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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 4: What was the first book you read that enormously impacted you?
Probably either _A Wrinkle in Time_ or _The Dark is Rising_. I'm not sure which one of those I encountered first.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 5: You're the Ruler of the Writing Universe for the day. What petty rule do you decree?
If my decree can have force after the day is over, I decree that nevermore shall anyone teach those bullshit, prescriptive "rules" based on trying to turn English into Latin.
If not, then I just decree that everyone shall have a good day of writing, and also some fun and enjoyment of whatever other type would please them.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 5: You're the Ruler of the Writing Universe for the day. What petty rule do you decree?
If my decree can have force after the day is over, I decree that nevermore shall anyone teach those bullshit, prescriptive "rules" based on trying to turn English into Latin.
If not, then I just decree that everyone shall have a good day of writing, and also some fun and enjoyment of whatever other type would please them.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 6: Have you mixed genres in your work? Would you?
I'm putting a romance subplot into my urban fantasy WIP.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 6: Have you mixed genres in your work? Would you?
I'm putting a romance subplot into my urban fantasy WIP.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 7: Tell me about something new you tried to do with a story. Did it stretch you?
Honestly, pretty much *everything* I'm doing is new, at least to me — I'm a new writer.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 7: Tell me about something new you tried to do with a story. Did it stretch you?
Honestly, pretty much *everything* I'm doing is new, at least to me — I'm a new writer.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 8: What's your favourite food and drink combo when writing?
A Manhattan with a shot of Tullamore Dew, and some kind of cheddar nibbles — possibly just small bites of cheddar cheese, possibly on crackers. There's this lovely spreadable pub cheese in a sharp cheddar flavor that I quite enjoy.
[Edit: Might've been unclear, that's a Manhattan, plus the Tully shot is a separate thing. Not a Manhattan made with Tully.]
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 8: What's your favourite food and drink combo when writing?
A Manhattan with a shot of Tullamore Dew, and some kind of cheddar nibbles — possibly just small bites of cheddar cheese, possibly on crackers. There's this lovely spreadable pub cheese in a sharp cheddar flavor that I quite enjoy.
[Edit: Might've been unclear, that's a Manhattan, plus the Tully shot is a separate thing. Not a Manhattan made with Tully.]
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 9: What motivates you to keep going when sales are low?
🤣 I don't have any sales! All that motivates me is the desire to finish writing this thing. Then I'll worry about maybe trying to *get* some sales.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 9: What motivates you to keep going when sales are low?
🤣 I don't have any sales! All that motivates me is the desire to finish writing this thing. Then I'll worry about maybe trying to *get* some sales.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 10: How do you research and plan your stories?
Research: basically, "on the internet". Since my WIP is set in the modern world, this includes lots of Google Maps and Street View, plus things like checking Yelp reviews to see when businesses opened (and verify they haven't closed!). Plus, of course, all the usual weird questions writers do research on.
Plan? I'll have to say "increasingly loosely as the story progresses." 1/2
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 10: How do you research and plan your stories?
Research: basically, "on the internet". Since my WIP is set in the modern world, this includes lots of Google Maps and Street View, plus things like checking Yelp reviews to see when businesses opened (and verify they haven't closed!). Plus, of course, all the usual weird questions writers do research on.
Plan? I'll have to say "increasingly loosely as the story progresses." 1/2
The first few chapters (and increasingly, some stuff that happened in the few months before them) are pretty tightly plotted. Chapters 4 and 5, more loosely so. And after that? I have a few ideas of, "Thing X should happen around ⅓ of the way through the book" or "Thing Y, some time as the climax is approaching," but I'm mostly going to set all these things in motion in the first 5 chapters and then see how they interact with each other. 2/2
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The first few chapters (and increasingly, some stuff that happened in the few months before them) are pretty tightly plotted. Chapters 4 and 5, more loosely so. And after that? I have a few ideas of, "Thing X should happen around ⅓ of the way through the book" or "Thing Y, some time as the climax is approaching," but I'm mostly going to set all these things in motion in the first 5 chapters and then see how they interact with each other. 2/2
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 11: Do you have a favourite phrase or word that crops up in most of your work? What is it?
Nothing I've discovered or noticed (or implemented) yet. Maybe once I've written more.
(I've noticed in "my non-'writing' writing", i.e., texts and emails, I tend to use "kind of", "actually", and "really" a lot, probably more than I should, but I don't think that's come up in "my _writing_ writing"... yet. I'm keeping an eye out for them.)
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 11: Do you have a favourite phrase or word that crops up in most of your work? What is it?
Nothing I've discovered or noticed (or implemented) yet. Maybe once I've written more.
(I've noticed in "my non-'writing' writing", i.e., texts and emails, I tend to use "kind of", "actually", and "really" a lot, probably more than I should, but I don't think that's come up in "my _writing_ writing"... yet. I'm keeping an eye out for them.)
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 12: Do you prefer euphemisms or technical terms to refer to genitalia in your writing? Why?
I haven't had to refer to any yet, but when it happens, it'll depend on the situation. Who's doing the referring, and in what context?
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 12: Do you prefer euphemisms or technical terms to refer to genitalia in your writing? Why?
I haven't had to refer to any yet, but when it happens, it'll depend on the situation. Who's doing the referring, and in what context?
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 13: Has anything you've written made you cry, either when writing it or on a re-read?
Not yet. I truly hope something does at some point.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 13: Has anything you've written made you cry, either when writing it or on a re-read?
Not yet. I truly hope something does at some point.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 14: How does your plot structure grow? Linearly as you go? Or does it grow out from one or more ideas?
I'm afraid I don't understand this question. I feel like my answer is something like, "Yes, and..."
(I guess the "and" is that it grows out of the actions the characters take.)
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 14: How does your plot structure grow? Linearly as you go? Or does it grow out from one or more ideas?
I'm afraid I don't understand this question. I feel like my answer is something like, "Yes, and..."
(I guess the "and" is that it grows out of the actions the characters take.)
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 15: Which of the different marketing tactics you may have tried has been the most successful?
I haven't tried any marketing tactics yet; it's way too early for me to try to market something that I haven't even started the first draft of yet.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 15: Which of the different marketing tactics you may have tried has been the most successful?
I haven't tried any marketing tactics yet; it's way too early for me to try to market something that I haven't even started the first draft of yet.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 16: Have you ever tried to write something set in a culture other than your own? How did it go?
Yes, I once wrote a sort of ongoing _roman à clef_ about web development cast as a tale of ninja derring-do in feudal Japan, in the later part of the _Sengoku Jidai_.
I think it went pretty well, but I did eventually get tired of it and move on to other things.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 16: Have you ever tried to write something set in a culture other than your own? How did it go?
Yes, I once wrote a sort of ongoing _roman à clef_ about web development cast as a tale of ninja derring-do in feudal Japan, in the later part of the _Sengoku Jidai_.
I think it went pretty well, but I did eventually get tired of it and move on to other things.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 17: What's the body count in your WIP? Is this typical for your work?
It will be at least 2, probably 3. Maybe a few more.
I'm a fan of the Anyone Can Die trope¹, as it keeps readers from getting complacent or figuring that main characters must have Plot Armor², so yeah, this will probably be a typical rate for my work, once I produce more of it.
1. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnyoneCanDie, usual TV Tropes link warnings apply, this will suck hours of your time
2. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlotArmor -
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 17: What's the body count in your WIP? Is this typical for your work?
It will be at least 2, probably 3. Maybe a few more.
I'm a fan of the Anyone Can Die trope¹, as it keeps readers from getting complacent or figuring that main characters must have Plot Armor², so yeah, this will probably be a typical rate for my work, once I produce more of it.
1. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnyoneCanDie, usual TV Tropes link warnings apply, this will suck hours of your time
2. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlotArmorAddendum: I think it's really cool that some folks have tried taking this as the sexy kind of body count instead of the murdery kind, but I'm like, how would one even begin to count that?
Do established liaisons count, or only new connections? Do the established ones only count if we see them having sex (or at least see them making overtures and then give them privacy), or... 1/2
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Addendum: I think it's really cool that some folks have tried taking this as the sexy kind of body count instead of the murdery kind, but I'm like, how would one even begin to count that?
Do established liaisons count, or only new connections? Do the established ones only count if we see them having sex (or at least see them making overtures and then give them privacy), or... 1/2
...can we just assume that over a 6-month time span (for my WIP), they obviously must find the time at least once or twice?
Depending on those criteria, and on how many side characters I depict in certain groups, my count could be anywhere from 1-2 all the way up to 3 digits. 2/2
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...can we just assume that over a 6-month time span (for my WIP), they obviously must find the time at least once or twice?
Depending on those criteria, and on how many side characters I depict in certain groups, my count could be anywhere from 1-2 all the way up to 3 digits. 2/2
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 18: Do you read scripts? Would you try writing a script or screenplay?
Do I habitually read scripts? No. Am I willing to read scripts, or things written in script form? Sure.
I actually have vague dreams of trying to write scripts or screenplays, but I know I should first work on the various novels that I have ideas for.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 18: Do you read scripts? Would you try writing a script or screenplay?
Do I habitually read scripts? No. Am I willing to read scripts, or things written in script form? Sure.
I actually have vague dreams of trying to write scripts or screenplays, but I know I should first work on the various novels that I have ideas for.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 19: Do you go to fan conventions or similar?
I've been going to sci-fi cons since I was about 15 or so. I look forward to eventually going as a guest rather than fan, someday.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 19: Do you go to fan conventions or similar?
I've been going to sci-fi cons since I was about 15 or so. I look forward to eventually going as a guest rather than fan, someday.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 20: Do you agree with Terry Pratchett, who said, "There's no such thing as writer's block. That was invented by people in California who couldn't write."
WTF?
I generally have a good impression of Sir Pterry (despite not having read anything of his except whichever is the half of _Good Omens_ that he wrote), so I'm wondering if maybe this was just a line that one of his character said, and he doesn't believe it himself? 1/2
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 20: Do you agree with Terry Pratchett, who said, "There's no such thing as writer's block. That was invented by people in California who couldn't write."
WTF?
I generally have a good impression of Sir Pterry (despite not having read anything of his except whichever is the half of _Good Omens_ that he wrote), so I'm wondering if maybe this was just a line that one of his character said, and he doesn't believe it himself? 1/2
Or is it misleadingly out-of-context in some other way, as so many of these quotes have been?
Whatever. Basically, the slur against California isn't landing very well over here, in this San Franciscan's mind and heart. 2/2
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In questa paginetta vi presento il mio progetto.
Un sogno da realizzare.
Per una scuola migliore.
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Luca Egidio (@lukogene.bsky.social)
https://bsky.app/profile/lukogene.bsky.social/post/3lzdyx72cl22f
> Ma un punto di vista non puoi chiederlo a IA, che può solo mostrarti quello che già sa. La coscienza ha bisogno di conoscere quel che non si aspetta. L'inatteso resterà la materia dei nostro lavoro Steve McCurry a Michele Smargiassi su Robinson di Repubblica
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@Otttoz Italiaccia.
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@Gomezilly
Wish you a windy day.
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And I should add -
* we are making final tweaks to labs and slides still
* we will be covering #FreeBSD 14 as well as #OpenBSD, with labs supporting both.You could see the session as a Book of PF, 4th edition preview, however physical copies will not yet be available at the conference, see https://nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_the_book_of_pf_4th_ed_is_coming.html (also https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-book-of-pf-4th-edition-is-coming.html) #bookofpf
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Chiara Castellani finalista
#solidarietà
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On Thursday, September 25, 2025, Tom Smyth and I will be giving a "Network Management with the OpenBSD Packet Filter Toolset" tutorial https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/talk/FW39CX/ at #eurobsdcon in #zagreb. Register: https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/registration.html #openbsd #freebsd #networking #pf #packetfilter #security #trickery
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@pierostrada This is so funny. I’m definitely looking for that sign when I visit.
