Keri Cronin

@kericronin.bsky.social

Historian of Visual Culture. Human-Animal History. Writer. Pteridomaniac. Kayaker. Has a chronic illness you probably haven’t heard of. Fan of #PWHL hockey 😷 🍁 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 she/her https://kericronin.com/ https://instagram.com/kericronin/

just saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 489: You don't need a paper qualification to be a writer. Some courses may give you confidence; or access to other writers; or teach you the nuts and bolts of how to build a novel. But the piece of paper itself doesn't count for anything. Only what you write counts.

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 118: Don't just write what you know. But make sure you know what you're writing about. That means due diligence; research; talking to people with specialist expertise or experience. And it means never stop learning; exploring; questioning; listening; being curious.

Ok, I need some suggestions for shows to watch. We enjoy mysteries but nothing too violent or dark. We love The Chelsea Detective, Midsomer Murders, Moonflower Murders, Poirot, Father Brown, etc. Anything come to mind that we might have missed?

Poilievre losing his seat is almost Shakespearean: Pretender to the throne riles countrymen with anger, gets defeated by guy with Joy in his name. It’s basically Macbeth.