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axadle<p>North Western State of Somalia Parliament Criticizes Somali PM's Las Anod Trip <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Somalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Somalia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WestAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestAfrica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Anod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anod</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/criticizes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criticizes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LAs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LAs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/north" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>north</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parliament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parliament</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PMs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Somali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Somali</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Somalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Somalia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trip</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>western</span></a>&nbsp;<br><a href="https://tinyurl.com/24ho675x" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/24ho675x</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
drewspen<p>Progressive Double Two Step @ Studio 22 with Jim Weber 20250406 133202035 </p><p>Sunday's PD2 lesson is a guy neck wrap &amp; outside turn. Side pass &amp; girl turn. The right turn and girl double turn. Thank you Jim!</p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pd2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pd2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/country" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>country</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>western</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dancing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dancing</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/V15HS2gzCCI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/V15HS2gzCCI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Reclusivity<p>Horror at Tombstone Available Everywhere <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/audiobook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audiobook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>free</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sale</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shortstories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shortstories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thriller</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychological</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>western</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/narrative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>narrative</span></a> <a href="https://www.ashlanchidester.com/2025/02/horror-at-tombstone-audiobook.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ashlanchidester.com/2025/02/ho</span><span class="invisible">rror-at-tombstone-audiobook.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/read" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>read</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/april" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>april</span></a></p>
S. Lott<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>western</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a></p><p>4/6. SC POV: Are you capable of killing a person?</p><p>Most of the SCs are not blood-thirsty monsters. Some of them are. A few teeter on the fence. </p><p>For example, Mueller the mercenary certainly is capable of killing and looking at killing both Amy and Diane. Diane sees this all too clearly. Things don’t go well for him.</p>
Schnatterick<p>Just watched <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tombstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tombstone</span></a> (1993) moderner alter <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Western</span></a> voller Klischees und raubeinigen Kitsch und einer fast unerträglichen Maske von <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ValKilmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ValKilmer</span></a> in einer fast Gunslinger Rolle zusammen mit <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KurtRussel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KurtRussel</span></a> recht eindrucksvoll und cool aber sehr enttäuschendes Editing gerade am Ende. </p><p><a href="https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/11969-tombstone" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">themoviedb.org/movie/11969-tom</span><span class="invisible">bstone</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/filmeundserien" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>filmeundserien</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SamElliot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamElliot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BillPaxton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillPaxton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Action" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Action</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoFilm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cinemastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cinemastodon</span></a></p>
The Funny Pages<p>The Cisco Kid by José Luis Salinas and Rod Reed<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comicstrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comicstrip</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theciscokid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theciscokid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>western</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comicstrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comicstrips</span></a></p>
geri325<p><a href="https://gerisfilmblog42.blogspot.com/2023/10/silverado.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gerisfilmblog42.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">023/10/silverado.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://amzn.to/3FThKdY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">amzn.to/3FThKdY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Action" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Action</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cowboys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cowboys</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KevinCostner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KevinCostner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KevinKline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KevinKline</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pferde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pferde</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Saloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Schie%C3%9Ferei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schießerei</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScottGlenn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScottGlenn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Silverado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Silverado</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spannung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spannung</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Western</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a></p>
geri325<p><a href="https://gerisfilmblog42.blogspot.com/2023/07/brimstone-erlose-uns-von-dem-bosen.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gerisfilmblog42.blogspot.com/2</span><span class="invisible">023/07/brimstone-erlose-uns-von-dem-bosen.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://amzn.to/422CJE4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">amzn.to/422CJE4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brimstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brimstone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/brutal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brutal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DakotaFanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DakotaFanning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diabolisch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diabolisch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gewalt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gewalt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GuyPearce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GuyPearce</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neowestern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neowestern</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sadistisch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sadistisch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Western</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/filmkritik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filmkritik</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unterhaltung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unterhaltung</span></a></p>
axadle<p>U.S. Deputy Secretary Shows Interest in North Western State of Somalia via Twitter <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Somalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Somalia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WestAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestAfrica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Deputy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deputy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/interest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/north" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>north</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Secretary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Secretary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Somalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Somalia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>western</span></a>&nbsp;<br><a href="https://tinyurl.com/2yw6xqp5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/2yw6xqp5</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Miguel R. Nuño<p>El 6 de abril de 2020 muere a los 85 años,<br>✨ James Drury<br>Actor nacido en Nueva York que interpretó al Virginiano, uno de los vaqueros más famosos de la <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Televisi%C3%B3n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Televisión</span></a> de finales de los 60.<br>Así arrancaba cada episodio de la serie, con su inolvidable música:<br>🎶 📺 👉 <a href="https://t.co/RqmhPqW5ZM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">t.co/RqmhPqW5ZM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://masto.es/tags/CulturaPopular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturaPopular</span></a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Western</span></a></p>
S. Lott<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>western</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a></p><p>4/5. What’s the most important thing about world-building for you?</p><p>It’s the US West in the 1840’s. World-building options are limited. It’s horror, so world-building is necessary. But only near the fringes of our conscious awareness. </p><p>What inspires me most are distinctive locations. Place is a character, putting some additional meaning on the action.</p>
The Funny Pages<p>The Cisco Kid by José Luis Salinas and Rod Reed<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comicstrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comicstrip</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theciscokid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theciscokid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>western</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comicstrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comicstrips</span></a></p>
Pekka Kallioniemi<p>For years, <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Dugin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dugin</span></a>’s influence was mostly confined to <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> and far-right <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> circles, with some weirdos like Jackson <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Hinkle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hinkle</span></a> thrown in the mix. But now, he is appearing in major <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Western</span></a> media outlets, often framed as an “intellectual” rather than an <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/extremist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremist</span></a>. </p><p>10/17</p>
kolya<p><a href="https://social.cologne/tags/Iwatched" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iwatched</span></a> River of no Return (1954) with <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/MarilynMonroe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarilynMonroe</span></a> and <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/RobertMitchum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobertMitchum</span></a>. And while MM is beautiful and graceful as ever, the film is a pile of awful <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>western</span></a> clichés and questionable morals, including cartoony indians, kids with guns and 1950s gender roles, that are very clearly defined to say the least.</p>
Putin's IBS<p>"<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russian</span></a> terrorists think we're all idiots!" 🙄 </p><p>🤬 The level of cynicism is off the charts: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Russians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russians</span></a> are trying to pass off an attack on a residential area of ​​<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Krivoy_Rog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Krivoy_Rog</span></a> as a strike on a "meeting place of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukrainian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukrainian</span></a> Armed Forces commanders and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Western</span></a> instructors"</p><p>According to the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> Ministry of Defence, allegedly, "enemy losses amounted to 85 servicemen and officers of foreign countries."</p>
The Funny Pages<p>The Cisco Kid by José Luis Salinas and Rod Reed<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comicstrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comicstrip</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theciscokid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theciscokid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>western</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comicstrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comicstrips</span></a></p>
S. Lott<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Western</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a> </p><p>4/4. Whose advice about your writing would you follow?</p><p>For non-fiction, I have a bunch of tech reviewers and editors. I follow their advice assiduously. Back when I had a day job, I took advice from colleagues, also. </p><p>For fiction, I have a beta reader. I read aloud to my partner. This gives us (both) a in-depth look at story structure and writing technique. That’s self-study, not advice, but I find it helpful.</p>
drewspen<p>Two Step @ Studio 22 with Bobby Pritchard 20250403 202120632 </p><p>Thursday's Two Step is under arm turn, right and left turns, and grapevine. Thank you Bobby!</p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twostep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>twostep</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/2step" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2step</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/country" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>country</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>western</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dancing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dancing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lesson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lesson</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/VBS0plPY6L4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/VBS0plPY6L4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
The Funny Pages<p>The Cisco Kid by José Luis Salinas and Rod Reed<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comicstrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comicstrip</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theciscokid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theciscokid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>western</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comicstrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comicstrips</span></a></p>
S. Lott<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/western" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>western</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a></p><p>4/3. Is it easy for you to kill characters? When is it the right thing to do?</p><p>It varies. The bad guys get killed left, right, and center. Well, a few of them, anyway.<br>There needs to be a purpose in the plot.</p><p>Further, this is horror. Lingering beyond death in one of those nebulous, wasting states is far more horrible than simple death. I prefer insanity and suffering.</p>