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@cstross@wandering.shop Today I was going through something I left for a while and tidying it up. I have never seen a writer on screen fixing their dialogue or getting horrified at a typo lurking for way too long.
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@cstross@wandering.shop Boeing in general aren't having a nice time. I think I'll avoid them from now on.
@RJB_Mallacore@socel.net Just because I like a lot of your stuff. I'm going to be travelling overseas without social media for a month. Should be back on by June. Keep up the good work while I'm gone. :)
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@cstross I have a question for you! Have you ever been approached to write a novel for an existing universe? Like Star Trek or Warhammer for example.
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@cstross@wandering.shop Not as in borrowing from existing stories or history, but the fourth time I tried a certain story it worked! The first three were all wonky in different ways, but number four was the go.
Still tidying it up when I can find the urge, but I believe it's fundamentally good.
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@cstross@wandering.shop I'm not a big fan of censorship, but at the same time I agree that there are things I don't want to read or write!
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@skewray@mathstodon.xyz @archaeohistories@ohai.social Nope. Aussie! We were tough back then. Then lost to the Turks and emus. Alas....
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@ThisIsTrue@mastodon.social Reminds me of my grandfather, in a good way. Santa. Zuck really doesn't.
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@cstross@wandering.shop I looked up that scale. Learn something new every day! There was a 7 here last week. Perth, W Australia.
Anyway, sensible choice!
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@cstross I'm not so hot on authority figures these days, but more interested in prehistory/evolution/primatology.
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@cstross@wandering.shop No, but I sometimes put on related music. Fantasy soundtracks for fantasy, space opera, and so on. Not quite method writing, but leaning towards it. :)
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@cstross@wandering.shop I'm working on something inspired by a Frank Frazetta picture, so he'd be great. Tom Bjorklund has the advantage of being alive, though.
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@cstross@wandering.shop If I could write multiple works in the same universe, I would. Instead my mind seems to bounce around between settings. Once I wrote an outline, then realised it would work in the same setting as another story, but that's the exception.
The only one I have a clear idea for, a cross between LOTR, Ennio Morricone, and a few bagpipes.
For the curious, I wanted to write a fantasy with guns. When did guns get too good? WW1. What was right before? The wild west. I have no idea why it took a turn for the Scottish.
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@cstross Yes. In one of mine, the bad guys misunderstood the heroes defences, resolve, and ability to find an answer to their ultimate weapon. Maybe more of an underestimation, but I think it counts.
I'm going to be travelling for a few weeks without social media. Try not to need me until June.
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@guyjantic@infosec.exchange Let's go with that, then. It's probably more fun than the truth. :)
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@archaeohistories@ohai.social So the sun really does shine out of someone's arse at least!
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@cstross@wandering.shop As an outliner, I can always refer back to the outline. The problem, I don't always. I go off on whatever feels right at the time, which leads to trying to wrench the story back on the rails. Worst of both worlds.
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@cstross@wandering.shop I've had a couple where the bulk popped into my head, but often it's just bits and pieces I have to string together in the right order.
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@cstross@wandering.shop I'm not the reader I used to be, but my favourite bookshop is having a sale tomorrow. Do you have any highlights from the last year or two? Just whatever comes to mind in the SF/F field.
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@cstross@wandering.shop That's a surprise. I thought an author would be a fan for life. But I have asked others and gotten a good bunch of answers!