--- type: "newsletter_archive" title: "Building Realities with Jack Lhasa" handle: "moonshadow" owner: "Jack Lhasa (@moonshadow)" canonical_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/archive" markdown_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/archive.md" archive_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/archive" chat_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/chat" articles_total: 20 articles_listed: 20 page: 1 page_size: 20 --- # Building Realities with Jack Lhasa ## Articles (page 1) Showing 20 of 20 published articles. This is the last page. - 2026-09-22 - [7M3 & Fuck Cancer](https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/7m3-fuck-cancer) - (This is a special edition none going out to emails. It’s very personal for me, so there’s no buttons or anything else, either. I’m one of a small handful of people that give a damn about this, but it - 2026-09-21 - [Building Realities](https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/building-realities) - Hey fam, I’ve been talking about expanding my newsletter a bit in scope. Several positive reactions later, and here’s some stuff about poetry. My first love. The muse has t always been all that kind t - 2026-09-10 - [Grants for Speculative Fiction](https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/grants-for-speculative-fiction) - Hey hey! It’s time for another little insider view with me, Jack Lhasa. This article is about funding available to adults, specifically those who write speculative fiction. Share What is Speculative F - 2026-08-03 - [We Remember](https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/we-remember) - Hey hey! Welcome all builders and fans! This Special Edition of Building Realities highlights the members of my family who served in our Armed Forces. I’ll be telling you about the monument and its re - 2026-07-16 - [The Cut-Up Technique](https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/the-cut-up-technique) - Hello dear readers! Today we’re going to talk about an exercise in creativity that many incredibly famous and skilled musicians use, poets too. It’s called the Cut-Up Technique or découpé in French. F - 2026-06-24 - [Building Realities - MoonShadow II](https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/building-realities-moonshadow-ii) - Part II of II Welcome back! I’m Jack Lhasa, and this is Building Realities. I’m going to be telling you the rest of the MoonShadow project’s important bits today. Building Realities with Jack Lhasa is - 2026-06-06 - [Intrinsic Magic](https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/intrinsic-magic) - Building Realities 06/05/2026 Hey there people! One I’m Jack Lhasa and what I do is build worlds. Actually I do a massive variety of other things. I’m the publishing and art markets’ Jack of All Trade - 2026-06-03 - [Power Hidden by First Glances](https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/power-hidden-by-first-glances) - The Value of Affirmation (unedited) “I am good looking.” “I am strong.” “I am intelligent.” “I am a giant.” “I am a Rockstar” Positive affirmations. I can’t think about affirmations without seeing tha - 2026-05-21 - [Where Poets Get Paid](https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/where-poets-get-paid) - Hey out there! I’ve been promising this for a while, but health, a busted computer, and a busted phone took their toll on time. Here now is the list. Share Submissions My list of zines, Substacks, and - 2026-05-16 - [A few shorter verses](https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/a-few-shorter-verses) - Subscribe now Share General poetry without much of a name: Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published Some time soon Sweat and You’re gonna find love you won’t know what - 2026-05-16 - [Ko-Fi](https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/ko-fi) - From Algorithm Anxiety to Audience Autonomy: A Creator’s Guide to Owning Your Community “The algorithm is a fickle god. Build your own altar.” We’ve all been there. You pour your heart into content, c - 2026-04-18 - [An Open Letter](https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/an-open-letter) - First draft of a new logo design To: ALL Publishing Editors and Published Poets. Subject: Out of Touch In my life, poetry always played a strong role. However, when mental illness drug me down into th - 2026-03-31 - [The Follower Problem](https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/the-follower-problem) - Why you see content you’d never ask for. Originally published March 14,2026 on Wrizzit. This is why you see so many hateful and abusive messages. Misogyny. Racism. Xenophobic. “AI Posts.” If you’ve co - 2026-03-20 - [I Could’ve Called, I Guess](https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/i-could-ve-called-i-guess) - Don’t like poetry? Go ahead and skip this one then. Subscribe I Could’ve Called, I guess. I’ve been out here, all week, Just waiting to see If you might have time You felt like wasting with me. I’m no - 2026-03-12 - [Building Reality: Shortz](https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/building-reality-shortz) - Hello again, all my lovely, lovely friends! Welcome to Building Realities with Jack Lhasa!! I’m your host, Jack, and we’re going to talk about the value of small fiction. Little blurs of creativity. S - 2026-03-05 - [We Are More… Again.](https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/we-are-more-again) - In this article, I present my fully edited, final copy of this piece of poetry. Comment Now, I present, the final draft. Message me To learn more about me, Jack Lhasa, as a poet, a writer, an artist, - 2026-03-05 - [We Are More..](https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/we-are-more) - An Attempt at poetry.. Kind of like poetry, but lacking the real beauty. This was inspired by by this post, by . I’m a sucker for inspiration, where ever it strikes. To your note on survival: Survival - 2026-02-10 - [A Quick Look](https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/a-quick-look) - It’s been a while since my last real update, so I thought I’d share some recent images(10 images from the MoonShadow project. Also, we may be 2 people, this side(Jack) does not have any income at all - 2026-02-01 - [Finality](https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/finality) - Dear friends, In the following words, I will often speak in the first person, but please know that is for clarity only. I am only one of a great many who lost friends, jobs, family members, simply bec - 2026-01-30 - [Building Realities](https://usecommune.com/n/moonshadow/a/building-realities-2) - With your friend and mine, Jack Lhasa! Hey, hey, hey!! Welcome to this mini edition of Building Realities! I'm going to share a map and some early history of the MoonShadow setting. This is done with