Sydney Garrett
@sagarrett.com
Happy little queer thing who gives rocks novel ideas of how to hate themselves. Aspiring writer and storyteller. Likes pest animals a bit much.
Go on, ask me about GURPS.
Go on, ask me about GURPS.
Okay. Started my fifth draft a few days ago. To the point where my generated PDF of draft four is actually viable to use as I do basically a ground-up rewrite, mostly focused on working in the threads I added in later on in the last draft so that they're not out of nowhere.
October 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Okay. Started my fifth draft a few days ago. To the point where my generated PDF of draft four is actually viable to use as I do basically a ground-up rewrite, mostly focused on working in the threads I added in later on in the last draft so that they're not out of nowhere.
Reposted by Sydney Garrett
yeah i’ll post the video
August 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
yeah i’ll post the video
Reposted by Sydney Garrett
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
Reposted by Sydney Garrett
There was a time when there was a “ruins boom” in Japan. Bookstores were filled with related photo collections, and I remember buying some myself. Ruins somehow evoke scenes from the past, and I find their decaying appearance appealing.
#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls
#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls
August 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
There was a time when there was a “ruins boom” in Japan. Bookstores were filled with related photo collections, and I remember buying some myself. Ruins somehow evoke scenes from the past, and I find their decaying appearance appealing.
#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls
#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls
My husband collects rocks.
Today, we got a really gorgeous sample of malachite, from Zambia.
Some of you may already know where this is going.
You know what else is near the copper mines in Zambia? Uranium deposits.
It's (very mildly, I promise) radioactive malachite.
Today, we got a really gorgeous sample of malachite, from Zambia.
Some of you may already know where this is going.
You know what else is near the copper mines in Zambia? Uranium deposits.
It's (very mildly, I promise) radioactive malachite.
August 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
My husband collects rocks.
Today, we got a really gorgeous sample of malachite, from Zambia.
Some of you may already know where this is going.
You know what else is near the copper mines in Zambia? Uranium deposits.
It's (very mildly, I promise) radioactive malachite.
Today, we got a really gorgeous sample of malachite, from Zambia.
Some of you may already know where this is going.
You know what else is near the copper mines in Zambia? Uranium deposits.
It's (very mildly, I promise) radioactive malachite.
Reposted by Sydney Garrett
panic at nabisco
July 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
panic at nabisco
I'm now really wondering what the venn diagrams of "AI is the future of creativity"/"AI has no place in creativity" vs "I shop at Amazon"/"I buy from my local indie bookstore" looks like.
July 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I'm now really wondering what the venn diagrams of "AI is the future of creativity"/"AI has no place in creativity" vs "I shop at Amazon"/"I buy from my local indie bookstore" looks like.
Reposted by Sydney Garrett
You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳
July 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳
Reposted by Sydney Garrett
So far this year I've read 5 books. That won't be impressive to the people who set a goal to read 100 books in a day or whatever but I PERSONALLY am reading a lot more than I have in a while and I'm quite pleased with that. #booksky
July 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
So far this year I've read 5 books. That won't be impressive to the people who set a goal to read 100 books in a day or whatever but I PERSONALLY am reading a lot more than I have in a while and I'm quite pleased with that. #booksky
"AI levels the playing field!"
Why should the playing field be leveled between the literary equivalent of "ideas guys" and people who have sat down day after day and actually put in the work to create something worth caring about?
Please. Someone, anyone, explain this to me.
Why should the playing field be leveled between the literary equivalent of "ideas guys" and people who have sat down day after day and actually put in the work to create something worth caring about?
Please. Someone, anyone, explain this to me.
June 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"AI levels the playing field!"
Why should the playing field be leveled between the literary equivalent of "ideas guys" and people who have sat down day after day and actually put in the work to create something worth caring about?
Please. Someone, anyone, explain this to me.
Why should the playing field be leveled between the literary equivalent of "ideas guys" and people who have sat down day after day and actually put in the work to create something worth caring about?
Please. Someone, anyone, explain this to me.
Reposted by Sydney Garrett
let the body keep the score
let the body keep the score
let the body keep the score
let the body keep the
*hits cymbal twice*
...
*breaks down crying*
let the body keep the score
let the body keep the score
let the body keep the
*hits cymbal twice*
...
*breaks down crying*
June 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
let the body keep the score
let the body keep the score
let the body keep the score
let the body keep the
*hits cymbal twice*
...
*breaks down crying*
let the body keep the score
let the body keep the score
let the body keep the
*hits cymbal twice*
...
*breaks down crying*
So my daily goal is 1k words per day.
I was not expecting to spend multiple days in a row writing about the process of making goddess-damned linguine. Yet, here I am, days later, 3k words in, still not done rolling out the pasta dough.
I'm not sure if I need to request assistance or not.
I was not expecting to spend multiple days in a row writing about the process of making goddess-damned linguine. Yet, here I am, days later, 3k words in, still not done rolling out the pasta dough.
I'm not sure if I need to request assistance or not.
June 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
So my daily goal is 1k words per day.
I was not expecting to spend multiple days in a row writing about the process of making goddess-damned linguine. Yet, here I am, days later, 3k words in, still not done rolling out the pasta dough.
I'm not sure if I need to request assistance or not.
I was not expecting to spend multiple days in a row writing about the process of making goddess-damned linguine. Yet, here I am, days later, 3k words in, still not done rolling out the pasta dough.
I'm not sure if I need to request assistance or not.
A fun fact for fantasy writers.
Orichalcum is just good quality brass.
Orichalcum is just good quality brass.
June 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
A fun fact for fantasy writers.
Orichalcum is just good quality brass.
Orichalcum is just good quality brass.
Fifteen-plus years later, I just realized that my English professor, who did a whole semester of the literature, aesthetics, and rhetoric of fascism, was exactly the sort who saw the writing on the wall and was trying to prepare us.
June 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Fifteen-plus years later, I just realized that my English professor, who did a whole semester of the literature, aesthetics, and rhetoric of fascism, was exactly the sort who saw the writing on the wall and was trying to prepare us.
First draft is now complete-ish. Ready for another pass in a few weeks because I need to break it up differently, I need to drastically alter some structure stuff, all of it. But it's ready for that work to start, so I'm good with it.
June 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
First draft is now complete-ish. Ready for another pass in a few weeks because I need to break it up differently, I need to drastically alter some structure stuff, all of it. But it's ready for that work to start, so I'm good with it.
So GURPS has some pretty wild dependency chains for magic, and I sat here for a long time figuring out how many spells you have to have to have for certain spells to become available.
Turns out the answer is Move Terrain, and it's listed in the book.
Turns out the answer is Move Terrain, and it's listed in the book.
June 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
So GURPS has some pretty wild dependency chains for magic, and I sat here for a long time figuring out how many spells you have to have to have for certain spells to become available.
Turns out the answer is Move Terrain, and it's listed in the book.
Turns out the answer is Move Terrain, and it's listed in the book.
My superpower is giving campaigns a good ending after a week of play.
June 8, 2025 at 4:43 AM
My superpower is giving campaigns a good ending after a week of play.
I just finished A Psalm for the Wild-Built and it is distressingly wonderful.
June 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I just finished A Psalm for the Wild-Built and it is distressingly wonderful.
40k on one draft now. This coming along okay, I think. I’m very lucky to have a supportive husband who gives great feedback, so I know where to focus from here, too.
June 6, 2025 at 5:23 AM
40k on one draft now. This coming along okay, I think. I’m very lucky to have a supportive husband who gives great feedback, so I know where to focus from here, too.
Reposted by Sydney Garrett
OH MY FUCKING GOOOODDDDDDDDD
MATSUNO YOU ARE THE ETERNAL GOAT
MATSUNO YOU ARE THE ETERNAL GOAT
June 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
OH MY FUCKING GOOOODDDDDDDDD
MATSUNO YOU ARE THE ETERNAL GOAT
MATSUNO YOU ARE THE ETERNAL GOAT
I just realized that, in a very real way, Star Ocean: The Second Story may be partly responsible for me thinking I can do the whole writing thing.
June 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I just realized that, in a very real way, Star Ocean: The Second Story may be partly responsible for me thinking I can do the whole writing thing.
I'm, um, I'm writing a novel about a good necromancer and the one who's supposed to be hunting her.
It started off as a joke about "what would a good necromancer like instead of crows? Blue jays?" and then "I would love it if I got cupcakes from the people who I've lost when big things happened."
It started off as a joke about "what would a good necromancer like instead of crows? Blue jays?" and then "I would love it if I got cupcakes from the people who I've lost when big things happened."
Oh right, pride month
Hi my dear queer creative kin. Please quote post this and share what you're working on. I'd love to know about your art and writing and crafts and music and games. 💞
Hi my dear queer creative kin. Please quote post this and share what you're working on. I'd love to know about your art and writing and crafts and music and games. 💞
June 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I'm, um, I'm writing a novel about a good necromancer and the one who's supposed to be hunting her.
It started off as a joke about "what would a good necromancer like instead of crows? Blue jays?" and then "I would love it if I got cupcakes from the people who I've lost when big things happened."
It started off as a joke about "what would a good necromancer like instead of crows? Blue jays?" and then "I would love it if I got cupcakes from the people who I've lost when big things happened."
We were talking about where the nearest Waffle House is, and I'm now desperately trying to figure out what the plot would be for a sci-fi movie called "Edge of Ohio".
June 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
We were talking about where the nearest Waffle House is, and I'm now desperately trying to figure out what the plot would be for a sci-fi movie called "Edge of Ohio".
Everyone thinks Annie Oakley was cool because she was a great show shooter, but you really should go read the Wikipedia article. An absolutely incredible life that goes so far beyond Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_O...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_O...
Annie Oakley - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
June 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Everyone thinks Annie Oakley was cool because she was a great show shooter, but you really should go read the Wikipedia article. An absolutely incredible life that goes so far beyond Buffalo Bill's Wild West.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_O...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_O...
Reposted by Sydney Garrett
Hi everyone, we are running out of time for our fundraiser. We want to keep doing what we do and uplifting writers at every stage of their careers.
Please visit igg.me/at/locusmag2... to see all the ways your donation will be rewarded! We love you! Like and share if you can. Thank you. 💌
Please visit igg.me/at/locusmag2... to see all the ways your donation will be rewarded! We love you! Like and share if you can. Thank you. 💌
May 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Hi everyone, we are running out of time for our fundraiser. We want to keep doing what we do and uplifting writers at every stage of their careers.
Please visit igg.me/at/locusmag2... to see all the ways your donation will be rewarded! We love you! Like and share if you can. Thank you. 💌
Please visit igg.me/at/locusmag2... to see all the ways your donation will be rewarded! We love you! Like and share if you can. Thank you. 💌