etoiline ❄️
@etoiline.bsky.social
Reader, writer, dreamer, scientist. She/her. everywhere else @etoiline except twitch: starryjen. Currently immersed in writing fanfic because real life isn't so pretty right now. Many archived posts from the other social media. #stl
When I was a baby writer, I planned *everything*. But I still never really got the oomph to get to the end. Now I'm pretty much solely a discovery writer, which means I can get pretty wordy, but it also means I've developed a sense of when I come upon an ending (such an exciting feeling!)
#WritingCommunity, how do folks tackle their first draft? Do you tend to plot everything out, do you discover things as you go along, or do you like to do a mix?
For right now, I am experimenting with the art of doing 10k drafts by means of discovery writing before I outline.
#BookSky #AmWriting
For right now, I am experimenting with the art of doing 10k drafts by means of discovery writing before I outline.
#BookSky #AmWriting
December 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
When I was a baby writer, I planned *everything*. But I still never really got the oomph to get to the end. Now I'm pretty much solely a discovery writer, which means I can get pretty wordy, but it also means I've developed a sense of when I come upon an ending (such an exciting feeling!)
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December 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
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Apropos to a post I'm not going to quote: no, you are not fucking obliged to battle the fucking right on fucking social media, or go to where they are. Why make yourself miserable shouting at bots (who don't care) or trolls (who get off on your misery). Make your fucking social media enjoyable, FFS.
December 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Apropos to a post I'm not going to quote: no, you are not fucking obliged to battle the fucking right on fucking social media, or go to where they are. Why make yourself miserable shouting at bots (who don't care) or trolls (who get off on your misery). Make your fucking social media enjoyable, FFS.
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Sometimes a family is a kid and his droid and his grumpy uncle and sort of ex-Jedi master and space witch friend (now more than friend) and mercenary ex-friend and a newly added small child. And they live in a luxury yacht.
November 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Sometimes a family is a kid and his droid and his grumpy uncle and sort of ex-Jedi master and space witch friend (now more than friend) and mercenary ex-friend and a newly added small child. And they live in a luxury yacht.
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Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
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The reason a sex scene is like an action scene is because it is literally an action scene.
We understand that two bodies meeting to punch each other is an action scene. Two bodies meeting intimately is also an action scene.
We understand that two bodies meeting to punch each other is an action scene. Two bodies meeting intimately is also an action scene.
December 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The reason a sex scene is like an action scene is because it is literally an action scene.
We understand that two bodies meeting to punch each other is an action scene. Two bodies meeting intimately is also an action scene.
We understand that two bodies meeting to punch each other is an action scene. Two bodies meeting intimately is also an action scene.
I miss the farmhouse
where my grandparents lived once
now just memories.
tall sycamore trees
turned golden in hazy fall
chopped down years ago.
spent so much time there
now just nostalgia saying
it was quiet then.
where my grandparents lived once
now just memories.
tall sycamore trees
turned golden in hazy fall
chopped down years ago.
spent so much time there
now just nostalgia saying
it was quiet then.
December 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I miss the farmhouse
where my grandparents lived once
now just memories.
tall sycamore trees
turned golden in hazy fall
chopped down years ago.
spent so much time there
now just nostalgia saying
it was quiet then.
where my grandparents lived once
now just memories.
tall sycamore trees
turned golden in hazy fall
chopped down years ago.
spent so much time there
now just nostalgia saying
it was quiet then.
My most-used words in 2025 were:
1. "book" (10×)
2. "find" (9×)
3. "backed" (8×)
4. "movie" (7×)
5. "fanfic" (7×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
1. "book" (10×)
2. "find" (9×)
3. "backed" (8×)
4. "movie" (7×)
5. "fanfic" (7×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
December 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
My most-used words in 2025 were:
1. "book" (10×)
2. "find" (9×)
3. "backed" (8×)
4. "movie" (7×)
5. "fanfic" (7×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
1. "book" (10×)
2. "find" (9×)
3. "backed" (8×)
4. "movie" (7×)
5. "fanfic" (7×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
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The Fellowship of the Ring as Penguins! 🐧
They are all a different species that matches them! 🧵 below:
They are all a different species that matches them! 🧵 below:
August 19, 2023 at 2:24 PM
The Fellowship of the Ring as Penguins! 🐧
They are all a different species that matches them! 🧵 below:
They are all a different species that matches them! 🧵 below:
This is the first year in 20+ years that I haven't written 50k words in November (I wrote 30k). There was no official event to participate in, hardly any responsibilities for me as an organizer, so I didn't feel the need to burn myself out on words this month.
December 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This is the first year in 20+ years that I haven't written 50k words in November (I wrote 30k). There was no official event to participate in, hardly any responsibilities for me as an organizer, so I didn't feel the need to burn myself out on words this month.
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The first known use of 'wicked' was in the 13th century.
We hope everyone flies free this weekend.
BTW, the name Elphaba is a reference to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" author L. Frank Baum.
BTW, the name Elphaba is a reference to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" author L. Frank Baum.
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The first known use of 'wicked' was in the 13th century.
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Art is an act of hope. Writing is an act of rebellion. The world will always need more stories--from real human beings, not bullshit plagiarism machines. Every book is a love story from the author, and every reader is fighting the war against cruelty, ignorance, and hopelessness. We are fighting.
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Art is an act of hope. Writing is an act of rebellion. The world will always need more stories--from real human beings, not bullshit plagiarism machines. Every book is a love story from the author, and every reader is fighting the war against cruelty, ignorance, and hopelessness. We are fighting.
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Horseshoe Crab Blood Has Long Helped Us Make Safe Medicines. Now, Alternatives That Spare the Ancient Creatures Might Be Breaking Through www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Horseshoe Crab Blood Has Long Helped Us Make Safe Medicines. Now, Alternatives That Spare the Ancient Creatures Might Be Breaking Through
An enzyme in the blue blood has been key to testing vaccines since the 1980s, raising concerns for the crabs’ population. But regulatory approval and new data are signaling the tide may be turning
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Horseshoe Crab Blood Has Long Helped Us Make Safe Medicines. Now, Alternatives That Spare the Ancient Creatures Might Be Breaking Through www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Language fun (it's always the Normans) 🧵
-cease and desist
-null and void
-aid and abet
-free and clear
-ways and means
Why is law stuff like this always two words?
These are called ‘legal doublets’ and we can once again blame the Normans.
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-null and void
-aid and abet
-free and clear
-ways and means
Why is law stuff like this always two words?
These are called ‘legal doublets’ and we can once again blame the Normans.
🧵⬇️
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Language fun (it's always the Normans) 🧵
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If you have ‘dibs’ on something, you claim or declare rights to that thing before anyone else.
‘Dibs’ comes from an old children's game called ‘dibstones,’ which resembled the game of jacks.
‘Dibs’ comes from an old children's game called ‘dibstones,’ which resembled the game of jacks.
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you have ‘dibs’ on something, you claim or declare rights to that thing before anyone else.
‘Dibs’ comes from an old children's game called ‘dibstones,’ which resembled the game of jacks.
‘Dibs’ comes from an old children's game called ‘dibstones,’ which resembled the game of jacks.
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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
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Mr Measured just ran in here to tell me he saw a video that said all the little girls dressed as Rumi, Mira, and Zoey on Halloween last week sealed the honmoon so things can get better now so if you need me I’ll be sobbing in a corner 😭
November 6, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Mr Measured just ran in here to tell me he saw a video that said all the little girls dressed as Rumi, Mira, and Zoey on Halloween last week sealed the honmoon so things can get better now so if you need me I’ll be sobbing in a corner 😭
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Back to the Future is, perhaps unsurprisingly, our movie for tonight!
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Back to the Future is, perhaps unsurprisingly, our movie for tonight!
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Gen AI doth remove commitment from art. Yf an artist ys committed to makinge somethinge trulye weirde, even shockinge, that artist doth neede to crafte the art, at everye steppe thinkinge, "Yes, Ich am drawinge a sexy C-3PO." Wyth Gen AI you kan make a sexy C-3PO wythout caringe, and that ys wrong.
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Gen AI doth remove commitment from art. Yf an artist ys committed to makinge somethinge trulye weirde, even shockinge, that artist doth neede to crafte the art, at everye steppe thinkinge, "Yes, Ich am drawinge a sexy C-3PO." Wyth Gen AI you kan make a sexy C-3PO wythout caringe, and that ys wrong.
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posted this four months ago but tonight as buckaroos like mamdani sweep elections i will post again. hope this is sign to all establishment goofs that trotting to the center is not the move. protect the buckaroos who are in perilous circumstances and do not give an inch
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
posted this four months ago but tonight as buckaroos like mamdani sweep elections i will post again. hope this is sign to all establishment goofs that trotting to the center is not the move. protect the buckaroos who are in perilous circumstances and do not give an inch
This weekend is full of writing for my St. Louis friends: there's the writing marathon in person on Saturday the 8th, and my humble contribution to the One Hundred Hours of Writing Twitch marathon on Sunday the 9th! Check the 🧵for more details...
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This weekend is full of writing for my St. Louis friends: there's the writing marathon in person on Saturday the 8th, and my humble contribution to the One Hundred Hours of Writing Twitch marathon on Sunday the 9th! Check the 🧵for more details...
November snuck up on me. Our tiny little #StLArchNovelists community will have our traditional "start writing words at midnight" word sprint party on our regional Discord server this weekend. If you're missing making words with friends, join us starting at 10pm CST on Oct 31: discord.gg/7h5ssEdT
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October 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
November snuck up on me. Our tiny little #StLArchNovelists community will have our traditional "start writing words at midnight" word sprint party on our regional Discord server this weekend. If you're missing making words with friends, join us starting at 10pm CST on Oct 31: discord.gg/7h5ssEdT