#WritersCoffeeClub (Sep) 1: Intro: Shameless Self Promotion.
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If I self-publish, I'll pay for proofreaders and editors myself. (I know how to proofread, and I'm decent at higher-level editing, though not up to professional spec. Either way, though, I know better than to proof *or* edit my own work. Not if I want it to be at the level of quality I want for a book published with my name on the cover. Cf. the adage about a lawyer who represents themself in court.)
Either way, that "if" is entirely, 100% counterfactual. Not gonna happen. 2/2
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 18: Do you agree with Flannery O’Connor, who said, “I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.”
Well, *that* line raised my eyebrows. I think I may actually agree with it, at least sometimes. Definitely not all the time! Lots of times, I write to *express* what I already know I think. But there are lots of times when I'm wrestling with a problem of how to handle something, and... 1/2
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 18: Do you agree with Flannery O’Connor, who said, “I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.”
Well, *that* line raised my eyebrows. I think I may actually agree with it, at least sometimes. Definitely not all the time! Lots of times, I write to *express* what I already know I think. But there are lots of times when I'm wrestling with a problem of how to handle something, and... 1/2
...as much as I ponder on it in my head, I seem to get nowhere until I sit down and start typing out my thoughts. Sometimes the writing helps me *focus* on what it is I'm thinking, so I can follow the flow instead of just spinning around in a tizzy. 2/2
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...as much as I ponder on it in my head, I seem to get nowhere until I sit down and start typing out my thoughts. Sometimes the writing helps me *focus* on what it is I'm thinking, so I can follow the flow instead of just spinning around in a tizzy. 2/2
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 19: Do some stories resonate as a call to action, like “do something like this, but in a different way” or “adapt this for the screen”?
I haven't had that happen yet, no. Not going to rule it out, but it seems unlikely.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 19: Do some stories resonate as a call to action, like “do something like this, but in a different way” or “adapt this for the screen”?
I haven't had that happen yet, no. Not going to rule it out, but it seems unlikely.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 20: How commercially minded are you? Would you object to selling a hundred thousand books?
No, I would not object at all! 🤣 I'd be delighted! (Also, very surprised.)
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 20: How commercially minded are you? Would you object to selling a hundred thousand books?
No, I would not object at all! 🤣 I'd be delighted! (Also, very surprised.)
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 21: Did you grow up with creative people? Artistic, crafts, writing etc?
My mother was, and still is, a painter and photographer. I remember her painting still lifes and things when I was in grade school. Now she has a serious, professional art career and some of her stuff hangs in galleries and gets bought.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 21: Did you grow up with creative people? Artistic, crafts, writing etc?
My mother was, and still is, a painter and photographer. I remember her painting still lifes and things when I was in grade school. Now she has a serious, professional art career and some of her stuff hangs in galleries and gets bought.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 22: Is there a book you wish you’d written?
The one I'm working on. And the ones I have ideas for.
I don't want to write anyone else's books. I want to write *my* books.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 22: Is there a book you wish you’d written?
The one I'm working on. And the ones I have ideas for.
I don't want to write anyone else's books. I want to write *my* books.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 23: What is your favourite mistake encountered when editing?
I guess "the kind that's easy to fix"? Simple typos or the occasional dropped word.
I mean, I guess. 🤷🏻 I haven't done a whole lot of editing yet (though it's more than zero! A couple of vignettes, totaling just shy of 10,000 words, are at second-draft stage!), so maybe as I do more, I'll find more types of mistakes that I like better.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 23: What is your favourite mistake encountered when editing?
I guess "the kind that's easy to fix"? Simple typos or the occasional dropped word.
I mean, I guess. 🤷🏻 I haven't done a whole lot of editing yet (though it's more than zero! A couple of vignettes, totaling just shy of 10,000 words, are at second-draft stage!), so maybe as I do more, I'll find more types of mistakes that I like better.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 24: Do you avoid specific genres or styles?
I have no interest in Westerns or Christian works, and I don't care whether the question meant this as a writer or a reader.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 24: Do you avoid specific genres or styles?
I have no interest in Westerns or Christian works, and I don't care whether the question meant this as a writer or a reader.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 25: Do you read outside your era, country or language?
I read a lot of science fiction, much of which is set in the future. Is that "outside [my] era?" Or my country, especially if it's set among the stars?
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 25: Do you read outside your era, country or language?
I read a lot of science fiction, much of which is set in the future. Is that "outside [my] era?" Or my country, especially if it's set among the stars?
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 26: Did your childhood affect the way you write / what you write?
If it did, I can't see how. I suspect probably that means it didn't.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 26: Did your childhood affect the way you write / what you write?
If it did, I can't see how. I suspect probably that means it didn't.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 27: Post an image which reflects the tone of your WIP.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 27: Post an image which reflects the tone of your WIP.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 28: Has a Writer’s Club prompt / prompt response affected how you write or inspired you?
Absolutely. More than one. I can't recall the specific ones right now, but I know there have been a bunch that got me thinking about things, and even helped me resolve problems or flesh out characters in ways that I know will make it onto the page and into the book.
And for that, big thank-yous to @johnhowesauthor for starting this and running it for so long! We'll miss you, John!
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 28: Has a Writer’s Club prompt / prompt response affected how you write or inspired you?
Absolutely. More than one. I can't recall the specific ones right now, but I know there have been a bunch that got me thinking about things, and even helped me resolve problems or flesh out characters in ways that I know will make it onto the page and into the book.
And for that, big thank-yous to @johnhowesauthor for starting this and running it for so long! We'll miss you, John!
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 1: How did your WIP’s premise take shape?
It was a long, gradual process. It started with me loving cities, and how magical and alive they are. And then I started thinking about what it would be like of people could hear the City's voice.
And then I had to start coming up with those people, and the things they wanted, and the ways they might have different ideas about what the City's future should be.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 1: How did your WIP’s premise take shape?
It was a long, gradual process. It started with me loving cities, and how magical and alive they are. And then I started thinking about what it would be like of people could hear the City's voice.
And then I had to start coming up with those people, and the things they wanted, and the ways they might have different ideas about what the City's future should be.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 2: How accurately does the first line represent your style and voice?
I haven't actually written the first line yet. But I do know what the first phrase, at least, will be. I'm going to try to make it a good introduction to the novel and the world it portrays.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 2: How accurately does the first line represent your style and voice?
I haven't actually written the first line yet. But I do know what the first phrase, at least, will be. I'm going to try to make it a good introduction to the novel and the world it portrays.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 3: How can your current writing routine be improved?
If I knew that, I'd already have done it.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 3: How can your current writing routine be improved?
If I knew that, I'd already have done it.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 4: Do your projects start with a sense of new life or new beginnings?
Don't all projects? Isn't it pretty standard that when someone starts something new — practically anything — they have a sense of new life and new beginnings about it?
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 4: Do your projects start with a sense of new life or new beginnings?
Don't all projects? Isn't it pretty standard that when someone starts something new — practically anything — they have a sense of new life and new beginnings about it?
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 5: What writing-related tools or resources have you found most effective?
Honestly, I've gotta go with the one I wrote for myself, that graphs my progress. I initially only wanted it so I could see how I'm doing, but putting a 7-day exponential moving average track on it as well turns out to have been the most motivating thing I've done so far. 1/2
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 5: What writing-related tools or resources have you found most effective?
Honestly, I've gotta go with the one I wrote for myself, that graphs my progress. I initially only wanted it so I could see how I'm doing, but putting a 7-day exponential moving average track on it as well turns out to have been the most motivating thing I've done so far. 1/2
A single day of zero progress just looks like the graph bops down and touches the x-axis, but the exponential moving average line winds up with a 7-day-long gap in it, and *that's* really noticeable. And really annoying.
Wanting to avoid that gap has gotten me writing way more than I'd like to admit. It's been effective as all hell. 2/2
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A single day of zero progress just looks like the graph bops down and touches the x-axis, but the exponential moving average line winds up with a 7-day-long gap in it, and *that's* really noticeable. And really annoying.
Wanting to avoid that gap has gotten me writing way more than I'd like to admit. It's been effective as all hell. 2/2
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 6: How do you feel you can further develop as a writer?
By doing a ton more writing.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 6: How do you feel you can further develop as a writer?
By doing a ton more writing.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 7: What’s the first thing you do when you sit down with a new project?
I've only had this one project so far, so I can't really say I have a routine or a standard for how I start them. And this one didn't really have a solid "start" that I can point to; it's more like it just crept up on me.
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@versodiverso @ulisse62 @politica
> personaggi di sinistra...che partono da proprie idee (non dati di fatto) e pretendono che siano dogmi, se controbatti ti denigrano e se chiedi spiegazioni si sbocciano e ti bloccano
Questi tipini (io li chiamo gli adepti) sono esattamente il carburante preferito dai capi e capetti dei partitini di sinistra: i capi offrono un ambiente in cui l'adepto ha sempre ragione, e in cambio ottengono quel minimo di sostegno che garantisce ai capi la sopravvivenza
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@dexter @lw depends how one defines "desktop systems".
I have a Talos II dual socket which hangs out around head height a few feet from my desk in one of the racks, which idles quieter than most gaming boxes. I only bring that up for comparison purposes because 144 cores of power9 doesn't limit its use to the datacenter — it requires a good understanding of airflow requirements and case design.
So, on that I will stand behind the statement that at least the scale-out series of IBM LC922 2U servers could be repurposed into a quiet enough 4U chassis with multiple 120-140mm 1.6-2K RPM PWM fans — ideally a supermicro case since IBM already contracted them to make the LC922, so the SMBus and PMbus connections would not need conversion — substantially simplifying the effort for desk use.
There are occasions when one finds them on eBay, sometimes even a few. Otherwise, I've only seen Raptor.
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@ulisse62 @informapirata @politica Secondo me, no. Il problema sono personaggi di sinistra che spesso incontro anche qui, che partono da proprie idee (non dati di fatto) e pretendono che siano dogmi, se controbatti ti denigrano e se chiedi spiegazioni si sbocciano e ti bloccano.
Queste persone esistono anche nel mondo reale ma sarà sempre impossibile dialogare, perché o è come dicono loro o nulla.
Servirebbe un pochino più di umiltà a sinistra.
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@memeorandum wtf
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Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/us/politics/tom-homan-fbi-trump.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250920/p71#a250920p71
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Even if the two of us are torn apart
I swear that I will change the world
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E ricomincia l'attesa...
