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Quinn Qincaid @qincaid.bsky.social · 1h

Writing has changed (I won't say spoiled) me watching movies. I've seen so many movies where I think:

"Ya know - some pacing shifts, introducing the villain sooner, and another 3-5 minutes to let the story cook, would have really kicked this movie up a notch!"

#writerslife

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Quinn Qincaid @qincaid.bsky.social · 1h

"Did you think you could rest from your Summer labors? Fool! You face a true challenge now. I will beguile you with the beauty of many colors, then despoil your land!"

- Trees dropping their leaves during Fall, probably

Quinn Qincaid @qincaid.bsky.social · 23h

Old friends, new desire.
Can't forget their word; and yet...
Cold Need drives treason.

Fickle bloom of fire!
World ablaze, in hateful haze -
war is in season.

Cry, oh deadly choir:
Blade talks - The Night Hunter stalks!
Justice the reason.

#OurPoetryX #ScifaikuSaturday
#scifi
#war
#NightHunter

An alien assassin stalks an alien battlefield at night time to eliminate enemy soldiers invading her home world.

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Quinn Qincaid @qincaid.bsky.social · 23h

Nerd Take: Moons are the planets' emotional support pets.

Quinn Qincaid @qincaid.bsky.social · 1d

Every upgrade is just a new way to break.

Quinn Qincaid @qincaid.bsky.social · 1d

"That's great Kacey!" Captain Reynolds smiled. "How about the injectors?"

KC3 nodded. She moved with childish verve to the access panel.

"Fucking clanker..." Darrel turned away.

Kacey always did her best. But the robophobes were determined to never accept her.

#verve
#vss365

An energetic robots goes about fixing a star ship as the command officers watch.

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Quinn Qincaid @qincaid.bsky.social · 2d

We all feel your pain.

Kim 🪽| Editing @k1mm1.bsky.social · 2d

Line edits may be the death of me #writingtrenches

a woman is sitting on a couch with the words " i have to go scream into a pillow " above her

ALT: a woman is sitting on a couch with the words " i have to go scream into a pillow " above her

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hydevirtualagency.bsky.social @hydevirtualagency.bsky.social · 2d

✨ Every great success starts with belief. Trust your vision, put in the work, and watch your dreams shape your future. 🚀📚

#AuthorMindset #SelfPublishingSuccess #CreativeJourney #BookMarketingTips #DreamBigWriteBigger #WritersLife

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Quinn Qincaid @qincaid.bsky.social · 2d

Leaves are starting to fall. I know not everyone likes Autumn, but I see all those multi-colored leaves and I think of them as Nature's Glitter.

Quinn Qincaid @qincaid.bsky.social · 2d

Peace has a price. Kindness has conditions. Only time will punish.

Quinn Qincaid @qincaid.bsky.social · 3d

Forget artificial gravity for spaceships – Someone needs to invent artificial sleep.

Quinn Qincaid @qincaid.bsky.social · 3d

It’s better to have a winning team than a team of winners.

#Wednesdayvibe #WednesdayMotivation #thoughtoftheday

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Quinn Qincaid @qincaid.bsky.social · 4d

THEM: You don't need coffee to write. It's not like it's magic.

MY INNER WIZARD: YOU FOOL!

#writerslife
#writingcommunity

A fantasy wizard, holding a novelty sized cup of coffee. He is yelling angrily at a doofus.

Quinn Qincaid @qincaid.bsky.social · 4d

"The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself."

— Carl Sagan, Cosmos (1980)

“We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us.”

— Walt Kelly, Pogo (1971)

#quotes
#quoteduel

Quinn Qincaid @qincaid.bsky.social · 4d

I love Fall and Spring, and what makes them great (and odd) is that they can be reorienting. (Not disorienting!)

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Darling Axe Editing @darlingaxe.com · 4d

Photo by Matt Hard via Pexels

“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
— Robert Frost

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Quinn Qincaid @qincaid.bsky.social · 5d

"In fairness Ari, I wouldn't associate honey-infused ice cream with interdimensional travel."

"That's kind of the point, Slider."

The wall shimmered when Ari walked into and through it. Jeff followed when her hand popped back out and beckoned him inside.

#associate
#vss365

A human male and an anthropomorphic bear female look in the back room of an ice cream shop to consult advanced alien computers.

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Quinn Qincaid @qincaid.bsky.social · 5d

Sometimes I grapple with deciding which is scarier:

The fact that the universe is silent, or the idea that it used to be loud.

#scifi
#Spooktober

Quinn Qincaid @qincaid.bsky.social · 5d

I'm feel extra Monday today myself.

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Anna Tizard @annatizard.bsky.social · 6d

Had so much FUN at the weekend reading out and recording amazing short stories from the #writingcommunity submitted to my Brainstoryum show.

But now Monday morning is like...

(Anyone else feeling it?)