Logline Haiku
To test your writing Can you describe your novel In metered Haiku? (This thread was part of the April 1, 2017 festivities, but it's a nice exercise!)
View ArticleLate cat
I’ve been calling for a cat for five minutes this morning, before she finally delivered herself to my lap. I asked her why it took so long. She blames supply-chain issues.
View ArticleWho's doing NaNoWriMo 2021?
Who's going to Nano this year? I'm contemplating it; I did ersatz Nano last year (I don't write fiction so not "legit"). I'm thinking about doing it again this year. I think it's one of the most...
View ArticleHow's your NaNo outline holding up?
If you made an outline for your NaNo project, how is it holding up? I haven't felt the need to change anything major, although I have found some gaps that I need to bridge. My main concern is that I'm...
View ArticleFood Recalls in the USA and Canada
Lime Green Grocer, Inc. Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Soy in the Thai Delight Burrito Lime Green Grocer, Inc. of Seattle, Washington is recalling 783 individually wrapped Thai Delight Burritos,...
View ArticleSo what's for dinner?
I'm feeling uninspired. So uninspired in fact, that I am cooking sausages and home made potato wedges for dinner. What are you having?
View ArticleSci-fi romance: Are HEA ending necessary?
I'm writing a book and I'm envisioning having it part of a series. I'm considering not completely resolving the love triangles in the first book of the series. Can I complete the romance arc between...
View ArticleRuin a Title by Changing One Letter
Simple game, pick the title of a book, tv show, video game, song, whatever, and change just one letter to make it terrible. The Codfather Hobocop Top Nun Now it's your turn!
View ArticleThe New W1S1 High Tea Bar and Lounge (with extra-comfy sofas)
After getting the okay from our wonderful room mod, @zanzjan, construction has started on a new W1S1 hangout space. Nothing wrong with the old one, of course, but sometimes fresh is good, right? Make...
View ArticleThe Perpetual AW Book Chain
Now that the Great AW Song Chain is chugging along nicely, let's see how a Book Chain does. Rules: Post a book and author that links, by title or author, to that posted by the previous poster. Example:...
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To Be Energy-Efficient, Brains Predict Their Perceptions
To Be Energy-Efficient, Brains Predict Their Perceptions | Quanta Magazine Results from neural networks support the idea that brains are “prediction machines” — and that they work that way to conserve...
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Share the last line you wrote!
Mods, slap my wrists if this thread already exists here or belongs elsewhere. Shamelessly stealing this idea from a different thread! Share the last line you wrote in your novel. Did you end a chapter,...
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Kyle Rittenhouse out on bail...
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/20/9373...ion-bail-awaiting-trial-in-kenosha-wis-deaths Because it's 2020, right? What could go wrong? And he's no flight risk when he probably won't be convicted anyway.
View ArticleFind that word in your WIP
So, I saw this game on a different forum, who, for the record, stole it from another forum, and I thought it might be fun to try here. I don't know if it will work, but I'll give it a shot. The idea of...
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Last Movie You Watched...
What was the last movie you watched, or currently watching... Right now I am watching The Punisher. Great movie!
View ArticleWhere are you currently writing VS where would you LOVE to be writing right now?
I'm curious what kind of setup some of you have for your writing. Do you have a set aside place in your home to get away from it all, or do you have to escape the house entirely? What's the environment...
View ArticleAlzheimer's Disease Nasal Vaccine To Be Tested
at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston: Sixteen people between the ages of 60 and 85 with early, symptomatic Alzheimer’s will be studied. They’ll each get two doses of the vaccine one week apart....
View ArticlePlanning a proposal to publish prose per my position
Man, I don't even know where to put this, so mods feel free to re-home this if necessary. I work in digital marketing for an online book retailer, so I want to see more people ending up on our site and...
View ArticleExpanse S6 First Teaser, Release Date
A short glimpse of what's to come, and a release date (December 10): Tor.com article Lookin' forward to it...
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