Jason Arnett
@ajasont.bsky.social
Indie author of speculative fictions with an art house bent. Thinker. Sometimes responsible.
https://ajasont.wordpress.com/books/
https://ajasont.wordpress.com/books/
That feeling when your mind opens up and the right idea sneaks in, takes root, and seeds itself into the story you love to make it BETTER. #writing
a cartoon of a coyote standing with his arms crossed
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December 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
That feeling when your mind opens up and the right idea sneaks in, takes root, and seeds itself into the story you love to make it BETTER. #writing
I've finished the latest revision on my novel in progress. It was extensive enough to make it a new draft.
The next revision will go faster because now all the right moments are in their right place.
W00t!
The next revision will go faster because now all the right moments are in their right place.
W00t!
a man and a woman are sitting next to each other in a mall and the man is saying that kid is back on the escalator
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December 19, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I've finished the latest revision on my novel in progress. It was extensive enough to make it a new draft.
The next revision will go faster because now all the right moments are in their right place.
W00t!
The next revision will go faster because now all the right moments are in their right place.
W00t!
Watched this last night and REALLY enjoyed it. If you liked the first one, The End Continues will not disappoint.
December 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Watched this last night and REALLY enjoyed it. If you liked the first one, The End Continues will not disappoint.
Absolutely agree. Given the the 45 year assault on education, it’s no surprise that there are views like this in the column. Our critical thinking skills and collective imagination have taken quite a beating to be replaced by a pervasive cynicism and an endless search for the Easy button.
This column on Vox is the biggest pile of steaming AI crap I've seen this year. Human's aren't running out of ideas. Instead, those with power and money don't want to listen to ideas that threaten their power and money.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Absolutely agree. Given the the 45 year assault on education, it’s no surprise that there are views like this in the column. Our critical thinking skills and collective imagination have taken quite a beating to be replaced by a pervasive cynicism and an endless search for the Easy button.
I will watch as many Benoit Blanc Mysteries as Rian Johnson and Daniel Craig want to make. They’re all fun.
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December 14, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I will watch as many Benoit Blanc Mysteries as Rian Johnson and Daniel Craig want to make. They’re all fun.
Seeing Hellraiser and the Cenobites for the first time.
ALSO: taking my 7 year-old to Spider-Man. He stood up and shouted "SPIDER-MAN!" when the Goblin gets it. The theater cheered him.
ALSO: taking my 7 year-old to Spider-Man. He stood up and shouted "SPIDER-MAN!" when the Goblin gets it. The theater cheered him.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Seeing Hellraiser and the Cenobites for the first time.
ALSO: taking my 7 year-old to Spider-Man. He stood up and shouted "SPIDER-MAN!" when the Goblin gets it. The theater cheered him.
ALSO: taking my 7 year-old to Spider-Man. He stood up and shouted "SPIDER-MAN!" when the Goblin gets it. The theater cheered him.
I will always watch Secretariat run the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes. Always.
What a horse.
What a horse.
December 12, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I will always watch Secretariat run the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes. Always.
What a horse.
What a horse.
There's been difficulty in getting to the writing desk this week, but I finally got some work done on the novel tonight. Whew. This life thing is something, ain't it?
a group of people wearing hard hats are playing instruments and singing a song .
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December 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
There's been difficulty in getting to the writing desk this week, but I finally got some work done on the novel tonight. Whew. This life thing is something, ain't it?
Revised three chapters today while doing my mandatory training for the day job. Deadlines really do inspire one to work faster, don't they?
November 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Revised three chapters today while doing my mandatory training for the day job. Deadlines really do inspire one to work faster, don't they?
Happy Thanksgiving, friends!
I am most grateful for the breath in my lungs, the love filling my heart, and the ideas floating in my head. I extend to each and every one of you, and to your families, my very best wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving.
I am most grateful for the breath in my lungs, the love filling my heart, and the ideas floating in my head. I extend to each and every one of you, and to your families, my very best wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving.
a cartoon of snoopy wearing a chef 's hat standing next to a plate of food
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November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, friends!
I am most grateful for the breath in my lungs, the love filling my heart, and the ideas floating in my head. I extend to each and every one of you, and to your families, my very best wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving.
I am most grateful for the breath in my lungs, the love filling my heart, and the ideas floating in my head. I extend to each and every one of you, and to your families, my very best wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving.
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
There can be only one.
November 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
There can be only one.
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CORRECTION: A *third* potato has been named after Prince.
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
CORRECTION: A *third* potato has been named after Prince.
Reposted by Jason Arnett
Hero Initiative is helping writer Mike W. Barr through a series of health problems. If you'd like to contribute directly to Mike as well, go HERE: www.gofundme.com/f/rally-for-...
Donate to Rally for Mike W. Barr's Medical Care, organized by Dave Kellogg
Mike W. Barr has been a writer of comics, science fiction novels and mystery novels… Dave Kellogg needs your support for Rally for Mike W. Barr's Medical Care
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November 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Hero Initiative is helping writer Mike W. Barr through a series of health problems. If you'd like to contribute directly to Mike as well, go HERE: www.gofundme.com/f/rally-for-...
After searching for several years, I finally found a reasonably priced copy of the Dark City novelization in terrific shape. At the same time I stumbled across Gary Provost’s interesting book, 100 Ways to Improve Your Writing. Sometimes the mail brings wonderful things all at once.
November 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
After searching for several years, I finally found a reasonably priced copy of the Dark City novelization in terrific shape. At the same time I stumbled across Gary Provost’s interesting book, 100 Ways to Improve Your Writing. Sometimes the mail brings wonderful things all at once.
Viruses not killing bacteria effectively?
Problematic phage gap.
Problematic phage gap.
Been angry so long you can't remember why anymore?
Problematic rage gap.
Problematic rage gap.
Your thanksgiving stuffing doesn’t taste right?
Problematic sage gap.
Problematic sage gap.
November 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Viruses not killing bacteria effectively?
Problematic phage gap.
Problematic phage gap.
Current mood: Soundgarden's Birth Ritual.
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Current mood: Soundgarden's Birth Ritual.
We’ve been doing this online shopping thing for awhile now, and retailers are still saying “Your package has shipped” when all they’ve done is create a label.
I suppose it’s the software the logistics companies use, but come on. This can be better. Ready to ship and actually shipping are two steps.
I suppose it’s the software the logistics companies use, but come on. This can be better. Ready to ship and actually shipping are two steps.
oscar the grouch is sitting on a trash can looking at the camera .
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November 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We’ve been doing this online shopping thing for awhile now, and retailers are still saying “Your package has shipped” when all they’ve done is create a label.
I suppose it’s the software the logistics companies use, but come on. This can be better. Ready to ship and actually shipping are two steps.
I suppose it’s the software the logistics companies use, but come on. This can be better. Ready to ship and actually shipping are two steps.
Carol’s situation in Pluribus is another argument for physical media.
November 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Carol’s situation in Pluribus is another argument for physical media.
I listen to a lot of music. Today I heard one of my top 5 all-time covers. IMO Santana has owned the Zombies’ “She’s Not There” since 1977. 14 weeks in the Top 100 (as high as 27) in the US and top 20 in the UK.
I roll down the windows and turn it up so no one can hear me sing along.
I roll down the windows and turn it up so no one can hear me sing along.
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I listen to a lot of music. Today I heard one of my top 5 all-time covers. IMO Santana has owned the Zombies’ “She’s Not There” since 1977. 14 weeks in the Top 100 (as high as 27) in the US and top 20 in the UK.
I roll down the windows and turn it up so no one can hear me sing along.
I roll down the windows and turn it up so no one can hear me sing along.
Promethea 1 is one of my favorite first issues, launching one of my all-time favorite comics.
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Promethea 1 is one of my favorite first issues, launching one of my all-time favorite comics.
Don't let anyone tell you writing and revising a novel isn't work.
It is absolutely work.
It is absolutely work.
Mallrats Victory GIF
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November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Don't let anyone tell you writing and revising a novel isn't work.
It is absolutely work.
It is absolutely work.
We're just back from Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. Jeremy Allen White makes a very believable Boss and delivers an intimate portrait of the artist on the verge of superstardom. This film is not for everyone the way Nebraska is not for everyone.
November 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
We're just back from Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. Jeremy Allen White makes a very believable Boss and delivers an intimate portrait of the artist on the verge of superstardom. This film is not for everyone the way Nebraska is not for everyone.
It’s not Halloween until I listen to Ernest Chappell’s baritone voice asking for Quiet, Please, and then telling me one of the scariest stories produced during the golden era of radio plays.
Now, imagine sitting alone in a darkened room in 1947….
www.quietplease.org/episodes/the...
Now, imagine sitting alone in a darkened room in 1947….
www.quietplease.org/episodes/the...
The Thing On The Fourble Board - Quiet Please
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October 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
It’s not Halloween until I listen to Ernest Chappell’s baritone voice asking for Quiet, Please, and then telling me one of the scariest stories produced during the golden era of radio plays.
Now, imagine sitting alone in a darkened room in 1947….
www.quietplease.org/episodes/the...
Now, imagine sitting alone in a darkened room in 1947….
www.quietplease.org/episodes/the...
Anybody got the mailing address for The Great Pumpkin?
October 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Anybody got the mailing address for The Great Pumpkin?