RS, Author, Novelist, ProsaistSep 7, 2023

#WritersCoffeeClub 6 — CW: Auto smack talk. Do you hide easter eggs in your work? Give some examples?

I do. In every novel and most longer stories, I leave a clue to the title of my first book. I sometimes make references to previous stories that have no baring to the current plot, but it will double your fun if you notice them. Sometimes I leave outright jokes. For example (also in #WordWeavers 9.7):

One particularly gangly young woman with long legs wears a pendant that's a chromed galloping horse. She's gangland muscle. She's wild, fiery jealous, un-steerable, and crazy fast in a straight-line sprint with her razor jackknife in hand. My MC runs her into a wall. Later in the story, she's referred to as /Mustang/.

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Show threadRS, Author, Novelist, ProsaistJul 5, 2023

@booksthatgoboom

Gash lives in a #cyberpunk world in which corporations have more or less re-written the laws to favor themselves and effectively abolished central governments...

Essentially, the real world, then?

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RS, Author, Novelist, ProsaistJun 21, 2023

Vaguely precise

New #oxymoron. Applicable especially to concise sparsely written technical manuals, like Mastodon doc and installation guides, where every word obviously costs twice as much as the previous word. The information is there, you just have to know it already to recognize it—at which point you start hitting your head against a wall.

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RS, Author, Novelist, ProsaistMay 19, 2023

#WritingWonders 5.19 — If they knew who you were, would your MC save your life?

"You're my author!?"

She'd be so surprised and aghast in disbelief, or possibly shear audacity, I'd be run over by the bus.

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RS, Author, Novelist, ProsaistApr 24, 2023

What is a hangover without alcohol?

(Worse if a school or work day.)

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RS, Author, Novelist, ProsaistApr 12, 2023

Has this or something similar ever happened to you?

You are at work. You are trying to drop the piece of avocado from your spoon into the salad. It sticks. You shake the spoon. It doesn't come off. You shake harder. It doesn't come off. Shake even harder...

And it moves slightly.

You look up and think about the avocado hitting the ceiling, chuckle, and shake the spoon really hard.

You quickly walk away, hoping nobody notices the green bit 15 feet above splattered on the acoustic ceiling.

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Show threadRS, Author, Novelist, ProsaistMar 24, 2023

@cstross Ah, the nacelles being bee hives explains a lot when you think about it. Like the big albatrosses with their legs tied together being used to pull old timey prop planes. When they go too fast, it's hard to discern. Just like you've got to watch carefully to see the clouds bump together to cause lightning (they're really shy).

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RS, Author, Novelist, ProsaistMar 24, 2023

From the Coming Labor #Apocalypse file. A company is planning to use #ChatGPT to #write #fiction for the Chinese market. Not only will it not need pay experienced human #writers, it will adhere to the communist party line and even include subliminal #propaganda. Best of all, it'll never grow a conscience and blow the whistle on bureaucratic corruption. Win-win! Invest now!

https://www.benzinga.com/23/03/31455849/the-plot-thickens-easou-eyes-chatgpt-tech-to-write-e-books

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The Plot Thickens: Easou Eyes ChatGPT Tech To Write E-books - Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA), Baidu (N

Key Takeaways: Easou Technology has applied to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with plans to produce AI-generated works of fiction   The company faces fierce competition from bigger rivals with deeper pockets such as Alibaba, ByteDance and Tencent-backed China Literature, forcing it to boost ad spending to protect market share

Benzinga
Show threadRS, Author, Novelist, ProsaistMar 8, 2023

@kagan @rednikki Thank you. I can't help but inject humor into my writing, so I was being funny about the ellipsis, sorry. But I do appreciate the full analysis as it is edifying and informative.

As an aside. I work to make my prose modern, using generational vernacular and sentence structure. I. Really. Do. I've stopped putting two spaces after sentences, even. This is another data point in my quest. Thank you

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RS, Author, Novelist, ProsaistFeb 14, 2023

@TeaWhileWriting I now have this interesting picture stuck in my head, so, sorry, but I have to ask. I know the Greeks didn't wear much, but is "doesn't wear anything" correct?

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