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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 1: Intro: Tell us about yourself, WIP, etc.
I'm Kagan, a web developer working on my 1st novel: an ensemble (multi-MC and -villain) #UrbanFantasy set in #SanFrancisco, about people who can talk to the City. It teaches them to do magic, and they're trying to change the world for the better. But different people have different ideas about what "better" means.
I'm still working on background (magic system, character backgrounds, etc.) and hope to start "real" writing soon.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 2: Do you agree with Jodi Picoult who says you should finish writing a book even if you think it might be garbage?
Yes, for 2 reasons:
1) You might be being too hard on yourself.
2) Like Mr. Rogers says at https://wandering.shop/@sarahijackson/110601308851114103, "It feels good to *have made* something" (emphasis added). Even if it does turn out to be garbage, you'll have *fully* accomplished a written book🏆🏅, not "well, I wrote half a book once but stopped midway through.🙁😞"
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 2: Do you agree with Jodi Picoult who says you should finish writing a book even if you think it might be garbage?
Yes, for 2 reasons:
1) You might be being too hard on yourself.
2) Like Mr. Rogers says at https://wandering.shop/@sarahijackson/110601308851114103, "It feels good to *have made* something" (emphasis added). Even if it does turn out to be garbage, you'll have *fully* accomplished a written book🏆🏅, not "well, I wrote half a book once but stopped midway through.🙁😞"
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 3: What skills/qualities do you look for in an editor?
Someone who will work with a writer to make the piece be the best it can be. But that's the best that *it* can be; not some other piece. I.e., not turn it into some other work. But someone who has suggestions can be good.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 3: What skills/qualities do you look for in an editor?
Someone who will work with a writer to make the piece be the best it can be. But that's the best that *it* can be; not some other piece. I.e., not turn it into some other work. But someone who has suggestions can be good.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 4: What software do you use to write?
Mostly VS Code, and a Git repository. I keep some tables of stuff in Google Sheets.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 4: What software do you use to write?
Mostly VS Code, and a Git repository. I keep some tables of stuff in Google Sheets.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 5: Can you feel the emotions of your characters when you write them?
More than just their emotions; I need to inhabit their mind and their thoughts, and often even their bodies, in order to write what they're thinking, feeling, and saying in that moment.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 5: Can you feel the emotions of your characters when you write them?
More than just their emotions; I need to inhabit their mind and their thoughts, and often even their bodies, in order to write what they're thinking, feeling, and saying in that moment.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 6: If you were to write a sequel centred on one of your SCs, which would you pick?
Jake Mansour and Meredith Romer are two very strong contenders. Alternatively, I think Hazel Kovalenko could make a nice anchor for a series of cozy shorts.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 6: If you were to write a sequel centred on one of your SCs, which would you pick?
Jake Mansour and Meredith Romer are two very strong contenders. Alternatively, I think Hazel Kovalenko could make a nice anchor for a series of cozy shorts.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 7: Complete this phrase: I write because…
…this seems to be the time in my life when the writing urge in my has finally surfaced, after lying dormant for so long.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 7: Complete this phrase: I write because…
…this seems to be the time in my life when the writing urge in my has finally surfaced, after lying dormant for so long.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 8: Which words do you overuse? Be honest.
I suspect "really", "honestly", and "seriously" will be my overuse bugaboos, but honestly, I can't really tell yet. Get back to me once I start seriously writing.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 8: Which words do you overuse? Be honest.
I suspect "really", "honestly", and "seriously" will be my overuse bugaboos, but honestly, I can't really tell yet. Get back to me once I start seriously writing.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 9: How do you deal with describing specific character ethnicities?
I'm still pondering how to do this best. I have the advantage that, since my work is set in present-day San Francisco, I *can* simply describe people as "a Japanese-American woman", "a Palestinian-American man", "a European-American guy", etc. It's not like, say, Earthsea or Middle-Earth. But I'm not sure if it's the *best* way to do it, or if it's what I'll finally settle on.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 9: How do you deal with describing specific character ethnicities?
I'm still pondering how to do this best. I have the advantage that, since my work is set in present-day San Francisco, I *can* simply describe people as "a Japanese-American woman", "a Palestinian-American man", "a European-American guy", etc. It's not like, say, Earthsea or Middle-Earth. But I'm not sure if it's the *best* way to do it, or if it's what I'll finally settle on.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 10: What do you say to people who tell you they're frustrated writers?
I understand. I'm a frustrated musician. I love music, I used to want to be a musician, but I honestly don't have the talent for it. Sometimes, what you *want* to do and what you *can* do well enough to satisfy yourself just aren't the same. And it hurts. I understand.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 10: What do you say to people who tell you they're frustrated writers?
I understand. I'm a frustrated musician. I love music, I used to want to be a musician, but I honestly don't have the talent for it. Sometimes, what you *want* to do and what you *can* do well enough to satisfy yourself just aren't the same. And it hurts. I understand.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 11: Are some genres taken more seriously than others? How does this make you feel?
Obviously! Nobody could claim with a straight face that "literary" fiction (which, yes, is a genre) or even biography isn't taken more seriously than romances. (Hell, I think at this point even sci-fi and fantasy may be taken more seriously than romances.)
It's stupid and unfair, and makes me annoyed.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 11: Are some genres taken more seriously than others? How does this make you feel?
Obviously! Nobody could claim with a straight face that "literary" fiction (which, yes, is a genre) or even biography isn't taken more seriously than romances. (Hell, I think at this point even sci-fi and fantasy may be taken more seriously than romances.)
It's stupid and unfair, and makes me annoyed.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 12: Share your personal grammar/typography style, if you have one.
I'm really not sure what this even means. I'm pretty sure the typography will be set by the publisher, and my "grammar style" is: follow English grammar. (But not the bizarre dictates of hypercorrective prescriptivists; starting sentences with conjunctions and ending them with prepositions are both fine.) 1/2
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 12: Share your personal grammar/typography style, if you have one.
I'm really not sure what this even means. I'm pretty sure the typography will be set by the publisher, and my "grammar style" is: follow English grammar. (But not the bizarre dictates of hypercorrective prescriptivists; starting sentences with conjunctions and ending them with prepositions are both fine.) 1/2
I do maintain that em and en dashes should be set off with spaces on either side, and the first one should be a non-breaking space, so the dash can never be the first thing on a new line. Is that a "personal typography style"? 2/2
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I do maintain that em and en dashes should be set off with spaces on either side, and the first one should be a non-breaking space, so the dash can never be the first thing on a new line. Is that a "personal typography style"? 2/2
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 13: Do you ever write very short pieces (fifty words, flash fiction etc)?
No. I suck at keeping things short enough. It's something for me to work on... maybe, someday. Right now, I'm concentrating on novel-length.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 13: Do you ever write very short pieces (fifty words, flash fiction etc)?
No. I suck at keeping things short enough. It's something for me to work on... maybe, someday. Right now, I'm concentrating on novel-length.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 14: Does your work feature on GoodReads? How do you feel about the platform?
Being as-yet unpublished, my work couldn't possibly feature on GoodReads if it tried.
I am dubious about the platform; I've heard all kinds of stuff about its bad side, bad participants, and so on. But I suspect I'll have to get at least a little bit involved there if I get published.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 14: Does your work feature on GoodReads? How do you feel about the platform?
Being as-yet unpublished, my work couldn't possibly feature on GoodReads if it tried.
I am dubious about the platform; I've heard all kinds of stuff about its bad side, bad participants, and so on. But I suspect I'll have to get at least a little bit involved there if I get published.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 15: What's your field of expertise? What are you most skilled at?
I'm a professional front-end web developer.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 15: What's your field of expertise? What are you most skilled at?
I'm a professional front-end web developer.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 16: If you've read a book series, was there a weak book in the series? What made it weak?
One of my favorite recent series is _The Expanse_, by James S.A. Corey. The first 6 books in it are each "space opera/[something]", where the "something" changes from book to book. In order they are... 1/2
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 16: If you've read a book series, was there a weak book in the series? What made it weak?
One of my favorite recent series is _The Expanse_, by James S.A. Corey. The first 6 books in it are each "space opera/[something]", where the "something" changes from book to book. In order they are... 1/2
1. noir detective
2. political thriller
3. haunted house
4. Western
5. disaster
6. war story*A lot* of the series' fans feel that book #4 was the weakest, but I think it may be because the Western doesn't mesh well with the rest of the series. 2/2
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1. noir detective
2. political thriller
3. haunted house
4. Western
5. disaster
6. war story*A lot* of the series' fans feel that book #4 was the weakest, but I think it may be because the Western doesn't mesh well with the rest of the series. 2/2
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 17: How much of yourself is in your MC, or do you never write this way?
I put a little bit of myself into nearly all of my characters, but I try not to concentrate very much in any one person. I'm on guard against self-insertion.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 17: How much of yourself is in your MC, or do you never write this way?
I put a little bit of myself into nearly all of my characters, but I try not to concentrate very much in any one person. I'm on guard against self-insertion.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 18: Do you suffer for your art? Backaches, headaches, writers' cramps, etc.?
No. I like comfort, and as a coder, I know the importance of ergonomics for anything you want to be sustainable.
I'm not even sure what "writers' cramps" are, unless it means a cramp in one's hand from writing by hand with a pen? In which case, I get *those* if I hand-write for more than about 90 seconds (which is why I type instead)! 🤣
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 18: Do you suffer for your art? Backaches, headaches, writers' cramps, etc.?
No. I like comfort, and as a coder, I know the importance of ergonomics for anything you want to be sustainable.
I'm not even sure what "writers' cramps" are, unless it means a cramp in one's hand from writing by hand with a pen? In which case, I get *those* if I hand-write for more than about 90 seconds (which is why I type instead)! 🤣
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 19: Do you give your characters mannerisms? How do you do this?
I'm sure at least one or two will have common mannerisms, as many (but by no means all!) people do. I'll probably discover exactly who and what as I'm writing. And I expect and plan to do it by simply describing the gestures.
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@aeva why thank you (including the 2 meanings of this word that I know hehe)
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Mio figlio ha anche deciso di partecipare al torneo di picchiarsi con le spade, e se l'è cavata benone, arrivando in semifinale pur non avendo mai tenuto una spada in mano e giocando contro giovani con il doppio della sua età.
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@bbacc se vieni a sapere di altre info sulla questione comunque passa parola perché non sono cose su cui vado ad indagare personalmente ma non mi dispiace essere informato.
