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I have a story out now in "Short Lived Nightmares", a horror zine! (links to come) Gonna use this as motivation for getting my physical zines up for sale on my site. I'll let you all know when I have copies ready. (I'll do digital downloads, too)

That makes a lot of sense. First I gotta write the things, but I'm thinking about this in the background and other perspectives really help.

This is my first year balancing post-season baseball with the upcoming PWHL season. Baseball and I are old friends, hockey and I are just getting acquainted. It's kinda wild but also really fits autumnal vibes that something so summer-oriented is crossing paths with thoroughly winter-centric stuff.

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That means building a whole new social media presence and readership. Sounds like a lot of work! For anyone using a pen name and willing to share: do you tell your readers you're using one so they can find your other work, or is it anonymous? How do you manage that?

#ScribesAndMakers 2Oct—Do you think it's important for authors to use different pen names for different genres? This is something I'm actively struggling with. I don't particularly want to, but I can see a situation where it may be useful.

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Hmm, the closest I can come up with vibe-wise for the "Take On Me" cast is Heated Rivalry, but not the hockey parts. They would be besties with the gang at the Kingfisher in episode 3. Otherwise, they'd fit best with the Ted Lasso gang. #LitHodgepodge 2 #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky

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#WritersCoffeeClub Oct 2: Do you have plans for your next work yet? Sort of? There's a lot of thinking going on, about the characters and what the shape of the book might look like. Nothing formal yet.

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#WritersCoffeeClub Oct 1: What are you hoping to achieve this month? Get my existing writing organized. Edit just one drabble into something publishable. Keeping it simple while I'm still onboarding at my new job.

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Hi! I'm JP. I write mostly fantasy (some of it in outer space) and contemporary fiction, dipping my toe into romance writing. This was really hard because with so many of these, it depends! Reformed pantser, now a plotter, working towards slow craft. #LitHodgePodge 1 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

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I think I know which projects are going to be the ones that pull me in the most to keep working on, but we'll see. I bought myself a 12 pack of steno notebooks to facilitate the blueprinting. This is the kind of thing that, for me, benefits from thinking on paper.

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My current writing plan is to work my way through the rest of "Story Genius", which is truly transforming how I'm approaching my writing. Then I'm going to take all my major works in progress and put them through the SG blueprint process. #amwriting

JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i have some correspondence to do this week and am thinking of setting a small goal for the coming week: edit one drabble.

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JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i have a couple books i need to pick back up and read (one on storytelling/writing, one is reference for a book i want to write) that will hopefully build some foundation for future work.

JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

now that work is slowly settling into place and the household is starting to find its autumnal rhythm, i'm hoping to start getting work done.

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JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Lots of tech glitches and general obstacles everywhere I turn. This is Mercury retrograde-level weirdness, but it is not, in fact, in retrograde. So wtf? Just knocking them down as they come at me. My life is currently an endless runner game.

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JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#WritersCoffeeClub Sep 24. Do you write primarily for yourself or for a reader? Both. Myself to get the story out of my head and at least one particular reader so I have reason to refine it into something to share.

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JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#ScribesAndMakers September 23: Choose a noun that is representative of you as a creative person. Notebooks. Sometimes digital, always essential.

JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

OMG. I love this so much!!!

BAKER @fuckyoubaker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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MUCH RESPECT TO PEOPLE NICER THAN ME

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JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#WritersCoffeeClub 9/23: What "little thing" really helps you write? really good tea.

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JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Things I'm currently struggling with as a middle-aged hobbyist writer: - to pseudonym or not - I hate social media, but love connecting - no one cares so why write - accepting I won't be prolific because day job - which project should get my attention

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JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#WritersCoffeeClub Sep 21 - What can a reader know to be true about you from your work? I really love music, tea, and would maybe like to have a dog one day. I'm also (I'm told) exceedingly kind but not a pushover.

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WebDesignMuseum @webdesignmuseum.org · 21/09/2026

In 2001, we really thought this was what the future of web design would look like.

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JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I really want to build some old style website that's messy and not perfectly aligned, minimalist perfection. I don't even know what it would be for, just that it would be intentionally grungy and unique.

Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 16/09/2026

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JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Story prompt: where do the cups of tea go that you mean to brew but only get as far as heating water before forget about them?

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JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Leaving last year was the right thing to do at the time. I've had what I'm calling a "gap year". I tried different things that didn't quite fit or work out. I learned lots about what I don't want, which is extremely valuable. I also learned a bit about what I do want. This is a bit like going home.

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JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It's going to be lovely not only having good insurance and PTO again (and a manager, I missed that!) but also getting to work with some truly awesome people. This came together REALLY FAST, like since last Tuesday. 🎉 2/2

JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Y'all!!! I’m starting a new job on Monday!!! I’m returning to the company I left last year, going back to federal consulting. I’m really excited to be both a manager and focus on being a tech lead. 1/2

JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

damn. My contract just ended unexpectedly. Gonna take the weekend off, then back to the grind, and unemployment. I haven't had steady work since last Nov and I'm just tired of the uncertainty. Grateful for the couple bits of contract work I've had though! Anyone need me? aquantityofstuff.com/

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JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I was looking for a lighter weight markdown editor for quick opening/editing and came across github.com/MarkEdit-... which is nice, has a solid philosophy behind it (keep it small and simple) and the curated plugin list is just enough to feel good to me.

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GitHub - MarkEdit-app/MarkEdit: Just like TextEdit on Mac but dedicated to Markdown.

Just like TextEdit on Mac but dedicated to Markdown. - MarkEdit-app/MarkEdit

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JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I have two of them. They are the best but I am still scared of them.

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JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I'm trying to figure out whether to keep selfcare.tech as a domain name. It's $60 a year which is kind of a lot when I'm not really maintaining it anymore. I think it may have had its day and that day has passed.

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A repository of self-care resources for developers & others

JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My job is practically unrecognizable from what it was a year ago. That's a lot to wrestle with outside of the ethical challenges.

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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

One reason why AI is getting backlash is that despite the increasingly frantic repeats of “it’s the inevitable future!!!” it epitomizes why tech has lost all of its public goodwill bc it no longer promises to shape our future but instead just wants to keep regurgitating the last for endless sale

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JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

#WritersCoffeeClub 20. How easy is it for you to write characters outside of your age? oof. Not easy at all! And it's gotten harder the older and more out of touch with younger people I get.

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JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

#WritersCoffeeClub Aug. 19: How do you write characters with expertise outside your own? Some percentage of research and some percent of faking it. It takes surprisingly little understanding to give characters an accurate flavor of expertise, unless their expertise is the focus of the story.

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JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Also, I miss just hanging out and being silly and connecting with people on the internet. It was fun.

JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

i love when my laptop is working so hard that the audio starts glitching. not.

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JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

My current version of a book tracker is the apple Journal app. I just dump the title and a few thoughts as an entry when I finish a book. I could do this with any journal type app or just a document. I make a new journal for each year and it's exportable to markdown now. #amreading

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JP @pixelpaperyarn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

RN i've earbuds in w/nothing on. but i'm hitting play on a Sleep Token album. sometimes i need doom metal & sometimes an audio book & sometimes i have to up the silence w/noise canceling headphones. other times i need the noise canceling AND weird noises from mynoise.net my brain is turbulent.

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