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jake

@jake@posts.jacobhaddon.com

the jake of all trades, poet, editor, kilt wearing heathen. he/him

#poet #poetry #horror

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jake, to random
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@tournesol and of course now IceShrimp has shown up on YUNOHost... cries

jake, to random
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Old favorites on my new phone

jake, to random
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me: hey Brain, why is Genie in a Bottle been going through my head ALL MORNING

brain: …

me: anything? any reason? anything you want to tell me?

brain …

me: sigh. *plays Christina Aguilera at an ear bending volume and sings along.

brain: : )

jake, to Horror
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We have a new newsletter folks! New on new book releases, upcoming submission guidelines and maybe a sale or two.

The old list is GONE. Which means if you were subscribed, you are no longer. This is a clean start.

If you would like to get our newsletter, please sign up! We have 4! Yes 4 ways to get your news now. We hope one will fit your digital lifestyle.

https://apokrupha.com/2023/12/27/apokrupha-newsletter-december-2023/

@horror @bookstodon

skinnylatte, to BelieveInFilm
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One of the reasons I dislike digital camera-based film scanning rigs: I have access to a Fuji Frontier (and a Noritsu LS-600, as well as a Imacon 848) at my local darkroom. It’s so.. nice

I never want to own or maintain one of these, but I want to keep using them. Auto film advance, and no edits after scanning even for JPGs!

jake,
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@skinnylatte and here I am babying an ancient computer to keep a flatbed going...

jake, to random
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I was programming in last night, and it made me miss working with it. So many things have changed since I was a professional web programmer, but text manipulation is still the basis of so much of it.

jake,
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@mjgardner i just pulled out my Perl 5 Pocket reference... from 1998.

jake,
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@mjgardner both of those are why I am enjoying this. (and admittedly some nostalgia)

I do have to get caught up on some things. "strict" is causing things to not work, but i'm getting a crash course in the last 20 years.

jake,
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@mjgardner thank you! i'll read more. i just learned about "our" vs "my" and that fixed a bunch of issues, so strict is back on.

KitMuse, to bookstodon
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What apps/websites/etc. does everyone use to track short story submissions? I used to use a spreadsheet, but suspect there may be better tools out there?

Thanks!

@bookstodon

jake,
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@KitMuse @bookstodon for genre type submissions, i recommend looking into the Submission Grinder

https://thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com/

haikushack, to poetry

Fellow poets, here is something for you!

Auroras & Blossoms is looking for haiku / senryu for its next issue. The call is open to ages 13 and over.

https://abpositiveart.com/magazine-submit/

@poetry @writingcommunity @writers @writing

jake,
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@haikushack @poetry @writingcommunity @writers @writing donation to receive a contributor copy is not good policy

But the “we assume you agree unless we hear otherwise “ is a red flag. There should always be a contract and you should always have positive consent.

I won’t get started on the “there is a fee to pull your work down” part.

jake,
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@haikushack hi there! I ran a magazine for 10 years, by myself, primarily funded from my own pocket.

no snark: feel free to bother me at any time.

silence is not consent. you need a contract with your writers. anything less is begging for trouble.

there are red flags in your guidelines. you can accept that and expect comments like mine anytime you post them, or you can listen and try to do better.

jake, to poetry
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Hi everyone! I moved! so time for an (re)introduction post!

I am a writer ( and , sometimes horrible poetry), an editor (formally LampLight Magazine), publisher (Apokrupha Books) and a huge nerd.

I like , , , , , computers, gadgets.

I make books, bracelets, little computer applications, take photos, break servers and google until I can fix them.

I am probably wearing a kilt right now.

(Formally @jake)

jake, to random
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the is such an important part of culture, of our collective creativeness. We have already lost so much, we should celebrate when it increases. and perhaps work to add to it ourselves.

jake, to photography
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i did finally post some photos to , tho more to get to. here is one I liked from last year from Death Valley, California.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/23618618@N06/53434264851

jake, to wordpress
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playing with static site generator for Wordpress this morning. Have a site I'd like to archive and wanted to see how it would go.

Some hand editing will be needed for the RSS feeds to still work, but overall, i think it will be a good plan.

Now... to get around to all the cleanup I need to do.

@wordpress

paulrickards, to retrocomputing
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jake,
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@paulrickards gods i loved that game. I may need to go down the vintage computer rabbit hole for that one.

jake, to random
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I did not do well with my this year. And the notebook is only barely at the halfway point.

Usually i start a new one each year just for renewal type reasons, but usually they are far beyond the 3/4 mark.

It feels like a waste of a notebook to start anew, but on the other hand, i feel like if i am to succeed in 2024 with journaling i will need to.

robertnorlyn, to random
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  • jake,
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    @robertnorlyn I had to do quick math, but it is the percentage of acceptances per submissions for the magazine I used to run.

    Probably not what you were looking for…

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