Found a #Procreate tutorial by James Julier Art Tutorials that reminded me of #Valheim. Just had to give it a try.

Hard to pick just one snippet today, but this is the one I settled on. Comes from a very minor scene, which I enjoyed writing a great deal regardless.

#WIPsnips #WritingCommuniry #Fantasy

Yesterday, I set aside my final lecture on systems thinking to focus on something more urgent: the rise of fascism.

I asked my students my students for inspiration on how to affect change. Their responses varied (1/2)

🔹 Practice radical empathy—connect across divides
🔹 Join boycotts

@karinvanzon.bsky.social and I just released our first game dev project: Cat the Great. A short adventure style game about a cat plotting a coup.

It's unpolished, but we're happy to share:
tarmon-gaidon.com/hosting/CatT... (Windows x64)

Outro is nsfw (violence)

#GodotEngine #GameDev #IndieGameDev

Almost two hours just zipped by. There are 1400 more words on the page than there were when I began. Some of the words might even be good words.

I'm feeling great. Writing is fun.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writing

This is from one of the first chapters of my current WIP, written forever ago.

#WIPsnips
#WriteSky

There is no one clear antagonist in my current book, except maybe Failing to Know When to Let Go or Hold On. On a less abstract level, the two best candidates are Raulan Burgeon and Sonoros Vianos. I wouldn't call either of them evil... but their priorities are definitely not where they should be.

My current project is an epic fantasy novel that has spiralled out of control and will never see the light of day. I'm going to finish it, because I haven't finished a first draft since 2015, but as soon as that is done I'm moving on :')
#writing #writingcommunity

The word "shine" occurs five times in my current WIP. My favourite comes from this scene, where this mage gives a demonstration to a group of pupils.

#WIPsnips #Writing #WriteSky

"To seek for the meaning is to cut open the ball in search of its bounce."

I just read #Tolkien 's charming "Smith of Wootton Major" and found this delightful quote, from R.L. Green's review of the tale. Such a simple but resoundingly successful metaphor.

#Literature #Writing

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The thieves guild in my #WIP is, eh... "exploring alternative business models."

My preferred medium is the written word, but digital art tutorials are fun. My version, inspired by Art with Flo on YouTube.

youtu.be/AX84Qc0dwo4?...

I guess I'm only buying books by authors called "Ali S." this trip?

#AliSmith #AliShaw #BookSky