S. Z. Attwell ☕️💻

@szattwellauthor@writing.exchange
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Bestselling, award-winning sci-fi author | SFWA member 🪐☀️ | sci-comm (sometimes), M.A. Communication | SPSFC 3rd place 2022 | 2021 SFF Kindle Book Review finalist | flash fic in Simultaneous Times | quoted in a book once | follow/like/etc. =/= endorsement | learning German, interested in policy, love good conversation and interesting people | Boston area | #writer #author #scifi #sciencefiction #SFWA #climatefiction #specfic #SFF #nerd
Also @szattwellauthor
Websitehttp://szattwell.com
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Excerpt from Aestushttps://szattwell.com/aestus1excerpt/
Personal@sabrinaingermany
Since there’s so many #books out there with the same formula (pun intended)…I made something, lol.
I’m thinking of restarting my blog, even though I’m not exactly publishing anything at the moment. I’m going through the #writing process again for the first time in five years (!) and I think I have some valuable things to share.

Our #WritingExchange community has been running for almost eight years! But as our little writing space has grown, so have our hosting costs.

Many members of the community have contributed to help keep this space sustainable -- if you have, thank you so much!

But after catching up on our accounting today, we're essentially back at $0 in our Writing Exchange fund, with only 45% of our annual hosting costs covered by current donors.

https://opencollective.com/writingexchange

Writing Exchange - Open Collective

A small Mastodon instance for writers, since 2017.

I just want to say, readers, thank you so much for your patience. ❤️ I’ve had years of writer’s block. But I’ve had a breakthrough, thank God, like a major one, and I have some gems here that I’m slowly and carefully extracting. It’s not about perfectionism, it’s about doing justice to the story and the subject. I will eventually give you the books you’ve been waiting for, God willing.
#writing #WritersBlock

You need to have proof of citizenship on you at all times, this may not help but it can't hurt.

If you are able to, notify someone that you are being detained. Have them call up a civil rights lawyer. If possible, figure out who you would want in advance. Your 4th, 5th, and 14th amendment rights are being violated.

Do not talk to ICE without a lawyer present.

If possible, have backups of your proof of citizenship. I have scans of my documents. Do not carry all your paperwork at once, they may try to destroy it. I only carry a drivers license, and leave my passport at home.

Thesis? ❌
Novel? ✅

Irresponsible Saturday, apparently. I need a break anyway. #AmWriting

☕️Personal account! (again, haha)

I’ve added a personal account on a Germany-based instance! I had shared the mastodon dot social one previously but this one works better for me re: improving my German, plus someone said they can’t follow me on mastodon dot social (I seem to recall there being some issue with that depending on the instance)…so….

Come join me!

https://social.tchncs.de/@sabrinaingermany

Still on mastodon.social but I check this linked one ^ more often.

Sabrina (@sabrinaingermany@social.tchncs.de)

73 Posts, 31 Following, 39 Followers · In Deutschland seit 2023. English, B1-2 Deutsch (corrections welcome but pls be nice - I’m doing my best!). Policy, energy transition, climate change, photography, academic nerdiness, and coffee. ☕️ Trying to learn Python and data analytics.

Mastodon

Ok, I have a #writing question.

I’m in grad school and dealing with a huge amount of work. It’s a professional program and my computer is tied in my mind to work. I can’t open it and just write. I still have my original little Chromebook that I wrote Aestus on, which might help, but I don’t know if it still works + I really need Word. Any suggestions? I am not rich lol. #WritingCommunity

Update! I joined mastodon.social and am working on joining a second German instance so I can improve my German and make friends. Feel free to join me at @sabrinaingermany
Hi friends! It’s been a while! I’m in #Germany and hoping to join Mastodon under a personal account (since Facebook is a sinking ship), but I can’t seem to add a new account here. Anyone have any server recs? Ideally a mix of English and German, as I speak some German but not fluently.
I could join mastodon social but….idk. Looking for something nerdy and friendly.
Or if anyone has an invite for here…? Thanks!