#findingme — Public Fediverse posts

#PhantastikPrompts AUG-16 Wofür „brennt“ deine Hauptfigur?

– #Reencounter: Ian brennt für Jason
– #Unmodeled: Callum brennt fürs in einer Zeit ausgestorbene Programmieren; Beth, Siobhán und Fionn brennen fürs Hacken
– #FindingMe: Luca brennt für Nerdsachen (bspw. Star Trek)
– #AlsOb: Jannis brennt für Kai
– #ArkanCotton: Nichts, abgesehen von seiner Verachtung für die gesamte Menschheit

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#PhantastikPrompts AUG-16 Wofür „brennt“ deine Hauptfigur?

– #Reencounter: Ian brennt für Jason
– #Unmodeled: Callum brennt fürs in einer Zeit ausgestorbene Programmieren; Beth, Siobhán und Fionn brennen fürs Hacken
– #FindingMe: Luca brennt für Nerdsachen (bspw. Star Trek)
– #AlsOb: Jannis brennt für Kai
– #ArkanCotton: Nichts, abgesehen von seiner Verachtung für die gesamte Menschheit

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#PennedPossibilities 1065 SC POV: What annual event is celebrated in many different ways across your world?

Marc: September 8th—to non-Trekkies: That's Star Trek Day for us (the broadcast US premiere of the original Star Trek series on that day in 1966, with the airing of "The Man Trap")—it's fascinating to see how people from different people celebrate it all across the world in their own unique nerdy way. 🖖🏻

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#PennedPossibilities 1065 SC POV: What annual event is celebrated in many different ways across your world?

Marc: September 8th—to non-Trekkies: That's Star Trek Day for us (the broadcast US premiere of the original Star Trek series on that day in 1966, with the airing of "The Man Trap")—it's fascinating to see how people from different people celebrate it all across the world in their own unique nerdy way. 🖖🏻

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#PennedPossibilities 1067 Which of your characters do you connect with the most, and why?

You could say, Samuel from #ExGayHusband, but that might be too easy because it's autobiographical

Next, Callum from #Unmodeled comes to mind but Callum is written to be a potential future version of me, so that also might be too easy. However, he might not like that I'm not as radical as him

So, probably Luca from #FindingMe because we are both nerdy and have a friend like Marc

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#PennedPossibilities 1067 Which of your characters do you connect with the most, and why?

You could say, Samuel from #ExGayHusband, but that might be too easy because it's autobiographical

Next, Callum from #Unmodeled comes to mind but Callum is written to be a potential future version of me, so that also might be too easy. However, he might not like that I'm not as radical as him

So, probably Luca from #FindingMe because we are both nerdy and have a friend like Marc

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#WordWeavers JUN-01 If your MC wore tee shirts, what would be on their favorite one?

Luca: Certainly not the "Resistance is futile meme". That'd be far to mainstream, done to death, and dad joke-y

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#WordWeavers JUN-01 If your MC wore tee shirts, what would be on their favorite one?

Luca: Certainly not the "Resistance is futile meme". That'd be far to mainstream, done to death, and dad joke-y

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#WritersCoffeeClub JUN-12 What passions appear in your work?

– #Unmodeled: Callum loves coding, he turned his hobby into a career. Now, because of #AI, he can't do this anymore which devastates him
– #FindingMe: Luca and Marc are absolute #StarTrek nerds. They can't have a conversation with any reference to this franchise
– Reencounter: Ian has a passion for cooking, which might be his love language (and passion for his partner Jason)

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#WritersCoffeeClub JUN-12 What passions appear in your work?

– #Unmodeled: Callum loves coding, he turned his hobby into a career. Now, because of #AI, he can't do this anymore which devastates him
– #FindingMe: Luca and Marc are absolute #StarTrek nerds. They can't have a conversation with any reference to this franchise
– Reencounter: Ian has a passion for cooking, which might be his love language (and passion for his partner Jason)

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#PhantastikPrompts JUN-02 In welchen Genres bist du als Autor*in unterwegs?

– Drama (Als ob, Companion)
– Gay Romance (Ehemann, For You)
– Thriller (Subsconscious Mind)
– Fantasy ( #Seelenträger)
– Science Fiction ( #FindingMe, #Unmodeled (Dystopie))

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#PhantastikPrompts JUN-02 In welchen Genres bist du als Autor*in unterwegs?

– Drama (Als ob, Companion)
– Gay Romance (Ehemann, For You)
– Thriller (Subsconscious Mind)
– Fantasy ( #Seelenträger)
– Science Fiction ( #FindingMe, #Unmodeled (Dystopie))

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#WritersCoffeeClub JUN-02 What do you hope sticks with a reader long after?

– #Unmodeled and Companion: That they don't just uncritically use #AI
– For You: That not everyone is allosexual (= not asexual)
– #FindingMe: To live in the moment
– #AsIf: Sometimes we get what we want but not what we need (thanks, Coldplay)

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#WritersCoffeeClub JUN-02 What do you hope sticks with a reader long after?

– #Unmodeled and Companion: That they don't just uncritically use #AI
– For You: That not everyone is allosexual (= not asexual)
– #FindingMe: To live in the moment
– #AsIf: Sometimes we get what we want but not what we need (thanks, Coldplay)

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#PhantastikPrompts⁩ MAY-29 Wofür würde dein Protagonist sich wohl am meisten schämen?

Luca würde sich in Grund und Boden schämen, wenn er sich vor Marc eine #StarTrek-Wissenslücke eingestehen müsste

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#PhantastikPrompts⁩ MAY-29 Wofür würde dein Protagonist sich wohl am meisten schämen?

Luca würde sich in Grund und Boden schämen, wenn er sich vor Marc eine #StarTrek-Wissenslücke eingestehen müsste

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Bei Callum kann ich nur hoffen, dass er "you'll get there, too" sagen würde und nicht auf mich herabsehen würde, dass ich noch in seiner Branche arbeite

Bei der Hälfte der Nerdwitze von Luca rund um #StarTrek würde ich wahrscheinlich nicht mitkommen, da ich da noch ein paar Lücken habe 😅

#Unmodeled #FindingMe

Bei Callum kann ich nur hoffen, dass er "you'll get there, too" sagen würde und nicht auf mich herabsehen würde, dass ich noch in seiner Branche arbeite

Bei der Hälfte der Nerdwitze von Luca rund um #StarTrek würde ich wahrscheinlich nicht mitkommen, da ich da noch ein paar Lücken habe 😅

#Unmodeled #FindingMe

#WritersCoffeeClub NOV-04 What's the funniest thing you've ever written?

To whom?

To my characters? Luca and Marc are almost never not laughing. Should I get credit for that? I rather give it to each of them for making each other laugh and getting every single in-joke.

But IRL, I'm really not that funny, so if I've written something funny, it was probably by accident or considered so by someone with an interesting sense for humor (be my guest 🙌)

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#WritersCoffeeClub NOV-04 What's the funniest thing you've ever written?

To whom?

To my characters? Luca and Marc are almost never not laughing. Should I get credit for that? I rather give it to each of them for making each other laugh and getting every single in-joke.

But IRL, I'm really not that funny, so if I've written something funny, it was probably by accident or considered so by someone with an interesting sense for humor (be my guest 🙌)

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#FindingMe: Marc would suggest: "Why don't you just stay in your Federation uniform for the remaining 364 days until it isn't nerdy anymore, captain?" to what Luca would reply: "You are right, number one. Engage!"

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#StarTrek

#FindingMe: Marc would suggest: "Why don't you just stay in your Federation uniform for the remaining 364 days until it isn't nerdy anymore, captain?" to what Luca would reply: "You are right, number one. Engage!"

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#StarTrek

Viola Davis [you might know her from How To Get Away With Murder or Ma Rainey's Black Bottom] wrote a book, a memoir/biography I shall say: FINDING ME. I'm listening to it via audio and since it is fabulously read by herself you should too, it's a really meaningful one. <3

#rebcommendations #ViolaDavis #FindingMe #HowToGetAwayWithMurder #MaRaineysBlackBottom #bookstodon @thestorygraph @bookstodon

Viola Davis [you might know her from How To Get Away With Murder or Ma Rainey's Black Bottom] wrote a book, a memoir/biography I shall say: FINDING ME. I'm listening to it via audio and since it is fabulously read by herself you should too, it's a really meaningful one. <3

#rebcommendations #ViolaDavis #FindingMe #HowToGetAwayWithMurder #MaRaineysBlackBottom #bookstodon @thestorygraph @bookstodon

#WritersCoffeeClub APR-01 in-jokes, hidden messages, easter egg

#AsIf: In the hospital there's a brief blink-and-you-miss-it crossover with #ArkanCotton from one of my other stories
#SubconsciousMind: The story is based on the novel "Geography Club", which, coincidentally gets chosen to be that year's school play in the story
#FindingMe: The story is full of geeky recurring humor that is understood without explanation between the lead chacters

#amWriting #ZuriStories

#WritersCoffeeClub APR-01 in-jokes, hidden messages, easter egg

#AsIf: In the hospital there's a brief blink-and-you-miss-it crossover with #ArkanCotton from one of my other stories
#SubconsciousMind: The story is based on the novel "Geography Club", which, coincidentally gets chosen to be that year's school play in the story
#FindingMe: The story is full of geeky recurring humor that is understood without explanation between the lead chacters

#amWriting #ZuriStories

#PhantastikPrompts DEC-13 Was ist die glücklichste Erinnerung deiner Figur?

Ich wüsste keine konkrete Erinnerung, aber die Erinnerung involviert sehr wahrscheinlich Lucas besten Freund Marc.

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#PhantastikPrompts DEC-13 Was ist die glücklichste Erinnerung deiner Figur?

Ich wüsste keine konkrete Erinnerung, aber die Erinnerung involviert sehr wahrscheinlich Lucas besten Freund Marc.

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#PennedPossibilities 498 — What is something that always makes your SC laugh?

Almost anything Luca says with the intention of making his best friend Marc laugh, as is the case the other way round, since their aim with humor almost never misses and they just know each other through and through

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#PennedPossibilities 498 — What is something that always makes your SC laugh?

Almost anything Luca says with the intention of making his best friend Marc laugh, as is the case the other way round, since their aim with humor almost never misses and they just know each other through and through

#amWriting #ZuriStories #FindingMe

#WritersCoffeeClub NOV-15 What do you owe the real people you base your characters on?

I owe Luca for being such a good friend and editor over the years and having equally much and nerdy fun as he has with Marc in the story.

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#WritersCoffeeClub NOV-15 What do you owe the real people you base your characters on?

I owe Luca for being such a good friend and editor over the years and having equally much and nerdy fun as he has with Marc in the story.

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#WritersCoffeeClub 11 Do you consider any of your work to be unfilmable?

Not per se. It's all a matter of budget.

I would shoot the #SoulBearer trilogy in #TheVolume/ #Stagecraft™️ due to it being fantasy and therefore requiring quite some VFX shots. Later scenes of #FindingMe take place in the future. #MichaelAndLucas probably never gets completed.

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#WritersCoffeeClub 11 Do you consider any of your work to be unfilmable?

Not per se. It's all a matter of budget.

I would shoot the #SoulBearer trilogy in #TheVolume/ #Stagecraft™️ due to it being fantasy and therefore requiring quite some VFX shots. Later scenes of #FindingMe take place in the future. #MichaelAndLucas probably never gets completed.

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#PhantastikPrompts JUL-30 Gibt es in deinen Geschichten so etwas wie Schicksal oder sind deine Figuren ihres eigenen Glückes Schmied? Warum ist das so?

In #FindingMe ist das so eine Sache. Zeitreisen bzw. deren Theorie sind ja quasi der Inbegriff der Debatte "freier Wille vs. #Determinismus".

Ironischerweise – passend zur #Quantenphysik – trifft sogar beides ein Stück weit zu … from a certain point of view sozusagen

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#PhantastikPrompts JUL-30 Gibt es in deinen Geschichten so etwas wie Schicksal oder sind deine Figuren ihres eigenen Glückes Schmied? Warum ist das so?

In #FindingMe ist das so eine Sache. Zeitreisen bzw. deren Theorie sind ja quasi der Inbegriff der Debatte "freier Wille vs. #Determinismus".

Ironischerweise – passend zur #Quantenphysik – trifft sogar beides ein Stück weit zu … from a certain point of view sozusagen

#amWriting #ZuriStories

#PhantastikPrompts JUL-25 Gibt es in deiner Geschichte ein Mysterium, welches erst am Ende vollständig entwirrt wird?

Bei #FindingMe wird dem*der Leser*in im Verlauf des Buches früher oder später klar, wer der Einbrecher im ersten Kapitel war. Was jedoch wahrscheinlich etwas länger zu entschlüsseln sind, sind seine Motive.

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#PhantastikPrompts JUL-25 Gibt es in deiner Geschichte ein Mysterium, welches erst am Ende vollständig entwirrt wird?

Bei #FindingMe wird dem*der Leser*in im Verlauf des Buches früher oder später klar, wer der Einbrecher im ersten Kapitel war. Was jedoch wahrscheinlich etwas länger zu entschlüsseln sind, sind seine Motive.

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#WritersCoffeeClub JUL-16 Theme> Is there an overriding theme to your WIP? What is it?

#FindingMe is about living in the moment and cherishing what makes us who we are, not just the good things that happened to us but also the bad things we went through and came out at the other end.

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#WritersCoffeeClub JUL-16 Theme> Is there an overriding theme to your WIP? What is it?

#FindingMe is about living in the moment and cherishing what makes us who we are, not just the good things that happened to us but also the bad things we went through and came out at the other end.

#amWriting #ZuriStories

In #FindingMe: Making #TimeTravel realistic while also have it tie into the overall plot. Also, finding the right time jumps and aging my characters accordingly, wasn't that easy.

In #ArkanCotton: Writing a protagonist who was deeply unlikable, while having an antagonist with reasonable motivations (the trauma, they were based on, had to be properly explained in her backstory) but questionable actions

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#PennedPossibilities

In #FindingMe: Making #TimeTravel realistic while also have it tie into the overall plot. Also, finding the right time jumps and aging my characters accordingly, wasn't that easy.

In #ArkanCotton: Writing a protagonist who was deeply unlikable, while having an antagonist with reasonable motivations (the trauma, they were based on, had to be properly explained in her backstory) but questionable actions

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#WordWeavers MAY-28 — Do you include inside jokes for friends or fan groups in your stories?

#FindingMe is essentially two nerd besties talking about #ScienceFiction 24/7, while discovering that #TimeTravel apparently is possible

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#WordWeavers MAY-28 — Do you include inside jokes for friends or fan groups in your stories?

#FindingMe is essentially two nerd besties talking about #ScienceFiction 24/7, while discovering that #TimeTravel apparently is possible

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#PhantastikPrompts JUL-07 Welche deiner Figuren könnte eine eigene Fernsehshow bekommen und was für eine Sendung wäre das?

Luca und Marc aus #FindingMe würden eine #ScienceFiction-Talkshow zusammen machen und die beiden Nerds würden dabei wahrscheinlich die Zeit ihres Lebens haben und ständig ihre Sendezeit überziehen.

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#PhantastikPrompts JUL-07 Welche deiner Figuren könnte eine eigene Fernsehshow bekommen und was für eine Sendung wäre das?

Luca und Marc aus #FindingMe würden eine #ScienceFiction-Talkshow zusammen machen und die beiden Nerds würden dabei wahrscheinlich die Zeit ihres Lebens haben und ständig ihre Sendezeit überziehen.

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#PhantastikPrompts MAR-05 Worin unterscheidet sich deine Geschichte grundsätzlich von anderen desselben Genres?

In #FindingMe geht es um #Zeitreisen, allerdings kombiniere ich hier zwei normalerweise gegensätzliche Ansätze.

Ein weiterer Unterschied ist, dass andere Zeitreisegeschichten im Gegensatz zu meiner am Ende auch einen Sinn haben 😬 😅

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#PhantastikPrompts MAR-05 Worin unterscheidet sich deine Geschichte grundsätzlich von anderen desselben Genres?

In #FindingMe geht es um #Zeitreisen, allerdings kombiniere ich hier zwei normalerweise gegensätzliche Ansätze.

Ein weiterer Unterschied ist, dass andere Zeitreisegeschichten im Gegensatz zu meiner am Ende auch einen Sinn haben 😬 😅

#amWriting #ZuriStories #amWritingSciFi #amWritingScienceFiction

#PennedPossibilities 259 — Sum up your MC in three adjectives

#SoulBearerLegacy/Balia: Brave, curious, open-minded
#FindingMe/Luca: Nerdy, curious, funny
#ArkanCotton: impolite, misogynistic, egocentric

#amWriting #ZuriStories #WritingDiscussion #WritersChat #SoulBearer

#PennedPossibilities 259 — Sum up your MC in three adjectives

#SoulBearerLegacy/Balia: Brave, curious, open-minded
#FindingMe/Luca: Nerdy, curious, funny
#ArkanCotton: impolite, misogynistic, egocentric

#amWriting #ZuriStories #WritingDiscussion #WritersChat #SoulBearer

#PennedPossibilities 231 — Has your MC or SC retained any friendships from their childhood or young adulthood? (Credit: @aperfectsong)

I don't know exactly, when Luca and Marc first met, but it must have been quite some time before the first chapter, since they already know each other inside out. Together, they are seen living through decades and still enjoying shared hobbies at old age.

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#PennedPossibilities 231 — Has your MC or SC retained any friendships from their childhood or young adulthood? (Credit: @aperfectsong)

I don't know exactly, when Luca and Marc first met, but it must have been quite some time before the first chapter, since they already know each other inside out. Together, they are seen living through decades and still enjoying shared hobbies at old age.

#amWriting #ZuriStories #WritingDiscussion #WritersChat #FindingMe #amWritingSciFi

#PhantastikPrompts FEB-16 Beschreibe ein kurioses Gerät/Maschine/magischen Gegenstand aus deiner fiktionalen Welt

Die Zeitmaschine in #FindingMe ist inspiriert durch die #Stargate-Episode "Ascension" (5x03), in welcher Orlin ein Miniaturstargate in Samantha Carters Keller mit gerade ausreichend Energie, um ihn auf die andere Seite des durch das Gate erzeugten Wormlochs zu bringen, baut.

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#PhantastikPrompts FEB-16 Beschreibe ein kurioses Gerät/Maschine/magischen Gegenstand aus deiner fiktionalen Welt

Die Zeitmaschine in #FindingMe ist inspiriert durch die #Stargate-Episode "Ascension" (5x03), in welcher Orlin ein Miniaturstargate in Samantha Carters Keller mit gerade ausreichend Energie, um ihn auf die andere Seite des durch das Gate erzeugten Wormlochs zu bringen, baut.

#amWriting #ZuriStories #WritingDiscussion #WritersChat #amWritingScienceFiction #amWritingSciFi

#WritersCoffeeClub FEB-19 Do you give your characters mannerisms? How do you do this?

Luca just can't stand making a nerdy popculture (mostly Science Fiction-related) joke when Marc is around.

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#WritersCoffeeClub FEB-19 Do you give your characters mannerisms? How do you do this?

Luca just can't stand making a nerdy popculture (mostly Science Fiction-related) joke when Marc is around.

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#PennedPossibilities 42. What does your MC want their retirement to be like?

Sitting on the couch with his best friend Marc, watching science fiction TV shows from their youth and before.

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#PennedPossibilities 42. What does your MC want their retirement to be like?

Sitting on the couch with his best friend Marc, watching science fiction TV shows from their youth and before.

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