#writing — Public Fediverse posts

Old man:
You accuse kings, priests, the world—but never the hands holding your shackles. God is dead. We killed Him. Now we seek new gods, afraid to walk alone.

Kakimoto:
At least I’m not the only one going mad.

#Art #DigitalArt #AIArt #Fantasy #Writing #Fiction #Worldbuilding #Storytelling

Old man:
You accuse kings, priests, the world—but never the hands holding your shackles. God is dead. We killed Him. Now we seek new gods, afraid to walk alone.

Kakimoto:
At least I’m not the only one going mad.

#Art #DigitalArt #AIArt #Fantasy #Writing #Fiction #Worldbuilding #Storytelling

Old man:
You accuse kings, priests, the world—but never the hands holding your shackles. God is dead. We killed Him. Now we seek new gods, afraid to walk alone.

Kakimoto:
At least I’m not the only one going mad.

#Art #DigitalArt #AIArt #Fantasy #Writing #Fiction #Worldbuilding #Storytelling

Old man:
You accuse kings, priests, the world—but never the hands holding your shackles. God is dead. We killed Him. Now we seek new gods, afraid to walk alone.

Kakimoto:
At least I’m not the only one going mad.

#Art #DigitalArt #AIArt #Fantasy #Writing #Fiction #Worldbuilding #Storytelling

#LukyaNews

📖 Publications 📚 Les Mots Hantés : Nouveau chapitre disponible
@fedisee

⭐ Lien ⭐
https://nocteller.com/book/5078-les-mots-hantes

#writing #writingcommunity #fiction

#LukyaNews

📖 Publications 📚 Les Mots Hantés : Nouveau chapitre disponible
@fedisee

⭐ Lien ⭐
https://nocteller.com/book/5078-les-mots-hantes

#writing #writingcommunity #fiction

#LukyaNews

📖 Publications 📚 Les Mots Hantés : Nouveau chapitre disponible
@fedisee

⭐ Lien ⭐
https://nocteller.com/book/5078-les-mots-hantes

#writing #writingcommunity #fiction

#LukyaNews

📖 Publications 📚 Les Mots Hantés : Nouveau chapitre disponible
@fedisee

⭐ Lien ⭐
https://nocteller.com/book/5078-les-mots-hantes

#writing #writingcommunity #fiction

#LukyaNews

📖 Publications 📚 Les Mots Hantés : Nouveau chapitre disponible
@fedisee

⭐ Lien ⭐
https://nocteller.com/book/5078-les-mots-hantes

#writing #writingcommunity #fiction

Free Book Friday – Monsters, Monsters, Everywhere

Free book promo for today and tomorrow. On the Kindle. Free. Get a free book. Get a free good book, with intense and unique monsters from a variety of genres.

Today and tomorrow, my book Monsters, Monsters, Everywhere, which is a collection of short stories spanning horror, science fiction, and fantasy is FREE on the Kindle.

There are dragons, weird unnamed creatures that feed on emptiness, Selkie’s, robots, and much more. I love a good monster, and I absolutely deliver said monsters in this book. Description below:

An ancient werewolf laments his annual, blood-soaked pilgrimage. A doll comes to life only when your fear gives it motivation. Empty spaces are a feeding ground for an ancient monster. A mother dragon will fight through anything for her stolen future. After a random tragedy at the hands of a flying nightmare, a sky pirate visits a haunted grave. A demon followed across a continent, pauses for a very human vanity. Robots in an apocalyptic hellscape need a purpose, even if there is no one to witness it. Mysterious gravestones and highways twist the ordinary into hells for a pair of friends and family. A young woman laments her true, mystical identity in the waves of a stormy sea.

Hit it HERE to get Monsters, Monsters, Everywhere for FREE on the Kindle

The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – Under Construction

Hello there!

As my long time readers know, I like to change things up once in a while. It was kind of dizzying for the first few years, the number of changes I made in any given year, or sometimes month. More recently, I’ve settled into certain routines and templates that have made it easy to at least try to keep up as my personal life has become increasingly busier. But even I get sick of the same old routine.

So I’m changing up these Weekly Highlights posts. I’m not entirely sure what I’m doing yet, but I feel like it’s time for a change. Mostly because I’m getting bored with the routine, which might explain why I feel like Thursdays are sneaking up on me. For now, there will be no Weekly Highlights, but I hope to have something new and at least a little different in the next few weeks.

In other news, I’m so excited I finally got back to doing The Curated Bookshelf. October’s is already scheduled for October 1st, and I’ve already gone ahead and modified how I do that, so I hope you like it. Fingers crossed I can get November’s up, too!

Thanks for reading!

Free Book Friday – Monsters, Monsters, Everywhere

Free book promo for today and tomorrow. On the Kindle. Free. Get a free book. Get a free good book, with intense and unique monsters from a variety of genres.

Today and tomorrow, my book Monsters, Monsters, Everywhere, which is a collection of short stories spanning horror, science fiction, and fantasy is FREE on the Kindle.

There are dragons, weird unnamed creatures that feed on emptiness, Selkie’s, robots, and much more. I love a good monster, and I absolutely deliver said monsters in this book. Description below:

An ancient werewolf laments his annual, blood-soaked pilgrimage. A doll comes to life only when your fear gives it motivation. Empty spaces are a feeding ground for an ancient monster. A mother dragon will fight through anything for her stolen future. After a random tragedy at the hands of a flying nightmare, a sky pirate visits a haunted grave. A demon followed across a continent, pauses for a very human vanity. Robots in an apocalyptic hellscape need a purpose, even if there is no one to witness it. Mysterious gravestones and highways twist the ordinary into hells for a pair of friends and family. A young woman laments her true, mystical identity in the waves of a stormy sea.

Hit it HERE to get Monsters, Monsters, Everywhere for FREE on the Kindle

The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – Under Construction

Hello there!

As my long time readers know, I like to change things up once in a while. It was kind of dizzying for the first few years, the number of changes I made in any given year, or sometimes month. More recently, I’ve settled into certain routines and templates that have made it easy to at least try to keep up as my personal life has become increasingly busier. But even I get sick of the same old routine.

So I’m changing up these Weekly Highlights posts. I’m not entirely sure what I’m doing yet, but I feel like it’s time for a change. Mostly because I’m getting bored with the routine, which might explain why I feel like Thursdays are sneaking up on me. For now, there will be no Weekly Highlights, but I hope to have something new and at least a little different in the next few weeks.

In other news, I’m so excited I finally got back to doing The Curated Bookshelf. October’s is already scheduled for October 1st, and I’ve already gone ahead and modified how I do that, so I hope you like it. Fingers crossed I can get November’s up, too!

Thanks for reading!

Free Book Friday – Monsters, Monsters, Everywhere

Free book promo for today and tomorrow. On the Kindle. Free. Get a free book. Get a free good book, with intense and unique monsters from a variety of genres.

Today and tomorrow, my book Monsters, Monsters, Everywhere, which is a collection of short stories spanning horror, science fiction, and fantasy is FREE on the Kindle.

There are dragons, weird unnamed creatures that feed on emptiness, Selkie’s, robots, and much more. I love a good monster, and I absolutely deliver said monsters in this book. Description below:

An ancient werewolf laments his annual, blood-soaked pilgrimage. A doll comes to life only when your fear gives it motivation. Empty spaces are a feeding ground for an ancient monster. A mother dragon will fight through anything for her stolen future. After a random tragedy at the hands of a flying nightmare, a sky pirate visits a haunted grave. A demon followed across a continent, pauses for a very human vanity. Robots in an apocalyptic hellscape need a purpose, even if there is no one to witness it. Mysterious gravestones and highways twist the ordinary into hells for a pair of friends and family. A young woman laments her true, mystical identity in the waves of a stormy sea.

Hit it HERE to get Monsters, Monsters, Everywhere for FREE on the Kindle

The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – Under Construction

Hello there!

As my long time readers know, I like to change things up once in a while. It was kind of dizzying for the first few years, the number of changes I made in any given year, or sometimes month. More recently, I’ve settled into certain routines and templates that have made it easy to at least try to keep up as my personal life has become increasingly busier. But even I get sick of the same old routine.

So I’m changing up these Weekly Highlights posts. I’m not entirely sure what I’m doing yet, but I feel like it’s time for a change. Mostly because I’m getting bored with the routine, which might explain why I feel like Thursdays are sneaking up on me. For now, there will be no Weekly Highlights, but I hope to have something new and at least a little different in the next few weeks.

In other news, I’m so excited I finally got back to doing The Curated Bookshelf. October’s is already scheduled for October 1st, and I’ve already gone ahead and modified how I do that, so I hope you like it. Fingers crossed I can get November’s up, too!

Thanks for reading!

Free Book Friday – Monsters, Monsters, Everywhere

Free book promo for today and tomorrow. On the Kindle. Free. Get a free book. Get a free good book, with intense and unique monsters from a variety of genres.

Today and tomorrow, my book Monsters, Monsters, Everywhere, which is a collection of short stories spanning horror, science fiction, and fantasy is FREE on the Kindle.

There are dragons, weird unnamed creatures that feed on emptiness, Selkie’s, robots, and much more. I love a good monster, and I absolutely deliver said monsters in this book. Description below:

An ancient werewolf laments his annual, blood-soaked pilgrimage. A doll comes to life only when your fear gives it motivation. Empty spaces are a feeding ground for an ancient monster. A mother dragon will fight through anything for her stolen future. After a random tragedy at the hands of a flying nightmare, a sky pirate visits a haunted grave. A demon followed across a continent, pauses for a very human vanity. Robots in an apocalyptic hellscape need a purpose, even if there is no one to witness it. Mysterious gravestones and highways twist the ordinary into hells for a pair of friends and family. A young woman laments her true, mystical identity in the waves of a stormy sea.

Hit it HERE to get Monsters, Monsters, Everywhere for FREE on the Kindle

The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – Under Construction

Hello there!

As my long time readers know, I like to change things up once in a while. It was kind of dizzying for the first few years, the number of changes I made in any given year, or sometimes month. More recently, I’ve settled into certain routines and templates that have made it easy to at least try to keep up as my personal life has become increasingly busier. But even I get sick of the same old routine.

So I’m changing up these Weekly Highlights posts. I’m not entirely sure what I’m doing yet, but I feel like it’s time for a change. Mostly because I’m getting bored with the routine, which might explain why I feel like Thursdays are sneaking up on me. For now, there will be no Weekly Highlights, but I hope to have something new and at least a little different in the next few weeks.

In other news, I’m so excited I finally got back to doing The Curated Bookshelf. October’s is already scheduled for October 1st, and I’ve already gone ahead and modified how I do that, so I hope you like it. Fingers crossed I can get November’s up, too!

Thanks for reading!

Free Book Friday – Monsters, Monsters, Everywhere

Free book promo for today and tomorrow. On the Kindle. Free. Get a free book. Get a free good book, with intense and unique monsters from a variety of genres.

Today and tomorrow, my book Monsters, Monsters, Everywhere, which is a collection of short stories spanning horror, science fiction, and fantasy is FREE on the Kindle.

There are dragons, weird unnamed creatures that feed on emptiness, Selkie’s, robots, and much more. I love a good monster, and I absolutely deliver said monsters in this book. Description below:

An ancient werewolf laments his annual, blood-soaked pilgrimage. A doll comes to life only when your fear gives it motivation. Empty spaces are a feeding ground for an ancient monster. A mother dragon will fight through anything for her stolen future. After a random tragedy at the hands of a flying nightmare, a sky pirate visits a haunted grave. A demon followed across a continent, pauses for a very human vanity. Robots in an apocalyptic hellscape need a purpose, even if there is no one to witness it. Mysterious gravestones and highways twist the ordinary into hells for a pair of friends and family. A young woman laments her true, mystical identity in the waves of a stormy sea.

Hit it HERE to get Monsters, Monsters, Everywhere for FREE on the Kindle

The Lily Cafe Weekly Highlights – Under Construction

Hello there!

As my long time readers know, I like to change things up once in a while. It was kind of dizzying for the first few years, the number of changes I made in any given year, or sometimes month. More recently, I’ve settled into certain routines and templates that have made it easy to at least try to keep up as my personal life has become increasingly busier. But even I get sick of the same old routine.

So I’m changing up these Weekly Highlights posts. I’m not entirely sure what I’m doing yet, but I feel like it’s time for a change. Mostly because I’m getting bored with the routine, which might explain why I feel like Thursdays are sneaking up on me. For now, there will be no Weekly Highlights, but I hope to have something new and at least a little different in the next few weeks.

In other news, I’m so excited I finally got back to doing The Curated Bookshelf. October’s is already scheduled for October 1st, and I’ve already gone ahead and modified how I do that, so I hope you like it. Fingers crossed I can get November’s up, too!

Thanks for reading!

The moon will be full tomorrow, so the timing feels right to share what I learned while watching two Thai series from the perspective of a writer who is intentional about the names I give my characters.

First, in Moonshadow, Chan means “moon”. (By the way, the character’s twin sister’s name is Sun and Emi Thasorn does a fine job of portraying the difference in their personalities.)

Next, in Khom Khlang, Bulan also means “moon” in other Asian languages, apart from Indonesian, namely Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Tagalog, and Malay. Quite fitting for a character who is a shaman.

https://www.infoastronomy.org/2020/03/mengapa-bulan-disebut-bulan.html

#ThaiDrama
#ThaiGL
#Language
#Writing

Throwback voice recognition mistake of the day: "It smelled and should arrive tomorrow." 🦨

That should be "its mailed..." Don't want the recipient to think I'm sending them something nasty.

#Writing

Throwback voice recognition mistake of the day: "It smelled and should arrive tomorrow." 🦨

That should be "its mailed..." Don't want the recipient to think I'm sending them something nasty.

#Writing

Throwback voice recognition mistake of the day: "It smelled and should arrive tomorrow." 🦨

That should be "its mailed..." Don't want the recipient to think I'm sending them something nasty.

#Writing

Throwback voice recognition mistake of the day: "It smelled and should arrive tomorrow." 🦨

That should be "its mailed..." Don't want the recipient to think I'm sending them something nasty.

#Writing

Apologetics: Muslims, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Unitarians Have a Problem…

As I mentioned in a previous post, I recently had the opportunity to talk to some Jehovah’s Witnesses and challenge them about their beliefs. In the days since I talked to them, I have been thinking more about the JW belief system, and something occurred to me. Jehovah’s Witnesses have a unitarian view of God. They deny the Trinity, saying it comes from paganism, and hold that there is only one God – Jehovah – and that the Son is a totally different entity. As for the Holy Spirit, they believe it is an active force, once again separate from Jehovah.

But why does this sound familiar? Where else have we heard something similar?

Oh, that’s right! We’ve heard similar stuff from Muslims, who believe Allah is only one dude, Jesus is not his son, and the Holy Spirit is…something. Some will say the Holy Spirit is the angel Gabriel, others will argue it’s a name for Muhammad, and still others will say that it’s Allah’s spirit, whatever that is. We also see this same issue in other unitarian belief systems.

However, as with the Muslims, the Jehovah’s Witnesses and others like them have two major issues concerning God’s character. First, we have the question of why would God create in the first place? If, according to Muslims, JWs, and others, God is a single entity, then it is not in his nature to be relational. So why should he be lonely? Why should he create anything? In order for him to have any inclination to create, he would have to change his character to one that’s relational, which means his attributes change, something that Muslims, JWs, and Unitarians would all adamantly deny. They all agree that God doesn’t change, yet in denying the Trinity, they force him to change to explain why we’re here.

Second, we have the issue that if God is one, with no other persons, then he is dependent on creation to have various attributes, particularly that of lordship. In the Christian view of the Trinity, we believe that the Trinity has an effective hierarchy, with God the Father at the top. There is lordship in that, which means that God has always been lord even before creation began.

However, if the Unitarian view is true and God’s always been a single entity, then he can’t be eternally lord because in order to be lord of something, you need something to lord over. Thus, he is dependent on creation’s very existence to be able to claim that title.

Until next time,

M.J.

It's the return of Razmataz the Elder and the revelation of a small part of "the plan" in today's chapter of The Errant Apprentice!
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/129777/the-errant-apprentice/chapter/4010603/chapter-3-metrocenter
#Fantasy #ModernFantasy #UrbanFantasy #Novel #Writing #WebNovel #RoyalRoad #Fiction

It's the return of Razmataz the Elder and the revelation of a small part of "the plan" in today's chapter of The Errant Apprentice!
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/129777/the-errant-apprentice/chapter/4010603/chapter-3-metrocenter
#Fantasy #ModernFantasy #UrbanFantasy #Novel #Writing #WebNovel #RoyalRoad #Fiction

It's the return of Razmataz the Elder and the revelation of a small part of "the plan" in today's chapter of The Errant Apprentice!
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/129777/the-errant-apprentice/chapter/4010603/chapter-3-metrocenter
#Fantasy #ModernFantasy #UrbanFantasy #Novel #Writing #WebNovel #RoyalRoad #Fiction

It's the return of Razmataz the Elder and the revelation of a small part of "the plan" in today's chapter of The Errant Apprentice!
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/129777/the-errant-apprentice/chapter/4010603/chapter-3-metrocenter
#Fantasy #ModernFantasy #UrbanFantasy #Novel #Writing #WebNovel #RoyalRoad #Fiction

It's the return of Razmataz the Elder and the revelation of a small part of "the plan" in today's chapter of The Errant Apprentice!
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/129777/the-errant-apprentice/chapter/4010603/chapter-3-metrocenter
#Fantasy #ModernFantasy #UrbanFantasy #Novel #Writing #WebNovel #RoyalRoad #Fiction

#WritersCoffeeClub Sep 25: Talk about a communal writing project you worked on. How did it go?

The only one I can think of was the dept mission statement. I was asked to craft it, then others wordsmithed it. I learned then others can't begin.

#writing

#WritersCoffeeClub Sep 25: Talk about a communal writing project you worked on. How did it go?

The only one I can think of was the dept mission statement. I was asked to craft it, then others wordsmithed it. I learned then others can't begin.

#writing

#WritersCoffeeClub Sep 25: Talk about a communal writing project you worked on. How did it go?

The only one I can think of was the dept mission statement. I was asked to craft it, then others wordsmithed it. I learned then others can't begin.

#writing

#WritersCoffeeClub Sep 25: Talk about a communal writing project you worked on. How did it go?

The only one I can think of was the dept mission statement. I was asked to craft it, then others wordsmithed it. I learned then others can't begin.

#writing

In parallel with my blog on https://teofranchi.com/teos-talks I also run a newsletter, which is currently managed on Substack. It's basically the same list of articles you could find on the blog, but directly in your inbox. Now, Substack worked well until now, even if it requires me to manually copy the articles from my blog to the Substack editor. Lately I've been thinking a lot about optimization of my workflows and this is clearly a point to improve. So I'm currently trying sender.net. It's a simple newsletter service, no social implications like the ones you can find in Substack. And this only is already a plus. But even more intriguing is they have an API I can use to automate the copy of the article directly from Wordpress. I'm still making some tests, but it looks a lot promising.

#Photography #Writing #Newsletter #Blog #TeosTalks #Technology #Workflow

In parallel with my blog on https://teofranchi.com/teos-talks I also run a newsletter, which is currently managed on Substack. It's basically the same list of articles you could find on the blog, but directly in your inbox. Now, Substack worked well until now, even if it requires me to manually copy the articles from my blog to the Substack editor. Lately I've been thinking a lot about optimization of my workflows and this is clearly a point to improve. So I'm currently trying sender.net. It's a simple newsletter service, no social implications like the ones you can find in Substack. And this only is already a plus. But even more intriguing is they have an API I can use to automate the copy of the article directly from Wordpress. I'm still making some tests, but it looks a lot promising.

#Photography #Writing #Newsletter #Blog #TeosTalks #Technology #Workflow

In parallel with my blog on https://teofranchi.com/teos-talks I also run a newsletter, which is currently managed on Substack. It's basically the same list of articles you could find on the blog, but directly in your inbox. Now, Substack worked well until now, even if it requires me to manually copy the articles from my blog to the Substack editor. Lately I've been thinking a lot about optimization of my workflows and this is clearly a point to improve. So I'm currently trying sender.net. It's a simple newsletter service, no social implications like the ones you can find in Substack. And this only is already a plus. But even more intriguing is they have an API I can use to automate the copy of the article directly from Wordpress. I'm still making some tests, but it looks a lot promising.

#Photography #Writing #Newsletter #Blog #TeosTalks #Technology #Workflow

In parallel with my blog on https://teofranchi.com/teos-talks I also run a newsletter, which is currently managed on Substack. It's basically the same list of articles you could find on the blog, but directly in your inbox. Now, Substack worked well until now, even if it requires me to manually copy the articles from my blog to the Substack editor. Lately I've been thinking a lot about optimization of my workflows and this is clearly a point to improve. So I'm currently trying sender.net. It's a simple newsletter service, no social implications like the ones you can find in Substack. And this only is already a plus. But even more intriguing is they have an API I can use to automate the copy of the article directly from Wordpress. I'm still making some tests, but it looks a lot promising.

#Photography #Writing #Newsletter #Blog #TeosTalks #Technology #Workflow

In parallel with my blog on https://teofranchi.com/teos-talks I also run a newsletter, which is currently managed on Substack. It's basically the same list of articles you could find on the blog, but directly in your inbox. Now, Substack worked well until now, even if it requires me to manually copy the articles from my blog to the Substack editor. Lately I've been thinking a lot about optimization of my workflows and this is clearly a point to improve. So I'm currently trying sender.net. It's a simple newsletter service, no social implications like the ones you can find in Substack. And this only is already a plus. But even more intriguing is they have an API I can use to automate the copy of the article directly from Wordpress. I'm still making some tests, but it looks a lot promising.

#Photography #Writing #Newsletter #Blog #TeosTalks #Technology #Workflow

A big part of the problem for me with the pace of traditional publishing is that by the time 4-6 months has passed since I queried a piece, I no longer give a shit.

#Writing #Publishing

A big part of the problem for me with the pace of traditional publishing is that by the time 4-6 months has passed since I queried a piece, I no longer give a shit.

#Writing #Publishing

A big part of the problem for me with the pace of traditional publishing is that by the time 4-6 months has passed since I queried a piece, I no longer give a shit.

#Writing #Publishing

A big part of the problem for me with the pace of traditional publishing is that by the time 4-6 months has passed since I queried a piece, I no longer give a shit.

#Writing #Publishing

A big part of the problem for me with the pace of traditional publishing is that by the time 4-6 months has passed since I queried a piece, I no longer give a shit.

#Writing #Publishing

#WordWeavers Sep 25: Do illicit drugs or alcohol play a role in your story?

My mad scientist abuses drugs so often, he needs to get messed up at lunch so he can reenter work due to the retinal scan.

As one does.

#writing

#WordWeavers Sep 25: Do illicit drugs or alcohol play a role in your story?

My mad scientist abuses drugs so often, he needs to get messed up at lunch so he can reenter work due to the retinal scan.

As one does.

#writing

#WordWeavers Sep 25: Do illicit drugs or alcohol play a role in your story?

My mad scientist abuses drugs so often, he needs to get messed up at lunch so he can reenter work due to the retinal scan.

As one does.

#writing

#WordWeavers Sep 25: Do illicit drugs or alcohol play a role in your story?

My mad scientist abuses drugs so often, he needs to get messed up at lunch so he can reenter work due to the retinal scan.

As one does.

#writing

While he was yet a student, there came to him a dream-adventure which he has no anxiety to repeat; he began, that is to say, to dream in sequence and thus to lead a double life…

—read Robert Louis Stevenson’s “A Chapter on Dreams”, free online via @gutenberg_org

4/4

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/30990/30990-h/30990-h.htm#page177

#Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thcentury #RobertLouisStevenson #writing #nightmare #dream #dreams #dreaming #WorldDreamDay

While he was yet a student, there came to him a dream-adventure which he has no anxiety to repeat; he began, that is to say, to dream in sequence and thus to lead a double life…

—read Robert Louis Stevenson’s “A Chapter on Dreams”, free online via @gutenberg_org

4/4

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/30990/30990-h/30990-h.htm#page177

#Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thcentury #RobertLouisStevenson #writing #nightmare #dream #dreams #dreaming #WorldDreamDay