Loren Selby

Introverted storyteller who wears a hat. Occasionally witty

[Loren Selby @Selby_Stories]

Everthink Ariel had better options to visit land than a bargin with a sea witch? This post is for you my fellow overthinker.

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Art Image "The Ipswich Mermaid," George Courage
#overthinking #mermaids #wheelchair #fantasy

[Loren Selby @Selby_Stories]

Two months of PT and I can safely pick up a full coffee mug with my right shoulder.
Next milestone, pouring the coffee pitcher with that arm.

#writerslife #hiatus #PhysicalTherapy

[Loren Selby @Selby_Stories]

Quick hiatus due to shoulder injury.

[Loren Selby @Selby_Stories]

#Overthinking can be dangerous. In the case of the Wizard of Oz, subsituting one Dorothy Gale for me leads to a rant about respecting the dead and Oz's lack of inheritance laws.
Does the Wicked Witch get the shoes?
#wizardofOz #humor

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[Loren Selby @Selby_Stories]

This is a ramble about the put-upon protagontist of my unpublished novella "The Odd-Job Wizard" and real life person who inspired him.
#writerslife #WIP

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[Loren Selby @Selby_Stories]

#overthinking #wizardofoz
We all know that Glinda gives Dorothy the magic shoes after her house landed on the wicked witch. It's key to the plot.
However, does that mean rest of the deceased clothes just lying pressed flat under the house? Should we maybe do something about that?

[Loren Selby @Selby_Stories]

When I was 13, I doodled a dragon.
Many, many years later, I wrote a novella about that dragon trying not to set his unwanted neighbors on fire.
#dragons #worldbuilding #WIP

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[Loren Selby @Selby_Stories]

Yes please. I want a therapy horsie that will shi-kabob my foes and enrich my garden soil.

[Kerria @Kerria]

Offering an emotional support unicorn for whoever needs one✨

[Loren Selby @Selby_Stories]

@klhicks912 Hire or bribe one. I write fiction and there's a lot of backstory and worldbuilding that doesn't overtly appear in the manuscript.
An editor doesn't have that all locked up in their brain. That makes them a great resource to check readability

[Loren Selby @Selby_Stories]

I got my first agent query rejection! I'm going to print it out and put it in a folder. Rinse and repeat at least ten more times.
After that I will have a proper pity party, then write some more.
#writerscommunity #milestones

[Loren Selby @Selby_Stories]

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[Loren Selby @Selby_Stories]

There's a running joke in the #WriterCommunity about how our internet search history seems when taken out of context.
Click the link below to see behind the scences for my Slice-of-Life fantasty WIP (title under revision).

https://t.co/usqGf0MN6L
#writerslife #humor

[Loren Selby @Selby_Stories]

This is a ramble about athletics, #writing, and #motivation to pratice any craft. Link below

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[Loren Selby @Selby_Stories]

This is a long ramble about how math develops and why dragons not always having five fingers makes a shocking difference
#overthinking #math #dragons

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[Loren Selby @Selby_Stories]

Somedays, I'm a mature responsible adult. Others, I'm outright bribing my inner child to get work done.

#writerlife #miniaturepainting #WorkLifeBalance

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[Loren Selby @Selby_Stories]

What does the little #cricket bug, pre Civil-War cotton fields, and Christopher #Columbus have to do with each other?
#overthinking #environment #food

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[Loren Selby @Selby_Stories]

You may have an #overthinking problem when,
it takes a advice from a mentor, a Pros and Cons lists, and praticing in the mirror to be comfortable introducing yourself as a #writer.

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[Loren Selby @Selby_Stories]

Unfortunately, people with mobility issues live this story far too often. Passion and pushing through the pain are not enough when somebody sets you an unreasonable task.
#accessibility #mermaid #fairytales

[Loren Selby @Selby_Stories]

In the classic story the Little Mermaid, Hans Christian Anderson gives a mermaid legs. However, it is not a perfect solution.
The mermaid suffers from excruciating foot and leg pain while she tries to fill the terms of the witch's contract.

#accessibility #mermaid #fairytales

[Loren Selby @Selby_Stories]

One of the big inspirations for my wheelchair/mermaid blog was the time I helped my Gran around a few of Ireland's tourist spots in a push wheelchair.
'Disability accessible' does not mean 'Stress-free Experience.'
#wheelchair #accessibility #writerslife

[Loren Selby @Selby_Stories]

Check out the artist who design that stunning mermaid art
https://t.co/hnkuGZM7G3
@couragecreative

[Loren Selby @Selby_Stories]

Everthink Ariel had better options to visit land than a bargin with a sea witch? This post is for you my fellow overthinker.

https://t.co/Vj7riQFtjv

Art Image "The Ipswich Mermaid," George Courage
#overthinking #mermaids #wheelchair #fantasy