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Andrew Woods
@awoodsnet@phpc.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

Are you a Mac user and a grammar fan? Here's a tip for typing your favorite dashes. No mouse required!

The en dash – can be typed easily by using Option+- (That’s hold the Option key while typing the dash).

The em dash — can be typed easily by using Option+Shift+- (That’s hold the Option and Shift keys while typing the dash).

#grammar #mac #macos #tips #writing

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Andrew Woods
@awoodsnet@phpc.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

Are you a Mac user and a grammar fan? Here's a tip for typing your favorite dashes. No mouse required!

The en dash – can be typed easily by using Option+- (That’s hold the Option key while typing the dash).

The em dash — can be typed easily by using Option+Shift+- (That’s hold the Option and Shift keys while typing the dash).

#grammar #mac #macos #tips #writing

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secretsloth
@secretsloth@mastodon.art  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

Calling #typewriter users! Does anyone know where to source a manual for this? (Panasonic electric t36, or is there somewhere other than the top front to find the model number? 😅) This should get me back to writing when my hands are sore and I can't do screens, so I'm excited! I've used a similar one at work, but could use a refresher on maintenance, and if anyone knows where to find replacement parts/ribbons I would appreciate it! #maintenance #repair #vintage #tech #diy #boost #writing

A photo of a freshly unboxed electric typewriter sitting on my bed. It's grey with black keys, with the power cord sitting on top. The paper tray is open, showing some packaging material that was put inside for protection. The machine itself appears to be just about brand new, or fixed up to near perfect condition, even though it was made around 1986, so it must be nearly 40 years old. Looking at the keyboard, many of the shift key symbols over the number keys are different than what we are used to now, and around the sides there are several keys that point to alternative functions, not all of which I can remember the use of.
A photo of a freshly unboxed electric typewriter sitting on my bed. It's grey with black keys, with the power cord sitting on top. The paper tray is open, showing some packaging material that was put inside for protection. The machine itself appears to be just about brand new, or fixed up to near perfect condition, even though it was made around 1986, so it must be nearly 40 years old. Looking at the keyboard, many of the shift key symbols over the number keys are different than what we are used to now, and around the sides there are several keys that point to alternative functions, not all of which I can remember the use of.
A photo of a freshly unboxed electric typewriter sitting on my bed. It's grey with black keys, with the power cord sitting on top. The paper tray is open, showing some packaging material that was put inside for protection. The machine itself appears to be just about brand new, or fixed up to near perfect condition, even though it was made around 1986, so it must be nearly 40 years old. Looking at the keyboard, many of the shift key symbols over the number keys are different than what we are used to now, and around the sides there are several keys that point to alternative functions, not all of which I can remember the use of.
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Assoc for Scottish Literature
@scotlit@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

WRITERS!

Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!

@writingcommunity

Submit free via Submittable 👇

https://nws.submittable.com/submit

#Scottish #literature #writing #WritingCommunity #IAmWriting #poetry #shortfiction #shortstories #Scots #Scotslanguage #Gaelic #Gaidhlig

New Writing Scotland Submission Manager

New Writing Scotland publishes works by writers resident in Scotland or Scots by birth, upbringing, or inclination. Prose (fiction and nonfiction); poetry; drama; screenplays; and graphic artwork (monochrome only). We have a maximum recommended length of 3,500 words in total. The work must be neither previously published nor accepted for publication and may be in any of the languages of Scotland.
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secretsloth
@secretsloth@mastodon.art  ·  activity timestamp 15 hours ago

Calling #typewriter users! Does anyone know where to source a manual for this? (Panasonic electric t36, or is there somewhere other than the top front to find the model number? 😅) This should get me back to writing when my hands are sore and I can't do screens, so I'm excited! I've used a similar one at work, but could use a refresher on maintenance, and if anyone knows where to find replacement parts/ribbons I would appreciate it! #maintenance #repair #vintage #tech #diy #boost #writing

A photo of a freshly unboxed electric typewriter sitting on my bed. It's grey with black keys, with the power cord sitting on top. The paper tray is open, showing some packaging material that was put inside for protection. The machine itself appears to be just about brand new, or fixed up to near perfect condition, even though it was made around 1986, so it must be nearly 40 years old. Looking at the keyboard, many of the shift key symbols over the number keys are different than what we are used to now, and around the sides there are several keys that point to alternative functions, not all of which I can remember the use of.
A photo of a freshly unboxed electric typewriter sitting on my bed. It's grey with black keys, with the power cord sitting on top. The paper tray is open, showing some packaging material that was put inside for protection. The machine itself appears to be just about brand new, or fixed up to near perfect condition, even though it was made around 1986, so it must be nearly 40 years old. Looking at the keyboard, many of the shift key symbols over the number keys are different than what we are used to now, and around the sides there are several keys that point to alternative functions, not all of which I can remember the use of.
A photo of a freshly unboxed electric typewriter sitting on my bed. It's grey with black keys, with the power cord sitting on top. The paper tray is open, showing some packaging material that was put inside for protection. The machine itself appears to be just about brand new, or fixed up to near perfect condition, even though it was made around 1986, so it must be nearly 40 years old. Looking at the keyboard, many of the shift key symbols over the number keys are different than what we are used to now, and around the sides there are several keys that point to alternative functions, not all of which I can remember the use of.
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Hacker News
@h4ckernews@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 20 hours ago

Jack Kerouac, Malcolm Cowley, and the difficult birth of On the Road

https://theamericanscholar.org/scrolling-through/

#HackerNews #JackKerouac #MalcolmCowley #OnTheRoad #Literature #History #Writing

The American Scholar

Scrolling Through - The American Scholar

Jack Kerouac, Malcolm Cowley, and the difficult birth of On the Road
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🌈✨ vanta rainbow black ✨🌈
@vantablack@cyberpunk.lol  ·  activity timestamp last week

THE RAINBOW REPORT IS LOOKING FOR WRITERS!!!

https://rainbow.report

ELEVATOR PITCH: are you a writer of any sort? any experience level? any so-called qualification? do you have something to say about queerness, punk, anarchism, or anything even tangentially related to one or more of those topics? if so, i want to give you a voice!!! a platform, even!!!!!

WHO ARE WE? we're the scrappy little underdog of the publishing world!!! forged in the crucible of one of my trademark hyperfocuses and self-hosted on my joyfriend's beefy-ass home server, the rainbow report is a brand fuckin new entry into the world of independent reporting. i hope we can turn it into something truly beautiful to be proud of

WHO AM I? vanta rainbow black. the fediverse's favorite cyberpunk catgirl. creator of fedipact, and countless other ventures. i've been on fedi for eight years and know the place inside and out. i'm even in a book about fedi!!! for more info visit https://vantaa.black

HOW IS THIS MONETIZED? it isn't, really. you can donate to me if you like (i do rely on it to survive) and individual authors are free to plug their donation links as they see fit but... nah, we're never gonna run ads or shit like that lmao. money is a corrupting influence and i'd like to limit its effect on this project as much as possible. also i just really fucking hate ads. install ublock origin if you haven't yet and thank me later lol

review our contributor guidelines then email me at v4nt4bl4ck@protonmail.com to talk further!!! or message me on here about your platform of choice

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#RainbowReport #journalism #writing #queer #anarchism #anarchist #anarchy #trans #gay #punk #PunkRock

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Joy
@joynewacc@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

"I was experimenting to be the woman I wanted to be."

"I was in training to be a woman without shame.”

- Sandra Cisneros, from "Tea Dance, Provincetown, 1982", Woman Without Shame

#poetry
#FeministPoetry #LiteraryQuote
#writing
#books

I was in training to be a woman without shame.
I was in training to be a woman without shame.
I was in training to be a woman without shame.
I was experimenting to be the woman I wanted to be.
I was experimenting to be the woman I wanted to be.
I was experimenting to be the woman I wanted to be.
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Rhys 🦊
@syhr@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

New account, new #introduction post!

I’m Rhys, a writer, solarpunk, and witch/druid living in the Midlands, UK. My pronouns are they/them, although I’m currently exploring my gender, so that may change.

I've just set up a new blog: https://www.panga.blog/about

I will accept most follow requests! apartyblobcat

#Writing #Solarpunk #Anarchism #Witchcraft #Druidry #Midlands #Vegan #Bisexual #Polyamorous #NonBinary #Autism #ADHD #WorkingClass

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Information Is Beautiful
@infobeautiful@vis.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Peak age of Writers

Alt text: "Graph showing number of books released by male and female authors at different ages. Peak production age for both genders is around 46. Data source: Miller (1999) from a sample of 229 notable authors."
Alt text: "Graph showing number of books released by male and female authors at different ages. Peak production age for both genders is around 46. Data source: Miller (1999) from a sample of 229 notable authors."
Alt text: "Graph showing number of books released by male and female authors at different ages. Peak production age for both genders is around 46. Data source: Miller (1999) from a sample of 229 notable authors."
Frank Hofmann
@hofmannedv@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@infobeautiful this graph suggests that the evening is likely to end on a rather depressing note. From the age of 46 onwards, the number of publications only goes downhill. Puhh 😕

#writing #publications

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Catherine Lundoff
@Clundoff@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

#FediHire For my other “life,” I’m also open for #writing, #editing, #publishingconsulting and #teaching. I’m an award-winning author of 10 books and editor of 3 anthologies. I’ve taught at the Loft Literary Center, Clarion West online and beyond. My nonfiction has or will appear in “New Edge Sword & Sorcery,” “Library Journal” and elsewhere. My fiction has appeared in several World of Darkness tie-ins and games and dozens of anthologies and magazines.

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Catherine Lundoff
@Clundoff@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

#FediHire For my other “life,” I’m also open for #writing, #editing, #publishingconsulting and #teaching. I’m an award-winning author of 10 books and editor of 3 anthologies. I’ve taught at the Loft Literary Center, Clarion West online and beyond. My nonfiction has or will appear in “New Edge Sword & Sorcery,” “Library Journal” and elsewhere. My fiction has appeared in several World of Darkness tie-ins and games and dozens of anthologies and magazines.

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Assoc for Scottish Literature
@scotlit@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

WRITERS!

Submissions invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, #Gaelic, & #Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!

@writingcommunity

Submit free via Submittable 👇

https://nws.submittable.com/submit

#Scottish #literature #writing #WritingCommunity #IAmWriting #poetry #shortfiction #shortstories #Scots #Scotslanguage #Gaelic #Gaidhlig

New Writing Scotland Submission Manager

New Writing Scotland publishes works by writers resident in Scotland or Scots by birth, upbringing, or inclination. Prose (fiction and nonfiction); poetry; drama; screenplays; and graphic artwork (monochrome only). We have a maximum recommended length of 3,500 words in total. The work must be neither previously published nor accepted for publication and may be in any of the languages of Scotland.
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Paolo Amoroso
@amoroso@oldbytes.space  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Carlos Collazo on why he still uses em dashes despite the symbol being associated with AI output.

If an em dash is the only thing preventing someone from thinking your writing has been spit out of Chat GPT I think you have bigger problems.

https://carlosacollazo.com/you-can-pry-em-dashes-from-my-cold-dead-hands

#ai #writing

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Orion (he/him)
@orionkidder@writing.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

#WritersCoffeeClub Oct 27: Recommend a book that had an impact on your prose.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.

I am not joking.

#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace

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Orion (he/him)
@orionkidder@writing.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

#WritersCoffeeClub Oct 27: Recommend a book that had an impact on your prose.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.

I am not joking.

#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace

Orion (he/him)
@orionkidder@writing.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

#WritersCoffeeClub Oct 28: Have you ever edited another's work? Was it harder than editing your own?

No, not really. The closest I've gotten is workshopping with my group, which really isn't editing, so I think perhaps I don't even want to base an educated guess on it. I have nothing but admiration for people who are good at editing and find it fulfilling.

#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace

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Orion (he/him)
@orionkidder@writing.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

#WritersCoffeeClub Oct 27: Recommend a book that had an impact on your prose.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.

I am not joking.

#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace

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Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág
@TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Emma Thompson yelling "Fuck Off!" on The Late Show when asked about the use of AI in writing is
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#AI #writing #books #mood

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Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág
@TarkabarkaHolgy@ohai.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Emma Thompson yelling "Fuck Off!" on The Late Show when asked about the use of AI in writing is
Peak
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#AI #writing #books #mood

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