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Becca Zenz
@becca-zenz.bsky.social
Coffee addict, avid reader, writer, history lover, language lover, crystals, tarot | she/her
I’ve finally completed my brainstorming portion and now I’m on to outlining the scenes.
May 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Ahhh, this feels so good. Today is the first day I’ve had in a while to just sit and brainstorm for as long as I want. Fingers crossed I can complete this brainstorming round and start outlining this story this week.
May 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I'm a couple days late, but Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month runs from May 15 through June 15. Please take the time to research and learn more about TS and Tic disorders at Tourette.org/awareness
Awareness Month 2025 - Tourette Association of America
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May 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The mosquitoes are officially out in swarms in ATX. I’m covered in bites after watering plants last night.
April 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I just set up my Substack account this past weekend and so far I’m really enjoying it. It’s taking a little to figure out the interface and how to do things, but I’m getting it. Slowly.

substack.com/@beccazenz?i...
Becca Zenz | Substack
Young adult writer
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April 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Early morning brainstorming session created a new character and a complication for my MC that I'm so glad I thought of. *insert evil laugh*
April 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Took a walk in downtown ATX with my teenager yesterday. It was fun hanging out and spending time with him one on one. I also got a few more ideas for fun things he wants to do this summer.
March 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Finally found it. The average book thief makes between 60k and 99K USD.

The average author makes around 10k. Most pirates are stealing from people worse off than themselves. But they cosplay as poor or use poor people as a shield to justify their class warfare.

torrentfreak.com/wealthy-olde...
March 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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The thing about so-called generative artificial intelligence is, the intelligence isn't artificial. It's real. It's OURS. The techbros stole our intelligence (our data, our thoughts, our stories, our art) and used the software to regurgitate it and spackle it together into digital particleboard.
March 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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I was still fired up about the whole books being used to train AI thing this morning, so I wrote a newsletter about it. Let me know if it's useful to you!

Extra cute cat photo today, to help with the feelings.

jodimeadows.substack.com/p/for-the-au...
For the authors who just found out their books were stolen to train AI
And all the nosy folks who want to know about this, too (relatable)
jodimeadows.substack.com
March 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Time to get some plotting in before I need to be at work.
March 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I spent the weekend writing out my plot on colored index cards. Great way to find where a plot thread has gone cold or you’re missing a link somewhere.
March 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Hello Bluesky! Finally created a profile over here.
March 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM