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Written by Asakiyume on 2025-01-22 at 18:17

Just saw the Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde clip.

She made him sit and listen. He just had to sit and take it.

Wonderful. Wonderful to see.

[#]uspol

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Written by Asakiyume on 2025-01-22 at 04:08

First of a mysterious 3-parter from @tobadzistsini for today's #wss366 word, "watch":

https://bonequest.net/@tobadzistsini/113869516606030835

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Written by Asakiyume on 2025-01-21 at 21:53

The printer-mage Nox laughed as the King's Men led him away & set the printing press afire.

"You'll find my manifesto can't be destroyed so easily," he said. "I've bespelled the #type."

"Lead melts," said the commander, but whatever else he might have said #died on his lips. He, the rest of the King's Men, & the townspeople #watched as from the melting type glowing letters floated upward, forming words, sentences. The whole manifesto, there on the clouds.

[#]wss366 #microfiction #PressFreedom

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Written by Asakiyume on 2025-01-21 at 17:12

"Denia" por Manu Chao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zZ1bxr1u04

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Written by Asakiyume on 2025-01-21 at 15:52

Here's the first in a three-parter from @tobadzistsini for yesterday's word, "die." It's hard to be living out someone else's D&D adventure!

https://bonequest.net/@tobadzistsini/113863496877794824

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Written by Asakiyume on 2025-01-21 at 15:49

As I suspected, I didn't catch up on #wss366 posts yesterday. This means I have "type" (Sunday's word), "die" (Monday's word), and now "watch" (today's word) to consider.

WATCH OUT, WORLD! TODAY'S WORD IS >>WATCH<< !

Meanwhile, I see one story in the hashtag that I didn't boost yesterday, brb.

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Written by Asakiyume on 2025-01-21 at 15:45

Great video on building a relationship w/congresspeople to get action on things you want. (long: I watched it on 2x speed). Must be from the 90s b/c it mentions East Timor: #Activism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9BMjoUYlYU

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Written by Asakiyume on 2025-01-20 at 19:40

I was glad to read "Reader Alice," by Tayo Fujii (Emily Balistrieri, trans.) (Feb 2024), about SFF stories in the future, some written with LLM help, some purely by humans. It's more an essay in story form than straight story but worth a read:

https://future-sf.com/fiction/reader-alice/

[#]AI #SFF

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Written by Asakiyume on 2025-01-20 at 17:33

A four-parter from @stevendbrewer for today's #wss366 word (die) starts here:

https://wandering.shop/@stevendbrewer/113860817638360258

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Written by Asakiyume on 2025-01-20 at 17:31

Today's #wss366 word is "die" and yesterday's was "type." I didn't get a chance to write for yesterday's, and today is going to be a very busy day, so not sure if I'll get a chance to write a combined one for today. We'll see! Meanwhile, I have a few boosts to catch up on....

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Written by Asakiyume on 2025-01-19 at 17:47

[#]WritersCoffeeClub 19 Dec, con't [final]

But there's no secret. It's hard work, happening to write things that a lot of people want to read, and luck. You need all of those.

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Written by Asakiyume on 2025-01-19 at 17:46

[#]WritersCoffeeClub 19 Dec, con't.

(re: Ann Leckie, I didn't realize that Orbit wasn't independent--it's part of Hachette Group. So--good for her!)

One person whose success really cheers me is Amal El-Mohtar. THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR, by her and Max Gladstone, came out from Tordotcom, a large indie publisher [ETA: Wrong again! As with Orbit, tordotcom is actually part of Macmillan--thx @cstross], & became a best seller. She's had a subsequent book after that--THE RIVER HAS ROOTS. (3/4)

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Written by Asakiyume on 2025-01-19 at 17:41

[#]WritersCoffeeClub 19 Dec (con't)

I've also known several people who published with a Big Four publisher, had modest success, and then were dropped, or who signed with a Big Four publisher and had their publishing date pushed away and away and away, or who signed and then the editor left and the orphan book came out with no publicity.

[Oh wait: I know more than one person who got success w/a Big Four publisher, and did it without tailoring her work to the market: Ann Leckie!] (2/x)

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Written by Asakiyume on 2025-01-19 at 17:35

[#]WritersCoffeeClub 19 Dec: Did you find a way through the maze of traditional publishing to get your book published? What's your secret?

Most published writers I know, incl. myself, have a combo of indie-press published stuff & self-published stuff.

I've had only one acquaintance who went from aspiring writer to successful Big Four published writer. She worked her tail off and tailored her writing to what the market wants. (1/x)

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Written by Asakiyume on 2025-01-19 at 03:31

"No, I don't #convert fractions into decimals," Molly said firmly. "It's dangerous magic. And who needs it? Look how neat and helpful this fraction is: one-third: number one sitting nicely on top of number three. Cut a sandwich into threes, easy peasy! Fill a cup one-third full--no problem. But just try to convert that to a decimal: there's not paper enough in the world to do the math, or time--the task is infinite. No, I'll stick to the finite, thanks very much!"

[#]wss366 #microfiction #math

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Written by Asakiyume on 2025-01-18 at 13:38

Before I move on to today's #wss366 word of the day, here's the first of a 4-parter from @tobadzistsini for yesterday's word of the day, "buffalo." This one is sports related, so it's Waaaaay beyond me, but for those of you who know sports, go for it!

https://bonequest.net/@tobadzistsini/113845450216015150

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Written by Asakiyume on 2025-01-18 at 01:27

Ice and water, singing

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Written by Asakiyume on 2025-01-18 at 00:44

My first husband was a water #buffalo. On our wedding night, I saw the full moon reflected in his eyes...and fell in love with it.

The moon being beyond my reach, I pursued an astronaut instead. "You're making a mistake," my husband said as he signed the divorce papers.

He was right. The astronaut had been to space, but his eyes held no moonlight.

"So this is regret," I said, watching the water buffalo grazing at sunset. He looked up, eyes brimming with moonlight.

[#]wss366 #microfiction

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Written by Asakiyume on 2025-01-17 at 17:46

Happy that I was able to switch my Microsoft subscription to Classic, which comes WITHOUT the awful, intrusive AI assistant. And I was able to talk to a real human to negotiate the switch.

I should be using different word processing software altogether, I know, but old habits and client expectations... Thinking I will use libreoffice for my personal writing, though, starting now.

Thinking of only writing on chalk on the sidewalk, frankly, but. #AI

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Written by Asakiyume on 2025-01-17 at 16:16

Recalling the movie NEPTUNE FROST (2022, Saul Williams & Anisia Uzeyman). Visually, aurally, linguistically, thematically, just a terrific movie. You can rent or buy it on various streaming services. In the meantime, enjoy the soundtrack here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_laME0_He3hmpcfHpEXxRGk4CuEa4lHEZM

[#]AfroFuturism #GlobalSouth #SFF #IndieFilm

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