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I'm a writer who's optimistic that my current gaslamp/historical fantasy project will be publishable.
Listening to Siamese Dream (Smashing Pumpkins) It's sublime... transcendent. I also enjoy listening to it.
February 10, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Listening to Siamese Dream (Smashing Pumpkins) It's sublime... transcendent. I also enjoy listening to it.
I want to badly to have my POV character tug on her braid and smooth her skirt, just because.
February 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I want to badly to have my POV character tug on her braid and smooth her skirt, just because.
Sent my first 70 pages to a volunteer beta reader. Let's see what happens...
February 8, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Sent my first 70 pages to a volunteer beta reader. Let's see what happens...
It ain't a party unless it's a couch fire party.
(random thought)
(random thought)
January 31, 2026 at 4:24 PM
It ain't a party unless it's a couch fire party.
(random thought)
(random thought)
Only have up to chapter 5 edited to where I'm happy with it. Either I'm really slow or I suck at this.
I mean probably both, but I'm still going to work on it.
I mean probably both, but I'm still going to work on it.
January 30, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Only have up to chapter 5 edited to where I'm happy with it. Either I'm really slow or I suck at this.
I mean probably both, but I'm still going to work on it.
I mean probably both, but I'm still going to work on it.
That's a lot of snow amirite?
January 26, 2026 at 5:51 PM
That's a lot of snow amirite?
That moment when you are told to write "AI" to analyze a bunch of files and convert them to JSON.
So you do what you're told, then run your python script that leverages a local LLM against the C# program you've been using for years and it finishes before the "AI" version is done with the first file.
So you do what you're told, then run your python script that leverages a local LLM against the C# program you've been using for years and it finishes before the "AI" version is done with the first file.
January 23, 2026 at 2:08 PM
That moment when you are told to write "AI" to analyze a bunch of files and convert them to JSON.
So you do what you're told, then run your python script that leverages a local LLM against the C# program you've been using for years and it finishes before the "AI" version is done with the first file.
So you do what you're told, then run your python script that leverages a local LLM against the C# program you've been using for years and it finishes before the "AI" version is done with the first file.
The author that influenced me the most in my own writing was Glenn Cook and his Garrett books.
Oddly every time I say that, people think I'm attacking Black Company which shows you how oddly fandom can be.
Oddly every time I say that, people think I'm attacking Black Company which shows you how oddly fandom can be.
January 21, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The author that influenced me the most in my own writing was Glenn Cook and his Garrett books.
Oddly every time I say that, people think I'm attacking Black Company which shows you how oddly fandom can be.
Oddly every time I say that, people think I'm attacking Black Company which shows you how oddly fandom can be.
Bad day for any of my witchy friends to wear their brass undergarments
January 21, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Bad day for any of my witchy friends to wear their brass undergarments
How do I have 147 followers? I'm boring as toast. Not the fancy toast either.
January 20, 2026 at 6:51 AM
How do I have 147 followers? I'm boring as toast. Not the fancy toast either.
A little snow on the trail
January 19, 2026 at 6:48 PM
A little snow on the trail
That moment when you're writing notes for the changes you want to make to a block of text in your next editing session and the notes end up being way longer than the actual text.
January 17, 2026 at 8:06 PM
That moment when you're writing notes for the changes you want to make to a block of text in your next editing session and the notes end up being way longer than the actual text.
January 14, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Trying to find that balance between good grammer and not losing the POV character's voice.
January 8, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Trying to find that balance between good grammer and not losing the POV character's voice.
Watched a video where Brandon Sanderson details how he planned to bring a fantasy story all the way from epic fantasy to cyberpunk then l to space opera.
I mean I was kinda planning the exact same damned thing, but I guess I'll just light my face on fire now.
#writing
I mean I was kinda planning the exact same damned thing, but I guess I'll just light my face on fire now.
#writing
January 5, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Watched a video where Brandon Sanderson details how he planned to bring a fantasy story all the way from epic fantasy to cyberpunk then l to space opera.
I mean I was kinda planning the exact same damned thing, but I guess I'll just light my face on fire now.
#writing
I mean I was kinda planning the exact same damned thing, but I guess I'll just light my face on fire now.
#writing
Re-reading Lt. Leary Commanding because I re-discovered it on my bookshelf.
December 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Re-reading Lt. Leary Commanding because I re-discovered it on my bookshelf.
Is coming up a book title the hardest part of the process?
Why can't I just call a gunpowder fantasy book Terminator 3 or Space Balls.
Why can't I just call a gunpowder fantasy book Terminator 3 or Space Balls.
December 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Is coming up a book title the hardest part of the process?
Why can't I just call a gunpowder fantasy book Terminator 3 or Space Balls.
Why can't I just call a gunpowder fantasy book Terminator 3 or Space Balls.
Okay, I need a bridge scene here for a transition between these two chapters.
2000 words later... Damn it!
I mean I'm keeping it, but now I have to trim out a bunch of stuff from something further into the story.
Just venting, ignore me 🤣
2000 words later... Damn it!
I mean I'm keeping it, but now I have to trim out a bunch of stuff from something further into the story.
Just venting, ignore me 🤣
December 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Okay, I need a bridge scene here for a transition between these two chapters.
2000 words later... Damn it!
I mean I'm keeping it, but now I have to trim out a bunch of stuff from something further into the story.
Just venting, ignore me 🤣
2000 words later... Damn it!
I mean I'm keeping it, but now I have to trim out a bunch of stuff from something further into the story.
Just venting, ignore me 🤣
Window shopping on Amazon for notebooks and trying to figure out what makes a notebook "for men". Does it require a junk print to open?
Excuse me, I have to smash my Johnson into my notebook to open it.
Excuse me, I have to smash my Johnson into my notebook to open it.
December 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Window shopping on Amazon for notebooks and trying to figure out what makes a notebook "for men". Does it require a junk print to open?
Excuse me, I have to smash my Johnson into my notebook to open it.
Excuse me, I have to smash my Johnson into my notebook to open it.
Writing writing writing.
December 19, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Writing writing writing.
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In checking that THE RISE: Tales From The Gulp 3 is all in good order on various online retailers, I noticed that volume 1, THE GULP, is at 4.4/5 on the 'Zon and 4.3/5 on Goodreads. Volume 2, THE FALL, is at 4.7/5 and 4.6/5 respectively. Holy granola, fiends! That's fantastic. Time to try a visit?
December 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
In checking that THE RISE: Tales From The Gulp 3 is all in good order on various online retailers, I noticed that volume 1, THE GULP, is at 4.4/5 on the 'Zon and 4.3/5 on Goodreads. Volume 2, THE FALL, is at 4.7/5 and 4.6/5 respectively. Holy granola, fiends! That's fantastic. Time to try a visit?
I'm wondering how the pagans that were all over Trump are feeling right about now.
December 18, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I'm wondering how the pagans that were all over Trump are feeling right about now.
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How Your Private ChatGPT And Gemini Chats Are ‘Sold For Profit’
How Your Private ChatGPT And Gemini Chats Are ‘Sold For Profit’
These Chrome extensions see everything — and take everything. It may already be too late.
www.forbes.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
How Your Private ChatGPT And Gemini Chats Are ‘Sold For Profit’
Editing... amirite?
December 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Editing... amirite?