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twittmerIch stosse mit dir an, auch wenn du nicht mehr da bist! Auf dich Walti! 🖤 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sofitel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sofitel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theloft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theloft</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wien</a>

dj zenn1000 Day Album Challenge (#89) Manu Dibango: Soul Makossa (1973) [29.03.24]mama ko mama sa maka makossa / mama ko mama sa maka makossa mama ko mama sa maka makossa…I believe this record entered my life during my late thirties or early forties. I felt like I remembered the song from when I was a kid, but that memory seemed too fleeting to be certain that it was genuine. if I heard it I certainly didn’t recall that the artist was Manu Dibango, a saxophonist from Cameroon.Soul Makossa is one of the most important records in the development of disco and dance culture. it was the first record to break in the clubs and then become a Top 40 hit. it reached #35 on the Billboard charts. it was unearthed by the legendary David Mancuso, who discovered it in a small record store in a West Indian neighborhood in Brooklyn. it became a staple at his party, The Loft, and was subsequently played by the Chief Rocker, Frankie Crocker on WBLS.subsequent generations might recognize it because of Michael Jackson interpolating the soul makossa chant within Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ featured on Thriller. that section was then sampled by Rihanna in Don’t Stop the Music. it has gone onto be sampled dozens of times.New Bell is the other can’t miss track here. I don’t mean to be dismissive to say that it follows the same formula as Soul Makossa. when a formula works it worlds. New Bell has a driving rhythm with some fantastic sax played over the top of it. for a dancefloor it should be like honey to a bee.<a href="https://c.im/tags/1000DayAlbumChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#1000DayAlbumChallenge</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ManuDibango" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ManuDibango</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SoulMakossa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoulMakossa</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/DavidMancuso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DavidMancuso</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TheLoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheLoft</a>

Sarah CypherJust a heads up that this Saturday, I'm* teaching an inexpensive online class on how to navigate "revise and resubmit" agent rejections. The goal is to share strategies for revisions that go deep enough to get the right agent to commit to representing your novel. Link to more info + registration here:<a href="https://loft.org/classes/troubleshooting-revise-and-resubmit-rejection" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://loft.org/classes/troubleshooting-revise-and-resubmit-rejection</a>* = indie editor of 20 years, novelist with a Big Five press, good at this.<a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/revising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#revising</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/agents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#agents</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/rr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rr</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/class" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#class</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/TheLoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheLoft</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/literary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#literary</a>

Allison WyssI may or may not have come up with this class after a conversation here. The Magical Object In Fiction: Objects can be props, but they can also accumulate greater meaning. We'll start with the functional objects already in most stories & turn them into reflections of character, conduits for intimacy, motifs, & powerful metaphors—creating dimension, complexity, & resonance in our stories.7/12 - 8/22 Online & Asynchronous<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TheLoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheLoft</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingClass</a> <a href="https://bit.ly/ObjectFiction" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/ObjectFiction</a>

Allison WyssI wrote about a story from Farah Ali's The People Want to Live and the way a simple description can come to life through the layering of seeming contradiction. <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ReadingLikeAWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadingLikeAWriter</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmWriting</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCraft</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/FarahAli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FarahAli</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ThePeopleWantToLive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThePeopleWantToLive</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Description" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Description</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Layering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Layering</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Contradiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Contradiction</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Characterization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Characterization</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TheLoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheLoft</a><a href="https://bit.ly/PeopleLiveAlive" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/PeopleLiveAlive</a>

Allison WyssI'm also going to be teaching a remote & asynchronous class on voice & perspective. We'll examine a variety of narration techniques and the opportunities & challenges of each. Topics include: POV, filtering, personality, sensibility, reliability, secrets & mystery, omniscience, tense, narrative distance, curation of objects, narrative strategy, & some other strange stuffStarts Mar. 15<a href="https://bit.ly/VoiceLoft" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/VoiceLoft</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingClass</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Voice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Voice</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/POV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#POV</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCraft</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TheLoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheLoft</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Perspective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Perspective</a>

Allison WyssThis time I wrote about Paul Yoon's SNOW HUNTERS and how a passage that layers contradictory emotions can get us to _feel_ in an amazing way, creating an experience beyond what can be articulated.<a href="https://bit.ly/3Y7WOnT" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3Y7WOnT</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ReadingLikeAWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadingLikeAWriter</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TheLoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheLoft</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritersofMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersofMastodon</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCraft</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/SnowHunters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SnowHunters</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PaulYoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PaulYoon</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LayeringEmotion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LayeringEmotion</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/paradox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paradox</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/contradiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#contradiction</a>

Allison WyssSince we've all been talking about how to find and develop interesting characters, I feel like sharing an old craft post about a fun way to think about describing them.It's about Silvia Moreno-Garcia's (amazing!) CERTAIN DARK THINGS and physical description that is really alive and thrilling.<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ReadingLikeAWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadingLikeAWriter</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TheLoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheLoft</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritersofMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersofMastodon</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCraft</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PhysicalDescription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhysicalDescription</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Vampires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vampires</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/SilviaMorenoGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SilviaMorenoGarcia</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/CertainDarkThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CertainDarkThings</a> <a href="https://bit.ly/CertainDarkDescription" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/CertainDarkDescription</a>

Allison WyssI wrote this a while back about MONGRELS (by Stephen Graham Jones) and the sense of wonder, which is something I'm absurdly fascinated by. How do we create--and hold!--such a fleeting sensation? I love thinking about it.And I'd love to learn your ideas about other ways to play with it. <a href="https://bit.ly/MongWond" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/MongWond</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ReadingLikeAWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadingLikeAWriter</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TheLoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheLoft</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritersofMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersofMastodon</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCraft</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/StephenGrahamJones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StephenGrahamJones</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WereWolves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WereWolves</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#horror</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/wonder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wonder</a>

Allison WyssThis time I wrote about Megan Gidding's The Women Could Fly and a moment that is small but truly thrilling. It's about subtext and landscape and a weirding of the way energy flows within a passage. Also, the book is magnificent.<a href="https://bit.ly/WomenFlyLandscapeReflect" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/WomenFlyLandscapeReflect</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/WritersofMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersofMastodon</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ReadingLikeAWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReadingLikeAWriter</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Landscape</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Reflection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reflection</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Subtext" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Subtext</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Magic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Magic</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TheLoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheLoft</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/TheWomenCouldFly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheWomenCouldFly</a>

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