Fred Johansen

#writing: I think I'm actually finished with the third #draft of my #fantasy #novel. That was a long journey, and a difficult project because the book has two levels (a story within a story). But finally all the jigsaw pieces fit together to form the ending that it deserved from the start.

Now the process of getting feedback starts anew🙂 👀

Charging Is the Future

I would tell you this story. I just have to charge my memory first. I left the cable somewhere. I can't remember. I just have to charge my memory first.

#flash #fiction #short

I don't know why we use #stars to rate #books, anyway. Stars are luminous spheroids of plasma in the sky with an average temperature of about 5000 to 6000 Kelvin.

I wouldn't want my books anywhere near one.

I had Theodore Sturgeon's #sf #novel "More Than Human" (1953) on my bookshelves since the 90s, but never read it before now. Parts reminded me of Catcher in the Rye, but it's much better and more interesting. What kind of species do you get when members of humanity can actually meld minds?

A parade of dirigibles? No, it''s A Parade of Horribles!

I read mostly old books, so it's weird for me to be excited about an upcoming release... but I am 😃

Coming May 12th, the eighth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series:
A Parade of Horribles by Matt Dinniman.

#escapism? I don't believe in escapism.

You don't "escape" when your actual goal is #art, is the #fantasy of the story, is to reach what is meaningful. And it is #stories that impart this meaning.

By telling or experiencing stories, you reach your goal.

There's never any need of escape.

The smartphone. such an invention.

a slavedriver in your pocket.

The Consumer Council of Norway comes out swinging on enshittification.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Upf_B9RLQ

I'll be trying out #Critique Circle to give and receive #feedback on #writing. We'll see how it goes.

I might hold off on submitting my #novel for now. After all, it's 37 "chapters" if I include the prologue and epilogue (though both are pretty short), and I need to familiarize myself with the site first.

Fingers crossed. 🙂

A no-nonsense #recommendation for Lee Child's Jack #Reacher:

As if #Hemingway inserted a gruff disposition into his #literary voice and started churning out one #thriller after another.

#Trigger #warning / content advisory:

"This is #literature."

Happy about the first #CritiqueCircle feedback on the first #chapter of my #literary #fantasy #novel. Third #draft, but first eyes on the book! 😃

They recognize it's a hybrid genre with #game elements although it's *not* LitRPG.

"Here, storytelling itself is the only game."

Giving feedback on #Critique Circle is right up my alley :-) And I'm happy with the response to my 1st short story on there.

Now for my #novel, starting June 10th. I updated the tagline:

"Two friends grappling with grief transform a role-playing game into the oldest game of all: telling stories."