#Today 05.2

Good day!

Here’s a video from earlier. Sorry about breathing like a racehorse. My lungs make that necessary.

At the end I pan over Marshall Canyon. There’s an abandoned ski area. At the last, it points towards Hellgate Canyon.

It was cloudy all day, no rain.

Be everwell.

Hey. Anyone about I can get a second opinion from about how to end this Middle grade novel I'm working on?

#writersCoffeeClub 6/5: Tell us about something you've read that made you think, "I wish I had written that."

"The Ides of March" by Thornton Wilder. In my view, one of the finest epistolary novels of the 20th century. His portrayal of Caesar through his letters is hugely impressive. A masterful mixture of philosophy and historical research.

#ScribesAndMakers 05
sculpture or pottery

Despite wanting my own “Ghost” moment, no, I’ve never attempted either one. It’s something I wish I’d tried, as with all arts & crafts, but, it never happened & now I’m too busy with other things.

Moving on from Nanowrimo, I am on a team of writers making a Tassie writers’ zine for the Hobart Small Press Zine on 4 October. We are taking contributions of 200-300 word flash fiction on the topic of “new” (no more nanowrimo!).Artwork also welcome. No payment because we are all volunteers having a moderate amount of fun doing this The zines will be sold by gold coin donation at the fair to cover the cost of table fee, travel and printing. More info on the google doc. I will post below about the nanowrimo history of this team. #nanowrimo #tasmania #zine #writingcommunity

https://docs.google.com/file/d/17A8b7JudXX5xybyj2HKq0FDtVtGbc5e2/edit?usp=docslist_api&filetype=msword

#PhantastikPrompts 5.6.
Ist dein aktuelles Projekt ein Stand-alone oder Teil einer Reihe?

Ja, "A Wolf's Mate" ist Band 9 meiner Romantasy-Serie Wolves of the South.

Alle Bände funktionieren aber als Stand-alones mit Happy End und abgeschlossenem Abenteuer. Macht natürlich schon Sinn, sie in der richtigen Reihenfolge zu lesen.

Es geht um Wolf Shifter (ohne spice und ohne Alphas), die ein Abenteuer überstehen müssen und sich dabei verlieben.

Band 1 ist kostenlos.

#Schreiben
#WritingCommunity

Hey there, my two on-demand writing workshops are now pay what you like:

Writing after trauma: self care
https://innerworlds.gumroad.com/l/writingtraumaselfcare

Tools for writing about trauma
https://innerworlds.gumroad.com/l/toolsforwritingtrauma

Colored lines painted
across an empty canvas —
Borders on a map

—

Foreground painting: Space Force Construction, Ljubow Sergejewna Popowa, 1921

Abstract modernist paintings hung on a dark gallery wall
Museum Barberini, Potsdam
24 Apr 2025
Nikon D5600
️ Nikkor DX 35 mm ƒ1.8G
ISO 4000, ƒ4.5, -1.7 ev, 1/100s

Gute Nacht, Freunde.

No writing.

Office Day was exhausting today, I hope I can do better tomorrow.

However, I am pondering a directory of some kind where indie authors can list their own stores - not their books, their stores.

A searchable list, maybe with genre tags so readers can discover new reads.

Because we need to unite if we ever want to get out from under Amazon's yoke. Right?

New chapter for the Twin Worlds, up on AO3.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/57662785/chapters/170607784

Krighen lets Sara test him in his wild shape.

@paulk
@strangeseawolf
@QuokkaMocha
@floofpaldi

#Reading
#WritingCommunity
#TwinWorlds
#YAFantasy
#Isekai

Writing a novel feels like pregnancy. By the time you're almost done any glamour or excitement about it is gone. You just want it over with.

Another PSA about Amazon:

They only pay authors 30% in royalties (even if they price above 2.99) when someone buys a book through Amazon COM while not actually living in the US.

That's right. Amazon "steals" 40% of my royalties because the customer is in a different location that the USA.

Why?

Because they can. Because we authors let them get away with that. No other store does this.

Buy direct. Or at least not through Amazon.

https://shop.hannah-steenbock.de/

#Reading
#WritingCommunity

I recently found out about a very famous writer who hasn’t written a book ages. What they write are synopses that are given to assistants trained to write in their style who do the actual writing. This is quite common apparently. I mean, I knew about ghost writing but thought it was for politicians and movie stars to write their memoirs or keys to success or whatever, but not famous writers. Surely not. #WritingCommunity

#ScribesAndMakers Day 4. What's the most challenging creative activity you've started? How did it work out?

Writing a memoir for the last Nanowrimo I did. I made the 50K limit, but as of today, the memoir is unfinished. I found looking back at my life was...difficult for a bunch of different reasons.

I'm trying out various different styles for my art. I'll let you know how it works out.

#WritersCoffeeClub day 4: Do you consider writing work? Would you say writing is your life’s work?

In my case, writing falls under "work that I like (and really don't mind) doing". That being said, that's my own writing. Editing/correcting others' writing (usually students) is a different story.

Writing is a huge part of my life's work, but it isn't the only thing.

Folks who are on Bookwyrm or Goodreads: besides leaving reviews, do you treat your account as a backlog, or a tally? And if a backlog, do you feel that its presence brings you more anxiety than, say, books on your shelf?

I'm in the middle of writing a post about how I use Bookwyrm, and need your perspectives. It'd be greatly appreciated!

CHILD'S PLAY (1988) Revisited #Review

Chris Sarandon's sweaters frighten me almost as much as Chucky did.

Full Review #Link Below- This Child's Play (1988) Revisited Review Is Grateful Chucky's plastic Fingers have the Dexterity to Hold and Use a Knife!

http://hub.me/amNto

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