Notes From A Writer's Desk IV: The Quest for More Ideas

Good Monday, my friends!

Good Monday.
Once, Twice—FOUR Times, my mateys.

The fourth in a series can be weird… It’s like ‘maybe this starts a new trilogy?’ or ‘is this just going to never end?’ or ‘do we recast everyone?’ or ‘do we follow new characters?’…

Like any “good” studio, I’m just going to keep milking this thing for content. Maybe we’ll retcon the format mid-week—who knows!

So let’s bust out that fresh sheet of paper, plop it on the desk, and get to writing!

But first… you can support my declining mental health with a paid subscription. I’m so insane, I’m giving you a free first month! You can try out being a Fiker by clicking below. Don’t like it… it won’t hurt my feelings if you let it expire at the end.¹

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FIT TO PRINT 📎

So here’s stuff I wish I had written that’s fit to print!

Pulling Your Weight (STELLAR EMPIRE - Lore)

Andrew Sears

has been absolutely cranking out a massive amount of content, and you should be subscribed to him if you aren’t already. (I also feel like the title of the post is a slight jab at

Mike Rogers

and myself for not writing as much Stellar Empire stuff as Andrew does. 😅 (We promise we’re going to get better, Andrew!)

Our Stellar Empire substack has an ongoing weekly series on Fridays (Born of Ash and Iron), plus weekly lore posts on Mondays.

Pulling Your Weight

Born of Ash and Iron — Chapter 11 (Stellar Empire “Empirefall Chronicles" novella series)

Andrew Sears

may have written his best chapter yet with Chapter 11 of Born of Ash and Iron. This serves as a turning point toward the final act of the story, and we really feel the pressure that is on Commodore (Captain, now?) Volm. This one is a shorter read, but it packs an emotional punch.

Haven’t read ANY of it yet? Unless you want to Tarantino-start-in-the-middle it, you can go to the beginning with CHAPTER ONE here.

Born of Ash and Iron — Chapter 11

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THE JUNK DRAWER 🚮

I’m a collector of links, art, funny sayings, quotes, people, nostalgia morsels, and I toss them into a database I will never hope to mine and share out. But my general unhinged ADHD is your reward (weekly)!

[Art] The Art of Zsolt Varga 🔗🖼️

• "Solarpunks": https://dribbble.com/shots/24537270-Solarpunks

• "Factory Maintenance": https://dribbble.com/shots/24458368-Factory-Maintenance

• "Horizon mints": https://dribbble.com/shots/24102257-Horizon-mints

  

[Article] NOTHING

• I don’t have anything this week, but I would really love for you to share an article you’ve enjoyed reading recently. It can be about writing or it could be about something else entirely!

[Articulate Buffoonery] Your memes are the real punk rock:

• Changed into Goblin

• Maybe that's the real punk rock (X/Threads acct: @billythebutcher)

• Pay Attention (uh oh)

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UPDATES 📰

• Stellar Empire:

  • Tuesday “The Science of Stellar Empire” from

    Andrew Sears

  • Friday “Born of Ash and Iron — Chapter 12”

  • Monday Lore (a sneaky one you’ll have to wait and see 😉)

  • Plus… a couple more items coming VERY VERY SOON. (see the paid section for sneak peeks)

Happy Monday. Subscribe and take advantage of the free month…

Until Next Monday! (unless you peep below!)