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#PennedPossibilities 1133: "Did your MC attend school? What sort of education did they have?"

Moon did not go to school, and everything she learned was controlled by the Priests who supervised her House.

In other words, she learned very little.

Which does bite her when she escapes.

Moon Rises, Winds & Pillars 8
(out now!)

#WritingCommunity
#EpicFantasy

#PennedPossibilities 1133: "Did your MC attend school? What sort of education did they have?"

Moon did not go to school, and everything she learned was controlled by the Priests who supervised her House.

In other words, she learned very little.

Which does bite her when she escapes.

Moon Rises, Winds & Pillars 8
(out now!)

#WritingCommunity
#EpicFantasy

#PennedPossibilities 1133: "Did your MC attend school? What sort of education did they have?"

Moon did not go to school, and everything she learned was controlled by the Priests who supervised her House.

In other words, she learned very little.

Which does bite her when she escapes.

Moon Rises, Winds & Pillars 8
(out now!)

#WritingCommunity
#EpicFantasy

#PennedPossibilities 1133: "Did your MC attend school? What sort of education did they have?"

Moon did not go to school, and everything she learned was controlled by the Priests who supervised her House.

In other words, she learned very little.

Which does bite her when she escapes.

Moon Rises, Winds & Pillars 8
(out now!)

#WritingCommunity
#EpicFantasy

#PennedPossibilities 1133: "Did your MC attend school? What sort of education did they have?"

Moon did not go to school, and everything she learned was controlled by the Priests who supervised her House.

In other words, she learned very little.

Which does bite her when she escapes.

Moon Rises, Winds & Pillars 8
(out now!)

#WritingCommunity
#EpicFantasy

#PennedPossibilities 1133: Did your MC attend school? What sort of education did they have?

Dropped out at the start of her senior year in high school. She was a jock's jock and only got a plus-plus in physical education. She barely passed all the required classes to stay on the Flight and Track team that she captained. (The members were all male.) She did well on physiology and anatomy sections of her science course, and oddly, fairly well at comprehending physics (she's a stunt flier) though her arithmetic was bad enough it didn't help her much. She was good at figure drawing. She really studied the boys, if you get my meaning.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

#PennedPossibilities 1133: Did your MC attend school? What sort of education did they have?

Dropped out at the start of her senior year in high school. She was a jock's jock and only got a plus-plus in physical education. She barely passed all the required classes to stay on the Flight and Track team that she captained. (The members were all male.) She did well on physiology and anatomy sections of her science course, and oddly, fairly well at comprehending physics (she's a stunt flier) though her arithmetic was bad enough it didn't help her much. She was good at figure drawing. She really studied the boys, if you get my meaning.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

#PennedPossibilities 1133: Did your MC attend school? What sort of education did they have?

Dropped out at the start of her senior year in high school. She was a jock's jock and only got a plus-plus in physical education. She barely passed all the required classes to stay on the Flight and Track team that she captained. (The members were all male.) She did well on physiology and anatomy sections of her science course, and oddly, fairly well at comprehending physics (she's a stunt flier) though her arithmetic was bad enough it didn't help her much. She was good at figure drawing. She really studied the boys, if you get my meaning.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

#PennedPossibilities 1133: Did your MC attend school? What sort of education did they have?

Dropped out at the start of her senior year in high school. She was a jock's jock and only got a plus-plus in physical education. She barely passed all the required classes to stay on the Flight and Track team that she captained. (The members were all male.) She did well on physiology and anatomy sections of her science course, and oddly, fairly well at comprehending physics (she's a stunt flier) though her arithmetic was bad enough it didn't help her much. She was good at figure drawing. She really studied the boys, if you get my meaning.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

#PennedPossibilities 1133: Did your MC attend school? What sort of education did they have?

Dropped out at the start of her senior year in high school. She was a jock's jock and only got a plus-plus in physical education. She barely passed all the required classes to stay on the Flight and Track team that she captained. (The members were all male.) She did well on physiology and anatomy sections of her science course, and oddly, fairly well at comprehending physics (she's a stunt flier) though her arithmetic was bad enough it didn't help her much. She was good at figure drawing. She really studied the boys, if you get my meaning.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

I had to share this. Just remember, Blinky is your biggest fan!

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #PennedPossibilities #AmWriting #Novel #Novels #Writer #Author

I had to share this. Just remember, Blinky is your biggest fan!

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #PennedPossibilities #AmWriting #Novel #Novels #Writer #Author

I had to share this. Just remember, Blinky is your biggest fan!

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #PennedPossibilities #AmWriting #Novel #Novels #Writer #Author

I had to share this. Just remember, Blinky is your biggest fan!

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #PennedPossibilities #AmWriting #Novel #Novels #Writer #Author

I had to share this. Just remember, Blinky is your biggest fan!

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #PennedPossibilities #AmWriting #Novel #Novels #Writer #Author

#PennedPossibilities 1132. If you could tell your younger writing self anything, what would it be?

My younger self would not believe me, so I'll let her figure it out for herself. She's pretty smart.

I think the main big things I've gathered over the years are you have to believe in your own stories and champion/celebrate them - trust your own judgement above other people's but *be* critical and hold yourself to a high standard. And don't *expect* anyone to read your books, because most people won't and that's OK. Oh, and don't bother querying agents. Soul destroying.

@jeanmauel
I would like to be the first to welcome you to the writing community here. There is no algorithm like on X/Twitter and other services to generate a timeline of posts (called toots) on Mastodon. To do this you follow people that interest you, which you did for me so you've got this. We also follow keyword hashtags like #WritingCommunity and include those hashtags in our posts when they apply.

Including the following hashtags and the accounts allow you to be found by like-minded people. If you don't include them, you won't be noticed. Much. You do have a recognizable name…

There are also hashtag writer challenge games, where like-minded authors reply and discuss author-y things. It is both a good way to procrastinate (as if we need that), but also an opportunity to think about current characters and techniques and read what other authors think about the subject. Here are some incomplete lists to get you started.

These identify your community.

#Writer #Author #WritersOfMastodon #bookstodon #Writing

#SF #scifi #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Mystery #Romance #Thriller #horror

Games:

#PennedPossibilities
#WritersCoffeeClub
#ScibesAndMakers
#WordWeavers
#TimeTravelAuthors
#EngenderedWriting
#Writever
#Writephant

There's more, but if you check these out, you'll quickly be surrounded by the like-minded. Also, since I follow a multitude of authors, but also artists and creative people, you are welcome to raid my follow list on my profile page for other accounts to follow.

Last, please take a moment to fill in your profile page. I do admit your name and banner picture is a great intro, but it's a good place to note what you love to talk about, what you would rather talk about, and it may not just be about writing and publishing. Today is good time to do that. (I guess RS is a little pushy.) Again, you are welcome to look at my profile page (and others) for ideas.

If you provide links anywhere on Mastodon, but definitely when building your profile page, include the full http version of the link. If you do, it becomes clickable.

Of note in regard to profiles, you can pin things like a longer introduction post or an essay you wish to share, so it is the first post visitors see. It's one of the features and actions hidden in the three dots menu (…) at the end of a post.

Again, welcome. Feel free to ask questions. If you use community hashtags, others might answer also.

#BoostingIsSharing

This post is to announce to all those who knew about my web-novel Mars Needed Women, who may have boosted or linked to it, that I have deleted the posts from Mastodon. I am heavily into revising it for publication.To prevent 404ing, I've left only the jacket blurb post of March 1st. As best I can remember, that's the only link I gave out. I hope so. I'm tagging hashtags to which I posted links to the novel this one time to prevent confusion. You are welcome to PM me.

#pennedpossibilities #engenderedWriting #writerscoffeeclub #wordweavers #scribesandmakers #writever #writephant

TL;DR

The story was published daily in March 2024 as part of a #Writever challenge, and I completed all 31 chapters one a day using all 31 Women's Rights prompts, managing to complete the last chapter and post it only 20 minutes into April 1st.

The story was definitely beta, with a plot hole and janky science and a few character boo-boos, but I like the result. I have since greatly revised the story and added plenty of material. Writing content daily to fit it into a toot-length that worked out to 750-800 words max forced compromises.

I plan to publish the novel in book form. As such, I have deleted the original free-to-read version. When I've sold or published the novel, I'll be sure to inform all my followers.

If you were part way through the story, PM me.

For you that read it, and for those who favorited chapters, Thank you.

#BoostingIsSharing

#writer #author #sf #writersOfMastodon #writingCommunity

@ltrapp
Welcome to the writing community. @strangeseawolf answered your direct question, but I'd like to answer your indirect one. On Mastodon we ALSO follow keyword hashtags like #WritingCommunity and include those hashtags in our posts when they apply. These hashtag and the accounts we follow take the place of an algorithm elsewhere, so if you don't include them you won't be noticed (much). There are also hashtag writer challenge games, where likeminded authors reply and discuss author-y things. Here are some incomplete lists to get you started.

#Writer #Author #WritersOfMastodon #bookstodon #Writing

#SF #scifi #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Mystery #Romance #Thriller #horror

"Games:"

#PennedPossibilities
#WritersCoffeeClub
#ScibesAndMakers
#WordWeavers
#TimeTravelAuthors
#EngenderedWriting
#Writever
#Writephant

There's more, but if you check these out, you'll quickly be surrounded by the like-minded. Also, since I follow a multitude of authors, but also artists and creative people, you are welcome to raid my follow list on my profile page for other accounts to follow.

Last, take a moment to fill in your profile page. Today is good. Again, you are welcome to look at mine (and others) for ideas. If you provide links, include the full http version. If you do, they become clickable. An interesting profile and your posts are how people decide to follow you.

#BoostingIsSharing

@loismcmasterb Welcome. While you are likely to be too busy for prompts and daily challenges, there are some hashtags you might follow on your journey through Mastodon if this is your beginning here:

#writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon #bookstodon #writer #writing #author #fiction #SF #sciencefiction

#Feditips is a good search.

There's a sense of community around these challenges: #PennedPossibilities, #WritersCoffeeClub, #WordWeavers, #ScribesAndMakers, #TimeTravelAuthors, and my now completed #EngenderedWriting.

Since you mentioned filters, filtering out (hashtag) uspol and politics is pretty effective.

I've followed a lot of writers and artists. Most are toward the beginning of my Follows list. Feel free to raid my Follows and Followers lists to your hearts content.

Again, welcome.