NaraMoore

NaraMoore, 23 hours ago to writing

#PennedPossibilities #Writing 318 What do you need in your writing space to help you stay focused?

I fear it will require a new brain. Amoung my many gifts is ADHD. I made it work for me, but prolonged focus is usually beyond me. A good juicy piece of narrative is good. Until I need to look up something. And then we are in for 5+, usually +, of chasing shiny objects around.

NaraMoore, 1 day ago (edited 1 day ago) to random

#Writing #AmWriting

Chapter 24 is finally ready to sit and get a last edit.

I ignored a couple of Beta readers suggestions, but one they didn't think was big gave me a hard time.

Characters were reacting to the tone of something I had in my head, not what was on paper. What I had on paper was right, not what was in my head. to rip out the transition both in and out of that section so people were reacting appropriately. It meant junking some nice dialog, but oh well.

NaraMoore, 1 day ago to writing

#Writing #AmWriting

Today, I study the fine points of hyphens.

NaraMoore, 2 days ago to writing

#WritersCoffeeClub #Writing 17 Other than writing, what's your go-to creative outlet?

Anyone who follows my timeline knows I'm deep into underground Japanese Idols. Neck deep or deeper. Shows, livestreams, Cheki (small polaroid-type photos), bromides (larger photos), autographs, you name it.

I also do rough camping and hunt ghosts. I know some folks think I'm batty but I've had a couple of encounters with them.

NaraMoore, 5 days ago to random

#wordweavers #writing14. What role do other writers have in your writing life?

Beta readers and sense of community.

NaraMoore, 6 days ago (edited 6 days ago) to random

#WritersCoffeeClub #Writing May 13: When does AI cross the line between helpful tool and problematic tech for writing and publishing?

I am an active luddite and do what I can to sabotage AI.

When does it cross the line?

1. When steals training material.
2. When it plagiarizes or mimics others.
3. When they utilize immoral terms of service. i.e looting social media that have implemented "legalized theft."
4. When it attempts to substitute itself for real individuals.
5. When it attempts to pass itself off as human output.
6. When it attempts to imply it is "intelligence."

In other words, everything that currently labels itself as AI. "Deep Learning" tools could be acceptable but not as they are currently implemented and run.

Oh forgot when it uses "sweatshop" labor.

NaraMoore, 6 days ago to random

#PennedPossibilities#Writing 311 — What is a memory that makes your SC swell with pride?

From: "Konbini Idol"

There was a long silence, broken only by the sound of the heater and the rattle of the car, then a soft reply. “A book about Fukitsu? I would love that, but no soppy ending. Let her wear her misfortune proudly till the end.”

“No soppy ending,” she repeated. “You don’t think I understand the irony of my existence. I am Fukitsu, the Kami of Misfortune, and misfortune has followed me all my life. Without singing and dancing, all I have left is tragedy. Without tragedy, I am nothing more than a poorly educated girl working in a dead-end job.”

NaraMoore, 11 days ago to manga

I still buy some physicl manga. I do perfer it, but have no room to store it and there is so much. I am mainly finishing series I started before I went to emanga. Photo of this summers physical purchases, include She is So Cheeky For a Commoner and the next volume of My Job is Yuri, as well as two volumes of Whisper me a Love Song.

#Manga #MyJobIsYuri #WataYuri #WataOshi #Plushie #Plushies #WhisperMeALoveSong #Yuri

NaraMoore, 11 days ago to writing

#writerscoffeeclub #Writing 8. When writing technical or scientific detail, how much is plausible versus imagined?

I don't write that kind of stuff.

NaraMoore, 11 days ago to random

Leave your spare computer turned off for 2 years and enter update hell.

NaraMoore, 14 days ago to writing

#WritersCoffeeClub #Writing 5/4—What's the worst thing about being a writer?

You want to share these things that are inside you, but no one seems to care.

NaraMoore, 16 days ago to random

Computer is overheating. I hope I can get the old potato to work while it's being repaired.

:meowsad: :fox_sad: :bunhdsad:

NaraMoore, 17 days ago to random

#writerscoffeeclub#writing 2. Have you had an idea halfway or more through a project that requires extensive rewriting of what you've already done?

I write a serial so this is not an option. On occasion, I have been 6 or 7 chapters ahead and have done moderate revisions. The biggest revisions I can remember doing going back 6 chapters and breaking them into smaller pieces. This involves new transitional text. Not what I would call extensive.

NaraMoore, 19 days ago to random

My office is a mess of manga and light novels in assorted stacks at the moment.

NaraMoore, 19 days ago to writing

#PennedPossibilities #Writing 299: How does your MC or SC cope with stress?

Kan-chan and Tomo clean.
Kan-chan and Shiomi drink.
Ume smokes but otherwise seems to cope well.
Kaori used to smoke and drink.

Shiro and Kaori: I don't feel like putting a CW up. But you get the idea.

NaraMoore, 20 days ago to Yuri

So what is good on JNovel Club? I have coins for three more novels.

I like yuri
I dislike het. romance, OP main characters, and body swap (M-F).

I have all of
Yuri Tama, Girls Kingdom, Lily Bloom, Sexiled, Otherside Picnic, Seriously Seeking, Side by Side, Bakarina,, and Apothecary Diaries

#Yuri #LightNovel #JNovelClub #Reading

NaraMoore, 22 days ago to writing

#writerscoffeeclub #Writing 27. Have you ever written a section and subconsciously plagiarized another work?

I don't believe I have ever subconsciously plagiarized another work. If so it is still subconscious.

I have written lots of fanfic and always tried to give credit where credit is due.

NaraMoore, 23 days ago (edited 23 days ago) to random

New restrictions have been announced on PIXIV pertaining to R18 material for the US and UK.

#PIXIV #R18 #NSFW #Lewd

NaraMoore, 24 days ago to ai

NEW: Nightshade 1.0.2 (bug fix) for Mac GPUs (April 2 2024)
1.0.2 fixes a "Accelerator detected but has error" bug on Mac M1 machines.
Hey all, we finally implemented a workaround to get a version of Nightshade working on Mac GPUs. The prior issue was PyTorch Mac GPU support, which we've found some hacks around. The new version runs on Mac M1/M2/M3 chips, and does not require any additional GPU drivers. See below for the download link.

https://nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/downloads.html

#AI #Luddite #Nightshade #Copyright

NaraMoore, 24 days ago (edited 24 days ago) to random

Which of my girls should I take to "Katsu Burger"

NaraMoore, 24 days ago to random

I wish they had a "Hurry Curry" that wasn't downtown. I want omurice but I don't want to make it.

NaraMoore, 24 days ago to random

Talked my housemates into going to "Katsu Burger" tonight.

NaraMoore, 26 days ago to random

#TuneTuesday #TheOpener The first song you remember hearing live. (It wasn't a JP idol.)

High School in the 70s. The first live show I went to was "The Who" I have no idea what the opener was but this was one of the songs I am sure they played and one I went to hear.

The Who - Baba O'riley
https://songwhip.com/the-who/baba-oriley

#TheWho
@derthomas

NaraMoore, 26 days ago to random

#WritersCoffeeClub #Writing 4/22: Change one word in the first sentence of a famous novel to change its meaning.

"Moll Flanders" (1722):
"My true name is so well known in the records or registers at Misskey, and in the Fedi, and there are some things of such consequence still depending there, relating to my particular conduct, that it is not to be expected I should set my name or the account of my family to this work; perhaps, after my death, it may be better known; at present it would not be proper, no not though a general pardon should be issued, even without exceptions and reserve of persons or crimes."

NaraMoore, 28 days ago (edited 28 days ago) to writing

#WordWeavers #writing 4/21. If your MC’s main skill evaporated, would they survive the story?

I can't quite put my finger on what my MC's main skill is. But one of the characters tells her that her fated path depends on the choices she makes. If she had made different choices Kaori would have perished but she would have gone on to a different fate.

As for Ume, I am not sure that being impulsive and doggedly loyal is a skill. Main skill is being a disaster lesbian.

My Mcs tend to be rather ordinary people as far as their skill level goes. It is more about choices than skills.

Okay, that is the answer. My stories are not about skills but about choices. So the characters would survive.