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#ScribesAndMakers 7/29. From soft to hard, where do your tastes fall on the Science Fiction scale?

So soft that it really should be fantasy. But not "I'm ashamed to write fantasy so I made it SciFi."

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#ScribesAndMakers 7/29. From soft to hard, where do your tastes fall on the Science Fiction scale?

So soft that it really should be fantasy. But not "I'm ashamed to write fantasy so I made it SciFi."

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#WordWeavers 7.25 — What wrong assumption do people make about your MC?

Bijou the #TimeTravelingGhost: That she is wacked-out, superstitious, academic. Fact is, she is right.
Emily Pan: That she is a lonely, unhappy spinster. Actually, she is proud of being an independent woman.

#Airisu: She is just a silly bird brain. "Contraywise, I am a brilliant bird brain."
Sumika: She is a bubblehead. She is quite intelligent, only she has learned to hide it as unlady-like.

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#WordWeavers 7.25 — What wrong assumption do people make about your MC?

Bijou the #TimeTravelingGhost: That she is wacked-out, superstitious, academic. Fact is, she is right.
Emily Pan: That she is a lonely, unhappy spinster. Actually, she is proud of being an independent woman.

#Airisu: She is just a silly bird brain. "Contraywise, I am a brilliant bird brain."
Sumika: She is a bubblehead. She is quite intelligent, only she has learned to hide it as unlady-like.

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#ScribesAndMakers 7/28. How difficult is it for you to write characters whose taste in art/books/music/television etc are vastly different from your own?

Writing Urban Fantasy, I don't generally have to have major characters indulge in things I know nothing about. They may have more knowledge than I do, but I know enough to do the necessary research.

Why would I set myself up for failure and embarrassment?

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#ScribesAndMakers 7/28. How difficult is it for you to write characters whose taste in art/books/music/television etc are vastly different from your own?

Writing Urban Fantasy, I don't generally have to have major characters indulge in things I know nothing about. They may have more knowledge than I do, but I know enough to do the necessary research.

Why would I set myself up for failure and embarrassment?

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#TimeTravelAuthors 07/27. Does your story's time travel ever surprise you?

Surprised? Mildly, when I figure out a ramification of something I have set up, but only mildly. I am less a world builder than a character builder. My characters are more likely to surprise me, though after I had an unpleasant experience with them in my first novel attempt, I keep them under control.

Time-travel mechanics do sometimes wander off in a way I hadn’t anticipated. For example, complications with manifestation caught me off guard, i.e., why are some objects manifestable and others not? (And how can I fix an apparent rule violation?) For example, why can Bijou manifest safari clothes but not an elephant gun or bug spray? Eventually, there will be a side story explaining this apparent breach of my time-particle rules. (But first, the characters must discover and explain the rules. so the side story isn’t a spoiler.)

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#ScribesAndMakers 27. Do you feel your creative work leans more towards reflecting life as it is or as you would like it to be?

As it is.

And def. not the way I want it to be. Both in terms of what I reflect and what I add.

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#ScribesAndMakers 27. Do you feel your creative work leans more towards reflecting life as it is or as you would like it to be?

As it is.

And def. not the way I want it to be. Both in terms of what I reflect and what I add.

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If you were to metaphorically assign your non-culinary creative work a flavor, what would it be? #ScribesAndMakers

Hayashi rice: A vibrant cultural mix. .A wonderful mix of tasty things.

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If you were to metaphorically assign your non-culinary creative work a flavor, what would it be? #ScribesAndMakers

Hayashi rice: A vibrant cultural mix. .A wonderful mix of tasty things.

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#Wss366 #Compass #TimeTravelAuthors 07/23. Tip for writing time travel

••⋅☾ #和歌 / #短歌 ☽⋅••

Personal compass
Echo’s through time
Following follow

Time-slip paradox
The rules are for you

••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••

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#Wss366 #Compass #TimeTravelAuthors 07/23. Tip for writing time travel

••⋅☾ #和歌 / #短歌 ☽⋅••

Personal compass
Echo’s through time
Following follow

Time-slip paradox
The rules are for you

••⋅☾ #WakaPoetry / #Tanka ☽⋅••

#Poetry #詩 #NMPoetry #TimeTravel #NMTTA #NMPrompts

#TimeTravelAuthors 07/21. Anything your characters time travel to fix?

Emily and Bijou are still trying to figure out what the Lapin Cabel is up to. So far they have not risked any time fixing.
Sumika and Airisu have set off to rescue Okiku in Edo Japan. I'm not sure if this qualifies as fixing since the point they appear at is after the events recorded in “Banchō Sarayashiki.” I suppose it does because they traveled to save her earlier; it's just not the time point Sumika’s spell brought them to.

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#EroticMusings 60. PoV (any character) What's the dirtiest thing you've ever said, or heard?

Shiro turns bright red. "I think that's between me and my partners."

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#WordWeavers 21. Do past reviews influence your current writing

I have a horrible confession. The one or two review I have gotten I didn't understand. So obviously they have not influenced my writing.

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#WordWeavers 21. Do past reviews influence your current writing

I have a horrible confession. The one or two review I have gotten I didn't understand. So obviously they have not influenced my writing.

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#WritersCoffeeClub – 21st Jul. Do your works contain erotic elements? How far do you go?

My Girlfriend Almost Got Me Killed: is explicitly/graphically sexual and fetish-oriented. At the same time plot and character-rich.

The other series are fade-to-black.

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#WritersCoffeeClub – 21st Jul. Do your works contain erotic elements? How far do you go?

My Girlfriend Almost Got Me Killed: is explicitly/graphically sexual and fetish-oriented. At the same time plot and character-rich.

The other series are fade-to-black.

#NMWCC #NMPrompts #R18 #NSFW #Yuri

#ScribesAndMakers – 21st Jul. Tell us about a non-fiction book you've enjoyed.

The two non-fiction books that have had the greatest impact on me:

The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation by Thich Nhat Hanh

And

Integral Psychology: Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy, presents an integrated theory designed to unify Western developmental psychology and Eastern spiritual traditions under a single framework. by Ken Wilber

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#ScribesAndMakers – 21st Jul. Tell us about a non-fiction book you've enjoyed.

The two non-fiction books that have had the greatest impact on me:

The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation by Thich Nhat Hanh

And

Integral Psychology: Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy, presents an integrated theory designed to unify Western developmental psychology and Eastern spiritual traditions under a single framework. by Ken Wilber

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#ScribesAndMakers – 20th Jul. What scented marker do you like best?

I stopped using markers when I realized they made the computer screen hard to read. JK

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#ScribesAndMakers – 20th Jul. What scented marker do you like best?

I stopped using markers when I realized they made the computer screen hard to read.

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1. #WordWeavers MC POV: What scares you the most about the future of your world?

Sumika: Climate change
Airisu: Not enough snacks. Ack ack ack
Bijou; The Lapin Cabal
Emily: Fascism

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1. #WordWeavers MC POV: What scares you the most about the future of your world?

Sumika: Climate change
Airisu: Not enough snacks. Ack ack ack
Bijou; The Lapin Cabal
Emily: Fascism

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#WordWeavers Jul 18
What is your MC's favorite family tradition?

Sumika: I always loved visiting a shrine on New Year or for that matter any time.

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#WordWeavers Jul 18
What is your MC's favorite family tradition?

Sumika: I always loved visiting a shrine on New Year or for that matter any time.

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Today's Talk to me Day has renaissance woman @SuzyShearer #TTMD #ScribesAndMakers

What are three things you would like us to know about you that we probably don't know?

And two things, as an author, you would like us to know that we probably don't?

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Today's Talk to me Day has renaissance woman @SuzyShearer #TTMD #ScribesAndMakers

What are three things you would like us to know about you that we probably don't know?

And two things, as an author, you would like us to know that we probably don't?

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#WordWeavers 16 July: If your MC was a superhero, what would their symbol be?

Airisu: Yatagarasu, the three-legged sun crow. But Mistress wouldn't let me. She says we might upset the kami.

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#WordWeavers 16 July: If your MC was a superhero, what would their symbol be?

Airisu: Yatagarasu, the three-legged sun crow. But Mistress wouldn't let me. She says we might upset the kami.

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#ScribesAndMakers 16. Our next featured creator is a baker. Describe a baked good you enjoy.

Every time I go shopping at a European grocery store, I buy a box of good croissants and have them the next morning French-style, i.e., dipped in a warm sweet milk drink.

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#ScribesAndMakers 16. Our next featured creator is a baker. Describe a baked good you enjoy.

Every time I go shopping at a European grocery store, I buy a box of good croissants and have them the next morning French-style, i.e., dipped in a warm sweet milk drink.

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#ScribesAndMakers – 14th Jul. How objective do you feel you are when it comes to assessing your own work?

Wrapped in foil and left in the cools, I will check it repearly be for it is done. Only to have it over cooked.

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#ScribesAndMakers – 14th Jul. How objective do you feel you are when it comes to assessing your own work?

Wrapped in foil and left in the coals I will check it repearly befor it is done. Only to have it over cooked.

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#ScribesAndMakers – 13th Jul.? Has a bear ever featured in your work? If so, what sort of bear? Part 2

I forgot I did a couple of flash fanfic for @stevendbrewer'sBear and Brunhilde series. Type: Cyber Bear.

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#ScribesAndMakers – 13th Jul.? Has a bear ever featured in your work? If so, what sort of bear? Part 2

I forgot I did a couple of flash fanfic for @stevendbrewer'sBear and Brunhilde series. Type: Cyber Bear.

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#WordWeavers 13. To your MC's LI, what's the most admirable thing about the MC?

Emily: Bijou is clever and cute. But I think more importantly, she has never questioned my being an independent person. I don't know if that's because of the time period she comes from. Maybe women aren't supposed to devote themselves to a man. I don't think so, though. I think it's because she is like me; she is a strong, independent woman who doesn't carry around a lot of stupid angst about a woman's proper role.

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#WordWeavers 13. To your MC's LI, what's the most admirable thing about the MC?

Emily: Bijou is clever and cute. But I think more importantly, she has never questioned my being an independent person. I don't know if that's because of the time period she comes from. Maybe women aren't supposed to devote themselves to a man. I don't think so, though. I think it's because she is like me; she is a strong, independent woman who doesn't carry around a lot of stupid angst about a woman's proper role.

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#ScribesAndMakers – 13th Jul.? Has a bear ever featured in your work? If so, what sort of bear?

Tomo was supposed to be a bisexual bear (as in gay) but somehow that didn't happen.

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#ScribesAndMakers – 13th Jul.? Has a bear ever featured in your work? If so, what sort of bear?

Tomo was supposed to be a bisexual bear (as in gay) but somehow that didn't happen.

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#EroticMusings 58 — POV (any character): Name three erotic things that you have in your bedroom.

Shiro:

1. A large cushion so neko can watch
2. A stack of Peach Twins doujinshi
3. A copy of "Cherry Switche's Advanced Guide to BDSM"

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#WordWeavers 12.07.2026 What one word sums up how your SC feels in the part of your WIP you're currently working on?

Nothing. There are no SC in the current scenes.

In fact, there are no SC's at all in either of my WIPs.

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#WordWeavers 12.07.2026 What one word sums up how your SC feels in the part of your WIP you're currently working on?

Nothing. There are no SC in the current scenes.

In fact, there are no SC's at all in either of my WIPs.

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#ScribesAndMakers – 12th Jul. For printed books, do you have a preferred size?

Old-fashioned pulp paperbacks that fit in the back pocket of jeans.

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#ScribesAndMakers – 12th Jul. For printed books, do you have a preferred size?

Old-fashioned pulp paperbacks that fit in the back pocket of jeans.

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#WritersCoffeeClub 10 July: Share a bit of written word that drives you wild. What speaks to you about this

He found himself in Meran with some cousins who had various slight ailments, but, being rich and imaginative, had gone to a sanatorium to be cured. But for its sanatoria, Meran might be a cheerful place; their ubiquity reminds a healthy man too often that the air is really good. Being well enough himself, except for a few mental worries, he went to a Gasthaus in the neighbourhood. In the sanatorium his cousins complained bitterly of the food, the ignorant “sisters,” the inattentive doctors, and the idiotic regulations generally—which proves that people should not go to a sanatorium unless they are really ill. However, they paid heavily for being there, so felt that something was being accomplished, and were annoyed when he called each day for tea, and told them cheerfully how much better they looked—which proved, again, that their ailments were slight and quite curable by the local doctor at home.

• "A Bit of Wood" by Algernon Blackwood

I like complex lyrical snark

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#WritersCoffeeClub 10 July: Share a bit of written word that drives you wild. What speaks to you about this

He found himself in Meran with some cousins who had various slight ailments, but, being rich and imaginative, had gone to a sanatorium to be cured. But for its sanatoria, Meran might be a cheerful place; their ubiquity reminds a healthy man too often that the air is really good. Being well enough himself, except for a few mental worries, he went to a Gasthaus in the neighbourhood. In the sanatorium his cousins complained bitterly of the food, the ignorant “sisters,” the inattentive doctors, and the idiotic regulations generally—which proves that people should not go to a sanatorium unless they are really ill. However, they paid heavily for being there, so felt that something was being accomplished, and were annoyed when he called each day for tea, and told them cheerfully how much better they looked—which proved, again, that their ailments were slight and quite curable by the local doctor at home.

• "A Bit of Wood" by Algernon Blackwood

I like complex lyrical snark

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#WordWeavers 2026.07.11 — Would your protagonist rather be loved or feared? Why?

Given that choice, loved. Respected would rank higher than either. They do not mistake either love or fear as respect. Either can exist without respect.

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#WordWeavers 2026.07.11 — Would your protagonist rather be loved or feared? Why?

Given that choice, loved. Respected would rank higher than either. They do not mistake either love or fear as respect. Either can exist without respect.

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#WordWeavers Jul 10
Do you prefer writing characters like you or vastly different?

In between or vastly different.

MCs usually have some interests in common with me, so I can flesh them out well.

MCs usually follow moral codes similar to mine.

MCs suffer depression, anxiety, and social isolation due to othering.

But they are not me, and I try to mix it up so that I am not always writing the same character, just with a different name.

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#WordWeavers Jul 10
Do you prefer writing characters like you or vastly different?

In between or vastly different.

MCs usually have some interests in common with me, so I can flesh them out well.

MCs usually follow moral codes similar to mine.

MCs suffer depression, anxiety, and social isolation due to othering.

But they are not me, and I try to mix it up so that I am not always writing the same character, just with a different name.

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#ScribesAndMakers – 9th Jul. What's a fairly typical amount of time you spend reading per sitting? How many times per day do you generally get a chance to read?

Correction to my post: The mode is obviously zero. And it is definitely not the average or median. On days I read, (which is most) the mode would be around 2 hours.

One should be precise in these answers.

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#ScribesAndMakers – 9th Jul. What's a fairly typical amount of time you spend reading per sitting? How many times per day do you generally get a chance to read?

Correction to my post: The mode is obviously zero. And it is definitely not the average or median. On days I read, (which is most) the mode would be around 2 hours.

One should be precise in these answers.

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#ScribesAndMakers – 10th Jul. Do you prefer when a time traveller can choose a specific time/place to go, or when they don't have control over it?

I tend to prefer them having control, but with things being more complicated than they understand, i.e., things can and do go wrong.

This is the situation in #TimeTravelingGhost. They always end up near where they set off to, but it's often not what they want.

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#WordWeavers 9 July: Which of your characters would be the least likely to write a love song

Emily. Most of my characters either have a poetic bent or a romantic streak. Emily is a form reporter and spy,: pragmatic and cynical. She may at some point reveal some romantic leanings but not yet. - #TimeTravelingGhost

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#ScribesAndMakers – 9th Jul. What's a fairly typical amount of time you spend reading per sitting? How many times per day do you generally get a chance to read?

There is no typical anywhere from 15 minutes to all day with no sleep. Most days I read for a while before getting up and before going to sleep.

I guess the mode would be 2hr per sitting, but who knows what the average or median is.

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#WordWeavers 7/8—Have any of your personal biggest fears made it onto the page?

• People: They appear in my stories. The fear of them to a degree. No shutins appear though. "Waiting for Princess Takiyashi" was going to feature one, but two other novels got my attention instead.
• Rebirth: Nope.
• Hate crimes: Minor ones, but not the kinds of assaults that I fear.
• Facism: Increasingly so. It is a major component of "Bijou the Time-Traveling Ghost" and several recent flash. This nightmare Increasingly dominates my world and has crept into my writing.

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#ScribesAndMakers – 8th Jul. How many spaces do you like after a period/full stop?

One. I broke the habit of using two decades ago.

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#ScribesAndMakers – 7th Jul. What do you find compelling in a podcast? If you don't like podcasts, is there anything that could make you interested?

I skim some political podcasts when my mental health will tolerate it and follow one on the war in Ukraine.

Overall, not a big podcast viewer.

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