. This my favorite subscription and it could be yours too! Support them! [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Sep 2025 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:xjivtyu7omkcr6lfjobmtte3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzyteide222ohttps://bsky.app/profile/dereksilva.me/post/3llf4h6rekc23if the eagles can make it through, maybe we can too https://open.substack.com/pub/justamixofthings/p/man-nature-is-brutal?r=1l5um&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false27 Mar 2025 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:xjivtyu7omkcr6lfjobmtte3/app.bsky.feed.post/3llf4h6rekc23https://bsky.app/profile/dereksilva.me/post/3lbwrodykdc2vmy latest post as I continue the foolish effort to survive off my own writing: Thanksgiving as creation myth (+ an actual lost waltz) https://buttondown.com/dereksilva/archive/105-the-lost-waltz/?bsky27 Nov 2024 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:xjivtyu7omkcr6lfjobmtte3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbwrodykdc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dereksilva.me/post/3lbwrodykdc2vmy latest post as I continue the foolish effort to survive off my own writing: Thanksgiving as creation myth (+ an actual lost waltz) https://buttondown.com/dereksilva/archive/105-the-lost-waltz/?bsky27 Nov 2024 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:xjivtyu7omkcr6lfjobmtte3/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbwrodykdc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dereksilva.me/post/3l6lsylensq22Are you interested in following the rise of an author from nothing to (hopefully) something? Then you should read my blog in the form of a newsletter. I can't guarantee every post is a banger but I can guarantee I've seen worse blogs. https://buttondown.com/dereksilva?tag=bsky16 Oct 2024 01:46 +0000at://did:plc:xjivtyu7omkcr6lfjobmtte3/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6lsylensq22https://bsky.app/profile/dereksilva.me/post/3ks3oy5hcvb2pForget gollum. I want a four-hour Twitch-stream-style movie watching Tom Bombadil fuck around in the woods [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 May 2024 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:xjivtyu7omkcr6lfjobmtte3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ks3oy5hcvb2phttps://bsky.app/profile/dereksilva.me/post/3kme6stwenc2dAbout a year ago I almost died from a fluke heart condition. How close I got to death depends on which day you catch me telling the story, but you can also hear @laurenapsilva.bsky.social tell it much more eloquently from her perspective: https://open.substack.com/pub/justamixofthings/p/hot-young-widow?r=1l5um&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web26 Feb 2024 23:23 +0000at://did:plc:xjivtyu7omkcr6lfjobmtte3/app.bsky.feed.post/3kme6stwenc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dereksilva.me/post/3kkcqf6vrcp2oYou should all follow Just a Mix of Things by @laurenapsilva.bsky.social. It's a good time. #writing #essays https://open.substack.com/pub/justamixofthings/p/self-care-and-planners?r=1l5um&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web31 Jan 2024 22:42 +0000at://did:plc:xjivtyu7omkcr6lfjobmtte3/app.bsky.feed.post/3kkcqf6vrcp2o