Jeremy Varner @JDVarner

My Eng. teacher told me I'd never make money as a writer. Joke's on her, broke people can't pay bets :) Author of Agent of Argyre series, writer of #Alterpedia jeremyvarner.com/blog/ Joined May 2011

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Jeremy Varner @JDVarner

3 weeks ago

I was just thinking about how Minority Report had targeted ads using biometric data running real time in public. Sadly, it's only a matter of time now - totally nailed it decades in advance. But then I also think: how deep does that rabbit hole go? How smart do the signs get?

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Jeremy Varner @JDVarner

2 months ago

I made a discovery while editing and thinking about dashes. Due to some personal quirks, I actually use British style en dashes and never noticed. I've blended American and British English for YEARS and no one told me. This is what happens when your proof-readers are Canadian.

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Jeremy Varner @JDVarner

2 months ago

Some days you look at an intended project and think, "that's totally doable, I can do that. It won't take *that* long." Other days you realize that's probably how GRRM once felt.

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Jeremy Varner @JDVarner

2 months ago

A few videos I've seen about how to tell if something was written by a human or not have made me very aware of how many em dashes I use. Fortunately, every comments section is filled with other writers having the same problem. So, hey, not alone.😅

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Jeremy Varner @JDVarner

3 months ago

Every once in a while, I get the strong urge to just shut down for a bit and binge something then tell myself that if it's in the right genres I can consider it "research". It's a wonderful cope.

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Jeremy Varner @JDVarner

3 months ago

Remember a few years ago when there was a serious debate about whether amputees could have an unfair advantage in races because of specialized running legs? Thinking about cyborgs, I find myself amused with the idea that eventually they're going to have to regulate specs.

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Jeremy Varner @JDVarner

3 months ago

Thinking back over my lifetime, there's always that one seemingly futuristic business trend everyone invests in like a lottery ticket for a few years before it implodes and maybe 2~3 survive. I wonder how many have that moment of clarity: "crap, we're the bubble, aren't we?"

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Jeremy Varner @JDVarner

3 months ago

What I can say about my (unintentionally) self-imposed exile is this: I should be releasing at least one book this year - probably even two. ...and then I've been laying out the groundwork for like... 18 more... I have a problem.

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Jeremy Varner @JDVarner

3 months ago

Been working for a while on a few projects I'm hoping to roll out this year. Have to remind myself to start getting active on social media again. Probably shouldn't have stopped in the first place but, honestly, I got a little lost in writing... again... I'm bad at this part.

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Veritasium @veritasium

a year ago

Congress is about to make a huge mistake. #savechandra youtube.com/shorts/sE-RUu9…

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Jeremy Varner @JDVarner

a year ago

Retreating from social media wasn't exactly something I did intentionally, it just kind of happened. Still, I actually understand why people do it. There's a little peace to just zoning out to your current project. Unfortunately, I've been working on like... five...

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Jeremy Varner @JDVarner

2 years ago

I often wonder how people function without caffeine, then I think back on the history of mankind... Thousands of years between the wheel and electricity, hundreds of years between coffee and cellphones. Coincidence? Yeah, probably. But it gives me an excuse.

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Jeremy Varner @JDVarner

2 years ago

Sometimes I wonder what my search history looks like to big brother. One day I'm looking up witchcraft, the next day I'm looking up anything from weapons to criminal charges for some sketchy shit. One can hope they stop to look at my bibliography before I end up on a list.

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Jeremy Varner @JDVarner

3 years ago

Sometimes I come back from a bit of a hiatus and I find really weird DMs from bots. This time one of them tried to offer me access to a crypto account. I'm not even sure how that scam is supposed to work.

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Jeremy Varner @JDVarner

3 years ago

Hearing an Avatar 2 TV spot describe it as the "motion picture event of a generation" just makes me think either they believe the third is going to be really underwhelming or they just admitted the next one won't release for another 13 years.

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Jeremy Varner @JDVarner

3 years ago

Having to replace some keys on my laptop keyboard, I've learned a piece of plastic about the width of a fingertip is apparently more valuable than previously thought. You'd think they'd have more staying power (I swear I'm not punching the keyboard - those days are long gone)

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Jeremy Varner @JDVarner

3 years ago

My computer just told me the sun rose. I think it's funny that it implies Windows assumes if you're awake to see that notification that you're not somewhere that can be touched by sunlight.