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Written by Fahim Farook on 2025-02-04 at 17:34

Apparently, using em or en-dashes is seen as a sign of AI generated text.

I use em dashes a lot in my writing.

Fed some of my writing to an AI text detector with an em-dash in it. It says 31% likelihood of AI generated text. Remove the em-dash, and it says 0% likelihood of AI text 😛

[#]Writing #AI

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Written by Fahim Farook on 2025-02-04 at 13:47

Wrote about 2300 words yesterday for the short story but had to scrap most of it since I realized that the story won't work that way.

Went back, rethought the whole thing and have what I think is a better ending. But have to write that one all over again 🙂

[#]AmWriting #Writing

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Written by Fahim Farook on 2025-02-03 at 16:03

I'm writing a short story about ancient Sri Lanka, before the Mahavamsa, about the Yaksha, Naga, Deva tribes. The story is going so well, that I'm thinking of making this another series ...

Question is, what do I call the series? "Old Lanka" or "Lore of Lanka?" Other? Opinions?

[#]Writing #SriLanka

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Written by Fahim Farook on 2025-02-02 at 16:45

Been looking at consolidating all my writing info in a few locally hosted apps so that all data is on my machine.

All writing info (plots, characters, research) on Wiki.js - https://js.wiki

Submissions management with NocoDB - https://nocodb.com

[#]Writing #Tech #LocalData

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Written by Fahim Farook on 2025-01-31 at 12:52

"The Recruit" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16030542) new season is as fun as the last if you turn your brain off and accept that the CIA is really stupid & has holding cells where people can climb into the vents to escape 😛

Sit back, relax, enjoy the ride. But don't think too much.

[#]TV #English

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Written by Fahim Farook on 2025-01-29 at 20:00

I really hate idiocy-driven storylines and while interesting (if you turn your brain off) "The Night Agent" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13918776) takes the cake for this genre.

Almost all of the characters in this show don't have a single suspicious bone in their body.

In fact, if the characters were replaced by high-schoolers, the'd probably be more suspicious of the motives of the people they deal with, or excercise more security precautions. These (supposedly) trained government agents certainly don't have any clue as to what they're doing.

But, if you turn off your brain, it's fun ... for certain values of fun 😛

[#]TV #English

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Written by Fahim Farook on 2025-01-27 at 13:00

Some interesting new TV coming up ... Haven't watched any of these but the premises look interesting 🙂

The Hunting Party - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21906554

Paradise - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27444205

Watson - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22475008

[#]TV #English

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Written by Fahim Farook on 2025-01-26 at 12:42

Finished editing 2,000 words for the penultimate chapter in my novella yesterday. Was hoping to get the final chapter done on edit round #1, but a coding project is calling me today 😛

Not sure as to which way I'll go yet, but I guess we'll see?

[#]AmWriting #Writing

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Written by Fahim Farook on 2025-01-23 at 13:57

I'm stalled 🙂

I've only got 3 more chapters to edit to finish my novella, but I keep putting that off while I work on this new plot for a different book.

I guess I shouldn't do parallel projects? My ADHD seems to go into overdrive then 😛

[#]Writing

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Written by Fahim Farook on 2025-01-22 at 16:58

"Pallotty 90's Kids" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22017632) is a beautiful movie packing a lot into less than two hours.

Reminds me a little bit of "Meiyazhagan" in certain ways but this is a totally different beast. Love the time period, the songs, and the scenery.

[#]Movies #Malayalam

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Written by Fahim Farook on 2025-01-20 at 23:35

Edited 2,600 words on the novella — chapter name, "Cult Ficrtion".

No writing though since we had some errands to run and one of our rare outings outside the apartment 🙂 Hopefully, will get back to the writing tomorrow.

[#]AmWriting #Writing

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Written by Fahim Farook on 2025-01-15 at 15:38

Had to help a friend yesterday with converting their book for Amazon and Draft2Digital and was reminded how confusing the mix of apps, formats, and publishers could be.

If any Indie author needs help with this stuff, I'd be happy to help — free of charge, of course 🙂

[#]Writing #Help #IndieAuthors

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Written by Fahim Farook on 2025-01-14 at 14:34

While it's a bit violent, "Black Warrant" (or at least the first episode) has the bones of a good story.

I'm curious as to if the story continues to be good in the next episodes, or if it goes downhill ...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35064818

[#]TV #Hindi #Netflix

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Written by Fahim Farook on 2025-01-13 at 19:25

Did 1,600 words of writing on the Flutter programming book and 2,500 words of editing on the novella about sentient raisins.

So not too shabby a day, I guess?

[#]AmWriting #Writing

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Written by Fahim Farook on 2025-01-13 at 13:39

I couldn't continue with the Vulture article on Gaiman. I've never been a Gaiman fan. Only work of his I've read is "Good Omens" and that was due to the collaboration with PTerry.

But he's a monster. And it surprises me still how well people hide their vileness.

[#]Reflections

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Written by Fahim Farook on 2025-01-03 at 15:15

Looking at the new Instagram ML-generated accounts, all of them follow 17-18 other accounts — 6 are Meta properties (FB, Insta etc.) and the others are the other ML generated accounts.

One of them, curiously, follows a human (or at least, an account which is not labeled a bot)

Of the remaining bots, 8 are more or less female (one is a fairy) and 4 are male (one is an alien and another a robot — a robot bot 😛).

Five of these could be black, and two might be Asian.

So that's the breakdown as it stands now.

I'm still confused as to what this is in aid of though ...

[#]Instaverse

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Written by Fahim Farook on 2025-01-03 at 12:07

I'm a sucker for love stories — especially if they're offbeat, or improbable. Here are the most improbable ones I've seen recently:

Miss You - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32553846

Hi Nanna - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt25433734

Super Machi - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11603828

Interestingly (or not 😛) each one is from a different year from the past three years.

[#]Movies #Tamil #Telugu

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Written by Fahim Farook on 2024-12-27 at 16:44

I like amnesia stories 🙂 "Miss You" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32553846) was interesting not just because of the amnesia aspect but also because of the way the story unfolds.

What you think happened/is happening is not always the case. I liked the layering.

[#]Movies #Tamil #Kollywood

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Written by Fahim Farook on 2024-12-26 at 01:02

"The Wild Robot" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29623480) is beautifully animated, emotional, and heart-warming.

Sure, the story might not make sense logically, but who wants to talk logic when a story makes you smile, laugh, and want to hug somebody? 😛

[#]Movies #English #Hollywood

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Written by Fahim Farook on 2024-12-22 at 00:00

Is it just me or are the re-works of old movies just crap?

Just tried to watch "Hellboy: The Crooked Man" and "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" and they were both so inane and boring that we gave up after a little while on both.

[#]Movies #English #Hollywood #MovieUpdates

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