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local coffee shop had a pumpkin spice chai latte but I had to say "chumpkin" to order it. the Yumbo reinvents itself, the turning of Samsara

A longhair black cat perches on the back if a gray couch. Two of his legs dangle down on one side, while the other two remain tucked under him.

My dude loves to hang loose

submitting and submitting and submitting short fiction #writer #author #fiction #creative

I started submitting a short story to a couple literary magazines recently. Got my first rejection today. "We're going to pass on this one. It just didn't work for us." Not kind wording lol. Stephen King had a nail for his rejections, maybe I'll get one started too. I'll keep writing and keep trying

On the writing subreddit and reading other writers bashfully asking how to obfuscate their use of AI in creating fiction. Vomiting on my keyboard

Entering week three of bronchitis. Doc says it can last up to eight weeks. I’ve read so many books, which is so nice, but the cabin fever is setting in. The Queen lyric “I want to ride my bicycle” is blasting in my mind at 10x speed but my wheezy lungs are a prison. My Cannondale gathers dust.

I suppose this makes me appreciate even more when friends and family put the effort in and DO read what I’ve made. Ditto when they make actual annotations or suggestions. Love it and love them.

As I’ve resumed writing short fiction I’ve noticed that some people just aren’t readers. They’re excited, they encourage me - I’m very grateful for this - But they also balk at the concept of reading. “It’ll be a while before I get to it,” “I can’t make any promises.” Even for very short works.

A black longhair cat lounging on a sunny window sill. He claws at the drapes. The window is dirty from rain and pollen #cats #voidkitty #blackcat #summer

Fuckin up your cat’s name is the best. Poe. Pobe Beef. Poba noodle. Pogurt. Easily in my top 5 hobbies

Been offline a while, writing a ton. Halfway done w my first novel. Probably time for another #promosky if ppl do this still

#fiction
#horror
#writing
#shortfiction
#novelwriting
#creativewriting
#sciencefiction
#fantasy

Submitted a short story two a couple of journals/publications. I’ll know by the end of September if any accept!

she told me I look like yung gravy which google has shown me is a compliment

heLLO thank so very, very MUCH for your WONderful order! I’ll be SO happy to GREET you at the window RIIIGHT up front! in the highest pitch I’ve ever heard an adult speak

my drive-thru barista right now sounds like a VTuber and it’s making my hackles rise

That’s nice, just get started and see where it takes you. I like the approach

Plato's Cave allegory, illustrated. the shadows on the cave wall are captioned "increasingly insane and extreme positions", the prisoners labeled "internet users", the figures holding the shadow's shapes labeled "algorithms", the fire labeled "random internet users expressing their idiosyncratic beliefs". the space above the cave is labeled "literally just outside" and the philosopher freed from the chains of the physical world labeled "guy who logs off"

from "Classical Studies memes for Hellenistic teens" on FB

#cats

Thanks for the encouragement 😵 I actually have a writing schedule now, for the first time in my life. That’s been the major turning point. Any tips that help you with being consistent on top of having a schedule?

I’ve never been good at consistency. Getting medicated has been life-changing, along with accepting that I need to acknowledge resistance, scrape away that long-built plaque and start working toward the things I want to achieve before I die. #writing #writingcommunity #artists #art

My current goal is to finish writing a book. I’ve never written very consistently or seriously until the last monthish, and now I’ve been able to get so much done. I want to prove to myself I can write something all the way thru. Consistency is king

getting really into mf doom lately. and playing with my cats

NPR lauding cuts to environmental protections. Fucking losers are more and more conservative every year

Are you okay NPR?
Doing Trump propaganda on headline hoping he will not cut funding like CBS?

It’s so comical. Nothing more humbling than a face full of water you were SURE wasn’t going to spray at you.

It finally happened… The “first time homeowner gets sprayed in the face while trying to repair something plumbing-related” trope… It happened to me... #pride #theprophecy

looking to build community with other fiction writers as I hack at my WIP

#promosky
📝writing
📕fiction
✏️workshop
🌞creativity
🖌️art
👹horror

When people almost pancake you with their stupid crossover SUVs in the grocery store parking lot, it's easy to think of them as NPCs. But really, everyone has a rich history and inner world, a depth of experience, trauma, and love. It's just that these complex threads wove them to be pieces of shit

A longhair black cat perched on a turntable, his yellow eyes staring downward and his tongue out mlem style #cats #voidkitty #blackcat #records #turntable #vinyl

same black cat on the turntable on a walnut shelf, face cast up against the shelf above in an odd, menacing sort of look

he discovered he could get on the record player this weekend

this GR cafe bathroom has a disco ball and welcomes you. not a great place to come down from an anxiety attack tbh

If you like it, I really recommend her other books in that universe, it’s so unique