As I prepare to release my debut novel this year, I am very naive about the process!
I’m looking for overall advice, cautions, and logistical suggestions.
How did you do it? What did and didn’t work well? What are my options?
Jack is your local expert on superstitions. He will tell you the history and belief system behind any superstition. Yes, he takes them seriously, but he also knows his way around them and feels they are tools as much as prescriptions. He doesnt get uptight or anxious...
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It's Friday the 13th! Let's talk superstitions!
Is your character superstitious? What brings them luck? What do they do to avoid bad luck?
(At a friend's concert tonight, responses might be slower)
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Jack is your local expert on superstitions. He will tell you the history and belief system behind any superstition. Yes, he takes them seriously, but he also knows his way around them and feels they are tools as much as prescriptions. He doesnt get uptight or anxious...
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To go through a database of thousands of wide-shot photos of products in our warehouse and crop them down to just the Each.
To go through a database of thousands of wide-shot photos of products in our warehouse and crop them down to just the Each.
By now you have to know that women don't like being referred to as *females.*
So if you do it, we know you're doing it on purpose. We know you want to irritate women with your word choice. You can't call women *females* and expect anyone to treat your statement as being in good faith.
By now you have to know that women don't like being referred to as *females.*
So if you do it, we know you're doing it on purpose. We know you want to irritate women with your word choice. You can't call women *females* and expect anyone to treat your statement as being in good faith.
Im getting better, but it's a challange!
Im getting better, but it's a challange!
My chimericals display a sparkle of light magic around them in their signature color, like an afterimage or aura.
If your character had light magic, what color (or colors) would waft around them?
Or what about YOU? What is YOUR color?
My chimericals display a sparkle of light magic around them in their signature color, like an afterimage or aura.
If your character had light magic, what color (or colors) would waft around them?
Or what about YOU? What is YOUR color?
Ive decided to take a serious look at the characters and stories Ive been dreaming of for 20 years but have always been stuck in "production hell" in my head.
Im breaking down what stories to tell and where to begin...
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Ive decided to take a serious look at the characters and stories Ive been dreaming of for 20 years but have always been stuck in "production hell" in my head.
Im breaking down what stories to tell and where to begin...
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As a lonely person with a rich inner life, it allows me to articulate my emotional life.
It also makes the parts of me that feel insane seem to have a reason to exist.
"I have people living in my head." = Crazy
"Im a writer thinking about my characters." = Ambitious and creative
February 13th: What do you LOVE about writing?
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As a lonely person with a rich inner life, it allows me to articulate my emotional life.
It also makes the parts of me that feel insane seem to have a reason to exist.
"I have people living in my head." = Crazy
"Im a writer thinking about my characters." = Ambitious and creative
Ive found stuff in my writing folder that made me go 🧐 "When the hell did I do this?"
But yeah, sometimes Ill stumble onto a section in an old manuscript that reminds me why I love writing and makes me jealous of past-me for having written it.
Ive found stuff in my writing folder that made me go 🧐 "When the hell did I do this?"
But yeah, sometimes Ill stumble onto a section in an old manuscript that reminds me why I love writing and makes me jealous of past-me for having written it.
The Four of Cups feels like a moment when someone just... doesn't have it in 'em.
Like Helena a lot, really...
Im thinking of times when she's supposed to be studying, but can't concentrate, so decides to draw in her sketchbook, cuz thats emotionally easier.
We're matching up our work to the Minor Arcana Tarot Cards. Tell us how your characters (or places, things, or events) match up!
Today's card is: FOUR OF SWORDS
Who or what from your writing does it fit?
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The Four of Cups feels like a moment when someone just... doesn't have it in 'em.
Like Helena a lot, really...
Im thinking of times when she's supposed to be studying, but can't concentrate, so decides to draw in her sketchbook, cuz thats emotionally easier.
Light magic can be overused, causing physical distress and exhaustion. If combined with enough of an attack, it can result in coma and death.
Mudlarks magic has lots of ways for magic to "go wrong". Every witch with any experience has at least a few funny stories of a spell...
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It's Friday the 13th! So let's talk about ~misfortune~ 😈
I love a magic system with some dreadful consequences. Tell me what happens when your magic goes wrong? What happens if someone doesn't know what they're doing, or they abuse it on purpose?
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Light magic can be overused, causing physical distress and exhaustion. If combined with enough of an attack, it can result in coma and death.
Mudlarks magic has lots of ways for magic to "go wrong". Every witch with any experience has at least a few funny stories of a spell...
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Moody painting of a woman walking under a tree in a graveyard in the rain, backlit, dressed in a short pleated schoolgirl skirt and platform boots, wearing an ankh necklace, and carrying an umbrella.
Moody painting of a woman walking under a tree in a graveyard in the rain, backlit, dressed in a short pleated schoolgirl skirt and platform boots, wearing an ankh necklace, and carrying an umbrella.
This piece of carnelian has been carved in the shape of Akhenaten (the 'heretic pharaoh') kissing his wife Nefertiti
c.1340BC, Ancient Egypt
📍In the Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition, Cambridge
📸 Mine
🏺 #FindsFriday
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This piece of carnelian has been carved in the shape of Akhenaten (the 'heretic pharaoh') kissing his wife Nefertiti
c.1340BC, Ancient Egypt
📍In the Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition, Cambridge
📸 Mine
🏺 #FindsFriday
#archaeology #vday #valentinesday #photooftheday
There is a known creation story in the fantasy, explaining how the Earth and later Hell were made. It's accepted as reality. The angels were there, so they remember.
The 5GC has a decent scientific understanding of ow the universe started, how life on Earth...
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There is a known creation story in the fantasy, explaining how the Earth and later Hell were made. It's accepted as reality. The angels were there, so they remember.
The 5GC has a decent scientific understanding of ow the universe started, how life on Earth...
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#WhiteRoseResistance #SophieScholl
#WhiteRoseResistance #SophieScholl
Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it
Proud to carry on your legacy of studying evolutionary biology while going through it
Had a lot to choose from in the fantasy, cuz thats a key word I use to describe the LI’s appearance.
Here she is crashing a little gargoyle party just as Helena has finally got the courage to stop being a wallflower.
Had a lot to choose from in the fantasy, cuz thats a key word I use to describe the LI’s appearance.
Here she is crashing a little gargoyle party just as Helena has finally got the courage to stop being a wallflower.
Honestly? Largly other characters.
TV/film, books, etc.
If Im moved by, or relate to, or see something real in a character, it might appear in one of mine, fleshed out by a combination of how I want their relationships to work, and my own experiences.
I also might...
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Where do you get inspiration for your characters personality?
Yourself? Fictional characters? People you know or celebrities? It just comes to you?
Has someone you've met ever reminded you of your character?
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Honestly? Largly other characters.
TV/film, books, etc.
If Im moved by, or relate to, or see something real in a character, it might appear in one of mine, fleshed out by a combination of how I want their relationships to work, and my own experiences.
I also might...
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Folks are posting graphic/triggering content from the Epstein Files without mentioning that bit.
Please be careful when you see posts of documents. Protect yourself as much as you might need to. There’s a lot of brutal shit in those documents.
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Folks are posting graphic/triggering content from the Epstein Files without mentioning that bit.
Please be careful when you see posts of documents. Protect yourself as much as you might need to. There’s a lot of brutal shit in those documents.
💔❤️🩹💪🏽
The YA fantasy features a queer romance between the MC Helena and a mermaid/gargoyle, Kia.
There are definitely moments of joy in their relationship, but to avoid spoilers, Ill just say theres a beach scene (in Hell.)
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The YA fantasy features a queer romance between the MC Helena and a mermaid/gargoyle, Kia.
There are definitely moments of joy in their relationship, but to avoid spoilers, Ill just say theres a beach scene (in Hell.)
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Poutine
Creme brulee
Margarita
(Preferably not all at once, but will take what I can get.)
Poutine
Creme brulee
Margarita
(Preferably not all at once, but will take what I can get.)
Talia does a lot of driving around in the mystery; through Illinois and Missouri.
At one point, though, her meanderings take her close enough to home that she decides to spend the night at her apartment, resulting in something of a refreshing rest between legs of pursuing the case.
We're matching up our work to the Minor Arcana Tarot Cards. Tell us how your characters (or places, things, or events) match up!
Today's card is: FOUR OF SWORDS
Who or what from your writing does it fit?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
#WritingPrompts
Talia does a lot of driving around in the mystery; through Illinois and Missouri.
At one point, though, her meanderings take her close enough to home that she decides to spend the night at her apartment, resulting in something of a refreshing rest between legs of pursuing the case.
Other than a few simple rules about how much time you can ask for, it's first come, whatever you want, whenever.
I get so sad when people take the time to explain to me in detail WHY they want that time off.😭
You don't have to justify having a life outside work.😭
Other than a few simple rules about how much time you can ask for, it's first come, whatever you want, whenever.
I get so sad when people take the time to explain to me in detail WHY they want that time off.😭
You don't have to justify having a life outside work.😭
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Jack is a vegetarian and likes to cook, but is forced to eat out a lot. He likes hand-pies, cup-o-soups, and jam-filled snack bars in a pinch. When he can cook, he centers around beans, brown rice, tofu, eggs, yogurt, and a glorious collection of sauces and seasonings.
Charlie...
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Pantry staples!
We talk a lot about favorite foods, specialty dishes, etc,
But... on a given day, what is your character most likely to eat?
What is their cuisine based mostly around? What basics must they have in their pantry or supply bag?
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Jack is a vegetarian and likes to cook, but is forced to eat out a lot. He likes hand-pies, cup-o-soups, and jam-filled snack bars in a pinch. When he can cook, he centers around beans, brown rice, tofu, eggs, yogurt, and a glorious collection of sauces and seasonings.
Charlie...
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