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Free Fiction for You

Posted in Other, Writing, tagged , , , , on March 7, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Oh hey, I think I missed sharing this collection of free stories from Reactor Magazine. I haven’t read all of these but Reactor tends to have very high-quality fiction, and all for free free free! Check it out, browse, and enjoy. 

Some of the Best from Reactor: 2024 Edition!

The 2024 edition of Some of the Best From Reactor is out today! This bundle features just some of our favorites from the thirty-five original stories published on Reactor in the past year.

Of course, you can always read the selected stories—and all other Reactor stories—for free whenever you’d like! To make it even easier to catch up, we’ve gathered all our stories from 2024 in one convenient post.

Because life’s too short to read bad stories.

“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”

― Philip Pullman

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Crazy Days

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , on March 6, 2025| Leave a Comment »

This week has been a little nuts, work wise, and I’m missing the time and energy to write. I was working on a draft for today’s post but it’s not ready, so here’s a helping of fun animal news:

“I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.”

— Bob Hope

Hope the week is treating you well!

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Aim High!

Posted in Other, Writing, tagged , , , , , , on March 5, 2025| Leave a Comment »

“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.”

— Michelangelo

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I Remain Optimistic

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , on March 4, 2025| 1 Comment »

The good news is that I’m writing. The less good news is that I am not writing as much as I might want, but hey, that’s pretty much a requirement for the position of “Writer.”

In 1974, the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis published a paper titled “The Unsuccessful Self-Treatment of a Case of ‘Writer’s Block.'” It contained a total of zero words.

— Mental Floss

I remain optimistic. Time to spend more time in the writing chair!

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All the Colors

Posted in Other, tagged , , , , , on March 3, 2025| Leave a Comment »

“The whole point is to live life and be—to use all the colors in the crayon box.”

— RuPaul

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Trying to Be Useful Today

Posted in Other, tagged , , , on March 2, 2025| Leave a Comment »

“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”

— Charles Dickens

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Writers For the Win

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , on March 1, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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Apologies, Today Is Spoken For

Posted in Other, tagged , , on February 28, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Apologies, but I don’t have much time to chat today. The taxes, they are calling me!

What one has to do usually can be done.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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Good Hunting, Artists

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 27, 2025| Leave a Comment »

“Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence.”

— Tennessee Williams

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The Planet Parade Rides Again

Posted in Science!, tagged , , , , , on February 26, 2025| Leave a Comment »

You may remember in 2023 when I mentioned a five-planet parade in the skies, or in 2024 when six planets aligned. 

Fun sky news: this week we are in line for a parade of all seven planets!

When and how to view February planet alignment

Skywatchers will get a cosmic treat this week with a celestial gathering of planets.

A planetary alignment, or a “planet parade,” according to the internet, will grace our night sky just after dusk, according to SkyatNightMagazine. You can expect to see seven planets align Friday when Mercury joins Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and Saturn.

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars will be visible to the naked eye, but Saturn will be harder to spot low on the horizon, and you’ll need a telescope for Uranus and Neptune. Still, “every other world in our solar system will be visible among the stars at the same time — if you know where to look.”

“You really only have a few minutes after sunset to catch them before they drop below the horizon. After that, you’ll still be able to see Venus, Jupiter, and Mars clearly for a much longer time,” Dr Bloomer added.

I don’t have a telescope, and we often can’t see this kind of event because of city lights. 

Still cool!

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