Professional development cat.
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Today's tepid take.
George Carlin wasn't ahead of his time. All the shit going on today was going on then, too.
Long story short, Dems could have put the brakes on this administration from day 1. If they'd wanted to.
Most Americans don't know the first thing about parliamentary procedure (frankly, don't blame 'em). So when folks like Schumer and Jeffries get up and spout their "we're in the minority, we have no power," people don't know to call it for the clear bullshit that it really is.
Breaking quorum is great. Dems should, yanno, do that. But they have other tools.
If you've never experience someone standing up and yelling "Point of Order!" every time the chair opens their damn mouth, you don't know suffering.
After a while, you'll give 'em anything just to make it stop.
I don't get political here often. Mostly for my own sanity. But @katmabu.bsky.social is 100% right here.
I've you've never participated in a parliamentary body, you don't really understand just how easy it is for one member to grind EVERYTHING to a halt.
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Imagine buying a fucking yacht when you could have this.
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If you want my advice? Write a couple practice novellas or w/e your preferred length is first. Not cozy. Learn the genre, learn the core elements. Learn strong characterization.
Once you've got that down, scale it back, and take your shot at Cozy.
It'll go a lot better for you. Trust me.
On top of having to nail the foundational genre tropes, you also have to make a small-stakes plot engaging. Which means your characterization needs to be on point.
And anyone with any real experience can tell you characters are HARD.
Now, look. Write what you like. 100%. Problem is, IMO, Cozy-[whatever] is actually HARDER to pull off than the more typical examples of the same genre.
Unpopular opinion, I know, but if its your first book, maybe don't write cozy or slice-of-life.
🧵, I guess.
#booksky #indieauthor
One of the coolest things about being an author is making friends with other authors then getting to read my friends' books.
#indieauthor #booksky
Great article here. #booksky
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Window cat. #caturday
Rise 2 hit 50% today. May release (possibly late April, but don't hold me to that) is looking increasingly likely for this series. RR first, then (I hope) a proper release later this year.
#indieauthor #litrpg #booksky
Dungeon Crawler Carl is peak anti-capitalist fiction.
#booksky #litrpg
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Frankly, this.
Man, the techbros really have ruined everything.
i love everything about this.
The AI/ChatGPT voice is really fucking distinct.
And it's kind of hilarious that people who use LLMs to pretend to write aren't familiar enough with the craft to realize that.
Nor will they ever be.
No matter how crippling my imposter syndrome might get, I can always justifiably feel superior to these clowns.
Royal Road is named after the VRMMO from the Korean webfic Legendary Moonlight Sculptor. Started as an English language fanfic site for LMS before a bunch of original fic started gaining traction there.
They don't ban people for pulling their work and moving to KU. The site has a built-in feature called stubbing. Whoever told you that was wrong.
John Bierce wrote up a pretty lengthy essay that references this. Worth a read.
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look. i get why everyone gushes about Time. its a goddamn masterpiece. but let's not forget The Forest Seasons.
#metal #wintersun
Age verification?
I remember USING 3.5" floppies. And 5.25" floppies.
I like "thing." It's such an ugly/distancing word to me.
