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https://naomivalkyrie.kaleidoscoperomance.com/tl/nrftw-lih-rm
A demon in dire need of a vacation... it sounded like a good idea at the time.#romancereaders #bookish #readingcommunity #readerscommunity #kaleidoscoperomance #readersofmastodon #whattoread #bookstoread #readers
#books #romancebooks #romancereads #booklover #bookrecs #Bookstodon #romancelandia #writersofmastodon -
https://naomivalkyrie.kaleidoscoperomance.com/tl/cursed-jericho-rm
Join the Pack!#romancereaders #bookish #readingcommunity #readerscommunity #kaleidoscoperomance #readersofmastodon #whattoread #bookstoread #readers
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I did some early morning writing. Gonna be driving back up to my aunt's house later, so I figured it would be relaxing. I had the inspiration and the ideas, and they just needed to be written down. I don't make the rules.
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I did some early morning writing. Gonna be driving back up to my aunt's house later, so I figured it would be relaxing. I had the inspiration and the ideas, and they just needed to be written down. I don't make the rules.
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I did some early morning writing. Gonna be driving back up to my aunt's house later, so I figured it would be relaxing. I had the inspiration and the ideas, and they just needed to be written down. I don't make the rules.
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I did some early morning writing. Gonna be driving back up to my aunt's house later, so I figured it would be relaxing. I had the inspiration and the ideas, and they just needed to be written down. I don't make the rules.
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I did some early morning writing. Gonna be driving back up to my aunt's house later, so I figured it would be relaxing. I had the inspiration and the ideas, and they just needed to be written down. I don't make the rules.
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Looks like a useful resource.
My urban fantasy series is heavily reliant on the esoteric and arcane, the things no man was meant to know.
I'll be keeping an eye out for your posts.
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Looks like a useful resource.
My urban fantasy series is heavily reliant on the esoteric and arcane, the things no man was meant to know.
I'll be keeping an eye out for your posts.
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Looks like a useful resource.
My urban fantasy series is heavily reliant on the esoteric and arcane, the things no man was meant to know.
I'll be keeping an eye out for your posts.
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Looks like a useful resource.
My urban fantasy series is heavily reliant on the esoteric and arcane, the things no man was meant to know.
I'll be keeping an eye out for your posts.
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Looks like a useful resource.
My urban fantasy series is heavily reliant on the esoteric and arcane, the things no man was meant to know.
I'll be keeping an eye out for your posts.
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Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author, died on this date in 1997.
Harry Bouton Blackstone Jr. was an American stage magician, author, and television performer, who is estimated to have pulled 80,000 rabbits from his sleeves and hats over the course of his career.
Famously, or perhaps not so famously, he’s one of Harry Dresden’s, full name Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, namesakes.
Which reminds me, I still haven’t gotten round to getting the latest book in the Dresden Files series, Twelve Months.
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Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author, died on this date in 1997.
Harry Bouton Blackstone Jr. was an American stage magician, author, and television performer, who is estimated to have pulled 80,000 rabbits from his sleeves and hats over the course of his career.
Famously, or perhaps not so famously, he’s one of Harry Dresden’s, full name Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, namesakes.
Which reminds me, I still haven’t gotten round to getting the latest book in the Dresden Files series, Twelve Months.
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Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author, died on this date in 1997.
Harry Bouton Blackstone Jr. was an American stage magician, author, and television performer, who is estimated to have pulled 80,000 rabbits from his sleeves and hats over the course of his career.
Famously, or perhaps not so famously, he’s one of Harry Dresden’s, full name Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, namesakes.
Which reminds me, I still haven’t gotten round to getting the latest book in the Dresden Files series, Twelve Months.
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Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author, died on this date in 1997.
Harry Bouton Blackstone Jr. was an American stage magician, author, and television performer, who is estimated to have pulled 80,000 rabbits from his sleeves and hats over the course of his career.
Famously, or perhaps not so famously, he’s one of Harry Dresden’s, full name Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, namesakes.
Which reminds me, I still haven’t gotten round to getting the latest book in the Dresden Files series, Twelve Months.
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Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author, died on this date in 1997.
Harry Bouton Blackstone Jr. was an American stage magician, author, and television performer, who is estimated to have pulled 80,000 rabbits from his sleeves and hats over the course of his career.
Famously, or perhaps not so famously, he’s one of Harry Dresden’s, full name Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, namesakes.
Which reminds me, I still haven’t gotten round to getting the latest book in the Dresden Files series, Twelve Months.
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#WritersCoffeeClub 14/5: For characters, plots, ideas, settings, etc: how much is too much?
There’s no easy answer. No formula. If it works, it’s not too much. That’s the challenge, and the delight.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon -
#WritersCoffeeClub 14/5: For characters, plots, ideas, settings, etc: how much is too much?
There’s no easy answer. No formula. If it works, it’s not too much. That’s the challenge, and the delight.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon -
#WritersCoffeeClub 14/5: For characters, plots, ideas, settings, etc: how much is too much?
There’s no easy answer. No formula. If it works, it’s not too much. That’s the challenge, and the delight.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon -
#WritersCoffeeClub 14/5: For characters, plots, ideas, settings, etc: how much is too much?
There’s no easy answer. No formula. If it works, it’s not too much. That’s the challenge, and the delight.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon -
#WritersCoffeeClub 14/5: For characters, plots, ideas, settings, etc: how much is too much?
There’s no easy answer. No formula. If it works, it’s not too much. That’s the challenge, and the delight.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon -
#WordWeavers 14/5: Which of all the characters you’ve ever written are you most proud of?
Invidious question. Parents, which of your children are you most proud of?
#books #writing #writersofmastodon -
#WordWeavers 14/5: Which of all the characters you’ve ever written are you most proud of?
Invidious question. Parents, which of your children are you most proud of?
#books #writing #writersofmastodon -
#WordWeavers 14/5: Which of all the characters you’ve ever written are you most proud of?
Invidious question. Parents, which of your children are you most proud of?
#books #writing #writersofmastodon -
#WordWeavers 14/5: Which of all the characters you’ve ever written are you most proud of?
Invidious question. Parents, which of your children are you most proud of?
#books #writing #writersofmastodon -
#WordWeavers 14/5: Which of all the characters you’ve ever written are you most proud of?
Invidious question. Parents, which of your children are you most proud of?
#books #writing #writersofmastodon -
#PennedPossibilities 1013 — MC POV: Have you ever lived in another country / place besides where you were born? Would you want to?
[Bolt:] Okay. figured ya didn't mean in the country, a different country area other than where I was born, so I had to look it up, then had to ask someone. A pretty-out there question, this one! Learnt there're a few autonomous regions that get to have different customs, different laws, and different money systems, but there's no other place completely, separately ruled by anyone other than Rainy Days. There's a reason why her title is Director of Home (our world) and the Nine Outer Worlds (because there are nine others, but none like home). Now that I've learnt that "Nine Outer Worlds" actually means nine other places beyond the stars that people live and ya can walk through an Interstellar gateway to go there, I'd like to walk through one of them daemon-worked miracle gateways, to see a sky different from ours, at least once. Since Boss Mead's syndicate doesn't extend beyond Home City, I probably won't be allowed, though.
[Bolt's a bit of a country bumpkin who ended up in the big city against her will. But she's right, there are no nation states, and though Rainy Days delegates much of her authority, that sometimes backfires to the extent that wars break out (like the one she started in Reluctant Moon), she technically rules ten worlds, mostly colonies on Mars-like worlds where people live under domes, and two hollowed out asteroids. The Dragon world is large enough that it has a breathable atmosphere, but it's hellish.—RS]
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#PennedPossibilities 1013 — MC POV: Have you ever lived in another country / place besides where you were born? Would you want to?
[Bolt:] Okay. figured ya didn't mean in the country, a different country area other than where I was born, so I had to look it up, then had to ask someone. A pretty-out there question, this one! Learnt there're a few autonomous regions that get to have different customs, different laws, and different money systems, but there's no other place completely, separately ruled by anyone other than Rainy Days. There's a reason why her title is Director of Home (our world) and the Nine Outer Worlds (because there are nine others, but none like home). Now that I've learnt that "Nine Outer Worlds" actually means nine other places beyond the stars that people live and ya can walk through an Interstellar gateway to go there, I'd like to walk through one of them daemon-worked miracle gateways, to see a sky different from ours, at least once. Since Boss Mead's syndicate doesn't extend beyond Home City, I probably won't be allowed, though.
[Bolt's a bit of a country bumpkin who ended up in the big city against her will. But she's right, there are no nation states, and though Rainy Days delegates much of her authority, that sometimes backfires to the extent that wars break out (like the one she started in Reluctant Moon), she technically rules ten worlds, mostly colonies on Mars-like worlds where people live under domes, and two hollowed out asteroids. The Dragon world is large enough that it has a breathable atmosphere, but it's hellish.—RS]
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#PennedPossibilities 1013 — MC POV: Have you ever lived in another country / place besides where you were born? Would you want to?
[Bolt:] Okay. figured ya didn't mean in the country, a different country area other than where I was born, so I had to look it up, then had to ask someone. A pretty-out there question, this one! Learnt there're a few autonomous regions that get to have different customs, different laws, and different money systems, but there's no other place completely, separately ruled by anyone other than Rainy Days. There's a reason why her title is Director of Home (our world) and the Nine Outer Worlds (because there are nine others, but none like home). Now that I've learnt that "Nine Outer Worlds" actually means nine other places beyond the stars that people live and ya can walk through an Interstellar gateway to go there, I'd like to walk through one of them daemon-worked miracle gateways, to see a sky different from ours, at least once. Since Boss Mead's syndicate doesn't extend beyond Home City, I probably won't be allowed, though.
[Bolt's a bit of a country bumpkin who ended up in the big city against her will. But she's right, there are no nation states, and though Rainy Days delegates much of her authority, that sometimes backfires to the extent that wars break out (like the one she started in Reluctant Moon), she technically rules ten worlds, mostly colonies on Mars-like worlds where people live under domes, and two hollowed out asteroids. The Dragon world is large enough that it has a breathable atmosphere, but it's hellish.—RS]
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#PennedPossibilities 1013 — MC POV: Have you ever lived in another country / place besides where you were born? Would you want to?
[Bolt:] Okay. figured ya didn't mean in the country, a different country area other than where I was born, so I had to look it up, then had to ask someone. A pretty-out there question, this one! Learnt there're a few autonomous regions that get to have different customs, different laws, and different money systems, but there's no other place completely, separately ruled by anyone other than Rainy Days. There's a reason why her title is Director of Home (our world) and the Nine Outer Worlds (because there are nine others, but none like home). Now that I've learnt that "Nine Outer Worlds" actually means nine other places beyond the stars that people live and ya can walk through an Interstellar gateway to go there, I'd like to walk through one of them daemon-worked miracle gateways, to see a sky different from ours, at least once. Since Boss Mead's syndicate doesn't extend beyond Home City, I probably won't be allowed, though.
[Bolt's a bit of a country bumpkin who ended up in the big city against her will. But she's right, there are no nation states, and though Rainy Days delegates much of her authority, that sometimes backfires to the extent that wars break out (like the one she started in Reluctant Moon), she technically rules ten worlds, mostly colonies on Mars-like worlds where people live under domes, and two hollowed out asteroids. The Dragon world is large enough that it has a breathable atmosphere, but it's hellish.—RS]
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#PennedPossibilities 1013 — MC POV: Have you ever lived in another country / place besides where you were born? Would you want to?
[Bolt:] Okay. figured ya didn't mean in the country, a different country area other than where I was born, so I had to look it up, then had to ask someone. A pretty-out there question, this one! Learnt there're a few autonomous regions that get to have different customs, different laws, and different money systems, but there's no other place completely, separately ruled by anyone other than Rainy Days. There's a reason why her title is Director of Home (our world) and the Nine Outer Worlds (because there are nine others, but none like home). Now that I've learnt that "Nine Outer Worlds" actually means nine other places beyond the stars that people live and ya can walk through an Interstellar gateway to go there, I'd like to walk through one of them daemon-worked miracle gateways, to see a sky different from ours, at least once. Since Boss Mead's syndicate doesn't extend beyond Home City, I probably won't be allowed, though.
[Bolt's a bit of a country bumpkin who ended up in the big city against her will. But she's right, there are no nation states, and though Rainy Days delegates much of her authority, that sometimes backfires to the extent that wars break out (like the one she started in Reluctant Moon), she technically rules ten worlds, mostly colonies on Mars-like worlds where people live under domes, and two hollowed out asteroids. The Dragon world is large enough that it has a breathable atmosphere, but it's hellish.—RS]
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#PennedPossibilities 1013 — MC POV: Have you ever lived in another country / place besides where you were born? Would you want to?
Fenella: I have. I’ve lived in many places. I’ve actually traveled the world. In the end, I still found my way home to Moray, Scotland. To Alistair. To Dorcha Castle. I’d like to stay here now, if I’m given the chance.
Alistair: That’s my own business...
#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #WingsOfQuietLonging #ParanormalRomance #Fantasy #Gothic #Victorian #Vampires #Werewolves
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#PennedPossibilities 1013 — MC POV: Have you ever lived in another country / place besides where you were born? Would you want to?
Fenella: I have. I’ve lived in many places. I’ve actually traveled the world. In the end, I still found my way home to Moray, Scotland. To Alistair. To Dorcha Castle. I’d like to stay here now, if I’m given the chance.
Alistair: That’s my own business...
#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #WingsOfQuietLonging #ParanormalRomance #Fantasy #Gothic #Victorian #Vampires #Werewolves
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#PennedPossibilities 1013 — MC POV: Have you ever lived in another country / place besides where you were born? Would you want to?
Fenella: I have. I’ve lived in many places. I’ve actually traveled the world. In the end, I still found my way home to Moray, Scotland. To Alistair. To Dorcha Castle. I’d like to stay here now, if I’m given the chance.
Alistair: That’s my own business...
#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #WingsOfQuietLonging #ParanormalRomance #Fantasy #Gothic #Victorian #Vampires #Werewolves
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#PennedPossibilities 1013 — MC POV: Have you ever lived in another country / place besides where you were born? Would you want to?
Fenella: I have. I’ve lived in many places. I’ve actually traveled the world. In the end, I still found my way home to Moray, Scotland. To Alistair. To Dorcha Castle. I’d like to stay here now, if I’m given the chance.
Alistair: That’s my own business...
#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #WingsOfQuietLonging #ParanormalRomance #Fantasy #Gothic #Victorian #Vampires #Werewolves
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#PennedPossibilities 1013 — MC POV: Have you ever lived in another country / place besides where you were born? Would you want to?
Fenella: I have. I’ve lived in many places. I’ve actually traveled the world. In the end, I still found my way home to Moray, Scotland. To Alistair. To Dorcha Castle. I’d like to stay here now, if I’m given the chance.
Alistair: That’s my own business...
#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #WingsOfQuietLonging #ParanormalRomance #Fantasy #Gothic #Victorian #Vampires #Werewolves
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#ScribesAndMakers № 13 ('26 May) Our next featured creator is exploring pixel art. Have you ever worked with pixel art?
I have been using computers since there were personal computers or personal screens with pixels. My friend was cutting edge because they bought an IMSAI kit (look it up) with 256 bytes of serial RAM. You read that right, 256. It had no display. It had lights above dip switches. You put an AM radio near it and tuned in the music the running machine programmatically made. NO PIXELS. I did have a Balley game console. It was all 16-bit pixels, none of which I could make art with.
My Apple ][ Plus years later had pixel games. I don't think I used it for art. Later, my original Fat Mac came with Quick Draw and Mac Paint, which allowed me to draw things with the mouse. The sketches I've found with notes for very early story files are really bad. Personally, I prefer oil pastels for art and pencil for sketching, and I'm not calling that big A art, either. I'm not much of an artist; I haven't done pixel are except to create icons for programs. I do work with my iPad acting as a tablet when working with photos in Photoshop. Photography is my art.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#BoostingIsSharing
#gender #fiction #writer #author
photographer chef cooking #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion -
#ScribesAndMakers № 13 ('26 May) Our next featured creator is exploring pixel art. Have you ever worked with pixel art?
I have been using computers since there were personal computers or personal screens with pixels. My friend was cutting edge because they bought an IMSAI kit (look it up) with 256 bytes of serial RAM. You read that right, 256. It had no display. It had lights above dip switches. You put an AM radio near it and tuned in the music the running machine programmatically made. NO PIXELS. I did have a Balley game console. It was all 16-bit pixels, none of which I could make art with.
My Apple ][ Plus years later had pixel games. I don't think I used it for art. Later, my original Fat Mac came with Quick Draw and Mac Paint, which allowed me to draw things with the mouse. The sketches I've found with notes for very early story files are really bad. Personally, I prefer oil pastels for art and pencil for sketching, and I'm not calling that big A art, either. I'm not much of an artist; I haven't done pixel are except to create icons for programs. I do work with my iPad acting as a tablet when working with photos in Photoshop. Photography is my art.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#BoostingIsSharing
#gender #fiction #writer #author
photographer chef cooking #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion -
#ScribesAndMakers № 13 ('26 May) Our next featured creator is exploring pixel art. Have you ever worked with pixel art?
I have been using computers since there were personal computers or personal screens with pixels. My friend was cutting edge because they bought an IMSAI kit (look it up) with 256 bytes of serial RAM. You read that right, 256. It had no display. It had lights above dip switches. You put an AM radio near it and tuned in the music the running machine programmatically made. NO PIXELS. I did have a Balley game console. It was all 16-bit pixels, none of which I could make art with.
My Apple ][ Plus years later had pixel games. I don't think I used it for art. Later, my original Fat Mac came with Quick Draw and Mac Paint, which allowed me to draw things with the mouse. The sketches I've found with notes for very early story files are really bad. Personally, I prefer oil pastels for art and pencil for sketching, and I'm not calling that big A art, either. I'm not much of an artist; I haven't done pixel are except to create icons for programs. I do work with my iPad acting as a tablet when working with photos in Photoshop. Photography is my art.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#BoostingIsSharing
#gender #fiction #writer #author
photographer chef cooking #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion -
#ScribesAndMakers № 13 ('26 May) Our next featured creator is exploring pixel art. Have you ever worked with pixel art?
I have been using computers since there were personal computers or personal screens with pixels. My friend was cutting edge because they bought an IMSAI kit (look it up) with 256 bytes of serial RAM. You read that right, 256. It had no display. It had lights above dip switches. You put an AM radio near it and tuned in the music the running machine programmatically made. NO PIXELS. I did have a Balley game console. It was all 16-bit pixels, none of which I could make art with.
My Apple ][ Plus years later had pixel games. I don't think I used it for art. Later, my original Fat Mac came with Quick Draw and Mac Paint, which allowed me to draw things with the mouse. The sketches I've found with notes for very early story files are really bad. Personally, I prefer oil pastels for art and pencil for sketching, and I'm not calling that big A art, either. I'm not much of an artist; I haven't done pixel are except to create icons for programs. I do work with my iPad acting as a tablet when working with photos in Photoshop. Photography is my art.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#BoostingIsSharing
#gender #fiction #writer #author
photographer chef cooking #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion -
#ScribesAndMakers № 13 ('26 May) Our next featured creator is exploring pixel art. Have you ever worked with pixel art?
I have been using computers since there were personal computers or personal screens with pixels. My friend was cutting edge because they bought an IMSAI kit (look it up) with 256 bytes of serial RAM. You read that right, 256. It had no display. It had lights above dip switches. You put an AM radio near it and tuned in the music the running machine programmatically made. NO PIXELS. I did have a Balley game console. It was all 16-bit pixels, none of which I could make art with.
My Apple ][ Plus years later had pixel games. I don't think I used it for art. Later, my original Fat Mac came with Quick Draw and Mac Paint, which allowed me to draw things with the mouse. The sketches I've found with notes for very early story files are really bad. Personally, I prefer oil pastels for art and pencil for sketching, and I'm not calling that big A art, either. I'm not much of an artist; I haven't done pixel are except to create icons for programs. I do work with my iPad acting as a tablet when working with photos in Photoshop. Photography is my art.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#BoostingIsSharing
#gender #fiction #writer #author
photographer chef cooking #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion -
#WordWeavers 2026.05.13 — What role does non-romantic love play in your story?
Like yesterday's response, today's is a high level meta answer; specifics would delve into plot. Whilst these responses sound all very planned out, plotted, Machiavellian even, I'm a simple pantser. Character discovery drives the story. Here I'm analyzing the total affect on my stories.
Non-romantic love? An interesting distinction: Basically a love were sex has nothing to do with it? My Reluctance Series stories go out of their way to remove sex as an important factor in love—unless the characters choose otherwise!— meaning all love in the story is essentially the non-romantic sort. Sex? Well humans need to eat and sleep, too? Right? Most characters are very fond of, or go out of the way to be with, others. Many feel connected. They enjoy levels of intimacy with many people, this in a way that our society works hard to make us (i.e., the reader) feel uncomfortably close, or to cause us to worry about upsetting our primary partner, or to worry that friends, family, or co-workers might call us out, embarrass us or ostracize. We live in an hierarchal society strictly structured to provide power to a select few, with set gender roles that control women's freedom and restrict men and force them to act cruel; reluctance series stories poke furiously (though subtly) at that to make the reader reluctantly think, to make them change their context such that they can view the world and themselves differently. The role that non-romantic love plays is to propose that friendship should always be primary in any relationship and, if friendship is neglected, such relationships are destined to fail or, at best, be transient.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#WordWeavers 2026.05.13 — What role does non-romantic love play in your story?
Like yesterday's response, today's is a high level meta answer; specifics would delve into plot. Whilst these responses sound all very planned out, plotted, Machiavellian even, I'm a simple pantser. Character discovery drives the story. Here I'm analyzing the total affect on my stories.
Non-romantic love? An interesting distinction: Basically a love were sex has nothing to do with it? My Reluctance Series stories go out of their way to remove sex as an important factor in love—unless the characters choose otherwise!— meaning all love in the story is essentially the non-romantic sort. Sex? Well humans need to eat and sleep, too? Right? Most characters are very fond of, or go out of the way to be with, others. Many feel connected. They enjoy levels of intimacy with many people, this in a way that our society works hard to make us (i.e., the reader) feel uncomfortably close, or to cause us to worry about upsetting our primary partner, or to worry that friends, family, or co-workers might call us out, embarrass us or ostracize. We live in an hierarchal society strictly structured to provide power to a select few, with set gender roles that control women's freedom and restrict men and force them to act cruel; reluctance series stories poke furiously (though subtly) at that to make the reader reluctantly think, to make them change their context such that they can view the world and themselves differently. The role that non-romantic love plays is to propose that friendship should always be primary in any relationship and, if friendship is neglected, such relationships are destined to fail or, at best, be transient.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory -
#WordWeavers 2026.05.13 — What role does non-romantic love play in your story?
Like yesterday's response, today's is a high level meta answer; specifics would delve into plot. Whilst these responses sound all very planned out, plotted, Machiavellian even, I'm a simple pantser. Character discovery drives the story. Here I'm analyzing the total affect on my stories.
Non-romantic love? An interesting distinction: Basically a love were sex has nothing to do with it? My Reluctance Series stories go out of their way to remove sex as an important factor in love—unless the characters choose otherwise!— meaning all love in the story is essentially the non-romantic sort. Sex? Well humans need to eat and sleep, too? Right? Most characters are very fond of, or go out of the way to be with, others. Many feel connected. They enjoy levels of intimacy with many people, this in a way that our society works hard to make us (i.e., the reader) feel uncomfortably close, or to cause us to worry about upsetting our primary partner, or to worry that friends, family, or co-workers might call us out, embarrass us or ostracize. We live in an hierarchal society strictly structured to provide power to a select few, with set gender roles that control women's freedom and restrict men and force them to act cruel; reluctance series stories poke furiously (though subtly) at that to make the reader reluctantly think, to make them change their context such that they can view the world and themselves differently. The role that non-romantic love plays is to propose that friendship should always be primary in any relationship and, if friendship is neglected, such relationships are destined to fail or, at best, be transient.
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#WordWeavers 2026.05.13 — What role does non-romantic love play in your story?
Like yesterday's response, today's is a high level meta answer; specifics would delve into plot. Whilst these responses sound all very planned out, plotted, Machiavellian even, I'm a simple pantser. Character discovery drives the story. Here I'm analyzing the total affect on my stories.
Non-romantic love? An interesting distinction: Basically a love were sex has nothing to do with it? My Reluctance Series stories go out of their way to remove sex as an important factor in love—unless the characters choose otherwise!— meaning all love in the story is essentially the non-romantic sort. Sex? Well humans need to eat and sleep, too? Right? Most characters are very fond of, or go out of the way to be with, others. Many feel connected. They enjoy levels of intimacy with many people, this in a way that our society works hard to make us (i.e., the reader) feel uncomfortably close, or to cause us to worry about upsetting our primary partner, or to worry that friends, family, or co-workers might call us out, embarrass us or ostracize. We live in an hierarchal society strictly structured to provide power to a select few, with set gender roles that control women's freedom and restrict men and force them to act cruel; reluctance series stories poke furiously (though subtly) at that to make the reader reluctantly think, to make them change their context such that they can view the world and themselves differently. The role that non-romantic love plays is to propose that friendship should always be primary in any relationship and, if friendship is neglected, such relationships are destined to fail or, at best, be transient.
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#WordWeavers 2026.05.13 — What role does non-romantic love play in your story?
Like yesterday's response, today's is a high level meta answer; specifics would delve into plot. Whilst these responses sound all very planned out, plotted, Machiavellian even, I'm a simple pantser. Character discovery drives the story. Here I'm analyzing the total affect on my stories.
Non-romantic love? An interesting distinction: Basically a love were sex has nothing to do with it? My Reluctance Series stories go out of their way to remove sex as an important factor in love—unless the characters choose otherwise!— meaning all love in the story is essentially the non-romantic sort. Sex? Well humans need to eat and sleep, too? Right? Most characters are very fond of, or go out of the way to be with, others. Many feel connected. They enjoy levels of intimacy with many people, this in a way that our society works hard to make us (i.e., the reader) feel uncomfortably close, or to cause us to worry about upsetting our primary partner, or to worry that friends, family, or co-workers might call us out, embarrass us or ostracize. We live in an hierarchal society strictly structured to provide power to a select few, with set gender roles that control women's freedom and restrict men and force them to act cruel; reluctance series stories poke furiously (though subtly) at that to make the reader reluctantly think, to make them change their context such that they can view the world and themselves differently. The role that non-romantic love plays is to propose that friendship should always be primary in any relationship and, if friendship is neglected, such relationships are destined to fail or, at best, be transient.
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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.05.13 — Follow-up: if writing was not your "thing," what would your "thing" be?
Photography. Have a picture. Notice the horse's eye? Taken at the Elverhøj Museum, Solvang. California.
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Photography. Have a picture. Notice the horse's eye? Taken at the Elverhøj Museum, Solvang. California.
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