Thorn Wilde

I still think you should post this to the stories archive, man, but this is a start.

Sorry things didn't go the way you'd hoped. Enjoy your rest!

Well, you already know what I think, Wayne. This is such an interesting story that takes you places you weren't expecting it to go. And, @droughtquake, maybe Rachel just really likes wrens. 🤷‍♂️ It's true that Wren is traditionally a girl's name, but then Meredith is traditionally a boy's name. Naming conventions change.

Morning, DiC! Happy Sunday to you all!

I’m heading off to bed. Goodnight, DiC. Hope you have/are all enjoying your Saturday! Congrats to the kids, @mollyhousemouse!

A lot of weird shit happened in the latest forum software update. Might it have something to do with that, perhaps? Either way, hey! Free publicity!

I’ve heard both a conspiracy and an unkindness of ravens. I prefer the former. Also a parliament of rooks. I’m very fond of corvids. Hey, everybody! Hope you’re having an excellent Saturday. I did the singy thingy, so now I’m going home to eat and maybe write a bit.

There's a lot of stuff on GA that ought by rights to be published. Sadly, not many mainstream publishers want to publish queer fiction unless it fits into the kind of narrative that most cis-het folks feel comfortable with reading. I once had a drink with Diana Gabaldon's son, Sam Sykes. An excellent author in his own right, and the biggest shit-poster on Twitter. He's a pretty cool guy.

Morning, DiC! I'm still so sleepy, though... May take a nap. Gig with the choir tonight.

Gonna get ready for bed. Night, DiC!

Good job to both you and your team! Hope you have a nice and restful weekend. It's well deserved.

Mothers can be... difficult. I'm looking into publishing on Amazon. I really do want to put out a short story collection. I have a whole bunch of them, after all. I have like 30 short stories up on GA at the moment. I'd like to polish them and put them in a book. Plus a couple of others I haven't posted yet but that are in the works.

My landlords/neighbours' flat looks like pictures out of an IKEA catalog, lol! Only way messier, cause they have kids.

Walking around IKEA is like being in a small museum, almost, with all those little living space demonstrations. Or a film set. You could film a sitcom or something in those things. I think that would be hilarious.

So this guy is gay and trans, half Finnish, half Scottish and, as he says himself, all Canadian. I kind of feel like we'd get along, so I'm gonna leave this here. I found it hilarious, though some of it is ... a bit Finnish.

'They're doing a premium short story collection at GA,' I said, 'for Pride. Coming out stories. Thought I might submit something, got a couple of ideas. I'd get paid, even.' 'That's nice,' she said vaguely. 'I think you should try to write some more . . . accessible stories, though. You know, stories you could sell.' Did you not hear that I may in fact get paid? I sighed. 'I can only write the stories that come to me.' She pursed her lips. 'Of course. But you could write something that more people will want to read.' Have you ever even read one of my stories? I wanted to ask, but I didn't. 'The stories I write are important, though. Queer representation is important. Queer voices are important. Queer writers writing queer stories is important.' 'Well, yes . . . I'm just saying . . . If you'd like to get published, then—' 'I can self-publish. Thought I might put out my short stories.' 'Do people make money off that?' 'Some do. It's hard to find bigger publishing houses who'll publish the stuff I write. And this stuff is important, Mum. How many mainstream novels with queer protagonists written by queer writers can you name off the top of your head? Ones that have reached any real amount of critical acclaim?' I knew I was getting worked up. 'Queer representation in the media is really, really important. Did you know that the only queer actor to ever win an Oscar playing a queer role is Ian McKellan?' 'Really?' She fell silent, and I sighed. 'I have to write my stories,' I said softly, 'or there's no point.' She let it drop. 'Oh, we're here. If you don't want Vietnamese we could go for something else.' 'No, Vietnamese is good,' I said. 'I feel like Pho.' EDIT: Fun fact about self-publishing: The Martian, the book that got turned into a big movie with Matt Damon, that The Martian, started out being sold for Kindle for $0.20 or something like that. Guy who wrote it just wanted to give it away for free to his friends and they kept insisting on wanting to pay for it. So, yeah. Self-publishing can work.

Sorry you didn't sleep well. Take it easy.

Yay! The awesomeness is here!

Yeah, I know the feeling. Sitting down and doing it is the hard part.

Good luck with the writing!

I lived near Brum (Birmingham) for a year (it's why it features so heavily in the Nemesis books). This seems accurate. Morning, DiC! Hope you all have an excellent day! Yesterday was a bit emotionally draining for me after a conversation with my mother, so I have given myself leave to be lazy and do fuck-all today, lol!

Time for bed. Night, DiC! Hope you enjoyed your birthdays, molly and Reader!

Oh wow, those would be hard for me to eat... So pretty!

@Reader1810

Well, they're your boys...