I really liked the 'Chittering Queen'... the amorality(?) of the protagonist made it very hard to judge whether they ascended or descended at the end of the story... which is a question that true otherness leaves null and void. I forget if you've read much of Porpentine's work, but for me it recalled
Thanks for the link, I enjoyed that! If "enjoyed" is the right word. I've played a couple of other Porpentine things, and I'm jealous of how... limitless some of her stuff feels. But my main problem with her work is the fact I hate Twine.
I wouldn't worry about developing a writer persona. You have always had a fascinating personality, veering from melancholy to an almost Dickensian political snark.
I've no idea how to use notes at the present. Any idea how to make sure you only get notes from people you are subscribe to? I am not interested in reading about randoms buying broccoli in supermarkets. The problem is that unlike twitter people who subscribe to you will get all the notes you post so you can't drown them in them. I'd like to use them to post up my daily wordcount and notes on it, but that would bore most people to tears.
So, I see them more as a distraction and will ignore them until I know information.
I really enjoyed Timeball (I know you complain about people liking your stories from prompts) but also How to Win Over the Chittering Queen was cracking. I always enjoy reading about absolute queens.
Back to notes, I really recommend Mother Horror's substack. https://sadiehartmann.substack.com/ she has written a sleuth of interesting articles on promotion from the POV of an author.
At the top of Notes there should be three buttons: Home (I don't think it's all notes, but I'm not sure quite how it works), Subscribed (only limited to people you subscribe to), and My Subscribers (limited to the other people who are also subscribed to by people who subscribe to you? Not sure). I'll still probably use it a little bit, although I haven't quite worked out what for. Perhaps for linking to things I've enjoyed on Substack, but I don't know if they would automatically get notified, and then that would make me feel weirdly chummy.
I go through weird waves of obsessing over Obsidian, and then ignoring it most days. I'm still obsessing today, looking over other people's "setups" and enjoying the somewhat bollocks (to my mind) but compelling discussions about knowledge management. I think because it's designed for note-taking/knowledge management but not limited to any one sphere of life (e.g. creative work) that makes it the most flexible system possible, BUT that freedom means it would be easy to get lost in tweaking it, or making loads of worldbuilding notes for worldbuilding's sake, and not actually achieving what you set out to achieve with it.
When it comes to self promotion, and things like “Notes,” I fundamentally don’t get it. I’ve avoided social media like this for years. I don’t know how it works. I have a few theories, but I wish that just writing one article per week was enough. I’m not sure how to act or use it and feel really out of place
I really liked the 'Chittering Queen'... the amorality(?) of the protagonist made it very hard to judge whether they ascended or descended at the end of the story... which is a question that true otherness leaves null and void. I forget if you've read much of Porpentine's work, but for me it recalled
Cyberqueen':
https://xrafstar.monster/games/twine/cyberqueen/
Thanks for the link, I enjoyed that! If "enjoyed" is the right word. I've played a couple of other Porpentine things, and I'm jealous of how... limitless some of her stuff feels. But my main problem with her work is the fact I hate Twine.
Haha I forgot you hate Twine! XD She has done non-Twiney stuff too of course:
https://anthology.rhizome.org/psycho-nymph-exile
I wouldn't worry about developing a writer persona. You have always had a fascinating personality, veering from melancholy to an almost Dickensian political snark.
I've no idea how to use notes at the present. Any idea how to make sure you only get notes from people you are subscribe to? I am not interested in reading about randoms buying broccoli in supermarkets. The problem is that unlike twitter people who subscribe to you will get all the notes you post so you can't drown them in them. I'd like to use them to post up my daily wordcount and notes on it, but that would bore most people to tears.
So, I see them more as a distraction and will ignore them until I know information.
I really enjoyed Timeball (I know you complain about people liking your stories from prompts) but also How to Win Over the Chittering Queen was cracking. I always enjoy reading about absolute queens.
Back to notes, I really recommend Mother Horror's substack. https://sadiehartmann.substack.com/ she has written a sleuth of interesting articles on promotion from the POV of an author.
At the top of Notes there should be three buttons: Home (I don't think it's all notes, but I'm not sure quite how it works), Subscribed (only limited to people you subscribe to), and My Subscribers (limited to the other people who are also subscribed to by people who subscribe to you? Not sure). I'll still probably use it a little bit, although I haven't quite worked out what for. Perhaps for linking to things I've enjoyed on Substack, but I don't know if they would automatically get notified, and then that would make me feel weirdly chummy.
I go through weird waves of obsessing over Obsidian, and then ignoring it most days. I'm still obsessing today, looking over other people's "setups" and enjoying the somewhat bollocks (to my mind) but compelling discussions about knowledge management. I think because it's designed for note-taking/knowledge management but not limited to any one sphere of life (e.g. creative work) that makes it the most flexible system possible, BUT that freedom means it would be easy to get lost in tweaking it, or making loads of worldbuilding notes for worldbuilding's sake, and not actually achieving what you set out to achieve with it.
I've just been using it for pounding out words without distraction. It's great!
Until, I had to stop to prep for D&D that is, though.
And thank you for the tip about Obsidian! It's now replaced Dabble in my life!
Obsidian is like an IDE for markdown files; or like a database for writing notes. I love it, but I mostly use it for planning code
When it comes to self promotion, and things like “Notes,” I fundamentally don’t get it. I’ve avoided social media like this for years. I don’t know how it works. I have a few theories, but I wish that just writing one article per week was enough. I’m not sure how to act or use it and feel really out of place