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Named after a Star Trek actress. \ud83d\udd96 She, her, hers. Resident of Colorado, USA. All photos posted are my own, except for those I boost. No AI is used in the production of my creative work. All people deserve love, respect, and equality regardless of color, gender, body type, or any other difference.The horrors persist, but so do I.If anyone wants one of my books free of DRM, please DM me.#fedi22","url":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/@Nichelle","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"Nichelle","displayName":"Cooking the books","note":"Author, editor, and book coach. Named after a Star Trek actress. \ud83d\udd96 She, her, hers. Resident of Colorado, USA. All photos posted are my own, except for those I boost. No AI is used in the production of my creative work. All people deserve love, respect, and equality regardless of color, gender, body type, or any other difference.The horrors persist, but so do I.If anyone wants one of my books free of DRM, please DM me.#fedi22"}},"content":"RT @Nichelle Some answer that all fiction is purely for entertainment, implying it matters less than &quot;serious&quot; things. This may be true, but stories need meaning in their own worlds if not in reality. If fiction has no meaning to itself, it has no appeal to readers. Stories are not mindless entertainment. They have beginnings, middles, and ends - structure that the audience expects will hold.#WritersCoffeeClub Dec 14","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-20:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/users\/Nichelle\/statuses\/113657757097218592\/activity","object":{"id":"https:\/\/masto.ai\/users\/sogerald\/statuses\/113649728986415383","objectType":"note","content":"<p>I distinguish meaning from lesson. Meaning is weight\/consequence. Lesson is morality. I think one can entertain w\/o moralizing.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/masto.ai\/tags\/WritersCoffeeClub\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#WritersCoffeeClub<\/a> Dec 14<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/masto.ai\/@sogerald\/113649728986415383","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2024-12-15:objectType=thread:nonce=179f4988bf2b96fd","notice_info":{"local_id":"8192207","source":"ActivityPub","repeat_of":"8192203"}},"published":"2024-12-15T16:22:42+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"title":"Nichelle repeated a notice by sogerald","verb":"share","url":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/users\/Nichelle\/statuses\/113657757097218592\/activity"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/masto.ai\/users\/sogerald","displayName":"Gerald So","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/306559-original-tmp20241215162232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/306559-96-20241215162232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/306559-48-20241215162232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/306559-24-20241215162232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"306559"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/306559-96-20241215162232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"#Writer, #Editor, #Reviewer, #Discussion #Moderator, #Alum of #Hofstra University and #QueensCollege - #CUNY. 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I think one can entertain w\/o moralizing.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/masto.ai\/tags\/WritersCoffeeClub\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#WritersCoffeeClub<\/a> Dec 14<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-20:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/masto.ai\/users\/sogerald\/statuses\/113649728986415383","object":{"id":"https:\/\/masto.ai\/users\/sogerald\/statuses\/113649728986415383","objectType":"note","content":"<p>I distinguish meaning from lesson. Meaning is weight\/consequence. Lesson is morality. I think one can entertain w\/o moralizing.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/masto.ai\/tags\/WritersCoffeeClub\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#WritersCoffeeClub<\/a> Dec 14<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/masto.ai\/@sogerald\/113649728986415383","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/masto.ai\/users\/sogerald\/statuses\/113649717916216273","url":"https:\/\/masto.ai\/@sogerald\/113649717916216273"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2024-12-15:objectType=thread:nonce=179f4988bf2b96fd","notice_info":{"local_id":"8192203","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2024-12-15T16:22:33+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/masto.ai\/@sogerald\/113649728986415383"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/masto.ai\/users\/sogerald","displayName":"Gerald So","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/306559-original-tmp20241215162232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/306559-96-20241215162232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/306559-48-20241215162232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/306559-24-20241215162232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"306559"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/306559-96-20241215162232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"#Writer, #Editor, #Reviewer, #Discussion #Moderator, #Alum of #Hofstra University and #QueensCollege - #CUNY. 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