Writing progress from 2019 vs 2026 Just kept plunking. (I didn't want to co-opt the art thread so I'm making a new one for writing)

Fellow authors: without any context, what's the first line of your current WIP?

Show me a picture that captures your essence

17 minutes remain! Decimalists, we can't let them do that to our precious seximals! itch.io/b/3691/pride...

See also: writers trying to think up their next line.

Less than a day to go to grab this bundle for $20! Decimalists, do not let them take away our scandalous sex number! itch.io/b/3691/pride...

Seeing us and @autumnwolff.bsky.social in the Itch top 5 for top selling books is peak. (psst: if you haven't bought Girl For A Week yet, you should! it's so good)

Oh we're *really* close now. Edging, one might say. itch.io/b/3691/pride...

=insert meme= itch.io/b/3691/pride...

The 70s needed more estrogen.

Oh hey, we slew Odin.

Time for a new intro! Hi, I'm Soph! I write books with lots of trans goodness. My first book, Machines of Consent, is a sexy trans lesbian cyberpunk about bodily and mental autonomy. My upcoming book, Mara, is queer space opera about human-ness, anarchy, and belief. Also, I bite books.

Me and @embermoth.prismata.press being ourselves.

If you see this, post a picture of you in glasses 👓

In haul: T-Rex, Electric Warrior. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Hard Promises. Peter Gabriel, So (Russia pressing). Camel, Rain Dances and I Can See Your House From Here. Return To Forever, Romantic Warrior. Def Leppard, Pyromania. Genesis, Selling England By The Pound.

Lookie what just arrived! cc @autumnwolff.bsky.social

If you're an integerist, here's your opportunity. You can't let this top contribution stand. Look at it! It's an affront to all that is whole-y.

what in the world is this? Didn't links used to "just work"?

I don't often do transition timelines but wanted to share this one. Left is 3 days before starting HRT. Right is this week, 3+ years later.

We are *almost* there! itch.io/b/3691/brigh...

Nice

I thought the girls were feeling a bit different lately

Well that sounds awfully familiar.

We're really are (found family) sisters

@8bitem.bsky.social doing some apartment gardening. Here they are splitting a snake plant into different pots and also repotting and autograph tree.

Oh my. Well at least one company made money, the one the rest of them are depending on. I'm sure this is all fine. 😅 Full chart here: isaiprofitable.com

One of my absolute favourite foods in the whole world

Great minds 😄 Yeah, I figure start with something like that and make sure the editing is working great, and let it evolve from there.

A great visualisation of what's happening when LLMs "write". More info here: tuhinjubcse.github.io/granta-ngram...

Couldn't have said it better myself! (cc @autumnwolff.bsky.social) Get your copy here: prismata-press.itch.io/machines-of-...