Donations to my #solarpunk short film now at

725/2000

Yay! It makes me dream of hitting $1,000 in the first week of the campaign. Thank you all so much for coming through for me, as I imagine a future with no governments or politicians or police, and technology exists to make every village self-sufficient so capitalism is no more. We can dream of the world we want to live in!

Details https://www.dilmandila.com/donate/wind-a-solarpunk-short-film

#BuyIntoArt #mutualaid #sff #scifi #creativetoots #writing #writingcommunity

Yay! It's always nice to wake up to good news. About 6 days after launching campaign to use #film to imagine a #solarpunk future, we've now raised 30% of our goal. Your generosity is touching! I still need your support to boost the drive, and donate if you can, so I can tell a story set in a world with no governments, no politicians, no police. Just ordinary folk running their lives.

Details https://www.dilmandila.com/donate/wind-a-solarpunk-short-film

598/2000

#mutualaid #sff #scifi #writing #writingcommunity #BuyIntoArt

A generous donation takes me a step closer to imagining a future with no central governments, no politicians, no police and where communities use restorative justice to handle crime. I'm doing this through a short film, and relying on your support to spread the word since platforms like #kickstarter exclude me, due to how global finance systems are set up.

425/2000

Details https://www.dilmandila.com/donate/wind-a-solarpunk-short-film

#solarpunk #crowdfund #sff #writing #mutualaid #writingcommunity #BuyIntoArt #creativetoots

No utopia is perfect. There will always be some kind of pain, so in my #solarpunk short film, a couple fight over chicken, but this is not just material for a dark comedy. It is a talk about food as the #climate crisis disrupts farming, with inspiration from food preservation techniques in pre-colonial cultures Help me make this film with a boost, or #donate if you can.

Details https://www.dilmandila.com/donate/wind-a-solarpunk-short-film

375/2000

#mutualaid #sff #scifi #creativetoots #BuyIntoArt #art #writing #film

Now at 354/2000 four days after I started a campaign to use a dark comedy film to envision a #solarpunk future with no central government, no politicians, no military - everyone participates in running the country and they use restorative justice to handle crime with banishment as last resort. I'm excluded from #crowdfund platforms like #kickstarter so I rely on you to spread the word!

Details https://www.dilmandila.com/donate/wind-a-solarpunk-short-film

#sff #scifi #mutualaid #writing #writingcommunity #creativetoots #BuyIntoArt

Someone asked if ostracism in my shortfilm fits #solarpunk I borrow from pre-colonial cultures to imagine how communities will handle crime yet there's no government/police using violence/jail in the name of justice.They will use rituals of reconciliation/restorative justice, but if a person is unrepentant/unwilling to pay compensatory fines, they get banished. Help me make this #film

303/2000

Details https://www.dilmandila.com/donate/wind-a-solarpunk-short-film

#sff #mutualaid #writing #writingcommunity #BuyIntoArt #scifi

After today's donations, I'm about 7% funded 2days after I begin seeking your support to make a #solarpunk shortfilm themed on direct democracy, community governance, and self-sustaining villages with all the goodies needed in modern life. I'm excluded from platforms like #kickstarter so I'm counting on you to help spread the word, or give what you can to help me visualize this future🙏

Details https://www.dilmandila.com/donate/wind-a-solarpunk-short-film

#creativetoots #BuyIntoArt #mutualaid #sff #writingcommunity #writing #film

I'm crowdfunding for my new short film, a #solarpunk story focused on direct democracy, and need your support. I can't do a kickstarter since all such platforms only allow creators from particular countries, excluding mine, yet I really want to imagine a future without capitalism and central governments. There are lots of perks for each $$ you can spare!

73/2000

Details https://www.dilmandila.com/donate/wind-a-solarpunk-short-film

#mutualaid #BuyIntoArt #writing #writingcommunity #art #film #sff #creativetoots #kickstarter

I always though noir fiction needed more groceries, but it seems the fogot the cheese! 😂

@galacticwriters @writers @writingcommunity
@writingbooks @keepwriting @writing@a.gup.pe @humor@fedigroups.social @humor@lemmy.world @aiop

#WritingMemes #Memes
#Humor #Humour
#Author #Authors #IndieAuthor #IndieBooks #AmWriting #Writerdons #Writers #Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #Writinglife #WritersOfMastodon #Bookstodon

Last day for the Itch Short Story Bundle! Soooo many stories from 20 different authors! All kinds of types to keep you on your toes. And best of all, it's freeeeeee. Get yours here: https://itch.io/b/3272/free-short-story-bundle

#Writing #Writer #IndieAuthor #BookSky #Free #Download

The #MastoPrompt for Saturday 30 August 2025 is:

#excellent

The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.

@ me, if you like, or just include the #MastoPrompt tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.

If you're including an image please do include alt-text if you’re able to.

#Writing #SmallPoem #Poetry #Fiction #MicroFiction #SmallStories

The #MastoPrompt for Thursday 10 July 2025 is:

#roll

The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.

@ me, if you like, or just include the #MastoPrompt tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.

If you're including an image please do include alt-text if you’re able to.

#Writing #SmallPoem #Poetry #Fiction #MicroFiction #SmallStories

The Storytelling Collective will be holding a free two week course in April to write #poetry !

https://www.storytellingcollective.com/courses/april-daily-poem-2025

A lot like their flash fic feb tehy'll be putting together an anthology too!

#amWriting #AprilDailyPoem #StoCo #StoryTellingCollective #writing

leaves drip dropping with liquid sky that
spilled over my head and seeped into my
shattered bones so that I may no longer thirst
only starve with unrequited desire

I would’ve eaten the scorching cracked dirt
if it held your smile but
you blessed me with rain and I stand
head over heels tongue over lips
open eager mouth
to taste

(repeat indefinitely)

#poetry #writing #poem

Perennial reminder that YOU, dear reader, could write for us! Our articles section is a diverse and eclectic array of pieces covering aspects of obscure and interesting #science and #history, #ttrpg and #gamedev, advice for #writing and setting design, and other creative projects.

We offer small thank-you sized writing bursaries to those who need them, and a high quality editing process to make your article the best it can be.

All questions welcome! More details here:
https://exilian.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5373.msg116062#msg116062

Today's Wandering Shop Stories #prompt is #stable. Feel like writing something short and sweet that has the word "stable" in it? Check out the definitions of the word at: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stable Join in and tag it with #wss366! #writing #WritingLife #microfiction h/t @stevendbrewer

Today's Wandering Shop Stories #prompt is #stable. Feel like writing something short and sweet that has the word "stable" in it? Check out the definitions of the word at: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stable Join in and tag it with #wss366! #writing #WritingLife #microfiction h/t @stevendbrewer

Hopefully there are some German followers who are curious about some short stories from different genres. 😉

#Writing

https://buntwerker.de/prosa.shtml

I write darkly humourous short stories about a sad lady and weird surrealist sci-fi in the vein of twin peaks, and I am desperately seeking a writer's circle/community for feedback and motivation!

(I am mostly a photographer, though).

those short stories:
https://www.tumblr.com/carolinelikegasoline

#writing #writingcommunity #writerscoffeeclub

Hey everyone, I am Max, an amateur sci-fi writer. I write webnovels in the hard sci-fi genre, set in my own constructed world.

There are 3 novels, but the first one is my first published work so it is very rough, so feel free to start with the second (it's an anthology, so connections are loose). They're all free, so check them out! I will soon release the short story I didn't publish yet and start a fourth novel.

https://www.royalroad.com/profile/388086/fictions

#Writing #AmWriting #WritersCoffeeClub #sff

Really proud of this essay on access trauma https://robertkingett.com/posts/6617/ #Writing #Disability #Accessibility

The #FediBookFair is in three weeks!

Over the weekend of 2/3 November, #authors and #publishers will post about their books using the #FediBookFair hashtag. #Readers can watch or follow the hashtag to find #books to read and authors to follow. Plus, it's an excellent chance to find #Christmas gifts.

If this doesn't appeal, we suggest filtering the hashtag.

Full details at https://AuthorHelp.uk/FediBookFair/

#author #WritersOfMastodon #writing #WritingCommunity
@authorindiespeak @writingcommunity

It is a good event to see more authors.
so this is my AO3 page https://archiveofourown.org/users/jiangshanghan mostly #fanfic 🤣
#writing
#writingcommunity
#writerscoffeeclub

I would like to boost fedi authors today! Resident writerly types, link me the toot you'd like me to boost to highlight your work. If your post has images, make sure they have alt-text or I won't boost.

#Writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCoffeeClub #Bookstodon #IndieAuthor

The #MastoPrompt for Wednesday 11 September 2024 is:

#goat

The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.

@ me, if you like, or just include the #MastoPrompt tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.

If you're including an image please do include alt-text so I can boost your post.

#Writing #SmallPoem #Poetry #Fiction #MicroFiction #SmallStories

#QuestionOfTheDay: what's the most annoying fandom/hobby argument you've ever been involved with?

if you can, include the fandom, what the argument was about, and what the sides were

(involved doesn't have to mean actively arguing it, as long as you were there in some way, watching it, moderating a board, associated with the fandom, etc, although it's more interesting if it's an argument you were actually engaged in)

#fiction #fandom #fanfic #tv #television #writing #VideoGames #TTRPG #CCG #TCG #gaming #anime #manga #movies #film #superheroes #books #comics #comicbooks #theatre #music #fantasy #scifi #boardgames

The #MastoPrompt for Friday 8th March 2024 is:

#redirect

The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.

@ me, if you like, or just include the #MastoPrompt tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.

#Writing #SmallPoem #Poetry #Fiction #MicroFiction #SmallStories

I’ve been so focused on my WIP that I almost forgot I need to write this month’s newsletter.

It would also be grand to gain a few more subscribers.

Join if you like:

- Me! (I try to be a good person 🙂)
- My #writing (mostly #fantasy)
- Writing tips and tricks
- #Art and #photography (my other #creative outlets)
- #Walking (our definition of a “short” walk will differ)
- #Cornwall (in all its beauty and weirdness).
- #History and #folklore

https://emcox.beehiiv.com/subscribe

We #match
Because we’re opposites
You push
I pull
You say “fuck it!”
I say “let’s think about this”
You are social
People scare me
You lift us into the air
I stop us floating off

Our contests
Our matches
Ignite sometimes
Your will
My will
Never serious
Our demonstrations of trust
You can give
I can take
Or vice versa
Because what good is being a beacon
On the shoreline of each others lands
If we aren’t also rocks
To crash our waves against?

#MastoPrompt #smallpoems #writing #MicroPoetry

Can instance owners protect their members’ posts better by adding this to their robots.txt?
@Curator https://phpc.social/@davidbisset/111659927973143300

#mastodon #fediverse #instance #AI #security #privacy #Protection #bot #bots #Sysadmin #IT #webdev #art #artist #writing #writer #music #musician #photography #photographer #intellectualProperty #copyright

I wrote this little thing about my worst nightmare, forgetting faces of people I've met, especially being the introverted kind of artist who rarely socializes, and yet has to attend events where I must meet and be nice to many people. Perhaps you can relate?

https://www.dilmandila.com/the-pains-of-forgetting-faces

#writing #writingcommunity #blog #writerslife #amwriting

On Friday, I published my second novel, a sequel to my first. They are contemporary sci-fi stories about psychic powers, set against a backdrop of our modern struggle against the climate crisis and corporate corruption. I hope you will pick them up and if you enjoy them, please do leave me a review!
Kindle collection: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CNGV8ZVB
Kobo collection (epub): https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/series/project-cephalus
#SciFiBooks #SciFi #SelfPublishing #Writing #Novels #EBooks #Bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon

Just published a new #blog post! "We Were Seeds": http://artistsonthelam.blogspot.com/2023/11/we-were-seeds.html Includes words of thanks for all who applied to Laminator and a #zine sneak peek.

#Blogger #Blogging #Writer #Writing #Curator #Artist #Artwork #MastoArt #FediArt #ContemporaryArt #ContemporaryArtist #FineArt #Zines #Publication #Hope #Optimism #FreePalestine #PalestineWillBeFree #Ceasefire #Collage #DigitalCollage #CollageArt #CollageArtist #Indonesia #Design #Designer #GraphicDesign #GraphicDesigner #Adobe

Delighted to be included in this: "Seeing in Tongues" is a huge anthology of contemporary visual poetry, edited by James Knight - 350 pages, full colour, and available now:
https://www.steelincisors.com/s/stories/seeing-in-tongues-an-anthology-of-visual-poetry

#poetry #vispo #publication #art #book #anthology #writing #experimental

All the love I had to give has
left in a hurry
steamed out of my mouth
on a freezing night

#poem #poetry #writing #CreativeToots

My #poem about the dream of empathy is online.

https://mistresswitchwrites.wordpress.com/2023/10/05/tale-about-the-darkest-shades/

#writing #poetry #witch

Welcome to #QuillsQuest, a weekly #writing #prompt for mastodon.art and beyond!

Theme for Oct 30--Nov 5: Fear

How could we do else at this dark time than take a delve into terrors and horrors beyond our imagining. Whether you seek to frighten or explore being frightened, let your words this week be tinged with fear

All genres are welcome, as are #WIP excerpts! Just be sure to use the hashtag above!

#AuthorsOfMastodon #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Poetry #MicroFiction
@penprompts

"Why is it always terrible things that are a part of life?", I ask my witch over a midnight coffee. ",Why always taxes and period cramps, or heartbreak and falling apart. Why never friendship and cake, or love and a chimney fire?"

#writing #witch #inspiration #randomthoughts

Who wants a little bit of magic in their life, this Halloween?

A world at war. A high society pretending everything is fine. A magic pixie or two.

This is the tale of Pride & Prejudice... As you've never known it.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKZL755P

#writing #reading #prideandprejudice #PridePrejudiceAndWitches #fantasy

Giving Mastodon a go, hoping this all works and makes sense. I’m Joshua, I’m doing my PhD in ecology and also do digital art, character design and creature design! I write fiction, I love bugs, I am completely scattered and inconsistent and like trying new things. I also sell my art on my etsy: https://pixelvistas.etsy.com

#digitalartist #digitalart #ecology #bugs #writing #creaturedesign #characterdesign

A couple of things I need to remember when I'm being down on what I'm writing:
1) It's the first draft, love. You're just getting it down. Come on, keep going.
2) The pace of this scene will seem very different when you read it back, compared to the time you're taking to write it.
3) YOU may know the plot, you might be tired of it, but the reader doesn't know. They don't know! Have fun telling them.

Obvious, maybe, but worth reminding.

#amWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #writer #novelist

This account has been too quiet and it's entirely my fault--well, mine and a little bit the job that started with an in-person training week. At any rate, let's fix that!

Do you have a #prompt or #writing conversation you'd like people to know about? Drop the hashtag with a little bit of info in the replies and I'll boost everything I see until I can get back to more regularly sharing everybody's awesome words!✨✍️

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AuthorsOfMastodon #Poetry #MicroFiction #TootFic

Server (more like platform) migration #Introduction

I was on evil.social (firefish), now I'm here on dot art, hoping for more self-expression through a larger artistic community.

I'm an #engineer by education, #FilmMaker by necessity, I enjoy #writing both for fun and for work.

I'm very shy with my personal artwork. I am hoping to break that block little by little.

Best wishes and good vibes for everyone!

#Introductions

Here is the prompt list I made for this year's #swordtember. You don't have to be an artist to join in, everyone is welcome to try!

#ttrpg #challenge #writing #ttrpgDesign #Dicecamp #MastoArt #fediart
Swordtember, it reads:
Swordtember.
Draw, write, or model a sword during the month of September using the following prompt list.
There is a prompt for every day of the month and if you want an extra challenge use the week prompt in addition. Create one sword a day, or one a week or even just one for the month. All that matters is you have fun!

Wk 1. Origin Lost Order.
1. Abysal, 2 Ghoulish, 3. Draconic, 4 Metallic, 5 Lantern, 6 Fossil, 7 Astral

Wk 2. Origin Acrane
8 Meterotite, 9 nature, 10 blood, 11 Primaeval, 12 skull, 13 candle, 14 Divine

wk3. Origin Ancient Ruins
15 Fey, 16, Fungie, 17 Shadow, 18 Fire, 19 Mask, 20 Ocean, 21 Decay.

wk4. origin Titan
22 Overgrown, 23 undead, 24 Cosmic, 25 Molten, 26 Beacon, 27 Crown, 28 Chains

Week 5
29 hunt, 30 Opal, 31 Witch" title="Prompt list for #Swordtember, it reads:
Swordtember.
Draw, write, or model a sword during the month of September using the following prompt list.
There is a prompt for every day of the month and if you want an extra challenge use the week prompt in addition. Create one sword a day, or one a week or even just one for the month. All that matters is you have fun!

Wk 1. Origin Lost Order.
1. Abysal, 2 Ghoulish, 3. Draconic, 4 Metallic, 5 Lantern, 6 Fossil, 7 Astral

Wk 2. Origin Acrane
8 Meterotite, 9 nature, 10 blood, 11 Primaeval, 12 skull, 13 candle, 14 Divine

wk3. Origin Ancient Ruins
15 Fey, 16, Fungie, 17 Shadow, 18 Fire, 19 Mask, 20 Ocean, 21 Decay.

wk4. origin Titan
22 Overgrown, 23 undead, 24 Cosmic, 25 Molten, 26 Beacon, 27 Crown, 28 Chains

Week 5
29 hunt, 30 Opal, 31 Witch">

I've got chapter one of my story about Sam and Adam posted! There's a mixture of writing and art...I think it's pretty cool! You can read it here: https://www.wattpad.com/1376640565-unspoken-things-it-begins

#Gay #GayRomance #LGBTQ #MastoArt #Writing #Art

Welcome to #QuillsQuest, a weekly #writing #prompt for mastodon.art and beyond!

Theme for Aug 14-20: Writer's Block

Moments where words/ideas refuse to come are all too familiar to most. This week, look deeply into them; let frustration, triumph, defeat, whatever emotions such instances pull forth in you be fuel.

All genres are welcome, as are #WIP excerpts! Just be sure to use the hashtag above!??

#AuthorsOfMastodon #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Poetry #MicroFiction
@penprompts

Welcome to #QuillsQuest, a weekly #writing #prompt for mastodon.art and beyond!

Theme for Aug 8-13: Root Systems

Just as the roots of trees interlace beneath the ground to support one another, so are we supported (or betrayed,) by people, places and systems. Let this idea be loam for your #Writing this week.

All genres are welcome, as are #WIP excerpts! Just be sure to use the hashtag above!??

#AuthorsOfMastodon #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Poetry #MicroFiction
@penprompts

Hi, I'm looking for a guinea pig concerning a little project in #selfpublishishing - I'm an illustrator and I'd like to illustrate a scene of a book - and then publish it in a speedpaint video and read the scene over it. (Illustration examples on blahmage.com) Can read german (native) and english (fluent) If anyone would like give me some of their work to try, I'd be happy hit me up!

#writing #authorsofmastodon #writer #BooksofMastodon

Good morning, #MastoArt family,

So I have another #Book I put out last year on the #aJoara app. It’s called “Fight of Their Lives” and it’s a #Novel centered around the world of independent #ProWrestling. It took me about ten years to finally get it out of my head and out into the world. If you want to check it out, here’s the link: https://ajoara.com/sns/mnBC

I’ll be putting this novel up on #KoFi by the end of the year (contract obligations…long, dumb, infuriating story) #Art #Writing

New bit of writing and a new entry on the tier list on neuroknives.com. This time I wrote a bit about cyberpunk body horror classic Tetsuo: The Iron Man. A film that, even with some stuff I take issue with, is a movie I consider to be an all timer! #cyberpunk #FilmCrit #neocities #writing

https://neuroknives.com/posts/2023-07-18-Tetsuo-The-Iron-Man-1989