Category: Story

  • Fragments: The moon who loves the stars who love the earth — Fragment 1

    “Shit!” she said. “Shit! Shit, shit, SHIT and CARROTS!” — from: The moon who loves the stars who love the earth Almost done editing 3 short stories, including “Scars in the fabric of time” and “Future History“. Now working on a story in fragments that takes “Dropping sexual gender bias” and moves my work a…

  • Inclusive writing, part 2: Dropping cultural sexual bias

    Why “male” and “female” is incredibly relative Last week I read the wonderful post: “‘Biological sex’ is socially constructed“, which summarizes in a very brief and wonderful way many ideas I support as well. A long quote (enter added by me): The thing is, in real life, very few people actually match up with all…

  • Formulaic writing

    When you are a publisher, you have several choices. All these choice touch two main spots: Money — Earning it. Breaking even. Making a profit. Portfolio — Writers. Levels of quality. Who do you represent? What do you strive for? Where is your specific love and niche? Branding When you sell any product, you will…

  • Writing: Why the “cult of nice” is not helping you

    “The cult of nice” The”Cult of nice” is about being nice. “Let’s be friendly”, “let’s be nice”. It is about avoiding confrontation. And I advice you not to rely on that, neither to play along int it. For several reasons I will state down below. If you are in a “cult of nice” kind of…

  • Writing: Inclusive writing — Part 1

    This is a work in progress. Status: first draft, first redaction Series This is part of a series. See all articles under the tag: “Inclusive writing” for a full overview Summary What I think “inclusive writing” entails From my text below: I think that “Inclusive writing” is not about “political correctness”. It is about you…

  • Exploration: Modes of thinking

    Triggered by an ultra brief exchange with Ken Liu (whom I did not know until then with me living in a cave for 10 years). The subject was “binary thinking”. It has not left me and as per usual I decided to write a short and quick post on modes of thinking (instead of editing…

  • Retelling/remixing: The fast and the furious

    Future praise for “Fast and furious poetry”: Fast and furious poetry and paper folding have never been taken to this level of exitement before Each time I read the poetry recitals in “Fast and furious poetry” my blood starts pumping and I want to run out in the streets and do the same The men…

  • Writing: Withdrawel and reworking the story "Future History"

    Future History is a (relatively) short story I wrote for “We see a different frontier”. Read earlier post here (“IP wars” written shortly after the final edit, weeks before sending it) and here (on: spindoctoring a war). Decline of Europe It is part of the “Decline of Europe” series (see snippets/fragments here). Withdrawel of the current version of Future…

  • Fragments: A song for the girl who attempted suicide

    Earlier today I wrote two posts. They helped me getting closer to the anger in this part. I needed an end to part 3 of the book that lands it properly. That shows something of the gritty and nasty world that is the background of “Dreams”. This is the first half of that end. Fragments:…

  • Fragments: "When I look at you I see many things"

    Editing chapter 18 of “Dreams” (Working title). One of these crazy flows that still work when you re-read them. Fragment: “When I look at you I see many things” [Edit. Quite OK] “When I look at you, I see many things. I see the bones in your body, the bare basics what makes you. I…

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