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2024-08-12 01:15:52

Welp, it happened!
4.5 years in, I finally got harassed for wearing a mask. I didn’t manage more than laughing.
Classic abuser tactics: harassed me outside the store, ignored me inside.
Impressively, an employee actually noticed the very brief exchange and checked on me.
It wasn’t worth more of a response, but like… my dude, I wore this shit for smokey air yesterday, and hotel detergent smells last week. I’d say you could pry it off my cold, dead body, but I’m going to outlive your ass.

2024-03-06 07:05:05

#WritersCoffeeClub Mar 5: Where do you see the future of publishing in 10 years time?
Sitting buck naked on a rock in the middle of endless scrub barrens, saying, "well, that went well."

2023-12-22 08:48:05

#WordWeavers Dec 22: How did you decide you wanted to write a book?
I believe I was binge watching SG1 and kept saying, "Oh my God this is so awful. Lemme get more popcorn, I love it."
And at some point in that process it evolved into "Dear lord, I could do better, which is crazy cause this is so good!"
And the book is always better anyway, and I had no idea how to write TV scripts, so... novel.
And as I've said before; I wasn't wrong, but WOW are they better at finishing things. 😂

2023-12-05 07:19:08

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@npub1k24…26zw ooof.

2023-11-21 05:41:59

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@npub1ek8…t2en I mean, she TRIES anyway, but daaaamn would that help.

2023-11-11 03:25:40

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@npub1ek8…t2en ugh. that's the worst.

2023-11-09 08:20:00

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#writerscoffeeclub Nov 9: Could never write, cont.
2/2
Point being, I guess, I commonly find myself wishing to write about, you know, resiliency, grace, persistence, survival, joy despite the world... just...
...without getting too awfully specific rehashing WHAT we're surviving, WHY we need to be so fucking resilient, WHO we're persisting against, and all the vindictive shit the grace and joy are in spite of.
And I'll tell you what. It's a fucking challenge.

2023-11-09 07:59:11

#writerscoffeeclub Nov 9: Is there any kind of scene you could never write?
1/2
I struggle sometimes with ways of writing about abuse, and people who’ve experienced it, because I don’t find any value for myself or my readers in reenacting the details.
It’s most often re-traumatizing for anyone who’s experienced that directly, not particularly helpful for people who haven’t, and a really bummer to write.
And I’m not even talking particularly dramatic examples. Everyday gaslighting counts.

2023-10-20 08:39:26

Okay writer peeps, my search-foo is failing me.
Is "thrilled" as a synonym for "said, excitedly" a thing?
e.g.,
"Happy Birthday!" [Name] thrilled.
Is that a thing? Is there some similar word I'm thinking of?
Asking for a sentence I shouldn't be spending this much time on. 😜
#WritingCommunity #amwriting

2023-10-19 04:19:11

#WritersCoffeeClub
--Oct 19: As a writer, do you always apply the three act structure? Why/why not?
Yes.
First I act like I've got a story idea.
Then I act like I'm writing.
And throughout the project, I make sure to act like a wise-ass.
--Oct 20: If you read over a quarter of a book and decide you don't like it, do you bail, or complete it?
No, I keep it on my current-reads shelf for several years, next to the ones I actually intend to finish.

2023-08-21 03:06:55

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@npub1nxt…055a
I would guess non-truck-owners generally underestimate actual use, and truck owners underestimate what can be done with a smaller vehicle.
(4x8 plywood strapped atop an '05 Corolla is a fun ride, btw. 😂 😜 😬)
Either way, though, the least pixie-dust solution* I can come up with is a transport-on-demand model where you press a button and the right sized vehicle shows up.

2023-08-21 02:53:04

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@npub1nxt…055a
Hahaha. So, subatomic pixie dust only. 😜

2023-08-21 02:50:43

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@npub1nxt…055a
If the point is to stop wasting resources doing things like driving pickup trucks everywhere because we have them for the time we need drywall, none of those are actually a move in the right direction.
Vehicle automation could have some real potential, though. Specifically automation that can function, you know, at night, on the half-mile winding driveway to a farm, with patches of black ice, and thus A) is not limited to urban areas, and B) has fully replaced human drivers.

2023-08-21 02:35:26

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@npub1nxt…055a
It's all pretty much a matter of inventing free-energy, right?
Not too hard to imagine scaled-up drone delivery. You just need the motor powered by pixie dust to get to a reasonable price-point for daily tasks.
You could do purely subterranean transport. You just need to hook that pixie-motor up to a pixietonium drill bit, and only serve urban areas.
Elevated maglev maybe? Landscape only interrupted by posts here and there? I have 99 problems, and they all start with "LK-"...

2023-08-17 07:41:48

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@npub1nxt…055a
“Barber, huh. You sure you know what to do with hair?”
Reginald hissed.
“You think just because I don’t go around flaunting my hair out in -public-, wearing it all over the -top of my head- like a -raging pervert-, I don’t know how to properly maintain my tufts?!”
She glanced rudely at their glortch, probably thinking the shades hid the gesture.
“Next you’ll tell me you’ve got a quartet.”
“Made it to the semifinals in Cleveland last year, thank you very much.”

2023-08-13 07:35:07

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"Please ma'am, I'm new here. Can you help me? This is the third time I've cast my net, and I still haven't caught a single fish!" He flounced down to the ground. "What am I doing WRONG??"
"Hmm," the woman replied, tapping her nose, thoughtfully. "Looks to me like the Big Bad Wolf has been helping himself to your catch before you bother to check for it."

2023-08-12 01:40:37

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@npub18jm…my9f So long, and thanks for all the fish!

2023-08-01 09:41:52

#WritingWonders Aug 1st
Which side char would you like to hang out with?
Lucy. Maeve’s wife. Haven’t talked about Maeve much, but she’s definitely the sort to marry somebody rad.
Lucy’s a grad student getting her Phd in “Oh God, Oh God, We’re All Going To Die.”
I feel like studying earth sciences in the 2040s would take (or make?) a really chill person, you know? At least about everything -else-.
Also, I could stay the hell away from my plot arc, hanging out with her, which would be prudent.

2023-07-18 19:59:56

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@npub1fgl…4jl4
I use plot to find focus in my character building. I need a framework to string them up on to discover who they are.
Also, if the characters get too firmly developed without a plot, it gets harder to fit them into one.
(And I end up desperately wanting to elaborate on personality quirks or life experiences that are 💯 tangential and add nothing to the story.)
But I can only assume that’s just me. 🤪

2023-07-18 07:35:23

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(2/2)
Soon, he would bend the forces of Relativity, and the city would undergo a Metamorphosis. Sky and Water would meet, and it would become like Another World.
The contents of their bank vaults were a pittance compared to the value he was set to bestow upon them.

2023-07-18 07:34:38

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@npub1nxt…055a #SecretSciFiNetwork
(1/2)
Escher-Man sat on the banister with both right feet dangling out over the city, and resting on the top of the roof behind him.
Clearly, Slantopolis needed his unique skills. Its architecture was boring beyond words. It's gravity so monotonously uniform.
Sure, they'd call him a villain, but he hadn't drawn himself into existence and escaped a Castle in the Air just to let his artistic vision be subjugated by some soul-less bureaucracy.

2023-07-14 09:51:50

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Jumping out of the airlock into a debris field had never seemed like a -good idea-, exactly.
It had been a quantifiably bad #impulse, when he stopped to think about it, lack of life support be dammed.
That said, it might just have worked, if the ****ing seventh chevron had locked.
@npub1nxt…055a @npub1609…psae
#visualwritingprompt #MastoPrompt

2023-07-07 05:09:22

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@npub1nxt…055a Was? *gives Picard, particularly late season 3, side-eye* -WAS?-

2023-07-05 05:40:17

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@npub1nxt…055a
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Bad idea? You betcha.
Delicious? Hell yeah!
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2023-07-04 10:31:14

#WritingWonders 7/1: MC shows up on your doorstep. What do you say?
Bell: "You're not deleting my niece."
Me: ??
Bell: "I don't give a shit if she's tangential to the plot. In fact, you'd better keep it that way, that shit is sketchy AF. But don't you *dare* retcon her 'cuz your lazy ass can't think of anywhere else to include her."
Me: "Um... okay."
Bell: "Also I get to kick my boss in the nuts after he betrays me."
Me: "No."
Bell: "I insist."
Me: "I know some great fanfic authors..."

2023-07-04 10:11:15

#WritingWonders 7/2: Do you think readers will find your MC likeable? Why?
Yes. Because ethics, bitches. Nothing can stop her!
(I mean, except anemic budgets. And soulless bureaucracy. Oh and her boss, he can really get in her way. And meddling secret agents. But those are just temporary setbacks. Nothing can stop her.)
#WritingWonders 7/3: Do you think it’s important to be likeable? MC POV:
“…to who?” *raises eyebrow skeptically*

2023-07-01 06:04:27

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@npub1nxt…055a
“Jesus… what is it? Wait! Let me guess. Russian?”
“No.”
“Chinese?”
“No.”
“Don’t try to tell me it’s aliens.”
“Wouldn’t dream of it, Madam President.”
“*sigh*…Elon put it there, didn’t he?”
*winces*
“So what is it?”
“Automated Server farm, ma’am.”
“Does it have a name?”
*shuffles uncomfortably, hands over printout.*
“Co-Orbital Cpu Kase for staRlink Internet NetworkinG…“
“Shoot it down.”

2023-06-08 01:38:04

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@npub1nxt…055a
“One of the stranger examples is the Pseudocybotrout, which evolved not only false eyes, but false cybernetic implants to scare human foes as well.
In a landmark study, evolutionary biologists found significant correlation between high levels of Star Trek fandom in anglers, and development of false cyberneticism amongst local trout populations.
Apparently, when it comes to Natural Selection, resistance truly is futile.”
#WritingCommunity #microfiction