Robert Miranda
@robert-miranda.bsky.social
BS in Viticulture. Former agriculture/wine scientist turned science-fiction writer and elder caregiver. Occasional photographer and traveler. All around oddball and troublemaker.
Being a writer who doesn’t read is like being a professional athlete who doesn’t train or watch tape.
There's only one piece of writing advice that's universal. "Read as much as you can."
All the rest is potentially terrible, depending on who it's being given to.
You just have to figure it out, through experimentation, which means finding out some advice is terrible for you.
All the rest is potentially terrible, depending on who it's being given to.
You just have to figure it out, through experimentation, which means finding out some advice is terrible for you.
December 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Being a writer who doesn’t read is like being a professional athlete who doesn’t train or watch tape.
Pretty much. 😸🪦
December 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Pretty much. 😸🪦
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sometimes a book will devastate you, and that’s okay. much more preferable than feeling nothing.
December 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Just a reminder for today;
You are seen
You are loved
You are worthy.
💛
You are seen
You are loved
You are worthy.
💛
a cartoon cat is hugging another cat with a heart above it
Alt: a cartoon cat is hugging another cat with a heart above it
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December 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Just a reminder for today;
You are seen
You are loved
You are worthy.
💛
You are seen
You are loved
You are worthy.
💛
Few know of Tulip Mania, and whatever equivalent must have come before it that’s been forgotten. When there’s no framework for understanding how these cycles occur, they are simply going to reoccur. Avarice is a hellava’ drug.
The dotcom era was 25 years ago. iPhone launch was 18. This means there are now adults whose only “big tech hype cycle” memory is crypto/NFTs.
This is why many draw a connection between AI and crypto as scam bubbles. They missed the hype cycles that were also real, disruptive, and world-changing
This is why many draw a connection between AI and crypto as scam bubbles. They missed the hype cycles that were also real, disruptive, and world-changing
December 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Few know of Tulip Mania, and whatever equivalent must have come before it that’s been forgotten. When there’s no framework for understanding how these cycles occur, they are simply going to reoccur. Avarice is a hellava’ drug.
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Pretty frightening stuff. Stay safe and sane out there, fam.
ICYMI: Authors are being hit with a "deluge" of scam emails, some of which appear to impersonate industry professionals, marketing agencies and famous authors 👇 #BookSky
Authors hit with 'deluge' of scam emails from fake marketers offering paid promotion
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December 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Pretty frightening stuff. Stay safe and sane out there, fam.
This was quite an interesting read. Not all risks you take with another entity, some you have to take completely on yourself in the modern literary world.
Post from Naomi Kanakia about self-publishing short fiction. Pretty interesting, I always like reading her insights into publishing. www.woman-of-letters.com/p/is-it-viab...
Is it viable to self-publish your short fiction?
Alexander Chee is a well-regarded literary author who posted recently about the importance of submitting your stories to literary journals. He wrote:
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December 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This was quite an interesting read. Not all risks you take with another entity, some you have to take completely on yourself in the modern literary world.
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Learning about AI bros going at each other's throats over "prompt theft", and it's *delightful*.
My initial thought was how funny it is to see no honor among thieves in real time, but the more I thought about it, they really do give the whole game away.
There is no community, it's a *competition*.
My initial thought was how funny it is to see no honor among thieves in real time, but the more I thought about it, they really do give the whole game away.
There is no community, it's a *competition*.
December 22, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Learning about AI bros going at each other's throats over "prompt theft", and it's *delightful*.
My initial thought was how funny it is to see no honor among thieves in real time, but the more I thought about it, they really do give the whole game away.
There is no community, it's a *competition*.
My initial thought was how funny it is to see no honor among thieves in real time, but the more I thought about it, they really do give the whole game away.
There is no community, it's a *competition*.
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“The Snake Tree of Lerna” by Patrick Woodroffe.
December 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
“The Snake Tree of Lerna” by Patrick Woodroffe.
The fight for free speech and thought always has existed and always shall continue.
Bought this little gem for myself today, too, published in 1955.
December 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The fight for free speech and thought always has existed and always shall continue.
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Earth Crescent from Apollo 12 - From Jason Major (jpmajor.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2fCpVLR
December 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Earth Crescent from Apollo 12 - From Jason Major (jpmajor.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2fCpVLR
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December 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
What a fascinating piece.
René Magritte (1898–1967) - Eye of the Mountain 1928
December 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
What a fascinating piece.
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Albert Dumouchel, Canadian, 1916 – 1971
L'horrible chat des neiges (The Horrible Snow Cat), 1969
Woodcut print | 24 1/2" x 19 1/4" (62 x 49 cm)
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt #caturday
L'horrible chat des neiges (The Horrible Snow Cat), 1969
Woodcut print | 24 1/2" x 19 1/4" (62 x 49 cm)
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt #caturday
December 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Albert Dumouchel, Canadian, 1916 – 1971
L'horrible chat des neiges (The Horrible Snow Cat), 1969
Woodcut print | 24 1/2" x 19 1/4" (62 x 49 cm)
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt #caturday
L'horrible chat des neiges (The Horrible Snow Cat), 1969
Woodcut print | 24 1/2" x 19 1/4" (62 x 49 cm)
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt #caturday
With the spindly little metal feetsies my half-baked ass thought this was the crawling head monster from The Thing at first.
Get you a girl who will cook you dinner and light your hearth.
December 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
With the spindly little metal feetsies my half-baked ass thought this was the crawling head monster from The Thing at first.
The type of shit you be coming up with on shrooms.
‘In 1922, Joseph H. Kraus proposed the idea of a perfume organ, in which a touch on the keyboard would release scents ranging from sandalwood (bass) up to tonka bean and violet.’
Susannah Clapp reviews ‘The Madman’s Orchestra’.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Susannah Clapp reviews ‘The Madman’s Orchestra’.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Susannah Clapp · Not Quite Music
In The Madman’s Library, Edward Brooke-Hitching asked if a work of literature written on a shirt could be called a...
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December 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The type of shit you be coming up with on shrooms.
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Agreed. As ever, on a variety of topics in the writing world, there are a certain percentage of dipshits, cowards, folks who want to hedge their bets, fundamentalist converts, grifters, and sheep.
My friends, I say this with all the love in my heart: Right now might not be the moment for “But we should be TOLERANT and NUANCED about the plagiarism machines!”
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
December 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Agreed. As ever, on a variety of topics in the writing world, there are a certain percentage of dipshits, cowards, folks who want to hedge their bets, fundamentalist converts, grifters, and sheep.
December 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Wheat field outside of Toro, Spain. (Summer 2024) 🇪🇸 #photography #Spain
December 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Wheat field outside of Toro, Spain. (Summer 2024) 🇪🇸 #photography #Spain
