Some nights are like that.
Some nights are like that.
Now to make some #n4sa2e.
Now to make some #n4sa2e.
#writing #projectIDGAF #footnote
#writing #projectIDGAF #footnote
So I better go offline and get to work. Do save the world while I'm out, if you'd be so kind?
So I better go offline and get to work. Do save the world while I'm out, if you'd be so kind?
I recently stumbled across a discussion on the importance of opening lines, and it's infected my critical voice.
"A sky flared silver-blue around a scrawny yellow sun." -- perfectly acceptable opening, move on! #writing
I recently stumbled across a discussion on the importance of opening lines, and it's infected my critical voice.
"A sky flared silver-blue around a scrawny yellow sun." -- perfectly acceptable opening, move on! #writing
But at least I got to the vicious unprovoked beating, so that's a plus! #writing
But at least I got to the vicious unprovoked beating, so that's a plus! #writing
Yes, the book has a bipolar soundtrack.
Yes, the book has a bipolar soundtrack.
Did February's and March's today.
I should have done it in February, because dang, that job suuucks.
Did February's and March's today.
I should have done it in February, because dang, that job suuucks.
Despite the weird POV shifts I pull, and the bizarre techniques I used, the book works and is enjoyable.
So much for THIS attempt to crash and burn... 😞
Despite the weird POV shifts I pull, and the bizarre techniques I used, the book works and is enjoyable.
So much for THIS attempt to crash and burn... 😞
#projectIDGAF #footnote
#projectIDGAF #footnote
Dating is a hot mess today... but daaamn, it was worse in the 80s.
Dating is a hot mess today... but daaamn, it was worse in the 80s.
Well, okay, just a first draft, but still.
My notes say that I started writing this on 23 August 2024. How the hell can I spend 213 days #writing a 58k-word novel?
Oh. Right. Covid brain. Never mind. #writing
Well, okay, just a first draft, but still.
My notes say that I started writing this on 23 August 2024. How the hell can I spend 213 days #writing a 58k-word novel?
Oh. Right. Covid brain. Never mind. #writing
2500 words on #projectIDGAF tonight. Seriously hoping to finish tomorrow, although the ending is receding like Xeno designed the damn thing. #writing
2500 words on #projectIDGAF tonight. Seriously hoping to finish tomorrow, although the ending is receding like Xeno designed the damn thing. #writing
Looking back from today, medical care in 1989 seems like one step up from leeches.
Also, this book needs a bigger pyrotechnics budget.
Looking back from today, medical care in 1989 seems like one step up from leeches.
Also, this book needs a bigger pyrotechnics budget.
I finished "White Russian," now on to "Swallow It." #projectIDGAF
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l3O...
I finished "White Russian," now on to "Swallow It." #projectIDGAF
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l3O...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=85cT...
Gonna do another round, see if I can finish this chapter and start tomorrow with "Join In The Chant" before the BSDCan meetings.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=85cT...
Gonna do another round, see if I can finish this chapter and start tomorrow with "Join In The Chant" before the BSDCan meetings.
I have hit peak cult 80s.
(Not an insult. I am peak cult 20s.)
I have hit peak cult 80s.
(Not an insult. I am peak cult 20s.)
"Stuffing a Wells Fargo full of C4? That's not a job duty, that's a fringe benefit." #writing
"Stuffing a Wells Fargo full of C4? That's not a job duty, that's a fringe benefit." #writing
at mwl.io/archives/23989 or your least loathed podcast aggregator.
at mwl.io/archives/23989 or your least loathed podcast aggregator.
mwl.io/archives/24006
I can see the end from here. Only a handful of chapters remain!
mwl.io/archives/24006
I can see the end from here. Only a handful of chapters remain!
But, y'know, I can fit a whole bunch of detail beneath a shriek of "IT'S ALL REAGAN'S FAULT!"
But, y'know, I can fit a whole bunch of detail beneath a shriek of "IT'S ALL REAGAN'S FAULT!"
Yes, I got it done early. I am all over things! Mostly because I have an 11AM meeting, and don't want to get myself in flow state only to interrupt it.
Yes, I got it done early. I am all over things! Mostly because I have an 11AM meeting, and don't want to get myself in flow state only to interrupt it.
Just as story is an emergent property of setting, snark is an emergent property of sincerity.
Tearing out the last few pages and trying again, this time with feeling.
Just as story is an emergent property of setting, snark is an emergent property of sincerity.
Tearing out the last few pages and trying again, this time with feeling.