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Live to write. Write to live. I tell SciFi stories, usually with a good splash of romance. Delivering something beautiful to my readers is the goal. #amwriting

Washington, D.C. USA
Joined December 2019
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8-02-2026: How wholesome do you consider your creative work? Whatever the opposite of wholesome is, that's what I am writing so far. I am not currently looking to spur self-improvement with my books. As far as getting readers in touch with raw… ift.tt/LeOQHaK
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"I shall disdain to cull my phrases or polish my style;--I aim at being useful, and sincerity will render me unaffected; for, wishing rather to persuade by the force of my arguments, than dazzle by the elegance of my language, I… ift.tt/Mhq2nUc ift.tt/zYhk5pd
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"Thou ill-form'd offspring of my feeble brain, / Who after birth did'st by my side remain, / Till snatcht from thence by friends, less wise than true, / Who thee abroad, expos'd to public view." | Anne Bradstreet, "The Author to Her Book," in *Several… ift.tt/nW8Pkpe
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And when you think today's book reviewers / critics are tough... Jenner, Charles. Bell and CO.'s Pocket Novelist, Placid Man, &c. .... United Kingdom: Bell, 1770. #BookReview #Bookstodon ift.tt/IrxYfT5 ift.tt/KYL1Qxn
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Wow! It's getting worse yet. Rakuten Kobo says they rejected 45 percent of submissions last year because of a massive surge in AI-generated books. 😞… ift.tt/vZYjuQT
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The new 4.6 Masto update added a feature where members can allow people to subscribe to their toots in and be emailed. This has to be enabled server-wide, so I am curious: how many users would be interested in this feature? #IAS ift.tt/ImW5XEg
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I wonder if being stuck in the past makes for good fiction writing. Hanging on to loves lost. Potential loves pushed aside. Unnurtured friendships faded. Family mistreated, Dreams never accomplished. Mistakes made.… #writing #author #indieAuthor ift.tt/pS4BDLM
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Poll for Patreon supporters.
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Authors, if you knew you were 100% publishing an audio book, would you ever consider AI-generated narration? #author #audiobook #indieAuthor #indieAuthors #selfpublishing ift.tt/nsUlmaQ
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