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Writer Jokes

Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, puns, Writers, writing, xkcd on November 1, 2022| Leave a Comment »

references:
Damocles; Siege Perilous; Chekhov’s gun
*xkcd: Interior Decorating*

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Many Ways to Fly

Posted in Holidays, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, inspiration, Thoughts on October 31, 2022| Leave a Comment »

I have moderately complicated feelings about Halloween. Do I enjoy the horror genre? I do not (so scary!). Did I rewatch Practical Magic the other day? I did. Do I like the concept of Halloween as a chance to try on other personas, other worlds, and to learn new ways to fly? I do!

If you’re dressing up tonight, go you. And if you’re frazzled from working on kiddie costumes, shepherding young ghosts door to door, and gaining eternal parenting credits for putting up with sugar-fueled children for a week? Your sacrifices will be remembered, always.

Thanks, Mom and Dad. Happy Halloween!

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*Photo by Bee Felten-Leidel on Unsplash*

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Magic Things

Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, inspiration, nature, Thoughts on October 30, 2022| Leave a Comment »

We went to the woods today. Blue jays, gray jays, deer, a tick and a spider as big as a fifty-cent piece, wild peppermint, oaks and maple and birch and hickory trees and their nuts, moss, lichen, granite ridges wearing down at geological speeds, and an abandoned bird’s nest, waiting patiently to be discovered in the middle of the trail. The first person stepped over the nest, unaware, the second person strode past, unaware, but the third saw it. And stopped.

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
― W.B. Yeats

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Worlds Inside

Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, genre fiction, imagination, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers, writing, yay on October 29, 2022| Leave a Comment »

“Everybody has a secret world inside of them. I mean everybody. All of the people in the whole world, I mean everybody — no matter how dull and boring they are on the outside. Inside them they’ve all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds… Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands, maybe.”
― Neil Gaiman, A Game of You

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Mists of Memory

Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Egypt, history, inspiration, Thoughts, wonders of the world on October 28, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Years ago, I was fortunate enough to visit the Pyramids in Egypt. What I remember most is the sense of age, and of awe. Heat and dust, crumbling stone and the awareness that I was just the latest in a long, long line of visitors.

What I don’t clearly remember are the pyramids themselves.

That’s fine, because we live in the future. Interested in seeing the interior of the Great Pyramid of Giza? Now you can see the full (known) extent of this world wonder. (And thanks to SFCanada’s Geoff Hart for finding this link.)

Inside the Great Pyramid | Giza Project

Have fun exploring!

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The Middle of Things

Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, genre fiction, Martha Wells, Thoughts, Writers, writing on October 27, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Things I am currently in the middle of:

making yogurt
finalizing my contract with Writers of the Future
working on that fun and funny Wordle story
deciding whether or not to update my nom de plume to something more unique
writing more, or at least aspiring to write more.

If you, too, have already started but not yet finished, perhaps you’ll appreciate Martha Wells’ new article on writing:

Getting Unstuck – Apex Magazine

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‘Tis I.

Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, science fiction, Thoughts on October 26, 2022| Leave a Comment »

How many writing samples does one need to build an AI of a person? And could it take meetings?

Asking for a friend.

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Frazzled robot. — *Photo by Rock’n Roll Monkey on Unsplash*

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Work. That Is All.

Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, mostly work, Thoughts on October 25, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Tuesday says hello.

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Spoiler Alert

Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Charlie Jane Anders, creativity, genre fiction, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers, writing, writing advice on October 24, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Interested in writing advice? Perhaps you’re on the waiting list for Charlie Jane Anders’ new book, Never Say You Can’t Survive, and wondering how long it will be until Tor opens up the ebook to libraries?

Good news! The posts on which the book is based are available on Tor.com’s website. Reading them is a window into the voice of experience, and persistence, and a lot like a call from a friend when you’re not quite sure things are going to work out.

Spoiler alert: They will.

Never Say You Can’t Survive | Series | Tor.com

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