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Two-time Prometheus award-winning hard science fiction author. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6  Learn how to homestead https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093BC3K1T 

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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 25 Jul 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Robert Kroese

      11/https://twitter.com/robkroese/status/1419352962799915010 …

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      Robert Kroese @robkroese
      She actually said she was waiting for "them" to address the piracy problem before she make her books available electronically. ("They" still haven't and never will, and plenty of authors sell books anyway)
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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 25 Jul 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Robert Kroese

      12/https://twitter.com/robkroese/status/1419353499951828994 …

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      Robert Kroese @robkroese
      It helps to be a little delusional about your prospects as an author. If one were realistic about one's chances of success, one would probably never finish a book. I worked very hard but was also extremely lucky
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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 25 Jul 2021

      13/ @St_Rev has a quote off in the direction of "success is built from talent, luck, and sociopathy and true standouts max out all of those three" I will modify that a bit and replace "sociopathy" with "unreasonable focus". Not compromising for the sake of "getting along", etc

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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 25 Jul 2021

      14/ Sociopathy is basically this, but totally maxed out. At lesser levels, and with a respect for people and for objective morality, it loses (some) friends but drives (some) success.

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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 25 Jul 2021

      15/ Luck can't be forced...but can be invited. Lay the groundwork for luck, and answer the door if/when it knocks. Hustle, hustle, hustle. The more you hustle the luckier you get.

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    6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 25 Jul 2021

      16/ Arguably my big break / pure dumb lucks was winning the Prometheus award with my first novel. One minor contributor to that was me, cold-calling Eric S Raymond because I thought he might enjoy and blurb my book. What I didn't realize was that he was a Prometheus judge.

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    7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 25 Jul 2021

      17/ It's "unreasonable" and a bit sociopathic to cold-email people, especially famous people (Eric S Raymond, Vernor Vinge, Ken Macleod, David Friedman), especially when you're an known, especially when you're asking a favor.

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    8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 25 Jul 2021

      18/ Am I saying that you should contact famous people and ask for favors? Heck, no. That's rude ... and you should only be rude once every decade or so, and when appropriately apologetic, and after taking pains to minimize the intrusion and to maximize the possible payoff.

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    9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 25 Jul 2021

      19/ But the point is (err, points are): * luck matters, but so does drive (which you can adjust) and talent (which you can also adjust via practice practice practice) * ...and luck itself knocks on those doors where it is welcomed.

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    10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 25 Jul 2021

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      20/ Great OSC quote. Pig headedness helps. I've smashed my head against lots of cinderblock walls. Some crumbled, some didn't. https://twitter.com/planefag/status/1419360534097547267 …

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 25 Jul 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted ELBrooks- medieval futurist

      21 having 5 kids >>>> writing yet-another book (100% srs) well done, sirhttps://twitter.com/PoetRegressive/status/1419360839707119616 …

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      ELBrooks- medieval futurist @PoetRegressive
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      I had been writing since I was a kid and was encouraged to go to an mfa after college. Instead I became a working class religious fanatic, had 5 kids, and didn't get back to writing seriously until I wasin my 30s. Can recommend.
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        1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 25 Jul 2021

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          22/ selection bias rules everything around me 1,000 people try "too hard" and make themselves obnoxious, 1 succeeds, 999 fail silently, you interview that 1, and he says "keep going, even when it seems impossible" 😬 https://twitter.com/MMdigg13/status/1419372719993393153 …

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        1. Sporadic E‏ @SporadicE5 25 Jul 2021
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          And his work will be 100% more relatable to human beings living their lives than the work of 26-year-old Brooklyn-dwellers with a summer at Iowa or Clarion or wherever.

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