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"The people stand within the ruins of society, a jail invented to outlive them all. The door is open. They can leave or fall instead to squabbling and thence new slaveries. The choice is theirs, as ever it must be."

(Evey Hammond, "V for Vendetta")

#books #writing #politics
Evey Hammond as drawn by David Lloyd in V for Vendetta.
#writing #politics #books

📢 new post on The Winged Life !

a poem titled « The Miracle Is Worth The Wait » that was written around the end of november 2012, but was never released in that particular form, and eventually yielded the lyrics of a song with the same name…

🔗· https://poligraf.substack.com/p/the-miracle-is-worth-the-wait

#writing ✏️ #writerscommunity #CreativeWriting #poetry #poems #OriginalPoem #indie #selfpublish #author #authors #PoetryLovers #TheWingedLife @poetry

#faith #hope #destiny #maturity #humanity #spirit

The Miracle Is Worth The Wait

a welcome pause in the struggle magnificent break in the clouds enjoy the rest, tired angel restore your strength far from the crowds…
Christopher Andrew Stewart (The Winged Life)
#writing #Poetry #authors #Humanity #author #hope #poems #indie #writerscommunity #creativewriting #originalpoem #selfpublish #poetrylovers #thewingedlife #faith #destiny #maturity #spirit @poetry group

We’ve been talking for a while about creating a #WritingHorrors series, similar to #WritingWonders / #WordWeavers / #WritersCoffeeClub, but for #writers of #horror, #DarkFantasy, or who just want to enhance their #writing with #dwrk elements in general.

This will be a series of short questions with a few longer #WritingPrompts mixed in, intended to help improve yourself as a #writer, and to improve whatever #story you’re working on.

(Continued in thread)

#Halloween #october
#writing #story #writer #horror #writers #writerscoffeeclub #october #halloween #writinghorrors #writingwonders #wordweavers #darkfantasy #dwrk #writingprompts

Writing advice that won't work anymore, but I still like the sentiment!

#writing #writingcommunity #humor #humour #MarkTwain
Mark Twain's head: "Substitute damn every time you're inclined to write very; your editor will delete it an the writing will be just as it should be." ~Mark Twain
#writing #humour #humor #writingcommunity #marktwain

When I was putting together my "Forgotten Greek and Roman Myths" manuscript, I was constantly told that it is not a sellable concept for a book - because "people want to read their favorite myths", and not unkown ones.

Now the reviews are trickling in, and every reviewer highlights how exciting it is to find unknown myths about the well-known gods and heroes.

🤷‍♀️

(Still looking for an English language publisher, btw.)

#mythology #books #bookstodon #storytelling #writing #publishing
#publishing #writing #books #bookstodon #storytelling #mythology

I translated a text with deepl today. It isn't very good, but I noticed that translating my corrections back into the original language often made the original text better. The translator thus showed me how to become my own editor. Maybe this is the true value of #LLMs . They have no reasoning ability, no curiosity. They prefer to make mistakes than to work out implications. They are pure collective language oracles, the quintessential proof-readers.

#translation #LLM #AI #writing
#ai #writing #llm #llms #translation

So ... always turn off? I'm just gonna jam a screwdriver in it to be safe.

#proofreading #editing #writing #humor #humour #weird #sign
very confusing sign on a power box that says: Important do not never turn off
#writing #humour #humor #proofreading #weird #sign #editing

Shepherd is a nifty book discovery site that you should check out if you're a reader!

Each year they hold a three fave reads extravaganza, which eventually produces a books of 2024 list.

Here are my three:
https://shepherd.com/bboy/2024/f/mark-a-rayner

#book #books #bookstodon #writing #writingcommunity #reading #readers
Mark A. Rayner's 3 favorite reads in 2024 Showing the cover art for: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield

Want to know Mark A. Rayner's Top 3 Books of 2024?

Mark's top 3 reads of 2024 include Kafka on the Shore and two other amazing books. Discover what makes these books unmissable!
Shepherd
#book #writing #writingcommunity #books #reading #bookstodon #readers

Brilliant advertising

#writing #writingcommunity #humor #humour #editing
sign that says: edtiors watned [sic] with an address at the bottom
#writing #humour #humor #writingcommunity #editing

Excited to be able to share this now! I was on the Re-Creative podcast discussing Alice in Wonderland as one of my writing influences.

It was a good time. Hope you’ll check it out: https://re-creative.ca/alice-in-wonderland/

#writing #inspiration #fiction #books #aliceinwonderland
#writing #books #inspiration #fiction #aliceinwonderland

Tag yourself! I was Lawful Evil when I wrote on a typewriter (yes, I'm impossibly old). I changed alignment to Chaotic Good when I got a word processing program with multiple typefaces.

#writing #writingcommunity #typography #font #fonts #humor #humour #dnd #dnd5e #alignment
DnD alignment chart comparing fonts to alignment: Times New Roman=Lawful Good, Georgia=Neutral Good, Garamond=Chaotic Good, Arial=Lawful Neutral, Cambria=True Neutral, Calibri=Chaotic Nuetral, Courier=Lawful Evil, Comic Sans=Nuetral Evil, Papyrus=Chaotic Evil
#writing #humour #humor #writingcommunity #dnd #typography #dnd5e #fonts #font #alignment

Today on our podcast Re-Creative Mark and I are joined by the super successful and super-fun science fiction writer, John Scalzi.

It's an entertaining conversation about science fiction, the egotistical nature of writing, and John's hobby, which is music.

But the conversation doesn't end there, as we examine the value of creating art, just for the joy of it.

https://re-creative.ca/ambient-electronic-music/

#books #johnscalzi #sciencefiction #ambientmusic #writing #torbooks
#writing #books #sciencefiction #johnscalzi #ambientmusic #torbooks

When people ask me where I get my ideas from I like to show them this picture.

#writing #writingcommunity #amwriting #weirdbrain #fiction #sff #AmWritingSFF
military person wearing some kind of strange helmet with electrodes on the outside of it, and a gas mask, sitting at a typewriter.
#writing #writingcommunity #sff #amwriting #fiction #AmWritingSFF #weirdbrain

Addendum:

1. One page of academic writing often requires 5+ of those books.

2. I still buy a whole lot of books (yep) and go to a whole lot of libraries.

3. Even university libraries have budgets.

4. Copyright is obviously still a thing.

#research #InternetArchive #books #writing #academia
#writing #research #InternetArchive #books #academia

From the cat's perspective it's all useless junk and must go.

#writingcommmunity #amwriting #cat #cats #catstodon #CatsOfMastodon #writing #books #book
Infographic of things on a writer's desk: useless junk 32% pens 3% computer 6% old coffee cups 13% editing notes 26% books & notebooks 19% cat 100%
#book #writing #Cats #books #catsofmastodon #cat #catstodon #amwriting #writingcommmunity

I once asked a writer friend why she wrote, and she replied, with total sincerity: "For revenge."

#amwriting #writing #WritingCommunity #humor #humour
sign in the shape of an artists palette, with brushes on the side, that says: Study Art for prestige or spite
#writing #humour #humor #writingcommunity #amwriting

I am finishing up my mythology manuscript this week, and it is really hard to let this one go... I had too much fun with the stories. I found a lot of forgotten Greek and Roman myths or myth variants that surprised and delighted me. It was like a huge puzzle to play with.

#AmWriting #writing #mythology
#writing #amwriting #mythology

When you're writing a masterpiece, but you really need a nap.

#cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #writing #writingcommunity #WIP #humor #humour
white cat sitting on a laptop keyboard, asleep in the sun
#wip #writing #Cats #humour #humor #writingcommunity #catsofmastodon #cat #catstodon

An onion relish so good it IS illegal!

Proofreading: it matters!

#food #sandwich #onions #caramelized #humor #humour #writing #proofreading
A sandwich that is wrapped up and has a label on it that says: Roast Beef & Criminalized Onion Relish
#writing #humour #humor #proofreading #food #caramelized #onions #sandwich

I have seen more neighbors today than any time we've lived here.

Because it's a holiday and everyone is working in their yards.

Of course, the pupper dog wants to go outside and meet everyone but I want to work on my #AmWriting #Writing #Editing

Who will win?...
#writing #amwriting #editing

Dear authors: don't use AI for cover image proposals to send to artists.

If you have an idea, get over your embarrassment and out your crayons. An artist worth working with won't belittle you for a clumsy drawing. Provide words on details you want. Show covers you like.

You'll get better results. #writing
#writing

Remind me to NEVER go to this restaurant.

Proofreading: it matters!

#signs #weird #editing #proofreading #writing #writingcommunity #humor #humour
sign on door that says: Due to unforseen circumcisions the dining room will be closed this evening!! Sorry for the inconvenience. Open for takout and delivery only!!
#writing #humour #humor #proofreading #writingcommunity #weird #signs #editing

Typography: it matters!

(Still, that seems like a good deal on mice.)

#typography #proofreading #writing #writingcommunity #humor #humour
sign in a mcdonald's where the logo looks like it's a letter: M ICE 10 lb bag $1.00
#writing #humour #humor #proofreading #writingcommunity #typography

That feeling when you really don't know what happens next in the story.

#caturday #cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #humor #humour #writing #wip #writingcommunity
orange gat sitting in front of a piece of blank paper, and holding a quill pen; it looks confused
#wip #writing #Caturday #Cats #humour #humor #writingcommunity #catsofmastodon #cat #catstodon

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