Oh man, I'm sick!! 30 minutes ago I was about to publish a toot here on Mastodon and suddenly I though: "Hey this could be a nice post for your gopher phlog..." and what started as a 300 or 400 characters Mastodon toot is now 637 words and counting 😅
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My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links up.
The Spirit of the Gift
https://buff.ly/CNfh5Gc
#writingcommunity
#BookIndustryNews
#WritersCoffeeClub Have you tried creating your own book cover designs?
I design and illustrate everything myself, but I am a bit of a professional. Sort of. More of an artist than an illustrator. I see creative writing as part of the same oeuvre. If that makes sense? It's a bit complicated to display at a museum, but the rigid divide between different creative fields seems entirely artificial to me.
Latest covers:
#writing #writingcommunity #fediart #mastoart #illustration #fantasy #witch
https://www.blueamp.co/p/the-us-can-survive-without-almost #news #politics #trump #donaldtrump #elonmusk #musk #us #usa #eu #europe #america #china #russia #ukraine #canada #video #tech #uk #writing #ai #tv #fascism #france #democracy #germany #substack #cliffsedge #blueamp #cliffschecter #davidhuster #briankarem #cliffsnote
Considering the recent trend toward media monopoly, I hope you won't mind me shamelessly promoting my newsletter, Brief Ecology. It's part #journalism, part #scicomm, part #political education. It's also free to read.
If you're interested in independent, ecologically-oriented writing, maybe check it out:
Haven't joined my email list yet? Never received your free book? Now's a great time to sign up; I'm changing up my marketing strategy to keep in better touch with my fans!
https://storyoriginapp.com/giveaways/352eda48-44de-11f0-a3a4-37b9c031cb04
#AmWriting #WritersLife #Writing #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Books
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links now up on Substack. Defending Literature Around The Globe
https://open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/defending-literature-around-the-globe?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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"3 mos ago 325,000 Serbians took Belgrade (some estimates had many more). That’s 5% of the pop taking on Serbian Pres Vučić's autocracy
If we show up similarly to protest our rubber-chicken #fascist, that's 17MM. How about 15MM of us do this? 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍"
READ/TURN OUT! https://www.blueamp.co/p/15-million-vs-one-wannabe-king-america #protest #usa #nokings #la #losangeles #donaldtrump #trump #california #us #nato #america #unitedstates #canada #uk #ai #france #germany #tech #immigration #eu #tv #fascism #democracy #video #writing
NEW #SUBSTACK: 11 MILLION Americans Stand Up! #Trump 's Sad, Flaccid Parade Can't Get It Up
https://www.blueamp.co/p/11-million-americans-stand-up-trumps #news #nato #usa #politics #media #press #protest #la #losangeles #california #stockmarket #nokings #donaldtrump #elonmusk #us #unitedstates #europe #america #russia #ukraine #eu #canada #germany #tech #france #uk #italy #ai #writing #fascism
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is now up on Substack. The Writing Business- Shaking Hands With AI
https://open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/the-writing-business-shaking-hands?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
#writingcommunity
I submitted my first short story to three magazines. After six months of waiting, it's been rejected twice (thrice maybe?)
It's not a nice feeling being rejected, and in today's blog I go through my thoughts as I process these rejections and what I'm going to do next.
Thing of the Whenever this time is on Anthony C Yu's translation of Journey to the West and the art of translation.
https://joshgriffiths.site/my-story-was-rejected-twice-and-thats-not-very-nice-except-maybe-it-is/
'Times may be getting tougher, but a hell of a lot of people are committed to doing good. And the best of the good is the #nature that makes up our planet.' ▶️ https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/posts/718b5dba-b9d3-448b-96a7-38e99d4ef017
My new blog post about #writing in hard times, developing a story, messy mind palace rooms, #accents, and the sweet poison of #passion. @writers @writing
#storytelling #podcasting #blog #naturelovers #accent #languages #interviews #moreThanHuman #creativity #journalism #solarpunk #hopepunk #author
I just learned that Dayang Kalangitan actually existed. I have a fictional character named Dayang Kalangitan that I wrote 10 years ago. 😆
I am very happy that the Dutch art card publisher www.artunlimited.com has included some of my works and the haikuart designs of @MarjoleinRotsteeg and me in their program.
All postcards are available either with haiku in English or Dutch or without text (for only € 1 each).
Find them here: https://www.artunlimitedshop.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/index/?&cat=0&dir=desc&is_ajax=1&order=relevance&q=kaspar
#postcards #art #haiku #haikuart #cats #birds #catsofmastodon #poetry #writing #painting #watercolor #animals #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt
I just published “Generating Passphrases Like correct horse battery staple” at
https://www.ii.com/passphrase-generators/ - please post suggestions for passphrase generators as a reply to this toot and I'll include them in my article!
#InfiniteInk #Privacy #Security #Tech #Passwords #Passphrases #CorrectHorseBatteryStaple
#Words #Writing #Byℵ #ByNM
My weekly roundup of #publishing news and #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is now up on Substack.
Reinventing Ourselves.
https://open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/reinventing-ourselves?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
#writingcommunity
Please forgive me for temporarily totally losing my cool. I just learned through the Dutch Haiku Association that my haiku got an honourable mention in the 7th Basho-an International English Competition 2024! Getting such recognition in Japan is one of my ultimate 'WOW'- moments!😄
https://www.kcf.or.jp/images/basho/basho_award_2024.pdf
#haiku #poetry #poem #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity
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"Look, we’re not in a Woody Allen #film. Foreign policy by tweet isn’t just dumb-as-a-door-hinge—it’s dangerous. The world isn’t your therapy Don. Ya don’t get to bomb, lie about a ceasefire, go back to cheating at golf like nothing happened"
THE REST-> https://www.blueamp.co/p/trumps-toddler-twitter-diplomacy #news #iran #israel #politics #trump #america #us #usa #donaldtrump #russia #ukraine #unitedstates #writing #war #eu #tech #sports #twitter #europe #canada #uk
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up.
Who Has The Power?
https://buff.ly/qNSZqGZ
#writingcommunity
Uhhhhh so I just went on a really long rant on my blog about why I don't like Meta platforms. 😆
It's called "8 reasons why I think Meta platforms are pointless".
#Meta #SocialMedia #blog #writing
https://bookswithnoelle.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/8-reasons-why-meta-platforms-are-pointless-imho/
Want To Fight Back? Declare Independence From Corporate #Media? Start Here!
WATCH & SUBSCRIBE! https://www.blueamp.co/p/want-to-fight-back-declare-independence?r=j0lyx&triedRedirect=true #substack #us #usa #news #politics #writing #video #ai #tv #eu #press #tech #medicaid #trump #donaldtrump #economy #stockmarket #russia #ukraine #canada #europe #uk #china
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is now up on Substack.
https://open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/who-owns-your-rights?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
#writingcommunity
I am proud to present you with an interview with an incredible @adapalmer straight from this year #Bazyliszek convention, now available as a #solarpunkPrompts special!
#solarpunk #history #scienceFiction #rome #climate #purity #writing #imagination #hopepunk #apocalypse
Why on earth do publishers do this? It drives me nuts!
Why not just pick a book size and keep it consistent for the whole series?
*eye twitches*
#publishing #publishers #books #book #author #writing #rant
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Oh wow, the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) annual challenge for writers that started as a Yahoo! mailing list in 1999 is shutting down.
"NaNoWriMo lost significant community support when it took a stand in favor of the use of artificial intelligence in creative writing. [...] Around the same time, the nonprofit was also lambasted for inconsistent moderation on its all-ages forums, which created an unsafe environment for teenage writers, community members claimed."
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/nanowrimo-shut-down-after-ai-content-moderation-scandals/
#news #technology #TechNews #NaNoWriMo #NationalNovelWritingMonth #writing #AI