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Ah, those... jerks. Sorry, I can't find a better word.

Yep, the filter bubble. I guess Richard Bach's "four billion people live in four billion separate worlds" has never felt more real.

Very weird opinion. I mean, I'd still like to meet the person who said 'first-person POV equals bad writing'. I know some say it's the easiest way to write a story, but... also a controversial statement, imo.

My First Epic Celtic Work Was A Total Failure YouTube video by Jim Fitzpatrick

I cannot express how he inspires me. Fail better. 💚
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You're just old-fashioned. It seems to me most of the classical heroes also were rather handsome. 😉

Absolutely! I wrote a similar post several years ago: "If you're suffering from blank page syndrome, just fill the page with anything! A doodle, a silly joke or even an ink blot." Tho I'm not sure if it always works, haha.

Celtia Cover Eriu YouTube video by Jim Fitzpatrick

Like and subscribe ASAP! It is absolutely fantastic, #JimFitzpatrick 💖, an incredible Irish #artist and my timeless source of inspiration!
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Know what? Seems I'm not afraid of #AI. Not too much. I'm rather afraid of people, including those who are absolutely sure they always can differ GenAI from real human content. Predicting: the new phobia is coming! What if my own texts look like GenAI to someone? Am I real enough?
#thoughtsaloud

Never reread your writing, stay perfect! 😆

O rly? 🤪

Image of a face on a wall

Wrote a post about #pareidolia (when you see faces everywhere, like this), Google algorithms noticed, but couldn't get it, and... Suggested me to watch a f*cking video about f*cking facelifting or facebuilding idk wtf! Facepalm. 🤦
We need to use it somehow. Idk how tho.
#writing

It was kinda joke, but sometimes I really doubt I am.

Perhaps, but that's certainly not the main reason. Maybe I just have too much free time. Or maybe I'm just not gifted enough, haha!

I'm not so lucky. As I always say, I have to create my characters from all this crap I keep inside my mind, hehe. Peoples, songs, memories, pictures, myths, fairytales etc. But as soon as they arrived, we start the journey!

Me not. 😭 I mean, I'm lazy like hell, I guess a sloth is my totemic animal, but none of my first drafts are perfect. Sometimes I think I'm cursed, and just doomed to rewrite my work endlessly. 😔

A table outside with a lot of fruits, grains, honeycombs and two bottles of beer

A table outside with a lot of fruits, grains, honeycombs and two bottles of beer

A table outside with a lot of fruits, grains, honeycombs and two bottles of beer

Peaches, plums, figs, grains and raspberries on the wooden table

Blessed #Lughnasadh, folks! Happy harvest!
Suddenly realized, that if I were really religious and had to choose the god to worship, it would certainly be #Lugh of All Arts and Crafts!
(My August 1st is always like this. What should I do with all these fruits? Want some?) 😉🍑
#mythology #writer #pagan

Pretty often I don't even have a clue where it may end up. Come on, life's a journey, not a destination! 😉

Nope, my mother dragon always told me: "Don't play with food!" Oops! 😆

Eh, just to fool the primitive bipedal creatures and use them for their own needs, I guess. 😆

Sorry, guys, I'll just leave it here. Because it starts to drive me mad.

Oh yeah! Delany is absolutely mind-blowing! You know, I'm not a native speaker — my English is OK to read Harry Potter, that's all. But I tried reading Delany in English. I didn't get very far, but it was outstanding! He breaks all the rules, doesn't care about anything, and sounds incredibly cool!

It's a difficult question. I think of several authors: Zelazny, Sapkowski, King, Simak... A very special place: Lord Dunsany. But the one, who once pushed me to writing, was not a writer, but a screenwriter. George Lucas with his Willow. I thought: what the fuck! I also can do! 😆

Hmm... I hate the days between stories. I feel empty. Just me is not enough. 😆

Haha! It seems to me that the publisher said something like this to J. K. Rowling: 'Stories about boys at a magic school are old-fashioned; no one will buy them.' (I'm not sure about the exact wording.) Never say never. 😉

Just parted brass rags with one kinda 'international' self-pub platform. Suddenly it turned out to be a xenophobic piece of shit. I'm now thinking about where I should go with my short stories and my future novel. Any advice?
#WritingCommunity #Selfpub #IndieWriter

"Avoid ABS Syndrome (Always Be Selling)"
I rather have NBS Syndrome (Never Be Selling). 😆😭

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I think it depends on the nature of the shifter and how they shapeshift. It would be okay for a wizard to shapeshift their belongings, whereas it would be impossible for a traditional werewolf. It's exactly the same with yours. 👍

Werewolf ripping shirt

Question for my colleagues fantasy/horror #writers: do any of your characters have shapeshifting abilities? Werewolves or alike? If so, how do you solve the problem with their equipment or inventory? Do you let them keep it somehow?
#writingcommunity #werewolves #fantasy

An excellent question, I'd say! And as a big fan of Four Branches of the Mabinogi (what can be seen from my pen-name), I like the answer! As for me... I suppose I write because I find it difficult to *speak* to people in my day-to-day life. I hate talking, but I still want to be heard, haha!