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Finally, he was able to #distill everything into a simple answer.
He went to the archives late at night and found the King, as usual, studying old historical documents.
Words smiled to see Revin approaching
"Well?" he said.
"You should get Her Majesty the pink one," Revin said. (2/2) #wss366

As the Queen's Chief-of-Staff, Revin was used to synthesizing information to make important decisions. But the King had entrusted him with the most difficult mission he had ever undertaken. He made secret observations and quietly consulted with a number of informants. (1/2) #wss366

My son is taking a math class where he learned he could get "extra credit" for submitting his homework "typeset". He said he was debating whether to do it. On the plus side, it would involve getting extra points. And he would learn a useful skill. But, on the other hand, it would be admitting that I had been right all along when I told him all those times that he should learn LaTex. It was a hard decision, he said, because that was "a steep price to pay."

A reminder that my weekly online writing group Straw Dog Writes meets on Wednesdays at 7pm Eastern. You do not need to be a member to attend. But if you find it useful and attend regularly, it would be nice if you were to join to support the organization. https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-weekly-writers-meet-up-6/2025-09-10

DM me for the Zoom link.

He led his mind wander as he rested, mentally preparing for the coming whitewater of the Narrows. He would need all of his concentration then. He had been through them, before. But that was many years ago, when he was young and foolish. Now, he was older and wiser… Or was he? (3/3) #wss366

Cool big, orange caterpillar. Maybe *Acronicta clarescens*? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronicta_clarescens

Late night at the bar.
"They always say that history doesn't repeat," said one guy. "But that it rhymes."
"Yeah?" The other guy raised an eyebrow.
"So, what rhymes with 'Nazi'?"
There was a pause while they each took a sip.
"Foxy?"
"Ooh! Foxy Nazi! Wee-oo! Wee-oo!" the guy said, making air-guitar motions.
"I think it's more like a #round," the other guy said. He sang, "Row, row, row your boat, gently up a crick…"
"Merrily, merrily, merrily," the first finished. "The president's a dick." #wss366

#KpopMonday #NowPlaying This morning, I'm listening to Red Velvet's Umpah Umpah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHS9E6JFja8 It was the last thing I danced to last night and it was still on my laptop screen this morning.

I have filled out the panel questionnaire to be a participant at LOSCon51: https://loscon.org/ It looks like it will be a lot of fun!

Earlier, @philipbrewer sent me a link to a video, but it wasn't a convenient time to watch it. But this evening, I was watching aespa videos and a new one came on that had a doggie in it and I thought, "Ooh! I should share this with Philip." It was the same video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oQVTnq-UKk #kpop

From *Lady Cecelia's Knowledge*, Part 4 of *Lady Cecelia's Journey*, an unpublished *Revin's Heart* series. You can receive updates when it appears through my monthly newsletter. https://author-sdbrewer.micro.blog/subscribe/

In the shade, they mashed up the strawberries and filled the pie crust. They used a little of their family's own cream to whip and put on top. Then they cut it up and shared it out to everyone.
Cecelia inspected it. The red strawberries, brown crust, and white cream looked simply scrumptious. She sampled it experimentally. "It's glorious!" she breathed. "The crust is so flaky! What's the secret?"
"Ain't no secret," Kasseh said. "Just butter. Lots and lots of butter." #wss366

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (#SFWA) has opened registration for a new fall online Nebula Conference: Quasar. https://stevendbrewer.com/sfwa-quasar/ #writing #conference #sff

Register directly here: https://membership.sfwa.org/event-6301796

#ScribesAndMakers What's your favorite visual art media, either to view or create with?

I would have to say Inkscape https://inkscape.org/

I've used Inkscape for many years as a vector illustration program. I first used Aldus Freehand (in the late 1980s) and then Abobe Illustrator. When I discovered Inkscape (~2004), I switched and never looked back. I've used it to create all kinds of illustrations, including many scientific figures as well as my airship-pirates ribbons & stickers.

I wrote another longish post about why I like Mastodon. https://stevendbrewer.com/weirdos-posting-stuff-to-social-media/

Ooh! I got a *postcard*! It even has a fancy manatee stamp too! Thanks @tobadzistsini!

Sharing the wealth…

#WordWeavers Describe the most unusual/intriguing marketing opportunity you've encountered.

The best ones I've been involved with for my books were my badge ribbons. My airship-pirate ribbons were a huge success at Chicon8. The human-dna ribbons at the most recent Worldcon were fun, though less successful. https://stevendbrewer.com/whats-in-your-dna/

But the coolest marketing opportunity I ever saw was the Lost Ring alternate reality game. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Ring

I wasn't writing fiction (in English) then, tho.

#WritersCoffeeClub Do you write daily? Why or why not?

I write daily, if you include exchanging Signal and Discord messages with my family. I almost always write to the @wss366 prompt. I frequently write other stuff (email, blog posts, etc.) I often work on manuscripts (revising, reorganizing, editing, ktp.) I don't always actually do much fiction writing. My productivity is highly variable. I'm between projects right now and trying to figure out what I want to write next.

Recent events have reminded me of the particular horror of the early cyberpunk stories, that were mostly about billionaires finding ways to live forever.