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#ScribesAndMakers 8/22—Fantasy stories are frequently inspired by medieval societies. Why do you think people are fascinated by that time period?

Different enough to dress up. Frankly, though, the "noble" aristocrat makes me want to puke.

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#PennedPossibilities 1106: SC POV: When was a time where you had to make an impossible choice.

#KonbiniIdol

“Honey stains thy lips. I am not known for generosity. But for my sister’s sake, I will make an exception and trade the woman for the man.” His porcelain hand waved with cold indifference toward Tomo.

I should accept the deal. It was the only rational path to save Shishi. I shut out Kan-chan’s pleading — “Please, Ume” — calling on me to refuse the trade. I braced myself.

Like Judas or Mitsuhide at Honnō-ji, I would betray her.

But which betrayal was worse — turning my back on one love, or the other?

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#ScribesAndMakers »21 Link to or summarize yesterday's poll and reveal the answer.

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Trick you? I guess I would do that, but I didn't. Actually, I did, sort of.

Nostradamus, the prophet – Found in the basement of the British Museum.
Rasputin, also a prophet – Was considered instead of Nostradamus.
Simon Magus, false messiah – Yep, we have him. Still claiming to be the true messiah.
I considered cheating but didn’t.

The correct answer was Rasputin; he does not appear in my story.

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#WordWeavers 20 If your story had a tagline, what would it be?

One of the taglines for #KonbiniIdol was "A love that transcended death."

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#ScribesAndMakers »20 Create a poll describing two characters that feature in your stories and one who doesn't. Ask people to guess the one that isn't in your work.

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#WordWeavers 19/8: Which character has changed the most since your first draft?

Both Ume and Shishi in #KonbiniIdol changed considerably in the early stages of that novel.

The original Ume was a player, but that got dropped when I decided not to write another R18 novel.

Shishi made it to the page in her full toxic glory in the first draft of the opening chapters. When I reread it, I realized she came off as vile.

So I dialed her back. She was still toxic but most of the profanity disappeared. She still said awful things when stressed and drunk but it wasn't her habitual mode of speach. A reader would give her a chance instead of loathing.

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#ScribesAndMakers 18: Most important thing in a game for you?

F/F love interest

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#ScribesAndMakers – 19th Aug. If paper books stopped being produced, how much would you miss them?

1. Not going to happen. Like records, there is an attachment to them.
2. Personally, I would miss them slightly. I still read physical when I am in a location where sunlight makes ereading difficult. Otherwise, I do all my reading from ebooks.

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#WordWeavers 17. Which scene made you laugh while writing it?

Not something I would do. At best, I am quietly amused.

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#PennedPossibilities 1102: Do you have a strategy for how you approach worldbuilding in your WIP(s)?

When I need to move on to a new area or event, I look over mythies, legends, creepypasta, etc for something interesting.

My plots are not panted, but my worldbuilding is.

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#WordWeavers Aug 16: If one of your characters could ask you a question, what would they ask?

• Arisu: How can I thank you?
• Airisu: Ditto, and where are the chicken nugs?
• Ume: Would you please stop this plague?Me: No, you can blame that part on someone above me.

Pretty much all the rest: Why would you do this?

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#EroticMusings 64: Share a WIP showing your process that can't be seen in the completed work.

Meta Data
End notes
Beta feedback
Concept sketch - this one is lewd.

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#WordWeavers 8/15 What's one writing habit you've developed that genuinely helps?

Maintaining a spreadsheet of projects and release dates

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#WordWeavers 8/14—Which fictional setting of yours would you most like to visit?

If you include my fanfiction: "Is the Order a Rabbit?"

If you only include OG "The Girl Who Saw Ghosts" seems the most benign. It is also pre-COVID.

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#ScribesAndMakers »13 Our next featured creator turned a short story into a novel. Have you ever done that, or the reverse?

I often write a short story using one of the MCs as a character sketch. That eventually gets turned into a novel.

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#WritersCoffeeClub 13

Looking at other people's answer I interpreted this different.

Yes the arts appear. In picture above they are looking at a mural.

Several of my characters are poets, one is a author, and two more are would be author. Shishi is an ex idol, singer, dancer, and song smith. No painters, sculpters, or playwrights. Oh and Airisu is a flying comedian. Ack, ack, ack.

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#WritersCoffeeClub – 13th Aug. Do the arts appear often within the works you write? Which ones?

There is poetry in my stories. Also, my main serial has purchased art.

Below is a concept sketch for what we are working on now.

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#WordWeavers AU 12: If your main character had a comfort food, what would it be?

#Airisu: Chicken nugs!
Sumika: No, they aren't good for you.

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#ScribesAndMakers – 12th Aug. How often do you take mental breaks from your creative work?

On a micro scale, when I need it during the day or when I am too tired to work.

On a macro scale: I take two or three trips in the summer where I am offline. That doesn't stop me from thinking about my work, though.

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#WordWeavers 9: What's the smallest detail you've researched for a story? 2/2

I now have a better answer. Recently, it was the correct spelling of "Holy Moly." Which I had written as "Holy Moley."

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#ScribesAndMakers 11 Do you feel like a different person when you're doing your creative work?

No. I don't write in any kind of altered state.

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#WordWeavers 11: Which shelved project are you itching to get back to?

None; the only project that currently itches is my WIP and something I haven't started. A mini series about Coco from the Witch Hat manga/anime.

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#PennedPossibilities 1094: sorrow?

The closest I come so far in this WIP is despair

Amelia's hand dropped, and she turned toward us. “You came to rescue me?”

“No. Just to visit.” I said. My reply was deliberately cryptic. I wanted to draw her in slowly.

“Then I’ll have to wait for a vessel,” she said.

Emily spoke next. “There won’t be a ship. Nobody comes for you.”

“Then they’ve given up? Forgotten?” Amelia’s voice was thin. Despair edged her last word.

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#ScribesAndMakers »9 Have you ever switched perspective (1st, 2nd, 3rd person, 3rd close, cinematic, etc) mid-chapter/story? Was it successful in your opinion?
»10 How willing are you to take risks with your creative work?

I am willing to take risks, though I am more careful to have completed the work before publishing something in case it doesn’t work. Prompt 9 above is an example.

I have twice written a story that appears to be 3rd person and then at some point is revealed to be 1st person. The first time didn’t work well. People found it jarring. I think the second time when the narrator steps in and reveals them self it worked.

“And you might ask, Mr McRuffian, who this person is?” Sheila continued. “It is Elaine, the Ashen Witch.”

[That’s me, the Wandering Witch!]

See McGruff's Bridge:

We then slowly switch from 3rd person to 1st person as the character comes on the stage.

I also include poetry and odd visual formatting at times. Which risk reader alienation.

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#WordWeavers 9: What's the smallest detail you've researched for a story?

How to spell a word. I don't know which word was the smallest.

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#PennedPossibilities 1093: Name something you love about your MC.

#Airisu: Is a wise-cracking smart-ass. She is fun to write.
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#TimeTravelAuthors 08/7. If your work was an ice cream flavor, what would it be?

Speaking as an author, black sesame ice creep, dark, sweet, and exotic for Westerners.

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#PennedPossibilities 1080 — Do any unseen forces have power within your universe?

My books are dominated by unseen, shadowy forces. Kami, ghosts, spirits, fate, karma, and primal forces all play significant roles.

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#WordWeavers 6: If your villain had to spend a day with your hero, what would happen?

This happens off-screen before Bijou returns to the mortal plain.

The Lapin Cabal cut her in half and dumped the parts in two different cemeteries.

The next time it happens, Bijou is in disguise, and the rabbits ignore her.

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#WordWeavers 8.5 — What object in your story has more significance than readers realise?

Like the characters, you would have to read along in the series to find that out.

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