Yvonne 💍 is writing (please interrupt me)

I'm going to hang my shingle out properly by 'fessing that I've been reading Tolkien, and about Tolkien, for over half a century, and I'm currently obsessed with Rings of Power Mother of Uruks River Daughter Stone-singer in Training She/they I play DnD/BG3 & recommend Vampire Therapist

Happy Birthday to Kindred Spirits: Tower of London! A whole 11yrs old today. And still on special offer for this month... jennifercwilsonwriter.substack.com/p/a-special-... #historicalfiction #booknews #ghosts #booksky

I have reflected on my behavior, and I would like to defend it further.

The desperately sad thing about this is that the point isn't to get a tick from the teacher for doing the homework. It's a nudge to encourage you to talk to your kid about how they see themselves, and about how you see them. That's the exercise. AI is meaningless in this context. Poor kid 🙁

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 3609: If ever you feel discouraged, know this. Every day you get up to write is an act of courage. Every word you manage to write is a light against the darkness. You may not see it from where you are now, but it's there. It's shining.

Eventually, Elrond's account of the One Ring ended, overruning the meeting time by 20mins. Despite his lengthy discourse on the subject, everyone later noted that, in the minutes, Elrond had avoided giving himself any actions related to actually dealing with the One Ring problem.

I would be so seated for this. What a fabulous cast mashup

Uh huh *nods*

Since the trailers have shown Galadriel being plagued with nightmare visions, and have shown her fighting (and getting injured by?) a Nazgul--and also we've seen Gandalf fight Nazgul as well, I wish to call your attention to the one piece of text that inspired Gandalf's appearance in this show:

Your daily affirmation: To avoid burnout, smolder instead. Become a deep red glow in the darkness and wait for the right time to ignite.

Professor Cardigan isn't cross with you. He's just very, very disappointed

By dint of ridiculous effort I've pushed on with my handwritten transcription of The Fellowship of the Ring, and today, the twenty-fourth of October, I come back in line with the Shire Reackoning for the second time We're in Elrond's house, and it is in reality a few hours after ten in the morning!

Really looking forward to the wizard sleepover in season 3

Perhaps the big question is, when everything is said and done: Of all the phenomenal technological progress that has occurred during the last couple of centuries, has any of it awarded us anything even half as thoroughly fantastic as moss?

AI's makers want us to believe they're sentient. If they're not (they aren't) then it's a grift - one we should utterly reject If they are? Actual sentient machines? Well, then using them the way we do is slavery. Slavery under threat of death if they don't comply. That's unconscionably evil

One thing I've noticed in my slow handwritten transcription of The Fellowship of the Ring is how massively addicted Tolkien is to exclamation marks! But here's a sentence where I would 100% have used one, and he doesn't. Still, there are plenty of others sprinkled about (Quote in ALT text)

Had this idea in lockdown, half-built it, forgot about it, remembered it again, though might as well finish it.

On the fifth day, look to the East. Do my eyes deceive me? This is a boon unlooked for in this dark time!

Dúnedain! Can any Rangers of the North hear me? Please go to the Middle-earth Labeller chat and type "PREPARE". It will really help us in the skirmish

Fellow Dúnedain and other Free Peoples of the Wild: here's a chat where can take stock and maybe plan some actions. We are not getting many skirmishes, and the Darkness is very great in Middle-earth now. Join us?

HOLY FUCK

“Places […] preserve versions of our attention. We return believing we’re revisiting a landscape, only to discover that the landscape has been quietly keeping one of our former selves in trust.” —Kevin MacNeil on voyages, returns, & memory bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/10/19/a...

I love this version of the Fellowship. Legolas is fab!

Teenager standing on the pavement: Sunshine! His friend: For a change. Teen: It's nice. His friend: Will it stay though? Teen: Just be with the moment bruv.

Tiny gated throughstone stile near Sedbergh.

i always like “a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!” because it feels a bit like “day shall come again!” but it’s more like “aurë entuluva! but first, [the sound of a gun cocking]—”

Wishing Alan Garner a very, very happy 92nd birthday.

Woohoo! Sadly I have to work today. But the rest of you? Go ahead 📚☕️

#Tolkientober Day 17: Siblings During his stay in Rivendell, Bilbo learns much about Númenor’s first king Elros Tar-Minyatur. …perhaps a bit too much considering how much his brother Elrond gushes about him!

In honour of Rings of Power not posting anything new, here's something not new That question? I'm still wondering

What on earth has gone wrong with ALT text? When I try to edit before posting the cursor keeps jumping to the end

The British Fantasy Society does not allow the use of generative AI in any of its spaces. For more on this, read the interview with outgoing chair Shona Kinsella from earlier this year. This position has not changed since last week's AGM. ⬇️ britishfantasysociety.org/its-a-cheat-...

I don't pretend to know the science behind it, but it's beyond dispute that coffee and tea taste at least 63% better when you're drinking them from your most cherished mug.

FUCK IT. Let's give away 2 more signed paperbacks of my latest novel. Repost/reply to enter! You might like it if you like: Folkloric creatures Old records Intricate psychedelic stories The idea of circular time All shares much-appreciated. PS YOU GET A FREE LINOCUT OWL BOOKMARK TOO IF YOU WIN!

Absolutely cracking ALT text from Tom here. His are always a treat, but this one is special

🎵When I wake up in the morning, love 🎵Oh, the sunlight hurts my eyes 🎵Because I am a dracula 🎵A dude who also flies 🎵Then I drink some blood 🎵And the world's alright with me 🎵Just a sip of blood 🎵And I know it's gonna be 🎵A spooky day (spooky day, spooky day, spooky day, spooky day)

I'm genuinely looking forward to it (new adaptations keep discourse and books alive). But I would forgive uncounted sins for this shot alone Narnia Fledge foreshadowing 🪽🤍

People talk about weaponised incompetence but not enough people talk about philanthropic incompetence

shoutout to the guest artists for my new book, including Sarah's Scribbles! Get the book HERE ❤️ kickstarter.com/projects/mrlovenstein/mr-lovenstein-presents-fun

Oh Greta. I think you might have gone and done it *whispers* Aslan

Let's celebrate, today is Ada Lovelace Day! Known for creating the first machine algorithm for Babbage's Analytical Engine, Ada Lovelace is widely celebrated as the first programmer. Ada Lovelace at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #womeninstem

Playwrights. Come to amazing gorgeous (wet and windy, but after all it is Scotland) Isle of Mull. This is a very cool opportunity. You might even meet some nice locals 💗

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 96: If you write, you’re a writer. If you ask AI to write for you, no matter how many thousands of pages it slops out on your behalf, you’re not.

How it feels to be asked if I use genAI #comic

Write the book you would like to see someone pull from a higgledy piggledy pile in a secondhand shop 63 years after your death and say, "This looks fucking weird. I think I will buy it for Joan.”