@angusm Thank you for the info. I do love good cover artwork 🙂

Never had the money to pay for a good cover artist (the first one I asked about 20 years ago wanted 2K 😛) but would definitely keep Martin in mind should I get to the point where I can afford to pay for cover art.

Today is the 7th anniversary of the launch of my debut book, a space opera novella called "The Warrior Within”, published by Tor.com.

It wasn’t a huge seller, but I'm still fond of it. And I'm currently working on taking the story that it tells further …

#ScienceFiction #SFF #SciFi #books

https://angus.pw/writing/warrior-within/

@angusm The cover looks beautiful and invites you to read the book 🙂

Very nice UC Davis student I know lost their job and needs help until they can find sustaining work.

Please boost.

Please donate if you can.

https://chuffed.org/project/120254-funding-for-necessities-after-job-loss

V: https://venmo.com/u/a-l-24
CA: https://cash.app/$allyl24 #MutualAid

Smashwords are celebrating Read an eBook Week - and so am I! All my titles are half price, so do drop by for all the goodies from me and other authors.

https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/juliebozza

#ebookweek25 #smashwords #sale

I am now unemployed. I'm scared, but I'm so fluffing relieved to be out of that company.

If you are or know anyone in Sydney looking for an experienced IT generalist with experience in helpdesk, data recovery, networking, etc.? Please do hit me up <3

Happy Read an Ebook Week! To help you find a book to celebrate, you can find my entire collection at a promotional price at @Smashwords from March 2 - March 8. Find my books and many more at https://www.smashwords.com/ebookweek #ebookweek25 #Smashwords
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I know there are more Muppet fans here. There just have to be! Please help me find them by boosting this. #Muppets #FraggleRock #SesameStreet

Does this #fedihired thing work?

I'm looking for part-time stuff right now. Based in Brighton UK, remote is good too.

I can do:
- websites, fedi sysadmin
- graphic design, video editing, VJ
- audio editing, mixing, mastering, remixes
- bartending & retail
- email & socials marketing, "content"
- any office stuff, spreadsheets, all that exciting stuff

#FediHire

I was talking about Van Vogt yesterday. Apparently he arranged to have himself woken up every 90 minutes to write down his dreams. And his stories were based on his dreams.

Don't know if it was that, or me being feverish, or both, but had a series of dreams last night which resolved in to a story.

@bok I think I read Van Vogt first around mid 80s possibly? I remeber "Slan" distinctly and I know that the "Weapon Shops" books also left an impression. I think I tried to find as many books of his in the library as I could but in those days, it was hit or miss to get the full list of books for an author in Sri Lanka 🙂 You got what you got and that was it ...

I don't remember now if I read anything further by him back then, but he and Gordon R. Dickson tackle certain themes that have really appealed to me.

I just learnt about the "something should happen every x words or so" thing from his Wikipedia entry yesterday. I didn't know about it before. I found this really interesting and was trying to see if I can emulate this in my own writing — not sure if I could be that organized/detailed.

I hadn't thought of Van Vogt in years. I do need to re-read them again and this time, I want to pay attention to how things are crafted instead of just getting lost in the story 🙂

"A Thousand Blows" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21874900) is interesting, layered, gory. It reminds me a lot of "Warrior" and not just because Jason Tobin is in both. They both seem spiritually connected.

"We are men, but we can't be human" says Hezekia in the show and I understand.

#TV #English

Maybe it's the fever, but I found myself thinking about A. E. Van Vogt today. Does anybody even remember him any longer?

I didn't know much about him. So did a deep dive. Apparently he was from Manitoba. Had no idea!

I got hooked after reading "Slan", it was mysterious. Captivating.

The concepts probably seem very dated today and nobody probably would be interested in something like that any more?

But I can't help but hanker for something like that right now. Maybe I'll try re-reading "Slan" and see if it holds up.

#Reading

Does anybody else have repeating dreams when they are sick? Or is it just me?

I'll have the same dream over and over on a loop the whole night when I'm sick. Generally, it's me trying to do a coding task and failing. Trying again. Faling. Over and over.

#Dreams

Read an Ebook Week promo! To help you find a book to celebrate, you can find my entire collection at 25% off at @Smashwords from March 2 - March 8. Find my books and many more at https://www.smashwords.com/ebookweek

#ebookweek25 #Smashwords
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@AngelaPreston Thanks, Angela. We're slowly stumbling out of the shadows ...

A bug took the wife and I down last week. The weekend was a hazy blur — mostly sleeping and stumbling around like zombies when awake.

Finally starting to feel up to doing minimal stuff. But no writing for a while ... the head's too muddled/fuzzy.

#Writing #SignsOfLIfe

I'm back on the job market after getting DOGE'd from my job with USDA that I started in December.

I'm a software developer with over a decade and a half of professional experience in both established projects and startups. I've mostly been involved in web application development, and mostly backend work recently. But having worked with mostly small teams, I'm a pretty good generalist.

My resume: https://con.cor.dance/ben-anhalt-resume.pdf

I'm open to pretty much any opportunity in any ethical industry. By that I mean: no cryptocurrency, targeted ad tech, arms manufacturing, LLM snake oil, etc.

I'm particularly interested in roles where I can contribute as part of a healthy, collaborative team, and the work has a prosocial impact. I greatly prefer fully remote, but for the right job I would consider onsite in Lawrence, KS; Topeka; or the western KC metro.

#GetFediHired #FediHire

"Dhoom Dhaam" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21194868) is fun and interesting. It has Hollywood comedy vibes but is set in India and has Bollywood stylings.

Sometimes it bogs down a bit, but overall works 🙂

#Movies #Bollywood #Netflix #Hindi

Another short story rejection yesterday 🙂

At least, they are coming fast. The fast responders are done though. So spent yesterday updating the submission tracker to track places that accept simultaneous subs.

Will submit to more places, but going back to editing the novella.

#AmWriting #Writing