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#WordWeavers 10/8: Which character is most likely to make a terrible decision for a very good reason?

Oh, yes. Zerika comes to mind. She would do just about anything to save those around her, even strangers. Then again, so would Elric. He's an ancient being, one who's alive for the sole purpose (as he believes) of saving lives. I could see either of them making a terrible decision for the greater good.

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#WordWeavers Oct. 8: Which character is most likely to make a terrible decision for a very good reason?

Me, because I didn't know about a taboo. Elthea and her dad quietly rescued me.

#WordWeavers 8/10: Which character is most likely to make a terrible decision for a very good reason?
In current WIP, which concludes the series, it has to be Wandell, who’s accepted that his (and his parents’) long pursuit of the Skilthorn estate is baseless and futile… but doesn’t quite know what to put in his place. He needs someone to help him find a new balance.
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October 8th

Which character is most likely to make a terrible decision for a very good reason?

In the current WIP?
Rosa since she hates segregation, and as her namesake she will stand up against it.

In all of my works?
Dr. Robert Green. He got to university without blessing of his tribe to study the whites because "one must understand the enemy to conquer them." Of course his tribe never abandoned him, but some members still hold a grudge on his decision.

#WordWeavers 2026.10.07 — Share a line of dialogue that tells us everything we need to know about a character's personality.

I rarely write definitive lines of dialogue, though I do recall a building climactic moment where a single riposte shreds the antagonist's whole line of reasoning. Nothing to do with defining everything the reader needs to know about a character. I don't have the time to do a definitive search, but the following few lines speak volumes about how comfortable these two people are with each other, and a bit about their personalities. It's Bolt razzing Blue.

"Didn't sleep well?" I called down to him.

"I was popular last night?" he answered somewhat resentful of lost sleep.

"Ridden much?"

"No." He laughed. "Lots of dancing, late."

"Pity it was only dancing."

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Do you ever not post photos because, even as a writer, figuring out how to describe them for alt text seems like too much work? Do you ever oversimplify it to save time? "Nice flowers in a field." "A duck."

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#WordWeavers 7/10: Share a line of dialogue that tells us everything we need to know about a character's personality.

'Are you OK?' I ask him. And then, 'Is the dinner OK?' because the other question might be a bit much.

This sums Lucy up pretty well. She's talking to her 17 year old son.

#WordWeavers 10/7: Share a line of dialogue that tells us everything we need to know about a character's personality.

Let's hear what Zerika has to say...

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#WordWeavers 10/6: What is considered completely normal in your story's world that would seem bizarre to us?

I have something simple to answer this prompt with. It's the magick in my universe, just in general. It would seem to terrifying, so bizarre and surreal to us.

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#WordWeavers Oct 7: Share a line of dialogue that tells us everything we need to know about a character's personality.

This is from quite early in my upcoming book 'Management Apologises for the Inconvenience':

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October 7th

Share a line of dialogue that tells us everything we need to know about a character's personality.

That's an impossible task. Sorry, pass.

#WordWeavers 2026.10.06 — What is considered completely normal in your story's world that would seem bizarre to us?

Practically everything? I don't want to give away the discovery aspect, so I'll pick something not mundane that's also SFW:

Men typically raise their sisters' children.

Which means their nieces and nephews. It isn't uncommon that boys will raise younger sisters, or cousins of first and second degree. The tradition causes considerable angst in the WIP.

To be clear, this is a normal gender role. Men grow up expecting this.

Blue—One of Bolt's LIs and the man with whom she's most comfortable—is already supervising his teenage sister who is a scatterbrain nerd with little common sense. He's doing this while being trained as a praetorian (a rare and special job), while occasionally working as what looks to our eyes to be a type of (male) geisha. Bizarrely, to our eyes perhaps, he's increasingly certain that were his sister to become pregnant he'd willingly give up his hard-won jobs to raise her children. In his society's terms and in Bolt's eyes, he is a very masculine guy.

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#WordWeavers 10/6/2026. What is considered completely normal in your story's world that would seem bizarre to us?

Using pedicars, bicycles, or walking for all personal travel. Electric drives are reserved for delivery trucks and emergency vehicles. Fossil fuels only power ships and trains. The Ush don't fly because they are giants and the physics aren't practical. This world is central to Peepsicle Poser, my first novel.

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#WordWeavers 6. What is considered completely normal in your story's world that would seem bizarre to us?

Wandering off the beaten path is borderline suicidal in most places.

If you are not the oldest child in your family, your adult life will usually start with a few years of potentially lethal military service. The service is voluntary, but not doing it is so normalized, that it is rarely questioned, while not doing is socially sanctioned as it is necessary to maintain human life.

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#WordWeavers Oct 6:
What is considered completely normal in your story's world that would seem bizarre to us?

Like a lot of people of her time, Justice doesn't eat breakfast because it's sinful.
Hope, on the other hand, has to eat breakfast as a performance art, witnessed by hundreds, even if she's not in the mood to eat.

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#WordWeavers 06
normal in Carrdia, but bizarre here

Whether they like it or dislike it, everyone in Carrdia (and on Ontyre) accepts that magic exists, but few grasp its potential and limitations. Regardless, it’s treated as a part of life.

In the background, that’s something I examine.

There’s considerable ignorance surrounding magic in Carrdia, which fuels fear, as does people witnessing its abuses. Those gifted become “different” or “impure.”

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