Sneak peak.

[kroc@oldbytes.space]

@pfernandes C64, naturally. But really, I code for both 6502 & Z80 equally

[pfernandes@mastodon.social]

@Kroc I was a ZX, but that was because I could not afford a C64, both are dream machines from my childhood

[kroc@oldbytes.space]

I've been #writing every day for 15 weeks, ~3 months! I thought it was only a month!? Sometimes I might only write a sentence or two in a day, sometimes it's five hours.I've passed 30'000 words now, ~120 pages in standard UK paperback size.

Over-arching plotting is by far the hardest part; actually putting out words -- describing things, capturing moments -- I don't find any difficulty with, but I've been going through a long chunk of what I call Disney-ride exposition: An on-rails section of stopping points to explain things. This bit has been slow going, but I may just have to write it and come back another time to change it. Those who like world-building won't be short for details!

Would anybody be interested in an #ebook / PDF of what I've written so far?

You can read large chunk of it here: https://oldbytes.space/@Kroc/115895172569381595 but Mastodon scrolling is probably not a good reading experience.

#worldglass #writersofmastodon #writingcommunity

[kroc@oldbytes.space]

OH LAWD HE COMIN'

#aeonglass #worldglass #books #ebook #writing #writersofmastodon #writingcommunity

[kroc@oldbytes.space]

And the award for the world's most generic [placeholder] cover art goes to:

#worldglass #writing #writersofmastodon #writingcommunity #ebook #ebooks

[kroc@oldbytes.space]

Before I set up #Patreon, are there any recommended platforms to do similar that are less... US-based...?

#worldglass #writing #writingcommunity

[nclm@mastodon.social]

@Kroc A commonly used one here in France is Tipeee, also available in English. Not sure how good it actually is.

[k@layer8.space]

@Kroc I'd day liberpay is the way to go!

[k@layer8.space]

@Kroc cc @Liberapay ️‍

[kroc@oldbytes.space]

@k @Liberapay Finally, a website that doesn't make me want to vomit from all the soulless 'hip' corporate art!

[k@layer8.space]

@Kroc @Liberapay tbh liberapay has looked about the same since 2016(?) And i REALLY hope it stays that way

[kroc@oldbytes.space]

Go get it! I could faint from how straining it was taking this from plain-text files to an #ebook / PDF that looks half-way decent!
https://camendesign.com/nomad

—edit: forgot to say, if you’ve been reading the Mastodon posts, the ebook contains a whole new chapter that hasn’t been published here!

(I'll make a more formal toot in a moment to serve as a permanent pin. This one is for the followers)

#ebook #worldglass #writing #writersofmastodon #writingcommunity #ebooks

[kroc@oldbytes.space]

Currently slumming it on the train…

#psion #retrocomputing #writing #writersofmastodon #worldglass

[amoroso@oldbytes.space]

@Kroc That form factor is a local maximum in mobile system design.

[abramkedge@beige.party]

@Kroc nice. I used one of those and a prototype GPS board to navigate all the way down to the South of France and back. I had some funny looks when people saw a 14" x 10" PCB on the dashboard!

[flafflar@tech.lgbt]

@Kroc wow what is that device

[kroc@oldbytes.space]

@flafflar Psion 5mx from 1999: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_Series_5

[pedroleitao@masto.pt]

@Kroc old school is the best school.

[bard@transfem.social]

@Kroc@oldbytes.space Ooh, this takes me back, and not in the expected way. My previous employer did screen repairs on these things and sold self-repair flex kits. I had never heard of them before that; very interesting to get a tiny peek into an older tech I missed out on.

[recantha@mastodon.social]

@Kroc Still a design and functionality classic.