On working with your Beta-Readers: Consider asking your readers to describe the resolution of the story in their own words when they're through reading. Helpful to know if where you left things is what your audience sees! #writesky #writers #writingcommunity

Check out manuscript.ink A feed back platform. #LateNightWrite

Jordan hates his uncle, an angry man who wishes to remove Jordan’s birthright. #LateNightWrite

Jordan’s family exiled themselves from society due to brain uploading but the patriarch’s father created the system. Ultimately, the conflict boils down to a century long feud between a father and son. #LateNightWrite

Absolutely. The motivations of my characters are often the fear of God’s wrath. MMC Jordan is frozen at times because he may receive judgment. Bad circumstances are attributed to not following god. #LateNightWrite

Late because I was trying to get through the latest round of edits. Very close to having my WIP completed. I’m cfreak aka. Not That Chris Brown. Author, tech dude and exvangelical. Current WIP is sci-fi, religion and accidental romance. #LateNightWrite

Watch until the end 🤣

An old video from my twitter, 2021: Why exactly does my Police Terminal have a STALIN button?

Been a minute since I participated #WIPSnips

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Dog with a Pearl Earring ~ Johannes Vermeer

It’s true, terrible vandals have ruined the ecosystem in the Reflecting Pool. Unfortunately, it’s the same ones that defaced the Kennedy Center, the Rose Garden, the lawn of the White House, the East Wing of the White House and have plans to do many other such things.

Thanks for hosting! Check out manuscrpt.ink. It’s an AI free feedback platform I’m helping create. If you sign up for the free option, shoot me a message and I’ll upgrade you for free 😏 #LateNightWrite

I’m proud of my characters for surviving despite the trauma I inflict on them. Even the characters who belong to the network are used and lied to. I don’t think they’re proud, just exhausted. #LateNightWrite

I think I’ve done a good job of showing a future US with capitalism run to extremes. The middle of the country is a desert due to the collapse of aquifers. The rich have plugged their brains in. Those left pick through the scraps. #LateNightWrite

I think I’m capable of some decent prose. I enjoy long explanations with vivid visuals. There are a few gems. Trying to get the whole story feeling like I can craft a sentence #LateNightWrite

I’m late but I’ll still answer. I’m Not that Chris Brown, working on a near future sci-fi series. Current WIP is “Those Who Speak for God”. Religion, androids, and bittersweet romance. #LateNightWrite

Also a dad. Same from me.

to be clear, this fascist shit is happening because the king told a lie about vandalism and they're retroactively arresting people to try to make it seem like it's true

"Texans 17% more likely to be murdered than Californians Texans 34% more likely to be raped earn 13% less and pay 3.8% more in taxes" (overall) Every MSM only mentions the word "crime" right before an election! "Germans call this "a permanent bailout." We just call it "Missouri."

Lovely. I’m pretty certain I’ve received nothing from them notifying me of the breach.

More fun on the Playground: New Golem articles released from the Archive! The Lighthouse Librarians stake out the details of timekeeping and records in the moonlight lands! grinningcat.studio/playground #writesky #writingcommunity

Holy guacamole, Slow Gods by Claire North is good. Dare I say the best sci-fi book I've enjoyed in a long time. #booksky

The Matrix. Keanu Reeves is the only actor.

Thinking on how we often may throw ourselves into the works we create: "[...] Risk everything for Freedom, and give everything for Passion, loving everything that your hearts and your bodies love." -- Roman Payne #writesky #writingcommunity

Great. I wonder if I can bitch enough about this being taught to my eighth grader to get the book banned (haha, I know we can't ban anything related to promoting fascism)

someone on tumblr said it better than i could

Vaccines were once so uncontroversial that McDonald’s restaurants put the childhood immunization schedule on their tray liners. Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back. (Published March)

Well ... fuck. Time to go all Apple, I guess.

On working with your Beta-Readers: Close friends can be excellent beta readers. They can also be terrible ones. It isn't how well they know you; it's whether they can separate caring about you from caring about the manuscript. Some people can do both. Many can't. #writesky #writingcommunity

If you're feeling overwhelmed alone, don't be afraid to seek out other writers. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas was written with significant collaborative help from Auguste Maquet and others. Sometimes several minds can make a tale better! #writesky #writingcommunity

Manuscript.Ink's Reader View can be set per document to help manage beta feedback. Let all contributors see each other's comments or only you as the author, address feedback in-line or as list, and respond to questions directly or in surveys. manuscript.ink #writesky #writingcommunity

"Source" (the ever-present AI pretending to be god) interacts with people directly but also sends agents. Ash (FMC) is described as an angel. She's looking for her true human identity and interacts directly with people outside the singularity to find it. #JuneWorldbuilders

Thinking on how we edit and refine our writing before setting them to the world: "[...] The most valuable of all talents, that of never using two words where one will do." -- Thomas Jefferson #writesky #writingcommunity

The bread:

It irritates me as a former evangelical I could probably launch a real writing career by creating some bullshit conspiracy laden “God wins” garbage. They eat that shit up.

The faith group that was founded to sacralize slavery & consecrate the Confederacy now makes common ground with far-right white Christian nationalism... and they call this kind of hate "God's morality." #ThisistheSBC

My god, Octavia Butler, just miss ONCE

Once again weak state officials give in to dumbasses and everyone suffers (saved you a click)

Reminder that Klingons say TRANS RIGHTS BRING HONOR TO YOUR HOUSE

We publish tech blog posts we didn’t write about tools we haven’t used to impress developers who will read a summary

On working with your Beta-Readers: Absence of feedback on a scene isn't the same as the scene working. Readers will tell you what they noticed. They can't always tell you what they didn't notice - and that can sometimes be more important information. #writesky ##writingcommunity

Repost with a fictional crush from when you were a kid

Well since I use a lot of evangelical religious imagery… #JuneWorldBuilders

Please support your writer friends Read their stories, share it, engage with it, ask them about it They pour their hearts into their works and all it takes is a little bit of your time 🖤

SHREK X THE PRINCESS BRIDE X Fractured retelling of THE LITTLE MERMAID A thieving mermaid must kiss a prince to avoid becoming seafoam, and evade the suspicions of his sea-folk-hunting cousin as she unravels a long-lost connection between her ancestors and the lands. #SEAsianPit #Q #YA #F #SFF

We've launched a new addition to the Grinning Cat Studio Playground today: Golem 742! An in-universe portal to explore the lore of Ahtarra and a living activity model seen through the eyes of the Lighthouse's lowest servant. grinningcat.studio/playground #writesky #writingcommunity

Still pitching manuscript.ink as a place for beta readers and those seeking feedback. #SFFChat

I think I shared this one before but it’s one of my favorite lines. I think it does a good job (along with the surrounding chapter) of highlighting unintentional bias. #SFFChat