They probably spend six months at their European* vacation homes and come back when the butt hurt heals.

*Because Europe is totally not socialist at all.

I was there! Thank you so much for answering all our questions. 😃

I wrote a short story about the lone human FTL engineer on an alien space finding out the earth was destroyed. I wrote it after my grandmother died. I found it again and nothing happens plotwise in the story.

I'll probably pick it up again when I get writers block on my current project.

Me: working four hours....to figure out the best way to break my project into chapters to show time passing. 🫠

I'm pretty sure these "buyers" don't list their actual profession but a hobby. Saying you work in HR isn't cool so the show has them listed as a "cookie decorator".

Reminder that the asshole parents who are trying to ban books from school libraries are Millennial aged.

December 19, 2001 First Comic   Previous Comic   Next Comic   Latest Updates     “Meet Davan and PeeJee” This is it, the first strip I ever posted. Back in 2018, I re-edited some of the original strips f…

I call this the something positive approach. If you are offended by the first paragraph, then this book isn't meant for you. somethingpositive.net/2001/12/19/d...

Sales gathered the requirements.

I'm old enough to remember the idea of using your real name online was considered dangerous. Took me a while to leave livejournal and hop over to Facebook because of that fact.

Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse is a novella but it came out in 2022.

Yes, I was very mature as a child and am considered childish as an adult. I don't think my maturity has changed at all, just the perception of it.

I had a similar experience with Hoover Dam. Definitely visit a massive natural/man made feature in person. Seeing it on TV does not convey the scale of the size.

I feel this. Plot is so difficult when you are used to players providing the conflict.

Shocked Pikachu meme about liberal tech workers learning their billionaire CEO turns fascist.

Me as a technical consultant:

I miss my college student access to an academic library.

After a few week break due to work, I am working on turning my Goblin draft into a first draft. 13,000 words into part 1!

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I like blue sky because it's less about monetizing or marketing and more about sharing your thoughts. My old Facebook feed is all businesses and engagement videos. My blue sky is people I know and authors I like talking about their day.

I always thought "reliable narrators" only lie to themselves.

It's been used in corporate marketing for a while. Nothing like seeing "I have not heard back from you yet" in your work inbox to get your heart racing. Then I see it's spam not a client and get mad.

Me: I got a good starting scene for book one! Now to write the rest.
Work: Hey, can you pass a Microsoft certification by next month? We need you to do this on your own time because it can't eat into billable hours.
Me: 😭

I was told I was a poor writer in highschool, but not told writing is a craft that improves with practice. So many writing years lost. :(

an orc with horns and a beard is wearing a hood Alt: Gul'dan, a Villian from Warcraft, turning to face forward

I think I've played this game before

I feel like numbers one and two are related.

Say three positive things about your writing!

1. My unconscious mind does some really cool shit in my writing I don't realize until my writing group points it out.
2. I'm not scared to put absolute crap on the page for my first draft.
3. Apparently I can write assholes characters very well.

They are denying entry for people who don't have work visas for attending conferences. bsky.app/profile/minn...

I thought sci-fi masquerading as fantasy was a big trend during that time period. Re: Dragonriders of Pern series and Lord of Light.

Going to finish up my 5000 word passage for the Armadillo Con Writer's Workshop!

When a couple rather duel each other than admit their love. Because expressing feelings is difficult.