I had to keep pausing this #RiteGud #podcast episode every 10 minutes because I couldn't deal. They're unearthing bad #WritingAdvice from Twitter and Reddit and oh lord it is really fucking bad.

https://kittysneezes.com/more-bad-writing-advice/

Lowlights include

- don't use "said" because it's repetitive
- to be a good writer you don't need to read books because that's ableist
- a Sanderson-style rational magic system is necessary if you're going to write about magic

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https://kittysneezes.com/orc-gusano/

Good #RiteGud #podcast episode on #writing #SFFH with #Latinx people in mind
- The difference between writing Latinx characters for white people vs for actual Latinx people
- Secondary worlds that shy away from #imperialism and #colonialism, when those are the historical forces that made Latinx people possible

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Fresh #RiteGud #podcast drop
#Writing #Horror #SFF #diversity

https://kittysneezes.com/other-rite-gud/

The Way to Write the Other is Not To Make the Other Into You

"There’s a long tradition in Western literature of exoticizing other cultures, particularly the East and the Global South. And recently, there’s been a major effort to undo all that–to de-exoticize the way we depict other cultures. And that’s a a step in the right direction, for sure.[...] 1/2

Updated #introduction to keep my timeline spicy. Enjoy ugly hashtags.

I'm #Filipina #Canadian in the #Philippines

Music - #darkwave #postpunk #altrock and yes even #kpop and #ppop
Books - #scifi #fantasy #horror - Give me haunting prose, body horror and grimdark. I also write dumb stories I shouldn't be writing.
Games - indies, roguelikes, strategy, life sims, and #Disco Elysium
Comics - #Uber #Cybersix #JunjiIto
Podcasts - #RiteGud #TechWontSaveUs #TrashFuture

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https://cohost.org/PCV/post/798932-thank-you-for-provid

Yeah, see I listen to #RiteGud for a reason. #podcasts #libraries

A reminder for those in fiction #writing #amwriting on the power of vibes

#RiteGud No Plot Just Vibes
- https://kittysneezes.com/no-plot-just-vibes/ (1 hr 20m podcast)
- https://youtu.be/Cm0maIh0K8g

"Many writers overemphasize the importance of plot. They focus on plot so much they forget about everything else. In this episode of Rite Gud, we are joined once again by Karlo Yeager Rodríguez, who is going to tell us why plot isn’t everything."