@hiramfromthechi That could very well be. I still laugh about one time I saw American English described as "English (simplified)"To my ears, "whilst" often sounds like someone trying to sound smart with a fancy sounding word.But then to American ears, all British accents are an automatic +10 aura points, so maybe it evens out

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@Fishercat I have not been able to come up with a convincing counterpoint

It's Bandcamp Friday! True, you can steam/download all my Florida Gothic Spoken Word every day. But we can still celebrate! https://damonthomas.bandcamp.com/ #writing #florida #bandcamp #bandcampFriday

@minsoochoo I completely appreciate that conundrum. There are other alternatives, too. You can even self-publish.I used to write on Medium:https://markwrites.io/why-i-left-medium/Then I moved to Write.as:https://markwrites.io/i-should-have-self-hosted-to-begin-with/I’m willing to help anyone leave Substack. If you ever want help, feel free to reach out.

@KatS @ljwrites @gunchleoc @dilmandila 100% Title:Orig Author NameEdited and Updated by DDPreface before the text explaining original authorship, cultural and personal reasons, explanation of the edits.@Louiestowell Makes the other good point. How old is the work? You will have copyright issues if it is still covered. @webhat Notes the copyrights you need to look at.And to avoid problems, you could just read that book, read whatever you can on the other written interpretatios of the myths, go interview folks, and write a new work with annotations and footnotes citing inspiration sources. And a complete bibliography in the back. Personally, I would opt for this last one. You are not calling anyone out on racism, which I do not have a problem with, however lawyers may have fun with it. You are also expanding on the myth pulling in other variations and nothing it's cultural significance by doing so. And you're basically creating an academic work that I suggest you submit to university presses for publication and archiving.

@stefan Can't find much from the actual scene in the show, but John Mulaney kinda nails Thoreau's pathetic "excursion" in the show Dickinsonhttps://youtu.be/LmneLDB6hAI

We are working with Muwado on an ongoing project and part of that journey includes supporting writers and stories that matter.That’s why we’re sharing this writing competition: Letters We Never Sent.It’s about the words people carry, the ones that never found a place to land. If you write or you’ve been meaning to, this might speak to you. You can follow this link to read about the project, Dear Darling. https://muwado.com/the-letters-we-never-sent-february-writing-challenge/#blog #writing #filmmaking #sisi #movies #art #cinema #filmmaker

One of those nights where it took me 1:30 just to write a mere 566 words. Also, it took me that much just to get this damn character off his ass, out of his apartment, and down to the place where he's going to meet up with some other folks. Oy.(No, some other important stuff did happen in there, which helps move a major arc for this guy. But still.)#writing #AmWriting

@weston It's a mature platform with over a decade under its belt. Includes federation support!There's a hosted service run by the devs at http://write.as/ which currently has an offer.

@OliviaVespera Wordpress.com has an ActivityPub enabled free tier!

@noam that was written onto a small docketwait nothat was small enough to fit in my pocket@nantucketlit

*slight smile*#introduction I am Richter, a headmate in the Moss #Plural System. I am here to deliberately push back against Haphephobia/Agoraphobia, and continue to learn and grow as a person.I am interested in #cooking , have a competitive streak in Quiplash games, and enjoy #writing and #movies .

The Wigtown Poetry Prizes offer awards for poetry in all three of Scotland’s languages. The 2026 competitions are open for submission from today (2 Feb) until 6 Mayhttps://www.wigtownpoetryprize.com/poetry-competition#Scottish #literature #poetry #competition #writing #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage

Spent 2:35 writing, and a mere 190 words are *not* the only thing I have to show for it; I have *shit-tons* of outlining, structure, and scheduling. (Scheduling is important. It lets me know what date any given scene happens on, which allows me to get things like the weather right.)I'm in good shape to start writing a bunch of scenes soon. (Tomorrow night?)#writing #AmWriting

Fucking hell. There's been a project that I've had on the back burner for a long time, figuring I need to get much better at writing a certain type of thing. And I planned to deal with that later.I just realized, a critical plot item in my WIP means I need to learn to write that kind of thing *now*, because I need to have multiple scenes with that kind of thing happening.Wow, I just fucked myself over hard... or else, set myself up to *have to* grow, really fast.#writing #AmWriting

I think this month's IndieWeb Carnival blogging challenge will appeal to a lot of people here."Our hobbies, passions, and curiosities rarely exist in neat boxes. They bleed into each other."https://zacharykai.net/notes/icfeb26#IndieWeb #IndieWebCarnival #blogging #writing #WritingPrompt

Small things loosely tied. Loose and small they may be, the dots are there to connect if you have a mind to. Sunday Morning ReadingWith writing from @davew@dtm@Daojoan@gruberAnd more.#SundayMorningReading #tech #politics #Culture #writing #Minneapolis #AI https://warnercrocker.com/2026/02/01/sunday-morning-reading-140/

Lately, my eyes—weighted by the harrowing details of genocide and worn by the dust of my home’s ruins—fail to perceive the world. Something within them falters, forcing them to forsake the silent 'spring of inanimate things' that lingers around me.Everything has dissolved into gray, drifting in a closed loop of mute screams—audible only to the ants, the stones, the trees, and the beasts; sensed by every living pulse, save for humanity.#poetry #gaza #genocide #palestine #writing #poem

#Portsmouth library is offering around three weeks of #writing and #poetry events, for all ages, as part of the local bookfest:https://wegottickets.com/portsmouthbookfest