thoughts from the ether

mid-lifer, occasional writer, speculative, sci-fi and fantasy and walks in the woods of the near future

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It's been a few...checking in, going back to the cave...

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The last week or so...oof. Have to step away and just be. Stay safe, everyone.

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The last week or so...oof. Have to step away and just be. Stay safe, everyone.

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@JaeMargal oh most definitely! the way some folks craft their posts, their witty replies, the banter...mmm, mmm. And don't even get me started on their grasp of grammar and big ole two-dollar words!

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@AuthorJRose ☺️

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@WriterCWP One works with a team of beta readers and editors to come up with a list of titles from which one can choose.

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@CortneyRadocaj Lifting for visibility...

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@OhlidalWilliam <thunderous applause>

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@SashaLysette @AmyMarsden12 first page, balloon page, all intriguing!

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@LauraRuthless always good to meet a kindred spirit ☺️

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Anyone else find that speculative, near-future fiction has become harder to create in the last few years? Everything is too real now, and without going full space opera, I've struggled to world-build and come up with a plot that isn't already happening...😅

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@ArielRuthanne @AmyMarsden12 I also enjoy military-thriller-adjacent fiction 😎 among a host of other thrillers. Lee Child, Steven Konkoly, etc. All enjoyable!

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@ArielRuthanne @AmyMarsden12 love military thrillers. also worked sniper-adjacent in a past life (courtesy of Uncle Sugar)

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@ArielRuthanne @AmyMarsden12 just casually following now... 😋

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@rollins_green @AmyMarsden12 ok, I'm hooked. And also need to finish lunch before I go look at your profile to see if you have posted a sample of the book 😁

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@SashaLysette @AmyMarsden12 not gonna lie, I want to read the first page!

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@AmyMarsden12 Tech. Hard tech that could arguably be worked into time/space distortion. I have almost resigned myself to the fact that I may have to hand-wave the HOW in my story.

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@RealJulietDelta tbh, until I see Fin or The End, I assume the printer left off the last chapter 😋

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@OhlidalWilliam Add that to your resume.

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@RoseThorgaard well, aloooooooha!