Victoria Grefer

I write #fantasy with adventure, magical civil war, kidnapped princes, and LOTS of 💛. The Herezoth trilogy is now available on Amazon! #WritingCommunity

[Victoria Grefer @vgrefer]

The Herezoth trilogy has it all—Magic, friendship, heartbreak, victory, loss, love—and TONS of heart. Don’t miss out! Available on Amazon. #fantasy #writingcommunity #swordandsorcery

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas

[Michaela ☕️ @mdundon_books]

This!

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

As evidenced by the unbridled promotion and implementation of technology at the expense of human dignity, we are truly experiencing an eclipse of the sense of what it means to be human. It is imperative to recover an understanding of the true meaning and grandeur of humanity as intended by God. It is in this sense that the challenge we currently face is not technological, but anthropological, and it is my hope that the Encyclical Letter to be published within a few days will contribute to answering this challenge.

[Victoria Grefer @vgrefer]

@laurelworlds Very cool!!

[Victoria Grefer @vgrefer]

Haven’t written in forever because I’m so frustrated by the state of the industry and the “corn”ification, smutification, and fanfictionization of everything, and my lack of getting anywhere trying to find an audience for works of substance and depth and heart⬇️

[Victoria Grefer @vgrefer]

@laurelworlds Horrifying!!!! That’s basic history 😭

[Victoria Grefer @vgrefer]

@laurelworlds Hilary talks about that too! Check her channel out

[Victoria Grefer @vgrefer]

Now I’ve delved deeper into a YouTube channel called “The Second Story.” It’s motivating me to keep going and fight back. I can’t tell you what it means to have her saying everything I’ve been feeling and showing me I’m not alone. God bless you, Hilary Layne!

[Victoria Grefer @vgrefer]

@IllusionExotic Men have basically been pushed out of the industry. It’s all romantasy p0.rn garbage now

[Victoria Grefer @vgrefer]

@NewestPapa @MattWalshBlog They go into pretty graphic detail of warfare and violence—especially the Indian one. I would watch before letting your kids see them.

[Victoria Grefer @vgrefer]

@AuthorGFAllen Lord of the Rings. Books and/or movies

[Victoria Grefer @vgrefer]

@lucendacier @moniza_hossain This. First person is objectively harder to pull off well. There’s a lot more to consider in terms of style and perspective than in third.

[Victoria Grefer @vgrefer]

@moniza_hossain @JadeBlack21 There’s nothing objectively wrong with first person. It IS objectively harder to pull off or do well than third. My personal preference is to avoid it apart from the classics.

[Victoria Grefer @vgrefer]

because evil in reality is boring. Enslavement to the passions. Inebriation on power. “You hurt me so I’ll hurt you.” It’s not interesting when you really think about it, and it’s the same thing over and over.

People striving to become better people: that’s what is captivating.

[Victoria Grefer @vgrefer]

My first villain is the only one I find really interesting, mainly because of his wit and charm and what he could have been.

My other villains are not interesting, and that’s about right. They’re boring in a good way. A realistic way. The stories are much less about them

[Tim McKay @timmckay52]

Drives me nuts 😂

So rarely done well, and so often these little info dumps come in the form of "As you know, Bob..." and make no sense for the characters to be discussing or even thinking about (because they already know).

The ol' bait and switch: signed up for a badass thriller, got handed a textbook of wikipedia articles in print.

Jokes aside, I like well-researched books, and I do enjoy books that make me learn something within the story.

It's all in the execution.

[Sarah A. Hoyt @SarahAHoyt]

I'm sick and tired of being told the difference between main stream and genre writing is a matter of intelligence of writers or readers.
That is self-flattering nonsense from people who want to write about unpleasant people doing unpleasant things in the most boring way possible. :-P
You know where the link to the rant is.

[Patricia Heaton @PatriciaHeaton]

Woke up this morning struggling with worldly dissatisfaction and discontent and a general spiritual frustration and unease in my soul. It was a mood that was not of God and was not healthy spiritually. So I battled it with gratitude - started thanking Him for the birds I could hear singing (I love birds so much!), then for the trees, then for the fact that I had been given another day of life. Prayed for my boys, had a small spat with hubs (natch), resolved it (after 36 years you don’t give too much weight to these things), had a phone meeting that could have gone off the rails but ended up on a very positive note. Feeling much better. Thank you Jesus. If your Monday started off badly, start with the birds and work your way back to Him.

[Victoria Grefer @vgrefer]

@ProAuthorTips I like coffee for caffeine and herbal tea after I’m caffeinated

[Victoria Grefer @vgrefer]

Happy Monday to all. The day job awaits. Hopefully it’ll be painless 🙂