We've been stalled at $898/1000 for a few days now, and I'm hoping you'll support me in making #TheNightDancer short film. I'm left with one actors payment, and the crowdfund campaign runs until 31st May as we start shooting next week, and for every dollar you give, I have lots of rewards in the form of my artworks! Details dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

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Support The Night Dancer Short Film

I’m making a new short film, The Night Dancer, a revenge fantasy that explores the magical power of dance, based on Luo mythology. This blog is a call for patrons to support my efforts.

^{Dilman Dila}

Almost there! Another very generous donation left me speechless. Now we are at $878! Your kindness is helping me make #TheNightDancer a revenge fantasy short film, and all I can give as thank you is my art. Perk for $20 donations are early access to behind-the-scenes documentary and, if you are the reading kind, a #wip novella titled Eater of Happiness. Details dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

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Support The Night Dancer Short Film

I’m making a new short film, The Night Dancer, a revenge fantasy that explores the magical power of dance, based on Luo mythology. This blog is a call for patrons to support my efforts.

^{Dilman Dila}

I need just another $120 to reach my target to make #TheNightDancer a revenge fantasy short film with dance as a magical force, and it is set in Luo mythology and has one of the most popular characters in the folklore of many cultures in Uganda. I need your support, and as rewards I'll give you pieces of my art! Details: dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

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Support The Night Dancer Short Film

I’m making a new short film, The Night Dancer, a revenge fantasy that explores the magical power of dance, based on Luo mythology. This blog is a call for patrons to support my efforts.

^{Dilman Dila}

We now at $773 and almost there to fund #TheNightDancer I can't say thank you enough! I don't normally see such generosity so honestly donno how to respond other than give my art. Perk for $10 is a short story version of the film, giving details on background and worldbuilding + a short film, Akoota (2019), about a young girl trying to save her village from monster mosquitoes. Details: dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

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On Sunday two more very generous donations pushed the total to $348, so that covers the basic overheads. Next target is to raise enough for set constructions. We will have to build graves and a graveyard as we can't shoot in real ones, obviously, and I'm scratching my head hard wondering how we shall pull it off. With your support I'll make #TheNightDancer and all I can give as thank you are my artworks. Details dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

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Support The Night Dancer Short Film

I’m making a new short film, The Night Dancer, a revenge fantasy that explores the magical power of dance, based on Luo mythology. This blog is a call for patrons to support my efforts.

^{Dilman Dila}

About midway through this campaign I've got $479, almost half of what I need to cover the basic costs of making #TheNightDancer Yay!! Next target is to reach $600 which will cater for set constructions, costumes, and props. I can't say thank you enough to the people who have donated, and all I can do is aim at making a decently good short film, and reward you with my art. Details: dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

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Support The Night Dancer Short Film

I’m making a new short film, The Night Dancer, a revenge fantasy that explores the magical power of dance, based on Luo mythology. This blog is a call for patrons to support my efforts.

^{Dilman Dila}

Yay! We are now at $600 and that covers the fixed overhead costs (payments that I need to have cash on hand before filming starts). So I can take a breathe and plan for actual shooting dates of #TheNightDancer Next target is to collect the remaining $400 to pay actors, so I'm counting on your continued generosity to help me make this short film! All I can say as thank you is through my artworks! 🙏

Details: dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

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Support The Night Dancer Short Film

I’m making a new short film, The Night Dancer, a revenge fantasy that explores the magical power of dance, based on Luo mythology. This blog is a call for patrons to support my efforts.

^{Dilman Dila}

The shooting date for #TheNightDancer draws near, and as I played in #krita for inspiration on how to film the night scenes during day time, I ended up with this poster. I've raised $600 so far and I still need your support to make this horror short film. As thanks for donating I'll give my works; short films, short stories, digital art, wallpapers.

Details dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

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We stuck at $600 for a couple of days now and I'm hoping you can come through for me to raise the total. This short film #TheNightDancer has bugged me since 2021 and now I'm in preproduction, ready to shoot it in early June. I need your support and as a reward I'll give you my art.

#perk For $1 you get to download the film and a shout out in the credits!

Details dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

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Support The Night Dancer Short Film

I’m making a new short film, The Night Dancer, a revenge fantasy that explores the magical power of dance, based on Luo mythology. This blog is a call for patrons to support my efforts.

^{Dilman Dila}

You guys have made my Sunday! Donations are now at $670 and hopefully will go beyond 700 before tomorrow. Your support is helping me make #TheNightDancer a revenge fantasy with dance as a tool of power based on Luo mythology. I plan to shoot first week of June.

#perk for $3 is a mention in the credits, digital art for wallpapers, and download of the film. Details dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

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Support The Night Dancer Short Film

I’m making a new short film, The Night Dancer, a revenge fantasy that explores the magical power of dance, based on Luo mythology. This blog is a call for patrons to support my efforts.

^{Dilman Dila}

Donations now at 740, meaning we are 75% funded. Yes! The finishing line is in sight, and you can help me reach it as I go into production of the #TheNightDancer a revenge fantasy short film.

#perk for $5 is download access to my short film, Little Red Eve, a #scifi political thriller about a scientist who accepts a dirty job from the military.

Details: dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

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...speaking of #Climate #Resilience , my story in the BRIGHT GREEN FUTURES anthology is free to download this week. And the pod where editor @susankayequinn and I discussed the story impetus released yesterday.

Have a listen!

pod: lnk.to/BGFPodEp33

story: lnk.to/BGF24S5website

#solarpunk #justice #WritingCommunity #SFF #SpecLit #books #bookstodon #reading #hope #hopepunk

I woke up to an email of a 60-dollar donation and I donno how to thank such generosity so I just cry in happiness. We now at $253. It covers rehearsals, meals during shoot, and half the transport costs. With your help I can make #TheNightDancer a popular characters in Ugandan mythology. I can only give you my artworks as a thank you for your donations though a small voice says it's not enough!

Details dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

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Support The Night Dancer Short Film

I’m making a new short film, The Night Dancer, a revenge fantasy that explores the magical power of dance, based on Luo mythology. This blog is a call for patrons to support my efforts.

^{Dilman Dila}

My #solarpunk story is FREE for the coming week! It lifts #climate #resilience & #hope

I'm thrilled to be among great authors in BRIGHT GREEN FUTURES anthology, edited by @susankayequinn .

@sarenaulibarri @tkrex @daniellearostegui.bsky.social @ana & Renan Bernardo.

susankayequinn.com/books/ances…

Sign up for the neat giveaways selected by each author aligned with their story.

#hope #hopepunk #CliFi #SFF #SpecLit #WritingCommunity #books #reading #bookstodon #ClimateEmergency #justice

It's a bright Monday morning, and we've raised $170, which caters for rehearsals and can feed cast and crew for two days. I'm making #TheNightDancer short film, a revenge fantasy with dance as a magical weapon set in Luo (East African) mythology, and I need your support! As a reward, I'll give you my artwork, including short films, digital art, short stories, and novellas.

Details: dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-t…

#mutualaid #BuyIntoArt #writing #sff #writingcommunity #scifi
@blackmastodon @scifi

Support The Night Dancer Short Film

I’m making a new short film, The Night Dancer, a revenge fantasy that explores the magical power of dance, based on Luo mythology. This blog is a call for patrons to support my efforts.

^{Dilman Dila}

This story bundle with many African scifi books, including mine, ends in 16 days. If there are any "book influencers" here, or perhaps you want to run a campaign of some sort and need to give people a gift or bonus or something, let me know and I can get you gift codes.

storybundle.com/scifi

@bookstodon #writing #writingcommunity #sffbooks #sff #africa

StoryBundle

Pay what you like and get a bundle of awesome ebooks and more!

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#WritersCoffeeClub May 7: Share a special location you write in for inspiration.

I've mentioned it before and often post. My local craft brewery is my go to spot for solid writing sessions.

I also love to travel and write when and where I can. I've written on a boat in the Nile and a safari tend in Tanzania. 90% of my writing is at home but the 10% that isn't is special.

#writerslife #writingcommunity #travel

If you want to get into African scifi, there is a story bundle with lots of good books on it, including my collection of short stories, Where Rivers Go To Die.

storybundle.com/scifi

@bookstodon #writing #sff #sffbooks #writingcommunity #scifi

StoryBundle

Pay what you like and get a bundle of awesome ebooks and more!

^{storybundle.com}

I wrote about the mythology of the night dancer, one of the most evil characters from this part of the world (East Africa), but whose stories always end up in horror-comedies. When you talk about a night dancer in Uganda, people expect a good laugh.... But my short film is more #dance than horror, a revenge fantasy. Anyway, if you enjoy folk stories and mythologies and zombies have a read.

patreon.com/posts/mythology-of…
#sff #horror #ghost #blog #scifi #writing #writingcommunity #monster #AmWriting

I'm obsessed with a futuristic techno utopia, where direct democracy flourishes and thousands of people share presidential power, with every citizen being a parliamentarian. It's a #fediverse kind of country. Here is my newest short story set in such a world.

lolwe.org/the-grey-girl/

My next feature film has this theme; a young woman invents direct democracy technology but faces off with a dictator who uses gene-editing to hold on to power.

#writing #writingcommunity #scifi #democracy #antifa

The Grey Girl - Dilman Dila | Lolwe

A short story by Dilman Dila.

^{Christabel Atumah (Lolwe)}

#WritingCommunity

Follow-up on this: Here is an article that explains what you can do as an author if your works have been used by Meta (without your consent) to train AI:
societyofauthors.org/2025/03/2…

Feel free to boost.

2/2

#noAI #literature #books #writing #fedibooks #bookstodon

#writingcommunity
Have your books been used to train AI?
I tried this, none of my books came up, fortunately. Then I tried the name of a late bestseller author and multiple of her books were listed.
"Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI"
theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

#NoAI

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

^{Alex Reisner (The Atlantic)}

#writingcommunity #writingadvice

If you want to write #fantasy with #witches, please do not call them #Wicca, unless they are actually intended to be Wiccan and you have knowledge about Wicca.

Not all witches are Wiccan. Not all Wiccans are witches. And not all witches want to become Wiccans. Wicca is also not the same as witchcraft, but a pagan religion with a god and a goddess.

So better don't call your fantasy witches Wiccans. You are not doing real life Wiccans a favour if you do.

for those of you who know about web dev . . .

I’m a 90% stack dev (amateur, in my spare time!)

currently I’m building a new web site (OK, four new web sites to be precise)

the HTML works

the PHP works

the mySQL works

I even have some images (with a bit of help and a bit of anguish from an AI image generator)

2 weeks so far

now for the CSS bit

CSS is not my favourite bit

this may take me another 2 weeks!

#CopperWolf #webdev #css #php #mySQL #geek #writingcommunity