Being a perfectionist in your writing is the default setting for new writers. We all start that way. But when you’re building a house, you don’t paint it as you go. You lay a foundation, build a structure, put in the wiring & pipes, build the walls and lay the floors, THEN you can think about paint.

The Pillars of Creation captured by the James Webb Space Telescope

Oh, a new place to share photos. Let’s give this a try
#photography

Islands of Light

#pixelart #art #space #blue #green #purple #aesthetic

Rising

#dragonball #ドラゴンボール

Saturn in ultraviolet

A couple of you have asked what length an SF novel should be. Here are SFWA's guidelines for the Nebula Awards:

1. Novel: Over 40,000 words
2. Novella: 17,500 - 40,000 words
3. Novelette: 7,500 - 17,500 words
4. Short story: Under 7,500 words

Hope that helps.

Here is one of my drawings for this year's inktober ✨

Day 25 / Scarecrow

#howlsmovingcastle #watercolor #scarecrow #ghibli #illustration

this poem, this VIBE ✨

Black hole shoots a plasma beam through space. Captured by NASA

The Heart Nebula