First, write for yourself.

Not what the trends or market may be pointing to or wanting but what you would like or want to read yourself.

Second, just write.

Does not matter when, how, where… Just write. Let the words flow, sentences build, paragraphs form.

Third, write with no concern if it makes sense.

Our uncouncious mind has a voice of itself. Let it out. Most times, what is holding us back is something underneath the surface needing to get out.

Fourth, write now, read later.

Put it out now but allow yourself time to let whatever came out to cool and only then go read it again. It may not make it any further, it may be worthy of picking it further. Regardless, it will remember you of how were when it took form. Learn from it.

Fifth, write what you live in your mind.

We may be able to take someone on a journey with what we write but we are the only ones that know the minute details behind the veil and where all the threads left unravelled lead. We know the worlds we visit in a way no one will. Enjoy that privilege.

Sixth, write down a map of your stories.

Put down a framewire of what your work is supposed to grow into. Set the guidelines for yourself, how many chapters there will be, small ideas to insert into the story. And review it as the story build and evolves.

Seventh, write organically.

No story is set in stone, no matter how cristalized it may be in our mind. A sentence may throw the flow of the story in a previously unseen direction, a line of dialogue create entirely new branchings. Allow the story to tell itself, to grow, expand and evolve. Don’t try to hold it to a fixed, predetermined form or path.

Eighth, and final, ignore what others tell or advise you.

They know nothing, of you, your work, your mind. Devise a science of one. Explore your mind, discover what makes it work optimally, how to tune in, at will, into that specific mindset. And, above all else, be a little bit delusional: you are the best writer on the planet and what you write no one else can.

Go barroque. As in absurdly elaborate on what you throw at people you dislike.

Spanish have a saying that gets thrown at people that like to run their mouth. Very loosely translated it says something along the lines of “May you swallow a peacock and every every feather turn into a straight razor”. Takes some time to put it out. Gives a person time to get their blood settled.

But please don’t forget insults have always been basic and directed or sprouting from prejudice. I understand and respect what you are trying to put forward but it will not be am easy task.

We are basic creatures. We still go for what superficially differentiates one from another. It’s about anger and fear. It’s primal. Spinning this off and putting something elaborate and as personalized or generic as possible is a tough endeavour.

I personally find amusing to insert some nonsense into my speech when letting out an expletive and for some obscure reason I tend to go for vegetables and gardening.

You can be asked to go tend your cabbage patch when you miff me and I would really want to see you go away.

But this works very poorly outside my language.

Good luck on your quest and have fun.

It should. Seeing in low light is a very useful thing. And we could dispense some of the light polution we create.

Low light vision.

I was always very sensitive to bright lights and sincerely fear I’ll go blind at my last years but I can see at higher definition under low light conditions.

My vision stops processing color and I get higher definition of contrast. I’ve walked through dark areas with no difficulty, where others simply said they could not see a thing.

It was an abomination.

Dark bread (wheat/rye mix), homemade, mustard, mortadela, cheese, letuce and a slice of tomato.

Fit it’s role.

It would be funny to see the karma converted to currency usable to buy awards to give away.

Interactions like:

“Take my hard won [insert currency name here] in the shape of this award and get out!”

Nothing for nothing, get your things for free.

I want to but many artists are abandoning the format.

Personal preference.

I like to buy and keep something. So beside the network coverage issues I face, I prefer to buy and keep my copies in my home, to listen wherever and whenever I want, without the need for an app or something alike to make sure the music I paid for actually plays.

Call me old fashioned.

Magnatune is no longer a business. They stopped offering new memberships.

For reasons unknown, I’ve had 3 separate accounts on that site shut down. I’m done with them.

There is one artist on Bandcamp whose work I want to get but I understand Bandcamp is more geared towards indie musicians.

Is this true?

For health reasons, nothing to object. For pure vanity, it makes no sense.

That I am a functioning human. Several conspired against it over the years.

I thought we had already invented that one. In two separate version. The first was the bathtub and the revised one being the shower booth.

Seems very reasonable.

Sadly, that misconception still remains today in a good number of people.

I’ve already started going through the list. Thank you!

Aren’t those monks behind the popularization of the infamous alpha roll? Through a book they published in the 80’s?

I’m going to look it up. Thank you!

I’d feel honored to become a test subject but I really don’t think I’m that interesting. Well… Unless I could get my hand on a six pack of Battery Energy Drink. If one can kept me awake for roughly 60 hours, a whole pack would get going for half a month non stop. The down side would be the time I would be out after. And the amount of food I’d eat.