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Joking is serious business 😂

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Tumblr post writing interpretation. Death of the author: Treating the author’s stated interpretation of their own work as merely one opinion among many, rather than the authoritative Word of God. Disappearance of the author: Treating the context and circumstances of the work’s authorship as entirely irrelevant with respect to its interpretation, as though the work had popped into existence fully formed just moments ago. Taxidermy of the author: Working backwards from a particular interpretation of the work to draw conclusions about what the context and circumstances of its authorship must have been. Undeath of the author: Holding the author personally responsible for every possible reading of their work, even ones they could not reasonably have anticipated at the time of its authorship. Frankenstein's Monster of the author: Drawing conclusions about authorial intent based on elements that are present only in subsequent adaptations by other authors. Weekend at Bernie’s of the author: Insisting that the author would personally endorse your interpretation of the work if they happened to be present. Comment by bugbastard | thought this was going to be a joke, but these are all very real things you see people do. Answer by prokopetz I'm never more serious than when I'm joking.
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    I've often googled words for thingie things, the rest of the stuff I just make up when I physically manifest the void... 😜

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    Text post by CG Drews @PaperFury THINGS WRITERS GOOGLE « last name ideas « what's the real word for that thingie thing « how much blood can a person lose without dying « mURDER MURDER MURDER « where do commas go « types of croissants « am i sleep deprived or is it ok to see the void physically manifesting
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    Reader/writer question: In fiction what are some of your favorite worldbuilding details, the kind of thing you think is underused and underrated?

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    I'm in this post and I don't like it 😆

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    I think the worst thing about writing is that I don't enjoy reading the way I used to. You should never see how the sausage is made 😁

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    Writer questions: What interesting crimes could a character of yours be charged with if people knew what they are up to? 🤔

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    The first page of my "Fantasy/Attempted Comedy" story, The Last Philosopher.
    I've been rewriting it again, but this first page still has some issues.
    The question is would you keep reading? ☺️

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    Part one: With a Capital D “For every extreme there are infinite in-betweens.” -Boole, extreme logick philosopher The Darkness of nothing was creeping into the first universe. A lot like the nothing always creeping under a child’s bed. Except on a somewhat larger and less terrifying scale. In another comer, a displaced black hole — orbiting the edge of an odd galaxy — was spinning out of control from the force of its own outrage. This all-consuming Afreet called Richard, long for Dick, was furious at all the untraditional things in what it considered to be its galaxy. Beings like this black hole should perhaps not be possible. Even so, in the senile dimensions of the multiverse; every oddity that can occur has already occurred. And the race of demi-gods were here to prove that fact. That stinky blue ball Huom is to blame! Dick thought. In this, the black hole was almost correct. Because as much as a cluster of stars can belong to anything, this galaxy belonged to the planet Huom. Because once upon a time, the blue-green ball had been the first and only living being. The original Afreet and sole inhabitant of the galaxy that Dick was now orbiting. It wasn't until much later that the black hole’s singularity penetrated the cosmos, becoming the second demi-god. Ever since Dick was forced into existence, it has been been disgusted at everything in particular.
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    We're almost in the season where I can start complaining about the heat again 😂

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    Old sci-fi authors out there just having high hopes for a living... 😂

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    This is why I'm not allowed to teach literature... anymore 😜😂

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    I didn't realise this was a thing, do people really think Mary Shelly wasn't the first SciFi author? 🤔

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    When Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in 1818 (aged 19), neither Jules Verne, nor Welles were born yet (Allan Poe was 9). A teenage girl wrote what is still considered today the 1st science fiction novel. This article continues the long tradition of erasing her. Article by New York Times Books: With Jules Verne and the publisher Hugo Gernsback, H.G. Wells invented the genre of science fiction.
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    If it's any comfort I've heard all great art comes from suffering 😆

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    It's been a great 24h for my story The Last Philosopher... ☺️

    First it was featured on the @TripleACommunity 's reading list https://www.wattpad.com/list/1501313696-alchemists-and-apothecaries-fantasy

    Then it was chosen as one of the winners in the @CelestiaCove Award hosted by the talented @_abhipreeti_

    Then it got a review with a score of 91/100 https://www.wattpad.com/1432964690-princess-review-shop-the-last-philosopher by @NaijaBae

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    As long as it's just online I'm okay 😇 Introverts unite! Separately, in your own homes... 😂

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    Heat death smeath death, reading is forever! 😂

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    Try to read these the wrong way round, it's harder than you think 😂

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    the third book in Tad Williams Otherland series, Mountain of Black Glass.
    3/5 stars, I wish I could say they're getting better with each book. Don't get me wrong, they're still good, but the more I read the over descriptions of the virtual environments are getting to me 🤔

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    Elves, Trolls and Elemental Beings a collection of Icelandic folktales.
    The stories were so so in quality even if I always find lore interesting.
    But I found myself curious the theme of missing people? Was children and people going missing super common in these times? Because why else would it be such a common theme in the folktales?

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    https://ramblingreaders.org/book/364660/s/elves-trolls-and-elemental-beings

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    Reader questions: What are you currently reading, and would you recommend it?

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    I'm on my third reread of A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine in audio

    Considering that I have reread it a couple of times, I think it's a good book and one I'd recommend to any science fiction fan who likes political intrigue with a little slow-burn romance

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    It ain't easy being read-y 😂

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    NickEast , to bookbubble group
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    Which one's your favourite? I'm partial to being called an ink drinker... 😁

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    So, if I occasionally feel like I know what I'm doing. Does that mean I don't get compensation? 😜 😂

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    I'd make a great hobbit, what fictional characters do you identify with? 😁

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    NickEast , to bookbubble group
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    I mean, the best thing about going to someone else's house is looking through their bookshelf 😂

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