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― Debbie Macomber
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Posts Tagged ‘creativity’
You’re Doing Great
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, inspiration, kindness, quotes, Thoughts on April 26, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Saturday, Night
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, inspiration, quotes, Thoughts on April 23, 2022| Leave a Comment »
“Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.”
― Mae Jemison
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What’s This?
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, authors, creativity, Fiction, genre fiction, inspiration, interviews, Murderbot, sff, SFWA, Thoughts, Writers, writing on April 21, 2022| Leave a Comment »
What’s this, what’s this? I have just discovered that the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has a video interview series with interesting authors like Ann Leckie, Ken Liu, Karen Lord and more. It’s called Narrative Worlds and is hosted by author Kate Elliott.
I now know this because I follow Martha Wells (Murderbot and much more), and she is heading for the interview chair this Sunday the 24th.
Busy on Sunday? Me too, probably, but good news, SFWA archives the series.
Have I listened to these yet? I just discovered they existed five minutes ago so no, I have not. The list of authors is impressive, however, and I expect good things.
Also Murderbot.
If you’re into science fiction and fantasy and are curious about what’s goes on in a writer’s head, check out this series.
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A Gentle Reminder
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, Thoughts, writing on April 20, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Here’s the funny thing about posting every day: I feel I should also be making something amazing every day.
I’m not, I mean, sometimes I am but mostly I’m living life as a regular run-of-the-mill yet awesome human, like the rest of you. Work, not work, the usual. That doesn’t always result in a finished product.
That, as I remind myself, is ok.
And it makes the productive days even more special.
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Rumored, But Still
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, Fiction, genre fiction, sff, Thoughts, WIP, Writers, writing on April 16, 2022| Leave a Comment »
A brief excerpt from a work in progress (and no, this isn’t about the Whippersnapper):
“As I’ve stated, Miss Winter, your grandmother’s will is quite specific.” He cleared his throat and straightened his back with an ostentatious thrust of the shoulders. “She made you her primary heir. Except for cash distributions to your relatives and a few minor items like your father’s bronzed baby shoes and so on, you are to receive all of her possessions. This includes the house on Willow Lane and all of its contents, the car, as well as a bank account that will allow you to maintain the house in good order.” He smiled smugly, as bearers of news they expect to be well-received tend to do. Little did he know.
My grandmother lived through the Great Depression, seven children, her husband’s early death, a (rumored, but still) alien abduction, and a long line of vicious Siamese guard cats named Fido. She was as hard-nosed as they come. And she didn’t give anything away, ever.
I could feel the walls of her trap closing in on me, but couldn’t see them yet. I just hoped that it wasn’t too late to escape.
“Ok,” I said, trying to keep my voice calm. “And I get all of this for the low, low price of…?”
“The stipulations are quite clear, Miss Winter. If you follow the letter of the will all rights and responsibilities to her things will become yours, but for that to happen you must officially take possession.”
Ah. Here it was, the sticking point.
He shuffled the papers around a bit, looking for the relevant section of text. “If you do not move into the house and reside there on a permanent basis for a period of at least one full year from today, the day after her death, all goods and monies will revert to my protectorship and be liquidated, funds to go to the largest right-wing fascist group in the state.” He looked up at me with a wry expression. “The final amount would be… considerable.”
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Nothing Today
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on April 15, 2022| Leave a Comment »
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”
― Scott Adams
Nothing finished today but I live, as always, in hope.
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Mirror and Inspiration
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, Fiction, future, genre fiction, history, humanity, inspiration, sff, The Expanse, Thoughts, writing on April 14, 2022| Leave a Comment »
This interesting article discusses space exploration as an extension of the frontier mentality, how humanity’s complications underly a lot of science fiction, and asks, “Are the stars better off without us?”
A few years ago, in an attempt to lose myself in something other than winter lethargy, I became enthralled with The Expanse, a space drama that asks: what if humanity became a multiplanetary species? What would happen next?
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“So much of the show is about resources and scarcity and the connection between economics and history”
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It’s easy to write off The Expanse as “just” science fiction, but the ideas that the show wrestles with are important. Science fiction both holds a mirror to culture and acts as a source of inspiration.
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Today’s a Little Foggy
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, scrambled brain parts, Thoughts, Writers on April 13, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Pretty much me, at work today…
Calvin: I used to hate writing assignments, but now I enjoy them. I realized that the purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog! Want to see my book report?
― Bill Watterson, Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat
Hobbes: (Reading Calvin’s paper) “The Dynamics of Interbeing and Monological Imperatives in Dick and Jane: A Study in Psychic Transrelational Gender Modes.”
Calvin: Academia, here I come!
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Very Good Dragons
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Clarkesworld, creativity, Fiction, free fiction, genre fiction, inspiration, Naomi Kritzer, sff, Writers, writing on April 11, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Fun free fiction for folks. Because Monday. And because you can’t have enough dragons.
The Dragon Project by Naomi Kritzer : Clarkesworld Magazine
“We’ve now created dragons for you twice, you’ve had the opportunity to inspect our work at every step of the way, and both times you’ve refused to take delivery. Timothy is a very good dragon, and you don’t deserve him anyway. You’re fired.”
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Me, If I Mathed
Posted in Funny, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity on April 7, 2022| Leave a Comment »
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