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#PennedPossibilities 1148: Is your favorite genre to read also your favorite one to write?

I spent easily fifteen minutes threading the needle on this one in order to say no, but it's ridiculous. Looking at what I've read since 2015 I have to admit it's fantasy, and what I've written is also fantasy, though I write it as if I were writing science fiction. Limits. Rules. No mysticism. I dislike Tolkien-style fantasy, so it is never that. And that’s what I've been enjoying reading. If the main character(s) are female, all the better.

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#PennedPossibilities 1148: Is your favorite genre to read also your favorite one to write?

I spent easily fifteen minutes threading the needle on this one in order to say no, but it's ridiculous. Looking at what I've read since 2015 I have to admit it's fantasy, and what I've written is also fantasy, though I write it as if I were writing science fiction. Limits. Rules. No mysticism. I dislike Tolkien-style fantasy, so it is never that. And that’s what I've been enjoying reading. If the main character(s) are female, all the better.

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#PennedPossibilities 1148: Is your favorite genre to read also your favorite one to write?

I spent easily fifteen minutes threading the needle on this one in order to say no, but it's ridiculous. Looking at what I've read since 2015 I have to admit it's fantasy, and what I've written is also fantasy, though I write it as if I were writing science fiction. Limits. Rules. No mysticism. I dislike Tolkien-style fantasy, so it is never that. And that’s what I've been enjoying reading. If the main character(s) are female, all the better.

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#PennedPossibilities 1148: Is your favorite genre to read also your favorite one to write?

I spent easily fifteen minutes threading the needle on this one in order to say no, but it's ridiculous. Looking at what I've read since 2015 I have to admit it's fantasy, and what I've written is also fantasy, though I write it as if I were writing science fiction. Limits. Rules. No mysticism. I dislike Tolkien-style fantasy, so it is never that. And that’s what I've been enjoying reading. If the main character(s) are female, all the better.

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#ScribesAndMakers 2026.10.04 — <Do you include details in your work that are important to you even though no one else will likely notice?

Often. I try not to leave anything important enough that it could be misconstrued as a clue (since I structure all my stories like mysteries) and thus a red herring, but I do leave Easter eggs as I admitted last week in an answer to a prompt. (Oooo, you could go look it up!) If it adds color and makes a scene more real, it can stay, and more often than not it's backstory. I've been caught and had it pointed out, then tickled mercilessly until I wrote a story or a side-story based on it. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

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#ScribesAndMakers 2026.10.04 — <Do you include details in your work that are important to you even though no one else will likely notice?

Often. I try not to leave anything important enough that it could be misconstrued as a clue (since I structure all my stories like mysteries) and thus a red herring, but I do leave Easter eggs as I admitted last week in an answer to a prompt. (Oooo, you could go look it up!) If it adds color and makes a scene more real, it can stay, and more often than not it's backstory. I've been caught and had it pointed out, then tickled mercilessly until I wrote a story or a side-story based on it. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

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#ScribesAndMakers 2026.10.04 — <Do you include details in your work that are important to you even though no one else will likely notice?

Often. I try not to leave anything important enough that it could be misconstrued as a clue (since I structure all my stories like mysteries) and thus a red herring, but I do leave Easter eggs as I admitted last week in an answer to a prompt. (Oooo, you could go look it up!) If it adds color and makes a scene more real, it can stay, and more often than not it's backstory. I've been caught and had it pointed out, then tickled mercilessly until I wrote a story or a side-story based on it. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

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#ScribesAndMakers 2026.10.04 — <Do you include details in your work that are important to you even though no one else will likely notice?

Often. I try not to leave anything important enough that it could be misconstrued as a clue (since I structure all my stories like mysteries) and thus a red herring, but I do leave Easter eggs as I admitted last week in an answer to a prompt. (Oooo, you could go look it up!) If it adds color and makes a scene more real, it can stay, and more often than not it's backstory. I've been caught and had it pointed out, then tickled mercilessly until I wrote a story or a side-story based on it. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

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#ScribesAndMakers 2026.10.03 — <Is there a common thread throughout your creative work (apart from the fact that you created it)?

Alien worlds. Societies far different than ours, where the unimaginable is sometimes real, like women not being forced to live lives they don't want, able to do what they've grown capable of… anything, sometimes things men can't do well even though they think they can.

#feminist

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#ScribesAndMakers 2026.10.03 — <Is there a common thread throughout your creative work (apart from the fact that you created it)?

Alien worlds. Societies far different than ours, where the unimaginable is sometimes real, like women not being forced to live lives they don't want, able to do what they've grown capable of… anything, sometimes things men can't do well even though they think they can.

#feminist

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#ScribesAndMakers 2026.10.03 — <Is there a common thread throughout your creative work (apart from the fact that you created it)?

Alien worlds. Societies far different than ours, where the unimaginable is sometimes real, like women not being forced to live lives they don't want, able to do what they've grown capable of… anything, sometimes things men can't do well even though they think they can.

#feminist

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#ScribesAndMakers 2026.10.03 — <Is there a common thread throughout your creative work (apart from the fact that you created it)?

Alien worlds. Societies far different than ours, where the unimaginable is sometimes real, like women not being forced to live lives they don't want, able to do what they've grown capable of… anything, sometimes things men can't do well even though they think they can.

#feminist

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#ScribesAndMakers 2026.10.05 — <Excluding unfinished work, what's the longest it has taken you to complete a project?

I am going to answer this inversely and perversely by saying, I once completed a flashfic of 800 words in 2 hours, a novelette of 13K words in 15 hours, and a novel 70K words in 2 months of 4 hours a day 4 hours a week. When I was counting. Beyond that, when it got done it did.

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#ScribesAndMakers 2026.10.05 — <Excluding unfinished work, what's the longest it has taken you to complete a project?

I am going to answer this inversely and perversely by saying, I once completed a flashfic of 800 words in 2 hours, a novelette of 13K words in 15 hours, and a novel 70K words in 2 months of 4 hours a day 4 hours a week. When I was counting. Beyond that, when it got done it did.

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#ScribesAndMakers 2026.10.05 — <Excluding unfinished work, what's the longest it has taken you to complete a project?

I am going to answer this inversely and perversely by saying, I once completed a flashfic of 800 words in 2 hours, a novelette of 13K words in 15 hours, and a novel 70K words in 2 months of 4 hours a day 4 hours a week. When I was counting. Beyond that, when it got done it did.

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

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#ScribesAndMakers 2026.10.05 — <Excluding unfinished work, what's the longest it has taken you to complete a project?

I am going to answer this inversely and perversely by saying, I once completed a flashfic of 800 words in 2 hours, a novelette of 13K words in 15 hours, and a novel 70K words in 2 months of 4 hours a day 4 hours a week. When I was counting. Beyond that, when it got done it did.

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

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photographer chef cooking
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#PennedPossibilities 1148: Is your favorite genre to read also your favorite one to write?

It actually is. I devour fantasy tales with the same ferocity and love as when I write them. And it’s also my favorite genre of games to play, or a film and series genre to watch. I’m easy. But I will add that I really do love all genres, especially when you add a bit of romance. I’m not picky.

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#PennedPossibilities 1148: Is your favorite genre to read also your favorite one to write?

It actually is. I devour fantasy tales with the same ferocity and love as when I write them. And it’s also my favorite genre of games to play, or a film and series genre to watch. I’m easy. But I will add that I really do love all genres, especially when you add a bit of romance. I’m not picky.

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#PennedPossibilities 1148: Is your favorite genre to read also your favorite one to write?

It actually is. I devour fantasy tales with the same ferocity and love as when I write them. And it’s also my favorite genre of games to play, or a film and series genre to watch. I’m easy. But I will add that I really do love all genres, especially when you add a bit of romance. I’m not picky.

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#PennedPossibilities 1148: Is your favorite genre to read also your favorite one to write?

It actually is. I devour fantasy tales with the same ferocity and love as when I write them. And it’s also my favorite genre of games to play, or a film and series genre to watch. I’m easy. But I will add that I really do love all genres, especially when you add a bit of romance. I’m not picky.

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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.10.04 — How isolated are your characters in your current WIP?

Of all my characters, only the devil-girl is self-aware enough to realize she is isolated in her head—as she would point out are all people—that it is impossible to more than simulate the existence of "other" that is not oneself, that she can't prove that she isn't the only one in the universe. This is one of the reasons, perhaps, she accepts loneliness so readily, and living and studying in solitude. Nevertheless, she chooses to fill the void with people, despite her complaining and grousing about never being left alone to read and to study and to practice her tricks. She feels the best of her is that part that responds to the needs of others, for which she has trained and educated herself so diligently. In it, in her isolation, she finds purpose—and though she'd not admit that to anyone—joy. It's why she's able to commit to doing things that help those she feels responsible for—even to the point that it kills her (she's nearly died several times). In her worldview, she's not convinced death will change anything; instead, it will be the last thing she learns.

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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.10.04 — How isolated are your characters in your current WIP?

Of all my characters, only the devil-girl is self-aware enough to realize she is isolated in her head—as she would point out are all people—that it is impossible to more than simulate the existence of "other" that is not oneself, that she can't prove that she isn't the only one in the universe. This is one of the reasons, perhaps, she accepts loneliness so readily, and living and studying in solitude. Nevertheless, she chooses to fill the void with people, despite her complaining and grousing about never being left alone to read and to study and to practice her tricks. She feels the best of her is that part that responds to the needs of others, for which she has trained and educated herself so diligently. In it, in her isolation, she finds purpose—and though she'd not admit that to anyone—joy. It's why she's able to commit to doing things that help those she feels responsible for—even to the point that it kills her (she's nearly died several times). In her worldview, she's not convinced death will change anything; instead, it will be the last thing she learns.

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

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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.10.04 — How isolated are your characters in your current WIP?

Of all my characters, only the devil-girl is self-aware enough to realize she is isolated in her head—as she would point out are all people—that it is impossible to more than simulate the existence of "other" that is not oneself, that she can't prove that she isn't the only one in the universe. This is one of the reasons, perhaps, she accepts loneliness so readily, and living and studying in solitude. Nevertheless, she chooses to fill the void with people, despite her complaining and grousing about never being left alone to read and to study and to practice her tricks. She feels the best of her is that part that responds to the needs of others, for which she has trained and educated herself so diligently. In it, in her isolation, she finds purpose—and though she'd not admit that to anyone—joy. It's why she's able to commit to doing things that help those she feels responsible for—even to the point that it kills her (she's nearly died several times). In her worldview, she's not convinced death will change anything; instead, it will be the last thing she learns.

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

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#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.10.04 — How isolated are your characters in your current WIP?

Of all my characters, only the devil-girl is self-aware enough to realize she is isolated in her head—as she would point out are all people—that it is impossible to more than simulate the existence of "other" that is not oneself, that she can't prove that she isn't the only one in the universe. This is one of the reasons, perhaps, she accepts loneliness so readily, and living and studying in solitude. Nevertheless, she chooses to fill the void with people, despite her complaining and grousing about never being left alone to read and to study and to practice her tricks. She feels the best of her is that part that responds to the needs of others, for which she has trained and educated herself so diligently. In it, in her isolation, she finds purpose—and though she'd not admit that to anyone—joy. It's why she's able to commit to doing things that help those she feels responsible for—even to the point that it kills her (she's nearly died several times). In her worldview, she's not convinced death will change anything; instead, it will be the last thing she learns.

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

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#WordWeavers 2026.10.04 — What is your MC's most irrational fear? Where did it come from?

Those few characters with irrational fears are dealing with mental illness, and currently aren't the MC. However, though the MC is a day angel with feathered wings meant for flying, she feared flying up until age ten. Falling, actually. An uncle got sick and tired of it, and the therapist bills, and her getting beat up at school, and shoved her off a cliff. It is one of many mysteries to contemplate in the stories as to how Bolt survived, considering day angels are still entirely human with no instinct for flight yet violate physics… Anyway, when she figured out she could fly she immediately feared landing, but that was handled within the day.

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#WordWeavers 2026.10.04 — What is your MC's most irrational fear? Where did it come from?

Those few characters with irrational fears are dealing with mental illness, and currently aren't the MC. However, though the MC is a day angel with feathered wings meant for flying, she feared flying up until age ten. Falling, actually. An uncle got sick and tired of it, and the therapist bills, and her getting beat up at school, and shoved her off a cliff. It is one of many mysteries to contemplate in the stories as to how Bolt survived, considering day angels are still entirely human with no instinct for flight yet violate physics… Anyway, when she figured out she could fly she immediately feared landing, but that was handled within the day.

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

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#WordWeavers 2026.10.04 — What is your MC's most irrational fear? Where did it come from?

Those few characters with irrational fears are dealing with mental illness, and currently aren't the MC. However, though the MC is a day angel with feathered wings meant for flying, she feared flying up until age ten. Falling, actually. An uncle got sick and tired of it, and the therapist bills, and her getting beat up at school, and shoved her off a cliff. It is one of many mysteries to contemplate in the stories as to how Bolt survived, considering day angels are still entirely human with no instinct for flight yet violate physics… Anyway, when she figured out she could fly she immediately feared landing, but that was handled within the day.

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

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery ##sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory

#WordWeavers 2026.10.04 — What is your MC's most irrational fear? Where did it come from?

Those few characters with irrational fears are dealing with mental illness, and currently aren't the MC. However, though the MC is a day angel with feathered wings meant for flying, she feared flying up until age ten. Falling, actually. An uncle got sick and tired of it, and the therapist bills, and her getting beat up at school, and shoved her off a cliff. It is one of many mysteries to contemplate in the stories as to how Bolt survived, considering day angels are still entirely human with no instinct for flight yet violate physics… Anyway, when she figured out she could fly she immediately feared landing, but that was handled within the day.

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

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#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
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#WordWeavers 2026.10.03 — Share a line from your WIP that foreshadows something important without giving it away.

In the prior paragraphs, Rainy Days has just discovered that Bolt's name is not "Tandem" as she thought, but "Good Eye." Yes, that's—count them—three (3) identities and it's comp​licated. To fully appreciate the tension below, pretend Rainy Days is their world's Queen Elizabeth I.

Rainy Days extended a fist for a bump and I bumped knuckles firmly in a womanly gesture. My knuckles felt like glass. They ought have clinked loudly. They ought have shattered as the commanding woman added, "I expect Good things. I'm keeping an Eye on you."

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#WordWeavers 2026.10.03 — Share a line from your WIP that foreshadows something important without giving it away.

In the prior paragraphs, Rainy Days has just discovered that Bolt's name is not "Tandem" as she thought, but "Good Eye." Yes, that's—count them—three (3) identities and it's comp​licated. To fully appreciate the tension below, pretend Rainy Days is their world's Queen Elizabeth I.

Rainy Days extended a fist for a bump and I bumped knuckles firmly in a womanly gesture. My knuckles felt like glass. They ought have clinked loudly. They ought have shattered as the commanding woman added, "I expect Good things. I'm keeping an Eye on you."

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

#BoostingIsSharing

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

#WordWeavers 2026.10.03 — Share a line from your WIP that foreshadows something important without giving it away.

In the prior paragraphs, Rainy Days has just discovered that Bolt's name is not "Tandem" as she thought, but "Good Eye." Yes, that's—count them—three (3) identities and it's comp​licated. To fully appreciate the tension below, pretend Rainy Days is their world's Queen Elizabeth I.

Rainy Days extended a fist for a bump and I bumped knuckles firmly in a womanly gesture. My knuckles felt like glass. They ought have clinked loudly. They ought have shattered as the commanding woman added, "I expect Good things. I'm keeping an Eye on you."

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

#BoostingIsSharing

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

#WordWeavers 2026.10.03 — Share a line from your WIP that foreshadows something important without giving it away.

In the prior paragraphs, Rainy Days has just discovered that Bolt's name is not "Tandem" as she thought, but "Good Eye." Yes, that's—count them—three (3) identities and it's comp​licated. To fully appreciate the tension below, pretend Rainy Days is their world's Queen Elizabeth I.

Rainy Days extended a fist for a bump and I bumped knuckles firmly in a womanly gesture. My knuckles felt like glass. They ought have clinked loudly. They ought have shattered as the commanding woman added, "I expect Good things. I'm keeping an Eye on you."

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

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#Cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
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#PennedPossibilities 1147: How does your SC feel about those around them?

The devil-girl rarely gives away her thoughts, often cynical and snide, but she has them about every one around her in Home City, for example, about Forge (as in Red Hot…). She's the school bully. When the devil-girl, fighting off a PTSD episode that this young woman triggered, accidentally demonstrates she is much more capable than all her new upper school classmates, it becomes as if she has gained a puppy. Forge cajoles and wheedles, nagging her to distraction, campaigning for some private tutoring. No, not that kind! What the devil-girl thinks after finally having agreed to teach—only to have her instructions ignored—could melt lead. But Forge will never know as the devil-girl rarely gives away her thoughts; murder might result and that's never good.

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#PennedPossibilities 1147: How does your SC feel about those around them?

The devil-girl rarely gives away her thoughts, often cynical and snide, but she has them about every one around her in Home City, for example, about Forge (as in Red Hot…). She's the school bully. When the devil-girl, fighting off a PTSD episode that this young woman triggered, accidentally demonstrates she is much more capable than all her new upper school classmates, it becomes as if she has gained a puppy. Forge cajoles and wheedles, nagging her to distraction, campaigning for some private tutoring. No, not that kind! What the devil-girl thinks after finally having agreed to teach—only to have her instructions ignored—could melt lead. But Forge will never know as the devil-girl rarely gives away her thoughts; murder might result and that's never good.

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#PennedPossibilities 1147: How does your SC feel about those around them?

The devil-girl rarely gives away her thoughts, often cynical and snide, but she has them about every one around her in Home City, for example, about Forge (as in Red Hot…). She's the school bully. When the devil-girl, fighting off a PTSD episode that this young woman triggered, accidentally demonstrates she is much more capable than all her new upper school classmates, it becomes as if she has gained a puppy. Forge cajoles and wheedles, nagging her to distraction, campaigning for some private tutoring. No, not that kind! What the devil-girl thinks after finally having agreed to teach—only to have her instructions ignored—could melt lead. But Forge will never know as the devil-girl rarely gives away her thoughts; murder might result and that's never good.

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

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#PennedPossibilities 1147: How does your SC feel about those around them?

The devil-girl rarely gives away her thoughts, often cynical and snide, but she has them about every one around her in Home City, for example, about Forge (as in Red Hot…). She's the school bully. When the devil-girl, fighting off a PTSD episode that this young woman triggered, accidentally demonstrates she is much more capable than all her new upper school classmates, it becomes as if she has gained a puppy. Forge cajoles and wheedles, nagging her to distraction, campaigning for some private tutoring. No, not that kind! What the devil-girl thinks after finally having agreed to teach—only to have her instructions ignored—could melt lead. But Forge will never know as the devil-girl rarely gives away her thoughts; murder might result and that's never good.

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

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#PennedPossibilities 1147: How does your SC feel about those around them?

Damir cares about his friends, even if he never says the words aloud. Rather, he shows it, instead. As for everyone else around him, he couldn’t give less of a shit. He usually seems emotionless, unfazed, and cold to most. People assume this of necromancers. Some, meaning the special individuals and the sort who genuinely care about others, they can see the heart inside of him, the one he keeps hidden away. Damir does feel. He feels deeply.

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#PennedPossibilities 1147: How does your SC feel about those around them?

Damir cares about his friends, even if he never says the words aloud. Rather, he shows it, instead. As for everyone else around him, he couldn’t give less of a shit. He usually seems emotionless, unfazed, and cold to most. People assume this of necromancers. Some, meaning the special individuals and the sort who genuinely care about others, they can see the heart inside of him, the one he keeps hidden away. Damir does feel. He feels deeply.

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#PennedPossibilities 1147: How does your SC feel about those around them?

Damir cares about his friends, even if he never says the words aloud. Rather, he shows it, instead. As for everyone else around him, he couldn’t give less of a shit. He usually seems emotionless, unfazed, and cold to most. People assume this of necromancers. Some, meaning the special individuals and the sort who genuinely care about others, they can see the heart inside of him, the one he keeps hidden away. Damir does feel. He feels deeply.

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #TheScarletMirror #FatedByFire #CozyFantasy #Fantasy #SwordAndSorcery #Romance

#PennedPossibilities 1147: How does your SC feel about those around them?

Damir cares about his friends, even if he never says the words aloud. Rather, he shows it, instead. As for everyone else around him, he couldn’t give less of a shit. He usually seems emotionless, unfazed, and cold to most. People assume this of necromancers. Some, meaning the special individuals and the sort who genuinely care about others, they can see the heart inside of him, the one he keeps hidden away. Damir does feel. He feels deeply.

#WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #TheScarletMirror #FatedByFire #CozyFantasy #Fantasy #SwordAndSorcery #Romance

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