#Smutcember D23: Lots of my friends have read my smut, particularly anyone who knew me back in my more fanfic-focused days. In fact, I still have many friends I know originally *because* of such escapades back on LiveJournal.😅

Hm. I knew my ring finger felt a little weird after yesterday's archery, but I didn't realize just how weird until I got home and started trying to type on my laptop. I have too much writing work to do, I cannot have a non-functional finger right now 😅

2025 Headline of the Year nominee (April)

#Smutcember D20: tbd if I'll catch up on all the missed days from my vacation, but this one felt necessary. 🥰 I've shared this quote before, back in November, but it's just too good an "almost" not to share again. 😉

#Smutcember D22: I actually rolled up character sheets for Sempronius and Latona as Star Trek ttrpg characters, just for my own amusement, though I didn’t get as far as how they hook up. 😅 I’m certain I could, though.

#QueerWriters Monday Goals: I am on my way back from vacation, so the goal for the week is getting back to work! Holiday notwithstanding. I have a little over 100 pages left in this markup reading. I’d like to finish that & make a start on integrating changes.

Spread it around. Let’s Streisand Effect Bari Weiss into oblivion.

I would THROW money at such a thing

BREAKING: Instacart is ending all price testing on its platform in the wake of this report.

Picard perspective tip: Spend some time staring at the stars. It feeds the soul and revives the mind.

Happy Yule from the most magical place on earth! Not my usual solstice observance, but a nice one. 💚

The CBS reporter who led the story calls pulling it a "political" decision. "The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

Need a Yuletide treat? Check out this new episode of Historical Friction (@historicalfriction.bsky.social) on The Muppet Christmas Carol! Hosted by me, @aaprocter.bsky.social, and @helenvmurray.bsky.social!

This how they did in my team in Jan. They kept them long enough to train bots, then fired them. I'm currently surviving doing work of 4 people, at breakneck pace. If you wonder why I have clear eyed view of where we are with LLMs, this is why. I was ground 0 www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/i-was-forc...

I did some archery!

Cached US #KindleBookGiveaway: 10 copies of Hogather by Terry Pratchett, which I have, and love. It is a book about monsters, stories, and love. It's a Death book, but it can be read standalone with a bit of information:

I rode a horse!

I mean, the thing is, and I keep telling people this, I am SUPER lazy, so why would I learn how to prompt "AI" to write in a non-"AI" way when I can just naturally write in an engaging, human style? I doubt there is ever going to be a point where adding "AI" to the mix isn't just extra work for me.

Not now, enormous 68-million-year-old egg in Antarctica

I FINALLY GOT TO MEET THE MERRY MENAGERIE

I just saw someone yell “they’re just using it to generate ideas!” And I hate to say it But if you work in the ART DEPARTMENT and you need a death machine stuffed with your colleagues’ work to give you ideas Quit.

This is my opinion as well. Accepting ANY kind of LLM involvement is not only wrong, it's offensive. LLM are not a tool. They're a blight. This absolutely cannot stand. It's a gross dearth of both common sense and principles. LLM do not belong in the arts, even if it's in some small capacity. +

😐 Here's my challenge for anyone with a Republican elected - demand they respond to this. "How do you feel about the White House being in violation with a law the President signed?" Make them answer.

Having a spectacular meal at the California Grill, celebrating my parents’ 44th anniversary. Our server thanked them for “making the magic of happily ever after a reality, because we genuinely do care about that here” and he was so sincere and sweet 😭😭😭

#Smutcember D18: Oh, it’s absolutely touch. Fingers that trail or grip or coax, legs that slide along or lock around or urge, skin against skin in so many delightful ways — but honestly even more the internal senses — the rush of blood, heated skin, tensing muscles.

My parents, the dogs, and I spent 13 hours in the car today. We are now at a cabin at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort. It is ridiculously cute. And we have four awesome days ahead.

Still no. A - It cannot actually do those things. B - It’s still an ecological disaster. C - I want *human* project managers, editors, marketers, sales people, and publicists on my team. D - No one trusts corporation pinky-swears on these issues.

Glorious.

Oh my god y'all I had not seen the rest of the Vanity Fair photos holy shit. Christopher Anderson deserves a medal. Look at this. He left the LIGHT SWITCHES in the edited photos! These assholes look like their well-meaning mom took a picture of them on their first day in a grown-up job.

Absolutely not.

🏺🌲🪔 Io Saturnalia!🪔🌲🏺 #OTD from Dec 17-23, Romans celebrated the god Saturn by feasting, exchanging gifts, lighting lamps, and switching up the normal societal class structures 🪔🌲🥧 This illustration is from my series depicting Saturnalia in Hadrians Wall country (more below)🏛️🌲

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Every few years there's a bunch of "pivot to video" discourse about how creatives should all start making videos instead of doing text-based work. And every few years we discover again that the supposed "popularity" of video is based on fake audience numbers created by the video platforms.

Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.

#Smutcember D16: I switch back and forth, assuming the encounter is long enough to warrant that. I like being able to show interiority for both partners, so I'll put scene breaks between, well, phases of the encounter.

Mmmm, all those years we Millennials put in, training to kill industries, they're paying off at last.

For better or worse, public figures are judged when they die — their character, contributions, beliefs. It's undeniable that millions have mourned Rob Reiner's tragic death, celebrating his talent and contributions. I suspect when a certain public figure kicks the bucket, sentiments wont be the same

As I vowed, I started this at 8pm on the dot.

idk Bryan, if you don't have ideas, sounds like a skill issue to me We do not lack ideas in America. We lack governing officials with the will to make great ideas into reality.

Fuck. komonews.com/news/local/f...

Apart from the fact the leader of the right mocked Reiner, one small difference is that Reiner's day job was making movies that people loved, while Kirk's starting point was creating enemies list of professors to be fired or harassed. These are not the same things.

Apropos to a post I'm not going to quote: no, you are not fucking obliged to battle the fucking right on fucking social media, or go to where they are. Why make yourself miserable shouting at bots (who don't care) or trolls (who get off on your misery). Make your fucking social media enjoyable, FFS.

For the Aven Cycle, a pinset with icons for each of the nine Elements. For the WIP, Toviran runestones. For anything I ever write, so. much. art.

Picard management tip: The secret to garnering respect is courtesy, not bravado.

I am not reposting the screed, but jfc every time I think he can't sink any lower, he manages to, somehow. And it's not that I'm surprised, but it's still shocking. Maybe it will happen soon.

#Smutcember D15: Depends a lot on what role the scene is serving in the story, specifically if it's going to show us something *new* about the characters and how they relate to each other. I also think about how it affects the overall pacing of the story. 🧵

#QueerWriters Monday Goals: Well, I'd like to get my pages in today and tomorrow... and after that, I'm at Disney World for the rest of the week! Still deciding if I'm gonna bring the manuscript with me and maybe edit some in the car, but when I'm in the bubble? Heck nah. The goal there is FUN. 😂

Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.

I’m in. The Princess Bride for me.

Okay what the *fuck* is going on with the world this weekend? Even by the standards of 2025.