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Neil Gaiman@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com |
Dead is the only age that's too late to start being an author.
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The Abominable Dr Workman
@drpaulabominable.bsky.social
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In a way it's better to start later. The older you are, the more grudges you have that you can mine for material.
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Surazeus Simon Seamount
@surazeus.bsky.social
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Yes. I wrote my epic poem of philosophers in blank verse 10 times longer than Paradise Lost from age 46 to 52.
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Notshakespeare
@mostlyaverage.bsky.social
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Only one way to prove that! Grabs a Oujia board and asks my uncle if he wants to become an author.
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NutMeg
@casuallychaotic.bsky.social
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I hear ghost writing can be a lucrative line of business too.
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𝕯𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖘™
@dallasnz.bsky.social
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*Stieg Larsson has entered the chat
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Jen
@patchworkpuppet.bsky.social
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Pip The Badger!
@pipthebadger.bsky.social
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soon enough it'll be the only age the rich will let you fucking retire, and even that's debatable
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ShinigamiDad "Designated Dingus"
@marktspence.bsky.social
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<sighs in 59>
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@jojosbizarrelife.bsky.social
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There's a side story in Persona 3, where a dying young man affiliated with the Sun Arcana writes a story about his feelings. His last act as he stops treatment and waits to die is to give the protagonist his notebook that contains the finished story. The book is read by someone in the next game.
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@jcolvin2.bsky.social
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... unless you're a Dead Boy Detective!
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At the Edge of Columbia Plateau
@thomasbelfield.bsky.social
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But not a published author. 😉
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CTDrijen
@ctdrijen.bsky.social
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dashing my necrowriter fantasies sheesh
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@debrecenisrac46.bsky.social
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In a democracy, you mean. In an authoritarian dictatorship an author is a person who needs support from two established members who don't fear their livelihood and the state approves their work. Or even if their book gets published it's just wrapped in foil
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Heidi McDonald
@hmcd.bsky.social
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Does “dead inside” count, or…? 😅 Guessing not, because Kafka.
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sid
@sidvicio.us
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im working on a semi autobiographical comic based on my life and i was wondering may i show you a single panel and ask your opinion you are like, my hero
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Gunpla Brian
@gunplabrian.bsky.social
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Incorrect, your family could release your book posthumously Although, at that point you wouldn't BE an author, you would instead have BEEN an author, but that's just semantics
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RthrTylr.bsky.social
@rthrtylr.bsky.social
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*artist.
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Tornrak
@tornrak.heusos.co.uk
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Well that wrecks my plans for a post-death career.
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SimMayor
@simmayor.bsky.social
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@wormhole42.bsky.social My wife is only *mumble* years younger than you, and she's working on her first of 3 planned novels. Go for it!
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Brenton Lengel
@brentonlengel.bsky.social
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I started at 26–had to fail at being a small time actor in the midwest first. Moved to NYC in September 2009. Beat my head against the wall that is the #NYCtheatre scene for a decade, then found wider success in #comics. I’m now 41 & tentatively wondering if maybe I *DIDN’T* ruin my life.
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Audry T. ~ she/her
@audryt.bsky.social
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That depends on if there's an afterlife. Or aftershelf.
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Wormhole42
@wormhole42.bsky.social
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I figured you'd say something like this. Guess I just needed to hear (read) it to help motivate me. I'm going to check out your master class because I have no idea where to start. Haha
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Jerry Timber
@jerrytimber.bsky.social
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Being stupid without a voice makes it tough. Age aside.
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Ron S.
@ronsering.bsky.social
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Even then, no one really knows for sure!
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Secretoriginz
@secretoriginz.bsky.social
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Unless someone has by way of sorcery locked you up in a basement for 70-80 years
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Corbett
@gentlemancorbs.bsky.social
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Fuck. What a ridiculously decent, concise and perfect answer. For me, writing means going weeks without hitting this high of a watermark.
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Richard Elwin
@richardelwin.bsky.social
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There's probably a point where it's best to focus on shorter pieces.
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Patrick Hunnius
@strategery.bsky.social
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This is possibly the best reply on social I've ever seen. I've seen great dunks, but they don't have the potential to change lives.
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Javier M. C.
@jmorenocalvete.bsky.social
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I'm 43 and i'm publishing my first book next week. Never is too late for become a dream true.
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Jammy Fraser
@jammyfraser.bsky.social
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Are you doing work with Trish Greenhalgh's group in Oxford?
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Alec Muffett
@alecmuffett.bsky.social
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Big Borges energy:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sec...
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Craig
@kuangeleven.bsky.social
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'At least that's what they'd told him. It didn't seem to be a problem so far, except for that unfortunate incident in the stationery shop. If they didn't want him to carry his errant arm out in plain view of the other customers they should've waived the 10p bag charge.''
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RonK, Seattle
@cogenteur.bsky.social
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A Heaven in the Eye
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Nancy A. Collins
@nancyacollins.bsky.social
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Many of us continue to publish from 6ft under.
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🏳️⚧️ Suzi, Queen of the North 🖤 🏳️🌈🇪🇺
@sqotn.bsky.social
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Thanks for saying this, what you're saying is very clear! And fuck the pedants arguing in the replies.
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Count Breznak (Stress-Ära)
@countbreznak.bsky.social
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Get Me Zarniwoop
@martinmorrey.bsky.social
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👍 Planning to publish my first novel shortly before my death ... with the reviews coming out afterwards🤞
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Mary Branscombe
@marypcbuk.bsky.social
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and even then if people find something you stashed in a trunk...
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Glenn Forrest
@gn4rest.bsky.social
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there are two stages of life; alive or dead.
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Omar Kooheji 🍉
@ohmz.bsky.social
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Challenge accepted…
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sheilabjeletich.bsky.social
@sheilabjeletich.bsky.social
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Yessss! I'm 71, too many stories to write. Border life is so crazy.
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Alice Fraser
@alicefraser.bsky.social
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Not according to ouija boards
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myownpetard הפטרדשלי
@myownpetard.bsky.social
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thank you 💙
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Velvet Al
@velvetal.bsky.social
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Hours before one of my favorite authors posted this, I was talking to my therapist about how I wanted to start writing again but was worried because it's been over a decade since I last tried. Thank you @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com for saying this. I needed it.
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Haiku Platypus
@haikuplatypus.bsky.social
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Are You Being Detained
@sailbarque.bsky.social
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Don't let death stop you. That's why they invented ouija boards.
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JThomasAlbert
@jthomasalbert.bsky.social
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As a 54-year-old with at least 3 books in my head, pages of notes and outlines, this give me hope. Now I just need time & energy.
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Christopher Lincoln
@christopherlinc.bsky.social
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100%. I’ll be 72 when my debut graphic novel comes out.
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Michele C. Hollow
@michelechollow.bsky.social
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True. My book comes out in September from Ulysses Press. It's about 12-year-old Mary Anning.
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National Security Counselors 🕵
@natlseccnslrs.bsky.social
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Hard disagree. I've seen lots of new releases from people who died years ago.
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Ray Radlein
@radlein.bsky.social
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Tell it to V.C. Andrews
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@kevinrsours.bsky.social
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Why limit yourself?
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Trout Monfalco
@troutmonfalco.bsky.social
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Not if your loved ones seance, ouija or automatic writings with you.
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Jeanne Timmons
@mostlymammoths.bsky.social
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💛
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DNA-Five/Commodore Schmidlapp
@dna50505.bsky.social
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Maybe there’s still hope for me then.
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Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus
@kentparkskeet.bsky.social
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I started doodling small tales at 55. I’ll be good at it by the time I’m 75, which is fine because I don’t like golf or gardening.
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Georgia Pritchett
@puffin902.bsky.social
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So who wrote The Handbook For the Recently Deceased?
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Adele Buck
@adelebuck.com
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Yup. First self-pubbed at 51, first traditionally pubbed at 55.
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Charles R. Rutledge
@crutledge.bsky.social
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Sold my first book the year I turned 50. It ain't over until it's over.
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Isaac Rabinovitch
@isaac32767.bsky.social
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For some of your characters, it's not too late even then!
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@randombler.bsky.social
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And even that is the plot line for a story.
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Ally Turcotte
@allyturcotte.bsky.social
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I am two days past my 40th birthday and I just had a really rough day at my other other day job. I needed this one, thanks.
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Niña Gato
@ninagato.bsky.social
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How do you manage the fact that the body no longer has the same energy? There are moments when the brain feels trapped in a block that can't keep up with its speed
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Julian
@jl8e.bsky.social
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And that’s only because of Roland Barthes
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Avram Grumer
@avramg.bsky.social
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Somewhere out there, a vampire sees this, sheds a tear, and hammers a stake through the heart of his manuscript.
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Andrew "Official Act" Glisson
@andrewglisson.bsky.social
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And even then...
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Eileen Popp.
@epopp.bsky.social
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Great to hear!!!
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Matt Stefon
@mattstefonpoems.bsky.social
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Yeah, but, fuck, I’m at least halfway there…
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Marnanel Thurman
@marnanel.bsky.social
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Nehemiah Trot notwithstanding!
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Ali Trotta
@alwayscoffee.bsky.social
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Co-signing. Do the thing!
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AffirmationCoyote.bsky.social
@affirmationcoyote.bsky.social
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And then there are ghost writers . . .
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Tommy
@tommyg.bsky.social
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Enormous respect to you for being the guy who says this. *hat tip*
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Auntie Hauntie
@auntiehauntie.bsky.social
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Is it, Neil? Is it?
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Craig Schaefer
@craigschaefer.bsky.social
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Unless you have access to a really good necromancer. Except of course in that case the necromancer holds legal copyright and it's hard enough getting a publisher to pay you on THIS side of the veil, so not an ideal solution really
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Ryoga Rocket
@ryogarocket.bsky.social
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On a related note, I was hoping I could get your insight on something. I haven't finished/published any books. I have, however, self-published several D&D adventure modules. One even won silver in the ENNIE Awards (I also wrote comic reviews until recently). Is that enough to call myself a writer?
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Art Of Coop
@artofcoop.bsky.social
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Zwiebelbaguette/Taaya
@taaya.bsky.social
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Plotbunny of dead people reading that and thinking "Challenge accepted". (Is that how undead people come into existence?)
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