Riven Holt - Author

Dr Lena Voss collected her geological samples and witnessed something that changed the trajectory of fate for herself, her crewmates, and humanity forever.

Hard Scifi fans: immersive world-building beta read about to drop in <2 weeks.

@authorslmurray Same here. Hopefully <2 weeks from dropping the beta. >200k words, slow burn, highly cognitive.

How is everyone finding beta readers? I’ve tried a few methods. I don’t want people I know. I want random strangers who are t afraid to hurt my feelings. I need honest feedback. #writingcommunity #authors #betareaders

Ending a story is more difficult than starting one.

Hit a block.

@MalindaDetweil1 Just began Act 5, my final act. Currently at 190k words.

If you’re a writer, where are you in the process!?

Petty Officer Dana Ruiz American logistics coordinator. Scared and out of her depth, she keeps her head down and counts supplies, keeping herself as a silent witness.

Dr. Elias “Eli” Sørensen Danish astrobiology intern. Driven by childhood wonder, he is the only crew member who truly believes in the aliens, a trait that ultimately leaves him undefended.

"frECHO" Main Cast, thread, human only...

Ever work somewhere that you knew was going to red-tape itself into failure? Imagine that same concept, but in the Oort Cloud, 2,000 AU from earth and anyone who can rescue you.

The ending is taking shape; what existed in my mind was softer than what the words are painting.

@lhallwriter Real "archetypes" of people I've worked with and met over my life.

Writers, have you ever used a real place as a setting for your fiction?

@TriciaDearborn Hence my prompt engineering/programming statement. Lazy prompt engineers produce lazy AI slop. Detailed and precise engineering produces detailed and precise work.

@Riven_Holt I love electronic music. Gen-AI is not an instrument, or a tool. A laptop is a tool, when what is written is the product of a unifying intelligence, and not regurgitated up from a database of actual writers' stolen work, using a probability model.

If you're thinking about using gen-AI to "write" books, this 🧵 is for you. I’m a highly experienced editor who’s been in the biz a long time. Recently I’ve had manuscripts come to me where the author has used gen-AI – not for writing, I’ve been assured, but for