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#ScribesAndMakers Aug 30 #TTMD
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Tell us three things you would like to know about you as a person, not a writer & two about yourself as a writer.

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#ScribesAndMakers – 29th Aug. At age 11what did you want to be?

A woman - oh, that's not what you meant.

mycologist

No interest now.

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#Wss366 #Mule #ScribesAndMakers »27 Tell a story, real or fictional, about an object on your desk/work area.

Among the many things I have collected, one has been silent movie paper memorabilia. Chief among these are Ross Verlag postcards. For many years, their logo featured a little horse or #mule. One day, while walking, I saw a small white ceramic horse on a stone wall that looked just like its logo. At 3/4 of an inch, it is the cutest antiquey thing imaginable. I would include a picture, but it's buried under unopened mail.

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#ScribesAndMakers 8/25—Do you have any self-imposed rules for your creative work?

1. Do something writing related everyday.
2. Publish an EP every week for my main serial.
3. This one wasn't meant to be a rule, but has become one. Don't break the publishing streak on PIXIV. Now standing at 112 straight weeks of posting.
4. Not to listen to all the preachers of how you should write.

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

#TimeTravelingGhost

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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#ScribesAndMakers »5 What book(s) are you currently reading, or have you finished most recently?

• Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden # 10 Which is an excellent series despite an OP protag. Proof that author and writing make the book, not the tropes.
• The String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance. by Rymer et al.: An entertaining penny dreadful.
• Myths and Mysteries of Washington by L.E. Bragg - Potboiler stuff.
• Shadows House Manga: I like this manga series.
• Time & Tied: Destruction: by our @QuasiTemporal *

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#ScribesAndMakers »4 What's the first thing you think of when you hear the word troll?

Normally I would think of internet trolls, but just having written a story that had a troll/oni in it that is what I think of:

McGruff's Bridge:
McGruff's Bridge:

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#ScribesAndMakers – 2nd Aug. How wholesome do you consider your creative work? What does wholesome mean to you?

Unpopular opinion follows:

I don't use the word except as a rating. Wholesome, PG, M, R18, R18G (As used for writing, it is a misleading term.)

PG with cuteness and nothing to offend the most puritanical reader. That includes a lot of bigots and snowflakes.

I write a few things that fit into that category.

I think it is a misnomer since many wholesome or good things that one shouldn't need to hide make a piece of writing "unwholesome."

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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 7/28. 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 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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#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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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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#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 – 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?

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

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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 – 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?

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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