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
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'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
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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
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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
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is now up on Substack (its free)
Understanding The Rules.
https://open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/understanding-the-rules?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up now on Substack. (with a small rant from me in it.) https://open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/proclaiming-our-intentions?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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A CHAOS OF LIGHT
New Writing Scotland 43
Ed. by Kirstin Innes, Chris Powici & Niall O’Gallagher
“writing that unsettles and challenges, that questions assumptions… A rich, boisterous, tender, charming, angry, sorrowful, gleeful mix”
The latest & best collection of new writing in English, Gaelic, & Scots, coming Aug 2025 – available for preorder from all good bookshops!
@writingcommunity
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws43/
#Scottish #literature #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #Scots #poetry #shortstories #writing
Introducing the Tinker WriterDeck OS!
Convert any laptop and most chromebooks into a writer deck: A device designed solely for writing.
No distractions.
No internet.
No apps. No games. No social media.
Just writing.
The Tinker WriterDeck is very light weight and specifically seeks to lower the barrier of entry to creating writer decks. It converts older, reused, refurbished, or inexpensive laptops into a dedicated writing machine.
A digital typewriter.
The Tinker WriterDeck sits on top of a "headless" Debian Linux image and boots directly into a console based text editor.
We're using the Tilde Text Editor because it is a simple text editor, has an intuitive User Interface, and allows for customized color schemes for light and dark modes.
Operating System download and instructions on how to convert your laptop into a dedicated writer deck for free are found here: https://tinker.sh
See below for an example of the writer deck in light mode and dark mode.
If anyone has any questions or needs any help setting your laptop up, let me know here!
#solarPunk #linux #writerDeck #bookstodon #writing #writingCommunity #author #libraries
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is up.
Reading Success
https://buff.ly/o3falkl
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I have a website now! https://stardustverse.neocities.org/
The bulk of it is about my worldbuild and writing project (Stardust), though I plan to add sections about me, my philosophy, or some sort of blog. It is under construction and updated near daily, but is very usable as is. Check it out especially if you're interested in my writing!
⚠️ Unstable Home Life ⚠️
⚠️ Will soon be leaving to a personal account⚠️
$35/$1500
Thanks anyone who boosts/donates!
I'm going to be switching to a personal account. You're free to share my writing and ko-fi for donations since I'm still trying to move and I still will talk about mutual aid.
My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is now up on Substack.
Can We Get Off The Roller Coaster?
https://open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/can-we-get-off-the-roller-coaster?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
"Some of us always knew this was where this would end up. A bloated, stumbling, smash-and-grab, cash-licking cadaver who spent an entire life born on third base—yet somehow finding a way to get thrown out at second—taking out his vast wilderness of dumbf*kery on us all"
Read The Rest: https://blueamp.substack.com/p/trump-mimics-stalin-uses-total-bs #news #politics #russia #ukraine #usa #nato #eu #us #america #unitedstates #bls #writing #stalin #jacksmith