#WritersCoffeeClub 28/3: Happy Respect Your Cat Day! Who or what accompanies you when you write?
I suppose I could say that Big Ted keeps an eye on me when I’m in my usual writing chair, but I write in lots of other places and he doesn’t travel. I’m not even fixated on whether I use my laptop, iPad, or notebook and pen.
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#WordWeavers 28/3: What gives your characters a sense of self-worth or meaning in their life?
Different for each individual.
For Jerya, having grown up with no real family, the family she has now is very precious, but she is also deeply dedicated to the education of girls, and to improving the lives of the enslaved.
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Good morning from this part of the world.

Thank you to everyone who read my piece posted yesterday, especially those who boosted it.

https://arnel.bearblog.dev/writing-for-humans/

If you have favorite bloggers, please let me know, I'm trying to build my list.

In this video I am five lesser used Europen fountain pens from my collection.

these are:
⁃ Mr Pen The Parsons Essential + Diamine Velvet Emerald
⁃ Pelikan M205 + Colorverse Blue Moon
⁃ Parker Sonnet + Diamine Brandy Snap
⁃ Diplomat Aero + Colorverse White Hole
⁃ Tibaldi Bononia + Diamine Vibe

Join me now to see what I think of these pens.

https://youtu.be/NIJf6HxzQcc

Urgent Flight

You've tried to hold it until the plane lands, but you just can't anymore. Your only option is to try to climb over and get past the big obstagoon sitting in the aisle seat next to you... but disaster strikes just as you try to...

This story can be read on my SubscribeStar by subscribers of any tier!
https://subscribestar.adult/posts/1777639

#PennedPossibilities 627 — How does your MC have their home decorated?

Thorn Rose lives in a neighborhood on the "wrong side of the tracks." She's a daemon living in a day angel aerie. That's a tree house, btw, archeculturely known as a village tree. It's an acacia species that resembles dozens of dozens of giant ficus grown together. Day angels can fly to the chamber-like homes grown like bonsai on a gigantic scale, but she has to climb roots and bark steps grown for purposely for people born lacking wings.

Since a lot of action takes place in her bedroom, I recently described that and how Streak enters through her casement windows. It's got a desk that's a wide flattened branch like a woodear mushroom. Leatherback books fill spiraling branchlet shelves. Pictures hung by red ribbons decorate what passes as walls and include especially "cute" hero shot photos taken of Streak acting uniquely male. Some air rackets now hang from peg like pruned suckers since she joined that high school athletic club at Rainy Day's request. The ceiling is leaves. Sprites orbit whenever she's home, providing light for her and the ceiling. She's nerdy, so maybe there's a poster showing an exploded view detailing the shells of the crystal spheres, or a new one with the evolution of daemonically driven steam locomotives since she recently got to "disassemble" a sabotaged 2-8-2. Her bed is more of a hammock hung between upright branches than a futon despite the padding. Streak likes it better than his own. They both like her cotton sheets that wick away sweat, light blue, and she's thankful her mother is at least not overly frugal when it comes to sleep comfort. She does have a nice bronze tablecloth over the stump nightstand stacked with lit class reading.

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Each evening I’m taking little steps to get ready for book launch. I now have the last few finishing touches for the PDF. On to formatting for ePub.

Getting closer.

In
Out
To find
Believing
Know
To
In

#writing #poem #poetry  #freedom #tolerance #reconciliation

Daily Haiku Prompt for March 27, 2025: high tide (South)

High tide—
suddenly
this haiku.

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The Terminator: Original Ending
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https://open.substack.com/pub/mythinks/p/the-terminator-original-ending?r=9m6wj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

ONE HUNDRED WORD REVIEW: "Street Fighter Alpha"

This fighting prequel lets you block in the air. Yep.

https://hundred-word-reviews.squarespace.com/archives/street-fighter-alpha

Writing In No Time: Protect your writing time - I'm sharing excerpts from an article I wrote called “Writing In No Time,” updated and expanded here.
Read the full article in my Write Better Right Now newsletter
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Pitches and Queries: Avoid saying things in a way that could apply to a thousand other manuscripts out there, such as "she faces grave dangers to reach her destiny." Agents see that every day, so tell them ...
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My code samples are getting line-wrapped with backslashes. What can I do? | Leanpub Help Center https://help.leanpub.com/en/articles/6524434-my-code-samples-are-getting-line-wrapped-with-backslashes-what-can-i-do #books #writing #author #programmingbooks #contentcreator

I'm being about as subtle as a jackhammer.

New on KU. And Paperback.
Coincidence of Chance, A Novel (2025)

Book tags: literary mystery, humor, philosophical fiction, suspense, revenge, dystopia, general fiction.
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Celebrating! A few minutes ago I typed "The End" on my latest novel.

It's only a first draft, with a lot of work to be done before it's fit to be released into the world, but it feels good to have got this far (at last - this one's been a long time coming).

"These days, writing for humans is as intentional as it gets. It is a process of connecting and sharing ideas without the urge to optimize for keywords or engage in backlink stuffing, which is one of the most spammy activities. And yes, it is also a refusal to insult the intelligence of your potential readership by delivering them "easily digestible" content served on endless scrolling platform."

Writing for Humans: https://arnel.bearblog.dev/writing-for-humans/ #writing #CozyWeb

A good movie script about a journalist taking down fascists in America would be a huge hit right now. Who wants to write it with me? I can handle the storytelling aspect. Who wants to provide the juicy details?

We need heroes. #Writing #Screenwriting #Journalism

Tonight's writing: 1:55 time, and only 118 words.

Plus a lot of questions.

And an answer to a question that's been on my mind for months. But it only raised more questions. I guess I'm slowly on the trail of whatever's really going on there.

It's all progress. It may not be word count, but it all matters.