“Think of many things; do one.”
— Portuguese proverb
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Just One
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, action, creativity, indecision, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers, writing on June 26, 2024| Leave a Comment »
A Peek Into This Writer’s Brain
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, inspiration, nature is awesome, Thoughts, weird brain, Writers on June 21, 2024| Leave a Comment »
It’s Good to Have Goals, Book Edition
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, artists, creativity, genre fiction, illustrators, inspiration, writing on June 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »
I recently signed up for artist Louisa Pressler’s newsletter. Because someday, I’d love to have her illustrate one of my books.
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Why Be Kind
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, aliens, free fiction, genre fiction, sff, Thoughts, writing on June 14, 2024| Leave a Comment »
As a follow-up to yesterday’s discussion of animal crossings as one way we can be kind to the other creatures with which we share this world, I decided to resurface a post from last year:
I came from the stars to meet you. I was happy. Excited, even. First contact with your verdant world. Think of all that we could share with you.
“You” could have meant a lot of things. I started with one of the most populous. An insect.
Go forth, and be kind.
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Drum Roll Please: The Year’s Nebula Award Winners!
Posted in Entertainment, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, Nebula Awards, sff, SFWA, Writers on June 9, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Last night the SFWA announced the winners of the 59th Annual Nebula Awards. Here’s the complete list:
SFWA Announces the Winners of the 59th Annual Nebula Awards – SFWA
Highlights:
- Nebula Award for Novel: The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
- Nebula Award for Novella: Linghun by Ai Jiang
- Nebula Award for Novelette: The Year Without Sunshine by Naomi Kritzer
- Nebula Award for Short Story: Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200 by R.S.A Garcia
The complete list of finalists: SFWA Announces the Finalists for the 59th Nebula Awards – SFWA
And if you enjoy award ceremonies, here’s the video:
Congratulations to the winners, and to everyone looking for their next reads!
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Why Should Bots Have All the Fun?
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, #peoplebeforeprocessors, art, creativity, innovation on June 3, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“I want Al to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for Al to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.”
— Joanna Maciejewska
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Climate Futures Contest
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, cli-fi, climate change, creativity, genre fiction, hope, Thoughts, Writers, writing, writing contest on June 1, 2024| 1 Comment »
Are you the sort of writer who can imagine a better future? Do you care about the climate? This may be the contest for you!
Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest 2024: Submit your story | Grist
Imagine 2200 is an invitation to writers from all over the globe to imagine a future in which solutions to the climate crisis flourish and help bring about radical improvements to our world. We dare you to dream anew…
In 2,500 to 5,000 words, show us the world you dream of building…
There is no cost to enter. Submissions close June 24, 2024, 11:59 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time.
Here’s an example of a climate positive / “hey, maybe we will get out of this alive“ story:
Fishy by Alice Towey – Clarkesworld Magazine
I enjoyed it. Because I too dare to dream.
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Lighter Reads
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, free fiction, genre fiction, humor, reading, sff, Thoughts on May 30, 2024| Leave a Comment »
The news, man, it can be heavy. If you’re in the market for lighter reads, put these short stories from Reactor (f.k.a. Tor.com, why are so many sites changing their names these days? like we don’t all have enough to keep track of) on your list.
Six Seriously Funny Speculative Short Stories – Reactor
Haven’t read them all yet but I’m looking forward to it. For even more recommendations, scroll down to the page’s comment section. Readers have thoughts.
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Sweet Dreams
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, inspiration, Thoughts on May 29, 2024| 1 Comment »
“The Embankment”
Oh, God, make small
The old star-eaten blanket of the sky,
That I may fold it round me and in comfort lie …— T. E. Hulme
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The Future Isn’t Written (Yet)
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, Fiction, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers, writing on May 28, 2024| Leave a Comment »
I’m sad that I haven’t written a lot of things, but I’m incredibly happy that I’ve written as much as I have. Because there was a point when I was younger where there was a very good chance that I wouldn’t write anything – I was just too frightened.
— Alice Munro, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
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