Owls
@owlwrite.bsky.social
A promise to myself: Owl Write. For cake and otherwise 🖋🍰. Reviews at owlwrite4cake.wordpress.com
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I really hope I never attract the attention of Joyce Carol Oates, Kendrick Lamar, or menswear guy.
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I really hope I never attract the attention of Joyce Carol Oates, Kendrick Lamar, or menswear guy.
I loved this one and still love coming back to it 🖤
I Met My Wife in the Woods by @ashvalewrites.bsky.social from Issue 5
Gaslighting, toxic love; just eerie wood vibes
www.heartlines-spec.com/i-met-my-wif...
Gaslighting, toxic love; just eerie wood vibes
www.heartlines-spec.com/i-met-my-wif...
I Met My Wife in the Woods
I Met My Wife in the Woods by Ash Vale
www.heartlines-spec.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I loved this one and still love coming back to it 🖤
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Sticking with the maritime theme! This time a Minoan octopus vase inspired design. I'm hoping to display this one coming out of water, so I tweaked the angle.
I have photographed this one, but I might wait and do it again tomorrow, because this is a very *wet* pumpkin (unintentional storytelling).
I have photographed this one, but I might wait and do it again tomorrow, because this is a very *wet* pumpkin (unintentional storytelling).
October 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Sticking with the maritime theme! This time a Minoan octopus vase inspired design. I'm hoping to display this one coming out of water, so I tweaked the angle.
I have photographed this one, but I might wait and do it again tomorrow, because this is a very *wet* pumpkin (unintentional storytelling).
I have photographed this one, but I might wait and do it again tomorrow, because this is a very *wet* pumpkin (unintentional storytelling).
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anyway it's always nice to remember there's only one law in writing, which is to get away with it. anything is legal if you look good doing it!!
October 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
anyway it's always nice to remember there's only one law in writing, which is to get away with it. anything is legal if you look good doing it!!
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it is chilly and I want to be in bed under a big blanket but instead I am doing my job and for this I deserve a medal
October 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
it is chilly and I want to be in bed under a big blanket but instead I am doing my job and for this I deserve a medal
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So, me, @sarareads.bsky.social and @dianthaa.bsky.social will be doing a thing over at r/fantasy. Please come join us!
I AM VERY EXCITED AND VERY NERVOUS.
#booksky
I AM VERY EXCITED AND VERY NERVOUS.
#booksky
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September 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
So, me, @sarareads.bsky.social and @dianthaa.bsky.social will be doing a thing over at r/fantasy. Please come join us!
I AM VERY EXCITED AND VERY NERVOUS.
#booksky
I AM VERY EXCITED AND VERY NERVOUS.
#booksky
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Today is a very good day to quit something.
September 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Today is a very good day to quit something.
I'm assuming @premeemohamed.com already knows this artist, but just in case: hinemizushima.com
Sea creatures! Innards! Spiky things!
Sea creatures! Innards! Spiky things!
Hine Mizushima - Purple Octopus and Eyeball Starfish
hinemizushima.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I'm assuming @premeemohamed.com already knows this artist, but just in case: hinemizushima.com
Sea creatures! Innards! Spiky things!
Sea creatures! Innards! Spiky things!
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I hope this ishmael finds you whale
September 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I hope this ishmael finds you whale
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Only reason anyone cares that Avatar even exists is because of the VFX artists' work. Like does he think it made a billion dollars because of the script?
“I’d like to see the cost of VFX artists come down.” — ‘Avatar’ director and Stability AI board member James Cameron claims effects workers are too expensive, putting blockbusters and the VFX industry at risk.
www.cartoonbrew.com/vfx/vfx-arti...
www.cartoonbrew.com/vfx/vfx-arti...
James Cameron Says VFX Costs Threaten Future Of Blockbusters
In a recent interview, Stability AI board member James Cameron warned high budgets threaten theaters, urging cheaper VFX and new tech to cut costs.
www.cartoonbrew.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Only reason anyone cares that Avatar even exists is because of the VFX artists' work. Like does he think it made a billion dollars because of the script?
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an appropriate response to your product killing a child after months of psychological manipulation and torture is to take the product off the market before it kills again and the fact that this isn’t universally accepted right now is incredibly frightening
August 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
an appropriate response to your product killing a child after months of psychological manipulation and torture is to take the product off the market before it kills again and the fact that this isn’t universally accepted right now is incredibly frightening
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I've been sitting on a story about the absurdity of author income for around two years. I think it's time to tell it.
You get money from a book you published on a date you can't predict. it will be a sum you can't predict. you will never know if the ranch is saved or not. Everyone makes interest off your royalties before you do, and you're probably not making *any* interest at all
And you don't have dental.
And you don't have dental.
No, authors aren't burnt out because "writing without AI is slow"
We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive
We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive
August 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I've been sitting on a story about the absurdity of author income for around two years. I think it's time to tell it.
"[T]his is a solved problem. [...] No innovative solutions are needed; just common sense, and putting in the work in advance."
August 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"[T]his is a solved problem. [...] No innovative solutions are needed; just common sense, and putting in the work in advance."
Can confirm. 100%.
Be careful not to leave your owls in the sun, they have a very low melting point. 🪶
August 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Can confirm. 100%.
Omg, that's the same guy??! Why* are people still taking him seriously??
*I know why, but come the fuck on!
*I know why, but come the fuck on!
tells you a lot that the British media is only talking about the feelings of the established cis white male author who 1) said trans-inclusive cis women are complicit in their own abuse 2) wrote a book about the holocaust so bad the Auschwitz museum condemned it and 3) plagiarized a recipe from BOTW
August 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Omg, that's the same guy??! Why* are people still taking him seriously??
*I know why, but come the fuck on!
*I know why, but come the fuck on!
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"Just ones more things, precious..."
Gollumbo.
Gollumbo.
August 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"Just ones more things, precious..."
Gollumbo.
Gollumbo.
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A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
August 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
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In my experience there are three kinds of fantasy magic novels:
July 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
In my experience there are three kinds of fantasy magic novels:
Random bug that made me think of @premeemohamed.com . Sweden seems to like SFF authors and I haven't even been to my favourite bookshop yet.
July 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Random bug that made me think of @premeemohamed.com . Sweden seems to like SFF authors and I haven't even been to my favourite bookshop yet.
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HOLY SHIT
Have you ever seen a book made entirely of silk? One item getting a lot of reading room attention recently is this "Livre de Prières." This book was manufactured with the Jacquard process, which relied on perforated punch cards to operate a loom, and is considered a precursor to early programming.
July 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
HOLY SHIT
Lots of love from Malmö city library for @clpolk.com and A Master of Djinn by @pdjeliclark.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Lots of love from Malmö city library for @clpolk.com and A Master of Djinn by @pdjeliclark.bsky.social
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💙📚 Someone asked me this today, and it STRESSED ME OUT enough to make this handy graphic that I will save on my phone so that this travesty of a conversation never happens again.
#booksky
#booksky
July 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
💙📚 Someone asked me this today, and it STRESSED ME OUT enough to make this handy graphic that I will save on my phone so that this travesty of a conversation never happens again.
#booksky
#booksky
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Interesting to see the writing process! Still I like the final version better:
'It is a pity,' said Legolas, ‘that Gandalf cannot go before us with a bright flame, and melt us a path.'
'It is a pity about your STUPID FACE,' Gandalf replied.
'It is a pity,' said Legolas, ‘that Gandalf cannot go before us with a bright flame, and melt us a path.'
'It is a pity about your STUPID FACE,' Gandalf replied.
July 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Interesting to see the writing process! Still I like the final version better:
'It is a pity,' said Legolas, ‘that Gandalf cannot go before us with a bright flame, and melt us a path.'
'It is a pity about your STUPID FACE,' Gandalf replied.
'It is a pity,' said Legolas, ‘that Gandalf cannot go before us with a bright flame, and melt us a path.'
'It is a pity about your STUPID FACE,' Gandalf replied.
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it's called The Red Winter and it's not out til...uhhhh....february 2026. i recognize that this is smug and unlikable behavior but in my defense it's very good!!! an immortal professor and the demon possessing him just killed a werewolf. there are footnotes & jokes.
June 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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No one PROMPTS like Gaston
Thinks big THONKS like Gaston
No one’s prose deserves so many PLONKS as Gaston
Thinks big THONKS like Gaston
No one’s prose deserves so many PLONKS as Gaston
June 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
No one PROMPTS like Gaston
Thinks big THONKS like Gaston
No one’s prose deserves so many PLONKS as Gaston
Thinks big THONKS like Gaston
No one’s prose deserves so many PLONKS as Gaston