*updates on Current Events* Once again reminded of the line "Why should I read something you didn't even bother to write?" -Who cares! AI is here! Human creativity is the whole point -And people need to eat! So you use the anthropocidal plagiarism machine that guzzles water? #reading #writing

Finding Whimsy: The Catcus As always, I have questions. Harmless ones first: What does Catcus eat? Was Catcus part of a litter? How many types of Catci are there? #cats #writing art cred: briarty

Try first. Get mad later. #writing #monday

Read him to FILTH

Sky: blue Ocean: blue Planet: blue Humans: red hot silly buggers #summer

If I'm understanding this right, y'all are gonna need this lady very soon...

The fact that we can watch humans walk in space has to be a miracle. I'm literally watching astronauts fix something complicated IN SPACE, all from a tiny supercomputer in my hands (→→NASA Spacewalk). Now they're assembling new gear. IN SPACE. This is the definition of amazing. #space #writing

They've been around for a while, so yeah, I guess you could say that -They're still at large? Sometimes. And get this: One villain is The Dirty Bubble -The what? The Dirty Bubble. A bubble, but *dirty* -He's an old dirty bubble? Yeah! Exactly! -Anyone ever call him ODB? 👀 #humpday #writing

This is the original video in case of sincere interest

This song has been stuck in my head for at least 24 hours now Fab writing and the final crescendo nails it. Clearly, the mysterious lover does not care at all... What's great is how people are taking the song and running with it. From remixes to metatextual analysis, it's all there 🙂‍↔️ #writing

I hold in my hand a tale of legend and hope, of glory and song Them: Who are you talking to? The Universe Them: Why? Because this one's not my usual genre and I'm un peu ...anxious *checks Final Draft* Them: You expanded that one story? It got away with me. Now I have a whole world. #writing

WHO GREENLIT THAT WIG OMIGOD

Hm... is it booya or booyah? Google Search Bar: I knew you'd ask. Oh? Nice. Thanks. AI Overview: YOU'RE WELCOME! *immediate human cackling* AI Overview: What? What happened? It was right, wasn't it? Say it was right, please 🤖 WHERE TO EVEN BEGIN AHAHAHAHAHA *cries* #writerslife

*googles Steve McQueen director* AI Overview: BOOYA! *enraged human noises* AI Overview: I don't see color. Literally. Dude, I am unseeing. I have no concept of sight. Look, best I could do is both. Happy? You're happy now, right? Please say you're happy 🤖 I AM NOT HAPPY. AT ALL. #writing #NoAI

To Do List: ▪︎Wrap up Draft_5.3_26 (WIP2) ▪︎Proofread that chapter (deadline!) ▪︎Pacing in pp. 156-167? ▪︎Review cover markups What will probably happen: Side quest scenes and new WIPs *what actually happens* But first: coffee #humpday #writing

What's the word for "missing someone's creative work"? An example: Andre Braugher and Alan Rickman each had a screen presence, voice, and style that were unique and unmatched. Heartbreakingly, they are no longer with us. Ergo, no more new creative expression. Is there a word for that? #writing

I just yelled at a character in a story. Their motivations make sense in their world, mind you, but the absolute mess their decision-making process lands them in is... Phew. LORDT. #reading #writing

*yesterday* Me: Dammit, I'll have to push back [project fd]. Colleague [kindly]: Bummer. M: At least tomorrow's a day off. C [sighs]: Yeah, I'll probably get some work done. M [gasps]: Don't you dare work tomorrow! Of all days! C [laughs]: Point made. Honour the ancestors and rest 🪷 #writing

*avoids video essay* Not-Writer: Why? Writer: Ragebait. Not-Writer: Really? *checks thumbnail* Not-Writer: Oof. Writer: Yah. *fun content creator posts response* Writer: DAMMIT. Not-Writer: Don't do it. *watches ragebait anyway* Not-Writer: How bad is it? Writer: *yells* #reading #writing

It's intriguing how German and Japanese almost always have a word for a very particular human experience. I recently stumbled upon "komorebi" "Sunlight filtering through the trees" isn't just a visual reality, is it... It's an entire moment that resonates within. #words #writing

Now we live in a time where cameras are everywhere, making more and more people self-concious to the nth degree, not to mention the creepy AI getting jammed into all and sundry because things weren't bad enough already, let's make it worse yay. It's quite sad, really. What happened to everything?

Why is writing like this?

"But don't forget it's me who put you where you are now / And I can put you back down too." What.

Lord, this song. So this guy, right? He meets a waitress in a cocktail bar. He brags: "I picked you out, shook you up and turned you around / turned you into someone new." Ok. Now see, sir, the way you phrased that? Seems kind o' sus...

This cover.

*Remembering Johnny who ran off with a Yugoslav lady* "Six months later, both Johnny and his Unpronounceable Wife were dead! She drove their car off a cliff in a fit of rage. They say it was an accident, but I always thought it was sheer bad temper." Agatha. What is this? Wild. #booksky #writing

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Wait what. That's the end? What. Wait. Huh? Btw whoever is responsible for those mangled hard cuts needs to be spoken to. How was that The End though. What.

The Manson Mingotts ganging up on you is one thing. But having your personal Newland Archer treat you like furniture? Ma'am. Call a cab.

Wait, these are van der Luyden Rules. Where's Newland Archer and his yellow roses?