It's Smashwords' Read An Ebook Week, and many of my titles are heavily discounted. You can find them here. https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/Lilith_Saintcrow

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.

Heyo! I'm still looking for a job in Germany.

I have 5+ yrs of professional experience in developing backend python, even more years as hobby.

I know how to work with the infra bits too, and have embedded and networking experience on the side! I know some rust and have done projects with it before.

I live in Hamburg and I'm willing to go for a job with office presence, but 100% remote is preferred.

I'd appreciate if people could send any interesting job possibilities they see in my way.

For visa reasons I must be employed as a full time tech worker, in an English workplace, paying 50k+EUR/yr but I do not need sponsorship. I can speak acceptable German (A2-B1) & am open to learning more.

Reposts welcome!
#getfedihired

"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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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

My second novel, "Sir Lanka Files" is now available outside of Amazon at Apple, Kobo, Smashwords etc. Full list here:

https://books.farook.org/sir-lanka-files/

Print version coming to other places (besides Amazon) soon.

#Bookstodon #FediBooks #Indie #Author #Books

Wrote a submission tracker yesteerday. (Well wrote two but that's a different story).

What struck me was that most submission trackers are paid services. Is anybody interested in a free one?

If you are, let me know and I'll throw this up on my server so others can use (for free).

#Writing #Apps
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Hello. My name is Agnes Stone, and I am a new adult science fiction fantasy indie author. My debut novel was released in November 2024, and I am looking for new bookish and author friends as I try to flee Meta and prepare for the end of TikTok. #selfpublishing #books #bookish #sciencefiction #scifi #author #writersofmastodon #writingcommunity #bookstodon #indieauthor

Did a first pass on the new short story yesterday. The story is in place but a lot of clean up needed.

Not quite feeling it at the moment. The rejection for the first story has kind of derailed things.

Might work on an app for a couple of days till I get my enthusiasm back.

#AmWriting #Writing

Read that using "dearth" is an "AI" tell. Had to go check my last short story since I use that a lot. Sure enough, "dearth" is there 😛

Do people just look for these "tells" to decide that something is AI-generated? Or do they use "AI" to detect AI-generated text? Is the irony lost on them?

#Musings