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WetdryvacWho Has Stolen March 27, 2025I have so many questions to which I want no answerswhat did I just eat what was it made of are these cramps going to be a problemwho has stolen my friend who has stolen my friend from mewhat did I just eat why did it taste of iron whose memories are these we are consumingwho has stolen my neighbor who has stolen my neighbor from mewhy is alone so empty* * *<a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a>

Anna Saultron626 MC POV: Are you afraid of your capabilities?Kira:"To not know ones capabilities can lead to fear, not trusting one self also. I don't want to say I'm above that but I knowy capabilities and shortcomings. As a commanding officer I have to know them and I need a crew that tells me if they think I have some. Same goes for strengths my life and my crews life and the ship are dependent on it. I'm pretty confident about my self and my capabilities."Arkham:"Everyo has a breaking point somewhere and I don't trust mine that much. Because I haven't found it yet... Still I know what I'm capable of and don't shy away to challenge myself. So basically not really."A.S.H.L.E.I.:"My programming has strictly set parameters and safety regulations of which 'I' and the Ghoz'Tarc are capable of. For his reasons I'm not 'afraid' in any capacity."<a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PennedPossibilities</a> 626 <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/StarRyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StarRyde</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/KiraKnox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KiraKnox</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Arkham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arkham</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Ashlei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ashlei</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFi</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/WIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WIP</a>

Orion (he/him)I had my <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersGroup</a> tonight. God damn, I really need that. They've become real friends, even if many people have drifted in and out, but mostly, we talk about writing, how to achieve certain effects, how to train yourself to write stories that really work, that *live*. It's my refuge from the world.And my book is about abused children in a cult, so you know, I keep bringing the world in with me.<a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writers</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmWriting</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmWritingSF</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scriberspace</a>

EmpyClawWorking through my book launch checklist. Today was... webpage!My partner, illustrator, and technically publisher, already has a site so it was just a matter of adding a page for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CrownOfHorns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CrownOfHorns</a> <a href="https://audra.balion.ca/crown-of-horns/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://audra.balion.ca/crown-of-horns/</a>Let me know what you think and if there's anything that stands out that should get fixed.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webdesign</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a>

Nicole HennigMidjourney’s surprise: new research on making LLMs write more creatively <a href="https://venturebeat.com/ai/midjourneys-surprise-new-research-on-making-llms-write-more-creatively/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://venturebeat.com/ai/midjourneys-surprise-new-research-on-making-llms-write-more-creatively/</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a>

Nicole HennigMidjourney’s surprise: new research on making LLMs write more creatively <a href="https://venturebeat.com/ai/midjourneys-surprise-new-research-on-making-llms-write-more-creatively/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://venturebeat.com/ai/midjourneys-surprise-new-research-on-making-llms-write-more-creatively/</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23AI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23writing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a>

JDWritesONE HUNDRED WORD REVIEW: "Good Boys"This R-rated comedy, directed and co-written by Gene Stupnitsky (known for “The Office” as well as works of actual artistic merit), grossed $110 million worldwide on a budget of $20 million.<a href="https://hundred-word-reviews.squarespace.com/archives/good-boys" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://hundred-word-reviews.squarespace.com/archives/good-boys</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#film</a>

Mike BoonNo offence... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MyThinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MyThinks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/365DaysOfWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#365DaysOfWriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AYearOfWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AYearOfWriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/mythinks/p/no-offence?r=9m6wj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.substack.com/pub/mythinks/p/no-offence?r=9m6wj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true</a>

Kris Bock Romance/MysteryA close look at the opening of A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking: "Physical details capture that emotion but also show her character, even though she's horrified and feeling sick, she has the presence of mind to not want to make a mess." <a href="https://lttr.ai/Ac3U6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lttr.ai/Ac3U6</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amwriting</a>

RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸I feel a sense of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grief</a> I haven't in a while.I miss my mom particularly harshly at the moment.I think it's because I feel lost, when usually I am very self assured and guided.With the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usa</a> the way it is, the future is nothing but uncertainty, and when I felt lost I would seek her guidance. She was amazingly wise after a hard life. Harder than most I know.I can't now.So I'll pray.Not to any God, but to her.Her words were more powerful than any holy book EVER was.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#love</a>

mempkoI just read the NY interview with Curtis Yarvin. I just published a critique of his ideas called The Cynical Wasps in the Beehive<a href="https://blog.mempko.com/the-cynic-wasps-in-the-beehive/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.mempko.com/the-cynic-wasps-in-the-beehive/</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blog</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/nytimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nytimes</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a>

Kris Bock Romance/MysteryPitches and Queries: How to Handle World Building - 'Do some words jump out at you as “power words” that grab attention quickly and hint at the world building?' Read more 👉 <a href="https://lttr.ai/Ac3U4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lttr.ai/Ac3U4</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amquerying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amquerying</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/querying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#querying</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QueryLetters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QueryLetters</a>

OwlsightSitting by the pond Watching tadpoles dart about A moment’s sweet peace <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dailyhaikuprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dailyhaikuprompt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#haiku</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shortpoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shortpoem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> Prompt - Tadpole

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 2503.26 — Is there live theater in your world? Do your characters engage with it?</blockquote>I am a big fan of not stating what is or isn't until it is important in a story, letting the reader assume what should be true from what they're reading. I'm don't aways stick to the plan, which leads to sequels and side stories, but that's the policy. Theatre isn't a thing in most of my stories. It isn't in the Mars web-novel nearing completion. Won't be.However…I know that the devil-girl's mother was an internationally renowned opera singer, who also performed popular musical theatre, something on the order of Broadway. Think Julie Andrews, but also a spy†. Her songs are well known, and her daughter hears her dead mother's voice is way too many restaurants, causing her to walk out.That's a yes.——— † Oops.[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thriller</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#romance</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sf</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sff</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSstory</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSReluctanceStory</a>

RationizedInsanity🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸I will NEVER hold, represent, use an emoji, hang, or honor ANYWAY an American flag again.Just those that America is hurting, and those I support or feel I belong to.I am no longer an American.I am simply ME.I was already ashamed of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usa</a> after being <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homeless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homeless</a> and feeling/seeing first hand how horrible it treats its most vulnerable people.I am EMBARRASSED to even have this accent.It's now a red mark on me, and I don't appreciate that at all since I didn't choose that.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a>

Kagan MacTane (he/him)I've spent nearly an hour <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> tonight, and I just can't find an opening for this vignette that doesn't leave me simultaneously feeling like 🙄 and 🤢.At least I've established that the couple of other pieces of scenery I'm using to anchor it did in fact exist on that date, and what the weather was actually like. So that's nice.Anyway, I feel like crud, so I'm going to put this down for a little while. Dammit.<a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmWriting</a>

Distilling living of lifeNot Efficient Deliberately Enjoying Choice And ByBack Human Liberating Empowering<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a>  <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tolerance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tolerance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reconciliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reconciliation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parzifal4444" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parzifal4444</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/persifal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#persifal</a>

LeanpubWriting a book can change your life - and basically nobody stops after writing just one.That's a big reason Leanpub has Lifetime Author Memberships - join our global community of writers today!<a href="https://leanpub.com/membership" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://leanpub.com/membership</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publishing</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, ProsaistWell, I've now killed my darling (an author term used in reference to characters, so don't freak). Worse, I shifted the POV as I've rarely done in the web-novel to the affected character. Think Hiroshima. Visceral. I think I need something to drink. I suddenly understand why Hemingway liked whiskey. Chapter 27 is now in first draft.<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersOfMastodon</a>

Cat Writers' AssociationThe Cat Writers' Association Communications Contest details will be announced as soon as details are available. Look out for details on the CWA social media accounts and our website DETAILS TO FOLLOW. <a href="https://catwriters.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://catwriters.com/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CatWriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CatWriters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/contest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#contest</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a>

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