pelielios

mekkaokereke, 2 months ago to random

People on Twitter are debating whether a person using uncommon words like "delve" are trying to sound smarter than they are, or worse, are ChatGPT bots, because "normal" people don't talk like that.

You don't have to get upset, or embroiled in the debate. Not worth the time or attention. But I'll share some important context as your friendly neighborhood Nigerian 🙋🏿‍♂️

Many Nigerians have bigger English language vocabularies and better command of grammar than the typical American or English person

StillIRise1963, 1 month ago to random

When my sister sold her home, she had her white realtor come to show the appraiser around. She LEFT HER OWN HOME during the process. Right now, my college friend is removing all signs of Blackness from her home before she puts it on the market. All art, photos, statues are being packed. All books are being turned spine in. THIS IS WHAT RACISM DOES.

williampietri, 8 months ago to random

If you see somebody described as "he's just like that" or "he can't help himself", ask if he's like that when he might be held accountable. E.g., in front of his boss, his mom, at church, when a video camera is recording.

Occasionally, he really can't help himself. But it usually turns out that he can, and that there's a pattern to when he can't. E.g., he's a jerk to juniors and peer women, but perfectly controlled in front of his male boss. That's when you know it's not illness, it's abuse.

RickiTarr, 1 month ago to random

It insane to me how often women are not given pain management for gynecological procedures, because many many years ago a male doctor who's never had a vagina, cervix, or uterus decided that there weren't enough nerve endings up there to hurt significantly. I think it's time to put this fallacy to bed. It most definitely does hurt, and people who have literally no experience with female equipment don't get to decide this for me. Trust me docs, you don't want to taste your own medicine on this.

pelielios, 7 months ago to random

Just a dapper little guy who lives in my house.

floofpaldi, 6 months ago to random

I'm putting together a Christmas list for my family. It's that time of year again. So... Send me some reading recommendations! Give me links to YOUR books, guys. I'm going to bookmark this and save it for later, so I can purchase stuff throughout the year as well. I want to support everyone.

I hope everyone will check out the comments, too. Let's all support and love one another and help each other when and where we can.

#PennedPossibilities #WordWeavers #WritersCoffeeClub #WritingCommunity

RickiTarr, 6 months ago to random

I, admittedly, curse way too much, but I just adore a faux curse. When I was a kid, one of my Mom's friends was a very proper Southern lady. Instead of saying "They think their shit don't stink" she would say, "Some people think they poo poo vanilla ice cream".

What is your favorite faux curse?

RickiTarr, 29 days ago to random

What is the thing(s) that attracts you to a person romantically or otherwise?

pelielios, 4 months ago to random

I just want to remind people that art is valid.

Their art, anybody's art, someone will vibe with it.

I don't even want to say what I spent on Ghost On Stilts. High three figures for a print. I love it. It makes me so happy.

pelielios, 8 months ago to random

#WordWeavers 11: You and your MC swap places for a day. Who have an easier time?

In unison: "I would prefer not to."

pelielios, 6 months ago to random

#WordWeavers 25 — SC POV: You are allowed to play a prank on the MC. What would that be?

Oh, no. Victor would never! Except...

So it's a running gag that when he's Victor, he can't remember Leandra's title (handler) and refers to her as Brand's boss instead.

Which Brand corrects every time, "Not my boss."

In an earlier draft, it was made clear that Victor knows this perfectly well. He just has so few opportunities to get a (mild, harmless) rise out of Brand that he keeps it up for fun.

pelielios, 10 months ago to random

petition to bring back "raconteur" as a real profession

pelielios, 7 months ago to random

Happy #FediBookFair !

I have a series of modern office espionage romance with a dash of the occult and a primary MM couple.

It's overall light, low-angst escapism about two people who are just crazy about each other, in a healthy adult way.

Oh, and there's a magical cold war going on in the background and one of them can shoot fireballs out of his hands (but would prefer not to).

Books 1-3 are out now. 4 will drop shortly. 5 is well underway!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6DY9S3M

pelielios, 24 days ago to random

#WritersCoffeeClub 20: When did you first know you wanted to be a writer?

I'm still not sure I do.

I want people to find and enjoy my writing.

But being "a writer" comes with so many demands and so much baggage.

I feel like I have a voice, or many voices, suited to fiction. I just let them out. That's it.

pelielios, 29 days ago to random

I stand to come into a very modest amount of money in the near future and plan to let most of it sit in savings for house expenses

but I'm also considering putting a small portion into professional editors and cover artists and seeing what happens.

Writing community, how many zeroes am I looking at? There are 7 books at the moment, 5 with rough covers, could be up to 8 and about a million words by the time this happens.

And advice on vetting people for this?

pelielios, 7 months ago to random

#WordWeavers 2 - Do your characters play any games?

Not really. At one point Brand is tasked with approving the apps installed to his young teenage niece's new phone, and she wants a dating sim, so Brand starts playing it to see if the pants ever come off.

Victor catches him at it and is extremely confused by the entire concept. "And it makes you... better at dating?"

"God, no. For starters, I'm pretty sure Basketball Boy here is a werewolf."

pelielios, 6 months ago to random

#WritersCoffeeClub 10: What aspect of your work are you most proud of?

My characters are complete and whole people.

I can plunk them down in any scenario and set them off like wind-up toys. I know precisely how they will behave because I know THEM.

Yet not one of them is a self-insert. I wouldn't know how to write that.

pelielios, 6 months ago to random

#WritersCoffeeClub 26: Ever retconned a story after publishing? Is it okay to retcon?

I mean, for a loose definition of "publishing," I've dumped a couple things on Kindle for want of a better place to go...

Kind of. Some of the particulars of one SC's afflictions have shifted, but he was always cryptic about his explanations and no-one else is in a position to refute him.

He's also unreliable and at times a flat out liar. Tweaking the narrative later on is very much in line with expectations

pelielios, 7 months ago to random

#WordWeavers 19: Have you ever used sensitivity readers?

I would like to. In fact if anybody wants to volunteer...

I try to put a lot of diversity into my work. Much of it is glancingly mentioned as part of the main cast. They're mainly New Yorkers so unless there is a specific reason for them to be white, they're not.

The biggest pitfalls I try to dance around are the primary SC being Old-Order Mennonite and now, his found family being Jewish with a foot in the Orthodox community.

pelielios, 7 months ago to random

#WritersCoffeeClub 19: As a writer, do you always apply the three-act structure? Why/why not?

I do try to have a beginning, middle, and end in each book.

Book 1, the MC's mission is to get the target to the US. In the last pages, he does so.

2, to turn the target to his side. He does so at great personal cost.

3, to patch things up with his partner. Takes the entire book but he does.

4, to figure out wtf to do with the target from 1. Getting there!

5, where did the target go? TBD...

pelielios, 2 months ago to random

#IrishCoffeeClub - How would your characters attempt to catch a leprechaun?

Ha, I like this one! Ok, let's see.

Phon has a big library of cryptid bestiaries. ("So, fairies are real?" "Here and there on the odd reserve. Protected species." "Huh.")

But he is also sort of an idiot and I wouldn't put it past him to try children's cereal as bait.

He'd probably leave out things he personally likes (including cereal) in a snap-trap because he's too rich to care about gold.

rayckeith, 22 days ago to random

Revolution, Fear, and Power: The Unseen Threads Connecting Stalin’s Russia to Modern America

"Fred Koch, the founder of the Koch dynasty, had made his first big money “building refineries, training Communist engineers, and laying down the foundation of Soviet oil infrastructure” for Stalin. He saw up close and personal how violent the USSR really was, and apparently never forgot it.

Koch Industries — and thus the Tea Party and the best of today’s Republican infrastructure — would never have happened were it not for the money Stalin gave Fred Koch for his services. Neither would the John Birch Society, which Koch heavily funded in the wake of the “communist” Brown v Board Supreme Court decision, have ever acquired the influence it did."
https://hartmannreport.com/p/revolution-fear-and-power-the-unseen-e28

pelielios, 25 days ago to random

I would love to reach in French, if not fluency, a place like I have in Bahasa where I don't know what the word means but I can spell it.

I don't think French wants that for me, though.