Jim Drew
@jimdrew12724.bsky.social
Writer working in IT/IS and my first two novels - Sojourners (SF) and Osman The Seer (Cosmic Horror/Detective)
Does anyone else do a 4-Act structure?
June 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Does anyone else do a 4-Act structure?
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Spent the day writing and I was restless, so I went for a walk and I saw the great horned owl again! 😃🦉
It was one tree from where I saw it last time. I think I know where it likes to hangout at dusk!!
I am so DELIGHTED. Yay for restlessness!
It was one tree from where I saw it last time. I think I know where it likes to hangout at dusk!!
I am so DELIGHTED. Yay for restlessness!
June 1, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Spent the day writing and I was restless, so I went for a walk and I saw the great horned owl again! 😃🦉
It was one tree from where I saw it last time. I think I know where it likes to hangout at dusk!!
I am so DELIGHTED. Yay for restlessness!
It was one tree from where I saw it last time. I think I know where it likes to hangout at dusk!!
I am so DELIGHTED. Yay for restlessness!
I’m almost to the midpoint of my latest work in progress Wrath. I’m excited encouraged and a little nervous, but I guess that’s normal.
May 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I’m almost to the midpoint of my latest work in progress Wrath. I’m excited encouraged and a little nervous, but I guess that’s normal.
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This is such an excellent point and media should be reporting it this way. (This is in reference to Miller’s preposterous but still dangerous claim earlier today about the executive branch considering suspending the writ)
The headline is deeply misleading. You can’t suspend habeas corpus just “for migrants.” As we’ve seen, ICE will pick *anyone* up. If you have legal status but no right to habeas corpus, you’ll have no ability to challenge your detention or deportation. Suspension for some is suspension for all.
May 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This is such an excellent point and media should be reporting it this way. (This is in reference to Miller’s preposterous but still dangerous claim earlier today about the executive branch considering suspending the writ)
A weekend of writing ahead.
May 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
A weekend of writing ahead.
Writers where are you?
May 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Writers where are you?
Throwing it out here - as a writer, are there any beneficial uses for you using AI?
April 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Throwing it out here - as a writer, are there any beneficial uses for you using AI?
As a writer, I’m still trying to figure out chapter endings either go to 11 or they’re way too bland.
March 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
As a writer, I’m still trying to figure out chapter endings either go to 11 or they’re way too bland.
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I appreciate that Jeffrey Goldberg did not sit on this news for a book that he writes two years from now
March 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I appreciate that Jeffrey Goldberg did not sit on this news for a book that he writes two years from now
I’m continuing on with my latest WIP Wrath and enjoying it greatly!
March 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I’m continuing on with my latest WIP Wrath and enjoying it greatly!
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They’re not going to get out of this by playing semantics.
Sending detailed information about an upcoming military strike on unclassified channels (and even to the wrong guy) is wrong, reckless, and obviously a threat to American troops.
Sending detailed information about an upcoming military strike on unclassified channels (and even to the wrong guy) is wrong, reckless, and obviously a threat to American troops.
March 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
They’re not going to get out of this by playing semantics.
Sending detailed information about an upcoming military strike on unclassified channels (and even to the wrong guy) is wrong, reckless, and obviously a threat to American troops.
Sending detailed information about an upcoming military strike on unclassified channels (and even to the wrong guy) is wrong, reckless, and obviously a threat to American troops.
Starting on Part 2 of my latest WIP.
March 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Starting on Part 2 of my latest WIP.
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Today's *real* headline that The Onion wouldn't have even tried:
Donald Trump, a convicted felon, asserts from the Oval Office that he is un-pardoning numerous people on his enemies list.
Donald Trump, a convicted felon, asserts from the Oval Office that he is un-pardoning numerous people on his enemies list.
March 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Today's *real* headline that The Onion wouldn't have even tried:
Donald Trump, a convicted felon, asserts from the Oval Office that he is un-pardoning numerous people on his enemies list.
Donald Trump, a convicted felon, asserts from the Oval Office that he is un-pardoning numerous people on his enemies list.
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America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp.
March 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp.
St. Patrick was a great Scottish evangelist to convert the Irish!
March 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
St. Patrick was a great Scottish evangelist to convert the Irish!
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If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks
The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...
www.wunc.org
March 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
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So RFK Jr is saying that the measles vaccine wanes at a rate of about 4.5% per year.
That is absolutely false. In almost all cases, it provides life-long immunity against measles.
He says the effects of the vaccine are as bad as catching measles.
Again - absolutely false.
He should be fired..!
That is absolutely false. In almost all cases, it provides life-long immunity against measles.
He says the effects of the vaccine are as bad as catching measles.
Again - absolutely false.
He should be fired..!
March 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
So RFK Jr is saying that the measles vaccine wanes at a rate of about 4.5% per year.
That is absolutely false. In almost all cases, it provides life-long immunity against measles.
He says the effects of the vaccine are as bad as catching measles.
Again - absolutely false.
He should be fired..!
That is absolutely false. In almost all cases, it provides life-long immunity against measles.
He says the effects of the vaccine are as bad as catching measles.
Again - absolutely false.
He should be fired..!
Taking some Excel classes to help my reporting for work but it might also be helpful with my own finances.
March 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Taking some Excel classes to help my reporting for work but it might also be helpful with my own finances.
I have to ask - font, size, line spacing?
March 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I have to ask - font, size, line spacing?
How many writers break down their novels into Part One, Part Two, etc.?
March 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
How many writers break down their novels into Part One, Part Two, etc.?
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"A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal government to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar!"
www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
DOGE Is the Deep State
A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal government to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar!
www.wired.com
March 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal government to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar!"
www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
I dread writing the last third of my novel.
March 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I dread writing the last third of my novel.