Second Chance Sunday! in which I reblog an old blog post I’m proud of! This case, the first on my blog! It’s my origin story, figuring out the flame of stories never extinguishes inside of us. #writing #scs
Plans for today: look over the plot for the climax of my almost-finished novel, discuss the deliciousness of chocolate raspberry tea, and… drive to the southern extent of MD to get my hands on three more county library cards 😎
Overall, a good Saturday. #writers #maryland #libraries
We need to actively work to build worlds capable of replacing the anti-trans bigot’s juggernaut of okayish magical school series that hooked us at the right time in our childhoods.
I know we can do it! Start writing those magic school series! (And recommend some of the ones you LOVE) #antiJKR
Sometimes we need to read (and write) a story about an overworked Lady of the Lake and a very sassy Excalibur, don’t we? 😘
#writing #writingcommunity #nimue #ladyofthelake #fantasywriters
I don’t think complete is something a manuscript ever truly is. There’s always a tweak or a better way to write that one sentence in Ch17. Figuring out where it’s “done enough” is like trying to catch smoke in your hands. #writing #writers
Yep, Meta is EVIL.
Something that should not be a hot take.
I don’t want to read or engage with AI things because I just think human-made things are better, full stop. I like seeing the little flaws in the stitching because it reminds me it was made with human hands.
#antiAI #creators #antiLLM
I wish I wasn’t so blown away when I read a book or watched a series and the female characters were deep and nuanced and interesting.
Frieren, Apothecary Diaries, WELL DONE Maybe I just love when the leads get to be lovable gremlins. I need more of them.
A passing thought: the reason that Tolkien’s Smaug is considered evil. Because hoarding riches is the ultimate selfish act, and the act of hoarding can get you sick with greed.
A dragon is not an evil concept in itself, it’s evil when it becomes the embodiment of greed.
…side-eyes billionaires
Writing an AI prompt does not make you an author. Bragging about it makes you shameless. Hiding it makes you a liar.
I feel like my chest is going to burst if I don’t get the words out. Why in the ever living HELL would I outsource that?! #writers #writingcommunity #antiAI
Reading classic books reminds me that there has always been a #menwritingwomen issue. If I used classic literature to tell me what women were like?
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Sometimes I wonder if these authors have ever talked to a flesh and blood woman. They certainly have never befriended one.
Something I keep wishing for in the #querying space: querying advice for authors with ADHD. My working memory can only hold about one paragraph at a time, so I especially struggle with query length things. I wonder if there are resources for neurodivergent folks like me? #writers #writingcommunity
What’s so fascinating about this is that fanfiction seems to be the exact OPPOSITE, overwhelmingly preferring 3rd person. I wonder why the split. #romantasy #writers #romancebooks
Why is it so easy to write a character recalling their traumatic backstory or philosophy but when you have to write them walking from point A to point B it’s like pulling out your own teeth?
#writerproblems #writers #writingcommunity
Can’t say whether this video will give you comfort or scare you more, but I can say that it comforted me. Love your neighbors and be weird. Those are the ways we fight the fascists.
Alpine Divorce meme made me think about my friend Nicholas, who stayed with me up a cinder cone hike, even though I was the slowest of our group. He made me feel safe. Thanks Nicholas.
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#alpinedivorce
Hot take, but if you use AI to gen cover art for your blog post, I am going to assume you use AI to gen the words in that blog post as well. And yes, I will ask my artist friend if something feels sloppy.
People! Pexels exists! And silly hand drawn stick figures are endearing!
#antiAI #writers
What a horrific time to be writing and wanting to publish a book. The fact that “please don’t guzzle down the words I ripped out of my own body so you can throw them back up in a statistical slurry” is a thing we have to actively do right now? #writers
Does anyone else suffer from “broken mornings?” aka when you wake up after some dream feeling like the world and you are doomed and it’s only after you rub the sleep out of your eyes you figure out that your subconscious was just bullying you?
Is that just a me thing?
It is going to change title, and it is going to be heavily edited along with Book 1 of the duology, but I’m making progress! We’re at almost 85,000 words with about 10 chapters to go! #writingcommunity #fantasywriters #wip #writingjourney
