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S19 Ep06 We are sponsored by Scribophile! The best place to find a writing community and join a workshop just added writers' classes, giving them another reason they're one of the best places online for writers. Check out their classes, or just to find a writing buddy, beta readers, or form your own crit group! Good News Good News Station Eternity gets a second printing! Team Rejection Count: 19 Main Topic: There are No Wasted Words Do you really need that many words before you get to the real story? “In media res” isn't always the best way to start the action/story Ask questions of your characters to get going Free writing can loosen the words/ideas Playing with character names Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka (Edge of Tomorrow is movie adaptation) Links: The Hot Mic Socials: Twitter, Mastodon, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Focusmate Station Eternity is OUT by the way. Support via Patreon! John Anealio on Bandcamp I Should Be Writing tea blends Support local book stores! Station Eternity, Six Wakes, Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition and more! OR Get signed books from my friendly local store, Flyleaf Books! February 9, 2023 | Season 19 Ep 06 | murverse.com Copyright 2023, Mur Lafferty | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 License
This is the final I Should Be Writing for 2021. I am taking some time off to plan 2022, changes to the Patreon, and just get some rest. I will still be streaming from time to time, writing my newsletter, and posting to Patreon. Open Wannabees vs Amateurs What I'm Working On A gay Christmas rom-com in progress… maybe? Good News Good News Looking forward to time off! Acknowledgements! Birthdays! We are sponsored by Scribophile again! Thanks Scribophile! Check them out to find a writing buddy, beta readers, or form your own writing crit group! Main Topic There's no such thing as a NaNoWriMo failure The Daily NaNo fell by the wayside this year… many apologies 2021 Year in Review Trope Bingo No official ISBW podcasts for December 2021, but streaming will be partying on Secret Merch Locations! Links https://nanowrimo.org/ https://www.redbubble.com/people/mightymur/shop WorldCon is December 15-19! Here's my schedule: 12-16 Thursday 5-7pm, Public Hugo Nominee Reception, Ambassador Ballroom (I will try to make the end of this, but I get in at 5pm and have no idea how hard it will be to get to the hotel.) 12-17 Friday 1pm The Softer Side of Science Fiction, Blue Room 2:30pm Escape Artists Meetup, Ambassador Ballroom 12-18 Saturday 1pm The Magnificent Novella, Blue Room 8pm The Hugo Awards! (Eee!) I don't have a Kaffeklatch, a signing, or a reading, so I'm a bit unhappy with that, but the con has been beset by many problems, COVID not the only one, and I'm trying to be understanding. That said, if you want something signed, hit me up after a panel or if you see me around. I'm hoping to have custom postcards for y'all. Wish me luck. Twitch schedule for December: Best to follow on Twitch, because, frankly, because of holidays and Worldcon, I'm not sure what I can promise, but the goal is: Mondays: 1-3pm Tues-Thurs: 3-5pm I WANT to stream from WorldCon, but I'm not sure if I will be able to. December 2, 2021 | Season 17 Ep 82 (Episode 634) | murverse.com Copyright 2021, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
Question of the Week By The Brotherhood of Men If you mess up your life in the eyes of family and friends, how do you get it back? Well, know that the phrase “messing up your life” is just a thought. It isn't a fact. It is an opinion. That is all. You not living your life to the prescribed manual that your family has for you just means that isn't how they would do it. It's not right nor is it wrong. Every event in your life is neutral it's neither right nor is it wrong. It's not positive nor is it negative till you apply thought to it. So the events that have happened in your life are viewed by you, and they matter to only one person, you. Now you can choose to live your life by your family's manual, that set of instructions they believe you should follow. Then again you can choose to love life on your terms. However, you do it it is up to you to be ok with that decision. Your family can create their own suffering but having any negative emotion they want you aren't going to feel that emotion, You are simply reacting to their actions. Main Topic There. are some movements that have been going on for a while and I trip over different factions of them from time to time there is the MGTOW (Men Going Their Own Way) and the Red Pill. Now I wanted to look and see if I could find anything about the red pill to be able to better understand it. Did the preliminary search online and came across this Guardian article which is flat out doesn't understand. It is written by a woke journalist. The Writer Stephen Marche defiantly has an odd agenda but he does have a conversation with a guy who is a moderator for The Redpill subreddit which has apparently been around for 10 years. There are some telling parts to what The moderator is saying. I noticed that the dating game wasn't what I was taught – what my parents prepared me for, and what I learned from movies I found myself putting in all this effort for nothing, it was very defeating. It's not the way courting worked when my parents met. One interesting thing that is mentioned here is, "We're accused of misogyny almost daily. I won't deny that the language is colorful and there's a lot of emotion expressed by the men on the forum." This goes against everything that feminists state about men in that we are not caring and that we don't express our emotions. Yet when we do it is often misinterpreted. Why are men turning to these movements? The main reason I am seeing from these different groups is that they are disillusioned and so they decide to give up and either decide that it's not worth it or that the field is stacked against them. Is this true? Not really it can seem that way. As masculinity is being shunned for all the good that it does in society there is something that has to take its place and many people look to feminists to do that. Yet as talked about before men and women process the same situation differently. While there are times for tact and men are good at that women are better suited for other types of situations. Can Women lead? Hell yeah, they can lead and they do a bang-up job. There are times though that man is needed. There is a time and place for everything a At the core, the MGTOW and Redpill movements are men who get wrapped up in their victim mindset and give up. This doesn't serve them nor does it serve society. Most of these guys like the moderator are actually Nice Guys and you know that nice guys finish last because nobody respects them. Women don't like Nice guys. because nice guys communicate in passive forms of communication. These nice guys are people pleasers and as we have discussed before people leaders are liars and don't think for themselves. They wonder why they can't keep a person around for long. That is because when manipulating another person it causes the person being manipulated to expel more energy than when you are in a symbiotic relationship. When one person can trust that you are going to do what you say, and not have to harp on you to do it. Women are actually often in leadership positions though they aren't in the limelight quite as much. I know many a huge burly man in my youth who wouldn't step into the kitchen after his wife mopped the floor. Now was this out of fear? A little but it was also out of respect.
If you are a veteran there is an event just for you coming August 5-8 in Byrd, AR. It is being brought to you by Operation: Tears of the 22. There will be food trucks, music, talks, and Jeep rides. If you are interested you can get more information on Facebook event page Question Of The Week How does someone adapt to not having a mother throughout their lives and not be bitter? A boy needs his mother yes. The same as a boy needs his father. The same as a girl needs both parents as well. Now why the reasons why your mother left can vary and I don't know the reasons as to why you don't have your mom in your life. Yet it could be that your mom wasn't around because she died, to drug abuse, to some other very selfish reasons. People have had their mothers leave their lives for centuries and millenniums. Yet some people are able to carry on and others sit in self-pity feeling bad for themselves. Asking a question they can never answer. There are some good bits of news and some bad bits of news on this front. The Bad News Let's get the hard part over with. Yes, your mother left you. It is sad, and you don't have a reason why. The frustrating part of this is that you will never have a full reason why. Even if your mom is still alive, you won't get all your questions answered. My mom left me and my dad. Now she was still in my life. So I was in a better boat Thani other people but she left my dad and me to live in a small town and she went to a large city. When I was younger there were times that I was sad that she left. Yeah, I was glad when I got to see her and knew that she loved me. Yet she wasn't around. I went through a time of thinking it was me and I acted out in those times. really gave my stepmother a rough time. I am not proud of my past as a young man. I almost repeated the whole thing when my daughter was born. I didn't see her first year in her life yet Thankfully I did see her and eventually had her in my house for several years till she wanted to go back to her grandmother's house. Now I tell that whole story to explain we all adapt. How you adapt is up to you. There is very little in life you can control and the fact that you are wanting to know how to have that feeling in your life that you had a mom that cared for you. Now since I don't know your mom I don't know for sure but if your mom is still alive, there is a chance that she does still care about you. She may not show it in the ways you would imagine she should but that is where your resistance in life is coming from. You are shoulding on her instead of living your life to the fullest. You can't control her actions or her thoughts. You can't make her proud nor can you make her proud of you. The same as you can't make your dad proud of you, or make anybody feel anything. THeir emotions cant be felt by you. Now they may perform an action to display their emotions but you can take those actions to mean anything. I would say if you had a mom how would she act? Then know that is nothing more than a manual for how our mom should operate. She will not live up to that lofty set of requirements. You have the ability to accept that your mother isn't available. She is self-absorbed or she is homeless and drugged out of her mind. You can and need to apply all the facts you do know. You can choose to love her for all of her flaws. Yeah even if she is a tweaker living on the street. She is able to be loved. The same as you. You may think a mom should at in a certain way yet, moms are human and they will do what they want to do. You have no control over other people's actions. Sad but true. If and when you have a 2-year-old you will learn this very quickly. They have their own agency and they want to try everything. You cant keep them from climbing the couch and jumping off the back and onto the cushions. The good news Because you don't have a mom you can turn to right now or at any time you may feel as if you are not loved. You may feel as if you are unloveable. Have you ever really paid attention to that word loveable? Think about it. Mull it over while you read this next part. Do you remember how I said how you can't feel other people's emotions? The same goes for others. They can't feel any of your emotions either. Your emotions come from your thoughts. They don't come from the actions or events that happen to you. When a particular circumstance comes about you develop a thought about it. That thought creates an emotion. Right now you are having thoughts that are along the line that you didn't have a mom that showed you love. Therefore you are having something in the way of thought that you are unloveable. That is simply not the case. Now let's look at that word, loveable. Break it down Love and able. It points to exactly what I am saying you are able to love anybody you want to. The person who is in your life can be there strictly for you to love. You get all the benefits of feeling that love, and the other person can stop you. So you are you lovable? Yes because YOU are able to love. You can control your thoughts, which creates your emotions. Those emotions are for you to feel. You don't have to feel happy and joyful all the time. In fact, it is good to feel sad and other “negative” emotions from time to time when they serve you. You don't have to be held slave to the thought that your mother didn't love you. You just couldn't see her actions to show you that she loved you. You have a choice you can make. LOve those and live life to the fullest. Make the most of each day or you can choose to pine for someone who may have loved you and thought they made the best choice for what they were experiencing at that time. Main Topic There are two types of people the producer and the consumer. Do you contribute to your friends, family and work? Or do you just show up for a paycheck? The liability man is the man who just shows up for work complains the whole time he is there and expects a paycheck at the end of the pay period. While the producer is adding value to all he does. This goes for his friends and family. He is working to enrich their lives not take from it.
Solar panels, more on the aBex and Let's talk about Pests Baby! Jeremy says he is putting the tank in its final spot, Peter is getting serious about Auto Water Changes and snagged some big components for the project, all this and more on Episode 62 of the Reef News Network. RNN Listener Coupon Codes: Marine Depot 10% off your order REEFNEWS Reef Kinetics ReefBot - $50 off - RKLOVESRNN Upcoming Events: Reef-A-Palooza NY - 6/22 & 6/23/19 Reef-A-Palooza Chicago - 10/19 & 10/20/19 CTARS Fragtoberfest - 10/26/19 Mentions: OSA Aquatics - https://osacorals.com/ ReefWeeds - https://reefweeds.com CT Frag Farmers Market - http://bit.ly/2019FFM / Keep On Reefing Expo - http://bit.ly/OSAKOR Marine Depot - https://www.marinedepot.com/ CaribSea https://caribsea.com E.O. Smith Coral Project - http://www.eosmithcoralproject.org/ Waterbox Aquariums - https://www.waterboxaquariums.com/ ReefDudes - https://www.youtube.com/reefdudes or https://reefdudes.com/ Sign up, subscribe, check it out (if you haven't already)!!! News: Peter: A nice follow up to our previous mentioning of the Xepta aBex. - http://bit.ly/RNNnewsPeter62 Video by Afishionado - http://bit.ly/RNNnewsPeter62_2 Jeremy: Secrets of fluorescent microalgae could lead to super-efficient solar cells. - http://bit.ly/RNNnewsJeremy62 Call: XXXX called in asking our opinion on where or if the LFS should stand in the online marketplace. Additionally, what a store could do to help allure customers to shops. Main Topic: There are quite a few pests that are commonly found in reef tanks. Aiptasia, Mojano's, Nudibranch's, Vermitid Snails, Bristle worms (which are at best a debate-able pest) and more. We will hit on more common and uncommon pests in future episodes. Today we are talking Aiptasia & Manjano's. Outro: Please like our Facebook and Instagram pages as well as subscribe to the Podcast Reef News Network: www.reefnewsnetwork.com Reef News Road Trip: https://bit.ly/2LZfoKd Listener Calls: Go to: www.reefnewsnetwork.com click the tab on the right side of the page to leave us a voicemail. Reviews/Ratings: Reviews and Ratings help us reach new heights and continue to produce quality content, let us know how we are doing.
Main Topic: There was a slight delay but we're back and here to discuss some events around the valley that inspired us and our recent pickups. We'll be back next week with no delay! IG: JustKeepSpinningPodcast Email: JustKeepSpinningPodcast@gmail.com Listen, subscribe, rate, and review on: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play/Podcats, Deezer, Castbox, Stsitcher, Audioboom and wherever podcasts are available.
Main Topic: There's many things I could say about this interview. We learned and laughed so much. Julian was born raised in Phoenix and has loved and been collecting music his whole life. A big reason we started the podcast was to gather stories from around Arizona because we feel like there's a lack of documentation. It was so wonderful talking to Julian not only about many places that have changed or aren't around but his own history and experiences here. Thank you to Julian for his time and for Grand Avenue Records for opening their doors and letting us record in the store. Instagram: JulesQuimby Hosted at: @grandavenuerecords Instagram: JustKeepSpinningPodcast Email: JustKeepSpinningPodcast@gmail.com
Main Topic There comes a time in every campaign where the group must face a significant decision – do we jump editions? Game companies put out new editions and whether to change the edition you...