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"What I want in fiction is a virtuoso demonstration of the use of our messy, malleable, beautiful language" Jane Friedman "I don't want realism. I want magic!" Tennessee Williams Header: Craster harbour, Northumberland, UK Avatar: Gogerddan, Ceredigion, Cymru My writing hut has come to rest in the East Midlands “There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for." #writing #amWriting #amWritingFiction #writingCommunity #UK
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Novel Exploration
@novelx456@indieauthors.social
"What I want in fiction is a virtuoso demonstration of the use of our messy, malleable, beautiful language" Jane Friedman "I don't want realism. I want magic!" Tennessee Williams Header: Craster harbour, Northumberland, UK Avatar: Gogerddan, Ceredigion, Cymru My writing hut has come to rest in the East Midlands “There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for." #writing #amWriting #amWritingFiction #writingCommunity #UK
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@novelx456@indieauthors.social
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Apr 06, 2026
This joy: a song thrush
Singing in Criftin Lane, gnats
Dancing in the sun
#haiku #spring #birdsong #songThrush #gnats
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the roamer
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University teacher, father, dog walker. A European in England. Posting micro-comments on all things that come my way, large and small. #pedagogy, #taoism, #literature, #programming, #typography, #TeX, #politics, #covid. Kindness will prevail. Posting about #noAI. #StopTheAICorruption. Personal long-term strands: #MastodonCulture, #whippet_moments, #Plutarch's #ParallelLives. Regular comments on the #Pepys diary. Most of my comments come up in conversations. Please view my "Posts and Replies".
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the roamer
@the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk
University teacher, father, dog walker. A European in England. Posting micro-comments on all things that come my way, large and small. #pedagogy, #taoism, #literature, #programming, #typography, #TeX, #politics, #covid. Kindness will prevail. Posting about #noAI. #StopTheAICorruption. Personal long-term strands: #MastodonCulture, #whippet_moments, #Plutarch's #ParallelLives. Regular comments on the #Pepys diary. Most of my comments come up in conversations. Please view my "Posts and Replies".
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Mar 25, 2026
@samuelpepys@mastodon.social
Ah, forever uncertain how our seniors see us.
First, he "... used me with great respect, and discoursed upon his business as with one that he did esteem of", which we like very much.
Then, "by and by he went away, forgetting to take leave of me, my back being turned, ...". Ouch, this hurts. Must we now doubt the respect and esteem we thought we saw earlier?
It's tough to rise through the hierarchy through hard work and diligent attention to the wishes of our superiors.
And why was our back turned and we weren't paying complete attention to our senior? We were "looking upon the aviary, which is there very pretty, and the birds begin to sing well this spring." Oh, Sam, you are a good man. The beauty of the bird song asserting its primacy over your attention.
#Pepys #CareerOfTheMandarin #birdsong
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Novel Exploration
@novelx456@indieauthors.social
"What I want in fiction is a virtuoso demonstration of the use of our messy, malleable, beautiful language" Jane Friedman "I don't want realism. I want magic!" Tennessee Williams Header: Craster harbour, Northumberland, UK Avatar: Gogerddan, Ceredigion, Cymru My writing hut has come to rest in the East Midlands “There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for." #writing #amWriting #amWritingFiction #writingCommunity #UK
indieauthors.social
Novel Exploration
@novelx456@indieauthors.social
"What I want in fiction is a virtuoso demonstration of the use of our messy, malleable, beautiful language" Jane Friedman "I don't want realism. I want magic!" Tennessee Williams Header: Craster harbour, Northumberland, UK Avatar: Gogerddan, Ceredigion, Cymru My writing hut has come to rest in the East Midlands “There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for." #writing #amWriting #amWritingFiction #writingCommunity #UK
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Feb 01, 2026
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