@snerkrabbledauber@mas.to#Askfedi #writers
Technically the shape in the image is an octagonal prism. I used that term to describe a spaceship in my writing and my wife said it is confusing. She says prism to most people means the thing pictured cover of Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon.
So which term do you think is most accessi…
@jredlund@social.linux.pizza#writerscoffeeclub
29. What are your grammar rules to live by and grammar rules to break?
I wrote, "She hopped ahead, then waited for them to catch up."
A critiquer commented:
"Writers often make similar errors when attempting to show temporal
progression, but 'then' is an adverb and cannot be used as a conjunction."
If …
@colincogle@mastodon.social#WritersCoffeeClub 18 Feb: Do you suffer for your art? Backaches, headaches, writers' cramps, etc.?
Aside from insomnia and the beginnings of carpal tunnel syndrome, no. Though, like many writers, alcohol and cannabis may be consumed depending on whether or not I can get myself into the right headspace.
@ferrous@neurodifferent.meI've put up a page about Weird Pride Day for schools. It's probably a bit late for this year - it's in two weeks' time - but I figured it was better to have something there than not!
Among other things, it's got a short list of books with #WeirdPride themes. It's actually something that comes up a lot in fiction, especially #kidlit, so there's a lot more we could have included, but we've got the Percy Jackson books from @…, A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll, Wild by Emily Hughes... I'm not super familiar with modern children's books - I'm not a parent, and I only teach older kids, so I'm relying heavily on other people's recommendations!
Any #Teachers, #writers or others have any thoughts about what we should and shouldn't be including here?
https://weirdpride.day/schools/