In case anyone here hasn't heard yet, the wonderful Michael Wombat (previously @wombat37 here) passed away last night.
He brought joy to everyone who knew him and will be deeply missed by all.
@planet_leesti It doesn't matter to me at all because as a reader I often picture a character a certain way and then the author describes them and I'm like "nope, absolutely not" and continue to imagine them how I was
@planet_leesti I do in most of my longer stories. I don't always for shorts.
People tend to treat us differently/make certain assumptions about us based on what we look like. That will in turn effect how we approach situations and interact with people, what expectations they have of us, etc.
I swear capcut is a demon sent to torture me. Fighting with captions on my day off while it's telling me "too many people are using this feature" why does that matter? Just let me have my stupid captions and move on with my day already. Why do I pay for this
@RTWBarefoot I'm endlessly quotable today, apparently.
"No, I'm not talking about Bob Cratchit the character, I'm talking about Kermit the Frog, the actor!"
I loathe shopping.
I hate driving there, parking there, spending ages finding your size, sweating in a tiny changing room with nowhere to sit to take your shoes off, discovering you're two sizes bigger than you thought, finding out it had been mistakenly put on the sale rail and
it's twice the price. Being told you have to give your email address for a receipt you dont even want, nothing being in the same place twice, roadworks on the way home, discovering when you get home that in your quest to look like a grown up for a change you've inadvertently
That @RTWBarefoot has visited 100 countries, and asked me to ask them some questions about it for their podcast. I'm not sure these are entirely what they had in mind
https://t.co/mDKF12MvNa
I have a new podcast episode out! @vspearson85 asked me questions about having reached 100 countries in 50 years, including ones on topics as wildly different as colonialism and toilets.
Go have a listen!
https://t.co/XeosqsPzn8
The app is free for anyone to use, and you dont need any special recording equipment, just your phone. All kids should have access to bedtime stories ❤️
https://t.co/dXBT4MinFb
I know I have lots of #WritingCommunity friends here, if any of you are children's book writers, this would be such a nice thing to donate your book to.
If you're a reader, donate some time and help the RSBC build the world's biggest free audiobook library for blind children