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@ShadowofEzra Nobody has a reliable missile defence against thermonuclear missiles. You may stop a % but that's like saying you can stop "some" of the bullets aimed at your head.

Tulsi Gabbard testifies that Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, and Pakistan are developing new nuclear-equipped missiles that put the United States at direct risk. She warns that China and Russia will eventually have missiles that can bypass U.S. missile defense systems. “North Korea’s ICBM can already reach U.S. soil.”

@realPeterCrerar Since I often write historical and SF fiction, looking up words is basically a necessity. Venalicius (noun) for instance. (It's a title of one of my books.)

If I have to look up the word, I won't use it in my story.

@fandompulse No. A drunken, slovenly, unmotivated Supergirl doesn't interest me.

James Gunn Supergirl is releasing in 99 days. Are you planning on seeing it?

@deanpb_author Funny, I just recently hung a gorgon image (metal plate) on my front door. I wonder if my visitors get gorgonised?

Bringing old words back to life. Ye olde word of the day - Gorgonise E.g. “The stranger’s gaze gorgonised the entire room; no one dared move or speak.” #booktok #OldWordOfTheDay #OldWords #WordOfTheDay

@JordyKerrEats Since I'm into s&m, it suggests an invitation to a female genital torture session.

What does it mean when she does this?

@sarabushway Both, actually. My notes are mainly for names and characters, and particular plot targets. The overall story flow and concepts I keep in my head.

Do you guys also have copious amounts of notes for each project, or do you guys actually remember what's going on in your writing all the time?🤔 #AuthorLife

@ZB_Steele Apart from the obvious like LOTR and Dune, I'd probably say the Safehold series by David Weber. It's scope, huge and complex plot, and many characters provides long-term food for thought.

If you're limited to one, what's your favorite fantasy/sci-fi work of all time? Can be a single book, a trilogy, a series, etc etc, but you can only pick one

@BellaDunnWriter I agree. It's not just social media. Even writing forums are like that. All rules and guides and structures. Nobody just chats about things like "I prefer the way David Weber describes spaceships, compared to Timothy Zahn. What do you think?" or stuff like that.

(Potentially) unpopular opinion: Conversations in the book community across platforms have gone stale. Almost everything I see is engagement bait. People are still discussing prologues. Still discussing 3rd POV x 1st POV. Still discussing whether romantasy is fantasy. Still 1/3

@AuthorTRobare No, I prefer silence.

Am I the only author that doesn't like music while I write?

@therutholarrie I just write the story. If I look at the word count, it is just as a measure of how big the book is at that point.

Hii writers, do you decide your chapter count or word count before you start writing, or do you just figure it out as you go? 🤔📚 #WritingCommunity #writers #writing #books #booktwt

@PyresMagicka I have no idea. I write to a story and plot. The characters do what they are supposed to do unless I fall asleep and land on the keyboard.

What do writers mean when they say their characters don’t listen to or obey them?

@Miu_Void2 Looks good to me.

Do men really find this attractive?

@designmom Yep. The nakeder the better.

I was surprised by this tweet because in my experience, heterosexual men really like to see naked ladies. Any naked ladies. All the naked ladies.

@annamegadone99 Looks good to me.

Men, is this attractive?

@ellymelly A few weeks ago. I went crazy and bought a bunch of fountain pens just for fun.

Curious. When was the last time you picked up a real pen and wrote something on a piece of paper???

@fl1per4 @NikTek Sort of like beauty filters on the phone.

@NikTek If the AI is generating the visuals, does the original art direction even matter anymore? That’s the real scary part.

I can't believe that Nvidia looked at this "AI on top of games filter" and said to themselves this is the future of gaming. Like it or not, this is where Nvidia is heading and they're calling it neural rendering with DLSS 5. The examples they've showed reminded me a lot of those AI generated filter videos on top of GTA V, except that now it is supposed to run in real-time. Honestly, I don't like this current look at all

@JasonWMizer Don' t know. I don't write morally grey protagonists. He (or she) might be a nasty SOB, but still knows what's right and wrong.

What do you think? Are readers over morally gray characters? Or are they still a guilty pleasure?

@ElChandler Two WIP, both happen to be fantasy. One is in a slightly future world where magic exists, but normal humans and governments do their best to pretend it doesn't, even when they use it if necessary. The other is a fantasy world with magic and swords, well, glaive for the MC.

For writers: where does your book take place?

@AuthorGFAllen The ending is an integral part of the story. I wouldn't start writing if I didn't have an ending.

When writing your book, do you already have the ending in mind, or do you just go with the flow?

@lhallwriter David Weber Donald Hamilton Alistair Maclean

If I could have dinner with 3 people in the literary world, they would be: Conan Doyle Crichton Tolkien Who are you inviting?