Ivey Marsh
@iveymarsh.bsky.social
BA in pol-sci. writer in progress. here to advocate, maybe self-deprecate, and pull you back from the writer’s existential ledge. 📚
i am only on here and instagram.
i am only on here and instagram.
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Ivey Marsh
@iveymarsh.bsky.social
· Nov 20
The caffeine clears the fog, and suddenly, existing feels possible again. #booksky
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I love going to the public library and so should you 🫵🏾😐
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I love going to the public library and so should you 🫵🏾😐
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Writers, there are SO MANY unique ways for your characters to have side effects or overdoses from medications, compounds, and the natural world.
Don’t just make stuff up. Ask your friendly neighborhood doc/toxicologist for ideas to add some flair and realism
#writing #scriptsky #gamedev #booksky
Don’t just make stuff up. Ask your friendly neighborhood doc/toxicologist for ideas to add some flair and realism
#writing #scriptsky #gamedev #booksky
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Writers, there are SO MANY unique ways for your characters to have side effects or overdoses from medications, compounds, and the natural world.
Don’t just make stuff up. Ask your friendly neighborhood doc/toxicologist for ideas to add some flair and realism
#writing #scriptsky #gamedev #booksky
Don’t just make stuff up. Ask your friendly neighborhood doc/toxicologist for ideas to add some flair and realism
#writing #scriptsky #gamedev #booksky
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"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
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Resentful that it requires such extreme focus for me to write a whole ass book these days, but delighted it DOES hapeen. I've def gotten better at not only seeing what doesn't work, but identifying why, and also how to fix it. "If you're keeping the character for x, you'll need to link them to y."
November 12, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Resentful that it requires such extreme focus for me to write a whole ass book these days, but delighted it DOES hapeen. I've def gotten better at not only seeing what doesn't work, but identifying why, and also how to fix it. "If you're keeping the character for x, you'll need to link them to y."
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I’ve been writing about politics in some capacity for over 25 years now and it’s still stunning how the mainstream media refuses to tell the public basic truth
October 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I’ve been writing about politics in some capacity for over 25 years now and it’s still stunning how the mainstream media refuses to tell the public basic truth
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Keep on keepin' on.
October 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Keep on keepin' on.
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Global warming caused by humans is an observed fact. Yes, science still needs to learn more, but it's no more in overall doubt than the theory of gravity. And it's bad. Willful ignorance, enforced by those who choose to deny science, is an existential threat to our civilization.
September 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Global warming caused by humans is an observed fact. Yes, science still needs to learn more, but it's no more in overall doubt than the theory of gravity. And it's bad. Willful ignorance, enforced by those who choose to deny science, is an existential threat to our civilization.
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a story that gets bogged down in the details. peat fiction
September 25, 2025 at 5:16 AM
a story that gets bogged down in the details. peat fiction
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Whenever I start writing something new, there's this weird sort of block of "how do I do this again?" And I wonder if it'll come together enough for me to write. But then it "just happens" after throwing ideas at it for a while, turning into something I didn't see coming and it's always pretty cool
September 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Whenever I start writing something new, there's this weird sort of block of "how do I do this again?" And I wonder if it'll come together enough for me to write. But then it "just happens" after throwing ideas at it for a while, turning into something I didn't see coming and it's always pretty cool
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That deafening silence is the collective roar of every free speech absolutist staying quiet while the government tells us what to say, what art is appropriate, who deserves to be on TV, and what books your kids can read.
September 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
That deafening silence is the collective roar of every free speech absolutist staying quiet while the government tells us what to say, what art is appropriate, who deserves to be on TV, and what books your kids can read.
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If you choose to be a writer, you will fail. And that's okay. It's the sticking around despite those failures that will define your "career" - whether it be amateur or professional.
September 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
If you choose to be a writer, you will fail. And that's okay. It's the sticking around despite those failures that will define your "career" - whether it be amateur or professional.
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i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence
September 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence
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Writing is amazing, but publishing is a different story. If you’re going to put yourself through publishing, make sure you write the stuff you love. Always.
September 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Writing is amazing, but publishing is a different story. If you’re going to put yourself through publishing, make sure you write the stuff you love. Always.
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cool thing about being an adult, is I can eat a bunch of tater tots at midnight and watch The Two Towers until I pass out (I'll pay for it tomorrow)
September 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
cool thing about being an adult, is I can eat a bunch of tater tots at midnight and watch The Two Towers until I pass out (I'll pay for it tomorrow)
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“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
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It turns out that protecting hate speech did not create the conditions to protect other kinds of speech; instead, it protected hate and allowed hate movements to take over all the institutions of that might have defended the rest of us.
September 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
It turns out that protecting hate speech did not create the conditions to protect other kinds of speech; instead, it protected hate and allowed hate movements to take over all the institutions of that might have defended the rest of us.
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We're definitely entering an era where the Internet is so hollowed out, so untrustworthy and compromised, that real world interactions, things identifiably done by human beings, will take on greater value and purpose.
August 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
We're definitely entering an era where the Internet is so hollowed out, so untrustworthy and compromised, that real world interactions, things identifiably done by human beings, will take on greater value and purpose.
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People posting about how they’ve never seen em dashes used before the rise of ChatGPT are really great at telling folks they’ve never read a book before.
August 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
People posting about how they’ve never seen em dashes used before the rise of ChatGPT are really great at telling folks they’ve never read a book before.
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You don’t “learn” from a chatbot. You consume. There’s a difference.
They’re spewing slop and people are gobbling it up (and eroding their intelligence in the process).
Misinformation is everywhere. Please don’t rely on a chatbot for anything important.
They can’t replace real human connection
They’re spewing slop and people are gobbling it up (and eroding their intelligence in the process).
Misinformation is everywhere. Please don’t rely on a chatbot for anything important.
They can’t replace real human connection
August 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
You don’t “learn” from a chatbot. You consume. There’s a difference.
They’re spewing slop and people are gobbling it up (and eroding their intelligence in the process).
Misinformation is everywhere. Please don’t rely on a chatbot for anything important.
They can’t replace real human connection
They’re spewing slop and people are gobbling it up (and eroding their intelligence in the process).
Misinformation is everywhere. Please don’t rely on a chatbot for anything important.
They can’t replace real human connection
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I reject fatalism [a form of moral disengagement]. What happens next is not predetermined and depends in part on us.
August 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I reject fatalism [a form of moral disengagement]. What happens next is not predetermined and depends in part on us.
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Unsolicited writing advice, no: 760:
Not all writing happens at your desk. Thinking, planning, noticing, asking questions, reading, researching, dreaming - all can be part of the process.
(Also, tea.)
Not all writing happens at your desk. Thinking, planning, noticing, asking questions, reading, researching, dreaming - all can be part of the process.
(Also, tea.)
August 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, no: 760:
Not all writing happens at your desk. Thinking, planning, noticing, asking questions, reading, researching, dreaming - all can be part of the process.
(Also, tea.)
Not all writing happens at your desk. Thinking, planning, noticing, asking questions, reading, researching, dreaming - all can be part of the process.
(Also, tea.)
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The answer to “how to use AI responsibly” is “don’t.”
August 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The answer to “how to use AI responsibly” is “don’t.”