Writing what you don't want to write

Gunwallace at 12:00AM, Feb. 27, 2025



I'm having to write a short speech to give at a friend's memorial service next month, and I'm finding it difficult. It's not the words that I'm struggling with, it's more the entire concept of what I'm doing. So, as a distraction from ...

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What Will Happen Without the Barbarians?

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Feb. 8, 2025



There is a poem by one of the most interationally famous Greek poets, Konstantinos Kavafis, called Waiting for the Barbarians. I invite you to give it a read (I've linked its translation) but here's the gist in a nutshell: It's about the Romans waiting for the Barbarians ...

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Justice vs Revenge and What it Says About the World

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 16, 2024



Sometimes it may feel that the justice system protects the perpetrator a lot more than it does the victim:

There are many things an accused can use to mitigate their position, there are many reasons to shorted a sentence, they can get out on good behavior, they can generally serve ...



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Character Deep Dive: Robin Sinclair

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 2, 2024




Today’s character deep dive is on Robin Sinclair, the main catalyst of everything taking place in the supernatural comedy drama that is Blessed Days by Inky Moondrop!

Blessed Days is the story of a young woman that unexpectedly becomes a mom and must handle raising a child- that’s ...




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Character Deep Dive: Nicodemus Blacroft

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 31, 2024




August ends today, and we pick things right back up with another character deep dive, this time of the fascinating Nicodemus Blacroft from the comic Devil’s Blood by the amazing Dragonsong12!


Devil’s Blood is the story of a city in crisis and the people that are trying to ...





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Quackcast 700 - Mythcast part 2

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, Aug. 13, 2024

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We chatted about Greek Myths last week and found the subject so interesting that we thought we'd do a part two! So even MORE Greek myth stuff for Quackcast 700.

There are just so many great ...




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Character Deep Dive: Raidon from Used Books

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 20, 2024




Today’s Character Deep Dive is on an antagonist!

We’re looking at Raidon Yamamura from Used Books by the amazingly proliferate Vickie Boutwell!

Used Books is a crime-noir thriller involving the story of Kaida, an ex-assassin from a highly dangerous network of organized crime and the different people surrounding ...






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When Things Happen

Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 22, 2024



I was going to do a Character Deep Dive yesterday, for you to read today. However it wasn't meant to be, because while I was making my analysis, my house alarm went off because some decided to try to break in. So enthusiastically that my shutters were shattered and ...

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Problems with extrapolation

Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 10, 2024



There are always lots of issues with trying to work out what will happen in the future based on current events and current tech, this is why very little SciFi is predictive of the future, unless it's about social trends or politics and even then it's a lucky ...

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