Alexandra Hanlon
@alexhanlon.bsky.social
Keeper of the Nudge Stories. Tales of the Foundation, the Habitats and the Future of Humanity. New stories post monthly. https://nudgestories.com/
#AskAnAuthor I ended up creating a website to hold my writing. Mainly because I write interconnected short stories and it was the only way to create any sort of coherency. Each story is stand-alone but part of larger arc. nudgestories.com
Welcome
I can just hear you asking, why call it the Nudge Stories? And my only answer is it was the only name that made sense. Because at its heart, these stories are about the countless decisions we make…
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David Galle@davidgalle.bsky.social · 2y ago1️⃣3️⃣ Did you choose traditional publishing, self-publishing, or hybrid? Why? Repost with your answer and tag #AskAnAuthor so others can find it! Don’t forget to like and share to keep the conversation going. ✨
I'm excited to announce my 8th story has been posted today, and I'd love some feedback on it. 🧵 Dark Brandon was really fun to write. It's the beginning of the true split of the alternate universe from our own. nudgestories.com/story/dark-b... #scienceFiction #amWriting #writing #story 1/5
Dark Brandon
After the Foundation reveals itself to the world, Alexandra is the Face of the Foundation speaking directly with the President of the United States.
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I'm excited to announce my 8th story has been posted today, and I'd love some feedback on it. 🧵 Dark Brandon was really fun to write. It's the beginning of the true split of the alternate universe from our own. nudgestories.com/story/dark-b... #scienceFiction #amWriting #writing #story 1/5
Dark Brandon
After the Foundation reveals itself to the world, Alexandra is the Face of the Foundation speaking directly with the President of the United States.
nudgestories.com
Good morning #WriteSky! Yesterday was a good writing day, I moved a story from first to second draft. More dialogue, more descriptions and I got to add a whole new commentary on something I've been wanting to expand on. 1/ #WritingCommunity
A helpful tool for the #WritingCommunity especially for #FantasyWriters. watabou.github.io Watabou's procgen arcana! You can randomly generator realms, dungeons, and more! I'm attaching a realm I just generated that is unrelated to my current WIP. #Writers #Romantasy #Romance #Fantasy #WIP
I link to a lot in my stories, links to my glossary and also end notes justifying and linking to more information when a reference to a subject just doesn't do it justice. If anyone else does this and uses US govt websites, you might want to go through your links. #WritingCommunity #writing 1/5
WRITERS; what you do is an act of rebellion. Writing your truth is the most important contribution you can make to a revolution. You can change heart and minds, you can inspire. #writingcommunity #writersky
In this issue: the only thing worse than building-to-learn is hiring-to-learn. Hiring for conformity results in terrible UX design, and you can't AI your way out of it - but between the war on DEI and austerity thinking, tech companies are doing exactly that.
Hiring learners 👍 vs hiring to learn 👎
UX teams are optimizing themselves into being bad at UX.
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How can I write when my fiction is becoming reality. Sure, maybe there are no zombies, but the government is crumbling, people are dying, hope is waning. I wanted to show people what could happen under these exact conditions... and now we're seeing it happen. I should have written faster.
I don't feel like a natural writer. Probably one of the reasons I have to force myself to post on social media lately. Creative writing doesn't come naturally to me. I struggle to bring the stories inside of me out into words. #amWriting #WritingCommunity #nudgeStories 1/9
The US Web Design System deletes info on inclusive design, in response to the Executive order "Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs...". github.com/uswds/uswds-... Why not use the Inclusive Design principles instead: inclusivedesignprinciples.info #accessibility #a11y #inclusion
Remove content related to 1/20/25 EO by thisisdano · Pull Request #3078 · uswds/uswds-site
Summary Removed report link and introduction. Removed content related to the January 20, 2025 Executive Order, "Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing". This...
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I made a list of all the pitch events in the BlueSky #WritingCommunity. I've included links to hashtags, whether they're an agent pitch or a hype event, what manuscripts are included, and the accounts associated with the events! ❓ What events don't I have listed? docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Pitch Events on BlueSky
Pitch Events on BlueSky Rules of Thumb All pitch events have their own rules, but here are a few rules of thumb for best results on BlueSky. No AI – all work should be your own (commissioned art shoul...
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Just heard from an Alzheimer's researcher that the studies have been halted and even if they resume there will be major lost time and some of the studies will be voided. That is the direct result of halting funding, so the billionaires can have their tax cuts. What have we become?
It's hard not to channel your inner @edzitron.com when the past week has been story after story of big tech rolling back ill-advised AI products nobody wanted. This is only going to continue, as companies divest from user research and go all-in on AI "insights" that happily confirm all assumptions.
Tools for not-thinking
User research would have prevented this week's extremely expensive mistakes - but leaders are determined to keep making them.
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This morning, I found myself musing on tolerance, which ended up being the focus of this morning's writing. 🧵 #politics #thinkythoughts #tolerance #writing #philosophy #nudgestories #amwriting 1/15
I am calling BS on all of the whining about Trump's new policies. What is the plan to call attention to the demise of democracy and all it involves? Where are our leaders? How are they getting the message out? How can we as individuals be effective in turning this around?
Hi Alexandra, I tailor character voices using a multi-dimensional system, but for simplicity, focus on story genres. A great example is Apple TV+’s murder mystery comedy “The Afterparty” season 1, where every suspect’s voice reflects a different genre of #storytelling. #Writing youtu.be/9x_eYUna_D4
The Afterparty — Official Trailer | Apple TV+
YouTube video by Apple UK
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There is an official who hired an unqualified applicant based on race and gender despite being an alcoholic who has run every organization he’s been in charge of into the ground, and having been removed from his previous position in government service for disloyalty. Someone should report that guy
#WritingCommunity, what's up? It's still freaking cold here, and our pellet stove is struggling. Meanwhile, I'm bundled up in my office, starting to work through some notes and being pulled to research the pov character. 1/4
I just checked nudgestories.com and it looks good. There are a few things we know about because of the front-end limitations, but overall, it all stays proportional. What about the sites you work on? How do they look when someone changes the font size? #web 1/2
Shayna Productions@shayna-productions.bsky.social · 2y agoWhat happens when we mix px and rems in our design and a user changes the base font size? Find out: substack.com/home/post/p-... #accessibility #a11y #webdev #css #webdesign
Good morning #WriteSky. It's all of four freaking degrees here this morning, and our pellet stove is struggling to warm the house right now. I'm in my office, wrapped in a shawl, working hard on the #nudgestories. I have my editing hat on; yesterday, I moved a story into final draft. #amWriting 1/4
Was looking for this link for ages and finally found it so I'm posting it here to not lose it - LLMs do NOT summarize. A summary strips out everything but the essential. GenAI merely shortens the text - with no understanding of what was important.
When ChatGPT summarises, it actually does nothing of the kind.
One of the use cases I thought was reasonable to expect from ChatGPT and Friends (LLMs) was summarising. It turns out I was wrong. What ChatGPT isn’t summarising at all, it only looks like it…
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I just checked nudgestories.com and it looks good. There are a few things we know about because of the front-end limitations, but overall, it all stays proportional. What about the sites you work on? How do they look when someone changes the font size? #web 1/2
Shayna Productions@shayna-productions.bsky.social · 2y agoWhat happens when we mix px and rems in our design and a user changes the base font size? Find out: substack.com/home/post/p-... #accessibility #a11y #webdev #css #webdesign
@shayna-productions.bsky.social, my friend and web developer, is here! Apparently, they've started a substack because writing 300 characters at a time is too much.