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Luis Borba @luisborba.bsky.social · May 3

Mmmm, Greeking food.

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Luis Borba @luisborba.bsky.social · Mar 21

Cleaning the Dark: A Short Story
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Luis Borba @luisborba.bsky.social · Mar 21

Education of a Wandering Man
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Education of a Wandering Man

By: Erik Rittenberry

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Luis Borba @luisborba.bsky.social · Mar 18

This writer set up a 'grammar table' to bring people together over a love of language.

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This writer set up a 'grammar table' to bring people together over a love of language | CBC Radio

Ellen Jovin has toured her fold-out table across all 50 states, answering strangers’ grammar questions. Her goal? To bring people together through conversations about language.

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Luis Borba @luisborba.bsky.social · Feb 27

Hoping for a desktop version soon?

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Luis Borba @luisborba.bsky.social · Feb 26

TypeTown #41: “Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane.”
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TypeTown #41: “Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane.”

🐷 George Orwell, Milan Kundera, Ulla West, and more...

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Luis Borba @luisborba.bsky.social · Feb 25

The Psychology of Flow: What Game Design Reveals about the Deliberate Tensions of Great Writing @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy

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The Psychology of Flow: What Game Design Reveals about the Deliberate Tensions of Great Writing

How to engineer the rewarding roller coaster of frustration and satisfaction.

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Luis Borba @luisborba.bsky.social · Feb 21

Read my short story, "The Last Review" free on Substack.
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#fiction #shortfiction #shortstory

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Feb 19

In an essay from 2017, Toni Morrison, who was born on this day, in 1931, recalled some lessons on work that she gleaned from her father. nyer.cm/1otRPRB

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Luis Borba @luisborba.bsky.social · Feb 19

"Cleaning the Dark." Read my short story free on Substack:

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · Feb 15

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

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Luis Borba @luisborba.bsky.social · Feb 14

Read my short story "The Last Review" on Substack:
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#shortfiction #shortstories #shortstories #freefiction

The Last Review: A Short Story

Short Fiction by Luis Borba

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Luis Borba @luisborba.bsky.social · Feb 8

Read my short story "Cleaning the Dark" for free on Substack.
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Luis Borba @luisborba.bsky.social · Feb 4

The 24 most beautiful sentences I read in 2024
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The 24 most beautiful sentences I read in 2024

And by beautiful I mean lyrical, smart, honest, or contradictory.

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Luis Borba @luisborba.bsky.social · Feb 2

Spotted in Mexico!

#indieauthor #amazon #kindle #kindleunlimited #vacationreads #novel #fiction

Luis Borba @luisborba.bsky.social · Jan 30

Great piece in @newyorker.com
What Michael Crichton Reveals About Big Tech and A.I.

The author of “Jurassic Park” understood that technologies often wriggle out of the grasp of their creators.

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What Michael Crichton Reveals About Big Tech and A.I.

The author of “Jurassic Park” understood that technologies often wriggle out of the grasp of their creators.

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Luis Borba @luisborba.bsky.social · Jan 30

Cleaning the Dark: Short Fiction
Read my short story for free on @SubstackInc
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Cleaning the Dark explores the reality and circumstances of good and evil in a world that values success over what is right and wrong.
#shortstory #fiction

Cleaning the Dark: A Short Story

Short Fiction by Luis Borba

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Luis Borba @luisborba.bsky.social · Jan 25

Decompress with (Junk) Journaling in the digital age:
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In a chronically online world, people are finding respite in ‘junk journaling’ | CNN

A freeform hybrid of collage, scrapbooking and traditional journaling, the creative hobby is having a moment right now.

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Luis Borba @luisborba.bsky.social · Jan 24

I created the Spotify playlist for "Ghosts of the Burning City" as a soundtrack for the book. The first song, Nova Heart, by the Canadian band Spoons, brings me back to my youth. As catchy of a pop song as it is, its message always felt mysterious to me.

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