New post's up: How to scaffold a roleplaying narrative using a goal-driven approach
https://www.get-frosty.com/2025/08/13/narrative-writing-goals-quests-and-objectives/
Next week: How to approach roleplay narrative writing using a character-driven approach
The Satanic Curses – Fraud.
Written by Satan & Lee Wilson.
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"I have seen you with the Serpent. And the Mother. And the one that calls herself the Tessaril. What is she to you? Neither friend nor foe from what I have seen -- and I see far. Do you carry her enmity to my temple as she would? Or are you alone?"
"Hmmph," the Walking Storm said. It would be just like the Tessaril to get her in trouble when she needed it least. "What is she to you? A not so ancient adversary?"
"You care as little for her as I do. That is satisfying."
Just when I thought I couldn't love booksellers more...
"Lord Zeiram," she said.
She expected a booming voice as befitting his self-proclaimed godhood but it spoke in a whisper:
"I know you. You are the Hunter's plaything. Or were. But you are a source of unexpected strength in this blighted time, and you honor me. How do I call you, Childe of the Wild?"
"The Walking Storm," she said.
"A title, not a name, like them. Like a god or a demon. Which are you?"
"Neither. Only a free thing."
"Free for now. But this shall suffice, godling."
#Trump - "D.C. IS A MESS AND WE NEED TO CLEAN IT UP,".
Meanwhile it's having record low #crime statistics for the last decade, and everyone who goes there says it's actually really nice for an urban area in the #usa.
The #protests are entirely self-inflicted, and the #nationalguard can't do much more than stand around menacingly unless something drastic happens.
The whole thing is fake, obviously so, and the TACO has such a cult following it does not matter at all.
DO YOU LIKE… Music? Pianos? Good writing? Vancouver? Free chapters?
My friend MS Harker is almost finished writing his book about “the secret life of pianos.”
Get the first chapter free here…
(see the QR code or go to http://dontshootthepianotuner.com )
I just sent a story entry to a Horror anthology. (: It has been a while since I've dusted the ye olde pen name (Mara Reboi) but it feels damn good to even have a chance to get some of my writing out in other forms than in Tapastic, occational Ko-fi post, and Mastodon update. :P
New in the Medium Handbook, Zulie interviews Science Spectrum editors Cole Frederick and Harlan Brothers (@harlan), who grew their Medium publication to over 8700 followers in under a year:
A video version is also available:
Coming up on September 19, Medium Day 2025 will feature over 150 live sessions, a digital Expo Hall, updates and exclusive announcements from CEO @coachtony and staff, and more. Get more details and check out some of the early confirmed speakers and publications here:
I send thanks to the buyer from Washington who purchased a spiral notebook of
Indian Summer -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/indian-summer-steve-henderson.html?product=spiral-notebook
May the artwork on the notebook take you to a quiet, pleasant place where you are free to wander without worrying about finishing every item on your list.
"Chatbots can privilege staying in character over following the safety guardrails that companies have put in place." —Kashmir Hill and Dylan Freedman for The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/technology/ai-chatbots-delusions-chatgpt.html/?src=longreads
Plot-inconvenient crazy dad is still alive on page 19 of 24 of this R.L. Stevenson story. No longer looks like he'll die of exposure or lightning strike.
If you are a published writer & object to Anthropic slurping up your writing for AI, you have until Aug 15 to sign up to help defend your copyright. First, check this database from The Atlantic to see whether they have taken your writing (you might want to check regardless):
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/
Then go here to sign up to be considered as part of a class action lawsuit:
https://www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-author-contact/
It’s easy & self-explanatory.
Please boost to help get the word out.
For Neocities users here: do you know of any sort of worldbuilding or sci-fi writer webrings that I could add my website to?
Please boost this!! The website, by the way, is https://stardustverse.neocities.org/worldbuild
"This 50-year-old chain restaurant, this totem of Scranton squareness, has somehow become … cool?" —Dan Kois for Slate
https://slate.com/business/2025/08/chilis-menu-restaurants-food-tiktok-red-hot-mozz.html /?src=longreads
The Satanic Curses – Violence.
Written by Satan & Lee Wilson.
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