#TarotCards #WitchySky No one seems to see my hand-drawn tarot cards. Day 4 The Emperor: stability, structure, protection, authority, control, practicality, focus, discipline Also: domineering, rigidity, stubbornness, authoritarian, reckless

Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen: "If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU." "Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.

#BlueSky #Tarot No one seems to see my hand-drawn tarot cards. Day 3 The Abbess: inner wisdom, mystery, secret knowledge, intuition. Also: hidden secrets, superficiality or glib ness, performative spirituality. Question: Do you trust your instinct or your intellect which may be mislead?

HAPPENING NOW: In federal court in MN, DOJ is struggling to articulate why a person following an ICE vehicle — so long as they are obeying traffic laws — can be stopped for "reasonable suspicion" of a crime. Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.

#Tarot #TarotCards The Magician: resourcesfulness, inner or hidden powers, manifesting new realities, changing employment or occupation. Also: frustrated potential, manipulation, wasted talents. Question: If we seek too hard for what is hidden, does the search hold us back from progress?

I read Anne Frank’s diary when I was very young. Now we are living it daily.

#Tarot The fool: new beginnings, innocence, spontaneity, a leap of faith. Also: impetuousness, naivité, lack of commitment. Question: does the dog (animal nature) protect his master, or lead/push him Into danger?

Abolish the crazy thugs at ICE.

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#pretendpanel, I think my main characters have gotten a lot more 'voicy' over time, and I need to find that voice before I can properly embark with them. In the distant past I took directly from dreams, or cribbed from video game characters. 1/3 >>>

One upon a time, I didn't think much about characters beyond "I need a character, probably..." Now I try to make a full, imaginary, human. I put a lot of effort into creating the character's background, wants, motivation... (1/4) #pretendpanel #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

#pretendpanel Like the stories themselves, I find the characters and who they are during the first draft For example, I started one with the intent of making a noir mystery but as I was writing it became a black comedy So the main characters had to reflect that They evolve as the story does

What’s really helped with my creation of characters is questions like those prompted by @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social as they help make them more unique and have a voice. Prompts like that are so helpful in refining them so they’re more than a backstory. #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors

I've been detail-oriented since I started RPing, but this is the first project where I've sought out classes to learn skills my MC knows. I'm more place and culture oriented (popular ads, smells, songs, foods). Working w/ remembered past lives adds layers of history and trauma, too #PretendPanel

#pretendpanel Jan 10th: How your character creation evolved? Characters--now "we're" talking. My heroes: Bowie + Browning. Writing first person, I become immersed to the point identities blur. Possessed, but aware the flaws and dramatic ironies. #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

#PretendPanel 10. It has become much deeper, connected; more personal. And honestly, I have Ashrah to thank for this as well. Developing her has taught me so much; has made me fall even more in love with characters.

#pretendpanel #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts I still usually let my characters tell me who they are, what their names is, what their goals are. It has to come from them. ...2

Finished the first draft of a short story… first writing I’ve managed to do in a month, outside of social media posts. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Rest in power to Keith Porter who was murdered by an ICE agent in Los Angeles. It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.

Renee Macklin Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement and it moved me to sobbing tears: archive.is/ur35j

BREAKING: ICE shooter identified as Jonathan Ross. www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...

1/2 🧵Tell an authoritarian how much you hate him, and he gets a surge of energy, and comes at you even stronger. Publicly ridicule him...and laugh at him, it's like you wield a magical power. Humiliation destabilizes authoritarians by stripping status...without triggering fear.

Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread) 1. Pat Bagley

It was cold-blooded murder Cartoon by Michael de Adder

#pretendpanel January 9: How has your craft evolved lately? After agonising over rules, writer advice, and imposter syndrome, I recently made a decision to be more intuitive and less clever. Something clicked. Now I am writing more, and better. #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

#pretendpanel #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts I’m definitely getting more of a grasp of structure. I’m sure if I was doing an MFA I’d fail miserably, but I like the voice that has emerged. It’s truer to my — very autistic — inner narrative.

A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.

#amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #writesky Good morning #WIPSnips, I'm back after a short hiatus! 😁 Here's a little snippet from #Tenement, my dystopian mystery about people living in an infinite building.

Birds are just dinosaurs with good PR

TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force? MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO T: So force is on the table? M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland

This new war is not only illegal, reckless and deeply corrupt, it is the latest in a series of increasingly desperate distractions from the EPSTEIN Files. #ImpeachAndConvict47NOW

#PretendPanel 1/3: My early works were adventure-focused and plot-driven, portal fantasies and quests for magical MacGuffins and whatnot. They were all about excitement and exploration and large casts of unique and interesting characters, lots of saving the world and other huge stages. (1/3)

#pretendpanel My writing has always been about loneliness, responsibility, & found family. Themes of identity, trauma, & healing have joined the ranks, with regular representation of neurodivergence, chronic illness, & queerness

I started out writing romance because my background in fanfic prepared me for it. But all of my romances contained a murder, and I realized I was writing in the wrong genre. As I like to say now, "My heart has no room for you. But the trunk of my car does." #pretendpanel #cozymystery

I’ve been writing since I was 11, so, uh… A lot has changed. 😅 I’m now *intentionally* funny, my characters have way more depth & nuance, settings exist rather than being left entirely up to the reader’s imagination, and the vibes are overall more intense BUT I prefer happy endings. #PretendPanel

I'm less frightened of being judged for my subject material & also I don't let my lack of talent in an area prevent me from exploring it. Like if I've never written a genre before or a poetic style. I'll do it anyway, instead of waiting for when I've "improved". #pretendpanel

#PretendPanel The most obvious change in my writing journey was to stop trying to carve a career in magazines and write a novel. Since then I've tried a couple of scifi sub-genres and briefly pivoted back to non-fiction. Basically I still have no idea what I'm doing. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

#pretendpanel I attempted three novels in high school, and got to 100+ pages in two of them, but I didn't bring in social issues like racism (in fantasy) until my 20s. Then I went to grad school, and now social issues are in everything I write. #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

#pretendpanel #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts I started writing historical fantasy, but I've slowly transitioned into both horror/supernatural and historical fiction. My first things were very mythological, but now they usually involve ordinary characters in trying situations

Q: what kind of vile creature HATES wind turbines A: look what it's done to the Oval Office, the White House, the Rose Garden, the Kennedy Center, the Constitution, due process, scrotus, the gop, immigrants, Christian refugees, its birthday parade, its defiling of Arlington National Cemetery... 🤮

#pretendpanel, I consider my actual serious writing career to have been reborn in November 2021. Before that, I had a few successes early on, especially with playwriting, but I didn't know how to learn from or build on that. 1/2 >>>

#PretendPanel Jan 2 I guess this depends on how you define "career." I've been making up stories & drawing them as little crayon books tied together with yarn since I was a kid. First time I thought seriously about being *published* was with a horsey story I wrote in 5th grade. But I guess I'll🧵

Summer break I always read. I can't remember what inspired me to do it, but one day, I wrote a story. I shared with my Mom and she told me I should continue. Since then, I've written original and fanfics from TV and movies.

#PretendPanel Beginning of my writing career proper was when I self published Sunshine & Lollipops back in 2012. People seemed to like it and I haven’t stopped tormenting folk with my tales since… (although hopefully the quality has improved) #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors

I consider the beginning of my writing career journey to be when I first attended a writing conference back in 2010. It signified the first time I considered myself an author, even though it would be another ten years before I became a published writer.

I'd say 2022 is when I really started to think about publishing seriously. I'd been writing fanfic for a couple years and writing original stuff wasn't something I'd planned to do. I was writing fic because I'd burnt out trying my hand at publishing before (cont) #pretendpanel

#pretendpanel #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts Is it January already? I worked as a journalist/writer from 1982-90. I attempted to get a novel (YA) published but it died at the publisher. I started writing again in August of 2023. I wrote 300,000 words before one was published

#NewYearsEve #BlueSky May your 2026 be all you hope, and your family and friends be as hale and heart on the last day, as they are on the first. For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll drink a cup of kindness yet For sake of auld lang syne.

There are far too many possibilities but, this is certainly a favourite. There’s a candid quality to her floppsy-moppsy dance that’s perfect. youtu.be/VV1XWJN3nJo?...