Critical Nostalgia

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Feral writer - weird/fantasy/horror/crime in 80s LA - The Hazeland books. No rep. Bad reputation.

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Critical Nostalgia @highway62.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 04:14 UTC

Was not expecting that.

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[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 04:10 UTC

Huh. Dig that first name under special services on the masthead.

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[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 04:01 UTC

I brought work but I think I'm just gonna spend some time with this.

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[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 03:57 UTC

Today's biggest purchase. So pure, so perfect.

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Andrew Otis Weiss @thatweissguy.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 03:01 UTC

Won’t anyone think of the weird snitch-taggers’ pain?

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[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 03:49 UTC

You monster.

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[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 02:46 UTC

Dinner break.

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[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 02:38 UTC

That breaks the kayfabe, though. It'd be more like Pacific Rim, life during eternal wartime. Still, a fun space to explore.

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Arlan Hellison (famous) @thehell.zone
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 14:36 UTC

Pinbot (NES, 1988)

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[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 02:07 UTC

The power of Bugs!

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[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 00:03 UTC

Oh. Yes. Just pay for an editor on a project that will likely make negative money. Sure, I'd love to.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 23:53 UTC

Oh, having an agent. Yeah.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 23:51 UTC

I don't care about getting into Clarion. It's not 30 years ago. I'm not worried about writing tight as a drum plots. I'm just not here.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 23:48 UTC

On the plus side, I'll probably leave after this panel and be able to stop by the store real shortly.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 23:24 UTC

And, to be honest, I feel so out of step with the approaches to fiction and writing that it's hard to find a way into things here. This is not a knock. I'm just a weirdo outsider.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 23:20 UTC

Bourbon is called for.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 23:20 UTC

Turns out getting up at 4am and getting 4 hours sleep then driving 200 miles and sitting in panel rooms all day after a big lunch makes staying awake difficult.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:32 UTC

Blocking means I win.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:31 UTC

I'd never stop screaming.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:25 UTC

I know that everyone does things differently but that sounds like a terrible plan as to how to write a book.

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Chef Gaykwon @gaykwon.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 21:09 UTC

This guy was such a G for telling his evil wizard cyborg boss that his religion is bullshit during a work meeting.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:22 UTC

"I wrote 11 chapters and then had to scrap it." Have you considered not doing that?

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:15 UTC

How is the prose? Does it have anything to say? Or is it describing something that would work better as a movie?

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:14 UTC

"This novel is a hell of a ride!" Thanks for the warning. I'll stay away.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:12 UTC

It's-a me! Spumoni!

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 21:42 UTC

Part of me says I should pursue anthology calls and then the rest of me remembers how well that goes.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 21:41 UTC

Final point in this: the insult to conservatives is that there exist art to which they have not granted license, nor would they. It's about control of others. Full stop.

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❤️🖤 tiffani 🤍💚 @tranniehathaway.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 06:22 UTC

All the Joe Biden ads should be "folks, if you vote for me by this Thanksgiving you'll never have to think or hear about Donald Trump ever again" > 300 electoral votes

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 21:06 UTC

More karage than man now.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 21:06 UTC

Crazy, right?

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 21:05 UTC

"His boobs are yellow" was right there.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 21:02 UTC

And depiction is always endorsement in their book.

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Julia Gfrörer @thorazos.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 16:03 UTC

"A film doesn't have to be good to be perfect." —mind-blowing wisdom from my 14yo son

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:57 UTC

Alf grew up, filled out.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:55 UTC

They are the ultimate genre purists.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:53 UTC

Conservatives are literally unable to enjoy art which is not explicitly didactic and supportive of the view that they are right and universally loved. That's the story.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:44 UTC

I, uh, thought the chicken was just a little snack. Oops.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:41 UTC

Sustenance break.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:37 UTC

"We just need to conservative harder!"

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:36 UTC

Stephen-Miller-like typing detected.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:35 UTC

I get the whole mutual resentment thing, but yeah.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:19 UTC

Spec fic, basically interchangeable with SFF.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:19 UTC

And they're all being hammered by so many submissions. And all are struggling to survive.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:05 UTC

Ah, SF and literary can not and will not mix. I mean I don't disagree, the way the markets are right now, but it's grim to see.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:00 UTC

They always do. It's all they want.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:54 UTC

Why indeed?

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:53 UTC

Was waiting for this crew to show up.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:52 UTC

"There's so many publishing outlets now." *sigh*

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:51 UTC

"Career." Ha. Yeah.

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 19:47 UTC

I don't think I should be in the audience for this panel as I no longer crave being published by any of the big outlets in any of the genres I write in. When I write...

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