#amresearching — Public Fediverse posts

Wrote a blog post for Patreon backers about research for the heroic garbage men book, and the indispensable help my friendly neighborhood sanitation engineer.

#SFF #Fantasy #Fiction #AmWriting #AmResearching

https://www.patreon.com/posts/155877737

How to Shoot a Fictional Character
A post for Patreon subscribers
#SFF #Fiction #Novel #AmWriting #AmResearching

https://www.patreon.com/posts/144107685

@neve
What writing and publishing goals (if any) am I focusing on for the rest of the year?

For the rest of the year? i.e. the next 2 months. I've got a couple of short stories I'm working on (and a novella), all of which I'm pretty passionate about. And I'm keeping on with writing and research for the novel, which I hope to finish next year.

#Writephant #amwriting #amresearching

@lovemakeshare
Research is such a black hole, but it's the most fun ever!
Good luck finding what you need *and* climbing back out.

#Writephant #amresearching

@neve
What’s been the biggest challenge with my current project?

Discovering how little I know about some aspect of the time period (1959), trying to research it, and looking up 6 hours later, better informed about whatever it was, with my head pounding (hopefully *that* won't be happening any more).

It makes me more informed about little details, but doesn't get a lot of words on paper.

#Writephant #writing #amwriting #amresearching #alternatehistory

@neve
How did the last couple of months go in terms of my word count or publishing goals?

I've been wildly unsuccessful in terms of writing--I've had a constant headache making words on paper hard. I've been researching instead.

We did *finally* get Permutations launched--new stories in Jack Chalker's Well World (with permission!) edited by David Boop. Super fun to write.

#Writephant #writing #amresearching #Permutations #WellWorld

@neve
How did the last couple of months go in terms of my word count or publishing goals?

I've been wildly unsuccessful in terms of writing--I've had a constant headache making words on paper hard. I've been researching instead.

We did *finally* get Permutations launched--new stories in Jack Chalker's Well World (with permission!) edited by David Boop. Super fun to write.

#Writephant #writing #amresearching #Permutations #WellWorld

@neve
How did the last couple of months go in terms of my word count or publishing goals?

I've been wildly unsuccessful in terms of writing--I've had a constant headache making words on paper hard. I've been researching instead.

We did *finally* get Permutations launched--new stories in Jack Chalker's Well World (with permission!) edited by David Boop. Super fun to write.

#Writephant #writing #amresearching #Permutations #WellWorld

@neve
How did the last couple of months go in terms of my word count or publishing goals?

I've been wildly unsuccessful in terms of writing--I've had a constant headache making words on paper hard. I've been researching instead.

We did *finally* get Permutations launched--new stories in Jack Chalker's Well World (with permission!) edited by David Boop. Super fun to write.

#Writephant #writing #amresearching #Permutations #WellWorld

@neve
How did the last couple of months go in terms of my word count or publishing goals?

I've been wildly unsuccessful in terms of writing--I've had a constant headache making words on paper hard. I've been researching instead.

We did *finally* get Permutations launched--new stories in Jack Chalker's Well World (with permission!) edited by David Boop. Super fun to write.

#Writephant #writing #amresearching #Permutations #WellWorld

Today, I am reading about strawberries and roses and corn and cherries. #AmResearching.

Aargh, I've just realised the document I was relying on for all the courtesy titles for my Palace residents has got the common-at-the-time usage wrong, so now I have to go through and check every single one to see if they should be referred to as Lady Surname, Lady OwnFirstName, or Lady HusbandsFirstName.

On the plus side, I should be able to use a lot more Lady OwnFirstNames, which is a bit more user-friendly.

#WritingCommunity #AmResearching #Peers

I have now researched, for direct and indirect plot reasons:
- the entire history of Hampton Court Palace
- Various larger than life courtiers over about 200 years
- The Civil War, the Napoleonic Wars, the first Opium War
- The Townsend-Farquar family
- Several murders, several suicides
- Penang, Mauritius, and the British colonisation thereof
- Nineteenth century gardening
- Nineteenth century daguerreotypes

and have further created spreadsheets across my MC's entire lifespan of who was living in which palace apartment when, and decided if they would have been friends, frenemies, or enemies.

Me: I am finally ready to start my new WIP! 🎉

First chapter, first scene: they're playing whist. How do you play whist?

Me: FUCK!

#WritingCommunity

#AmWriting #AmResearching #Whist

I have now researched, for direct and indirect plot reasons:
- the entire history of Hampton Court Palace
- Various larger than life courtiers over about 200 years
- The Civil War, the Napoleonic Wars, the first Opium War
- The Townsend-Farquar family
- Several murders, several suicides
- Penang, Mauritius, and the British colonisation thereof
- Nineteenth century gardening
- Nineteenth century daguerreotypes

and have further created spreadsheets across my MC's entire lifespan of who was living in which palace apartment when, and decided if they would have been friends, frenemies, or enemies.

Me: I am finally ready to start my new WIP! 🎉

First chapter, first scene: they're playing whist. How do you play whist?

Me: FUCK!

#WritingCommunity

#AmWriting #AmResearching #Whist

I have now researched, for direct and indirect plot reasons:
- the entire history of Hampton Court Palace
- Various larger than life courtiers over about 200 years
- The Civil War, the Napoleonic Wars, the first Opium War
- The Townsend-Farquar family
- Several murders, several suicides
- Penang, Mauritius, and the British colonisation thereof
- Nineteenth century gardening
- Nineteenth century daguerreotypes

and have further created spreadsheets across my MC's entire lifespan of who was living in which palace apartment when, and decided if they would have been friends, frenemies, or enemies.

Me: I am finally ready to start my new WIP! 🎉

First chapter, first scene: they're playing whist. How do you play whist?

Me: FUCK!

#WritingCommunity

#AmWriting #AmResearching #Whist

I have now researched, for direct and indirect plot reasons:
- the entire history of Hampton Court Palace
- Various larger than life courtiers over about 200 years
- The Civil War, the Napoleonic Wars, the first Opium War
- The Townsend-Farquar family
- Several murders, several suicides
- Penang, Mauritius, and the British colonisation thereof
- Nineteenth century gardening
- Nineteenth century daguerreotypes

and have further created spreadsheets across my MC's entire lifespan of who was living in which palace apartment when, and decided if they would have been friends, frenemies, or enemies.

Me: I am finally ready to start my new WIP! 🎉

First chapter, first scene: they're playing whist. How do you play whist?

Me: FUCK!

#WritingCommunity

#AmWriting #AmResearching #Whist

I have now researched, for direct and indirect plot reasons:
- the entire history of Hampton Court Palace
- Various larger than life courtiers over about 200 years
- The Civil War, the Napoleonic Wars, the first Opium War
- The Townsend-Farquar family
- Several murders, several suicides
- Penang, Mauritius, and the British colonisation thereof
- Nineteenth century gardening
- Nineteenth century daguerreotypes

and have further created spreadsheets across my MC's entire lifespan of who was living in which palace apartment when, and decided if they would have been friends, frenemies, or enemies.

Me: I am finally ready to start my new WIP! 🎉

First chapter, first scene: they're playing whist. How do you play whist?

Me: FUCK!

#WritingCommunity

#AmWriting #AmResearching #Whist

Tonight’s historical-fact-lining-up-with-narrative-need award goes to the lady from 200 years ago who had a 14-year gap between children, thus making the youngest exactly the right age that I needed.

Plus an extra special gratitude award for the blogger who asked all the same questions about Regency courtesan Julia Johnstone’s dodgy timeline that I did, and sorted it out, thus saving me hours of work to make one single line in the WIP accurate

https://georgianera.wordpress.com/2022/01/30/harriette-wilson-v-julia-johnstone-the-truth-v-lies/

#WritingCommunity #AmResearching

Now I know what kind of sword I'd need if I ever had to face a cavalry charge on foot. Of course, I'd need an entirely different body that could wield the thing two-handed.A post for Patreon subscribers.
#AmWriting #SFF #Swords #AmResearching

https://www.patreon.com/posts/127918576

When we think about archaeologists in stories, it's usually the brave adventurer seeking long-lost worlds... but this can be culturally problematic today. That doesn't mean there's no stories to tell about things left behind. 🧵⬇️

#archaeology #archaeologist #RealArchaeology #explorer #adventurer #horror #darkfantasy #writingtheoccult #occult #cursedobjects #relics #writersofmastodon #writer #amwriting #amresearching

When we think about archaeologists in stories, it's usually the brave adventurer seeking long-lost worlds... but this can be culturally problematic today. That doesn't mean there's no stories to tell about things left behind. 🧵⬇️

#archaeology #archaeologist #RealArchaeology #explorer #adventurer #horror #darkfantasy #writingtheoccult #occult #cursedobjects #relics #writersofmastodon #writer #amwriting #amresearching

When we think about archaeologists in stories, it's usually the brave adventurer seeking long-lost worlds... but this can be culturally problematic today. That doesn't mean there's no stories to tell about things left behind. 🧵⬇️

#archaeology #archaeologist #RealArchaeology #explorer #adventurer #horror #darkfantasy #writingtheoccult #occult #cursedobjects #relics #writersofmastodon #writer #amwriting #amresearching

When we think about archaeologists in stories, it's usually the brave adventurer seeking long-lost worlds... but this can be culturally problematic today. That doesn't mean there's no stories to tell about things left behind. 🧵⬇️

#archaeology #archaeologist #RealArchaeology #explorer #adventurer #horror #darkfantasy #writingtheoccult #occult #cursedobjects #relics #writersofmastodon #writer #amwriting #amresearching

When we think about archaeologists in stories, it's usually the brave adventurer seeking long-lost worlds... but this can be culturally problematic today. That doesn't mean there's no stories to tell about things left behind. 🧵⬇️

#archaeology #archaeologist #RealArchaeology #explorer #adventurer #horror #darkfantasy #writingtheoccult #occult #cursedobjects #relics #writersofmastodon #writer #amwriting #amresearching

I picked up a research book for my new WIP for the first time in weeks today, and read an entire chapter on Highland naming traditions, nicknames, and proverbs about clans -- with documentation from primary sources.

I tell you truly, I have not had the mental energy to do this since October.

A small amount of work, to be sure ... but I did it.

#indieauthor #amwriting #amresearching #historicalfiction

@neve
Do I have any submission/publishing plans this month? Am I planning any promotion?

I'm hoping to go back through some recent stories and find new places to submit them.

A new antho I have a story in will have a book launch at Balticon on Memorial Day weekend.

#Writephant #lateWritephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amresearching #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon

@neve
Do I have any submission/publishing plans this month? Am I planning any promotion?

I'm hoping to go back through some recent stories and find new places to submit them.

A new antho I have a story in will have a book launch at Balticon on Memorial Day weekend.

#Writephant #lateWritephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amresearching #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon

@neve
Do I have any submission/publishing plans this month? Am I planning any promotion?

I'm hoping to go back through some recent stories and find new places to submit them.

A new antho I have a story in will have a book launch at Balticon on Memorial Day weekend.

#Writephant #lateWritephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amresearching #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon

@neve
Do I have any submission/publishing plans this month? Am I planning any promotion?

I'm hoping to go back through some recent stories and find new places to submit them.

A new antho I have a story in will have a book launch at Balticon on Memorial Day weekend.

#Writephant #lateWritephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amresearching #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon

@neve
Do I have any submission/publishing plans this month? Am I planning any promotion?

I'm hoping to go back through some recent stories and find new places to submit them.

A new antho I have a story in will have a book launch at Balticon on Memorial Day weekend.

#Writephant #lateWritephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amresearching #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon

@neve
How am I planning to balance my writing time with everything else this month?

Short answer: Poorly.

Long answer: Really poorly.

I'm terrible at this. It's been an issue since my hubby moved his office upstairs anticipating foot surgery. It's since been revised once, and needs to heal before they can revise again . . .

I'll share his meetings forever . . .

#Writephant #lateWritephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amresearching #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon

@neve
How am I planning to balance my writing time with everything else this month?

Short answer: Poorly.

Long answer: Really poorly.

I'm terrible at this. It's been an issue since my hubby moved his office upstairs anticipating foot surgery. It's since been revised once, and needs to heal before they can revise again . . .

I'll share his meetings forever . . .

#Writephant #lateWritephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amresearching #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon

@neve
How am I planning to balance my writing time with everything else this month?

Short answer: Poorly.

Long answer: Really poorly.

I'm terrible at this. It's been an issue since my hubby moved his office upstairs anticipating foot surgery. It's since been revised once, and needs to heal before they can revise again . . .

I'll share his meetings forever . . .

#Writephant #lateWritephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amresearching #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon

@neve
How am I planning to balance my writing time with everything else this month?

Short answer: Poorly.

Long answer: Really poorly.

I'm terrible at this. It's been an issue since my hubby moved his office upstairs anticipating foot surgery. It's since been revised once, and needs to heal before they can revise again . . .

I'll share his meetings forever . . .

#Writephant #lateWritephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amresearching #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon

@neve
How am I planning to balance my writing time with everything else this month?

Short answer: Poorly.

Long answer: Really poorly.

I'm terrible at this. It's been an issue since my hubby moved his office upstairs anticipating foot surgery. It's since been revised once, and needs to heal before they can revise again . . .

I'll share his meetings forever . . .

#Writephant #lateWritephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amresearching #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon

@neve
What writing goals am I excited to dive into this month?

--Write the first draft of the alternate history short story
--More novel research
--Write a piece of flash

#Writephant #lateWritephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amresearching #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon

@neve
What writing goals am I excited to dive into this month?

--Write the first draft of the alternate history short story
--More novel research
--Write a piece of flash

#Writephant #lateWritephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amresearching #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon

@neve
What writing goals am I excited to dive into this month?

--Write the first draft of the alternate history short story
--More novel research
--Write a piece of flash

#Writephant #lateWritephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amresearching #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon

@neve
What writing goals am I excited to dive into this month?

--Write the first draft of the alternate history short story
--More novel research
--Write a piece of flash

#Writephant #lateWritephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amresearching #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon

@neve
What writing goals am I excited to dive into this month?

--Write the first draft of the alternate history short story
--More novel research
--Write a piece of flash

#Writephant #lateWritephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amresearching #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon

@neve
How did last month go in terms of my word count or publishing goals?

Honestly, I've done better. I've mostly been researching for two different alternate history projects, one short story and one novel.

#Writephant #lateWritephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amresearching #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon

@neve
How did last month go in terms of my word count or publishing goals?

Honestly, I've done better. I've mostly been researching for two different alternate history projects, one short story and one novel.

#Writephant #lateWritephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amresearching #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon

@neve
How did last month go in terms of my word count or publishing goals?

Honestly, I've done better. I've mostly been researching for two different alternate history projects, one short story and one novel.

#Writephant #lateWritephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amresearching #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon

@neve
How did last month go in terms of my word count or publishing goals?

Honestly, I've done better. I've mostly been researching for two different alternate history projects, one short story and one novel.

#Writephant #lateWritephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amresearching #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon

@neve
How did last month go in terms of my word count or publishing goals?

Honestly, I've done better. I've mostly been researching for two different alternate history projects, one short story and one novel.

#Writephant #lateWritephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amresearching #alternatehistory #writersofmastodon

New pinned post! 🎉 #introduction

I’m paris, a former academic, #writer of novels, and current admin of #writersCoffeeClub.

The novel I'm currently working on is ｢lupercal｣, for which I’m reading… poetry? At times I post about what I'm reading with #amResearching. My blog contains my reading dockets: https://sulfur.bearblog.dev

｢glass｣ – edit queue
｢marshes｣ – ⏸️
｢midsummer｣ – edit queue
｢saturn｣ – currently shelved
｢firmament｣ – ⏸️
｢lupercal｣ – current WIP

How I know I’m deep in the research phase of my next WIP: I have 39 tabs open on my iPad, another 11 open on my PC, 4 non-fiction ebooks borrowed/bought on my Kobo, and 9 documents downloaded from Gutenberg/Internet Archive

It’s chao over here, chaos.

#WritingCommunity #AmResearching

I've a question about Welsh love spoons, lovely people in my phone:
Are they only given as a gift between partners or could a parent gift a spoon/pair of spoons as a sort of blessing for a new relationship?
Enquiring writers (me) need to know. #AmWriting #AmResearching #Cymru #Wales #WelshTraditions

I've a question about Welsh love spoons, lovely people in my phone:
Are they only given as a gift between partners or could a parent gift a spoon/pair of spoons as a sort of blessing for a new relationship?
Enquiring writers (me) need to know. #AmWriting #AmResearching #Cymru #Wales #WelshTraditions

I've a question about Welsh love spoons, lovely people in my phone:
Are they only given as a gift between partners or could a parent gift a spoon/pair of spoons as a sort of blessing for a new relationship?
Enquiring writers (me) need to know. #AmWriting #AmResearching #Cymru #Wales #WelshTraditions