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With X being a growing cesspool of fascist scumbags, a lot of people are finally moving over to the Bluesky platform. Of course, why people didn't leave shortly after Musk bought the company is beyond me. They only started trickling out of there a year and a half ago when Twitter started charging for the blue checks.  A spot-on meme from the show Community. There are those who voice objections to moving over to Bluesky because some evil dude is one of the major shareholders of the app, saying that it's just as bad as X. But that is really comparing apples and oranges (or mangoes and durian). Sure, one of the shareholders of Bluesky is an evil a-hole, but the actually owner of X is an evil a-hole who is in bed with the incoming "president." And said owner makes sure that the algorithm is skewed to elevate the voices of hate and disinformation. Nobody is doing any algorithm over at Bluesky. So please don't tell me the two are equal because that must be some sort of logical fallacy, or should be if it isn't. Luckily, as I mentioned, many have finally left X and moved over to Bluesky. One such group is Manuscript Wish List. Those of you who write might be interested in joining for the following event:  I'm personally looking forward to it. My books with Penguin Workshop came about because my previous agent had found a call out like this from an editor on social media, so I'm hoping that I will find something of interest to pursue on #MSWL Day!
And, totally unrelated, but if you want to win a copy of my upcoming graphical biography of Bruce Lee, pop over to Heather Dawn Torres's interview of me about the Clouds in Space book! NOTICE: Because many blogs I follow also release posts on Fridays, I'm going to switch my postings to Wednesdays starting next week.
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Sure, I was raised by Star Trek, but I'm also fully immersed in the Star Wars universe (and if you don't know the difference between the two, I'm sorry, but we can't be friends anymore 😆). All the various movies and spinoffs from the original trilogy have been hit or miss. I won't mention the duds, but I will say that among my top favorites are the animated series "The Clone Wars" and its spinoff "The Bad Batch."*  Not only is the animation amaaaaazing, but the storytelling is also top-notch. If you've learned about writing compelling, sympathetic, and complex characters and you want to study an example, look no further than checking out this series. (It never ceases to amaze me that one single voice actor, Dee Bradley Baker, did all the voices for every single uniquely awesome clone in those series.) Aside from intricate character development, the story arc also provides an excellent model on how to insert subplots that don't detract from the central narrative while providing momentum and interest to each episode. * If you want another incredible example of Star Wars storytelling that is also a lesson on how to fight fascism and authoritarian regimes...highly important as the US is transitioning to scary times...go watch/study the series Andor.  Last weekend was a whirlwind of activity at the National Council of Teachers of English conference. In addition to doing a book signing for Queen of Physics at the Union Square booth, I also presented at a panel on writing poetic nonfiction. For fun (as much fun as an introvert can have anyway), I attended a Candlewick Press author reception, met up with author/illustrator friends, online critique partners, and some editors, and ate some tasty seafood! Since I'm still digesting my Thanksgiving meal, and need to go make some sourdough crackers, I will keep this short and not show you the desserts I made for yesterday until next week.
I hope you had a lovely and low-stress holiday! A few years back, poet Susan Andrews spearheaded a #HaikuSaturday challenge on what was then Twitter. Since then, it has been re-started by photographer/writer Beth Volkman over at Bluesky, which is where I've been joining in. I know it's not National Poetry Month, but I'm going to share some of my past haikus just for fun. I hope you'll find them amusing or insightful. :)
If you enjoyed these, there are more to come the next 3 Fridays. Also, come friend me on Bluesky and join in the #HaikuSaturday fun!
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