Me: taking advantage of Qobuz "daily for you" selection Qobuz: "Here's a twelve-minute-long experimental instrumental interspersed with sections of HG Wells' "War of the Worlds" being read aloud." Me:

Bill Watterson could do Sin City but Frank Miller could not do Calvin and Hobbes

#WritingCommunity #WritingTips #7 Setting: set-up There are many ways you can create the setting for your story and communicate it to your readers. None are right, nor wrong - not always - but some may fit your story or style better. Narration, introspection, and revelation, are all common. 1/5

#WIPSnips "Resolution" from FotF #2, Sink or Swim From the epilogue (you can tell from the tense XD). Reylahduuz - who is a mind reader with local omniscience - is so much fun to write! I just love it!

Goodnight folks, and happy New Year! Wishing you all the very best! Wishing me… just one less than the very best, so then y'all can still have the very best for yourselves! XD <3

I've put the #preview of the #audiobook for Fight or Flight up for free on my website! It's the first chapter, free to listen… …and there may be a mention or two of the crowdfunding campaign to come. If you love #LGBTQ, #SFF, or #Steampunk books, you might find a new thing to love here!

One of my cousins took the opportunity of New Years to come out as trans, which is lovely! I'm so excited for her, she's always been one of my favourites. Hasn't picked a new name yet, so I'm curious to go which of the main directions she goes: subtle, referential, on-the-nose", or surreal XD

Traumatized characters don't have to stay stuck in a life long ptsd flashback. They deserve happy endings too. They deserve to reclaim the power abusers tried to take from them.

…okay so…

B O N E S H I P

#WritingCommunity #WritingTips #6 Setting: why? "Why" is (surprise, surprise XD) an important question in setting up your story. It's got to be covered on several levels, large and small, both within your story and without. Small-scale, in the story… why is this happening? 1/5

Anyone who's in a later timezone than me (which is almost everyone): don't tell me how the new year starts. I want to go into it without spoilers, please. <3

"How to be an Indie Author for Fun (and Not Profit)"

A gorgeous shining sky, obscured by a thick rolling fog bank approaching, on New Year's Eve. …so…that's either a good portent for how the year will go, or like a real bad one XD

#WIPSnips "End" from FotF #1, Fight or Flight The occasional philosophical proposition *may* sneak through in my writing. XD

#WritingCommunity New Year's Resolution time: if you could improve one aspect of your writing in 2026, what would it be? Hmm. I think my pacing; specifically (because that's broad) I can drift into needless detail. As long as it flows smoothly I think it's not bad, but still could use a trim.

So Wyrria sometimes drinks FROM THE TOILET apparently

Forget insults, what’s the most unhinged *compliment* you’ve ever received?

On a serious note: If you want to make your book into a future audiobook please think of the narrator when naming characters. Some fantasy names are torturous tongue twisters! 😂

#WIPSnips "Sun" from FotF #2, Sink or Swim AL has a totally normal and healthy relationship with the job they held for over a decade, yeah. Completely ordinary. Definitely not gently traumatized. Nope.

Reasons I'm not writing #2478: big cat

#WritingCommunity #WritingTips #5 Setting: when? "When" is a question that's obvious on the face, but carries some deeper questions. Explicitly, it's about the chronology of the story - is it in our time, or an equivalent? The past? The future? Further, though: what *sort* of time is it? 1/5

Ska revival implies ska is currently dead, and I think there are several dozen college students who would strenuously disagree with that point! XD

We've all had those days, eh?

I think people who make boots are just making it up actually.

A few views from ocean boulevard. The Olympics got a fresh coat of snow! Always fun to just be sitting there looking at another country on the horizon XD

Yesterday's sunrise - forgot to post it yesterday, Sundays are busy, sorry! Pretty, though. Love the silhouetted trees on the right.

At ECCC (Comic Con) in Seattle with my sibling. We were so distracted watching a dancing storm trooper that my sib walked bodily into someone. Turned out to be Wil Wheaton. He was so distracted watching the dancing storm trooper that he didn't even notice.

Seeing things like this, I am so glad I moved away from Winnipeg. (Not that I had a choice, my parents moved and I went with them automatically, but still) If you can just visit, though, it's pretty great! XD

#WIPSnips "Clobber" from Fotf #1, Fight or Flight, with vibes today! Punch and hit but no clobber by name cw: sexual assault (interrupted with violence) AL relates a story about Saxon, a friend - or sadly sort of former friend - who has a bit of a mean streak. Sometimes that's not so bad though.

(Changed my profile pic to my author picture from my books, btw. Probably gonna be real confusing. Sorry, I'm not actually just a weird letter J, I'm a weird person instead XD)

I haven't watched any of Heated Rivalry yet but I've heard good things.

Reposted just for the recipe obviously. Not for the typo. Not at all. Just the recipe.

#WritingCommunity #WritingTips #4 Setting: what? "What" covers much of the context of your setting, at a large scale and small. "Where" tells us if we're in the countryside or a city; "What" tells us whether it is a time of peace, or of war, of suspicion, or something else. 1/5 🧵

Ball go bonk Ball bonk man Man bonk by ball This is so amusing I'm just watching it on repeat and snickering and I would be so mortified if I were in his position. This is why I never went into professional sports. This and also I suck at them.

A story in three parts.

Made Harvard Beets for dinner. They're just tastier when they're educated - although even community college beets are delicious!

Ira for my darling @inoaart.bsky.social 🥹💕 it was so so so much fun to draw this gorgeous character and try a more cellshaded style!! Thank you so much for letting me draw her 🥹💕 [ #artsky #ocsky #ttrpg #dnd #oc ]

Recipe unclear. Why is the muffin so soggy now? Terrible mouthfeel, 2/10. If I'm supposed to put the muffin in a bag before blanching (sous-vide blanch?) the recipe should say so!

She is so very convenient and makes it very easy to do things (for reference, those are my ankles underneath that blanket)

Staring at the last drop of drink in a container, trying to decide whether it's more likely that it contains the last amount of poison required to deliver a fatal dose - or the last amount of antidote required to annul the previous drink's covertly delivered poison. #JustNeurotypicalThings

Scene: A finds out that B's partner, C, works online as an SW, including working with others. B's protective; checks that A isn't judgy or weird about it (and jokes about holding the camera sometimes). Comment: "Aw sad. Feels like C forced B into this. So sad." Monogamous folks…are you okay?

I gotta start posting my rants one post at a time.

When robots attack XD

First icy day of the year. Gorgeous sunrise though!

#WIPSnips "Doctor" from FotF #1, Fight or Flight Maybe that's the most worrisome part to *you*, AL, but the other guy might disagree… XD

Do you still get to lick the cheesey dust from your fingers afterward? Otherwise, I don't want it.

Winter break is testing Jack’s spirit 😂

I'll let the gif speak for itself

Another excerpt from my #Review of Wednesday, Season 1. Spoiler-free to start with, all spoilers later and heavily forewarned. If you want to have a little rant - you know, as a treat - then might I suggest this? Always free, here: jaredgoring.com/review-wedne...