The first piece of #ecofiction from Rotting Leaf Mag is now out!

"Like so many others, this tumbleweed is released from its anchoring root, the wind flinging it into the air. It lands on a grasshopper mouse, trapping it and killing it with sharp thorns and percussive bouncing."

When the Ghosts Come Tumbling In, by J.S. Douglas

https://www.briefecology.com/p/when-the-ghosts-come-tumbling-in

#writing #writingcommunity #fiction #horror

The first piece of #ecofiction from Rotting Leaf Mag is now out!

"Like so many others, this tumbleweed is released from its anchoring root, the wind flinging it into the air. It lands on a grasshopper mouse, trapping it and killing it with sharp thorns and percussive bouncing."

When the Ghosts Come Tumbling In, by J.S. Douglas

https://www.briefecology.com/p/when-the-ghosts-come-tumbling-in

#writing #writingcommunity #fiction #horror

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My book, Drystone - A Life Rebuilt, has been out for only five months. A mere babe in the book world. I’ve just seen that Amazon are currently selling the Kindle edition for £1.99. That means I earn less than 20p if someone buys it.

Twenty-fucking-pence.

#Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Book #Books #Scotland #Publishing

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My book, Drystone - A Life Rebuilt, has been out for only five months. A mere babe in the book world. I’ve just seen that Amazon are currently selling the Kindle edition for £1.99. That means I earn less than 20p if someone buys it.

Twenty-fucking-pence.

#Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Book #Books #Scotland #Publishing

My least favourite bit about designing board games. All the stuff that's not designing the game. Rulebooks, promotional videos, talking about my games (ugh).
What's your least favourite bit of your job?
#BoardGames #GameDev #writing #work

My least favourite bit about designing board games. All the stuff that's not designing the game. Rulebooks, promotional videos, talking about my games (ugh).
What's your least favourite bit of your job?
#BoardGames #GameDev #writing #work

The Haiku Shack Magazine is looking for poetry and microfiction for its sixth issue. Theme: "Water"

Complete guidelines at https://creativeramblings.com/haiku-shack-magazine/

#poetry #fiction #microfiction #writing #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers

The Haiku Shack Magazine is looking for poetry and microfiction for its sixth issue. Theme: "Water"

Complete guidelines at https://creativeramblings.com/haiku-shack-magazine/

#poetry #fiction #microfiction #writing #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers

Guten Morgen Welt. Vor der Arbeit folgt die Realitätsflucht in meine Fantasywelt der Geschichte, die hoffentlich irgendwann mal veröffentlicht wird.
Für den Brotjob aufstehen ist mein Garant für ne Depression..

#worldbuilding #writing #creative

Sometimes being an author gets weird. Like, I just received a rejection from an agent -- whom I queried almost three years ago -- on the same day when I got my contract for the book from my publisher.

#humblebrag #humor #humour #writing #amwriting #publishing #books #bookstodon

Sometimes being an author gets weird. Like, I just received a rejection from an agent -- whom I queried almost three years ago -- on the same day when I got my contract for the book from my publisher.

#humblebrag #humor #humour #writing #amwriting #publishing #books #bookstodon

Sigh. I just saw two posts here pushing the "real authors don't use em dashes, that's an AI thing" myth and I am tired. 😣

Hi. Hello. "Real author" here. I have never used AI in any part of my writing or process, ever. I use em dashes all the time. So do other real authors. In fact, there'd be a fight to the death if you tried to take our em dashes away from us. Sometimes, a semicolon just won't do, and you *need* that em dash. Other times, you *must* use an em dash (when a character gets interrupted mid-sentence or mid-word, for example).

The *reason* you see em dashes in AI slop is because those LLMs were literally built on the stolen works of real authors. Who use em dashes. All the time.

#author #writing #writingCommunity #amwriting

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A few thoughts ahead of the piece of writing I’m releasing on Friday.

Psychological research links revenge fantasies to unresolved injustice and denied agency. They’re common. In women, they’re more often internalised and read, by others and by women themselves, as personal or moral failure.

#Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Books #Women #Psychology #Scotland #UK #Essay

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A few thoughts ahead of the piece of writing I’m releasing on Friday.

Psychological research links revenge fantasies to unresolved injustice and denied agency. They’re common. In women, they’re more often internalised and read, by others and by women themselves, as personal or moral failure.

#Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Books #Women #Psychology #Scotland #UK #Essay