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Murderbot diaries
I love that the French name for the series is journal d' assasynth
Like!? PUNS!? IN THIS ECONOMY!?
#murderbot#secunit#martha wells#the murderbot diaries#books#audiobooks#reading#short reads#current hyperfixation
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February 14th, 2024 Update!
Hey all, I'm gonna be trying to do this weekly now. So, quick update on things, first and foremost the book as that's what most of you come here for! I am 11k words in and about a little halfway done with the path that lets you participate in the next part with Lance and Alvarez. There is going to be quite a bit of variation in how a PC can choose to approach this scene; those Combat Stats exist for a reason!
As for things going on with Patreon, I have decided on a schedule!
Patreon content will release on Tuesdays and Thursdays!
I am going to attempt to stick to that schedule as consistently as possible, and I'm off to a good start on that! Part 1 of The Bureau Audiobook went up today and part 2 is going up on Thursday. Not to mention the small short story introducing the character Buck Marcellis went up last Thursday! The story is around 2.5k words long, if I remember correctly. An extra little thing going up today as well is the Poll to see what Interactive Fiction I will be reading as an audiobook next. That's right:
You will get to pick the next audiobook reading!
I've gotten a bunch of different author's consent to make audiobooks of their work, so anyone who is a subscriber to the Patreon, you will have a direct say in what Audiobook goes up alongside the one for The Bureau! Options include things like:
Kingdoms and Empires
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - An affair of the heart
When Life Gives You Lemons
Honor Amongst Thieves
The Operative: Fires of Revolution
Defiled Hearts: The Barbarian
Along with a couple of others that are on the list for possibilities!
Over the next few months, I will be more active for sure, and you can expect the update for The Bureau to come out before the end of March (I hope). Thank you all so much for sticking with me, and I hope to see you over on the Patreon, which, thanks to hyperlinks, you can conveniently find
RIGHT HERE! <-
The Forum Page for "The Bureau"
The demo for the game itself!
Thank you all so much for reading this update and for sticking with me and continuing to do so for the future! You are all awesome! Also big shoutouts to @when-life-gives-you-lemonssss, @kingdoms-and-empires, @theoperativeif, @leoneliterary, @doriana-gray-games, @defiledheartsblog for giving me permission to read their work on my silly little attempt at Patreon content; you guys are awesome!
Stay Brilliant,
-Vi
#the bureau#interactive fiction#interactive novel#writing#wip#work in progress#original story#choicescript#Kingdoms and Empires#Sherlock Holmes and affair of the heart#The Operative#Defiled Hearts#KaE#When Life Gives You Lemons#Honor Amongst Thieves#patreon#audiobooks#short stories#short story#update#announcement#books and reading#reading#creative writing
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Whenever Nancy and Robin take long trips together, Nancy will do most of the driving while Robin functions as her personal audio book from the passenger seat. She can read to Nancy for hours on end without ever getting tired of it, and Nancy loves nothing more than listening to Robin's husky voice completely immersing them in the story. She always lets Robin pick the books, is okay with whatever story it is as long as Robin is the one reading it to her. Sometimes she'll interrupt Robin to point out a particularly beautiful view or some landmark worth looking at, and every now and then Robin will interrupt herself to share some of her randomly straying thoughts with Nancy. But the hours driving always fly by, a book in Robin's right hand while her left is resting on Nancy's thigh, and neither of them think they'll ever get tired of trips like that.
#don't mind me rambling about stranger things#finally wrote something again even though it's short af#taking a looong trip and alternating between my audiobook and the driver's trash music inspired this#ronance#robin buckley#nancy wheeler#stranger things
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aghhh i’ve been thinking about the httyd books again and how Absolutely Insane they are…. i ADORE watching people react to them because there’s this one point in the series where everything just feels different. and they don’t give you time to process what on earth happened before launching you head first full speed into one of the best pieces of literature i think i’ve ever read
#i think the point in the series where something ‘changes’ is when we first meet excellinor#as soon as her presence is felt theres just something looming over the rest of the events#that feeling is more prominent when we meet furious too#for the rest of the book theres just something There. something isnt quite right bc what the fuck did we just read#and then all the books following that are DIFFERENT and book 9 (i cant remember if this is there for the other books)#has a warning at the beginning??? like. hey. shit has changed.#and btw these books do an Amazing job at describing fear#the scene with hiccup in the tree trying to escape the witch is chilling#the audiobooks only enhance it#httyd books#how to train your dragon#how to break a dragon's heart#also im making a post ab this later but this was all inspired bc i read the little short side books#and i was really startled when i finished how to train your viking - a mostly light hearted book#and then went into the day of the dreader and it casually informed us that everyone on berk was slowly starving to death WHAT???#its been so long since ive experienced that kind of whiplash from these books it had me a little :’)
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Been digging deeper into whatever Shirley Jackson stories I can find online. It's amazing the way Jackson can pull the dust-cloth off of the routine and the banal to reveal the sinister and disturbing.
I had to listen to this particular story a few times before fully understanding the implications of the subtext. So, if you do listen, listen closely.
Also, this is a wonderful reading by acclaimed actress Maureen Stapleton.
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Interesting thing about Lincoln.
As a person and a politician, he was defined by his way with words. He was a lawyer, which involves speaking in courtrooms and appealing to audiences. He rose to national prominence because of how well he did in a series of public debates. He wrote speeches that have lasted through the ages because of their concise yet vivid phrasing.
He understood the world through the lens of storytelling. He had anecdotes for every situation, and constantly used them to provide metaphors explaining his stances or his strategy or his view of an issue.
As president during a Civil War, a huge part of his job was crafting the narrative explaining what they were fighting for. The Gettysburg Address reframed the national narrative so the founding moment of the country wasn't the ratification of the Constitution--as the South claimed--but the Declaration of Independence that listed the ideals that all the states should be held to. Of course, the South was doing the same thing, so that the conflict was not only a battle of muskets and cannons--it was a war of stories.
And he was killed by an actor.
In a theater.
He was struck down by an opposing storyteller in a palace of artifice. An actress made a point of cradling his dying head in her lap so she could have a part in the drama. He lived by stories and died as the center of one, in a place made for telling such stories.
It's poetic and tragic and so shockingly fitting that the war of stories claimed him as its central victim.
#presidential talk#history is awesome#this has been brewing since i listened to the lincoln podcast episode#they centered it around his words and storytelling#which was an excellent angle to take#i thought for sure they were leading up to the irony of the 'killed by an actor in a theater' thing#and they didn't even mention it#which felt like a huge missed opportunity#and i just listened to a short kid's audiobook about the hunt for booth#it was not great i don't recommend it#but it did bring this subject back to mind so now i have to inflict it on you and pretend it means something outside my own head
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I'm finally reading the mysterious study of doctor sex and
Palamedes is a relatable king wow
#tlt#the locked tomb#palamedes#the mysterious study of doctor sex#i listened to the audiobooks so now I'm going back and finally reading the short stories lol
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Books of 2024: THE KAIJU PRESERVATION SOCIETY by John Scalzi.
I picked this up when he and Martha Wells were talking about WITCH KING at one of my local bookstores last summer partially because I felt bad shoving a stack of things for her to sign at her with nothing for him, sitting right next to her, after he'd been so delightful to listen to too, but! It is finally time! I need something funny and ridiculous and light, and I have it on good authority that this'll work.
#books#books of 2024#the kaiju preservation society#john scalzi#book photography#my photography#i realized when THE LONGEST STREET IN THE WORLD cracked me up a couple nights ago that what i need is something fucking funny to read rn#FUGITIVE TELEMETRY was also on the list (started it as an audiobook in january; never finished it)#but i'm trying to read new things for a hot second#might read FT again once i get to 20 books so far this year#anyway this was not REMOTELY on my radar for things to read imminently but here we are#i need to get back to making short stacks for the month i'm feeling Whelmed by my visible options again
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different question but how do you read so much 😭 does it come easily to you? I’m so envious but I honestly can’t focus for that long even though I aspire to read a lot more than I do
i don't really have a good answer for you, i'm afraid - i'm a speed-reader, so i naturally just... finish books a lot faster than most people. it helps that i have a pretty long commute to work, so i often tear through half a book on the way there and half on the way back. but i do get it; it's frustrating when you really want to do something and your brain just won't let you focus on it. i know for some people with short attention spans audiobooks are the way forward, or ebooks, or reading a few pages every night before bed. you could also join a reading group, which is a nice way to meet people, and gives you an incentive to finish the book instead of giving up three pages in.
but the main thing to remember (i know it sounds cliché, i'm sorry) is that reading should be fun, not a source of shame. i've seen people trying to meet their "100 books a year" reading challenge by just picking books that are short and easy so they can cram in as many as possible. which is daft, because it doesn't matter if you read a hundred books in a year, or ten, or one. or none! it's not a contest, you know? so long as you're enjoying yourself it's all gravy, baby
#i have a short attention span when it comes to most things but not reading for some reason#if the book is good i open it and i'm just gone#nobody home#sometimes i get so into it that i miss my stop and i'm late for work (which isn't ideal)#but yeah i've a fellow ADHD friend who swears by audiobooks (i absolutely can't do them for the life of me but different strokes etc)#so try those maybe?
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Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic tale of a haunted utopia.
I’m really proud of the title art for this one!
#audiobook#short story#voiceover#voice acting#ursula k. le guin#the ones who walk away from omelas#Youtube
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Image ID: Yellow excavator with eyes, bow and lipstick in sunny forest with bunny under "Big Betty Saves the Day" title.
This story contains references to sexism and sex.
A sapient excavator ponders on his place in the world and wonders if there's something more for him out there. He may not like what he discovers...
Read along at bogleech.com/creepy/creepy15-Bigbetty
Read by @revretch
Also check out their series Humans-B-Gone: www.youtube.com/channel/UCLU-DFnb_Q1QhN88jlOFYDQ
@humansbgone
#humour#writing#humor#art#stories#Story#Short story#Short Stories#Creepypasta#Creepypastas#Audiobook#Audiobooks
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Update March 5th, 2024 - A Small Snippet + Next Week on Patreon!
Hey everyone, sorry I didn't do this last week! It was a bit of a rough week for me, and to be honest, I was focusing on just having enough energy to get up and focus on the story and on the stuff for Patreon. Speaking of those two things, let's go over some stuff!
First off, the story! The first half of the next chapter for The Bureau is ALMOST DONE! That's super exciting because I know how different these paths can be, and how much variation they have, and will have, on the extra scenes that come after them. I'm so excited, in fact, that I decided to share a snippet of one of the extra scenes with you this time over on Patreon! Aside from that, I also added on more extra scene to work on for Chapter 4.5 as well.
I'm at the point where I'm not going to add anymore unless I view them as super important to the feel and story of the game, because 13 extra scenes is more than enough in my opinion. That being said, I'm not going to worry about getting every single one of those done before releasing the update, because I hate the idea of keeping people waiting. Besides, having extra scenes to unlock in the full game that weren't in the beta will be part of the fun I think!
Now, as for the Patreon, this week we have Parts 4 and 5 of The Bureau Audiobook for you guys. Next week, however, will be the first part of a three or four part short story series about an original character, Guinevere Heartstead! It will obviously be taking place in a more fantasy based setting and there are a bunch of characters and moments I'd love to hear your opinions on. I love writing this stuff for you guys, so please be sure to check it out. It's going to be 3.5k words of brand new content you won't be getting anywhere else! As for the other day next week, I'm undecided at the moment! It's either going to be Part 2 of the short story, or possibly an extra part of The Bureau Audiobook. Either way, you guys will be getting the regular scheduled content.
With all that being said, thank you to new and old patrons that have started/continue to support me, it really means a lot!
If you are interested in supporting me, my Patreon link can be found HERE!
The link to the game's forum page can be found HERE!
The link to the demo of the game itself can be found HERE!
Stay Brilliant,
- Vi
#the bureau#interactive fiction#interactive novel#writing#wip#work in progress#original story#choicescript#indie author#indie dev#books and reading#reading#patreon#short stories#short story#audiobooks#author blog
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For practice while tweaking my setup, I did a rendition of @wingedcat13's Call Me Menace
I highly recommend this series; the characters just have such natural voices and are a delight from start to finish.
If you'd like to support my work, commission your own recordings, or demand more recordings from this series, you can find my ko-fi here.
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Eleven minutes of shenanigans from the human and a particularly creepy crewmate!
(Net Narrator wanted to read this story; isn't that cool??)
#my writing#narrated#audiobooks#short stories#audio short stories#is that a thing?#it should be#humans are weird#haso#hfy#The Token Human#Youtube
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i understand where people are coming from when they say you shouldn’t read books fast but if i’m in the zone i cannot control the speed at which i start devouring pages
#do you ever look up from a book and realize you’ve finished it in a sitting#that + audiobooks MUST be sped up for my brain to focus means i get through them fast#for work i read 9 books a month ish and then any i read in my free time#when i was working at the library i did like 30+ books in three months#anyway i’m just talking to myself#i don’t think you need to push yourself to read the most books ever in a year but also people read at different speeds#with different amounts of free time and ways they read them#and for different reasons because i mean. i think you should think deeply about books and sit with them. but you don’t HAVE to#(plus for some people with real real high numbers? check the books#i read 9 magic tree house books in like 3 hours because they’re short#my sister uses graphic novels when she’s behind on her Goodreads goal#some people track novellas and short stories)#anyway there’s no purpose to this post goodbye!#not pjo#chitter chatter
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