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i’ll write fiction instead

The best advice I got as a writer was to think about what you want from social media and go after it. Certainly never use any platform you don’t like. It makes sense for me historically and personality wise. It sends Tik Tok right out of there.

I had a big following on Sex Scenes at Starbucks back in the late ‘Oughts, a total time suck that I might have started monetizing. I dropped it because I didn’t want to be a blogger for a living. I wanted to write fiction.

More lately, I dropped off FB for some years as well; partly the fiction, partly the addiction. I returned at the end of last year. Not that FB is much better that it was five years ago. I mean, talk about ZERO improvement in half a decade. The algorithms suck, the ads are pervasive, the reels obnoxious. Despite the fire that ravaged my hometown, it is serving its intended purpose to help me reconnect with writer friends. I don’t intend to use it as a promotional tool, but for networking.

Instagram is, for me, pictures of pretty rooms and vistas. I’m annoyed with FB’s algorithm applied to it but I can generally find nice things to post and see. Sometimes I think about dividing my account –I did it for gardening for awhile — but I’m not terribly compartmentalized.

And now we come to the electric-charged elephant that just wandered into the room. Twitter super duper is gonna suck because there’s this musky smell around the place like the ash that won’t leave my house and yard. The site already gives me a sore throat and a headache and makes me think I’ve got COVID. I mean, yeah, fuck Musk and all the oligarchs, but rumors of changes will turn it into an even deeper cesspool.

Chuck Wendig suggests leaving his sizeable account to just announcements and finding a new place. We-ell, remember Mastodon? Remember ELLO??? Yeah, we tried. Nothing sticks.

John Scalzi recommends putting max effort into your OWN site if you rely on the internet for popularity and sales. Which kinda takes me back to my beginnings, eh?

Anyway, I’m an epic fantasy writer and this wordy post is to say I doubt you’ll be seeing much of me on Twitter anymore.



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And so it goes on, thousands of lives lost, hearts And so it goes on, thousands of lives lost, hearts breaking all over the world but never the will of the Ukrainian people. May you forever rise. #freedomfighters #slavaukraini πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
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This dog has had a long day of fire recovery. She This dog has had a long day of fire recovery. She might get to go home tomorrow. Not everyone does. Maybe she will even get to see President Biden, who comes to Superior tomorrow! #luckydog #MarshallFire #coloradostrong
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We think the house is still standing but it is ver We think the house is still standing but it is very close. We are safe with our animals in a hotel. But poor Stepford. So much of the town is gone.  I joke about it but we have lived there for 25 years and it is very lovely and peaceful.
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We decided the green wall looks quite Bavarian. I We decided the green wall looks quite Bavarian. I know a lot of people would add lights and signs and such... I lean toward leaving it plain. It's so nice to look down the deck from the patio (it is the whole length of the house) and see the green. This weekend I think I need to put in a few fall flowers... 
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BrandonLBradforBrandon Bradford@BrandonLBradfor·
9 Aug

Florida man finally gets house raided by the FBI after openly committing crimes as a government employee for 4 years

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1 Jun 2020

Champ Bailey's Hall of Fame speech feels pretty damn important right now.

"Please listen."

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25 Jul

Agreed.

Though I have been saying for a long time that evangelicals hijacked my religion.

It's clear that racists did too, and that they are a lot of the same people.

Mona Eltahawy@monaeltahawy

The U.S. media remains incapable of saying clearly that this is a white supremacist Christian movement driven by white supremacist, Christian zealots who are patriarchal to the core.

So they hide behind β€œimposter.” #ChristianNationalism

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23 Jul

I sure as hell hope so.

Jon Cooper@joncoopertweets

BREAKING: The Pentagon is now considering providing Ukrainian defense forces with fighter jets, a long-standing request by Ukraine.

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22 Jul

Nooooo

Greg Colbert@mechgregor

Old Man Withers got his revenge https://twitter.com/thelaceylondon/status/1549882269493600257

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