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  1. #ScribesAndMakers Sept 25:
    Our next featured creator uses a separate Fedi account dedicated to their book. Do you use different accounts for different creative purposes?

    Not really. I have a few accounts, but they're not for different creative purposes.
    I will admit though, to having a great deal of anxiety using my real name and account to submit the writing work. The temptation to use a pseud is real.

    #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersofMastodon

  2. #ScribesAndMakers Sept 25:
    Our next featured creator uses a separate Fedi account dedicated to their book. Do you use different accounts for different creative purposes?

    Not really. I have a few accounts, but they're not for different creative purposes.
    I will admit though, to having a great deal of anxiety using my real name and account to submit the writing work. The temptation to use a pseud is real.

    #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersofMastodon

  3. #ScribesAndMakers Sept 25:
    Our next featured creator uses a separate Fedi account dedicated to their book. Do you use different accounts for different creative purposes?

    Not really. I have a few accounts, but they're not for different creative purposes.
    I will admit though, to having a great deal of anxiety using my real name and account to submit the writing work. The temptation to use a pseud is real.

    #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersofMastodon

  4. #ScribesAndMakers Sept 25:
    Our next featured creator uses a separate Fedi account dedicated to their book. Do you use different accounts for different creative purposes?

    Not really. I have a few accounts, but they're not for different creative purposes.
    I will admit though, to having a great deal of anxiety using my real name and account to submit the writing work. The temptation to use a pseud is real.

    #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersofMastodon

  5. #ScribesAndMakers Sept 25:
    Our next featured creator uses a separate Fedi account dedicated to their book. Do you use different accounts for different creative purposes?

    Not really. I have a few accounts, but they're not for different creative purposes.
    I will admit though, to having a great deal of anxiety using my real name and account to submit the writing work. The temptation to use a pseud is real.

    #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersofMastodon

  6. #PennedPossibilities 1138: Tell us about a time your MC forged their own path.

    After Bolt lost her fear of flying at age 10 (roughly equivalent of a kid fearing walking at that age), she dove full speed into precision flying. Her eventual prowess earned her the right to captain her school's flight and track team (all male except for her) to a championship. It all ended when she was 17 when poor choices put her life into a tailspin. For a day angel, precision flight is never a bad skill to learn but her sport was about as useful professionally as track and field is for us. It did ensure she had plenty of boyfriends and plenty of fond memories ruling her own teenage domain.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

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

  7. #PennedPossibilities 1138: Tell us about a time your MC forged their own path.

    After Bolt lost her fear of flying at age 10 (roughly equivalent of a kid fearing walking at that age), she dove full speed into precision flying. Her eventual prowess earned her the right to captain her school's flight and track team (all male except for her) to a championship. It all ended when she was 17 when poor choices put her life into a tailspin. For a day angel, precision flight is never a bad skill to learn but her sport was about as useful professionally as track and field is for us. It did ensure she had plenty of boyfriends and plenty of fond memories ruling her own teenage domain.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

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

  8. #PennedPossibilities 1138: Tell us about a time your MC forged their own path.

    After Bolt lost her fear of flying at age 10 (roughly equivalent of a kid fearing walking at that age), she dove full speed into precision flying. Her eventual prowess earned her the right to captain her school's flight and track team (all male except for her) to a championship. It all ended when she was 17 when poor choices put her life into a tailspin. For a day angel, precision flight is never a bad skill to learn but her sport was about as useful professionally as track and field is for us. It did ensure she had plenty of boyfriends and plenty of fond memories ruling her own teenage domain.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

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

  9. #PennedPossibilities 1138: Tell us about a time your MC forged their own path.

    After Bolt lost her fear of flying at age 10 (roughly equivalent of a kid fearing walking at that age), she dove full speed into precision flying. Her eventual prowess earned her the right to captain her school's flight and track team (all male except for her) to a championship. It all ended when she was 17 when poor choices put her life into a tailspin. For a day angel, precision flight is never a bad skill to learn but her sport was about as useful professionally as track and field is for us. It did ensure she had plenty of boyfriends and plenty of fond memories ruling her own teenage domain.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

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

  10. #PennedPossibilities 1138: Tell us about a time your MC forged their own path.

    After Bolt lost her fear of flying at age 10 (roughly equivalent of a kid fearing walking at that age), she dove full speed into precision flying. Her eventual prowess earned her the right to captain her school's flight and track team (all male except for her) to a championship. It all ended when she was 17 when poor choices put her life into a tailspin. For a day angel, precision flight is never a bad skill to learn but her sport was about as useful professionally as track and field is for us. It did ensure she had plenty of boyfriends and plenty of fond memories ruling her own teenage domain.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

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

  11. #ScribesAndMakers 2026.09.24 — ~Our next featured creator will donate a portion of proceeds from book sales. Have you ever put proceeds from sales towards a cause you believe in?

    I know this may sound like bragging—I am a traditionally published author—but I do see it as a realization that I'm growing old and there are things I want to accomplish in the world with the bounty I've earned. Paying it forward? Because I can? Because helping establish a new generation of writers is something that makes me feel validated, happy, and proud? I'm not apologizing. I funded a full-boat scholarship for gender fiction writers at the #Clarion West workshop (a six week residency for SF, fantasy, and horror) last year and will continue to do so.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing
    #gender #fiction #writer #author #ClarionWest
    photographer chef cooking
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion

  12. #ScribesAndMakers 2026.09.24 — ~Our next featured creator will donate a portion of proceeds from book sales. Have you ever put proceeds from sales towards a cause you believe in?

    I know this may sound like bragging—I am a traditionally published author—but I do see it as a realization that I'm growing old and there are things I want to accomplish in the world with the bounty I've earned. Paying it forward? Because I can? Because helping establish a new generation of writers is something that makes me feel validated, happy, and proud? I'm not apologizing. I funded a full-boat scholarship for gender fiction writers at the #Clarion West workshop (a six week residency for SF, fantasy, and horror) last year and will continue to do so.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing
    #gender #fiction #writer #author #ClarionWest
    photographer chef cooking
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion

  13. #ScribesAndMakers 2026.09.24 — ~Our next featured creator will donate a portion of proceeds from book sales. Have you ever put proceeds from sales towards a cause you believe in?

    I know this may sound like bragging—I am a traditionally published author—but I do see it as a realization that I'm growing old and there are things I want to accomplish in the world with the bounty I've earned. Paying it forward? Because I can? Because helping establish a new generation of writers is something that makes me feel validated, happy, and proud? I'm not apologizing. I funded a full-boat scholarship for gender fiction writers at the #Clarion West workshop (a six week residency for SF, fantasy, and horror) last year and will continue to do so.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing
    #gender #fiction #writer #author #ClarionWest
    photographer chef cooking
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion

  14. #ScribesAndMakers 2026.09.24 — ~Our next featured creator will donate a portion of proceeds from book sales. Have you ever put proceeds from sales towards a cause you believe in?

    I know this may sound like bragging—I am a traditionally published author—but I do see it as a realization that I'm growing old and there are things I want to accomplish in the world with the bounty I've earned. Paying it forward? Because I can? Because helping establish a new generation of writers is something that makes me feel validated, happy, and proud? I'm not apologizing. I funded a full-boat scholarship for gender fiction writers at the #Clarion West workshop (a six week residency for SF, fantasy, and horror) last year and will continue to do so.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing
    #gender #fiction #writer #author #ClarionWest
    photographer chef cooking
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion

  15. #ScribesAndMakers 2026.09.24 — ~Our next featured creator will donate a portion of proceeds from book sales. Have you ever put proceeds from sales towards a cause you believe in?

    I know this may sound like bragging—I am a traditionally published author—but I do see it as a realization that I'm growing old and there are things I want to accomplish in the world with the bounty I've earned. Paying it forward? Because I can? Because helping establish a new generation of writers is something that makes me feel validated, happy, and proud? I'm not apologizing. I funded a full-boat scholarship for gender fiction writers at the #Clarion West workshop (a six week residency for SF, fantasy, and horror) last year and will continue to do so.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing
    #gender #fiction #writer #author #ClarionWest
    photographer chef cooking
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion

  16. #WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.09.24 — Do you write primarily for yourself or for a reader?

    I write what entertains me. I also write to communicate about subjects I feel are important, about what makes me cry wishing for a better world—subjects that would not have the same impact were I to essay dryly about them. I want readers. Self-gratification is good, but in the end it would become pointless, which is why I've already lived through and come out the other end of authorial burnout. That means I write for both myself and for a reader, and am hopeful for acceptance by the latter.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing
    #gender #fiction #writer #author
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion

  17. #WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.09.24 — Do you write primarily for yourself or for a reader?

    I write what entertains me. I also write to communicate about subjects I feel are important, about what makes me cry wishing for a better world—subjects that would not have the same impact were I to essay dryly about them. I want readers. Self-gratification is good, but in the end it would become pointless, which is why I've already lived through and come out the other end of authorial burnout. That means I write for both myself and for a reader, and am hopeful for acceptance by the latter.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing
    #gender #fiction #writer #author
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion

  18. #WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.09.24 — Do you write primarily for yourself or for a reader?

    I write what entertains me. I also write to communicate about subjects I feel are important, about what makes me cry wishing for a better world—subjects that would not have the same impact were I to essay dryly about them. I want readers. Self-gratification is good, but in the end it would become pointless, which is why I've already lived through and come out the other end of authorial burnout. That means I write for both myself and for a reader, and am hopeful for acceptance by the latter.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing
    #gender #fiction #writer #author
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion

  19. #WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.09.24 — Do you write primarily for yourself or for a reader?

    I write what entertains me. I also write to communicate about subjects I feel are important, about what makes me cry wishing for a better world—subjects that would not have the same impact were I to essay dryly about them. I want readers. Self-gratification is good, but in the end it would become pointless, which is why I've already lived through and come out the other end of authorial burnout. That means I write for both myself and for a reader, and am hopeful for acceptance by the latter.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing
    #gender #fiction #writer #author
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion

  20. #WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.09.24 — Do you write primarily for yourself or for a reader?

    I write what entertains me. I also write to communicate about subjects I feel are important, about what makes me cry wishing for a better world—subjects that would not have the same impact were I to essay dryly about them. I want readers. Self-gratification is good, but in the end it would become pointless, which is why I've already lived through and come out the other end of authorial burnout. That means I write for both myself and for a reader, and am hopeful for acceptance by the latter.

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

    #BoostingIsSharing
    #gender #fiction #writer #author
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion

  21. #WordWeavers 2026.09.23 — Have your characters’ journeys affected your own life? Is so, how?

    I consider that "the journey" has led me socially to become what an atheist is to religion. I eye every gender role and gender restriction with suspicion. I got that way by writing about characters who do not conform to what our modern society would consider socially acceptable but which is acceptable in their world, and then seeing them smash headfirst into their world's cognate or divergent gender roles and restrictions, which lets me feel freer to live differently, the experience of which lets me write…

    Enough said?

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #gender #fiction #writer #author
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion

  22. #WordWeavers 2026.09.23 — Have your characters’ journeys affected your own life? Is so, how?

    I consider that "the journey" has led me socially to become what an atheist is to religion. I eye every gender role and gender restriction with suspicion. I got that way by writing about characters who do not conform to what our modern society would consider socially acceptable but which is acceptable in their world, and then seeing them smash headfirst into their world's cognate or divergent gender roles and restrictions, which lets me feel freer to live differently, the experience of which lets me write…

    Enough said?

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #gender #fiction #writer #author
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion

  23. #WordWeavers 2026.09.23 — Have your characters’ journeys affected your own life? Is so, how?

    I consider that "the journey" has led me socially to become what an atheist is to religion. I eye every gender role and gender restriction with suspicion. I got that way by writing about characters who do not conform to what our modern society would consider socially acceptable but which is acceptable in their world, and then seeing them smash headfirst into their world's cognate or divergent gender roles and restrictions, which lets me feel freer to live differently, the experience of which lets me write…

    Enough said?

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #gender #fiction #writer #author
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion

  24. #WordWeavers 2026.09.23 — Have your characters’ journeys affected your own life? Is so, how?

    I consider that "the journey" has led me socially to become what an atheist is to religion. I eye every gender role and gender restriction with suspicion. I got that way by writing about characters who do not conform to what our modern society would consider socially acceptable but which is acceptable in their world, and then seeing them smash headfirst into their world's cognate or divergent gender roles and restrictions, which lets me feel freer to live differently, the experience of which lets me write…

    Enough said?

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #gender #fiction #writer #author
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion

  25. #WordWeavers 2026.09.23 — Have your characters’ journeys affected your own life? Is so, how?

    I consider that "the journey" has led me socially to become what an atheist is to religion. I eye every gender role and gender restriction with suspicion. I got that way by writing about characters who do not conform to what our modern society would consider socially acceptable but which is acceptable in their world, and then seeing them smash headfirst into their world's cognate or divergent gender roles and restrictions, which lets me feel freer to live differently, the experience of which lets me write…

    Enough said?

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

    #BoostingIsSharing

    #gender #fiction #writer #author
    #writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
    #RSdiscussion

  26. #WordWeavers 2026.09.24 — If your MC made a grand entrance, what fitting song would accompany them?

    Partially not to display my weak knowledge of song titles, my MC in Reluctant Courier (for the Mob) would never make a "grand entrance." She knows from experience that they do try to kill the messenger. She's more of a stealth-don't-be-seen-until-it's-too-late sort of girl. She's a day angel and not only do her wings have an owl-like checkered dark blue, light blue, white pattern when furled, the feathers are as anatomically similar to owl feathers as human feathers functionally could be. Owls are silent flyers. She delivers her mail and disappears into the dark. The following #excerpt demonstrates her M.O.:

    It took me half a day to track down the miscreant no-pay by asking people in her neighborhood where she worked, where she liked to go, and other such questions. Ended up chatting up a former "client" working in the employment bureau. I hadn't bothered to punk up [my appearance], so my detective work proved fruitful; eventually a coworker of hers pointed down the block to a restaurant where I found her eating at a café table just inside. I'd dropped and mussed my hair on the way, as well as shrugging on a white silk slip over my wings and chest to anonymize myself. I strode in, shoved the envelope into her grilled noodles and ground vegetable sauce, overflowing the bowl, whispering in passing, "You don't wanna be put up for collections," nonchalantly exiting to the pavement and flying away before the past-due borrower thought to bang the table loud enough for me to hear, and rush after.

    [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

  27. #WordWeavers 2026.09.24 — If your MC made a grand entrance, what fitting song would accompany them?

    Partially not to display my weak knowledge of song titles, my MC in Reluctant Courier (for the Mob) would never make a "grand entrance." She knows from experience that they do try to kill the messenger. She's more of a stealth-don't-be-seen-until-it's-too-late sort of girl. She's a day angel and not only do her wings have an owl-like checkered dark blue, light blue, white pattern when furled, the feathers are as anatomically similar to owl feathers as human feathers functionally could be. Owls are silent flyers. She delivers her mail and disappears into the dark. The following #excerpt demonstrates her M.O.:

    It took me half a day to track down the miscreant no-pay by asking people in her neighborhood where she worked, where she liked to go, and other such questions. Ended up chatting up a former "client" working in the employment bureau. I hadn't bothered to punk up [my appearance], so my detective work proved fruitful; eventually a coworker of hers pointed down the block to a restaurant where I found her eating at a café table just inside. I'd dropped and mussed my hair on the way, as well as shrugging on a white silk slip over my wings and chest to anonymize myself. I strode in, shoved the envelope into her grilled noodles and ground vegetable sauce, overflowing the bowl, whispering in passing, "You don't wanna be put up for collections," nonchalantly exiting to the pavement and flying away before the past-due borrower thought to bang the table loud enough for me to hear, and rush after.

    [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

  28. #WordWeavers 2026.09.24 — If your MC made a grand entrance, what fitting song would accompany them?

    Partially not to display my weak knowledge of song titles, my MC in Reluctant Courier (for the Mob) would never make a "grand entrance." She knows from experience that they do try to kill the messenger. She's more of a stealth-don't-be-seen-until-it's-too-late sort of girl. She's a day angel and not only do her wings have an owl-like checkered dark blue, light blue, white pattern when furled, the feathers are as anatomically similar to owl feathers as human feathers functionally could be. Owls are silent flyers. She delivers her mail and disappears into the dark. The following #excerpt demonstrates her M.O.:

    It took me half a day to track down the miscreant no-pay by asking people in her neighborhood where she worked, where she liked to go, and other such questions. Ended up chatting up a former "client" working in the employment bureau. I hadn't bothered to punk up [my appearance], so my detective work proved fruitful; eventually a coworker of hers pointed down the block to a restaurant where I found her eating at a café table just inside. I'd dropped and mussed my hair on the way, as well as shrugging on a white silk slip over my wings and chest to anonymize myself. I strode in, shoved the envelope into her grilled noodles and ground vegetable sauce, overflowing the bowl, whispering in passing, "You don't wanna be put up for collections," nonchalantly exiting to the pavement and flying away before the past-due borrower thought to bang the table loud enough for me to hear, and rush after.

    [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

  29. #WordWeavers 2026.09.24 — If your MC made a grand entrance, what fitting song would accompany them?

    Partially not to display my weak knowledge of song titles, my MC in Reluctant Courier (for the Mob) would never make a "grand entrance." She knows from experience that they do try to kill the messenger. She's more of a stealth-don't-be-seen-until-it's-too-late sort of girl. She's a day angel and not only do her wings have an owl-like checkered dark blue, light blue, white pattern when furled, the feathers are as anatomically similar to owl feathers as human feathers functionally could be. Owls are silent flyers. She delivers her mail and disappears into the dark. The following #excerpt demonstrates her M.O.:

    It took me half a day to track down the miscreant no-pay by asking people in her neighborhood where she worked, where she liked to go, and other such questions. Ended up chatting up a former "client" working in the employment bureau. I hadn't bothered to punk up [my appearance], so my detective work proved fruitful; eventually a coworker of hers pointed down the block to a restaurant where I found her eating at a café table just inside. I'd dropped and mussed my hair on the way, as well as shrugging on a white silk slip over my wings and chest to anonymize myself. I strode in, shoved the envelope into her grilled noodles and ground vegetable sauce, overflowing the bowl, whispering in passing, "You don't wanna be put up for collections," nonchalantly exiting to the pavement and flying away before the past-due borrower thought to bang the table loud enough for me to hear, and rush after.

    [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

  30. #WordWeavers 2026.09.24 — If your MC made a grand entrance, what fitting song would accompany them?

    Partially not to display my weak knowledge of song titles, my MC in Reluctant Courier (for the Mob) would never make a "grand entrance." She knows from experience that they do try to kill the messenger. She's more of a stealth-don't-be-seen-until-it's-too-late sort of girl. She's a day angel and not only do her wings have an owl-like checkered dark blue, light blue, white pattern when furled, the feathers are as anatomically similar to owl feathers as human feathers functionally could be. Owls are silent flyers. She delivers her mail and disappears into the dark. The following #excerpt demonstrates her M.O.:

    It took me half a day to track down the miscreant no-pay by asking people in her neighborhood where she worked, where she liked to go, and other such questions. Ended up chatting up a former "client" working in the employment bureau. I hadn't bothered to punk up [my appearance], so my detective work proved fruitful; eventually a coworker of hers pointed down the block to a restaurant where I found her eating at a café table just inside. I'd dropped and mussed my hair on the way, as well as shrugging on a white silk slip over my wings and chest to anonymize myself. I strode in, shoved the envelope into her grilled noodles and ground vegetable sauce, overflowing the bowl, whispering in passing, "You don't wanna be put up for collections," nonchalantly exiting to the pavement and flying away before the past-due borrower thought to bang the table loud enough for me to hear, and rush after.

    [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