Carrie Callahan
@reecallahan.bsky.social
I write SFF and Earth is my hometown!
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kinda wild how many folks get this overwhelming feeling that they are not exceptional when everyone so obviously is. being incredible is what humans are BUILT for we come out of the box BENDING WORLDS. you are a wonder, the feeling that you are not is dead weight from deflated dreams of someone else
November 19, 2023 at 12:45 AM
kinda wild how many folks get this overwhelming feeling that they are not exceptional when everyone so obviously is. being incredible is what humans are BUILT for we come out of the box BENDING WORLDS. you are a wonder, the feeling that you are not is dead weight from deflated dreams of someone else
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don't kill the part of you that is cringe. kill the part that cringes.
October 27, 2023 at 12:32 AM
don't kill the part of you that is cringe. kill the part that cringes.
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What I find heartbreaking about AI art is that it has spread a deeper lie than just appropriation of others' work.
It has the most toxic lie to art I can think of embedded in it:
Art is the final product.
Attachment to outcome is a subtle death.
It has the most toxic lie to art I can think of embedded in it:
Art is the final product.
Attachment to outcome is a subtle death.
October 26, 2023 at 4:10 PM
What I find heartbreaking about AI art is that it has spread a deeper lie than just appropriation of others' work.
It has the most toxic lie to art I can think of embedded in it:
Art is the final product.
Attachment to outcome is a subtle death.
It has the most toxic lie to art I can think of embedded in it:
Art is the final product.
Attachment to outcome is a subtle death.
I've never had as much fun thrifting as when I went hunting for all black clothes... Let my void phase begin!
October 10, 2023 at 10:45 PM
I've never had as much fun thrifting as when I went hunting for all black clothes... Let my void phase begin!
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The Kickstarter for Map of Lost Places edited by
@lesleyconner.bsky.social and @shereereneethomas.bsky.social has hit 25% of its funding goal! Let's keep it up!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
@lesleyconner.bsky.social and @shereereneethomas.bsky.social has hit 25% of its funding goal! Let's keep it up!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
October 10, 2023 at 5:44 PM
The Kickstarter for Map of Lost Places edited by
@lesleyconner.bsky.social and @shereereneethomas.bsky.social has hit 25% of its funding goal! Let's keep it up!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
@lesleyconner.bsky.social and @shereereneethomas.bsky.social has hit 25% of its funding goal! Let's keep it up!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
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Bro excitement over “AI” art strikes me as another example of the notion that an “idea” is worth more than execution, as in “I’ll give you my idea, you write it, and we’ll split the proceeds 50/50.”
Ideas are cheap. The execution of ideas is the part that takes skill, & skill that makes great art.
Ideas are cheap. The execution of ideas is the part that takes skill, & skill that makes great art.
October 1, 2023 at 3:06 AM
Bro excitement over “AI” art strikes me as another example of the notion that an “idea” is worth more than execution, as in “I’ll give you my idea, you write it, and we’ll split the proceeds 50/50.”
Ideas are cheap. The execution of ideas is the part that takes skill, & skill that makes great art.
Ideas are cheap. The execution of ideas is the part that takes skill, & skill that makes great art.
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gofund.me/a3dee7ee
#romancelandia. Donna needs our help. Please donate if you’re able and boost this so we can get the word out. Thanks in advance.
#romancelandia. Donna needs our help. Please donate if you’re able and boost this so we can get the word out. Thanks in advance.
Help Donna Afford Life-Changing Treatment, organized by Kit Rocha
Hi, my name is Bree, and I'm one-half of the dynamic duo behind the author Kit Ro… Kit Rocha needs your support for Help Donna Afford Life-Changing Treatment
gofund.me
September 19, 2023 at 3:32 PM
gofund.me/a3dee7ee
#romancelandia. Donna needs our help. Please donate if you’re able and boost this so we can get the word out. Thanks in advance.
#romancelandia. Donna needs our help. Please donate if you’re able and boost this so we can get the word out. Thanks in advance.
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hey
it's us, the deadlands social media team
and we're here to share an exciting opportunity to adopt a zine.
look at this little fella, look at its spooky eyes and little paws
WARMS A HEART RIGHT UP, it does.
consider taking @apexmag.bsky.social home today:
apex-magazine.com/apex-blog/it...
it's us, the deadlands social media team
and we're here to share an exciting opportunity to adopt a zine.
look at this little fella, look at its spooky eyes and little paws
WARMS A HEART RIGHT UP, it does.
consider taking @apexmag.bsky.social home today:
apex-magazine.com/apex-blog/it...
September 15, 2023 at 9:28 PM
hey
it's us, the deadlands social media team
and we're here to share an exciting opportunity to adopt a zine.
look at this little fella, look at its spooky eyes and little paws
WARMS A HEART RIGHT UP, it does.
consider taking @apexmag.bsky.social home today:
apex-magazine.com/apex-blog/it...
it's us, the deadlands social media team
and we're here to share an exciting opportunity to adopt a zine.
look at this little fella, look at its spooky eyes and little paws
WARMS A HEART RIGHT UP, it does.
consider taking @apexmag.bsky.social home today:
apex-magazine.com/apex-blog/it...
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Real talk.
We need 300 new subscribers (including renewals) to keep publishing issues at our current size. If we don't get hit that number we will need to scale back the magazine size.
Help us keep our size (or increase it!) over the next two weeks!
apex-magazine.com/apex-blog/it...
We need 300 new subscribers (including renewals) to keep publishing issues at our current size. If we don't get hit that number we will need to scale back the magazine size.
Help us keep our size (or increase it!) over the next two weeks!
apex-magazine.com/apex-blog/it...
September 11, 2023 at 3:00 PM
Real talk.
We need 300 new subscribers (including renewals) to keep publishing issues at our current size. If we don't get hit that number we will need to scale back the magazine size.
Help us keep our size (or increase it!) over the next two weeks!
apex-magazine.com/apex-blog/it...
We need 300 new subscribers (including renewals) to keep publishing issues at our current size. If we don't get hit that number we will need to scale back the magazine size.
Help us keep our size (or increase it!) over the next two weeks!
apex-magazine.com/apex-blog/it...
Rewatching Highlander, I am kind of delighted by how unhinged The Kurgan is. More mad immortals, plz
September 9, 2023 at 3:10 AM
Rewatching Highlander, I am kind of delighted by how unhinged The Kurgan is. More mad immortals, plz
Suddenly the universe feels both more chaotic and more orderly.
Today, I discovered that my sister was unfamiliar with the concept of dusting the wets because she is only mildly online. I am so happy to have gotten to teach her the entire spaghetti process. This is what EXTREMELY ONLINE siblings are for.
August 29, 2023 at 6:03 PM
Suddenly the universe feels both more chaotic and more orderly.
Is it weird that being on this Twitter clone (when I was never much of a tweeter) makes me feel like a real writer?
August 28, 2023 at 11:23 PM
Is it weird that being on this Twitter clone (when I was never much of a tweeter) makes me feel like a real writer?
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There is now less than a month to go until our Sept 22nd deadline for submissions to Reckoning 8! The theme, in a word, is resistance. We pay 10c/word for prose, $50/page for poetry and art. Guidelines: reckoning.press/reckoning-8-...
August 25, 2023 at 6:35 PM
There is now less than a month to go until our Sept 22nd deadline for submissions to Reckoning 8! The theme, in a word, is resistance. We pay 10c/word for prose, $50/page for poetry and art. Guidelines: reckoning.press/reckoning-8-...
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Y'all so many folks are quoting/replying w/ some variation of "Wow, I feel this a lot and I've felt shame/failure at struggling to create."
And I would say, look at all of us: you aren't alone. Art is a support system for life, not the other way around. Life happens and it's OK if art has to pause.
And I would say, look at all of us: you aren't alone. Art is a support system for life, not the other way around. Life happens and it's OK if art has to pause.
The biggest enabler for creativity is stability. I wish that was made more central to the creative narrative. Figure out what your specific needs are to limit stressors and enable "boring" time and work to achieve that as hard as you're practicing your art.
August 23, 2023 at 5:22 PM
Y'all so many folks are quoting/replying w/ some variation of "Wow, I feel this a lot and I've felt shame/failure at struggling to create."
And I would say, look at all of us: you aren't alone. Art is a support system for life, not the other way around. Life happens and it's OK if art has to pause.
And I would say, look at all of us: you aren't alone. Art is a support system for life, not the other way around. Life happens and it's OK if art has to pause.
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“It puts the submission in the queue, or else it gets the R again”
The rejections come in, the submissions go out…The rejections come in, the submissions go out…The rejections come in, the submissions go out…The rejections come in, the submissions go out…The rejections come in, the submissions go out…The rejections come in, the sub…
August 10, 2023 at 1:03 AM
“It puts the submission in the queue, or else it gets the R again”
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Libra: Your precarious grip on reality might hold for another week. Maybe.
August 11, 2023 at 3:52 PM
Libra: Your precarious grip on reality might hold for another week. Maybe.
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I know my writing is better than anything that a predicative text machine can spit out, but the machine doesn't need to be better than me.
It just needs to convince someone at the top of the chain that they can sell its work just as easily as they can sell mine.
It just needs to convince someone at the top of the chain that they can sell its work just as easily as they can sell mine.
Folks don’t seem to understand. It doesn’t MATTER that AI is shitty at your job. Your CEOs will happily deliver a 100x shittier AI version of your job if it means they don’t pay your salary.
This is true no matter your pay level. But it’s coming sooner if you’re underpaid.
Neutrality is complicity
This is true no matter your pay level. But it’s coming sooner if you’re underpaid.
Neutrality is complicity
Said it before and I’ll say it again: we in SAG-AFTRA and/or the WGA know they are not going to stop with OUR jobs.
If your job CAN be replaced with AI, it WILL be.
If your job CAN be replaced with AI, it WILL be.
August 9, 2023 at 5:34 PM
I know my writing is better than anything that a predicative text machine can spit out, but the machine doesn't need to be better than me.
It just needs to convince someone at the top of the chain that they can sell its work just as easily as they can sell mine.
It just needs to convince someone at the top of the chain that they can sell its work just as easily as they can sell mine.
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My advice--don't worry too much about being "original." Worry about whether the thing you're doing is interesting and fun to you. There will always be someone to say your work isn't sufficiently new. They are obviously not your audience. 5/5
August 7, 2023 at 5:10 PM
My advice--don't worry too much about being "original." Worry about whether the thing you're doing is interesting and fun to you. There will always be someone to say your work isn't sufficiently new. They are obviously not your audience. 5/5
Perhaps Ghost Bun feasts on your corpse *because* they love you?
Ghost Bun loves you... but would also feast on your corpse. #VanderWild
August 6, 2023 at 11:41 PM
Perhaps Ghost Bun feasts on your corpse *because* they love you?
I'm not exactly looking for a Twitter replacement, since I was never really into Twitter, but finding community is always nice!
August 6, 2023 at 11:40 PM
I'm not exactly looking for a Twitter replacement, since I was never really into Twitter, but finding community is always nice!