New Year's Resolutions. Do they work? Why do we continue with the delusion? #writerslife rmfw.org/new-years-re...

If you're cool you're lame. #writerslife rmfw.org/cool-story-b...

Words of wisdom from famous warlord, Amy Poehler. #amypoehler www.oliverblakemore.com/post/amy-poe...

A frustration from my professional life. #marketing olivershiny.medium.com/the-next-fiv...

Part of my image is going to be an apparently inexplicable dislike of Charles Bukowski. It's explicable. Just deep in the mythology. Any parts of your obscure mythology emerging? #writerslife

“Nearly Done with a Novel, so Time to Plan the Next Adventure“ by Oliver “Shiny” Blakemore on Medium: olivershiny.medium.com/nearly-done-... #writerslife

I'm nearly ready to tie the bow on a creative project. A novel in this case.

“Your Ideas Suck! But We Can Fix That.“ by Oliver “Shiny” Blakemore on Medium: olivershiny.medium.com/your-ideas-s... #writing

Rewatching Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Most unbelievable part? All the sweaters. It's southern California. How? Dehydration. Death by overheating. So many sweaters.

Places I have seen really dumb typos recently: A poster on a coffee shop bulletin board. A show description on Hulu. Website copy for a corporate entity. These crimes against editing were all committed by AI. I'm pretty certain of it. But AI had accomplices in each of these heinous acts...

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Speak less than you think. That's today's wisdom from Odin. "A wise man is not showy about his wisdom,"--Odin #mentalhealth

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"A man needs wisdom if he plans to wander widely,"--Odin #mentalhealth

New blog. #writing rmfw.org/breaking-is-...

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Reading Odin's self-help book over on my Instagram.

The two most unbelievable moments in all of Star Trek: 1. When a fifty-one-year-old Kirk tried to free solo El Capitan. 2. That episode of Next Generation when Levar Burton had confidence issues. #startrek

I like the various answers to the Fermi Paradox that Star Trek: The Next Generation comes up with. My favorite one is in the episode "First Contact", where the world leader says he'll divert funding away from space exploration. What's your favorite answer to the Fermi Paradox? #science

Teatime thought: Wisdom is having value to add to the conversation before you talk. Good fortune is inward-pointed praise. Tldr Bushido brought to you by Hávamál by Odin #mindfulness

Teatime thought: You've got the ingredients of enlightenment built into you. Buying into them--that's the hard part. Tldr Bushido brought to you by The Unfettered Mind by Takuan Soho #mindfulness

Teatime thought: Keep walking. Even the Buddha was befuddled, because being struck by the wilderness is a feature of enlightenment, not a bug. It's a sign you're going the right way if you find yourself wondering. Tldr Bushido brought to you by The Unfettered Mind by Takuan Soho #mindfulness

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With the caveat that all writing advice is YMMV here is a thing I wrote that may help with the most HATEFUL part of writing, the dreaded SYNOPSIS.

Teatime thought: Remember your sixth sense: your imagination. TLDR Bushido brought to you today by The Unfettered Mind by Takuan Soho #mindfulness

Wrote a blog. How's your writing career? #writing rmfw.org/call-to-adve...

"A lot of the time you're done editing because you run out of time,"--Steve Martin #writing

Teatime thought: It's not the tree's fault you can't see Mt Fuji. Be aware of your instinct to believe the veracity of your narrow viewpoint. Watch for the "meta-existence" of everything you tend to dismiss. Tldr Bushido, brought to you by The Unfettered Mind by Takuan Soho #mindfulness

Teatime thought: Most of us spend most of our attention missing the nature of things because we're distracted by what those things are doing. This has been a "tldr thought" from The Unfettered Mind by Takuan Soho #mindfulness

Listening to this today. Like if Blink-182 has listened to Blink-182 and said, "hey, I think we can improve on that just a little bit." #music open.spotify.com/album/3gODo8...

Rewatching Enterprise. Conclusions: - Scott Bakula is pretty sh*t, but not as bad as people remember. - Early 2000s Star Trek can't do long stories. Period. - This is the last time in history that Star Trek could work "right". More on that later. - The theme song still sucks. #starttrek

Weird. I'm actually excited for book releases this year. The Taper Man by John le Carré (and son) The Witching Hour by Natasha Pulley The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Going to be a fun year for books. #books

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What I learned at work today: there is a town in Illinois called Odin. And @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com didn't include it in American Gods. An opportunity of some sort missed in some way. #reading

Looking for a literary contest for your unfinished novel? rmfw.org/my-first-tim...

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Two guys quit their jobs. Then space zombies. #books olivershiny.medium.com/leviathan-wa...

The Great Gatsby. An excellent example of what the cool kids are calling "a complex platonic friend dynamic." Writer buddies, check it out. Agents want this sort of dynamic. #writing

The worst part of Lord of the Flies is how it compares to all the stories that it inspired. #books

I'm not sure I want to finish Catch-22, the Richard Heller book. Is the ending worth it? Or has he made his point by the halfway mark? #books

Such a cool way to think about giving critiques (written for writers, but applies to all aspects of life, I think!), from Oliver Blakemore (@oliverstoryteller.bsky.social) on the @rmfwriters.bsky.social blog: rmfw.org/positive-fee... #IAmRMFW #writingcommunity

"I write to get things done,"--Voltaire

Did a blog on the power of aggressive positivity. rmfw.org/positive-fee...

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Relating to people is lame. Unless it's exactly like spying, then it might be redeemable. www.oliverblakemore.com/post/how-to-...