Andrew CornwallFeb 5
Andrew Ducker
Link Post: Some good news about writing. https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2026/02/04/liver-me-timbers
Feb 4 at 9:15pmWeb
Show threadRay McCarthyFeb 4

@andrewducker
Avoiding cirrhosis is easy. Getting paid is really hard.

In real terms a cheap laptop with Linux and LO Writer and storage AND a backup HDD, you'd never fill is a fraction now of the price typewriters ever were in real terms. They needed paper and ribbons.
Editing meant re-typing.
A cheap ereader (cost more than a backup HDD!) and Calibre can be used to "print" drafts without paper.
Alcohol or drugs doesn't help. A myth by Coleridge, Hemingway et al.

Write & Research for free!

Show threadThat Old Guy with the BeardFeb 4
@andrewducker Bonus Pro Tip: you can use words more than once in the same story, or even the same paragraph! “And,” “or,” and character names are frequently used in this way. Also, for some reason, “foxes,” but that seems to be limited to works by Ben Aaronovitch.
Show threadAndrew DuckerFeb 4
@IanAMartin
Can never have enough foxes.
Show threadJeff ForcierFeb 5
@andrewducker I see the PA guys continue to have occasional good points, but yikes, I also see the art style has kept going off in that strange direction 😳
Show threadAndrew DuckerFeb 5
@bitprophet
They do like their strange art
https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2025/10/06/the-blessing-part-one
The Blessing, Part One - Penny Arcade

Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.

Show threadJeff ForcierFeb 5
@andrewducker that one's not so bad, tbh, but their alter egos' faces have just gotten so bananas over the years.