As a GM/DM/Narrator/etc., if you aren't motivated in large part by helping your table to have a good, fun time, you're going to burn out and be resentful. Do it for the right reasons or save yourself the headache.

It’s actually FEWER Misérables

At the bottom of the Substack settings page, under "Danger Zone," you can turn off all subscriptions at once. Apologies to all my friends on Substack. I'd gritted my teeth and supported you because I love your work. But Substack's partnership with Polymarket is the last straw for me.

Make the weird game, whatever makes you most excited. Get a team who also want to make weird games. Don't worry about "what the market wants." Doing that will stifle creativity and lead to burn out. It's also impossible to know. Who is the market? What will they want in 6-12 months? Nobody knows

Woe, wall of astigmatism be upon ye

This is a CAT checkpoint. Show the most recent cat photo on your phone.

small crab eating a grape (important)

"it's a slow burn" i say as i stare at the draft that's taking me forever to finish

Who are the experts / journalists / researchers you turn to for critical perspectives on AI & the tech world? I created a feed of experts who watch AI developments with a skeptical & critical (but *informed*) POV. I'd love more people to follow it, but I'm also looking to add people - recs welcome!

If you use Discord and want to tell them how you feel about them adding AI tools, here's a link to the survey. Share it far & wide. Let them know we don't want it. discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

One thing I’ve learned from listening to quite a few @fallofcivilizations.com podcast episodes is that an empire will have a good thing going for literally centuries until one a random first born son fucks it all up for everyone.

Chip's Challenge

The thing about being neurodivergent is that I Like It. What I don’t like is that the world imposes numerous taxes on me for being like this. I don’t view it as a Me problem.

As a fiction copyeditor, I endorse this take. In The Chicago Guide to Copyediting Fiction, Amy J. Schneider repeatedly reminds the would-be editor that "sometimes people just talk like that."

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm

I am surrounded by people who are outsourcing their own thinking to ChatGPT and they are quickly and obviously becoming dependent on it for even the most banal tasks. Once again, the "figuring it out" is the important part. Yes, you can use a crane to lift weights but you will not get stronger

Gull Dukat. Another one of those mental images I had to exorcise by drawing it. #art #StarTrek #DS9

If anyone has a proofreading or related editing gig they need a person for, I have a freelance editing business called The Duke of Editing (and a very large and sudden vet bill to pay). Reach out. Small. Large. Most genres. thedukeofediting.com...

Do you ever just feel

applying for jobs again

we've never had more billionaires on this earth than right now. i think about that all the time. we're disposable to them; we exist for resource extraction. you think you're rich and will be exempt? oh, honey. they're billionaires and you're an ant. fuck the billionaires. that's the fight.

If you don't spend your evenings watching the Los Angeles Kitten Rescue stream on YouTube, are you even trying to relax?

Burning of Arjun's Inn; High in the mountains between two great cities this well traveled Inn is a much needed rest stop for those who navigate the mountains. patreon.com/balatroart #dnd #ttrpg #battlemap @inkarnate.com

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tre... I edited for this! It's a super interesting little game about combating demonic forces (or trying to, anyway) while dodging government agents. It's steeped in a rich presentation of late-Soviet Eastern European existence. Well worth a look! #ttrpg #amediting

Pay an editor. Pay a proofreader. Things genuinely would be going better if we didn't base entire political and economic plans on avoiding paying humans to do good stuff that they are good at! We pointed this out when the NYT fired all their copy editors. Look how that went.

This is a tad "firstworldproblems" but ye gods I have never encountered so soul-crushing and mind-putrefying a thing as the job search in the U.S.

a non-zero number of people have told me with confidence that i'll definitely be incorporating gen ai into my workflow in the future and im losing my mcfreaking patience. "it's here to stay" not in my fucking house. "but you need to keep up with the times" then leave me behind.

Thinking a lot about lanky strangers only perceivable in the corner of one's eye, asking if you'd like to make a trade, but only appearing when you are in distress. They want to be you when you don't want to be you, they only ask for your being.

Hello! I'm a freelance editor available for editing projects of all sorts, though I'm focused on fiction and TTRPG. Services include: Copy and line editing Developmental editing Proofreading Here's my portfolio and rates: editingnmoore.notion.site #AmEditing #Copyediting #TTRPG #Editor #RPG #D&D

why so many posts about how to find a good editor and never posts about how to find a dark and arcane editor, barely contained to the human form?

#AmEditing #Editing #CopyEdit I need to expand my portfolio a bit so I can really dive into freelancing. Let's help each other out! Do you have a document of ≤75K words that you're going to publish in the next 1-2 months? I'll do copy and line editing and/or proofreading on it free of charge. →

If you are looking for a freelance writer and editor, feel free to reach out me. I have experience with topics such as entertainment, technology, and privacy. For more information, check out my website. monique-barrow.com

We often fear the future, the unknown. But a true warrior faces forward, confident that their strength and honor will help shape that future. Why should someone who carries their own light ever be afraid of the dark?

If you’re looking for research assistance or an academic editor, I have openings in my schedule this month! My specialty is developmental editing, but I also offer line/copy editing and research assistance. If you’re interested (and, uh, still have funding), drop me a line 📥

Hey folks. An author I had scheduled for an edit this month just informed me that their book will not be ready. So... I have an editing opening if anyone has something that needs done. www.sarahchornedits.com

Years ago I started a 5e world setting to help my local game store recover from Covid - but didn't realize how much work would be involved in building that community. 3 years later I've taken everything I learned and put it into one free resource so you can do the same. ko-fi.com/34thgingerbr...

#WriteSky #AmWriting #Writers #WritingCommunity

#AmEditing #Editing #CopyEdit I need to expand my portfolio a bit so I can really dive into freelancing. Let's help each other out! Do you have a document of ≤75K words that you're going to publish in the next 1-2 months? I'll do copy and line editing and/or proofreading on it free of charge. →

Does anyone have editing work on hand they need a professional's help with? Trying to pull together at least a couple hundred that can pay up front before month's end. If anyone has work needs doing, or knows someone who does, rates, etc. here: mathesonfreelancing.com Or feel free to DM. Thanks!

The Tell-Tale Heart but instead of a corpse under the floorboards you're being driven mad by the incessant dripping of various plumbing implements you can't afford to fix

The EFA is committed to standing by DEI; we re-affirm the principles of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Learn more about our commitment: The-efa.org/diversity-equity-belonging #DiversityEquityInclusion #DEI #InclusionMatters #EquityForAll #DiversityMatters #Freelancers #EquityInAction

The world is ruled by its most embarrassing shitheads -- pathologically shameless man-children who speak only in flubs and demean all of humanity -- and still you allow yourself to be haunted by that faux pas you committed in middle school. Let it go in peace, and be free.

Sometimes you just gotta play halo 2

My windows get to be open this week, needing neither AC nor heat. I could cry

Don't forget to join us today for our #ACESChat at 4 p.m. EST. Meet us over on Bluesky as Rachel Lapidow will give editing tips for working on TTRPGs (tabletop roleplaying games).

Someone who is good with the photoshops please make me an em-dash ‘come and take it’ flag

I wanna try getting this out early. Im in the play test and fine tune stage of a Hawaii based ttrpg. Since I started making it last year for AAPI, I kinda want to get it done and tested to run a prerecorded game for this year’s AAPI. So the big question is…where my poly ppl at in the ttrpg?

Now taking bookings for JUNE! #editing #proofreading #copyediting #lineediting #devediting