Notices by Orion (he/him) (orionkidder@writing.exchange)

#WordWeavers July 1: Introduce your story as if it were a person. What is their character, style, etc?

That person is me. This book is several individual shards of my personality given dominance over one character ant a time and a setting that reflects the extreme dichotomies of my childhood.

So, hello! I'm a walking YA novel, apparently: earnest, traumatized, and wanting so much just to be loved.

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#WordWeavers Jul 2 - What is the biggest sacrifice your MC is ready to make?

She I willing to give up her family to protect them from herself.

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#WordWeavers July 3 MC POV: What’s your most important achievement?

Surviving.

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@polotek This is all extremely insightful. Thank you for summing it up. A part of the problem I see, in addition to what you've said, is that while the point it activitypub is federation, mastodon is the most public face of it, and mastodon *feels* small and cozy. The idea of getting bigger I think bothers some people. "Don't take away my little cafe." Understandable! But imo, not accurate.

@milespernicious I know I'm preaching to the choir, but this is why governments should make instances instead of shunting responsibility to Twitter.

@youronlyone That's really interesting, because we've also seen a bit of an uptick in novellas, in the SF space, like Murderbot. I wonder if this stuff is in flux?

I hope so, never the book I'm sitting on is 2/3 done by story and only 45K so far. I need some more pov characters, I fear.

@youronlyone This is very detailed. Thank you!

@youronlyone Also, you're corroborating my sense that SFF is expected to run longer than some other genres. The 50K - 80K numbers I'm seeing in other places always felt short compared to the books I've read my whole life. We don't seem to do "short" over here in in SFF-land.

Anybody know what publishers generally *prefer* when it comes to novel lengths? Is there even a strong preference? I’m writing in SFF, like many of you, in case that makes a difference.

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@eaton All social media posts should die after six months. If you want to archive your own posts, you can, but that’s it.

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@mekkaokereke "Fewer than 20"!?

I knew it would be a low number, but holy shit, that is shamefully low.

@mekkaokereke That is *sobering*!

I know economics alone cannot fix racism—I mean, obviously—but holy shit, could economics alleviate a LOT of barriers. The US's tuition rates seem to exist in order to keep people of colour out, and poor people in general (but I suspect I'm preaching to the choir).

@danwentzel Worth adding: 15 minutes doesn’t necessarily mean walking. Really good transit can create a healthier commuter culture. It’s way more energy and space efficient. It doesn’t clog roads. It polluted far less, etc.

@danlyke And they organize against mass transit!