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<p>I wrote about how social media habits make it hard to write a good opening and how a BBC4 radio program helped me overcome the urge to waffle.</p><p>Neither waffle nor a cold open: In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg is my model for topic introductions</p><p><a href="https://rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/2025-03-22-neither-waffle-nor-cold-open/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/2025-03-22-neither-waffle-nor-cold-open/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/202</span><span class="invisible">5-03-22-neither-waffle-nor-cold-open/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/blogging/" rel="tag">#blogging</a> <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>

<p>Need feedback. I narrated a short story to test making audio books, and could use honest opinions on how it sounds, the technical quality, and also reading/narration, or anything that I need to improve before I embark on an actual projects.</p><p>I recorded on Audacity with a Rhode NT1 5th Gen, a bright mic, so it needed lots of post-processing in DR Fairlight. <br>Is it working? Any tips?</p><p>See it here (length 20mins, size 30mbs)<br><a href="https://www.ododopress.com/short-story/noel-in-my-town/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.ododopress.com/short-story/noel-in-my-town/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.ododopress.com/short-story</span><span class="invisible">/noel-in-my-town/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/audiobook/" rel="tag">#audiobook</a> <a href="/tags/audio/" rel="tag">#audio</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>

<p>So, what I&#x27;m hearing is don&#x27;t read my own work once it&#x27;s published? 😁 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@galacticwriters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>galacticwriters</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/writers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writers</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@writingbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writingbooks</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/keepwriting" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>keepwriting</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor@lemmy.world</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/aiop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aiop</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/writingmemes/" rel="tag">#WritingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#Author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/indie/" rel="tag">#Indie</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#Writers</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#WritersOfMastodon</a></p>

<p>If I want people to buy my books, I must write them first.</p><p>The world is very unfair. <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>

<p>Support An Independent Web Experience</p><p>I’d like to invite you to explore my website, which is a collection of essays and stories that range from food to philosophy, culture to politics. There’s no paywall, and if you sign up (which I greatly appreciate), you get emails about new stories. No ads or promotion. I’m self hosted and entirely independent so this is the only way to build an audience. There is an RSS feed.</p><p><a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/stories/" rel="tag">#Stories</a> <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a> <a href="/tags/indieweb/" rel="tag">#IndieWeb</a> <a href="/tags/rss/" rel="tag">#RSS</a></p><p><a href="https://www.davidtoddmccarty.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.davidtoddmccarty.com</a></p>

<p>Chapter 34 of She Consumes Poison is available to read on <a href="/tags/royalroad/" rel="tag">#RoyalRoad</a>: <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.royalroad.com/fiction/153820/scarlet-eye"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.royalroad.com/fiction/1538</span><span class="invisible">20/scarlet-eye</span></a></p><p>Mika meets with Arthur Robertson, confronting him about the chemicals he illegally paid to have dumped.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/witches/" rel="tag">#witches</a> <a href="/tags/demons/" rel="tag">#demons</a> <a href="/tags/vampires/" rel="tag">#vampires</a> <a href="/tags/webseries/" rel="tag">#webseries</a></p>

<p>I will NEVER hold, represent, use an emoji, hang, or honor ANYWAY an American flag again.</p><p>Just those that America is hurting, and those I support or feel I belong to.</p><p>I am no longer an American.</p><p>I am simply ME.</p><p>I was already ashamed of the <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> after being <a href="/tags/homeless/" rel="tag">#homeless</a> and feeling/seeing first hand how horrible it treats its most vulnerable people.</p><p>I am EMBARRASSED to even have this accent.</p><p>It&#x27;s now a red mark on me, and I don&#x27;t appreciate that at all since I didn&#x27;t choose that.</p><p><a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>

<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/FeyFighters" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/FeyFighters</a></p><p>Two soldiers on opposite sides, pixie Commander Stargazer Candleflash and human Sergeant Edwin Harris, find their fates forever entwined, first by revenge, but as they crash together in a dangerous rainforest, they’re forced to work together, just to survive. Will they make it or will their bickering get them killed?</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>Chapter 10 of Princess of Kurg is available to read on <a href="/tags/royalroad/" rel="tag">#RoyalRoad</a>: <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.royalroad.com/fiction/1082</span><span class="invisible">34/jigsaw-city</span></a></p><p>Having seen her people grow fat and lazy, because their new home gives them anything they can imagine, Minvera reflects on the situation.</p><p>Deciding they need an enemy to fight, Minerva begins drawing small humanoids, naming them &#x27;goblin&#x27;, fully intending to make them real...</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/fairies/" rel="tag">#fairies</a> <a href="/tags/webseries/" rel="tag">#webseries</a></p>

<p>Chapter 51 of Princess of Kurg is available to read on <a href="/tags/royalroad/" rel="tag">#RoyalRoad</a>: <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.royalroad.com/fiction/1082</span><span class="invisible">34/jigsaw-city</span></a></p><p>Nicole stands with Candleflash in hand, poised for a killing blow with the other hand as she considers how angry she is...</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/fairies/" rel="tag">#fairies</a> <a href="/tags/webseries/" rel="tag">#webseries</a></p>

<p>And then when you do start writing them down, you end up with more ideas than you know what to do with... 😁 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@galacticwriters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>galacticwriters</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/writers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writers</span></a></span> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@writingbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writingbooks</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/keepwriting" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>keepwriting</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor@lemmy.world</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/aiop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aiop</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/writingmemes/" rel="tag">#WritingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#Author</a> <a href="/tags/authors/" rel="tag">#Authors</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/indiebooks/" rel="tag">#IndieBooks</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/writerdons/" rel="tag">#Writerdons</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#Writers</a> <a href="/tags/writer/" rel="tag">#Writer</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/writinglife/" rel="tag">#Writinglife</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#WritersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>

<p>I wish I would&#x27;ve realised sooner that I don&#x27;t have to solve every fictional problem I came up with the same second I came up with them 😁 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@galacticwriters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>galacticwriters</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/writers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writers</span></a></span> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/u/fantasy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fantasy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@joinin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joinin</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@writingbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writingbooks</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/keepwriting" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>keepwriting</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/writingmemes/" rel="tag">#WritingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#Author</a> <a href="/tags/authors/" rel="tag">#Authors</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/indiebooks/" rel="tag">#IndieBooks</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/writerdons/" rel="tag">#Writerdons</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#Writers</a> <a href="/tags/writer/" rel="tag">#Writer</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/writinglife/" rel="tag">#Writinglife</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#WritersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a></p>

<p>I&#x27;ve spent a lifetime making myself smaller for everyone.</p><p>Making myself the version of me that was most useful and comfortable for everyone around me.</p><p>And I *HAVE* to stop before I disappear.</p><p>I wrote about learning to TAKE UP SPACE: <a href="https://fromemily.com/space-taking-defiance/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fromemily.com/space-taking-defiance/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fromemily.com/space-taking-def</span><span class="invisible">iance/</span></a></p><p>Maybe you&#x27;ve made yourself smaller too? Let&#x27;s TAKE UP SPACE together.</p><p>@actuallyautistic </p><p><a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyadhd/" rel="tag">#ActuallyADHD</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="/tags/neurodivergent/" rel="tag">#neurodivergent</a> <a href="/tags/neurodiversity/" rel="tag">#neurodiversity</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fromemily/" rel="tag">#FromEmily</a> <a href="/tags/smallweb/" rel="tag">#SmallWeb</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#writersofmastodon</a></p>

<p>Bringing this from writer Joseph Malik over from Bluesky. I think it&#x27;s spot on. </p><p>&quot;Subtext separates a novel from a novel-length story. Subtext is the part that AI can&#x27;t--and never will--generate. It can&#x27;t read for subtext. It can read Cliff&#x27;s Notes to determine an existing novel&#x27;s subtext, but there is no mathematical or logical process to create it. Subtext is uniquely human.&quot;</p><p>It&#x27;s the conclusion to a 3-post thread. You can find that via my mentions if you&#x27;re so inclined. </p><p><a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts</a></p><p>The undead witch that rules the space pirates, known as the Dead Queen, has finally been defeated. That only makes it worse for the witches that pulled it off. She’s livid and coming for them, at least once she gets her star ship back under control…</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>It&#x27;s my pleasure to announce <a href="https://storyseedlibrary.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>storyseedlibrary.org/</a> - a <a href="/tags/library/" rel="tag">#library</a> of <a href="/tags/solarpunk/" rel="tag">#solarpunk</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> and story seeds to help you imagine a better <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> future!</p><p>Huge thanks to all the artists who shared their art under various <a href="/tags/creativecommons/" rel="tag">#creativeCommons</a> licenses, including <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@the_lemonaut" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>the_lemonaut</span></a></span> , <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@NiwlCraft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NiwlCraft</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://writing.exchange/@jacobcoffin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jacobcoffin</span></a></span> ! No AI will replace handcrafted art!</p><p>If you liked our <span class="h-card"><a href="https://podcast.tomasino.org/@SolarpunkPrompts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SolarpunkPrompts</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a> , the Story Seeds are expanding its concept - soon with more, unpublished ones!</p><p><a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#climateChange</a> <a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#illustration</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>

<p>Trolls, boogeymen and witches, oh my!<br>Just another day for a young wizard.</p><p>It all starts here: <a href="https://books2read.com/b/TrollSong" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/b/TrollSong</a></p><p><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a></p>

<p>Am I the only one who started writing just to see if I could🤔😂 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@galacticwriters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>galacticwriters</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/writers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writers</span></a></span> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/u/fantasy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fantasy</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@writingbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writingbooks</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/keepwriting" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>keepwriting</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor@lemmy.world</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/aiop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aiop</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/plot/" rel="tag">#Plot</a><br><a href="/tags/writingmemes/" rel="tag">#WritingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#Author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/indie/" rel="tag">#Indie</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#Writers</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/writinglife/" rel="tag">#Writinglife</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#WritersOfMastodon</a></p>

<p>Chapter 23 of Princess of Kurg is available to read on <a href="/tags/royalroad/" rel="tag">#RoyalRoad</a>: <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.royalroad.com/fiction/1082</span><span class="invisible">34/jigsaw-city</span></a></p><p>After some initial violence, Nicole and Bevna discuss the terms for their coming duel, in which Bevna demands ownership of Jigsaw City, if she wins.</p><p>Recognizing Bevna as a separate personality, Nicole demands that if she wins, Bevna will give Ustrina control...</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/fairies/" rel="tag">#fairies</a> <a href="/tags/webseries/" rel="tag">#webseries</a></p>

<p>If I had to take a stab at this I&#x27;d say I&#x27;m an &#x27;Unemployed novelist/lawyer with social media manager and game author tendencies&#x27; otherwise known as an <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> 🤔😂 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@galacticwriters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>galacticwriters</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/writers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writers</span></a></span> <a href="https://lemmy.world/u/books" rel="nofollow">@books</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/u/fantasy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fantasy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@joinin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joinin</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@writingbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writingbooks</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/keepwriting" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>keepwriting</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/humor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>humor@lemmy.world</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/aiop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aiop</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/writingmemes/" rel="tag">#WritingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <a href="/tags/humor/" rel="tag">#Humor</a> <a href="/tags/humour/" rel="tag">#Humour</a> <br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#Author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/indie/" rel="tag">#Indie</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#Writers</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#WritersOfMastodon</a></p>

<p>Hi. I&#x27;m terrified. </p><p>I&#x27;ve been trying to make my own space on the web for years. And I&#x27;ve been stuck. Badly.</p><p>But today is my birthday. And I refuse to let another year pass without putting something—anything—out there.</p><p>So here it is in all its messy glory. My first post on my barely-there <a href="/tags/website/" rel="tag">#website</a>: <a href="https://fromemily.com/hi-im-terrified/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>fromemily.com/hi-im-terrified/</a> </p><p>It&#x27;s not great. But it&#x27;s okay...enough.</p><p>And I hope it means something to someone.</p><p>@actuallyautistic </p><p><a href="/tags/smallweb/" rel="tag">#SmallWeb</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyautistic/" rel="tag">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="/tags/actuallyadhd/" rel="tag">#ActuallyADHD</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/blogging/" rel="tag">#blogging</a></p>

<p>I&#x27;ve been writing using em dashes since the 1990s. The reason AI uses em dashes is because it was trained on my writing, and that of countless other humans like me.</p><p><a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/aicrap/" rel="tag">#AICrap</a> <a href="/tags/emdashes/" rel="tag">#EmDashes</a> <a href="/tags/typography/" rel="tag">#typography</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fuckai/" rel="tag">#FuckAI</a></p>

<p>Chapter 41 of Princess of Kurg is available to read on <a href="/tags/royalroad/" rel="tag">#RoyalRoad</a>: <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.royalroad.com/fiction/1082</span><span class="invisible">34/jigsaw-city</span></a></p><p>Nicole and Mad Eye discuss matters related to the engineered virus affecting Eden, which dove-tails into a discussion of an future battle with the Unrooted, which Nicole isn&#x27;t looking forward to, because there will be no easy solution with those aliens.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/fairies/" rel="tag">#fairies</a> <a href="/tags/webseries/" rel="tag">#webseries</a></p>

<p>Chapter 12 of Princess of Kurg is available to read on <a href="/tags/royalroad/" rel="tag">#RoyalRoad</a>: <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.royalroad.com/fiction/1082</span><span class="invisible">34/jigsaw-city</span></a></p><p>Minerva speaks with her son, discussing how badly her people are losing the war with the goblins.</p><p>Recognizing the error of having introduced a new species without a natural enemy, Minerva draws Pixies and Dryads, intending for them to be the antithesis of goblins...</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/fairies/" rel="tag">#fairies</a> <a href="/tags/webseries/" rel="tag">#webseries</a></p>

<p>Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky</a></p><p>Zechariah Jacobs has angered a vast empire that spans a third of the galaxy, which is far too much for his planet to stand against, but in a clash of wizards and magic versus technology, it’s hard to say which will win.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>