@grantalba.bsky.social
he/him Read me on Medium: https://medium.com/@grant_alba Patreon: https://patreon.com/GrantAlba One question: who gets to choose? It infuses everything I write. No DMs please. This is public for a reason.
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On my patreon I share my approach to writing good scenes.
Not how to plot, but the mechanics of making it enjoyable to read. At least how *I* do it!
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I've loved scrivener and have written about 500k words with it across 4 novels and 29 short stories.
But I'm moving to Linux - so investigating new tools.
Novelwriter seems to be working well for me.
MD to Pandoc to LaTeX to PDF or epub is great!
I'll share my progress!
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My short story "Free to Run" is Free to Read on my patreon www.patreon.com/posts/free-t...
There's an excerpt in the ALT text...
He's a v 0.1 LLM. Sad really
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This story was originally behind the paywall for subscribers only, but the events of the past week have made me rethink that decision.
Feel free to share the post. Please preserve the link. I'd like to know if the story is getting read.
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I'll be releasing a patreon exclusive story to the public!
Sorry for bringing the doom, but it's a bit too prescient. I hope the next 20 years do NOT work like this, but...
I'll post the link to Free to Run later today.
They really think like this because they are incapable of context.
If the ideology says "x" then it's for always and ever
.
Until, of course, it becomes "not x" when that is now their absolute position with no qualms or even concern that they've done a complete reversal.
Assholes. Every. One.
You. Used. The. Word!
😱😱😱😱
13 to 15 is a CHILD not a woman. While she made the statements as an adult the crime was against the CHILD.
Don't hide that fact behind the numbers.
See this is the thing
Pizza is about the bread, not the toppings. The toppings are there to enhance the bread (or in the case of American pizza, to hide the "bread")
Yes. I said it. I don't care because I am on the side of the angels!
And the unfortunate thing is that all of the clips are short enough they will probably claim fair use... Even though this was neither educational nor academic.
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Just finished my short story "road weary".
It ended up at just over 4k. Which was as long as it wanted to be. More "texture" would have been gilding the lily.
Submitted it to "Beneath Ceaseless Skies". Wish me luck.
You're an award winning author AND ESSAYIST! Don't leave out the best part!
AWB would like a word.
How does that... I ...
Folks really don't know what transitive is, do they? (And what it's NOT).
I call people out for being anti-lotsastuff. Doesn't mean I'm rabidly pro-lotsastuff! (I call out anti-feminists. I'm not a Feminist bigot though. Just... Don't be a total dick is all)
Imma use that!
I won two awards in school for writing!
(One was for "good penmanship" but let's not quibble!)
Multi-award-winning author Grant Alba!
The two adjectives are not necessarily conjoined except in the object!
Build a person with Agency.
Except that Iran. Isn't going to comply with his fantasies.
The ME is aflame and they're in it for the long term damage that's going to do to the US economic interests and allies (not just Israel, but the entire Petro-state engine)
One caveat - voter suppression is real and there are many who TRIED to vote but we're disenfranchised.
The above is not speaking of them.
Non voters have elected to "comply". Whether they realize it or not, they abrogated their ability to argue about whatever is done.
Voters are, conversely, COMPLICIT in whatever actions their vote enables.
If they disagree....they can CHANGE THEIR MINDS AND VOTE DIFFERENTLY.
It's. On. Them. (us)
I'm more concerned with the assholes who DO vote - against their own and everyone else's interest!
#amwriting #patreon
Posted my latest "writing to a prompt" to Patreon: write a scene involving communication without words.
Unfortunately it is a bit gruesomely violent, so the actual story is behind the paywall.
Ask me nicely via DM & I'll share 4free
www.patreon.com/posts/150275...
The novel I'm writing (#3 of a trilogy) is already well under way and is a lot more optimistic (250k of backstory and 200k of prose have a lot of interia!)
I have one YA series that is quite optimistic, but I'm loathe to write another in that realm for now just in case! (I have an outline, but...)
I thought it was deliciously pulp! In all of the right ways!
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wrote just over 2k words for a new short story today (set in my 'makers' universe).
On track for 5.5-6k, so well positioned for submission (or as a valuable exclusive for Patreon?)
One thing I'm noticing - this is another bleak story. Why is that, I wonder?
We are very proud of the effort she's put in to getting here. It is a very big deal that we thought might never happen!
I can only imagine what Winnie would do to the posturing pustule... More than wish for it to be popped, I'm sure!
Well done you!
My daughter just got signed off her direct supervision requirement by her primary psychologist! Feels the same. Still ways to go but we can now see the end.
I've always wanted a nemesis...
Best I could manage in almost 45 years of client work was the occasional annoyingly obstructionist client. 🥱
But wait! What if I'M THE NEMESIS! ELEVENTY!
LOVE THE COVER! Very evocative.