Storygraph review page for Ray Bradbury’s “Zen in the Art of Writing”
Cover image for Ray Bradbury’s “Zen in the Art of Writing”
4.25⭐️ It’s poetic, rather than prescriptive, which might be a turn-off to some, but I found it refreshing actually. I kept thinking about Stephen King’s “On Writing,” to which this can be the perfect companion book.
*AI companies* are perverting the hell out of it and destroying the environment, while *grifters* are taking advantage of the hype and the lack of tech literacy around it trying to sell you on the idea of replacing your work with it.
*AI* is an intriguing piece of technology, and can be a great help for everyone, including writers. First we have to learn and refine it. (We’re well on the way, too, outside of the bubble craze.)
Review page for Richard Morgan’s ‘Altered Carbon’ on Storygraph.
Cover page for Richard Morgan’s ‘Altered Carbon’
4.25⭐️ Aside from a few snags that I think could’ve been handled better (or edited out completely), it’s a fast-paced, inventive, and on occasion downright poetic ride. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
3.0⭐️ Not for me. I like his ideas, and I respect his work otherwise, but this wasn’t for me. If it wasn’t too “bloggy” for fiction, it was too fiction to be a blog, so it was just “neither here nor there.”
Bookish numbers from January. And let me just say, I love @thestorygraph.com.
Reddit post asking "Hercule Poirot is i often described to have an egg shaped head. When you picture him, is it a vertical or horizontal egg?"
what the fuck.
My 2026 reading plan. 📚
Continuing my public speaking career to overcome how terrified I am of speaking publicly.
Register to keep the pressure on: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Hey @schumer.senate.gov
You suck at this.
what in the name of Cthulhu…
tell me you’re a writer without telling me you’re a writer
I know you're primarily a PC person, how are you finding the Mac?
They gutted the Washington Post. CBS. NYT. Now Teen Vogue.
The point isn't to bring in more conservatives. They've reached that saturation point.
They are killing the fourth estate and buying up the social media to control the messages we see. These were all targeted to disarm the left of truth.
If you still have a Twitter account, today is a great day to delete it.
There is nothing going on there that you want to be a part of.
Weird West fiction ain't just cowboys and aliens. Award-winning author, @kcgrifant.bsky.social KC Grifant, talks about how it's an opportunity to reexamine Old West myths. Plus, KC helps you evaluate if your piece can be considered Weird West.
youtu.be/QJnnjRmm4i0
#authors #writingtips
Writing is weird: in bad days you struggle but it’s “ah yes, this is how it’s supposed to be.”
On good days you like it but then the “this was way too easy, it must be bad” hits.
we all have our rhythms. I probably make up for the week on the weekends:)
a travesty, and there’s no end in sight 😞
...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
❤️
as long as you’re writing, all’s well!
Happy #NaNoWriMo !
To those who are participating, good luck and don't let the wordcount monster grow by getting too far behind!
#writing #writers #authors
some days are better than others. It’s a marathon, not a sprint, so just write. (The goal is to write, anyway, not the 50k 😉)
this year I fully embraced a rebel project. A play, not a novel, and my goal is to get the first draft done - no word count involved in my NaNo
I feel you:) surprisingly, I like what I wrote, and patience isn’t really on my virtues list.
On the other hand, if I don’t like my words, I’m not obligated to share those either:)
I hear ya: I find the different context of TTRPG writing refreshing
nice, well done!
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I laughed so hard that I cried.
Oh my GOD.
