Antwan Crump

@antwancrump.bsky.social

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Writer / Author (novels, short stories, screenplays, comics, etc). DEBUT NOVEL COMING SOON! Mostly talking shop and random thoughts. Find me on Amazon or atcrump.com

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Already a long week. Pushing ahead, though.

Hate is weakness disguised as aggression.

"I am far less brave than the person who posted their work online, so I shall be a cunt in response to their efforts and courage to share something they created."

The Dream. 🙌

If anyone needs me I’ll be reading outside, greeting dogs as they happen by.

The hard thing about writing antagonists is that "evil" doesn't necessarily mean "dumb," "insane," or even "wrong". It's simply an opposing force. The key is articulating why it's so effective against our protags. #authors

It's good. Really good... #writing

It's an early start today. Two more chapters and it's done. #writing

Writing...

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Self-care + Self-care = Hell yeah!

Never be the ghost of someone's past, when they refuse to be present. It's on them to catch up. Not you.

Reviving my blog (... I know ...). I neglect it but figured I'd share. I'm looking for feedback. There are dated hundreds. Short stories too! It's... Uh. Deep? Probably says more about Me than You, so don't take it hard. Laugh. The kids call it a "rant"... Yeet. Yeet. atcrump.com/2023/08/29/d...

Dreams & Nightmaresatcrump.com There are few more maligned, abused, and discontented creatures that suffer walking this earth than the working artist.

Every WIP has those special moments where your only job is not to think. You just kind of watch and transcribe. There's something pure and serendipitous about that. #authors

The hipster coffee place I go to offered to sell my novel at the counter (when it's done) and I've never been more motivated in my life. Those little victories are everything. #writing

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For a while now I have had this icky feeling that a lot of our use of AI is us just using it to find examples to show each other how bad AI is and TBH I think we should probably all stop doing that cause excessive energy consumption doesn't differentiate between real use and joke use. 😬

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By the way, I do book and short story edits! Hit me up at [email protected] or you can use this here link thingy: www.fiverr.com/s/GzlE1RZ

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Sometimes you've got to shut the world out and do the thing. Is it always practical? Nope. Will everyone agree? Nuh-uh. Are you being silly? Probably. But that's not the point. The point is getting it done. That "thing" may change someone's life. #writing

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Because it was bugging me that @jonolfert.bsky.social did fantasy and I did horror, here is sci-fi market breakdown by pay rate from @diabolicalplots.com as of today. Same caveats as previous

Out of interest I did what @jonolfert.bsky.social did below but for horror markets. Sames caveats apply (+their charting is better than mine!)

The plot thickens... www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Boeing to plead guilty in US probe of fatal 737 MAX crashes, says DOJ officialwww.reuters.com Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge to resolve a U.S. Justice Department investigation linked to two 737 MAX fatal crashes, a government official said on Sunday.

Good thread: #authors #writers

b/c someone asked for this and I don't have time to write a pamphlet: How to promote on social media without sounding like you're being held hostage: 1. Link your books with joyfulness "Hey! I have a new release!" vs "I guess I should link my books not that it matters."

I spent most of the morning researching luxury real estate for a scene and "obscene" doesn't do my disgust justice. JFC... There are literal tent cities, then there's...

Meanwhile, in attempted dystopia...

What this article leaves out is that if you hand your unlocked phone to a police officer, they can legally search it. Unless companies develop a method that allows you to show officers insurance cards and driver license without unlocking the rest of your phone, don't. www.zdnet.com/article/digi...

This state is introducing digital driver's licenses. Here's what you need to knowwww.zdnet.com Your physical wallet is being replaced piece by piece. Here's what you need to know about using digital IDs.

"Love, Death, & Robots" but strictly Cyberpunk and BIPOC-Surrealism.

Write for yourself. Rewrite for the reader. Edit for both. Then let it go. #writing

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A 2017 internal Veterans Affairs report shows Black veterans were more often denied benefits for PTSD than their white counterparts. The analysis crunched claims data from fiscal year 2011 through 2016. And disparate treatment started after WWI when it was still called shell shock. It continues.

Black veterans were denied VA benefits for PTSD more often than whiteswww.nbcnews.com “Ever since I came back from Vietnam, I knew that I had a problem, but I didn’t know what it was," said one Black veteran.

"Gotta save the budget to insure our AI-powered bullet vending machines!" (... I hate this timeline 🤦)

The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer

Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry familieswww.usatoday.com Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.

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Conservatives: "RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES! RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!" The Epstein Files: *name Donald Trump a bunch* Conservatives: "WAIT NO NOT LIKE THAT!"

For anyone playing Apocalypse Bingo...

😡🧐🤬 gizmodo.com/oklahoma-ala...

Oklahoma, Alabama Now Have AI-Powered Vending Machines That Sell Bulletsgizmodo.com In a questionable new trend, supermarkets in the South now seem to be selling bullets right out of a dispenser.

Favorite Horror Novel (guilty pleasure): "The Strain," which is either about fear of disease or fear of inferiority. Favorite Horror Film: "Scary Movie," even though it's a comedy, it's a deep dive into the fear/dangers of indifference and the weaponization of external ennui.

Horror is mostly about fear. Bram Smoker's Dracula, for example, might be about fear of racial immigration. Ju-On is, I think, about the fear of domestic violence. What's your favorite horror novel or movie, and what kind of fear is it about?

Public service announcement #authors...

can we get a thread of sci-fi writers going? BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+ and disabled authors to the front! we all need new reading material!! please alt text images and add links so we can buy from you

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Our FIYAH authors spit in the face of these stereotypes. In this issue, you will find stories and poetry featuring disabled characters from all walks of life. Along with their differences, every single one of them has agency. - @emmaliawrites.bsky.social for $3.99: fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...