Notices by Archimage (sergkoren@writing.exchange)

“Too many people confuse or conflate wealth with power and intelligence.”

#life #failure

Talent only gets you so far.

#life

Back home. NYE at an emergency room is a circus/nightmare. Lots of trauma so the wait after triage was 5-6 hours.

They found nothing wrong after running multiple tests multiple times. I’m supposed to follow up with my cardiologist. Today, I try to relax and catch up on a night without sleep.

Do people still dilly-dally or shilly-shally?

Never fall out of love with what you are writing.

#writing

There are dangerous things in the world. Not all new things are dangerous.

#life

Are you dead or alive? Do ypu know?

I just discovered TheStoryGraph, a goodreads alternative that appears more robust and not subsumed by Amazon.

https://thestorygraph.com

#books #reading #goodreads

Expensive lessons are only painful if you can’t afford the price.

#life

Change may be scary, but it’s the way forward.

#life #success

I need a cover artist. I don’t want AI art. I, preferably, don’t want digital art. I want art borne of sweat and talent. Michael Whelan has retired.

#book #cover #art

Medium-sick is the opposite of medium-well.

#food

One major benefit of the Olympics, that no one talks about, is that people get to travel outside their own country and see the world outside their preconceptions.

#travel #life #olympics

“We all have weaknesses. Yours is your stupidity. Mine is my inability to mold the world in my own image, mostly because of you.”

#writing #throwawayline

Don’t get caught in the weeds while trying to get through the forest.

– ancient proverb I just made up

Remember when people came from “good stock” and storks?

I hope everyone is staying sane in this heat and stupidity.

How many books do you buy a year? Not epubs or Kindle—real physical books you can burn if you hate them? Or squirrel away to read again when you cherish them?

#books #reading

A written character isn’t supposed to be a fully fleshed out human being. They are supposed to be believable. If you are spending your time on the minutia, you aren’t writing a story, you are world-building or in love with your character. The story is all.

#writing #failure

“The top of the climb is where things start to go downhill.”

#writing