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    • L. B. HeuschkelL
      L. B. Heuschkel @Coin
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      @Coin 500 words a day. Every day. It worked for Terry Pratchett.

      Moreover, it worked for me. I finally published my first this spring. 🙂

      Any pronouns. Come to Chincoteague. We have ponies. http://keys.aresmush.com

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      • CobaltC
        Cobalt @Nilli
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        @Nilli said in RL Peeves:

        @Cobalt I asked Neil Gaiman once (at a book signing, we weren’t just hanging out) his top piece of advice for aspiring writers, and it was “finish things.” He said I’d learn the most by forcing myself to get to the end.

        He also once gave me a hug and told me everything would be okay, so I take Neil’s words as absolute truth.

        He seems like a really nice guy, yeah. And that’s what I’m having to do-- force myself to finish. x.x

        Cobalt@Under the Stars
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        • FloofF
          Floof @Nilli
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          @Nilli said in RL Peeves:

          @Cobalt I asked Neil Gaiman once (at a book signing, we weren’t just hanging out) his top piece of advice for aspiring writers, and it was “finish things.” He said I’d learn the most by forcing myself to get to the end.

          He also once gave me a hug and told me everything would be okay, so I take Neil’s words as absolute truth.

          His masterclass was way more inspiring than I expected it to be even as a fan! Definitely recommend.

          Playlist

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            Nilli @Floof
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            @Floof I loved his masterclass. But I love everything he’s ever done.

            R. L. Stein’s is also accidentally hilarious? A+, do recommend.

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              Pyrephox Administrators @Cobalt
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              @Cobalt said in RL Peeves:

              @Raeras I’ll get going into a book-- get into almost 50k words and then my brain just goes “blurb”. And I stop. I just stop writing.

              I call it the 40K Wall, because that’s where mine always hits. The first 40K come so easy, but right then, every time, I stall.

              I HAVE managed to get past it - have several finished novels now, but absolutely no luck getting any agents to bite on them. But that mid-book wall is no joke.

              For what it’s worth, what does work for me is to just…write badly. Push on through, force yourself not to edit or second-guess and when you look at something and say ‘this is nonsense’ just go ‘okay, so it’s nonsense’ and keep writing. Eventually, you grind through the hard part and things get easier.

              You can always go back and revise the bad stuff, but you can’t edit words you haven’t written.

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              • L. B. HeuschkelL
                L. B. Heuschkel @Pyrephox
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                @Pyrephox If you ever decide to go into self-publishing, check out Draft2Digital’s services.

                Sometimes, it’s not about the manuscript, after all. I gave up on getting published in my native language because there simply isn’t enough of a market for magical realism historical fiction in my minority language. I got tired of rejections that basically read, ‘we’ll take it if you add a sex plot’.

                Any pronouns. Come to Chincoteague. We have ponies. http://keys.aresmush.com

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                • CobaltC
                  Cobalt @Pyrephox
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                  @Pyrephox said in RL Peeves:

                  @Cobalt said in RL Peeves:

                  @Raeras I’ll get going into a book-- get into almost 50k words and then my brain just goes “blurb”. And I stop. I just stop writing.

                  I call it the 40K Wall, because that’s where mine always hits. The first 40K come so easy, but right then, every time, I stall.

                  I’m at about the 20k mark on my current project. My faerie project is at the 40k and I just nngggh it feels like a huge amount of words for nothing of important happening.

                  I’m writing out WWO to see how that goes.

                  Cobalt@Under the Stars
                  cob.alt@Discord
                  Cobalt#[email protected]

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                  • somasatoriS
                    somasatori @Cobalt
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                    @Cobalt said in RL Peeves:

                    On a different topic. I sat down to work on my game, maybe learn some ruby so I can work on some systems for said game, and my family all immediately converged on my location.

                    My spouse magically came home from work. The teenagers all came out of their rooms. Little brother came out of his room. Mother in law. Uncle. Everyone.

                    “Cobalt, why are you sounding so snappy?”

                    -.-

                    I was TRYING to learn to code.

                    I feel this very strongly. For whatever reason people in my house know when I’m about to start really hitting my stride and that’s when it’s the most important time to converge.

                    they/them

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                    • CobaltC
                      Cobalt @somasatori
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                      @somasatori For real! They were all on the living room watching TV so I figured I could sit at my laptop in the living room… nope. It’s like I shown the at signal.

                      Cobalt@Under the Stars
                      cob.alt@Discord
                      Cobalt#[email protected]

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                        Pyrephox Administrators @Cobalt
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                        @Cobalt said in RL Peeves:

                        @Pyrephox said in RL Peeves:

                        @Cobalt said in RL Peeves:

                        @Raeras I’ll get going into a book-- get into almost 50k words and then my brain just goes “blurb”. And I stop. I just stop writing.

                        I call it the 40K Wall, because that’s where mine always hits. The first 40K come so easy, but right then, every time, I stall.

                        I’m at about the 20k mark on my current project. My faerie project is at the 40k and I just nngggh it feels like a huge amount of words for nothing of important happening.

                        I’m writing out WWO to see how that goes.

                        Good luck!

                        I have (knock on fake wood) broken out of my stall on my latest project and am in the ‘staying up far too late writing’ stage. It does break, eventually.

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                          dvoraen
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                          My RL peeve is my brain weasels insisting I must have done something wrong to X, Y, and/or Z, because things seem different compared to about three months ago. I’m positive I didn’t say or do anything, but my brain is insisting SOMETHING IS WRONG, OMG even though there might be nothing wrong, and I’m trying to resist the urge to directly confront the matter in case it’s really nothing on my end.

                          faceplant

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                            junipersky Administrators
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                            Grumpy old guy called being Trans a mental illness.

                            I don’t want to quit. But I sure af don’t want to be around him ever again.

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                            • CobaltC
                              Cobalt @junipersky
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                              @junipersky Ugh, I’m sorry.

                              Cobalt@Under the Stars
                              cob.alt@Discord
                              Cobalt#[email protected]

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                              • AriaA
                                Aria @junipersky
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                                @junipersky said in RL Peeves:

                                Grumpy old guy called being Trans a mental illness.

                                I don’t want to quit. But I sure af don’t want to be around him ever again.

                                Working with the kitties seems to make you happy, so…

                                Have you considered strongly suggesting he eat an entire bag of shit every time he opens his mouth instead? I mean, definitely do what’s best for you. Like 100% do that. But even Emily Post wouldn’t expect you to be sweet and friendly to a trash can.

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                                • PavelP
                                  Pavel @Aria
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                                  @Aria said in RL Peeves:

                                  even Emily Post wouldn’t expect you to be sweet and friendly to a trash can.

                                  You don’t talk to trash cans. You leave them out on the curb in all weathers to be picked up and emptied into a truck. That’s also a suggestion.

                                  He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.
                                  BE AN ADULT

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                                  • AriaA
                                    Aria @Pavel
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                                    @Pavel said in RL Peeves:

                                    @Aria said in RL Peeves:

                                    even Emily Post wouldn’t expect you to be sweet and friendly to a trash can.

                                    You don’t talk to trash cans. You leave them out on the curb in all weathers to be picked up and emptied into a truck. That’s also a suggestion.

                                    This also seems like a reasonable option.

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                                    • TNPT
                                      TNP
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                                      Another possible option despite my believing people as a species are horrible. Get him some trans literature, hand it to him, and suggest he read it before he displays his ignorance on the subject again. Alternatively, shoot him and feed his body to the animals.

                                      But don’t quit. The cats need you.

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                                      • CobaltC
                                        Cobalt
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                                        Fuck chronic fatigue. -.-

                                        Cobalt@Under the Stars
                                        cob.alt@Discord
                                        Cobalt#[email protected]

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                                        • L. B. HeuschkelL
                                          L. B. Heuschkel @Cobalt
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                                          @Cobalt So much and with a rusty iron spork. I am so sick and tired (meheheh) of being sick and tired and only barely managing to hang on and do the things. Most of the things anyway.

                                          Any pronouns. Come to Chincoteague. We have ponies. http://keys.aresmush.com

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                                          • CobaltC
                                            Cobalt
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                                            This is more health information then y’all really need but I am augh frustrated. My rheumatologist has gone completely dark on me. I had x-rays done four months ago that she has not given me the results on yet. At this point I’m just gonna ask my primary to re-do them. -.-

                                            Cobalt@Under the Stars
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