Fascinating.

Reading Roller's Historical and Topographical Guide to the Geography of Strabo, I thought this was a great paragraph. Hilarious, even. #WritingCommunity #HistoricalFiction

Day 13 of #FantasyIndiesNovember I am privileged to write in a dedicated home office, with my research books close at hand. #WritingCommunity

Day 12 of #FantasyIndiesNovember Good writing advice: try different tools and processes and do what works for you Bad writing advice: 🤐 #WritingCommunity

Day 11 of #FantasyIndiesNovember Genres: I write fantasy. I read sci-fi, fantasy, and historical fiction; and a metric shit-ton of historical nonfiction. #WritingCommunity

Bad dreams last night. I was bleeding to death, but cause unknown (as it goes in dreams, I suppose). Might have something to do with an anniversary: loss of a fetus 21 years ago today. Shoulder still hurts. Might be time for a brace. Shitty week. Sigh.

Day 10 of #FantasyIndiesNovember I do not have a single favorite line I've written. Not one. #WritingCommunity

Day 9 of #FantasyIndiesNovember I have bookcases/shelves in every room of the house, not all are presentable for viewing. Here's part of my office bookcase, with only a few of the reference books for my Oracle of Delphi series WIP. #WritingCommunity

Day 8 of #FantasyIndiesNovember Another unedited snippet from Book 7 of my Oracle of Delphi series WIP. (Catchup: had a migraine yesterday) #WritingCommunity

I've never even looked at a ChatGPT screen, nor any other "AI tool" out there. Never will. It's all theft. (Also a stubborn Taurus here.)

I *love* this thread. 🤣

Watched @realgdt.bsky.social 's Frankenstein this evening. Wow. What a masterpiece. (Another in a long line of masterpieces by this supremely talented man.) Bravo, sir. Bravo.

Day 7 of #FantasyIndiesNovember Ambient-type music, reading, and a beer or wine help me to relax. Also petting/snuggling my doggies, knitting, and playing certain video games. Happy Friday! 🎉 #WritingCommunity

There's a lot of stuff hidden by default in the new settings, so it's worth it to check it out. (I found a bunch of stuff hidden that I didn't want hidden.)

Day 6 of #FantasyIndiesNovember I can only list what works for me as writing tools: Scrivener for first drafts, Word for edits. Thesaurus for brain fog, One Note for research notes. External hard drive for copious backups of manuscripts. #WritingCommunity

Day 5 of #FantasyIndiesNovember 🔹 Last read: The City of Sun and Stars by @stumbleine44.bsky.social (5⭐ by the way) 🔹Current read: Empire of Ashes by Nicholas Nicastro 🔹Next read: not sure; probably Tides of War by Steven Pressfield #WritingCommunity

I've got a bit of a dilemma with my #PythiaFeltDoll. Using felt for a chiton, peplos, or himation will not give it the necessary drape. But I don't have suitable fabric (and no fabric stores to go to, either). Hmm.

Are we in a time loop? I could've sworn Cheney was already dead. 🤔

Day 3 of #FantasyIndiesNovember I don't have a playlist for my Oracle of Delphi series WIP - or any WIP. I listen to ambient radio while I write. #WritingCommunity

Day 2 of #FantasyIndiesNovember I started writing in grade school. I wrote a poem that my teacher loved. But I didn't start writing "for reals" until 2014, and I revised that book 6 times before publishing it in 2018. That was "Legacy: Book 1 of the Keeper of the Sphere." #WritingCommunity

My right shoulder has been causing me significant pain for over a week now. Hell if I know what I did to it. I guess it's just the Old Age thing again. Heating pad, ice pack, and topical analgesic cream didn't help. I really don't want to make a doc appt for this. But I don't know what else to do. 😫

Aw man no. Excellent series, Jays. We love you.

LET'S GO BLUE JAYS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Listening to Game 7 on the radio ... brings back memories. #WorldSeries

Day 1 of #FantasyIndiesNovember Hi again, I'm Diane, and I'm still working on Book 7 of my Oracle of Delphi series WIP. Historical fantasy covering roughly 2000 years of ancient Greek culture and events. I'm only 3 chapters away from starting Book 8. Happy November! 🎉 #WritingCommunity

A movie you've seen more than 7 times in a gif.

There was almost a city-wide block party last night for Halloween, starting from about 5 pm until after 10 pm. We didn't participate, of course; spouse recovering from his procedure (which went well) and me recovering from the stress. (Plus watching Game 6 of the World Series.) But wow what fun!

Day 31 of #FantasyIndiesSpooktober This month, I added 22K words to Book 7 of my Oracle of Delphi series WIP. Total WC for the series is now 703K. I read 8 books, 1 was Indie (Queen of Thorns by @servantand.bsky.social big 5* from me) Happy Halloween! 🎃 On to November! 🎉 #WritingCommunity

This was a great trilogy - if you haven't read it yet, GO GO GO and get it and make the author's (birth)day! #BookSky 📚 #WritingCommunity

Samhain blessings to all

Ah yes. I remember many a Devi's Night in Detroit. Most of the time it was just eggs on house windows, soap on car windows, or TP in trees. But every year, my dad stayed up all night with buckets of water nearby just in case someone decided to start a fire "for fun." Good times.

Day 30 of #FantasyIndiesSpooktober Yes, I think the Pythiai in my Oracle of Delphi series WIP are brave. They lived in a time when they had little freedom - yet more than most women - and had less power than the lowest man. Yet they were highly valued for speaking truths. #WritingCommunity

Day 29 of #FantasyIndiesSpooktober In Book 7 of my Oracle of Delphi series WIP, the Pythia's worst nightmare is Rome taking control of Delphi. #WritingCommunity

Hey local peeps!

Day 28 of #FantasyIndiesSpooktober I don't have many situations with guilt or regret in my Oracle of Delphi series WIP. Not yet, anyway - that can change in revision. #WritingCommunity

FUCK YOU ASSHOLE

I LOVE HER

Day 27 of #FantasyIndiesSpooktober Goosebumps or Point Horror? Um neither. #WritingCommunity

Progress pic: ready to start applying the hair. #PythiaFeltDoll

THIS ⬇️⬇️⬇️

And sew it continues ... #PythiaFeltDoll

Day 24 of #FantasyIndiesSpooktober This year's Halloween will be exciting for us: spouse is getting a colonoscopy and guess who gets to drive him home - yep, ME. HA so fun 🤣 Happy Friday! 🎉 #WritingCommunity

We tried watching the series "Spartacus" last night. Didn't even make it past halfway through the first episode. Yikes. How in the world did it win awards and have a 64% rating on Rotten Tomatoes?

Day 23 of #FantasyIndiesSpooktober Who would my characters dress up as for Halloween? Skipping this one. #WritingCommunity

Holy shit. It's gone. The whole East Wing is entirely gone. 🤮🤬😭

Day 22 of #FantasyIndiesSpooktober Creepy poem or flash fiction? I got nothing. #WritingCommunity

This seems bad.

Day 21 of #FantasyIndiesSpooktober Since I don't really get into horror that much anymore, I don't really have any recommendations for scary TV shows or movies. (However, back in the day one of my faves was Carpenter's The Thing.) #WritingCommunity

Day 20 of #FantasyIndiesSpooktober In my Oracle of Delphi series WIP, some of the High Priests of Apollo are morally gray. And I have one or two Pythiai who are also morally gray. But in general, most of them are either good or bad. I suppose it's typical of any population. #WritingCommunity

We had about 350 people at our local NoKings protest on Saturday. I wasn't able to attend (way too much pain) but for a small city of about 75K that's not too bad, I think. Much more than the one earlier this year. We have a very vocal right wing here, so I'm proud of those folks for attending.