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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 — 13885 members — last activity 5 hours, 17 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. — 485 members — last activity Jan 27, 2026 01:43AM
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 — 5642 members — last activity 13 minutes ago
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! — 2817 members — last activity Oct 26, 2025 04:29PM
For all those ready to battle the zombie hordes.

SciFi and Fantasy eBook Club — 3769 members — last activity 8 hours, 23 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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