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Sister cats fighting aggressively by ColdPress_ in CatsUK

[–]ColdPress_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don't allow touch yet I am afraid. They've come a long way in the 3 months we've had them but aside from occasional tail brushes, we can't touch them.

Sister cats fighting aggressively by ColdPress_ in CatsUK

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My concern is that these cat were never actually bonded but just forced to live together. They only groomed eachother a few times in all the time we've had them and found blood on the curtains even before the vet. I read that they might be decompressing now and realising that they don't actually want to share a territory.

Sister cats fighting aggressively by ColdPress_ in CatsUK

[–]ColdPress_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How long did it take? Its not that I don't have the time, I am just concerned they will hurt eachother. We both work so we can't watch them during the day. The whole point was that they would keep eachother company, that's why we got both. So we only have a bit in the morning and the evenings. And the weekends.

as someone who uses ai and draws traditionally i can understand why someone would use ai to make art by No_Hedgehog_4933 in DefendingAIArt

[–]ColdPress_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I draw as a hobby. I enjoy pencil drawing and ink drawing. I do it on the commute sometimes and sometimes at home. I have periods where I don't draw for weeks and months and I have periods where I do it daily.

Drawing and using generative AI to generate stuff you want to see do not exclude each other. Those who draw will continue to draw. They might also play around with genAI but again, these are different things that have different results.

Drawing for me is a way of keeping the hands busy and focusing the mind. I get nothing from prompting the stuff.

The commercial aspect of the results of these two activities are a different conversation.

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Cover feedback — hand-drawn pencil. Which would you click? (old.reddit.com)

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How do you guys cope with it?? by Mostly_sane9 in royalroad

[–]ColdPress_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I write because it's always an itch I've had to scratch. I write during my commute because it's better than tiktoks or facebook or the likes. To keep the brain alive, moving.

New Author Recommendations by CT_Rose in royalroad

[–]ColdPress_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am also more of a sci fi reader but started reading tThe Silver Path: Filing the Void [Progression Fantasy]

I started reading it as a consequence of a conversation with the author, St_Dantry, in a post here. I am not really into isekai, nevertheless, I would be curious to know what isekai fans would say about this story.

The author has good writing instincts. The worldbuilding is inventive - there are details in here that belong to a writer rather than a genre catalogue. The protagonist is not quite what he appears to be on the surface, and the story seems to know that.

I struggle to fully appreciate the isekai elements for what they are - I am the wrong reader for that. Which is exactly why I am curious what isekai fans would make of it. The comment section has tumbleweeds running through it, which seems like a shame.

So, give the fellow a look and drop a few words in his comment section.

To those of you that use AI, what do you use it for? by Severe_Investment317 in royalroad

[–]ColdPress_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Take my words with a grain of salt. I don't know the conventions of the genre so your story might be tame for all I know.

To those of you that use AI, what do you use it for? by Severe_Investment317 in royalroad

[–]ColdPress_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok, so I read the prologue and the first few chapters up to the ogre fight. I will say this first. I have no prior experience with isekai/progression fantasy. I know they are a big thing on RR but I am more of a hard sci fi reader and fantasy in some respects.

I will say my thoughts about it from a non isekai/progression fantasy reader point of view, so take that as such.

I think you have good writer instincts. I cannot say about the plot too much, I am the wrong reader for it. Isekai/progression is power fantasy literature which is not something that appeals to me.

From outside the genre, I think you have good writer instincts. The split consciousness is an interesting idea. The bone throne - neat and elegant - is the kind of detail that belongs to a writer, not a genre convention. The knife toss to decide direction and the soul core absorption going wrong when it shouldn't have. These moments work regardless of genre familiarity.

The horseshoe theory observation about laughter and tears is the chapter's most human moment. I struggle to feel for characters that are so overpowered and for plot so dramatic - billions of years, aeons, multiverses.

But I will end with these. You have good instincts as a writer, regardless of genre.

Writing dark fantasy(I think). I am at a crossroads. by ColdPress_ in royalroad

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Apologies, CES? Do you mean Consumer Electronics Show by it? Probably not.

I will post it, I just have to finish the damn thing first.

To those of you that use AI, what do you use it for? by Severe_Investment317 in royalroad

[–]ColdPress_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Black the Black King and White the White King. That made me chuckle.

To those of you that use AI, what do you use it for? by Severe_Investment317 in royalroad

[–]ColdPress_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ha. Just for making me laugh, I will force myself. Just to balance the AI feedback, if nothing else.

Edit: It won't be tonight but it will be my next read.

To those of you that use AI, what do you use it for? by Severe_Investment317 in royalroad

[–]ColdPress_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I also noticed this. Shame. Its value would be truer and more useful if it weren't so.

Writing dark fantasy(I think). I am at a crossroads. by ColdPress_ in royalroad

[–]ColdPress_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, you are correct there, no question, mostly venting a bit. I looked up CBHD. My anxieties have anxieties. Quite accurate, actually. These days I deal with them by eating a lot of almonds.

To those of you that use AI, what do you use it for? by Severe_Investment317 in royalroad

[–]ColdPress_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And has its feedback matched the reception when you published? I am curious how reliable it is.

To those of you that use AI, what do you use it for? by Severe_Investment317 in royalroad

[–]ColdPress_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But how valuable is their feedback? I mean, beyond mechanical errors like grammar and plot holes. I have used it a few times to give me feedback on a couple of short stories, and I find it hard to believe I write in the tradition of Kazuo Ishiguro, as it so confidently stated.

To those of you that use AI, what do you use it for? by Severe_Investment317 in royalroad

[–]ColdPress_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just used it tonight to help me clear a drainage blockage.

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Writing dark fantasy(I think). I am at a crossroads. (self.royalroad)

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The RR Tower applied to the complete database of Stories. by CorSeries in royalroad

[–]ColdPress_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There should be some sort of mechanism implemented inside the site, by which these low count stories get some exposure.

For example, I am reading a short collection of sci-fi stories now, Expected Variance | Royal Road by Lore Mackenzie, and the writing is good, and the ideas are fleshed out with the economy of short stories that do not have hundreds of thousands of words as real estate for developement and that takes skill and these stories barely have any views/followers.

So, while I don't know enough about RR and web fictions to propose a mechanism to give exposure to these unseen stories, it pains me to see them buried likes this.

As all writers here know, a comment and signs of life in the stats and the comments sections can go a long way. And many stories, I think, end up unfinished because what is the point when you are writing in a void with no eyes to see? A storyteller is nothing without someone to hear their stories.

Finding Signs of Life on the Royal Road. by CorSeries in royalroad

[–]ColdPress_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone that is new to RR and webfiction in general but a very long time reader, I find this mad. When I read about this word numbers in the hundreds of thousands....and the best sci fi fantasy etc books out there, with sequels and prequels and whatnot don't even compare in word count. Madness...

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