Joshua Norstein (he/him) 🏳️🌈
@jsnorstein.bsky.social
#Indieauthor #illustrator owner/founder of a small press publishing company, all currently in cold storage while I pursue an education for a career in software engineering. Very few decent photos of myself 😅 #writingcommunity #5amwritersclub #lgbtqia+
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As a longtime Transformers Prime fan, there are few things more annoying than other fans who act like TFP was some flawlessly executed masterpiece to justify their obsession with hating RID2015.
April 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
As a longtime Transformers Prime fan, there are few things more annoying than other fans who act like TFP was some flawlessly executed masterpiece to justify their obsession with hating RID2015.
Tell me this pitch wouldn't make a spectacular 3-part miniseries, at the very least. #Transformers #AU #Toonami #Robotsindisguise
March 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Tell me this pitch wouldn't make a spectacular 3-part miniseries, at the very least. #Transformers #AU #Toonami #Robotsindisguise
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🚨REPOSTING!!🚨 If you're an #author of #scififantasy, #romantasy, or the like: let's see if we're creatively compatible!
#fictioneditor #freelanceeditor #writingcommunity #EFA
#fictioneditor #freelanceeditor #writingcommunity #EFA
Hi #writingcommunity! As an introductory promo, from now thru May 15, I'm offering my #EFA editing services at a discounted rate. 📝✍️🏾
The first 5,000 words are FREE, then $0.01/word up to 50,000.
#EFA #developmentaledit #lineedit #copyedit #proofread #betaread
DM me for info/inquiries!
The first 5,000 words are FREE, then $0.01/word up to 50,000.
#EFA #developmentaledit #lineedit #copyedit #proofread #betaread
DM me for info/inquiries!
March 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🚨REPOSTING!!🚨 If you're an #author of #scififantasy, #romantasy, or the like: let's see if we're creatively compatible!
#fictioneditor #freelanceeditor #writingcommunity #EFA
#fictioneditor #freelanceeditor #writingcommunity #EFA
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Hi #authors! Are you looking for an #editor to review your manuscript? I'm running an introductory promo with discounted rates through May 15! Send over a sample edit up to 5,000 words to see if we can work together! DM for details
✏️🖤 💙📚 #writingcommunity #romantasy #paranormal #scififantasy #bvm
✏️🖤 💙📚 #writingcommunity #romantasy #paranormal #scififantasy #bvm
March 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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ChatGPT won't be writing the next great sci-fi novel. https://gizmodo.com/openais-sam-altman-thinks-this-chatgpt-short-story-is-beautiful-but-its-just-trash-2000574939
Sam Altman's AI Short Story Sucks, and He Doesn't Know Why
ChatGPT can put words in front of other words, but it can't add meaning to them without intent.
gizmodo.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
ChatGPT won't be writing the next great sci-fi novel. https://gizmodo.com/openais-sam-altman-thinks-this-chatgpt-short-story-is-beautiful-but-its-just-trash-2000574939
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Yes! Their silencing must also be our writing.
How many listed words can you include in a statement, essay, social post or story submission? Let's not divide over this but stay together encouraging awareness + community. #WritingCommunity #Booksky #WritersChallenge
How many listed words can you include in a statement, essay, social post or story submission? Let's not divide over this but stay together encouraging awareness + community. #WritingCommunity #Booksky #WritersChallenge
Their silencing must be our speaking. Words to encourage in our homes, institutions, and neighborhoods.
Source: NYT
Source: NYT
March 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Yes! Their silencing must also be our writing.
How many listed words can you include in a statement, essay, social post or story submission? Let's not divide over this but stay together encouraging awareness + community. #WritingCommunity #Booksky #WritersChallenge
How many listed words can you include in a statement, essay, social post or story submission? Let's not divide over this but stay together encouraging awareness + community. #WritingCommunity #Booksky #WritersChallenge
Reposted by Joshua Norstein (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Hi #authors! Are you looking for an #editor to review your manuscript? I'm running an introductory promo with discounted rates through May 15! Send over a sample edit up to 5,000 words to see if we can work together! DM for details
✏️🖤 💙📚 #writingcommunity #romantasy #paranormal #scififantasy #bvm
✏️🖤 💙📚 #writingcommunity #romantasy #paranormal #scififantasy #bvm
March 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Hi #authors! Are you looking for an #editor to review your manuscript? I'm running an introductory promo with discounted rates through May 15! Send over a sample edit up to 5,000 words to see if we can work together! DM for details
✏️🖤 💙📚 #writingcommunity #romantasy #paranormal #scififantasy #bvm
✏️🖤 💙📚 #writingcommunity #romantasy #paranormal #scififantasy #bvm
Reposted by Joshua Norstein (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Hi #writingcommunity! As an introductory promo, from now thru May 15, I'm offering my #EFA editing services at a discounted rate. 📝✍️🏾
The first 5,000 words are FREE, then $0.01/word up to 50,000.
#EFA #developmentaledit #lineedit #copyedit #proofread #betaread
DM me for info/inquiries!
The first 5,000 words are FREE, then $0.01/word up to 50,000.
#EFA #developmentaledit #lineedit #copyedit #proofread #betaread
DM me for info/inquiries!
March 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Hi #writingcommunity! As an introductory promo, from now thru May 15, I'm offering my #EFA editing services at a discounted rate. 📝✍️🏾
The first 5,000 words are FREE, then $0.01/word up to 50,000.
#EFA #developmentaledit #lineedit #copyedit #proofread #betaread
DM me for info/inquiries!
The first 5,000 words are FREE, then $0.01/word up to 50,000.
#EFA #developmentaledit #lineedit #copyedit #proofread #betaread
DM me for info/inquiries!
Post 5 of ?? of Weird names and titles that pop into my head when I'm not actively thinking:
"Introducing
Ur'chionsev Sprundtlinktnoorglr, humble peddlar of extraneous consonants!"
#writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #ideadump #random #writersprompt #writersky
"Introducing
Ur'chionsev Sprundtlinktnoorglr, humble peddlar of extraneous consonants!"
#writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #ideadump #random #writersprompt #writersky
February 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Post 5 of ?? of Weird names and titles that pop into my head when I'm not actively thinking:
"Introducing
Ur'chionsev Sprundtlinktnoorglr, humble peddlar of extraneous consonants!"
#writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #ideadump #random #writersprompt #writersky
"Introducing
Ur'chionsev Sprundtlinktnoorglr, humble peddlar of extraneous consonants!"
#writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #ideadump #random #writersprompt #writersky
Post 4 of ?? of Weird names and titles that pop into my head when I'm not actively thinking:
"Introducing the Ostensis Vegamath Simulacrum, greatest thing to hit the wide world of McGuffins since the Quantum Hyperbole Generator!"
#writingcommunity #indieauthor #ideadump #writersprompt #writersky
"Introducing the Ostensis Vegamath Simulacrum, greatest thing to hit the wide world of McGuffins since the Quantum Hyperbole Generator!"
#writingcommunity #indieauthor #ideadump #writersprompt #writersky
February 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Post 4 of ?? of Weird names and titles that pop into my head when I'm not actively thinking:
"Introducing the Ostensis Vegamath Simulacrum, greatest thing to hit the wide world of McGuffins since the Quantum Hyperbole Generator!"
#writingcommunity #indieauthor #ideadump #writersprompt #writersky
"Introducing the Ostensis Vegamath Simulacrum, greatest thing to hit the wide world of McGuffins since the Quantum Hyperbole Generator!"
#writingcommunity #indieauthor #ideadump #writersprompt #writersky
If I do have to expatriate in the next four years, I'd like to move to a country with a monarchy ruled by a dolphin. That way my citizenship can actually serve a porpoise.
February 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
If I do have to expatriate in the next four years, I'd like to move to a country with a monarchy ruled by a dolphin. That way my citizenship can actually serve a porpoise.
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Hi #writingcommunity,
So, I'm just starting out as an #EFA certified freelance editor. I have the credentials, but what I need is to build experience.
I want to work in #scifi, #fantasy, #YA and #romance. Feel free to DM me for more details or a free sample edit!
I look forward to working with you!
So, I'm just starting out as an #EFA certified freelance editor. I have the credentials, but what I need is to build experience.
I want to work in #scifi, #fantasy, #YA and #romance. Feel free to DM me for more details or a free sample edit!
I look forward to working with you!
February 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reposted by Joshua Norstein (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Reposted by Joshua Norstein (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Reposted by Joshua Norstein (he/him) 🏳️🌈
If you don't know, I took a five-year hiatus from writing because I was so frustrated trying to write with severe dyslexia. And when I came back to it in 2018, I made the effort to write consistently and to read consistently.
This is why I am a good writer. I practice, practice, practice!
This is why I am a good writer. I practice, practice, practice!
February 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If you don't know, I took a five-year hiatus from writing because I was so frustrated trying to write with severe dyslexia. And when I came back to it in 2018, I made the effort to write consistently and to read consistently.
This is why I am a good writer. I practice, practice, practice!
This is why I am a good writer. I practice, practice, practice!
Reposted by Joshua Norstein (he/him) 🏳️🌈
The AMA has a YouTube page where you can catch up on all the fun, ongoing TB & bird flu outbreaks, since the CDC is no longer allowed to do that: youtube.com/watch?v=HlPB...
youtube.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The AMA has a YouTube page where you can catch up on all the fun, ongoing TB & bird flu outbreaks, since the CDC is no longer allowed to do that: youtube.com/watch?v=HlPB...
Reposted by Joshua Norstein (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Fuck you, google maps.
#GulfofMexico
#GulfofMexico
February 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Fuck you, google maps.
#GulfofMexico
#GulfofMexico
Post 3 of ?? of Weird names and titles that pop into my head when I'm not actively thinking:
"Introducing
Eidarr Tofuleg, Vegan Raider!"
#writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #ideadump #random #writersprompt #writersky
"Introducing
Eidarr Tofuleg, Vegan Raider!"
#writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #ideadump #random #writersprompt #writersky
February 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Post 3 of ?? of Weird names and titles that pop into my head when I'm not actively thinking:
"Introducing
Eidarr Tofuleg, Vegan Raider!"
#writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #ideadump #random #writersprompt #writersky
"Introducing
Eidarr Tofuleg, Vegan Raider!"
#writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #ideadump #random #writersprompt #writersky
Post 2 of ?? of Weird names and titles that pop into my head when I'm not actively thinking:
"Introducing
Greengrouse the Addlepated, Fourth of his name, Esteemed Oligarch of the Nuovo-Upsalan Empire"
#writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #ideadump #random #writersprompt
"Introducing
Greengrouse the Addlepated, Fourth of his name, Esteemed Oligarch of the Nuovo-Upsalan Empire"
#writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #ideadump #random #writersprompt
February 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Post 2 of ?? of Weird names and titles that pop into my head when I'm not actively thinking:
"Introducing
Greengrouse the Addlepated, Fourth of his name, Esteemed Oligarch of the Nuovo-Upsalan Empire"
#writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #ideadump #random #writersprompt
"Introducing
Greengrouse the Addlepated, Fourth of his name, Esteemed Oligarch of the Nuovo-Upsalan Empire"
#writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #ideadump #random #writersprompt
Debut post (1 of ??) of Weird names and titles that pop into my head when I'm not actively thinking:
"Introducing
Nycptolemy Scrapplehammer, Convoluter-in-Chief of Her Majesty's Royal Kerfufflenauts!"
#writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #ideadump #random #writersprompt
"Introducing
Nycptolemy Scrapplehammer, Convoluter-in-Chief of Her Majesty's Royal Kerfufflenauts!"
#writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #ideadump #random #writersprompt
February 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Debut post (1 of ??) of Weird names and titles that pop into my head when I'm not actively thinking:
"Introducing
Nycptolemy Scrapplehammer, Convoluter-in-Chief of Her Majesty's Royal Kerfufflenauts!"
#writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #ideadump #random #writersprompt
"Introducing
Nycptolemy Scrapplehammer, Convoluter-in-Chief of Her Majesty's Royal Kerfufflenauts!"
#writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #ideadump #random #writersprompt
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Question for #WritingCommunity #WriteSky folks:
What's your process? (I wish we had polls but also I don't want to limit replies...)
Are you a:
- Jigsaw Writer
- Discovery Writer
- Pantser
- Plotter
- Outliner
- Flashcards and string writer
- Something else?? 👀
What's your process? (I wish we had polls but also I don't want to limit replies...)
Are you a:
- Jigsaw Writer
- Discovery Writer
- Pantser
- Plotter
- Outliner
- Flashcards and string writer
- Something else?? 👀
February 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Question for #WritingCommunity #WriteSky folks:
What's your process? (I wish we had polls but also I don't want to limit replies...)
Are you a:
- Jigsaw Writer
- Discovery Writer
- Pantser
- Plotter
- Outliner
- Flashcards and string writer
- Something else?? 👀
What's your process? (I wish we had polls but also I don't want to limit replies...)
Are you a:
- Jigsaw Writer
- Discovery Writer
- Pantser
- Plotter
- Outliner
- Flashcards and string writer
- Something else?? 👀
Reposted by Joshua Norstein (he/him) 🏳️🌈
Now more than ever.
February 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Now more than ever.