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My wonderful wife got me 2 Patrick O’Brian first American editions! And his biography!
As always, all things O’Brian will serve as histfic inspiration.
As always, all things O’Brian will serve as histfic inspiration.
Did you get any writing related gifts this year? What’ll you use it for? #WritingPrompt
December 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My wonderful wife got me 2 Patrick O’Brian first American editions! And his biography!
As always, all things O’Brian will serve as histfic inspiration.
As always, all things O’Brian will serve as histfic inspiration.
#WritingCommunity
#WIP
#IAmWriting
Today I finally get to write the naming scene. On All Hallow’s Eve, my guys about to become a crew, talking about how some got their old nicknames and giving others. How did Father Nicholas of Gloucester become Tuck? Why is Will turning Scarlet?
I Love Mythopoeia!
#WIP
#IAmWriting
Today I finally get to write the naming scene. On All Hallow’s Eve, my guys about to become a crew, talking about how some got their old nicknames and giving others. How did Father Nicholas of Gloucester become Tuck? Why is Will turning Scarlet?
I Love Mythopoeia!
December 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
#WritingCommunity
#WIP
#IAmWriting
Today I finally get to write the naming scene. On All Hallow’s Eve, my guys about to become a crew, talking about how some got their old nicknames and giving others. How did Father Nicholas of Gloucester become Tuck? Why is Will turning Scarlet?
I Love Mythopoeia!
#WIP
#IAmWriting
Today I finally get to write the naming scene. On All Hallow’s Eve, my guys about to become a crew, talking about how some got their old nicknames and giving others. How did Father Nicholas of Gloucester become Tuck? Why is Will turning Scarlet?
I Love Mythopoeia!
Everyone should go back and give these two series another watch.
Live "Voyager" before it, I'm glad more fans are now discovering "Enterprise". I think it struggled in its initial airing because it is frankly very inside baseball -- if you don't know the various factions and some of their history, you're getting thrown in the deep end of the franchise's lore.
December 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Everyone should go back and give these two series another watch.
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Live "Voyager" before it, I'm glad more fans are now discovering "Enterprise". I think it struggled in its initial airing because it is frankly very inside baseball -- if you don't know the various factions and some of their history, you're getting thrown in the deep end of the franchise's lore.
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Live "Voyager" before it, I'm glad more fans are now discovering "Enterprise". I think it struggled in its initial airing because it is frankly very inside baseball -- if you don't know the various factions and some of their history, you're getting thrown in the deep end of the franchise's lore.
#writingcommunity
#histfic
Do you edit as you go, or wait until the whole thing is done?
This is my first novel, and I find myself re-editing earlier chapters as I go, but only for continuity. At the end I’ll edit down, too, because I’m leaving the prolixity in for now.
#histfic
Do you edit as you go, or wait until the whole thing is done?
This is my first novel, and I find myself re-editing earlier chapters as I go, but only for continuity. At the end I’ll edit down, too, because I’m leaving the prolixity in for now.
December 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
#writingcommunity
#histfic
Do you edit as you go, or wait until the whole thing is done?
This is my first novel, and I find myself re-editing earlier chapters as I go, but only for continuity. At the end I’ll edit down, too, because I’m leaving the prolixity in for now.
#histfic
Do you edit as you go, or wait until the whole thing is done?
This is my first novel, and I find myself re-editing earlier chapters as I go, but only for continuity. At the end I’ll edit down, too, because I’m leaving the prolixity in for now.
New at #WriterBeware: I go in-depth on the most problematic clauses in that Shadow Light Press contract. This isn't just a publisher "beware": exposing bad contract language helps writers understand not just what they should avoid, but what they should demand. writerbeware.blog/2025/12/19/w...
Why These Contract Clauses Are Scary - Writer Beware
The clauses I’m going to discuss in this post come from the contract of Shadow Light Press, a publisher of fantasy and science fiction with deep ties to the LitRPG community. The contract stirred cont...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
#writingcommunity
O lord this outline is so big
And my output is so small
It cannot be that any happy ending
Will me befall
When your wireframe and character bible have tens of thousands of words.
And the novel still only has 8k.
And your current scene has a jingoistic 12th century Breton bishop
O lord this outline is so big
And my output is so small
It cannot be that any happy ending
Will me befall
When your wireframe and character bible have tens of thousands of words.
And the novel still only has 8k.
And your current scene has a jingoistic 12th century Breton bishop
December 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
#writingcommunity
O lord this outline is so big
And my output is so small
It cannot be that any happy ending
Will me befall
When your wireframe and character bible have tens of thousands of words.
And the novel still only has 8k.
And your current scene has a jingoistic 12th century Breton bishop
O lord this outline is so big
And my output is so small
It cannot be that any happy ending
Will me befall
When your wireframe and character bible have tens of thousands of words.
And the novel still only has 8k.
And your current scene has a jingoistic 12th century Breton bishop
The weather’s been strange this fall.
December 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The weather’s been strange this fall.
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📚👍 It's spellbinding. It's tragic. Its driving narrative & end-of-chapter hooks made turning out the light hard. Who knew that an 1800s volcano and Frankenstein are not only related but a warning for our time? Climate change, folks. It's not a hoax. #STEM #kidlit @randomhousekids.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
📚👍 It's spellbinding. It's tragic. Its driving narrative & end-of-chapter hooks made turning out the light hard. Who knew that an 1800s volcano and Frankenstein are not only related but a warning for our time? Climate change, folks. It's not a hoax. #STEM #kidlit @randomhousekids.bsky.social
#AmWriting
#histfic
#writingcommunity
Historical fucktion:
Do you add sex scenes?
If it’s important to the emotional development of the characters or their relationship, I will, but not just to have them, and I avoid the explicit and the ridiculous: “Her heaving synonym! His throbbing euphemism!”
#histfic
#writingcommunity
Historical fucktion:
Do you add sex scenes?
If it’s important to the emotional development of the characters or their relationship, I will, but not just to have them, and I avoid the explicit and the ridiculous: “Her heaving synonym! His throbbing euphemism!”
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
#AmWriting
#histfic
#writingcommunity
Historical fucktion:
Do you add sex scenes?
If it’s important to the emotional development of the characters or their relationship, I will, but not just to have them, and I avoid the explicit and the ridiculous: “Her heaving synonym! His throbbing euphemism!”
#histfic
#writingcommunity
Historical fucktion:
Do you add sex scenes?
If it’s important to the emotional development of the characters or their relationship, I will, but not just to have them, and I avoid the explicit and the ridiculous: “Her heaving synonym! His throbbing euphemism!”
#histfic
#writingcommunity
#AmWriting
Did you ever make a creative decision first and find out the history lines up so well it shoulda happened that way irl?
Or kill somebody off only to realize later you’ve butterfly-affected an entire dynasty?
#writingcommunity
#AmWriting
Did you ever make a creative decision first and find out the history lines up so well it shoulda happened that way irl?
Or kill somebody off only to realize later you’ve butterfly-affected an entire dynasty?
November 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
#histfic
#writingcommunity
#AmWriting
Did you ever make a creative decision first and find out the history lines up so well it shoulda happened that way irl?
Or kill somebody off only to realize later you’ve butterfly-affected an entire dynasty?
#writingcommunity
#AmWriting
Did you ever make a creative decision first and find out the history lines up so well it shoulda happened that way irl?
Or kill somebody off only to realize later you’ve butterfly-affected an entire dynasty?
#AmWriting
Does anyone write sometimes with nothing in front of them?
Mulching leaves this morning I was writing dialogue in my head. I’ll let it cook for a little on the back burner and write it up later.
Anyone else do this? And where?
Does anyone write sometimes with nothing in front of them?
Mulching leaves this morning I was writing dialogue in my head. I’ll let it cook for a little on the back burner and write it up later.
Anyone else do this? And where?
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
#AmWriting
Does anyone write sometimes with nothing in front of them?
Mulching leaves this morning I was writing dialogue in my head. I’ll let it cook for a little on the back burner and write it up later.
Anyone else do this? And where?
Does anyone write sometimes with nothing in front of them?
Mulching leaves this morning I was writing dialogue in my head. I’ll let it cook for a little on the back burner and write it up later.
Anyone else do this? And where?
@wulfhelm.bsky.social
#shitbirdphotos
Louisiana Bayou edition
A white heron, a legless heron floating on a lilypad, a wingless jumping heron aka the largest grasshopper in the US.
#shitbirdphotos
Louisiana Bayou edition
A white heron, a legless heron floating on a lilypad, a wingless jumping heron aka the largest grasshopper in the US.
June 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
@wulfhelm.bsky.social
#shitbirdphotos
Louisiana Bayou edition
A white heron, a legless heron floating on a lilypad, a wingless jumping heron aka the largest grasshopper in the US.
#shitbirdphotos
Louisiana Bayou edition
A white heron, a legless heron floating on a lilypad, a wingless jumping heron aka the largest grasshopper in the US.
Almost 95 years old, and a man sends his first text. Happy Father’s Day, Dad!
June 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Almost 95 years old, and a man sends his first text. Happy Father’s Day, Dad!
@wulfhelm.bsky.social he looks like he might be your ancestor.
Ok ... this photo pops up regularly in various sites always described as spanish archaeologist Manuel esteve wearing the Corinthian helmet he found in 1938. What i can't find is where he found it or where the photo was taken. Anyone know?
June 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
@wulfhelm.bsky.social he looks like he might be your ancestor.
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I have run out of popcorn and poptarts. I'm now eating popovers!! But it's just not the same.
June 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I have run out of popcorn and poptarts. I'm now eating popovers!! But it's just not the same.
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If you ever want to light up a pub quiz music round in the northern suburbs of DC, play:
1. Paradise City
2. Gangster's Paradise
3. Cheeseburger in Paradise
The 35-55 set (all of us) went nuts.
1. Paradise City
2. Gangster's Paradise
3. Cheeseburger in Paradise
The 35-55 set (all of us) went nuts.
June 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
If you ever want to light up a pub quiz music round in the northern suburbs of DC, play:
1. Paradise City
2. Gangster's Paradise
3. Cheeseburger in Paradise
The 35-55 set (all of us) went nuts.
1. Paradise City
2. Gangster's Paradise
3. Cheeseburger in Paradise
The 35-55 set (all of us) went nuts.
Reposted by Chipster
Reposted by Chipster
dragon lady next to me at the second life rave was too close and her wings kept clipping through my player model. I didn't mind but she apologied each and every time it happened. chat was filled with hundreds of variations of "oop sowwie >_<!! xoxo" and "uaah! not again! orz" by the end of the night
May 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
dragon lady next to me at the second life rave was too close and her wings kept clipping through my player model. I didn't mind but she apologied each and every time it happened. chat was filled with hundreds of variations of "oop sowwie >_<!! xoxo" and "uaah! not again! orz" by the end of the night
OMG. So George Wendt dies, and a talent booker from “Fox & Friends” decides to get a former member of the Cheers cast on for a 3-5 minute interview. So they reached out to the agency who represented a MAGA cast member: the ALREADY DEAD FOR THREE YEARS Kirstie Alley
May 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
OMG. So George Wendt dies, and a talent booker from “Fox & Friends” decides to get a former member of the Cheers cast on for a 3-5 minute interview. So they reached out to the agency who represented a MAGA cast member: the ALREADY DEAD FOR THREE YEARS Kirstie Alley
Is it just me, or does anyone else think it’s fucked up that the Pulte Homes guy is now director of the federal agency that regulates Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac and has gutted their leadership and named himself chairman of both.
That’s like the fox naming himself the chairman of two chicken coops.
That’s like the fox naming himself the chairman of two chicken coops.
May 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Is it just me, or does anyone else think it’s fucked up that the Pulte Homes guy is now director of the federal agency that regulates Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac and has gutted their leadership and named himself chairman of both.
That’s like the fox naming himself the chairman of two chicken coops.
That’s like the fox naming himself the chairman of two chicken coops.
Real-time narration of the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mt St Helens, by a victim. Chilling, brilliant story-telling in this marriage of primary historical sources in a second-by-second video.
#MSH45 | 8:32 a.m.
The ground shudders. A M5.1 quake hits beneath Mount St. Helens.
The bulge collapses outward.
Within seconds, a lateral blast surges through the disintegrating slope.
7 miles north, Gerry Martin describes what he sees—until the radio goes silent.
The ground shudders. A M5.1 quake hits beneath Mount St. Helens.
The bulge collapses outward.
Within seconds, a lateral blast surges through the disintegrating slope.
7 miles north, Gerry Martin describes what he sees—until the radio goes silent.
May 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Real-time narration of the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mt St Helens, by a victim. Chilling, brilliant story-telling in this marriage of primary historical sources in a second-by-second video.