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Post Nubila Phoebus

@grahamzusi / grahamzusi.tumblr.com

Greta. Midwest. Speculative fiction author, soccer fanatic, librarian, and sometimes-fanfic writer. Lover of words and imagined worlds. Welcome!
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flintsjohn

these men who brought me here today do not fear me. they brought me here today because they fear you. because they know that my voice - the voice that refuses to be enslaved - once lived in you, and may yet still. they brought me here today to show you death, and use it to frighten you into ignoring that voice. but know this - we are many, they are few. to fear death is a choice, and they can’t hang us all.

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rubyleaf

Honestly? My main piece of advice for writing well-rounded characters is to make them a little bit lame. No real living person is 100% cool and suave 100% of the time. Everyone's a little awkward sometimes, or gets too excited about something goofy, or has a silly fear, or laughs about stupid things. Being a bit of a loser is an incurable part of the human condition. Utilize that in your writing.

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colleendoran

Death of the Endless. Brush and ink with metallic ink.

I used to use real gold ink for these pictures, but I'm finding this fake brass ink is actually brighter and a more attractive gold than the real thing.

Honestly, I'm not trying to get out of the cost of the gold. The powdered gold or shell gold I sometimes use isn't as expensive as you might think. But I like the thick quality of this ink and the bright way it scans and shines. It sits on the black ink better, too.

A WonderCon commission.

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The allure of AI entices those people who fetishize ideas but dismiss the work. They're the people who tell writers, "I'll give you the idea, then you write it, and we'll split the profits." For them, the vision is everything, and the work is just an annoying obstacle. But the WORK is everything. The work is how a thing happens, where it's made, where skill is put to work. AI in creativity is for the people who have no skill, no work, no effort, no ethic. They just want to push a button.
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