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Some thoughts about using a text editor to write. https://stevendbrewer.com/using-a-text-editor-for-writing/

en la gardenon, bruo de konstruado… ajne ripozi / construction noise, coming into the garden… sticking around anywayses #hajko #haiku #esperanto

Fifteen minutes later, the storm had blown through.
Lambda strolled back in the sunshine and was lying under Totemo's desk when she returned from the fitness room in her track suit, her hair still dripping wet.
Lambda ruffed.
"No!" she snarled. "I don't want you to lick my hair." (3/3) #wss366

"Don't give me that meteorological mumbo-jumbo," Totemo said.
Lambda barked again and sat down.
"I don't have time!" Totemo said. "We've got to get back!"
She slapped her thigh.
"C'mon, Lambda!" she said, as she sprinted out into the rain.
Lambda barked after her, but remained sitting. (2/3) #wss366

Totemo Isogashii, in her field clothes, was sitting with Lambda and finishing her lunch outside at a cafe when an unexpected rain #shower suddenly blew in.
"Where did this come from?" Totemo said, as they fled for cover under the awning.
Lambda barked. (1/3) #wss366

Is ffmpreg trending yet?

nur sub la cugoj, en plej profunda ombro… neĝaj relikvoj / only beneath hemlocks, in deepest shade… snowy reliquaries #hajko #haiku #esperanto

RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@mjd/116036387808224516

This is useful for me to know for #wss366, because I frequently want to do meta mentions that are not participation in the hashtag.

#WritersCoffeeClub What do you feel when a loved one reads your work?

My mom reads everything I write, but she only ever offers unqualified praise. And my brother and younger son are beta readers.

I was apprehensive when I first started showing my family the queer fiction I was writing, because I hadn't come out at that point (other than to my wife, who always knew. She doesn't read my fiction, but she does support my writing, and helps manage my life, so I have time.)

I have ordered the supplies to make a new shimenawa for my sakura tree. I made my last one two years ago: https://stevendbrewer.com/new-shimenawa/ and my first in 2020: https://blog.bierfaristo.com/content/making-shimenawa-and-shide I'm not a religious or spiritual person, but I love our sakura tree and it makes my devotion visible in a way I find satisfying.

The hatch hissed open and he ran out directly into the arms of Truck Stop security.
The other came out moments later, his arms raised.
Racy watched as they were marched away. Then she entered.
"Thanks, Grumpy," she said.
"Hmph," he said. "You'll make it up to me." (4/4) #wss366

They spun around looking, but no-one was there. They looked at each other.
"Just relax," said the voice. "The authorities have been summoned."
"Let's get outta here!" the first said. He ran to the hatch and began to scrabble at the controls. (3/4) #wss366

They went to the bridge. He poked at his device. And then poked it again. Nothing happened.
"What's wrong?" asked the first."
"It's not working," said the second. "That should've woken up the #helm," he said.
"Not gonna happen," a voice said. (2/4) #wss366

The hatch of *Never Back Down* hissed open and two men stepped on board.
"Pukkin' fek!" the first said. "That worked like magic!"
"Yeah, yeah," said the second, holding up his device. "But it only works on Xerxes couriers lower than Mark IV. You don't see many around anymore." (1/4) #wss366

#WritersCoffeeClub Do you have a writerly "third place"?

I'm looking forward to the spring: https://stevendbrewer.com/a-truly-magical-place-to-write/

#ScribesAndMakers 22 Create a micro-story in six words.

Stuck with the wet spot again.

"The #wss366 word today is #boot," a bearded man said.
"Maybe you should write about *das boot*," said another.
"That doesn't mean the same thing at all," said the first. "Then it should be *das stiefel*."
"Aren't you being a little overly pedantic?"
"Don't make fun of my feet!" the first shouted.

*Revin's Heart* is available from Water Dragon Publishing or anywhere books are sold online: https://waterdragonpublishing.com/product/revins-heart/

#WordWeavers Is there a subject that's represented poorly in media that you'd like to cover in your work?

I wrote *Revin's Heart*, my steampunky fantasy adventure with pirates and airships and a trans protagonist, at least in part after hearing people say they were looking for stories with trans characters that weren't about them becoming or being trans, but just as people living their best lives. *Revin's Heart* is just a young man's adventure story about a young man who happens to be trans.

Tanuki-chan is fascinated by a giant sausage. #DogsOfMastodon