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(cont’d.) In addition, this creates an environment of unreliability and insecurity for those who would like to create potential blogging “homes.” I’m thankful I’ve backed up my content elsewhere but from now on, any content like this will be parked on my own blog. The bottom line is this: If we’re not paying for a domain, we cannot rely upon it to be there in future and even then, it’s a smart practice to get in the habit of regularly backing up any content you want to preserve.

#WriteFreely

C.L. Irwin

Apr 3

Did write.bz disappear? I can no longer get to the site and that’s where I put a sizable amount of my poetry to share with others. The decent and considerate thing to would be notify users FIRST before deleting Fediverse servers instead of nuking them without warning; many of us would like advance notice so we could move our content first. I’m thankfully in the habit of making backups of my content elsewhere but that’s not the point; it’s the principle behind it.

#WriteFreely

C.L. Irwin

Jul 10, 2024

If you ever want to get a speculative fiction author going, just try telling them that hard science fiction & epic fantasy are “all the same thing.”🙄😒🤣 #notheyrenot #youaskedforit #herecomesmyminimasterclass #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #amwritingscifi #sff

C.L. Irwin

Jul 22, 2023

Marshall Ryan Maresca Jul 17, 2023

We have added five more Traveler level slots!

Please share widely and loudly that we need your support for our anthology, TRAVELING LIGHT. We hope to bring you brilliant stories by folks like Natania Barron, Marie Brennan, Mike Chen, Kate Elliott, Victor Manibo, Michael Underwood, Valerie Valdes and MANY MORE! Please support and shout widely about it! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wfmanthology/traveling-light-a-worldbuilding-for-masochists-anthology

C.L. Irwin

May 13, 2023

Shantell Powell Apr 14, 2023

I haven’t touched my watercolour paints in over two years. Just did a quick painting of two birds I saw in Tortugero yesterday. I used my clunky travel paintbrush. I’m not sure what kind of birds these are. #painting #birds #CostaRica #Caribbean #watercolour #watercolor

C.L. Irwin

May 5, 2023

Some interesting & insightful ideas about the creative process:

Rick Rubin Shares a Lifetime of Creative Advice I Daily Routines, Managing Inputs, & Artist Rules, Part 1: https://youtu.be/2jM1TanhxTw; Part 2: https://youtu.be/MJzKun8a3eE.

#creativity #creativepractice #routine #rickrubin #musician #musiciansofmastodon #composer #composersofmastodon #art #artist #artistsofmastodon #writer #writersofmastodon #dancer #dancersofmastodon #writerslife #writinglife #writingcommunity #author #authorsofmastodon

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C.L. Irwin

Apr 29, 2023

Ironically, what got me across the NaPoWriMo finish line was NOT sharing poetry here for the remainder of the month.🤣 In other words, writing poetry with the intent to share it was useful until it wasn't. A few weeks in, the poetry stopped flowing & I knew the solution was to write poetry just to write it, without any pressure whatsoever. I generally prefer to write like no one's going to read it, which just helps get the raw material onto the page. Revision comes later.

#NaNoWriMo #NaPoWriMo

C.L. Irwin

Apr 29, 2023

Daily Haiku Prompt Apr 29, 2023

Welcome to the #dailyhaikuprompt for AL 29th- May 5th. Feel free to use any variation of the word.

Remember, please take time to favourite, boost, and comment on each other’s work!

AL 29th— memory
AL 30th— lupin
MA 1st — admiration
MA 2nd—brief
MA 3rd— tea
MA 4th— snapshot
MA 5th— bright

spot of sunlight—
on a blade of grass the dragonfly
changes its grip
~Lee Gurga

C.L. Irwin

Apr 29, 2023

Daily Haiku Prompt Apr 22, 2023

Welcome to the #dailyhaikuprompt for AL 22nd-28th. Thank you, Nathan Lowel, @nlowell, for sharing prompt words. Feel free to use any variation of the word.

Remember, please take time to favourite, boost, and comment on each other’s work!

AL 22th— tadpole
AL 23th— lilac
AL 24th— birth
AL 25th— swing
AL 26th— pansy
AL 27th— windmill
AL 28th— mustard

moment of birth new shadow
~Ruby Spriggs

C.L. Irwin

Apr 17, 2023

Daily Haiku Prompt Apr 15, 2023

Welcome to the #dailyhaikuprompt for AL 15th-22nd.

Thank you, Nathan Lowel, @nlowell, for sharing prompt words. Feel free to use any variation of the word.

Remember, please take time to favourite, boost, and comment on each other’s work!

AL 15th— hyacinth
AL 16th— pheasant
AL 17th— calm
AL 18th— parsley
AL 19th— waning
AL 20th— phlox
AL 21th— kite

These hills
have nothing to say
and go on saying it
~Ken Jones

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