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#PennedPossibilities 1177: Do any of your characters suffer from depression and / or anxiety? CW: Talk of depression.

I'm Bolt. I am a day angel, and I suffer from depression…

As her author, dredging from my personal experience of depression, which isn't organic depression but rather psychological depression, is that Bolt feels she's lost the ability to control her life…yet harbors the illusion (delusion?) that she ever had that ability. She has become increasingly apathetic to the point that intellectually she no longer cares whether she lives or dies. In the moment, survival instinct still kicks in; friends witnessing her stunts flying recklessly in the city might disagree, however. She has concluded her inability to care is the reason why she has holes in her memory (spoilers to clarify)—and, no she doesn't drink until she blacks out. Her one joy in life, flying crazy fast and flying crazy stunts, is what keeps her going; she has to workout and train hard. Her street photography—and the plastering of every wall and the ceiling on her home with candid intimate photos people living normal lives—is what is keeps her in touch with reality.

It is the friends she is involuntarily and inadvertently making by having her photography "discovered" that are transforming her life.

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#WordWeavers 2026.11.06 — Which character is most likely to accidentally start a revolution and how would they manage it?

"Accidentally" is a BIG qualifier. I've one character who was key to a terrorist plot to overthrow the government in one story (until her principles got in the way), and got exploited to facilitate an invasion in another (but she's as easy to hold as a double-edged razor). Not sure if those qualify. She's no fan of the leader who's was the ultimate target of both plots. But that is not accidental. Were she to act, the revolution would be very intentional.

(An SC in the current WIP.)

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#PennedPossibilities 1176: What genre(s) or sub-genre(s) would you classify your WIP as? (Even if, yes, we hate labels.)

Science Fiction, even if the science comes off on first glance (and probably the fiftieth) as magic. The series even has interstellar travel without FTL† so violation physics can be my gimme science, but it has a solid basis. However, my stint in fan fiction really got me into slice-of-life, so that's there in generous helpings, also, but that's more of a theme, which is why cozy is a subgenera I hope it'll fit into in the end. It's also gender fiction, which I think transcends genre entirely. For example, I consider David Weber's Honor Harrington novels to be SF gender fiction.

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† There are spacecraft, but no real rockets. 😇

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#WordWeavers 2026.11.05 — What is a superstition, myth, or urban legend unique to your story's world? Is there any truth to it?

Each and every star and nebula in the sky of Home shines thanks to the twinkle in the eye of a person who lived long ago.

Is there any truth to this?

Yes. The meaning is important in Reluctant Moon, not the current WIP.

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RE: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/117555502449386218

#ScribesAndMakers 2026.11.04 — Link to or summarize yesterday's poll. If the poll was about a current decision, how do you feel about the choice the majority went with? If it was a past decision, did the majority agree with your choice?

The majority by 78% to 33% of the second vote getter picked, "Reread the parallel timeline novel; record plot, mining ideas," which is what I am primarily doing(!)—discovering how great a story the original story in the series was. Surprises me, but I'm always a harsh critic to please. The SC POV story will make a great complement to the original. Second choice was "Revise chapters," to regain the inspiration that wrote them.

Really, what's best? That enough cared to vote. I feel I've been cheered onwards.

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#PennedPossibilities 1175½ — #imposterToot: Do elections occur in your story? Do any of your characters get caught up in the mayhem or participate? @floofpaldi

The current WIP is an absolute monarchy where much of the authority and stewardship of wealth has been delegated provisionally by the "crown." Elected shareholders, ES as they're called (consistent with MP in a parliamentary system), are popularly elected to stewardship roles, but the politics are ignored in the current crop of stories.

In a previous novel, the protagonist is convinced by friends to run as a member parliament as a religious person (she's a well known shaman), someone that has experience in diplomacy (accidentally), and a business owner / aspirational class climber. There are debates and dirty tricks played, but her fame and integrity help her win her district. Unfortunately for her, when various political factions can't form a government, she becomes the compromise choice for prime minister.

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