William R Earl

An author of words, sometimes good ones.

Choral Director by day, published SF/F author by... well, even earlier in the day.

[William R Earl @WREAuthor]

@rosieperez574 Oddly enough, I was trying to figure out what the next step from hyper-capitalism might be. My conclusion was that you would need some sort of system that encouraged the wealthy to voluntarily give up their money. Therefore...

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Here's one out of left field: do you think a #scifi novel painting Christianity in a positive light would have a prayer in today's market?
#WritingCommunity

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@NoInsaneRants Oh absolutely!

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I got contacted that on of my short stories that has JUST missed the cut several times is now on the long list at a pro-rate mag. Wish me luck 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

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@Matrix12001 Thanks!

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@NoInsaneRants I'm not sure what you mean by 'team sport' 🤔 If ur referring to AI, that would be a no...

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I might be in the minority here, but part of me loves moving body parts. I know it's against conventional wisdom, but there's something about writing "he threw a dismissive hand over his shoulder" that makes me smile. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

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@NoInsaneRants Aye

[William R Earl @WREAuthor]

Anyone else in the #writingcommunity feel like they live with a pendulum of motivation that wrenches back and forth between two genres at the most inconvenient times?

I need to be writing fantasy, but the sci-fi devil on my shoulder is very convincing...

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@jon_cronshaw My nostalgic answer is Gandalf freeing Theoden.

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@ciarasmithwrite I'm always surprised (and often surprised that I'm surprised) with what kinda stuff comes across the agent desk.

Also, the first thing in the replies I saw was an add, and for a split second I was confused why someone was saying "are you ready for the ultimate comfort!" 😂

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Do you ever have someone introduce a new genre of music to you and have the sudden desire to flush two years of writing down the drain and start over?

[William R Earl @WREAuthor]

I wrote a book! Now the real work starts

I got an agent! Now the real work starts

I'm on sub! Now the real work starts

It's getting published! Now the real work starts

The book is out! Now the real work starts

If u write, ur a writer. Don't self-reject #WritingCommunity

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@purely_sophia Clearly they've got the right idea, but that really needs to get down to one.

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@NoInsaneRants Totally respect that!

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Guys, fantasy is hard. I'm at almost 110,000 words and still have plenty of story to go. The final push is lowkey killing me 😂 So much respect for the pros!

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@MJG_Write Also, good to see another educator out there! Keep it up man!

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@NoInsaneRants Hence my use of 'usually,' but do you have recommendations?

[William R Earl @WREAuthor]

As a writer, it is usually better to entertain and then offer a thread of art rather than to be artistic with only a thread of entertainment.

People won't be transformed by a story that hasn't first transported them.

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