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#WritersCoffeeClub APR-04 Do you feature real-world political and social issues in your work?

Social issues play a huge part in most of my story. Since a good part of my stories has #queer topics, my characters deal with #homophobia (including internalized one)/ #transphobia, #heteronormativity/ #cisnormativity/ #allonormativity, you name it.

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#PhantastikPrompts APR-10 Teile einen Abschnitt deiner Geschichte zum Thema "Dunkelheit".

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#PhantastikPrompts APR-03 Welche Location aus deiner Geschichte gefällt dir am besten & warum?

#SubconsciousMind spielt in Alaska, was an sich schon mal ziemlich cool ist. Lieblingsort wäre wahrscheinlich das Writer's Block. Die Atmosphäre dort ist einfach sehr herzlich und man kann dort Stunden verbringen.

Und das Lokal gibt es auch in RL:
http://writersblockak.com/

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#WritersCoffeeClub MAR-21 Do you ever regret killing a character, or the manner of their death?

Well, my readers did everything to make me regret and eventually take the death of the protagonist's love interest back. However, they are not God and one cannot just cherry-pick. It's the natural course of life. The character's death was more logical to me than his survival—so he had to die. Plain and simple.

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#PennedPossibilities 259 — Sum up your MC in three adjectives

#SoulBearerLegacy/Balia: Brave, curious, open-minded
#FindingMe/Luca: Nerdy, curious, funny
#ArkanCotton: impolite, misogynistic, egocentric

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#PhantastikPrompts MAR-01 Hast du Insider-Gags oder Cameos eingebaut, die nur für dich oder eine kleine Gruppe von Menschen von Bedeutung sind?

Im Krankenhaus bei "Als ob!" begegnet die Hauptfigur Jannis auf dem Krankenhausflur Arkan Cotton, die Hauptfigur aus meiner gleichnamigen Kurzgeschichte, der sich gerade gegen den Rat des Krankenhauspersonals selbst entlässt. Mehr Berührungspunkte haben Jannis und Arkan nicht

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#PennedPossibilities 231 — Has your MC or SC retained any friendships from their childhood or young adulthood? (Credit: @aperfectsong)

I don't know exactly, when Luca and Marc first met, but it must have been quite some time before the first chapter, since they already know each other inside out. Together, they are seen living through decades and still enjoying shared hobbies at old age.

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#PhantastikPrompts FEB-16 Beschreibe ein kurioses Gerät/Maschine/magischen Gegenstand aus deiner fiktionalen Welt

Die Zeitmaschine in #FindingMe ist inspiriert durch die #Stargate-Episode "Ascension" (5x03), in welcher Orlin ein Miniaturstargate in Samantha Carters Keller mit gerade ausreichend Energie, um ihn auf die andere Seite des durch das Gate erzeugten Wormlochs zu bringen, baut.

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#WritersCoffeeClub FEB-19 Do you give your characters mannerisms? How do you do this?

Luca just can't stand making a nerdy popculture (mostly Science Fiction-related) joke when Marc is around.

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#PhantastikPrompts FEB-10 Was steht bei deiner Geschichte auf dem Spiel? Was würde z.B. geschehen, wenn deine Antagonistenfigur bekommt, was sie will?

Arkan Cotton wäre tot (und könnte nicht in #AsIf auftauchen 😉). Damit würde es wahrlich keinen Unschuldigen treffen, aber ist Rache wirklich der richtige Weg? Auch wenn Arkan Cotton unsympathisch ist, als Autor*innen fügen wir unseren Charakteren ja nur Schmerzen zu, weil sie fiktiv sind

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#PennedPossibilities 35. Does your MC consider themselves an introvert or an extrovert?

Jannis is the textbook example of an introvert, besides being an underdog. He's never invited to parties of "the cool kids" and wouldn't care if there wasn't at least some peer pressure, even he couldn't escape. But when he's finally invited, he feels quite awkward and out of place. Good thing, he has his extrovert best friend Ced with him.

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#PennedPossibilities 42. What does your MC want their retirement to be like?

Sitting on the couch with his best friend Marc, watching science fiction TV shows from their youth and before.

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#TimeTravelAuthors FEB-01 Introduce your #TimeTravel story

#FindingMe starts with Luca, witnessing what seems to be a burglar in his house, who vanishes, but leaves clues that send him on a paper chase for answers, which we'll follow through decades in which he gets closer and closer to a revelation that seems to include some sort of time travel.

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#PennedPossibilities 210 How is your MC typically seen by others? Does it ring true to who they really are?

Jannis is treated as an underdog. When he's invited to Kai's party, he's probably not the only one surprised. But in one thing, they are right: They suspect him to be gay

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#WritersCoffeeClub JAN-29 Describe the saddest moment you've written. Share an excerpt.

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#WritersCoffeeClub JAN-27 Hollywood is filming one of your works. Which actors are playing the main roles?

Florentina could be played by Jo Martin (🇬🇧) or CCH Pounder (🇬🇾🇺🇸)

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#PennedPossibilities 200: How does your MC handle grief?

It's incredibly hard to let go of a pet friend you've spend 18 years with. But in the end, that's life. And he's the sum of his experiences. That's what he values in the end.

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#PennedPossibilities 200: How does your MC handle grief?

Barely. He doesn't know how. On top of that, the funeral is held when he's out of town for a day, and nobody told him. He only finds it out after his return. That literally breaks him.

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#WordWeavers JAN-23: If your book were a movie, what would it be rated and why?

#ForYou: FSK 16/X-Rated
Features multiple same-sex sex scenes and people who are uncomfortable with their sexuality

#FindingMe/ #AsIf: FSK 12/PG-Rated
Characters deal with loss and grief

#SoulBearerLegacy: FSK 16/X-Rated
A scene featuring a public execution and characters deal with loss and grief

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#writephant Q2 What changes in your MC’s world to kick off the story?

Jannis couldn't believe it, when he's invited to a party by the school's most popular boy. He could believe it even less when something happens at the party with Kai. Maybe he misinterpreted something—but what if not? As if …

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#writephant Q2 What changes in your MC’s world to kick off the story?

Luca meets a burglar, who turns out to be a time traveler and sends Luca on a treasure hunt.

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