Links: Books and writing, creativity and ideas
Got some great links on books and writing, creativity and ideas, the Grizzly Gazette Creation Festival, solarpunk... and AI dragons...
AI-Generated Cryptids Are More Real Than Real from default.blog featuring AI dragons and medieval manuscripts:
You didn’t have to whole-heartedly believe in Mothman to enjoy Mothman. The fun was that any of it could feel plausible for a second, even against a backdrop you knew to be capital-R Rational.
I'm Sorry to Burst Your Bubble: You Are Being Fooled About AI, and You Will Soon Feel Really Stupid. More good stuff on the hype by David William Silva.
Publishing books on Bear by Evan and there are free books! I read Palmville and it was great. Self-publishing is also great.
On the Writing Process is a lovely piece debunking a lot of the stuffiness about MFAs.
My MFA was a place where several writers got together, wrote a bunch of crap, and talked about the crap each week in a workshop.
Folkmoss wrote about Outgrowing your TBR and Flor on On Hopemaxxing and Rediscovering Books.
Jacie Reads has been writing some great posts about romance books. Also History Will Say This Was Just a Book Blog which is such a good title.
A prescription for creative constipation from Before 30.
alright here's what you need to know comic about... ideas? Everything? It's great.
Kafka’s Approach to Creative Block and the Four Psychological Hindrances That Keep the Gifted from Living Up to Their Gifts at the Marginalian.
Write about the future you want by Dave Rupert is how I want to be:
It’s cheap and easy to complain and say “[Thing] is bad”, but it’s also free to share what you think would be better.
omg.lol is the Internet We Need Right Now from Brennan, who has a lovely site and loves omg.lol. I also love omg.lol and need to figure out how to use my blog and stuff there better.
From Aeon, Compost modernity! The vision of solarpunk: joining nature with technology in vibrantly inclusive ways to create a world that truly blooms. In solarpunk cities of the future, tech follows nature's lead.
Matter vs Spirit shared the CalArts Poster Archive.
Joe B says Dungeon ecology makes no sense and he's right. I think about this too much. I'm taking this line from now on.
You can't prioritize monetization and privacy at the same time. Or site speed. Or a constrained design. Something always has to give. The medium will win out.
Faenum is a public domain image search that includes searching by colour which is a cool tool.
Zachary wrote about emailing complete strangers at Good Internet.
The Grizzly Gazette is holding a Bearblog Creation Festival which is such a great idea. Sylvia has made pixel bears which are are extraordinarily cute.
