Sneak peak.
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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
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And the award for the world's most generic [placeholder] cover art goes to:
#worldglass #writing #writersofmastodon #writingcommunity #ebook #ebooks
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And the award for the world's most generic [placeholder] cover art goes to:
#worldglass #writing #writersofmastodon #writingcommunity #ebook #ebooks
Before I set up #Patreon, are there any recommended platforms to do similar that are less... US-based...?
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Before I set up #Patreon, are there any recommended platforms to do similar that are less... US-based...?
@Kroc A commonly used one here in France is Tipeee, also available in English. Not sure how good it actually is.
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Before I set up #Patreon, are there any recommended platforms to do similar that are less... US-based...?
@Kroc I'd day liberpay is the way to go!
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@Kroc I'd day liberpay is the way to go!
@Kroc cc @Liberapay
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@Kroc cc @Liberapay
️@k @Liberapay Finally, a website that doesn't make me want to vomit from all the soulless 'hip' corporate art!
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@k @Liberapay Finally, a website that doesn't make me want to vomit from all the soulless 'hip' corporate art!
@Kroc @Liberapay tbh liberapay has looked about the same since 2016(?) And i REALLY hope it stays that way
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And the award for the world's most generic [placeholder] cover art goes to:
#worldglass #writing #writersofmastodon #writingcommunity #ebook #ebooks
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
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@Kroc That form factor is a local maximum in mobile system design.
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@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!
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@Kroc wow what is that device
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@Kroc wow what is that device
@flafflar Psion 5mx from 1999: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psion_Series_5
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@Kroc old school is the best school.
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Sneak peak. #worldglass #writing #psion
@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.
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Sneak peak. #worldglass #writing #psion
@Kroc Still a design and functionality classic.
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@Kroc Hi Kroc, thanks for your writing - enjoyed Nomad so far, it’s an interesting concept you’re developing, I look forward to the rest of the story! It’s great that you’re using proper distraction-free tools; I miss my Psion 3c. The epub was fine on iOS, and I also ran it through a narrator app to listen to it while walking.
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@Kroc Hi Kroc, thanks for your writing - enjoyed Nomad so far, it’s an interesting concept you’re developing, I look forward to the rest of the story! It’s great that you’re using proper distraction-free tools; I miss my Psion 3c. The epub was fine on iOS, and I also ran it through a narrator app to listen to it while walking.
@M0CUV THANK YOU. I haven't had much confirmation that people are actually reading it, lol. I hadn't thought about TTS before, what app is it you're using?
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@M0CUV THANK YOU. I haven't had much confirmation that people are actually reading it, lol. I hadn't thought about TTS before, what app is it you're using?
@Kroc I saw what you were doing, and (being a bit busy) didn’t read the ongoing posts of content, anticipating a more complete version. I started reading the preview epub in the iOS Books app, which rendered it fine (your effort on format conversion paid off) - but most of my non-technical reading gets done when walking my dog so I fed the preview into Éist (non-subscription) - it’s imperfect in some places, but I think that’s its fault, not your epub’s. TTS is hugely imperfect.
