Recalling an interaction with a coworker who wrote (and published) a novel. I mentioned to him that I've been working on something for years, but that the processing of going over individuals sentences and fiddling with the wording really took an awful long time. He seemed mystified.

Also wrote a bunch of other stuff about modern technology polluting a Classic Fantasy Realm. scp-wiki.wikidot.com/swords-unto-...

Wrote a cool thing with a cool title: scp-wiki.wikidot.com/the-deicide-...

Trying to re-unlock the part of my brain that lets me just write and post whatever I think is cool. It does cut down a little on the number of people who find any given thing interesting, since most people aren't me.

Every time I read The Great Gatsby, the final paragraph brings me to tears. Breathtakingly powerful writing: