Jeff Lilly / is on Nostr

Computational linguist (speech recognition), husband, father, druid. Assorted hobbies: writing, photography, conlangs, sketching, hiking, music. He/him.

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2024-11-20 10:09:44

Aurora borealis over the Salish Sea north of Seattle, May 2024.
#MeerMittwoch #oceanwednesday #photography
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2024-02-06 19:27:25

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@npub1gvl…8ag7 @npub1hhj…2qtv When I read this question, I thought of the older stories in the hard science fiction tradition -- Asimov, Clarke, Niven -- and many murder mystery stories. In these, the main point of the story is some plot element or twist or idea; the characters exist only to demonstrate the idea. Sometimes the characters show almost no emotion at all.

2024-01-20 14:19:28

#WritersCoffeeClub 20. Do you have a blog? Tell us about it and share a link.
Http://www.axonfirings.com is my writing blog, where I post important updates along with thoughts about worldbuilding, languages (real and imagined), plot, character, and story structure. I’ve posted recently about NaNoWriMo 2023 and my serialized novel on Patreon, as well as book reviews and speculative articles about why our letters are the way they are and what the notion of “canon” is for. I try to post monthly.

2024-01-11 21:27:54

#WritersCoffeeClub 11: dream sequences:
Can be effective if done well. Eg try to ensure the reader knows that it *is* a dream; otherwise they may feel cheated, tricked into investing in something unreal.
From my current work:
"They were glorious dreams, all of them, right up until the end. Dreams of endless green and gold forests, vast oceans plowed by tall sailing ships, lords and ladies dancing and whirling in marble halls slung with chandeliers like constellations of candles…"