A.J. Escrada
@ajescrada.bsky.social
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A.J. Escrada
@ajescrada.bsky.social
· Nov 17
‘Our power is patience. We have discovered that writing allows even a stupid person to seem halfway intelligent, if only that person will write the same thought over and over again, improving it just a little bit each time. Anybody can do it. All it takes is time.’
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
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Breaking News: In the first case of its kind in Canada, major news outlets are suing OpenAI, accusing the company of illegally using their content.
Major Canadian News Outlets Sue OpenAI In New Copyright Case
A coalition of some of Canada’s biggest media companies is seeking billions of dollars in compensation for what they say is copyright infringement on their work through ChatGPT.
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Breaking News: In the first case of its kind in Canada, major news outlets are suing OpenAI, accusing the company of illegally using their content.
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The dirty little open secret to writing is that no one will ever know, nor care, how many drafts of a thing were written - people will only ever care about the crafted thing, and will, despite all knowledge to the contrary, assume it came out fully formed that way. No one thinks about shit drafts.
November 27, 2024 at 7:22 PM
The dirty little open secret to writing is that no one will ever know, nor care, how many drafts of a thing were written - people will only ever care about the crafted thing, and will, despite all knowledge to the contrary, assume it came out fully formed that way. No one thinks about shit drafts.
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The most important thing in writing is to finish. A finished thing can be fixed. A finished thing can be published. A finished thing can be made into a movie.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
November 13, 2024 at 2:38 PM
The most important thing in writing is to finish. A finished thing can be fixed. A finished thing can be published. A finished thing can be made into a movie.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
An unfinished thing is just a dream. And dreams fade if you don't hold on tight enough.
So finish the thing.
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The legendary Ralph McQuarrie 💫
November 27, 2024 at 6:31 PM
The legendary Ralph McQuarrie 💫
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Free advice: If an artwork isn’t working, walk away. Let it breathe. Art will tell you what it needs in time. Trust the process.
November 24, 2024 at 12:03 AM
Free advice: If an artwork isn’t working, walk away. Let it breathe. Art will tell you what it needs in time. Trust the process.
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Trying to peel the sticker off a new book like
November 22, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Trying to peel the sticker off a new book like
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Not SciFi, but certainly fantastical, this book is really old, but has informed my reading trajectory for many years. Mervyn Peake was utterly unique. 🪐📚
November 21, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Not SciFi, but certainly fantastical, this book is really old, but has informed my reading trajectory for many years. Mervyn Peake was utterly unique. 🪐📚
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2.5 years ago I started the Wheel of Time.
I wanted to read it before watching the series, not knowing it was 14 books & thousands of words.
Tonight, I finished it.
It's probably the best series I've ever read, or will ever read. And now I have serious series grief.
#books #wheeloftime #wot
I wanted to read it before watching the series, not knowing it was 14 books & thousands of words.
Tonight, I finished it.
It's probably the best series I've ever read, or will ever read. And now I have serious series grief.
#books #wheeloftime #wot
November 18, 2024 at 11:54 PM
2.5 years ago I started the Wheel of Time.
I wanted to read it before watching the series, not knowing it was 14 books & thousands of words.
Tonight, I finished it.
It's probably the best series I've ever read, or will ever read. And now I have serious series grief.
#books #wheeloftime #wot
I wanted to read it before watching the series, not knowing it was 14 books & thousands of words.
Tonight, I finished it.
It's probably the best series I've ever read, or will ever read. And now I have serious series grief.
#books #wheeloftime #wot
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Aliens (1986): Miniatures technical supervisor Pat McClung working on the USS Sulaco model, designed by Syd Mead
November 19, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Aliens (1986): Miniatures technical supervisor Pat McClung working on the USS Sulaco model, designed by Syd Mead
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FACT - Orbital is the first Booker Prize winner to go to number 1 in the bestseller charts in the week of its win.
November 19, 2024 at 3:16 PM
FACT - Orbital is the first Booker Prize winner to go to number 1 in the bestseller charts in the week of its win.
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At what point in a 'writing career' do you stop going "Aaaa aaaaa aaaaaaaa" and taking photos of your own books at events
Because I have not hit that point yet
THIS IS STILL SO MINDBLOWINGLY STRANGE AND EXCITING
LOOK AT THOSE, I WROTE THOSE
Because I have not hit that point yet
THIS IS STILL SO MINDBLOWINGLY STRANGE AND EXCITING
LOOK AT THOSE, I WROTE THOSE
November 19, 2024 at 4:51 AM
At what point in a 'writing career' do you stop going "Aaaa aaaaa aaaaaaaa" and taking photos of your own books at events
Because I have not hit that point yet
THIS IS STILL SO MINDBLOWINGLY STRANGE AND EXCITING
LOOK AT THOSE, I WROTE THOSE
Because I have not hit that point yet
THIS IS STILL SO MINDBLOWINGLY STRANGE AND EXCITING
LOOK AT THOSE, I WROTE THOSE
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Carl Sagan nailed it back in 1995.
November 18, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Carl Sagan nailed it back in 1995.
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November 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.”
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
November 19, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.”
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
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First post on this thing feels as strange as my first Twitter post. Awkward. Yet hopeful.
November 18, 2024 at 4:48 AM
First post on this thing feels as strange as my first Twitter post. Awkward. Yet hopeful.
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November 18, 2024 at 1:09 AM
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Latest book haul. In my house, we don’t call it CRT. We call it history, and we learn about the things that define us as people.
November 17, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Latest book haul. In my house, we don’t call it CRT. We call it history, and we learn about the things that define us as people.
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This is how you become a writer: just pick one of the things that is deeply wrong with you. Make it a character. Now send it on a self-help journey or try to kill it. Now call it a book.
November 18, 2024 at 2:40 PM
This is how you become a writer: just pick one of the things that is deeply wrong with you. Make it a character. Now send it on a self-help journey or try to kill it. Now call it a book.
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Morning, friends. Time to dig back in to all of this.
Democracy matters.
Democracy matters.
November 17, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Morning, friends. Time to dig back in to all of this.
Democracy matters.
Democracy matters.
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🥲🤚🏻
November 15, 2024 at 2:20 PM
🥲🤚🏻
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November 1, 2024 at 9:42 PM
‘Our power is patience. We have discovered that writing allows even a stupid person to seem halfway intelligent, if only that person will write the same thought over and over again, improving it just a little bit each time. Anybody can do it. All it takes is time.’
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
November 17, 2024 at 10:15 AM
‘Our power is patience. We have discovered that writing allows even a stupid person to seem halfway intelligent, if only that person will write the same thought over and over again, improving it just a little bit each time. Anybody can do it. All it takes is time.’
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
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The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky
November 16, 2024 at 6:30 PM
The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky