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Charlie Stross
Charlie Stross
@cstross@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

#WritersCoffeeClub day 30: This month, how did you successfully navigate a challenge or a sticky point in your writing?

That happens to me pretty much every working day and is unmemorable as a consequence.

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Charlie Stross
Charlie Stross
@cstross@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

#WritersCoffeeClub Today I *FAILED* to surmount the challenge posed by starting the day with a medical appointment at 9:30am that included the memorable phrase, "I'm just going to lay this fine silver electrode across your cornea ..."

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Jon
Jon
@oddhack@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@cstross how does it compare to having a suction cup attached to your eyeball? That was an experience I could have done without (being someone who has never been able to tolerate contact lenses, even).

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Charlie Stross
Charlie Stross
@cstross@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@oddhack Never had that; I'd rate this as "less unpleasant than lens replacement surgery without sedation", but not by a huge margin.

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Matthew Newell
Matthew Newell
@MatthewNewell@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@cstross I am already getting cross-overs to Marathon Man with Olivier as the sadistic ophthalmologist

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Paul Lalonde
Paul Lalonde
@Flux@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@cstross Beats the injections. But yeah.

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Graydon
Graydon
@graydon@canada.masto.host  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@cstross that does seem like a reasonable acceptance of the limitations of the flesh, somehow.

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Diane
Diane
@alienghic@timeloop.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@cstross That sounds like a quite uncomfortable start to your day

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Charlie Stross
Charlie Stross
@cstross@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@alienghic It was!

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Tuftears
Tuftears
@Tuftears@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@cstross "For you, it was a soul-gripping moment, lost in the throes between ripping your hair out and screaming in frustration that the Muse would, once again, deny you your rightful glories. For me, it was Tuesday."

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mhoye
mhoye
@mhoye@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@cstross "Asked and answered, your honour."

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