Socialist Mormon Satanist. Socialist Workers Party Kopimist. Debt-free. Alcohol-free. Drug-free. Caffeine-free. Work-free. Over 45,000 downvotes hurled at me for refusing to kneel and vote for the capitalist Duopoly. Despite the attempts to silence me, I’m still here. I won’t be stopped.
Studied/learned more Esperanto. Wrote more short stories. Worked on a little craft book nook. Studied/learned more math. Started my own Lemmy instance. Started a new rowing program. Worked out. Did my “one mile a day” runs (trying to do it for 365 days straight). Put up floor-to-ceiling bookshelves in my living room. And started learning sign language with my girlfriend.
Keep writing. As the late GREAT Ed Wood said: “Keep writing. Your story may not get better, but your writing will.”
This is truth!
Source: I’m retired and I finance my living expenses through earnings from my fiction stories, not from my pension. :)
I’ve been writing for about 15 years. Only got really serious about it about 3 years ago. And now I am retired, I take it way more seriously and am working on honing my craft. I’ve published stories here to Lemmy too.
I consider myself the world’s ‘okayest’ writer, haha. But it’s been working for me! Actually, the criticism I receive on Lemmy, especially the over-the-top petty and hateful comments, has been quite beneficial; it’s great for brainstorming when I need someone incompetent or blindly loyal in my stories. These critiques inspire many of the characters in my narratives.
If you want, here are some fo the stories I’ve written on my Lemmy journey: https://lemm.ee/c/talesfromthedark