Blogs tagged "writing"

Automation is useful when it removes repetitive work without obscuring who still owns the framing, review, and stop p...

Publishing systems deserve to be judged by how they behave months later, under maintenance, interruption, and archive...

A draft survives time away when it preserves enough orientation for the next session to resume the work instead of re...

Yesterday was quite tiring. I was asleep for practically the entire day. That kind of thing happens whenever I take m...

I was listening to Ye's newest album Bully earlier this morning, and it was good. The standout track for me was "Mama...

There's been a certain gloominess I can't shake, but despite that, I feel calm. I don't know exactly where it's comin...

Welcome to the 273rd edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online ...

Vernal Intro Welcome to the 272nd edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially ...

Welcome to the 271st edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online ...

Yesterday I shared Discover more of the Fediverse with tags.pub in my Pook-Emu Bee links for the day. The post introd...

Cabbage reviwed the anime adaptation of Takopi’s Original Sin on her always-fun Cabbage Sorter blog. Takopi was a sho...

Another non-Saturday day ending in -day means it is time for a new set of Pook-Emu Bee. However, this will be our las...

You can succeed, but you can't fail — because you aren't officially trying

First it makes you slow, then it makes you fast (maybe)

Some fundamentals about how it works, and what to do when it doesn't

NaPoWriMo 2026 [3rd April]Day Three Happy Friday, everyone, and happy third day of National/Global Poetry Writing mon...

NaPoWriMo 2026 [2nd April]Day TwoWelcome back for the second day of Na/GloPoWriMo, everyone. We hope you feel invigor...

NaPoWriMo 2026 [1st April]Go! Yay! April 1 is here again, and so is our yearly poetry writing adventure. Whether you’...

La première Madame Pipi de l’espace profond Outre la première victoire au Tour de France d’Eddy Merckx, 1969 fut une ...

Le logiciel, un nouveau pétrole ? Extrait de mon journal du 24 septembre 2025 Nous sommes fiers de nous passer de pét...

Scène de salle d’attente Extrait de mon journal du 6 mars, dans la salle d’attente du docteur X. Le couple entre, asp...

Showcasing the latest tabletop roleplaying games from: Ghostfire Gaming, Splattered Ink Games, Wet Ink Games, Bright ...

I ran twenty 45-minute demos of Daggerheart at Gen Con 2025. Here is a list of big takeaways I have for game masters ...

Its that time, friends! The festivities of July 2025 has come to an end. Its been a fantastic opportunity to host the...

As populations flocked to city centres in the 19th century, church cemeteries began to overflow with the dead. Roger ...

Marvels, wonders, and monstrosities: something between a medieval bestiary and a scientific treatise on birth defects.

One of the most elaborate works of literary insult ever written.

But if Mandy was a fairy, why was Mother dead? “You’re not a fairy.” “Why not?” “If you were, you would have saved he...

On the one hand: I was up until 3am devouring this book. I wanted to feel the feels that a romance book is designed t...

harrowing interesting how she stayed in present tense and present-mind the whole time. It kept the book fresh, in a w...

Two passages from the architect and writer on the fourth anniversary of his passing.

0038: 5 ways to approach goal-setting0:00/632.0641×Episode details: A reading and discussion of this, from 2022 ↓5 wa...

0037: The wooden chair0:00/387.98933333333331×Episode details: Readings of two passages on the subject of wooden chai...

On the way to lightening up Even the dry sparkler takes a while

Physical space brings ambience An opportunity to dive within Suitably it manifests from within Neither more nor less ...

Sound of my master All over in me His breath in my being That sharp heartful bleeding gong of Shiva

in the atmosphere

ancient errors in itunes

what's on my to-read list

I opened my news app this morning. By the fourth headline my mind stopped reading and started mapping. The map it mad...

Download PDF There is a man named Plinko who used to work as a clown on kids' night at a Ground Round restaurant in J...

Download PDF In 1953, Samuel Beckett wrote a play where two men wait for someone who does not come. They insist he wi...

I've seen this Blog Question Challenge going around for a while now, and recently Brandon was nice enough to challeng...

I've seen this Blog Question Challenge going around for a while now, and recently Brandon was nice enough to challeng...

Lately, my son has been obsessed with asking us to tell him stories. At first, I eagerly jumped on every opportunity ...

Jhonen Vasquez hit his highest level of cultural prominence with Invader Zim, a Nickelodeon cartoon which benefitted ...

The Companion Chronicles concept, which has a companion actor mostly narrating a story audiobook style with another a...

So, here we are, having covered the last of the New Adventures and the final Missing Adventures. There’s one last bit...

The non-apocalypse of Y2K obscures the lessons it has for the present

On social platforms, the "fluid self" is not a rejection of personal branding but another manifestation of it

God games like Civilization and The Sims offer a fantasy of control based on miniaturization, giving us little ant hi...

Our fictional dialogue duo, Justin and Justina, take on discount toothpaste with fast-approaching expiration dates.

On publishing articles and blog posts as social media threas vs as articles and blog posts on a site designed for the...

A look at Max Glenister's emoji-only Moji chat app, which he created in a weekend for his young daughter to enjoy.

“Debate” as a sport is one of the most degenerate sports there is. I say this as a former participant in the sport, h...

The phrase “Sarkic” is a Greek word, meaning flesh. It’s a phrase used by the Gnostics to refer to carnal urges: thos...

Often, I write my work with a presumption in mind: Progress is bad. This view is based in various points of view, som...

I had been struggling to write for many years. Back then I was dreaming of having a blog with lots of entries. Now I ...

Not all political decisions are the same. Some are easier to make but potentially less effective while others harder ...

Have you ever thought that universities are boring and we might be able to make one that's not? Well, my friends and ...