Writer of the weird, the fantastic, and the horrible. Enthusiastic thoughtcriminal. Constantly failing while daring greatly.
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A reminder on #BookLoversDay To all who believe in banning books and controlling minds, you will never win. We will always fight you.
If you exist in a creative world for adults, where mentioning the term "sensitivity readers" doesn't induce instant laughter or disgust, you are lost. IDC how much it's been normalized in corp media. You are a bad writer, ruled by fear, and nothing you produce should be trusted.
I am open minded towards WotC's political shift, because corporations aren't people, and if you change the people the corporation changes. And as I posted earlier, the staff at WotC has changed a bit, so this shift to classic content could be genuine.
Yet, at the same time they promote Dark Sun, Dragonlance, and Greyhawk as a return to their roots, they're countersignaling with with the exact same message. The Dark Sun reveal might be blood and gore, as opposed to pulpish sword & planet imagery, but I originally thought "well, Heavy Metal art is old school, right?". But look... it's yet another mannish woman dominating weaker men. Now don't get me wrong; Dark Sun included lots of illos of powerful women, but they were graceful and beautiful. Likewise that was what you'd get in the Heavy Metal art that was the real inspiration. But instead we are getting the modern puritanical lecture version.
Likewise the Greyhawk logo. The color choice is... interesting. It's there to tell you that this might be your grandfather's game world, but it won't be what your grandfather remembered.
Every reveal includes a clue that this is still intended to appeal to "modern audiences" rather than the classic fans with the deep pockets who they drove away.
Buyer beware.
I can't help but feel a profound sorrow for anyone who never knew the joy of either singing or playing a musical instrument in concert, who never experienced the transcendent rush of so many disparate voices soaring in perfect harmony.
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Deep in my subterranean fiction journey, I discovered Jeff Long's The Descent. Fascinating horror novel about the real-life inspiration for Hell. Long takes big, risky swings. You won't come away from it without thinking he's the most interesting person in the world.
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People can't allow themselves to believe it happens b/c it requires them to admit that, despite all the work they did as kids, they grew up to find themselves surrounded by the very bigots they rightfully despised.
In some cases, they became those bigots.
People say this sort of thing doesn’t happen.
I have loved ones and friends who say this sort of thing doesn’t happen.
It happened. And I expect it’s still happening.
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It still stuns me to this day that a movie this good ever existed. So many have tried and failed to replicate its magnificence. The mistake is seeing it as merely lightning in a bottle, when in reality it was the entire storm.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is 43 years old today.
The crew of The Enterprise returned and not only gave us one of the best Star Trek movies, but one of the best movies ever made. The Mutara Nebula sequence is amazing, along with a sublime James Horner score.
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100% clown show. And all that talk about pushing women's boxing forward. That's the part that hurts most. Everyone associated with this farce should be ashamed.
Just sad smh. I cut it off because I couldn’t watch anymore. It’s sad to see Mike Tyson like this because I went to every Tyson fight.
This fight tonight was not great for boxing.
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People say "Never meet your heroes." I'll take my chances with Daryl Davis.
In the 1980s, musician Daryl Davis set out to understand the Ku Klux Klan. So he started befriending members at Klan rallies and joined an all-white country band.
Then, he met Imperial Wizard Roger Kelly. Davis spent years building a relationship with Kelly, establishing trust and, eventually, a friendship.
They ate meals at each others' homes while Davis listened to Kelly, seeking to see how he could hate a person like Davis without even knowing him.
Eventually, Kelly started listening to Davis and left the Klan altogether, giving Davis his robes and hood. And over the past decades, Davis has now convinced over 200 former Klan members to walk away.
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Every time I read a story from REH, I marvel at its poetic beauty and depth of power, esp knowing Howard's age when he wrote it. Whenever I do the same with King, I marvel at just how far he's fallen.
I don't even know what to say. Catastrophizing doesn't help, but when I think of all the years I've spent improving my craft, toiling in silence, with no guarantee of writing success or even a hint of recognition, all I feel is misery while watching this.
Today's a big day for Sudowrite. We're launching Story Engine, an AI tool for writing long-form stories.
Our awesome team worked with hundreds of novelists for months to build the ideal interface for writers and machines to collaborate on a narrative.
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Those surprised by this take would do well to remember she signed a letter condemning a Freedom of Expression award for Charlie Hebdo's magazine standing courageous in the face of murder for the crime of blasphemy.
"sensitivity readers" today are doing what, in some instances, "editors" should have done decades ago. it just seems alarming & annoying today, when such "editing" is more visible. every writer is "edited"--examinations of mss. will show.
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All submissions would be blind, forcing agents to judge a story on its strengths alone, not the writer's popularity, identity, or personal connections. One simple change ... and the publishing world instantly becomes a fairer, more ethical place for everyone.
If you could change one thing about the query process, what would it be?
#WritingCommunity
#AmQuerying
#AmWriting
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There is no story worth reading, no art worth observing, that doesn't offend somebody. Find the courage to stand against the storm. Follow the dictates of your heart.
How I know someone hasn’t written much: they ask if their story idea will offend someone and how they can prevent that.
Guess what fren: no matter what you write, you will always offend someone! There’s no preventing it, so do your thing with a light heart!
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Where is Nabokov? Lovecraft? Hell, while we're talking about "problematic" authors, where is Rushdie? Your thinly veiled blacklist isn't complete without them.
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Despite all our fears and skepticism, there are a lot of people weeping for joy right now, and I'm one of them.
You really haven't plumbed the depths of jadedness until you hear a KIDZ BOP cover of Rocket Man in a Walmart parking lot.
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Finally got my hands on this beauty from @grady_hendrix. His intro is fantastic, especially the part about caring less about causing offense and more about earning the reader's attention.
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