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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 23: Do you format your own work, or hire someone?
I assume my publisher will format it. I plan to go the "traditional publishing" route.
If that plan doesn't work out, I'd naturally be the person to format it if I self-publish. (Although my partner is very good with design software, so maybe they'd do it. They'd at least advise me!)
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 24: Has feedback from readers ever changed the way you write?
That hasn't had the opportunity to happen to (or for) me yet.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 24: Has feedback from readers ever changed the way you write?
That hasn't had the opportunity to happen to (or for) me yet.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 25: How do you feel about Amazon's influence on books and publishing?
I don't know enough about its influence on books and publishing, specifically, to have an opinion. But in general regarding Amazon, I think they're a huge monopoly with atrocious business and labor practices, and I doubt they're any different in this one field.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 25: How do you feel about Amazon's influence on books and publishing?
I don't know enough about its influence on books and publishing, specifically, to have an opinion. But in general regarding Amazon, I think they're a huge monopoly with atrocious business and labor practices, and I doubt they're any different in this one field.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 26: Would you consider recording your own audiobook?
Absolutely. I'm pretty good at reading things aloud, and I think I'd do a good job. I'm not sure about the time commitment or whether I could get paid, so I'm not sure that I "would do it", but I would absolutely *consider* it.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 26: Would you consider recording your own audiobook?
Absolutely. I'm pretty good at reading things aloud, and I think I'd do a good job. I'm not sure about the time commitment or whether I could get paid, so I'm not sure that I "would do it", but I would absolutely *consider* it.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 27: How do you find beta readers? Would you beta read yourself?
I have been a beta reader before, for a friend of mine! (Sadly, they don't seem to have published the work I read, which is a shame, because I'd love to see it on the shelves.)
I will tackle the question of how to find beta readers when I have enough for them to read.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 27: How do you find beta readers? Would you beta read yourself?
I have been a beta reader before, for a friend of mine! (Sadly, they don't seem to have published the work I read, which is a shame, because I'd love to see it on the shelves.)
I will tackle the question of how to find beta readers when I have enough for them to read.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 28: Should you avoid running around the Wrekin, beating about the bush and avoid colloquialisms?
In narration, yeah, I think so. Even in close 3rd, where the narration can (and I think *should*) pick up a little of the character's voice and style, it should still be only *a little*, and I think really noticeable colloquialisms like that would be *a lot*, not a little.
In dialogue, of course, it can help delineate your character; do it! (Maybe don't go overboard, though.)
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 28: Should you avoid running around the Wrekin, beating about the bush and avoid colloquialisms?
In narration, yeah, I think so. Even in close 3rd, where the narration can (and I think *should*) pick up a little of the character's voice and style, it should still be only *a little*, and I think really noticeable colloquialisms like that would be *a lot*, not a little.
In dialogue, of course, it can help delineate your character; do it! (Maybe don't go overboard, though.)
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 1: What inspired you to begin writing?
I'm honestly beginning to think it was leaving behind a job that had been progressively worse and worse for me. I think getting that weight off my psyche was what freed up the creative energy I needed to start writing.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 1: What inspired you to begin writing?
I'm honestly beginning to think it was leaving behind a job that had been progressively worse and worse for me. I think getting that weight off my psyche was what freed up the creative energy I needed to start writing.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 2: Have you ever based a character on a real person? Do they know?
All of my characters have at least teensy bits of real people in them, but usually more than one person, and also they're *mostly* stuff I've created myself. The bits of real people are just to lend a little bit of verisimilitude.
There is one character in my WIP who's 100% based on a dear friend who died a couple of years ago. If there is an afterlife, then he knows.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 2: Have you ever based a character on a real person? Do they know?
All of my characters have at least teensy bits of real people in them, but usually more than one person, and also they're *mostly* stuff I've created myself. The bits of real people are just to lend a little bit of verisimilitude.
There is one character in my WIP who's 100% based on a dear friend who died a couple of years ago. If there is an afterlife, then he knows.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 3: How much of your worlds are invented versus real? Give examples.
The setting and basic backdrop is modern-day San Francisco, to as high a degree of accuracy as I can do. The magic, and the things that spring from it (like the various groups and orders magicians have formed) are all invented by me.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 3: How much of your worlds are invented versus real? Give examples.
The setting and basic backdrop is modern-day San Francisco, to as high a degree of accuracy as I can do. The magic, and the things that spring from it (like the various groups and orders magicians have formed) are all invented by me.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 4: Do environmental concerns feature in your work?
Only in a very backdrop way. The world is undergoing global warming, and my characters will notice and comment on the weather at least once or twice. But it's not their main concern; their issues are more local.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 4: Do environmental concerns feature in your work?
Only in a very backdrop way. The world is undergoing global warming, and my characters will notice and comment on the weather at least once or twice. But it's not their main concern; their issues are more local.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 5: Where do you see the future of publishing in ten years' time?
I truly have no idea. I don't know enough about where it's been to predict where it's going.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 5: Where do you see the future of publishing in ten years' time?
I truly have no idea. I don't know enough about where it's been to predict where it's going.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 6: What five things do you need to be a writer?
1) A good command of the language you write in
2) A story to tell
3) Some way of recording your words and sending them out to others (whether that be to publishers or posting on AO3 or whatever)That's it.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 6: What five things do you need to be a writer?
1) A good command of the language you write in
2) A story to tell
3) Some way of recording your words and sending them out to others (whether that be to publishers or posting on AO3 or whatever)That's it.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 7: Describe an action moment you’re most proud of. Share an excerpt.
I'm sorry, I haven't written any action scenes yet.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 7: Describe an action moment you’re most proud of. Share an excerpt.
I'm sorry, I haven't written any action scenes yet.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 8: Do you have a favourite opening line of a book?
I don't tend to do "single, above-all favorite" items, but I have a soft spot for "It was a dark and stormy night", partly because I have a soft spot for _A Wrinkle in Time_.
(Also, shout-out to the variations on "Death came for him/her [in some kind of way]" in Steve Perry's _Matador_ series: "Death came for him through the trees", "…for her from behind a child's game", "…in the form of a trusted friend", etc.)
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 8: Do you have a favourite opening line of a book?
I don't tend to do "single, above-all favorite" items, but I have a soft spot for "It was a dark and stormy night", partly because I have a soft spot for _A Wrinkle in Time_.
(Also, shout-out to the variations on "Death came for him/her [in some kind of way]" in Steve Perry's _Matador_ series: "Death came for him through the trees", "…for her from behind a child's game", "…in the form of a trusted friend", etc.)
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 9: Do you invent places in your work? Are any based on real locations?
I plan to invent at least one bar/café/restaurant that's frequented by city shamans (and owned by one), but aside from that, I'm keeping it as real as I can (aside from things like characters' individual dwelling places — but even for those, I'm trying to base them very much on actual San Francisco homes).
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 9: Do you invent places in your work? Are any based on real locations?
I plan to invent at least one bar/café/restaurant that's frequented by city shamans (and owned by one), but aside from that, I'm keeping it as real as I can (aside from things like characters' individual dwelling places — but even for those, I'm trying to base them very much on actual San Francisco homes).
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 10: Do you want to write full time or are you happy for it to be a hobby/side hustle?
I am okay with it being a hobby, and continuing my career as a web developer. I would also be fine with dropping web development and becoming a full-time writer, but only if my books started making as much money for me as I'm currently earning. That seems extremely unlikely.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 10: Do you want to write full time or are you happy for it to be a hobby/side hustle?
I am okay with it being a hobby, and continuing my career as a web developer. I would also be fine with dropping web development and becoming a full-time writer, but only if my books started making as much money for me as I'm currently earning. That seems extremely unlikely.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 11: Do you ever imagine scenes in your work as if they were scenes in a movie or TV show?
Yes, definitely! It seems perfectly natural to do so. But, that being said? I should probably stop that. I'm not writing a screenplay; I'm writing a *novel*, and the storytelling modes are different.
(But I will absolutely keep putting myself inside the scene, in my characters' skins.)
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 11: Do you ever imagine scenes in your work as if they were scenes in a movie or TV show?
Yes, definitely! It seems perfectly natural to do so. But, that being said? I should probably stop that. I'm not writing a screenplay; I'm writing a *novel*, and the storytelling modes are different.
(But I will absolutely keep putting myself inside the scene, in my characters' skins.)
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 12: Do you agree with Ray Bradbury, who said, "Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things you're doomed"?
I agree there's a positive correlation, but I don't think it's as strong a correlation as Bradbury makes it sound like.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 12: Do you agree with Ray Bradbury, who said, "Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things you're doomed"?
I agree there's a positive correlation, but I don't think it's as strong a correlation as Bradbury makes it sound like.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 13: Do #WritersCoffeeClub, #WordWeavers or #PennedPossibilities inspire you?
Yes, actually! Just a few weeks ago there was a prompt that spurred me to really buckle down and finalize what tattoos Margo Chu has, and that got me thinking a little more about her history and her personal feelings about getting married and having kids. I know there have been a few other ones that made me think more deeply about certain aspects of my work, and made it deeper and richer thereby.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 13: Do #WritersCoffeeClub, #WordWeavers or #PennedPossibilities inspire you?
Yes, actually! Just a few weeks ago there was a prompt that spurred me to really buckle down and finalize what tattoos Margo Chu has, and that got me thinking a little more about her history and her personal feelings about getting married and having kids. I know there have been a few other ones that made me think more deeply about certain aspects of my work, and made it deeper and richer thereby.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 14: Should you avoid sentence fragments? Or, should you. Simply not care?
They're fine. When used in moderation. Not too much.
In fiction, anyway. Not in formal or academic writing!
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 14: Should you avoid sentence fragments? Or, should you. Simply not care?
They're fine. When used in moderation. Not too much.
In fiction, anyway. Not in formal or academic writing!
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 15: What would one of your stories be like in an alternative universe? E.g. A Sci-Fi written as a rom-com etc.
The urban fantasy novel I'm writing actually could become a political thriller with not too much work. But another option is, I could almost see turning it into a murder mystery.
Gli ultimi otto messaggi ricevuti dalla Federazione
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@Bastacosi lo stato ebraico è un'invenzione (sionista) così come lo è il popolo ebraico
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E anche oggi abbiamo fatto un altro piccolo passo verso l'estinzione della specie umana. Ma l'importante è sempre armare gli stati amici ed evacuare quelli nemici.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) says Tehran will suspend its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) after the United Nations Security Council voted not to permanently lift sanctions on Tehran.
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/09/20/755397/Iran-suspend-cooperation-IAEA-
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@bluberrycookie cos'è, la versione italiana dei toast all'avocado?
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@tridicomics devo verificare però
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@oblomov Ma veramente ? KoG sta guadagnando ancora più punti !
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@aeva Ah, crep!
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@quinta @phab @apex @filobus non voglio sponsorizzare supermercati ma parlo solo della mia diretta esperienza: sodastream le dà Exelunga (e io lì le prendevo)… le mie bombole le ho portate a Conad che non ha sodastream ma ne accetta i vuoti e ti dà in cambio i pieni di una marca italiana #sodagas www.tergas.it
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Diario di bordo – Il richiamo del firmware 📖⚔️
Certe volte non sono i pacchetti persi a complicare la vita,
La missione 🎯Libro sul Flipper aperto sul tavolo, come una mappa segreta.Momentum Firmware adocchiato, pronto da installare.qFlipper come unico portale tra due mondi.Una scheda WiFi ESP32 con Marauder che aspetta solo di risvegliarsi.
ma un libro trovato per caso… che ti convince a cambiare strada. 😅Obiettivo?
La prova ⚡ttyACM0 o ttyACM1? Il destino ama confondere.Il CLI che non lasciava più uscire.Il .dfu trovato tra mille dubbi, finalmente scelto.Flash a 87% con il cuore che batteva come durante un attacco EAPOL.Success! 🎉
Abbandonare l’ordinario, flashare il diverso, domare il caos delle porte seriali.
Ma… “Reinstall firmware to run this app” si prende gioco di me.Ritento, insisto, combino.
Morale 🧙
E quando tutto sembra perso… appare il menù segreto del Marauder,
fitto di opzioni nuove come un grimorio proibito.Il Flipper non è solo un gadget:
è un campo di battaglia, un enigma, un compagno che insegna pazienza.Oggi non ho solo cambiato firmware.
Ho guadagnato un menù intero, un ESP risvegliato,
e un capitolo epico da aggiungere al diario. ✍️SUCCESS?
Quasi.
Ma Consapevolezza +2 conquistata. 🏅
