THE MONTHLY CRUST SEPT-OCT EDITION
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The Monthly Crust: Sept-Oct Edition

Howdy, Falling Leaves & Pumpkin Dreams; Happy Fall! Autumn is my favorite season of the year. It’s not because of the pumpkin spice, although I do enjoy pumpkin pie. I love the crunch of …

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πŸš€ *New short story live* at my Substack:

The Call of 𐰴𐰅𐰭𐱅𐰺𐰆𐰯𐰃𐰀
(Recovered Logs from the Epsilon Trireme)

β€œThey called it the last ship of man… drifting before the event horizon of a black hole so old it no longer had a name.”

πŸ”— https://wittgensteinsmonster.substack.com/p/the-call-of

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The Call of 𐰴𐰅𐰭𐱅𐰺𐰆𐰯𐰃𐰀

Recovered Logs from the Epsilon Trireme

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Alright Fedi, I need your opinion. I'm writing a sci-fi story where they have discovered energy -> matter conversion and can create atoms directly.

Here's my question: If you made a block of wood by assembling each atom of it from scratch and then combining them.

A.) Would the wood have no age lines?

B.) Would a radio carbon date of the wood return it's date of creation?
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So as is, there are three established terms that mean "not intersex": #perisex, #endosex & #dyadic.

I was thinking: why have them all mean exactly the same thing? We could create and pin down definitions that help distinguish how nonhumans are or are not intersex. Also maybe to include/exclude historical eunuchs.

If you'd like to weigh in on how these terms could be defined, I have a survey here! Everyone is welcome to participate, and input is appreciated
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#intersex #biology #speculativeBiology #scifi #sciFiWriting
Dyadic, Endosex, Perisex: let's make some meanings

Right now, the terms "dyadic", "endosex", and "perisex" all mean exactly the same thing: not intersex. All three terms are well established for talking about modern humans. But they're not well defined outside the scope of modern-day humanity. I suggest we make these three terms have different meanings outside the scope of modern-day humans. I see utility in specializing these terms when it comes to science fiction & fantasy writing, and science communication. Although the survey uses actual organisms as examples, they represent cases that could appear in fictional alien species and fantasy races. In this survey, I will present you 21 cases from SEVEN nonhuman species (snails, clownfish, hyenas, snakes, lizards, slime molds, and deer) plus a bonus round of human eunuchs. For each nonhuman species, there are three cases (one case of typical sex development and two VSDs*). So for 3x7=21 cases I will ask you: is this nonhuman dyadic? Perisex? Endosex? Intersex? Your goal is to create internally consistent meanings for the following four categories when it comes to individuals who are not modern humans (i.e. nonhumans & historical eunuchs): - dyadic - endosex - perisex - intersex The 21 cases are the same for all four categories. You can answer the questions in any order. This survey is designed to make you think hard. Depending on how quickly you settle on meanings, it could take 30-60 minutes. You do not have to fill the whole thing at once: if you hit the "submit" button Google will give you a special URL you can use to change your answers. Save this URL! I recommend taking out a piece of paper to draw a table and/or Venn Diagrams. If the terminology in the survey is new to you, I recommend opening this survey in two different windows side-by-side, one to use as a reference and one to fill in the survey. I am not collecting email addresses or personally identifying information. The only personal questions I ask are whether you are intersex and what kind of biology education you have. Your answers will be immediately visible to the other respondents. Depending on how messy and/or interesting the data is, I might share the raw spreadsheet of results with other interested parties / stats nerds. You do not need to be intersex to complete the survey. But you are required to disclose if you are intersex or not. (I want to see if intersex people respond differently than non-intersex people.)

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#Gundam #scifiwriting youtube.com/watch?v=XjNa0fc42R0 This is a pretty good critique. Though it does point out that they should have focused on ONE main theme and stuck with it. And the whole industrial-military complex thread is at least done much better in the UC. Though that still pales in comparison to how BattleTech handles the military-industrial complex threads so much better. #Bewarethebaron And yeah, maybe instead of a high school/Hogwarts thing it should have more Jedi Praxeum or The Nagerling.

Personally, I wish in addition to making an anime for selling gunpla, Bandai Namco would make a war drama and reach out to Western Sci-Fi writers and add that flavor (just not Pradoe...ressurecting Clan Smoked Jaguar as KSD Junior's pets was not smart. Give Hell's Horses credit there; though their touman falling on their flanks attaching Jiyi Chistu kinda puts a bridle in that).

When I write, my instinct is to understate everything, to present the strangest scenarios as if they were normal. I don't know if I could write like this. Maybe I should try.

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If Contemporary Fiction Was Written Like Science Fiction

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My new book, The Long Winter is available now for Kindle (Unlimited) and paperback. It's a post-apocalyptic story about one man's search for two missing children.

US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSZC14ZC
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CSZC14ZC

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Just heard the wonderful news of another sci-fi short being accepted for publication whilst resting in beautiful Cabo Verde πŸ‡¨πŸ‡» #CaboVerde #holidays #wintersun #writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #scifi #scifiwriting #flashfiction
#WritersCoffeeClub 1/2: Do you have other artistic leanings? How do these affect your writing?

I sketch and draw. Frequently I sketch out apparel for the characters I chronicle such as #TaRegi and #Dulcamara

Even the icon I use for this account is for the NHP (non human person) #531L or "VEIL" as they go by

Being able to draw helps me visualize what the characters describe to me.
Ta'regi's story, Cantata of the Wild Soul, would translate well into a comic book or animated film with how she speaks and relays her story to me.

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