Chad Grayson

I said I was sorry

Charlie and her ball must be protected at all costs

Pretty sure Tobias Funke was on the naming committee

Political cartoon showing a row of large dominoes being held upright by groups of people. The first domino, colored with the pink, blue, and white stripes of the transgender flag, is labeled “Trans Rights.” Behind it are dominoes labeled “Gay Rights (Freedom of Expression),” “Women’s Rights (Free Love),” “Free Speech (Democracy),” and “Freedom of Religion (Modernity).” Each domino is being pushed forward by people standing behind it so the next one will not fall. At the bottom the caption reads, “United We Stand • Divided We Fall.”

important to remember but also trans rights should be supported even if there were no dominoes behind it because these people are literally hurting no one and just want to live.

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im a dad and a fan but not a straight guy lol.

honestly it's what we all deserve..

Black-and-white cartoon of a middle-aged man with messy hair and a beard sitting at a table, triumphantly holding up a cable from a box overflowing with tangled cords. The caption above reads, “The best day of my father’s life.” Below, the text says: “Did you say you needed a six-pin-to-eight-pin FireWire for a 2006 MacBook?”

I give my parents shit for never throwing anything away but the number of times I've found an obscure cord or connector I needed in the box in the garage is legit embarrassing.

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my sexuality is basically: any reasonably attractive adult man of any race and and also Rachel Weisz as Evie Carnahan in the Mummy (1999).

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walked my mom through making prepackaged tortellini which she acted like was some exotic mysterious food item she had never had.

1.Boil Water
2. Add the tortellini
3. boil for three minutes
4.THERE IS NO 4TH STEP!

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character with a green thumb.

Holo is probably the character I have with the green thumb but he's going to Ayelet the healer to have it looked at.

what?

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March 8 - DST Begin does your story establish exactly when it takes place?

this is a secondary world sword and sorcery series so any dates I give you would be meaningless but I am clear about the time of year and where we are time-wise in relationship to book 1. I also have a whole different system for months and days that would be too long to get into here.

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Craft 101 - Satisfying Installments - Chad Grayson A while back on Threads (of course) I saw a craft-related comment that went something like this: People are leaving one and two stars reviews on my book because they say the plot wasn’t resolved, but ...

Craft 101 -Why readers aren't the problem when they complain your book 1 doesn't resolve the plot! And how to avoid that reaction (because yes, cliffhangers are a thing).

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I know a joke has legs when it kills with my therapist (why am I like this?).

an unpopular or obscure trope you love..

a lot of people claim to hate the miscommunication trope, which is often a non communication trope, and yes the story would be resolved if the characters just talked to each other but the reasons they don't feel safe to do so get to the heart of the relationship.

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A Book I read in School I actually loved: A Tale of Two Cities. Not even kidding. This is a minority opinion. What's Yours?

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yeah sometimes you throw everything into the first draft and sift through it and throw a lot out in subsequent drafts.

I was going to make up time by skipping my March vacation entirely and though I've had time off it was because I was sick, which is not really the point of having scheduled off weeks,So I restructured this way. shorter, more frequent breaks.

March 06 - Free Friday

all the text exchanges were turning out too long or lacked context, so I'll talk about how today I decided to reconstruct my writing schedule for the rest of the year after being sick. 6 weeks on, 1 week off, repeat until December. Gives me plenty of runway to write these 2 books.

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ugh *to do. give us an edit button BlueSky!

Craft 101 - Writing 'Filler' Scenes - Chad Grayson A 101 Level Craft question I see all the time! I see a lot of mostly newbie writers asking version of this basic question: How do I write filler scenes, or scenes in which nothing important happens bu...

I weigh in on 'should you write filler scenes?' spoiler alert: no!!But what to instead.

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A white middle-aged man with short dark-blond hair styled into a subtle faux-hawk looks off to the side while standing beside a calm river or pond. He wears rectangular glasses, light facial stubble, a black hoodie over a light blue shirt, and wired earbuds. Three black stripe ear cuffs wrap around the upper part of his ear. Leafless trees and water appear in the background under clear daylight

Minding your own business is an underrated LifeHack.

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what's a unique or unusual hobby you'd recommend to others?

Minding my own business. More people should look into it!

March 5 - any funny typo that totally changed a sentences meaning?

this is not technically a typo but I believe it meets the spirit of the prompt: I was substitute teaching an 8th grade science class and I meant to say organism and I accidentally said orgasm. The kids were, as you can imagine, chill about it (not).

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I've read several of your short stories and Rosewater is currently on my tbr shelf!

my numbers are relatively small but I have three times the followers here.

We really need to have a national conversation about the learned helplessness of the adult citizens of Adventure Bay.

Dedication: For Iris, Axel, Oliver Ginny, and Otto Ruth - I was unprepared for how much I would love you. please don't read this book until you're older..

the Dedication for Valley of Storms. lol..

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Valley of Storms has now been uploaded to KDP and will drop April 2! I did not bork this preorder!

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March 4 - one thing you and your MC have in common.

Kit and I are both disaster queers. It's a feature not a bug.

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Welp, I've reached a career milestone. I've already made enough money this year that I have become perceivable as a business entity by the IRS. yay?

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