A Miserable Pile Of Words
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What is a writer?
A miserable little pile of words!
Fiction attempted, with various levels of success.
Yes, I do need help, thank you for noticing.
https://amiserablepileofwords.dreamwidth.org/
A miserable little pile of words!
Fiction attempted, with various levels of success.
Yes, I do need help, thank you for noticing.
https://amiserablepileofwords.dreamwidth.org/
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This is where I'll — maybe? — be complaining about the process of writing, and my aptitude — or lack thereof — for it, as well as posting updates about the occasional fiction I manage to trick my brain into writing.
Not sure yet how active I'll be here, since social media are... tricky.
Not sure yet how active I'll be here, since social media are... tricky.
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the thing they don't tell you about working in the dead letter office
is you never really get used to the dying
is you never really get used to the dying
H1252.2
Quest
to other world
to take letters
to dead relatives.
Quest
to other world
to take letters
to dead relatives.
February 10, 2026 at 2:51 PM
the thing they don't tell you about working in the dead letter office
is you never really get used to the dying
is you never really get used to the dying
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oh, you like Fallout? have you considered: watching Threads? nothing can go wrong if you watch Threads. c'mon bro, watch Threads. it's time to watch Threads, my dude. Threads? let's fucking go.
(this is a joke, but just in case: big CW for gore, pregnancy, body horror)
archive.org/details/thre...
(this is a joke, but just in case: big CW for gore, pregnancy, body horror)
archive.org/details/thre...
February 10, 2026 at 5:48 PM
oh, you like Fallout? have you considered: watching Threads? nothing can go wrong if you watch Threads. c'mon bro, watch Threads. it's time to watch Threads, my dude. Threads? let's fucking go.
(this is a joke, but just in case: big CW for gore, pregnancy, body horror)
archive.org/details/thre...
(this is a joke, but just in case: big CW for gore, pregnancy, body horror)
archive.org/details/thre...
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"Bird-watching," I repeat, eyebrow quirked. "In the middle of my apartment?"
"Built over my favorite place." The ghost nods, peaceably eyeing up my kitchen cupboards. "You should have seen how it was-oh!" Her eyes shine.
"There's nothing here," I say.
She wipes her eyes. "Birds have ghosts, too."
"Built over my favorite place." The ghost nods, peaceably eyeing up my kitchen cupboards. "You should have seen how it was-oh!" Her eyes shine.
"There's nothing here," I say.
She wipes her eyes. "Birds have ghosts, too."
Not all ghosts linger due to malice, or unfinished business. More often you will find those who loved so fiercely, dedicated themselves so passionately to something that their spirit remains long after their body is gone. Whose ghost do you meet today?
#TinyTalesTuesday #WritingPrompt
#TinyTalesTuesday #WritingPrompt
February 11, 2026 at 1:54 PM
"Bird-watching," I repeat, eyebrow quirked. "In the middle of my apartment?"
"Built over my favorite place." The ghost nods, peaceably eyeing up my kitchen cupboards. "You should have seen how it was-oh!" Her eyes shine.
"There's nothing here," I say.
She wipes her eyes. "Birds have ghosts, too."
"Built over my favorite place." The ghost nods, peaceably eyeing up my kitchen cupboards. "You should have seen how it was-oh!" Her eyes shine.
"There's nothing here," I say.
She wipes her eyes. "Birds have ghosts, too."
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Stuff like this makes me love humans. Feats of engineering accomplishing under dire circumstances to secure people's freedom.
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Stuff like this makes me love humans. Feats of engineering accomplishing under dire circumstances to secure people's freedom.
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There are some great threads going about how awful sugar plantations were.
I just want to add something as a historical romance author: every time you see someone adding a sugar cube to tea in a historical romance, think of those threads and the blood-soaked cost of the sugar.
I just want to add something as a historical romance author: every time you see someone adding a sugar cube to tea in a historical romance, think of those threads and the blood-soaked cost of the sugar.
February 9, 2026 at 5:20 AM
There are some great threads going about how awful sugar plantations were.
I just want to add something as a historical romance author: every time you see someone adding a sugar cube to tea in a historical romance, think of those threads and the blood-soaked cost of the sugar.
I just want to add something as a historical romance author: every time you see someone adding a sugar cube to tea in a historical romance, think of those threads and the blood-soaked cost of the sugar.
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Never forget the anniversary of King Taejong falling off his horse!
February 8, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Never forget the anniversary of King Taejong falling off his horse!
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I actually agree that there is going to be a skill gap between people who regularly use AI vs those who refuse to use it, and it's that after the bubble pops the refusers will be fine while the AI-dependent will be missing or have let atrophy basic skills
February 8, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I actually agree that there is going to be a skill gap between people who regularly use AI vs those who refuse to use it, and it's that after the bubble pops the refusers will be fine while the AI-dependent will be missing or have let atrophy basic skills
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Silver deadlock but she moves now :3
February 8, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Silver deadlock but she moves now :3
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you can tell that ai isn't going to save the world because there hasn't been a rash of unexplained drone strikes on locations associated with individuals who appear in the epstein files
February 7, 2026 at 6:28 PM
you can tell that ai isn't going to save the world because there hasn't been a rash of unexplained drone strikes on locations associated with individuals who appear in the epstein files
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I'll believe that companies are people when palantir kills itself on live tv
are companies a protected class too. can I tell palantir to kill itself, or is that too mean
February 7, 2026 at 6:33 PM
I'll believe that companies are people when palantir kills itself on live tv
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I just found out about Nicole Silveira and Kim Meylemans who are skeleton racers in this years Olympics (for Brazil and Belgium, respectfully) who are also wives and also adorable.
February 8, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I just found out about Nicole Silveira and Kim Meylemans who are skeleton racers in this years Olympics (for Brazil and Belgium, respectfully) who are also wives and also adorable.
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'Who's going to win," she says after explaining that she can't even mention the pen names producing books because it will tank what pitiful sales she gets if people know she's using AI to produce them.
LOL. Hear yourself.
LOL. Hear yourself.
February 8, 2026 at 2:02 PM
'Who's going to win," she says after explaining that she can't even mention the pen names producing books because it will tank what pitiful sales she gets if people know she's using AI to produce them.
LOL. Hear yourself.
LOL. Hear yourself.
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This is really the critical point: Firefox is packing its browser with AI slop functions by default; relying on a user actively choosing to turn it off.
That isn't neutral - that is a political and ideological statement that they want more reliance on these tools
That isn't neutral - that is a political and ideological statement that they want more reliance on these tools
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 AM
This is really the critical point: Firefox is packing its browser with AI slop functions by default; relying on a user actively choosing to turn it off.
That isn't neutral - that is a political and ideological statement that they want more reliance on these tools
That isn't neutral - that is a political and ideological statement that they want more reliance on these tools
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Pretty sure that's pasty the pale!
...
I'll get me coat
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I'll get me coat
February 8, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Pretty sure that's pasty the pale!
...
I'll get me coat
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I'll get me coat
Yesterday, Our-Blessed-Mother-May-She-Reign-Evermore had the carpenters dismantle Our Princess Walk. Claimed We only used it to distract Our knights at their training, which We think is highly unfair.
Aren't Our knights here to serve Our kingdom? Us?
Then shouldn't they practice adoring Us as well?
Aren't Our knights here to serve Our kingdom? Us?
Then shouldn't they practice adoring Us as well?
Writer friends, tell me: What’s the first line of the story that stars this tower?
February 7, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Yesterday, Our-Blessed-Mother-May-She-Reign-Evermore had the carpenters dismantle Our Princess Walk. Claimed We only used it to distract Our knights at their training, which We think is highly unfair.
Aren't Our knights here to serve Our kingdom? Us?
Then shouldn't they practice adoring Us as well?
Aren't Our knights here to serve Our kingdom? Us?
Then shouldn't they practice adoring Us as well?
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My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.
February 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.
When the "The Corpse of Empire is stuck in the morass of the Past, clutching to long lost things that will never come again, violently refusing to move forward into a different Future of Acceptance" allegories are getting a bit too on the nose
February 7, 2026 at 6:19 PM
When the "The Corpse of Empire is stuck in the morass of the Past, clutching to long lost things that will never come again, violently refusing to move forward into a different Future of Acceptance" allegories are getting a bit too on the nose
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The one that makes me laugh is "drawing nuns kissing each other is disrespectful and disturbing"
Wait until I tell you about historical nuns!! It'll blast your habit off!
Wait until I tell you about historical nuns!! It'll blast your habit off!
February 6, 2026 at 9:14 PM
The one that makes me laugh is "drawing nuns kissing each other is disrespectful and disturbing"
Wait until I tell you about historical nuns!! It'll blast your habit off!
Wait until I tell you about historical nuns!! It'll blast your habit off!