The Sword and Laser discussion

Taika Waititi is adapting a fantasy novel and also looked quite fine at the Met. Plus, self-publishing award winners, Locus nominees, and we have a progressive story in the works!

http://swordandlaser.com/home/2023/5/...
https://www.patreon.com/posts/461-che...

Link to our collaborative cozy scifi story thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Tom and Veronica are of course right that it's difficult to bring a story where different people continue a story post by post to any kind of ending. It's basically the ultimate form of "Pantsing" as you really can't plan or plot anything. Therefore I though a cozy science fiction story could be fun as it's probably more about characters and the world than the plot! And for the people writing the excitement where others take the tings you wrote.

And of course I would love to hear a rendition of the story by Tom and Veronica (although I must admit I cringed a little when hearing my own writing *g*).

So everyone is invited to participate even if it's just a sentence!

Poutine tacos!

I loved listening to this episode while I was at the gym. I loved the continued spotted dick conversation. When V said she was a pescatarian, I was reminded (mentally) that for purposes of Lent, capybaras (and apparently beaver and muskrat) are considered aquatic and thus ok for Catholics to eat during Lent. https://www.foodandwine.com/news/capy... (my brain works in weird ways)

Just listened to the show, another great one for the books.

If you’re not going to eat calamari due to their intelligence, I have bad (or good) news about spiders:

Do spiders dream? A new study suggests they do.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/an....

(BTW: Love where the collaborative Sword & Laser Story is going ;-) )