Tavon

Tavon

@gatling.xyz

(Tavon Gatling) πŸ’ @BusyBlu // he/him πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ β™Š "The Legend of Admir": https://www.gatling.xyz/the-legend-of-admir-chapter-1/ Fuck AI. SFF/mystery writer. https://gatling.xyz https://thunderfang.com

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Replying to @allie.blue

Hey, I worked on this feature. Extra time is needed for us to cook on handling adult sites. I know on its face it looks as you described, so I get it. But wanted to provide a bit of context.

Managed about 650 words today. Gonna relax and take a break. I really wanna have this second draft done before the end of the year, preferably sooner. And I need to start looking into trad publishing. I'm probably not going to be able to self-publish like I'd always thought I might.

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The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

I wonder if I should start making videos about this book. Talking about it might help motivate me to finish. Also, do I wanna self-publish or go trad? Also... what the hell am I calling this book? I dont want to use the placeholder name, but nothing feels "right."

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1) I'm on the board of the Ray Bradbury Center 2) I am co-editing a new anthology (with Carrie Cooper, Assistant Director of the Ray Bradbury Center and public humanities scholar).

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Last I'll post about this, but Elon Musk disagrees with me. This means I am onto something, and I feel more valid in my opinion than ever.

Oh, wonderful. I now have a whole new book idea as I'm on the second draft of the first. WHY WOULD YOU CURSE ME WTH THESE THOUGHTS!?

Finished my outline, finally. Ended up simply revising the original, using inspiration gained from doing the second one. And now, I think I'll finish my initial draft (I stopped after I got stuck), and finish that, regardless of any inconsistencies. Then, I'll do draft 2 next month.

Oh. The inconsistencies are big actually. lol I forgot I reorganized some scenes. FUCK IT. Draft 2 it is.

Looking at my outline and realized that if I shifted some beats back, some of it makes more sense. But now I gotta reshuffle other things. Yeah, my outline was the issue. I have some things that just need some editing. My goal is to have this outline completely done BEFORE the end of the month.

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Jigsaw: your tenacity is admirable Jonathan. you’ve beaten my game Johnny Knoxville (bleeding from his skull): gimme the next one Jigsaw: Jigsaw: what Knoxville (wearing a bear trap like a diaper): I’m ready for the next one man!

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🚨 Dropout is excited to announce the arrival of USER PROFILES to the website and app! Your Continue Watching & My List categories will no longer be a battlefield for you and anyone else using your account. PSA: Not available yet for Samsung/Tizen apps (but is in the works!)

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to wrap up Act 3 of this novel. Like...it should not be this difficult for an amateur detective to be like, "I solved the case!" or some shit.

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Canadian authors, we are looking for a horror novella for 2027. If you have a complete ms in the ~18-40k range that is deliciously creepy, with carefully crafted prose and a strong eco focus, we'd love to read it. See our sub guidelines and submit to submissionsStelliform Press Please share!

BS'd for like two days and didn't touch my beat sheet. Been sitting with it all day, trying to figure out my plan now. I have a rough idea of the end of Act 2, and most of Act 3. I debated on just pantsing it, but I wanted to go in with at least some sort of idea so I don't get stuck.

Binged the new Carrie. (as spoiler free tweet as possible) Loved all the modernizations! The characters are super layered, to the point where I was feeling bad for most of them (until a certain point. Looking at you, Chris.) The only thing I didnt really like was Emaline.

I didn't mind the "other" new characters, but she...hmm. She was too important, I'll say. Also love how they seemed to incorporate either the Institute, or the proposed spinoff of the OG Carrie. Looking forward to seeing what they do next!

Compared the Save the Cat beat sheet with my current WIP, and realized there's some more things I need to add. Gonna try to flesh things out a bit more, and hopefully get some more writing done today.

One day, I was singing some not-so-chipper songs, music on shuffle. Just in my feels. Why did Pretty Ugly come on and I just HAD to switch emotions for a second because I gotta sing Pretty Ugly!? HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A PRETTY GIRL GET UGLY LIKE THIS

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You know what? Hell yeah! πŸ’ƒπŸͺ©πŸ₯°πŸŽ§

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Second video on the series! This one talking about how I started (and how I kept going) www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH2T...

youtube.comHow I make a living as a full-time indie TTPRG designer | Part 02YouTube video by Cezar Capacle
Cezar Capacle@capacle.bsky.social

This has been a long time coming! I've been considering making this video for the longest time, and I finally got around to doing it. So, here is the first video in a potential series about how I make a living as a tabletop RPG designer 😊

....I'm like 90% sure an interviewer just turned a portion of my interview (for a job I didn't get) into an "uplifting" LinkedIn post. I'm not mad but... lmfao