A creative life should nourish you, not drain you. That belief sits at the heart of my conversation on Making It. Sending encouragement to all the creatives showing up today. tinyurl.com/y9dnmrxj #SciFiWriters
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If you're balancing art and business and wondering if you're doing it "right," you're not alone. I shared some reflections on this journey in my recent Making It interview. tinyurl.com/y9dnmrxj #SciFiWriters
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Creative momentum doesn't come from hustle. It comes from trust, rhythm, and partnership. Grateful for this thoughtful conversation on creativity and sustainability. tinyurl.com/y9dnmrxj #SciFiWriters
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Messy first drafts aren't something to fix; they're something to work with. I loved talking about this (and more) with Michi Lantz on Making It. Writers, be kind to yourselves. tinyurl.com/y9dnmrxj #SciFiWriters
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#TheWriteQuestion What is your characters type?
Meant to send this in February 😅
#TheWriteQuestion What is your character’s type.
Aka What kind of people does your character think is attractive.
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#YAwriters #fantasywriters #scifiwriters #magicalrealitywriters #writers. Stop mentioning books and characters by terf billionaires, unless you do so to mention their massive fachist agenda against anyone not white and terfy. So many writers seem to be willfully supporting her, courting backlash.
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*You may notice that, even though I read a whole lotta David Gerard, I don't presume to *be* David Gerard. #MargaretCavendishSyndrome #dontdothat #really #scifiwriters
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#LesFicFri for 20 Feb: Delicate
This is from a still-1st-draft piece I'm writing with an astrophysicist friend. #SciFiWriters, I highly recommend world-building with someone who knows exoplanets well. It's a blast. The mechanic's name is Wisteria 💜 and she is one of my fave creations.
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A creative life should nourish you, not drain you. That belief sits at the heart of my conversation on Making It. Sending encouragement to all the creatives showing up today. tinyurl.com/y9dnmrxj #SciFiWriters
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If you're balancing art and business and wondering if you're doing it "right," you're not alone. I shared some reflections on this journey in my recent Making It interview. tinyurl.com/y9dnmrxj #SciFiWriters
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Creative momentum doesn't come from hustle. It comes from trust, rhythm, and partnership. Grateful for this thoughtful conversation on creativity and sustainability. tinyurl.com/y9dnmrxj #SciFiWriters
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Messy first drafts aren't something to fix; they're something to work with. I loved talking about this (and more) with Michi Lantz on Making It. Writers, be kind to yourselves. tinyurl.com/y9dnmrxj #SciFiWriters
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As he rounded the corner, he stopped for a moment. Someone was already in there, unusual at this hour. It was normally just him. He glanced at the clock above the dispenser. 05:34. Hmm. The woman was sitting facing away from the door, her head slumped over a steaming mug. “Good morning,” he said as he walked by. She glanced up, “What?” He stopped midstride, perplexed. “Uh, good morning?” He tried a smile. She sort of grimaced at him. “Oh, yeah. Sure.” Okay. Wow. Moving on. The buttons on the dispenser glowed inviting green. Fully restocked. He selected a mint tea and a yogurt. The price flashed, he fished around his pocket — only two creds clicked together! Tea or yogurt then. Tea. He could come back. He slotted the credits and stopped sharp as a hand appeared with two more. He turned, the woman had a sheepish smile on her face. Her tired eyes locked on to his. Her slim shoulders lifted slightly in a shrug; “I hate it when that happens. Sorry for the shitty greeting. I’m Brow…Elara. Sorry.”
So what is the opposite of a "meet cute"? Probably Ben meeting Elara 😂
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What’s a setting You’ve been thinking of writing but haven’t yet?
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What’s a setting you’ve been thinking of writing but haven’t.
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Here is a segment from the first chapter of Vul.
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Suddenly, the front door of the car opens, and two men in all-black gear with black visors that go to the top of their heads enter and position themselves in the first seats on the left and right. They carry old tech with them: Type 95 machine guns from the First World. The Bunnian men and women hide, frightened with their ears above the seat. All are easy targets as a baby Bunnian reaches for the barrel of the gun while his mom covers him with her body. A shot, a pulse is heard as the baby cries, the guns taken out of his proximity and aimed at the elf who had fired his 148-pulstal handgun at the floor as a warning shot to get the men's attention.
Here is a segment from the first chapter of Vul.
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He stepped aside as the Droids began hooking up heart rate monitoring to the pair of patients. Two bags of fluid were hooked up to each, thin needles carrying the liquid into unresisting veins in their hands. “So your plan is to wait Elara out? Hope she cracks? What if she doesn’t do it? What if she can’t do it? We will be warping back to a corpse! Please turn us around.” “All variables have been accounted for. She is resourceful. She will start the ship.” He wanted to punch himself in the face. “If you’d have told me this was the plan, I…” he drifted off, lost in his own lies. “You would still have complied. I respect the difficult position you are in. Your fellow crew members will also.” “I doubt it. What about Kaili? She’s just a scared kid.” “I have dispatched Voles to find her and guide her to terminals for communication. I shall be sensitive to her difficulties. You will remain in situ to monitor the patients.
What on Titanis is going on here?
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71. Kaili She watched O’Connell without much sympathy. The man was curled up into a ball on the deck a handful of paces from the shuttle door in the red strobing light. “Rec, open the shuttle door.” “This is not a wise course of action.” She straightened her jumpsuit and putting on her best Elara voice, said “As the ranking Officer aboard this vessel, I order you to open this door.” “Your rank is unofficial. I could deny your request on those grounds. I am unable to offer you any protection. My automated assistants are out of service.” “I don’t need protection. Open the door. When he comes in, tell him to sit down and wait.” “And if he does not comply?” She sneered. “He is a coward who thinks he is about to die. He will comply. Leave the warning playing and the scary lights. Open the door.” As the hatch cracked open, the blaring sound was louder, she imagined how she must look, bathed in red, hands on hips, striding out to the whimpering mess of a man on the deck. A small, callous smile crossed her face. She’d hoped she looked like a tiny Satan.
Swapping out perish for die. A bit near the end. Ish.
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Part Two: A James Bigbridge In the beginning these hunts had been fun. Now, he was just bored. That was unusual. Hunting the greasy Narfian slug ships was his passion. And now he had Infinus to do it in. She was fast, she was sleek, aerodynamic in a way that didn’t matter in space, but in starship racing circles was prized. Three hulls, deflector shields, missile launchers, torpedo tubes, forward and rear laser cannons that sent a thawp sound through the hull as they fired. In short, the Infinus was everything that the slug ships weren’t. He was watching the Alien vessel slop its way through the void ahead, it’s weird tail flicking back and forth as it tried to gain velocity. It was trying to go to UltraLight! With a blap, by which he obviously meant thwap of a cannon, it would never move again. Yet he couldn’t bring himself to fire. He propped an elbow on the arm rest of the luxurious blue tinged Narf leather chair, the memory foam cushioning the impact as he rested his chin on his hand. He grumbled, “This is too easy.”
Done this bit before but it's the only one I have that is close. From Alan, using passion in place of zeal:
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DELIVERANCE INFLUENCE 5:1 POSTED
The start of it all. Under duress, Doctor Lucifer Cohen forces the Chancellor to alter the Archway Program’s procedure. However many people it may hurt…
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Elara watched as the shuttle moved past the forward section, the bulbous head, like an ugly lily on an uglier thick metal stem. The one decoration; streaked with rust and spoiled by peeling white paint was the word TARTARUS The huge stencil sat on the plates, like an omen of malicious boredom. She smiled to herself as a small V.O.L.E robot scooted across the battered patchwork of metal plates that called itself a hull. “I don’t know Roberto;” she shot a glance his way, then quickly back. “Almost none of this heap is foundry. Barely an original part still on it.” She got wistful, adding with a small sigh: “Hauling is a cruel destiny for a thing of beauty.” Both men snorted derisively in unison, she felt herself bristle. “I’m not kidding! The Tartarus was never meant to be…this! It was a deep spacer. Supposed to go find new worlds.” Alex yawned loudly. “You’ve been spending too much time with Toren, FO.” Elara laughed a short staccato. “No such thing as too much Toren. But underneath the dirt and rust, there lies a magnificent beast of a machine
Didn't have formation, have foundry...😬
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DELIVERANCE VOL 1: BOOK OF GENETICS DROPS NOW
Subject 555’s story begins and goes terribly wrong, setting her on a path to ruin. Accidents happen. Or do they?
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DELIVERANCE UPDATE
I'm in editing hell 💀
Just a few tweaks. And a few more tweaks. Just a couple. One or two or maybe four or fifty. Tweak this. Tweak that. WHEN DOES IT END? HELL IF I KNOW
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Okay here is a "delayed". It works damn you, I'll hear no more complaints! 😂
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