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“When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away - even if it's only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

tags: characters, creative-writing, life, meaningless, meaninglessness, modern-life, paralyzed, water, write, writing

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“If you want to write a negative review, don't tickle me gently with your aesthetic displeasure about my work. Unleash the goddamn Kraken."

[on Twitter, July 17, 2012]”
― Scott Lynch

tags: honesty, reviews, twitter

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Apocalypse Whenever — 14192 members — last activity 2 hours, 54 min ago
The most active group for apocalyptic and dystopian stories! Join a monthly book discussion, get recommendations, or just tell us if you like canned p ...more

Vampires, Werewolves, and Zombies. — 495 members — last activity Jun 25, 2026 07:12AM
This group is for anyone that loves monsters. It is intended for the people who love to read about them, or people like myself, who write about them. ...more

Review Group — 5948 members — last activity Oct 25, 2026 07:14PM
Reviews are very important for Self-Published (SP), and Indie authors, just as they are for others. Unfortunately, though, many SP/Indie books don't g ...more

Zombies! — 2829 members — last activity Oct 13, 2026 01:47PM
For all those ready to battle the zombie hordes.

SciFi and Fantasy eBook Club — 3795 members — last activity 3 hours, 51 min ago
This is for those of us whose preferred format is the ebook ... So, Whether you're a Kindle, Nook, Sony, iPad, Google, or whatever person; come on in ...more

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