Steve "Never tell me the odds!" Turnbull

@taupress.com

UK Indie writer putting words together in pleasing ways. SF/F with diverse leads https://taupress.com/books I block AI, including writers with AI covers. #Writing #WritingCommunity #Fantasy #SF #Steampunk #Erotica #Queer #biFic #3D 🚫AI-NFT-CRYPTO🚫

One cannot be raised on the teachings of Buffy Summers, Aragorn, Aslan, Dean Winchester, Ryan Atwood, Sydney Bristow, Max Guevara, Veronica Mars, Rory Gilmore and the Baudelaire trio, and not grow into an adult with very forthright opinions (with a side of chronic nostalgia).

Newbie writers think there's "one weird trick" to becoming a successful writer, which we refuse to tell them. Fact is, most of us became successful (whatever that means) through 90% luck, 9% stubbornness, 1% inability to do anything else. We can't tell you how we got here because we don't know!

Antony Johnston@antonyjohnston.bsky.social Β· 2d ago

Seeing complaints online that authors 'gatekeep' information…! Absolute nonsense. There is no industry or craft in the world which is so comprehensively written about, studied, and discussed as fiction writing, and every author I know welcomes new writers who are serious about giving it a go.

One cool thing and one weird. Random stranger called across the street that they liked my T-shirt (it's an "Ah! The Element of Surprise" one). Which was nice. I was watching a quiz show and one contestant was, I'm 90% certain, an ex-girlfriend from 46 years ago...

Make more art. I don’t care if you think it’s bad. I don’t care if you’ve been drawing for 20 years or 20 minutes. I don’t care if you choose to share it or keep it to yourself. I don’t even care if it’s literally just scribbling on paper in anger. Just make art. Don’t let anything stop you.