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#PennedPossibilities 1130: If your MC could have a do-over and another life, one of their own choice this time, what would their profession be?
What she did before everything turned out wrong was her choice. It felt good. It validated her existence. It challenged her physically and she could be the best at it. How she handled her frustration when her profession got denied her was what made it all go wrong. As a day angel born into the same circumstance, she'd inevitably make the same mistake because with her personality she'd still be at odds with her family, who wanted her to go to college not become a laborer; she'd have nobody counsel her as to how to overcome her obstacles.
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#PennedPossibilities 1124: MC POV: What stupid question have you heard someone ask (or asked yourself)?
Finally found one! Bolt narrates this #excerpt.
Rainy Days' idi had resembled fern leaves and sticks at the interstellar gateway [instead of a burst pillow after a pillow fight, now]. What? Was this a twin sister…? Impossible. People would know. I'd have heard. But who had an idi that changed once surfaced?
Stupid question, featherbrain!
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#PennedPossibilities 1124: MC POV: What stupid question have you heard someone ask (or asked yourself)?
Finally found one! Bolt narrates this #excerpt.
Rainy Days' idi had resembled fern leaves and sticks at the interstellar gateway [instead of a burst pillow after a pillow fight, now]. What? Was this a twin sister…? Impossible. People would know. I'd have heard. But who had an idi that changed once surfaced?
Stupid question, featherbrain!
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#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
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#PennedPossibilities 1124: MC POV: What stupid question have you heard someone ask (or asked yourself)?
Finally found one! Bolt narrates this #excerpt.
Rainy Days' idi had resembled fern leaves and sticks at the interstellar gateway [instead of a burst pillow after a pillow fight, now]. What? Was this a twin sister…? Impossible. People would know. I'd have heard. But who had an idi that changed once surfaced?
Stupid question, featherbrain!
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#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
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#PennedPossibilities 1124: MC POV: What stupid question have you heard someone ask (or asked yourself)?
Finally found one! Bolt narrates this #excerpt.
Rainy Days' idi had resembled fern leaves and sticks at the interstellar gateway [instead of a burst pillow after a pillow fight, now]. What? Was this a twin sister…? Impossible. People would know. I'd have heard. But who had an idi that changed once surfaced?
Stupid question, featherbrain!
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#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
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#PennedPossibilities 1124: MC POV: What stupid question have you heard someone ask (or asked yourself)?
Finally found one! Bolt narrates this #excerpt.
Rainy Days' idi had resembled fern leaves and sticks at the interstellar gateway [instead of a burst pillow after a pillow fight, now]. What? Was this a twin sister…? Impossible. People would know. I'd have heard. But who had an idi that changed once surfaced?
Stupid question, featherbrain!
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#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
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#ScribesAndMakers 2026.09.15 — ~What's a situation where you feel a ';' definitely works better than a '.' ?
This is difficult; I use both. Extensively.
Semicolons are great when sentences are closely related statements and you want to emphasize that—or want to create a more staccato rhythm by omitting a conjunction, a conjunction that could otherwise imply some minor separation such as one thing after another, or a undefined time difference between events. Note that I could have used a comma after "both" and before "Extensively." I chose a period for emphasis, to demonstrate an after-thought, pretty much as if I were transcribing natural speech. Natural speech is a great guide.
Take a moment. Please. Read my first sentence out loud, barely pausing at the semicolon. Pause longer after the first period.
See?
HTH!
PS: Your grade school teacher would fail me for my one word sentences. Even. If. For. Emphasis. In real life, people don't speak in full sentences; they ignore grammar, especially to make a point. I write this way. It's called "Grammar B."
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#ScribesAndMakers 2026.09.15 — ~What's a situation where you feel a ';' definitely works better than a '.' ?
This is difficult; I use both. Extensively.
Semicolons are great when sentences are closely related statements and you want to emphasize that—or want to create a more staccato rhythm by omitting a conjunction, a conjunction that could otherwise imply some minor separation such as one thing after another, or a undefined time difference between events. Note that I could have used a comma after "both" and before "Extensively." I chose a period for emphasis, to demonstrate an after-thought, pretty much as if I were transcribing natural speech. Natural speech is a great guide.
Take a moment. Please. Read my first sentence out loud, barely pausing at the semicolon. Pause longer after the first period.
See?
HTH!
PS: Your grade school teacher would fail me for my one word sentences. Even. If. For. Emphasis. In real life, people don't speak in full sentences; they ignore grammar, especially to make a point. I write this way. It's called "Grammar B."
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photographer chef cooking
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#ScribesAndMakers 2026.09.15 — ~What's a situation where you feel a ';' definitely works better than a '.' ?
This is difficult; I use both. Extensively.
Semicolons are great when sentences are closely related statements and you want to emphasize that—or want to create a more staccato rhythm by omitting a conjunction, a conjunction that could otherwise imply some minor separation such as one thing after another, or a undefined time difference between events. Note that I could have used a comma after "both" and before "Extensively." I chose a period for emphasis, to demonstrate an after-thought, pretty much as if I were transcribing natural speech. Natural speech is a great guide.
Take a moment. Please. Read my first sentence out loud, barely pausing at the semicolon. Pause longer after the first period.
See?
HTH!
PS: Your grade school teacher would fail me for my one word sentences. Even. If. For. Emphasis. In real life, people don't speak in full sentences; they ignore grammar, especially to make a point. I write this way. It's called "Grammar B."
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#BoostingIsSharing
#gender #fiction #writer #author
photographer chef cooking
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion -
#ScribesAndMakers 2026.09.15 — ~What's a situation where you feel a ';' definitely works better than a '.' ?
This is difficult; I use both. Extensively.
Semicolons are great when sentences are closely related statements and you want to emphasize that—or want to create a more staccato rhythm by omitting a conjunction, a conjunction that could otherwise imply some minor separation such as one thing after another, or a undefined time difference between events. Note that I could have used a comma after "both" and before "Extensively." I chose a period for emphasis, to demonstrate an after-thought, pretty much as if I were transcribing natural speech. Natural speech is a great guide.
Take a moment. Please. Read my first sentence out loud, barely pausing at the semicolon. Pause longer after the first period.
See?
HTH!
PS: Your grade school teacher would fail me for my one word sentences. Even. If. For. Emphasis. In real life, people don't speak in full sentences; they ignore grammar, especially to make a point. I write this way. It's called "Grammar B."
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#BoostingIsSharing
#gender #fiction #writer #author
photographer chef cooking
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion -
#ScribesAndMakers 2026.09.15 — ~What's a situation where you feel a ';' definitely works better than a '.' ?
This is difficult; I use both. Extensively.
Semicolons are great when sentences are closely related statements and you want to emphasize that—or want to create a more staccato rhythm by omitting a conjunction, a conjunction that could otherwise imply some minor separation such as one thing after another, or a undefined time difference between events. Note that I could have used a comma after "both" and before "Extensively." I chose a period for emphasis, to demonstrate an after-thought, pretty much as if I were transcribing natural speech. Natural speech is a great guide.
Take a moment. Please. Read my first sentence out loud, barely pausing at the semicolon. Pause longer after the first period.
See?
HTH!
PS: Your grade school teacher would fail me for my one word sentences. Even. If. For. Emphasis. In real life, people don't speak in full sentences; they ignore grammar, especially to make a point. I write this way. It's called "Grammar B."
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#BoostingIsSharing
#gender #fiction #writer #author
photographer chef cooking
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.09.15 — What expertise are you happy to offer to your fellow writers for their research?
If it is online, check sources. If it's an #AI response, take the small print warning,
AI can make mistakes, so double-check responses† [,]
at face value, and check all the provided sources skeptically. If it was said by a blogger or especially an influencer, found in the comments, a discussion thread, columns in random website no matter how professional it looks or attributed to what looks like a real person, or in minor unknown news sites, assume it is hearsay and opinion until corroborated. If the fact is based on a study (or studies) not yet peer reviewed, it is not fact only an assertion. Read the data. Correlation is not causation. If the site or clip is selling you something, especially if it has something to do with facts presented, those facts are untrustworthy.
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#BoostingIsSharing
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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.09.15 — What expertise are you happy to offer to your fellow writers for their research?
If it is online, check sources. If it's an #AI response, take the small print warning,
AI can make mistakes, so double-check responses† [,]
at face value, and check all the provided sources skeptically. If it was said by a blogger or especially an influencer, found in the comments, a discussion thread, columns in random website no matter how professional it looks or attributed to what looks like a real person, or in minor unknown news sites, assume it is hearsay and opinion until corroborated. If the fact is based on a study (or studies) not yet peer reviewed, it is not fact only an assertion. Read the data. Correlation is not causation. If the site or clip is selling you something, especially if it has something to do with facts presented, those facts are untrustworthy.
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#BoostingIsSharing
#gender #fiction #writer #author #writingAdvice
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion -
#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.09.15 — What expertise are you happy to offer to your fellow writers for their research?
If it is online, check sources. If it's an #AI response, take the small print warning,
AI can make mistakes, so double-check responses† [,]
at face value, and check all the provided sources skeptically. If it was said by a blogger or especially an influencer, found in the comments, a discussion thread, columns in random website no matter how professional it looks or attributed to what looks like a real person, or in minor unknown news sites, assume it is hearsay and opinion until corroborated. If the fact is based on a study (or studies) not yet peer reviewed, it is not fact only an assertion. Read the data. Correlation is not causation. If the site or clip is selling you something, especially if it has something to do with facts presented, those facts are untrustworthy.
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#BoostingIsSharing
#gender #fiction #writer #author #writingAdvice
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion -
#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.09.15 — What expertise are you happy to offer to your fellow writers for their research?
If it is online, check sources. If it's an #AI response, take the small print warning,
AI can make mistakes, so double-check responses† [,]
at face value, and check all the provided sources skeptically. If it was said by a blogger or especially an influencer, found in the comments, a discussion thread, columns in random website no matter how professional it looks or attributed to what looks like a real person, or in minor unknown news sites, assume it is hearsay and opinion until corroborated. If the fact is based on a study (or studies) not yet peer reviewed, it is not fact only an assertion. Read the data. Correlation is not causation. If the site or clip is selling you something, especially if it has something to do with facts presented, those facts are untrustworthy.
=-=-=-=-=
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#BoostingIsSharing
#gender #fiction #writer #author #writingAdvice
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion -
#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.09.15 — What expertise are you happy to offer to your fellow writers for their research?
If it is online, check sources. If it's an #AI response, take the small print warning,
AI can make mistakes, so double-check responses† [,]
at face value, and check all the provided sources skeptically. If it was said by a blogger or especially an influencer, found in the comments, a discussion thread, columns in random website no matter how professional it looks or attributed to what looks like a real person, or in minor unknown news sites, assume it is hearsay and opinion until corroborated. If the fact is based on a study (or studies) not yet peer reviewed, it is not fact only an assertion. Read the data. Correlation is not causation. If the site or clip is selling you something, especially if it has something to do with facts presented, those facts are untrustworthy.
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A question for the indie authors on Mastadon...
Do you know of a good way to sell your own ebooks? 🤔
Right now I'm using D2D which is a good service, but in some cases they take as much as 60% of a sale.
Simply put is there a good way for me to do the sales myself?
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A question for the indie authors on Mastadon...
Do you know of a good way to sell your own ebooks? 🤔
Right now I'm using D2D which is a good service, but in some cases they take as much as 60% of a sale.
Simply put is there a good way for me to do the sales myself?
@galacticwriters @bookstodon @joinin
@writingbooks#Ebook #Ebooks #Sales #DRM #DRMFree #Question #WritersCoffeeClub
#Author #IndieAuthor #Indie #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon
#BoostingIsSharing -
A question for the indie authors on Mastadon...
Do you know of a good way to sell your own ebooks? 🤔
Right now I'm using D2D which is a good service, but in some cases they take as much as 60% of a sale.
Simply put is there a good way for me to do the sales myself?
@galacticwriters @bookstodon @joinin
@writingbooks#Ebook #Ebooks #Sales #DRM #DRMFree #Question #WritersCoffeeClub
#Author #IndieAuthor #Indie #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon
#BoostingIsSharing -
A question for the indie authors on Mastadon...
Do you know of a good way to sell your own ebooks? 🤔
Right now I'm using D2D which is a good service, but in some cases they take as much as 60% of a sale.
Simply put is there a good way for me to do the sales myself?
@galacticwriters @bookstodon @joinin
@writingbooks#Ebook #Ebooks #Sales #DRM #DRMFree #Question #WritersCoffeeClub
#Author #IndieAuthor #Indie #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon
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#PennedPossibilities 1129: If you had to choose a genre of music that best matches your current WIP, what would it be?
That "modern" jazzy noir sound of old timey PI movies.
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#PennedPossibilities 1129: If you had to choose a genre of music that best matches your current WIP, what would it be?
That "modern" jazzy noir sound of old timey PI movies.
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#PennedPossibilities 1129: If you had to choose a genre of music that best matches your current WIP, what would it be?
That "modern" jazzy noir sound of old timey PI movies.
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#PennedPossibilities 1129: If you had to choose a genre of music that best matches your current WIP, what would it be?
That "modern" jazzy noir sound of old timey PI movies.
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#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
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#PennedPossibilities 1129: If you had to choose a genre of music that best matches your current WIP, what would it be?
That "modern" jazzy noir sound of old timey PI movies.
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#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
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#PennedPossibilities 1128: Does your MC have a name that’s unique?
My MC has at least five names, and in a world where everybody names themself, this count is likely typical. Family names don't exist since property and status are not heritable.
Everybody starts with the same name, however. It's "Child" (nominal) or "Child of" (familial). Despite being an interstellar society (without electricity or A/C), child mortality rates are high. Each day is a heat index warning day, and some days are deadly for adults, let alone infants. Thus you get called "Child" until you understand the concept of naming yourself, assuming you survive. Considering how children are, they probably have a series of names into their teens.
My MC is 30 now, so she had named herself at least once, but she never shares that name because she got blackmailed into working for the mob and worries that name could be traced.
When she got blackmailed into the mob, she on the spot named herself "Lightning Bolt" because she could believably prove she was a fast flier and not be questioned. She's now an air courier.
She has two other names. One is "Tandem." She taught some guy to fly tandem with her (too complex to explain here) and suggested that name so as not to use her mob name. They became long time friends. She took the name "Good Eye" when she inadvertently became a celebrity photographer, so as not to publicize her mob name where it might be recognized by the wrong people.
Hard to say whether in a world population of 240 million people that her names are unique, but they might be rare. Japan also has a descriptive naming system with half the population; by convention many personal names are reused and some are very common, like Yuki and Shiro (Snow and White respectively). I suspect some combinations in this world are more common than others. Other names in the story are phrases, like Night on Fire and Arrow Flies True and seem more unique.
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#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
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#PennedPossibilities 1128: Does your MC have a name that’s unique?
My MC has at least five names, and in a world where everybody names themself, this count is likely typical. Family names don't exist since property and status are not heritable.
Everybody starts with the same name, however. It's "Child" (nominal) or "Child of" (familial). Despite being an interstellar society (without electricity or A/C), child mortality rates are high. Each day is a heat index warning day, and some days are deadly for adults, let alone infants. Thus you get called "Child" until you understand the concept of naming yourself, assuming you survive. Considering how children are, they probably have a series of names into their teens.
My MC is 30 now, so she had named herself at least once, but she never shares that name because she got blackmailed into working for the mob and worries that name could be traced.
When she got blackmailed into the mob, she on the spot named herself "Lightning Bolt" because she could believably prove she was a fast flier and not be questioned. She's now an air courier.
She has two other names. One is "Tandem." She taught some guy to fly tandem with her (too complex to explain here) and suggested that name so as not to use her mob name. They became long time friends. She took the name "Good Eye" when she inadvertently became a celebrity photographer, so as not to publicize her mob name where it might be recognized by the wrong people.
Hard to say whether in a world population of 240 million people that her names are unique, but they might be rare. Japan also has a descriptive naming system with half the population; by convention many personal names are reused and some are very common, like Yuki and Shiro (Snow and White respectively). I suspect some combinations in this world are more common than others. Other names in the story are phrases, like Night on Fire and Arrow Flies True and seem more unique.
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#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#PennedPossibilities 1128: Does your MC have a name that’s unique?
My MC has at least five names, and in a world where everybody names themself, this count is likely typical. Family names don't exist since property and status are not heritable.
Everybody starts with the same name, however. It's "Child" (nominal) or "Child of" (familial). Despite being an interstellar society (without electricity or A/C), child mortality rates are high. Each day is a heat index warning day, and some days are deadly for adults, let alone infants. Thus you get called "Child" until you understand the concept of naming yourself, assuming you survive. Considering how children are, they probably have a series of names into their teens.
My MC is 30 now, so she had named herself at least once, but she never shares that name because she got blackmailed into working for the mob and worries that name could be traced.
When she got blackmailed into the mob, she on the spot named herself "Lightning Bolt" because she could believably prove she was a fast flier and not be questioned. She's now an air courier.
She has two other names. One is "Tandem." She taught some guy to fly tandem with her (too complex to explain here) and suggested that name so as not to use her mob name. They became long time friends. She took the name "Good Eye" when she inadvertently became a celebrity photographer, so as not to publicize her mob name where it might be recognized by the wrong people.
Hard to say whether in a world population of 240 million people that her names are unique, but they might be rare. Japan also has a descriptive naming system with half the population; by convention many personal names are reused and some are very common, like Yuki and Shiro (Snow and White respectively). I suspect some combinations in this world are more common than others. Other names in the story are phrases, like Night on Fire and Arrow Flies True and seem more unique.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#PennedPossibilities 1128: Does your MC have a name that’s unique?
My MC has at least five names, and in a world where everybody names themself, this count is likely typical. Family names don't exist since property and status are not heritable.
Everybody starts with the same name, however. It's "Child" (nominal) or "Child of" (familial). Despite being an interstellar society (without electricity or A/C), child mortality rates are high. Each day is a heat index warning day, and some days are deadly for adults, let alone infants. Thus you get called "Child" until you understand the concept of naming yourself, assuming you survive. Considering how children are, they probably have a series of names into their teens.
My MC is 30 now, so she had named herself at least once, but she never shares that name because she got blackmailed into working for the mob and worries that name could be traced.
When she got blackmailed into the mob, she on the spot named herself "Lightning Bolt" because she could believably prove she was a fast flier and not be questioned. She's now an air courier.
She has two other names. One is "Tandem." She taught some guy to fly tandem with her (too complex to explain here) and suggested that name so as not to use her mob name. They became long time friends. She took the name "Good Eye" when she inadvertently became a celebrity photographer, so as not to publicize her mob name where it might be recognized by the wrong people.
Hard to say whether in a world population of 240 million people that her names are unique, but they might be rare. Japan also has a descriptive naming system with half the population; by convention many personal names are reused and some are very common, like Yuki and Shiro (Snow and White respectively). I suspect some combinations in this world are more common than others. Other names in the story are phrases, like Night on Fire and Arrow Flies True and seem more unique.
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#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#PennedPossibilities 1128: Does your MC have a name that’s unique?
My MC has at least five names, and in a world where everybody names themself, this count is likely typical. Family names don't exist since property and status are not heritable.
Everybody starts with the same name, however. It's "Child" (nominal) or "Child of" (familial). Despite being an interstellar society (without electricity or A/C), child mortality rates are high. Each day is a heat index warning day, and some days are deadly for adults, let alone infants. Thus you get called "Child" until you understand the concept of naming yourself, assuming you survive. Considering how children are, they probably have a series of names into their teens.
My MC is 30 now, so she had named herself at least once, but she never shares that name because she got blackmailed into working for the mob and worries that name could be traced.
When she got blackmailed into the mob, she on the spot named herself "Lightning Bolt" because she could believably prove she was a fast flier and not be questioned. She's now an air courier.
She has two other names. One is "Tandem." She taught some guy to fly tandem with her (too complex to explain here) and suggested that name so as not to use her mob name. They became long time friends. She took the name "Good Eye" when she inadvertently became a celebrity photographer, so as not to publicize her mob name where it might be recognized by the wrong people.
Hard to say whether in a world population of 240 million people that her names are unique, but they might be rare. Japan also has a descriptive naming system with half the population; by convention many personal names are reused and some are very common, like Yuki and Shiro (Snow and White respectively). I suspect some combinations in this world are more common than others. Other names in the story are phrases, like Night on Fire and Arrow Flies True and seem more unique.
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#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
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#WordWeavers 2026.09.13 — Share a line of dialogue that sounds innocent without context but absolutely isn’t.
A third voice said brightly, "Tag, you're it!"
Out of context, it seems pretty innocent, right? Maybe a group of kids having fun? Nope! Signals the segue into a scene where the MC and the main series antagonist spar over a cute guy, an SC LI. The MC and SC are day angels. They have wings. Feathers. They're flying. The antagonist is also flying, but is… something else†.
Zooming out to a #snippet #excerpt. Might be rough as I revised the snippet heavily in the post as it needed it. I'll copy back to the manuscript! 😋
A third voice said brightly, "Tag, you're it!"
My first impulse is to flee—always. I'm a courier for the mob, not an enforcer. My lived truth is be not the messenger who got killed.
Blue was a praetorian; my friend was innocent of what I did for a living. He did not fright. Reflex had caused me to swoop at him. I pulled up my feet not to kick him, at least, as he dunk-dived at the last instant, furling his wings. His eddy sucked me down. In a heartbeat I overcame that. Wings out catching momentum-heavy air, I slowed scanning the twilit sky—purple and salmon clouds, a flood of deep indigo and sparkling first stars beyond.
Where?
My heart stuttered in my chest. Had we both not been intimately aware of each other's warping of up and down, chaotic attraction would have smashed us together bodily or ripped us apart—literally feather plucked by tangled swirling ups and downs a dozen times or more powerful than down felt standing on the ground.
My shock wore off. I understood I was the target, not Blue who returned to my side, breathless. Dropping as he had was the best way to create speed, to leave him safely behind, so I brought my wings close and let my head lead as I fell forward into increasing wind in my eyes.
A woman's voice came from behind me, rapidly getting louder, closing the distance. "Aw, aren't you going to play?"
=+=+=+=+=+
† This short tootfic describes the "something else" my antagonist is: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110993252771253246[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S. LLM training prohibited.]
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#WordWeavers 2026.09.13 — Share a line of dialogue that sounds innocent without context but absolutely isn’t.
A third voice said brightly, "Tag, you're it!"
Out of context, it seems pretty innocent, right? Maybe a group of kids having fun? Nope! Signals the segue into a scene where the MC and the main series antagonist spar over a cute guy, an SC LI. The MC and SC are day angels. They have wings. Feathers. They're flying. The antagonist is also flying, but is… something else†.
Zooming out to a #snippet #excerpt. Might be rough as I revised the snippet heavily in the post as it needed it. I'll copy back to the manuscript! 😋
A third voice said brightly, "Tag, you're it!"
My first impulse is to flee—always. I'm a courier for the mob, not an enforcer. My lived truth is be not the messenger who got killed.
Blue was a praetorian; my friend was innocent of what I did for a living. He did not fright. Reflex had caused me to swoop at him. I pulled up my feet not to kick him, at least, as he dunk-dived at the last instant, furling his wings. His eddy sucked me down. In a heartbeat I overcame that. Wings out catching momentum-heavy air, I slowed scanning the twilit sky—purple and salmon clouds, a flood of deep indigo and sparkling first stars beyond.
Where?
My heart stuttered in my chest. Had we both not been intimately aware of each other's warping of up and down, chaotic attraction would have smashed us together bodily or ripped us apart—literally feather plucked by tangled swirling ups and downs a dozen times or more powerful than down felt standing on the ground.
My shock wore off. I understood I was the target, not Blue who returned to my side, breathless. Dropping as he had was the best way to create speed, to leave him safely behind, so I brought my wings close and let my head lead as I fell forward into increasing wind in my eyes.
A woman's voice came from behind me, rapidly getting louder, closing the distance. "Aw, aren't you going to play?"
=+=+=+=+=+
† This short tootfic describes the "something else" my antagonist is: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110993252771253246[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S. LLM training prohibited.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
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#WordWeavers 2026.09.13 — Share a line of dialogue that sounds innocent without context but absolutely isn’t.
A third voice said brightly, "Tag, you're it!"
Out of context, it seems pretty innocent, right? Maybe a group of kids having fun? Nope! Signals the segue into a scene where the MC and the main series antagonist spar over a cute guy, an SC LI. The MC and SC are day angels. They have wings. Feathers. They're flying. The antagonist is also flying, but is… something else†.
Zooming out to a #snippet #excerpt. Might be rough as I revised the snippet heavily in the post as it needed it. I'll copy back to the manuscript! 😋
A third voice said brightly, "Tag, you're it!"
My first impulse is to flee—always. I'm a courier for the mob, not an enforcer. My lived truth is be not the messenger who got killed.
Blue was a praetorian; my friend was innocent of what I did for a living. He did not fright. Reflex had caused me to swoop at him. I pulled up my feet not to kick him, at least, as he dunk-dived at the last instant, furling his wings. His eddy sucked me down. In a heartbeat I overcame that. Wings out catching momentum-heavy air, I slowed scanning the twilit sky—purple and salmon clouds, a flood of deep indigo and sparkling first stars beyond.
Where?
My heart stuttered in my chest. Had we both not been intimately aware of each other's warping of up and down, chaotic attraction would have smashed us together bodily or ripped us apart—literally feather plucked by tangled swirling ups and downs a dozen times or more powerful than down felt standing on the ground.
My shock wore off. I understood I was the target, not Blue who returned to my side, breathless. Dropping as he had was the best way to create speed, to leave him safely behind, so I brought my wings close and let my head lead as I fell forward into increasing wind in my eyes.
A woman's voice came from behind me, rapidly getting louder, closing the distance. "Aw, aren't you going to play?"
=+=+=+=+=+
† This short tootfic describes the "something else" my antagonist is: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110993252771253246[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S. LLM training prohibited.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
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#WordWeavers 2026.09.13 — Share a line of dialogue that sounds innocent without context but absolutely isn’t.
A third voice said brightly, "Tag, you're it!"
Out of context, it seems pretty innocent, right? Maybe a group of kids having fun? Nope! Signals the segue into a scene where the MC and the main series antagonist spar over a cute guy, an SC LI. The MC and SC are day angels. They have wings. Feathers. They're flying. The antagonist is also flying, but is… something else†.
Zooming out to a #snippet #excerpt. Might be rough as I revised the snippet heavily in the post as it needed it. I'll copy back to the manuscript! 😋
A third voice said brightly, "Tag, you're it!"
My first impulse is to flee—always. I'm a courier for the mob, not an enforcer. My lived truth is be not the messenger who got killed.
Blue was a praetorian; my friend was innocent of what I did for a living. He did not fright. Reflex had caused me to swoop at him. I pulled up my feet not to kick him, at least, as he dunk-dived at the last instant, furling his wings. His eddy sucked me down. In a heartbeat I overcame that. Wings out catching momentum-heavy air, I slowed scanning the twilit sky—purple and salmon clouds, a flood of deep indigo and sparkling first stars beyond.
Where?
My heart stuttered in my chest. Had we both not been intimately aware of each other's warping of up and down, chaotic attraction would have smashed us together bodily or ripped us apart—literally feather plucked by tangled swirling ups and downs a dozen times or more powerful than down felt standing on the ground.
My shock wore off. I understood I was the target, not Blue who returned to my side, breathless. Dropping as he had was the best way to create speed, to leave him safely behind, so I brought my wings close and let my head lead as I fell forward into increasing wind in my eyes.
A woman's voice came from behind me, rapidly getting louder, closing the distance. "Aw, aren't you going to play?"
=+=+=+=+=+
† This short tootfic describes the "something else" my antagonist is: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110993252771253246[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S. LLM training prohibited.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory -
#WordWeavers 2026.09.13 — Share a line of dialogue that sounds innocent without context but absolutely isn’t.
A third voice said brightly, "Tag, you're it!"
Out of context, it seems pretty innocent, right? Maybe a group of kids having fun? Nope! Signals the segue into a scene where the MC and the main series antagonist spar over a cute guy, an SC LI. The MC and SC are day angels. They have wings. Feathers. They're flying. The antagonist is also flying, but is… something else†.
Zooming out to a #snippet #excerpt. Might be rough as I revised the snippet heavily in the post as it needed it. I'll copy back to the manuscript! 😋
A third voice said brightly, "Tag, you're it!"
My first impulse is to flee—always. I'm a courier for the mob, not an enforcer. My lived truth is be not the messenger who got killed.
Blue was a praetorian; my friend was innocent of what I did for a living. He did not fright. Reflex had caused me to swoop at him. I pulled up my feet not to kick him, at least, as he dunk-dived at the last instant, furling his wings. His eddy sucked me down. In a heartbeat I overcame that. Wings out catching momentum-heavy air, I slowed scanning the twilit sky—purple and salmon clouds, a flood of deep indigo and sparkling first stars beyond.
Where?
My heart stuttered in my chest. Had we both not been intimately aware of each other's warping of up and down, chaotic attraction would have smashed us together bodily or ripped us apart—literally feather plucked by tangled swirling ups and downs a dozen times or more powerful than down felt standing on the ground.
My shock wore off. I understood I was the target, not Blue who returned to my side, breathless. Dropping as he had was the best way to create speed, to leave him safely behind, so I brought my wings close and let my head lead as I fell forward into increasing wind in my eyes.
A woman's voice came from behind me, rapidly getting louder, closing the distance. "Aw, aren't you going to play?"
=+=+=+=+=+
† This short tootfic describes the "something else" my antagonist is: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110993252771253246[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S. LLM training prohibited.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory