Victoria Feistner
@biku.bsky.social
A writer, a graphic designer, and an artisan, in equal parts--although some parts are more equal than others. she/they #Toronto #TWAW #BLM
Married to @Lilithe.bsky.social
www.victoriafeistner.com
Married to @Lilithe.bsky.social
www.victoriafeistner.com
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Victoria Feistner
@biku.bsky.social
· Nov 1
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HAPPY NANOWRIMO!!!*
So excited to actually have both time AND spoons to start this month!! (Whoa. BOTH. Just whoa)
My plan is to do either 1500+ words a day or two hours in The Chair, so feel free to hit me up for word sprints & pomodoros!
*Or #ToNoWriMo, in my case
So excited to actually have both time AND spoons to start this month!! (Whoa. BOTH. Just whoa)
My plan is to do either 1500+ words a day or two hours in The Chair, so feel free to hit me up for word sprints & pomodoros!
*Or #ToNoWriMo, in my case
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The fall of shopping malls, the rise of liminal spaces & vaporwave. They are inextricably linked.
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The fall of shopping malls, the rise of liminal spaces & vaporwave. They are inextricably linked.
HAPPY NANOWRIMO!!!*
So excited to actually have both time AND spoons to start this month!! (Whoa. BOTH. Just whoa)
My plan is to do either 1500+ words a day or two hours in The Chair, so feel free to hit me up for word sprints & pomodoros!
*Or #ToNoWriMo, in my case
So excited to actually have both time AND spoons to start this month!! (Whoa. BOTH. Just whoa)
My plan is to do either 1500+ words a day or two hours in The Chair, so feel free to hit me up for word sprints & pomodoros!
*Or #ToNoWriMo, in my case
Yeah Yeah Loki GIF
ALT: Yeah Yeah Loki GIF
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November 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
HAPPY NANOWRIMO!!!*
So excited to actually have both time AND spoons to start this month!! (Whoa. BOTH. Just whoa)
My plan is to do either 1500+ words a day or two hours in The Chair, so feel free to hit me up for word sprints & pomodoros!
*Or #ToNoWriMo, in my case
So excited to actually have both time AND spoons to start this month!! (Whoa. BOTH. Just whoa)
My plan is to do either 1500+ words a day or two hours in The Chair, so feel free to hit me up for word sprints & pomodoros!
*Or #ToNoWriMo, in my case
This situation is almost unimaginable. I never thought I'd ever reach this point, but...
I am down to my last notebook and it's 2/3rds filled???
I am down to my last notebook and it's 2/3rds filled???
March 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This situation is almost unimaginable. I never thought I'd ever reach this point, but...
I am down to my last notebook and it's 2/3rds filled???
I am down to my last notebook and it's 2/3rds filled???
Futurists: AI will save us from drudgery! Look how it's revolutionizing medicine! Think what it can do in other fields! Humanity will enter a golden age of creativity!
AI tech bros: the creative industries are not crumbling fast enough, shake harder
techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/o...
AI tech bros: the creative industries are not crumbling fast enough, shake harder
techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/o...
OpenAI says it has trained an AI that's 'really good' at creative writing | TechCrunch
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that OpenAI has trained a 'new model' that's 'really good' at creative writing.
techcrunch.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Futurists: AI will save us from drudgery! Look how it's revolutionizing medicine! Think what it can do in other fields! Humanity will enter a golden age of creativity!
AI tech bros: the creative industries are not crumbling fast enough, shake harder
techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/o...
AI tech bros: the creative industries are not crumbling fast enough, shake harder
techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/o...
Small victory of the day: after two rejections came in this weekend, I planted myself in the chair this morning (despite DST) and sent out SIX submissions. Now for lunch and a walk in the plus-five sunshine.
March 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Small victory of the day: after two rejections came in this weekend, I planted myself in the chair this morning (despite DST) and sent out SIX submissions. Now for lunch and a walk in the plus-five sunshine.
The radio host I'm currently listening to has played Weeknd songs like four times in the past half hour. His shift ends in an hour and I wonder what he's thinking about
a cat is looking at a clock on a wall that shows the time as 4:20
Alt: a cat moving the hands on a wall clock forward
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March 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The radio host I'm currently listening to has played Weeknd songs like four times in the past half hour. His shift ends in an hour and I wonder what he's thinking about
There's a rumour going around that the NaNoWriMo website will be shutting down soon; whether it's true or not, now's a good time to mention TrackBear.app. You set up projects & track progress & import your NaNo data.
TrackBear
TrackBear.app
January 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
There's a rumour going around that the NaNoWriMo website will be shutting down soon; whether it's true or not, now's a good time to mention TrackBear.app. You set up projects & track progress & import your NaNo data.
I just discovered that one (me, i am the one) can just *download* WordPad and reinstall it after the Windows 11 upgrade deleted it. It is a smol thing, sure, in these days of anxiety and dread, but it makes me v v happy.
Welcome back WordPad I missed you
Welcome back WordPad I missed you
a cartoon character is hugging another cartoon character in a library .
ALT: a cartoon character is hugging another cartoon character in a library .
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January 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I just discovered that one (me, i am the one) can just *download* WordPad and reinstall it after the Windows 11 upgrade deleted it. It is a smol thing, sure, in these days of anxiety and dread, but it makes me v v happy.
Welcome back WordPad I missed you
Welcome back WordPad I missed you
Spent months worrying about edits I needed to do, weeks of building it up in my head as Hours of Work, finally had the space and time to lock myself in my office today to EITHER FINISH THE EDITS or have MY BRAIN LEAK OUT MY NOSE.
Anyway, I'm done, it took less than two hours.
Anyway, I'm done, it took less than two hours.
January 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Spent months worrying about edits I needed to do, weeks of building it up in my head as Hours of Work, finally had the space and time to lock myself in my office today to EITHER FINISH THE EDITS or have MY BRAIN LEAK OUT MY NOSE.
Anyway, I'm done, it took less than two hours.
Anyway, I'm done, it took less than two hours.
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We should have some unprecedented events that are good for once
January 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
We should have some unprecedented events that are good for once
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As authors, we always talk about the things we hate about our writing. But today I want you to tell me the one thing you love about your writing. What is the one thing that you do really well?
January 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
As authors, we always talk about the things we hate about our writing. But today I want you to tell me the one thing you love about your writing. What is the one thing that you do really well?
This spells out something I'd noticed happening in fiction but couldn't articulate. (I would add that TV/film *plots* have taken over fiction as well, which drives me nuts, but a whole article in and of itself.)
countercraft.substack.com/p/turning-of...
countercraft.substack.com/p/turning-of...
Turning Off the TV in Your Mind
Thoughts on flipping from "TV brain" to "prose brain" when writing fiction
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January 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This spells out something I'd noticed happening in fiction but couldn't articulate. (I would add that TV/film *plots* have taken over fiction as well, which drives me nuts, but a whole article in and of itself.)
countercraft.substack.com/p/turning-of...
countercraft.substack.com/p/turning-of...
TIL Tahitian Treat is still a thing
December 18, 2024 at 5:02 PM
TIL Tahitian Treat is still a thing
Who knew that the secret to resuming subbing stories was to have other, more important Big Internet work to be doing
December 4, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Who knew that the secret to resuming subbing stories was to have other, more important Big Internet work to be doing
I have a purse I love the pattern of, but the pleather has been slowly disintegrating over the years. I replaced the handles but the trim is going now.
Think it's time for an upcyclin'
Think it's time for an upcyclin'
November 22, 2024 at 7:31 PM
I have a purse I love the pattern of, but the pleather has been slowly disintegrating over the years. I replaced the handles but the trim is going now.
Think it's time for an upcyclin'
Think it's time for an upcyclin'
A twenty-person gun fight and no injuries? Were they stormtroopers?! (BTW this is just around the corner from my building so it's extra WTF.)
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca
November 12, 2024 at 3:43 PM
A twenty-person gun fight and no injuries? Were they stormtroopers?! (BTW this is just around the corner from my building so it's extra WTF.)
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
I just finished the last T. Kingfisher book in my library's collection, and I can't even start over because all the holds are weeks long. Stuck under a heating pad. Reccos please!!
- secondary world fantasy
- humourous at times, dark at others
- heftier heroines preferred!
- secondary world fantasy
- humourous at times, dark at others
- heftier heroines preferred!
a black and white drawing of a woman screaming with the words " aaaa ugg " written on it
Alt: a black and white drawing of a woman screaming with the words " aaaa ugg " written on it
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November 10, 2024 at 3:51 PM
I just finished the last T. Kingfisher book in my library's collection, and I can't even start over because all the holds are weeks long. Stuck under a heating pad. Reccos please!!
- secondary world fantasy
- humourous at times, dark at others
- heftier heroines preferred!
- secondary world fantasy
- humourous at times, dark at others
- heftier heroines preferred!
Out hunting for anti-trans graffiti & stickers on the #MartinGoodmanTrail today
So far we've found eight pieces of hate speech between King & Lakeshore on Dufferin alone.
#ScrapeTheHate #Toronto
So far we've found eight pieces of hate speech between King & Lakeshore on Dufferin alone.
#ScrapeTheHate #Toronto
June 12, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Out hunting for anti-trans graffiti & stickers on the #MartinGoodmanTrail today
So far we've found eight pieces of hate speech between King & Lakeshore on Dufferin alone.
#ScrapeTheHate #Toronto
So far we've found eight pieces of hate speech between King & Lakeshore on Dufferin alone.
#ScrapeTheHate #Toronto
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Coming soon: the complete carcinization of every flash fiction market's inbox.
I've started to send out responses to our submission call for Issue 1. Thank you to everyone who submitted and supported the magazine.
If you're still waiting on a response, worry not, it is coming!
If you're still waiting on a response, worry not, it is coming!
November 20, 2023 at 5:08 PM
Coming soon: the complete carcinization of every flash fiction market's inbox.
In honour of my impending response from @crabtalesmagazine.bsky.social, I have made myself a new friend: Louis the Rejection Crab.
He has some self-esteem issues that he's working on
He has some self-esteem issues that he's working on
November 20, 2023 at 1:49 PM
In honour of my impending response from @crabtalesmagazine.bsky.social, I have made myself a new friend: Louis the Rejection Crab.
He has some self-esteem issues that he's working on
He has some self-esteem issues that he's working on
I was re-reading The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar And Six More by Roald Dahl after many years, when suddenly [horrible gargling noise]
October 10, 2023 at 2:10 PM
I was re-reading The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar And Six More by Roald Dahl after many years, when suddenly [horrible gargling noise]
Went to the St Clair/Dufferin library to pick up a knitting book and decided to do some browsing and bumped into an old friend
September 11, 2023 at 5:40 PM
Went to the St Clair/Dufferin library to pick up a knitting book and decided to do some browsing and bumped into an old friend