#ghost

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Congratulations to @john and the rest of the @index Ghost team for launching their 6.0 version!

"The social web turns your Ghost publication into a networked social profile that people can find, follow, like, reply, repost and interact with from anywhere —bringing network effects directly to decentralized publishing. Popular posts can be shared, re-posted, and discussed by millions of social web users."

https://ghost.org/changelog/6/

This month I have three ebooks going for a special price on Smashwords!

If you'd like to support my writing, this is a great chance to try out some tales at a great price!

I have found 20 news orgs in the thanks to :

@feed@404media.co (404 Media)
@tangle_news (Readtangle)
@team (Kinoki)
@index@urbanandcity.com (Urbanandcity)
@feed@leicester.news (Leicester News)
@index@socialmediawatchblog.de (SMWB)
@feed@platformer.news (Platformer)
@index@levernews.com (Lever News)
@index@thebrowser.com (The Browser)
@index@roscoenews.com (Roscoe News)
@index@mag7.fr (Mag7)
@index@thespillmag.com (The Spillmag)
@index@howfenjournal.co.uk (Howfen Journal)
@index@newbostonpost.com (New Boston Post)
@index@hawkesburygazette.com (Hawkesbury Gazette)
@index@evangelical-times.org (Evangelical Times)
@index@magasinetroest.dk (Magasine Troest)
@index@aretenews.com (Arete News)
@index@malayalamtribune.com (Malayalam Tribune)
@index@verdelehti.fi (Verdelehti)

Actually, I have another post but this time a question; can anyone explain to me the pros and cons of blogging on my own website vs something like ?

I have checked their website comparison but the cost stuff doesn't impact me cos my website costs less than $9 a month to run, even with the plugins (most of the ones I use are free).
The advice always used to be "your own website is always better" - is that still true? Or am I old?

Tagging @elena who may have opinions!

Since I'm not new, just new to mastadon.art, this will have to do as an 😁

A nice review of my high /attempted story The Last Philosopher.

If I could be just one thing, it would be the of or maybe

I Heard The Ghost of Terry Pratchett review of The Last Philosopher by VRHolmes I really enjoyed this piece. It was up beat and engaging, but it managed to work in some deeper commentary about people and life in a way that reminded me of an author we all know and love. I kept waiting for the monologue about good and bad boots. (Points if you get the refernce!) The style was quick and kept up a persistent dry humor that I found fun, but not overpowering and not so excessive that it detracted from what the author was trying to say. The grammar had a few snaffoos here and there, but nothing that was so bad it turned off the reader or made the passages difficult to understand by any means. Mostly all that's left by this review's posting are some minor typos. The characters were the strength here. The author has great skill with introducing their cast quickly and giving just enough detail to make them sympathetic and engaging. He juggles four POVs in what is honestly a fairly short book, so the fact that he could do that effectively is pretty impressive. Finally, story. I think my only nit pick here is that the overarching plot about the black hole doesn't get far, but it's a pretty mild complaint as this is obviously meant to be the first part of a series. The characterization is good enough that I think there's enough momentum to pull the reader towards book 2, just to see what happens to everyone. All in all, really solid piece! I would recommend giving it a read.