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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 4: What's the worst thing about being a writer?
The pay is minuscule.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 5: Is there a certain kind of story or arc that is easier for you to write as a short story than others?
[Edit: Oh crap, I only posted half of my answer yesterday! Here's the whole thing...]
Not that I know of. (Yet?)
I would like to learn to do short stories at some point. The last time I tried (admittedly, back during high school), it quickly ballooned to novella length.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 5: Is there a certain kind of story or arc that is easier for you to write as a short story than others?
[Edit: Oh crap, I only posted half of my answer yesterday! Here's the whole thing...]
Not that I know of. (Yet?)
I would like to learn to do short stories at some point. The last time I tried (admittedly, back during high school), it quickly ballooned to novella length.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 6: Have you ever copied a piece from another book or a movie as a homage to that work?
"Copied a piece"? I'm not sure how that would be "an homage"; that sounds more to me like "quoting" the other work. To me, an homage implies more of an obviously-affectionate allusion. (One example is Spider Robinson's homage to _The Princess Bride_ in one of the early Callahan's Saloon stories.)
Anyway, I will be making a variety of non-quote homages to various things, yes.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 6: Have you ever copied a piece from another book or a movie as a homage to that work?
"Copied a piece"? I'm not sure how that would be "an homage"; that sounds more to me like "quoting" the other work. To me, an homage implies more of an obviously-affectionate allusion. (One example is Spider Robinson's homage to _The Princess Bride_ in one of the early Callahan's Saloon stories.)
Anyway, I will be making a variety of non-quote homages to various things, yes.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 7: Do you add a copyright statement to your work? How comprehensive is it?
I assume my publisher, when and if I find one, will have its standard copyright notice. For sending out manuscripts, I figure "Copyright © 2024 by Kagan MacTane" should be fine.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 7: Do you add a copyright statement to your work? How comprehensive is it?
I assume my publisher, when and if I find one, will have its standard copyright notice. For sending out manuscripts, I figure "Copyright © 2024 by Kagan MacTane" should be fine.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 8: When writing technical or scientific detail, how much is plausible versus imagined?
In my urban fantasy book? There won't be much technical or scientific detail at all; what there is will probably be very plausible, in the sense of just being taken straight from current tech.
To the extent that I go into detail about the magic, it is imagined (i.e., I'm making it up), but should feel plausible to people who know anything about magic. Or cities. Or San Francisco.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 8: When writing technical or scientific detail, how much is plausible versus imagined?
In my urban fantasy book? There won't be much technical or scientific detail at all; what there is will probably be very plausible, in the sense of just being taken straight from current tech.
To the extent that I go into detail about the magic, it is imagined (i.e., I'm making it up), but should feel plausible to people who know anything about magic. Or cities. Or San Francisco.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 9: What's the minimum time you can work on your writing? Do you need a long, clear period?
I *prefer* a long, clear period, but I *can* just jot down a few ideas or clean up notes or stuff like that, if I know I've only got something like 15 minutes.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 9: What's the minimum time you can work on your writing? Do you need a long, clear period?
I *prefer* a long, clear period, but I *can* just jot down a few ideas or clean up notes or stuff like that, if I know I've only got something like 15 minutes.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 10: Do you know any good sources for publishing information?
I don't think so, no. But I'm reading everyone else's responses to this with great interest!
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 10: Do you know any good sources for publishing information?
I don't think so, no. But I'm reading everyone else's responses to this with great interest!
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 11: What character have you written that's the most unlike you?
Either Aisha Morgan or Carmen Lockhart. Aisha is Black, female, straight, grew up in the projects, and now drives a Muni bus. Carmen is also female, Latina (though white and Anglo-passing), and has some other differences from myself that I don't want to give away yet.
With both of them, I'm taking *a lot* of care in their depiction and characterization.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 11: What character have you written that's the most unlike you?
Either Aisha Morgan or Carmen Lockhart. Aisha is Black, female, straight, grew up in the projects, and now drives a Muni bus. Carmen is also female, Latina (though white and Anglo-passing), and has some other differences from myself that I don't want to give away yet.
With both of them, I'm taking *a lot* of care in their depiction and characterization.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 12: How do you market your work?
I haven't even thought about that yet. Mostly my ideas in that vein are, "Get someone else to do the marketing for me," because marketing is not my strong suit. This is part of why I'm leaning toward traditional publishing; they have people to handle that. That's one of the strong benefits I see from a trad publishing house.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 12: How do you market your work?
I haven't even thought about that yet. Mostly my ideas in that vein are, "Get someone else to do the marketing for me," because marketing is not my strong suit. This is part of why I'm leaning toward traditional publishing; they have people to handle that. That's one of the strong benefits I see from a trad publishing house.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 13: When does AI cross the line between helpful tool and problematic tech for writing and publishing?
I wouldn't know; I haven't touched it at all. And I don't plan to.
(Also: Loving the large number of responses to this question that amount to "Fuck AI completely, and the people who are building and promoting it, for a long list of reasons..." 😄💯👍🏻)
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 13: When does AI cross the line between helpful tool and problematic tech for writing and publishing?
I wouldn't know; I haven't touched it at all. And I don't plan to.
(Also: Loving the large number of responses to this question that amount to "Fuck AI completely, and the people who are building and promoting it, for a long list of reasons..." 😄💯👍🏻)
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 14: Do you have a sense of how much plot you need for how long a manuscript?
Not yet. That's something I expect to acquire as I progress through the manuscript on my WIP. Also, some of these vignettes might help me get a start on that. (Except most of them have very little plot, which is kind of a problem in multiple ways.)
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 14: Do you have a sense of how much plot you need for how long a manuscript?
Not yet. That's something I expect to acquire as I progress through the manuscript on my WIP. Also, some of these vignettes might help me get a start on that. (Except most of them have very little plot, which is kind of a problem in multiple ways.)
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 15: Have you ever attended a writer's fair/festival to promote your work? Would you?
I haven't because I have nothing to promote yet. But once I do, I'd consider it, if I thought the returns would be worth the time and trouble. (Also, I'd probably try 1 or 2 just to find out what they're like — or you could say, to *find out* about the return, the time and trouble, and the comparison between the two.)
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 15: Have you ever attended a writer's fair/festival to promote your work? Would you?
I haven't because I have nothing to promote yet. But once I do, I'd consider it, if I thought the returns would be worth the time and trouble. (Also, I'd probably try 1 or 2 just to find out what they're like — or you could say, to *find out* about the return, the time and trouble, and the comparison between the two.)
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 16: What's your target audience? Why?
People who like urban fantasy with diverse casts and themes of found family. "Why?" Because that describes my book! People who like that might like my book, and people who don't like that probably won't! 😂
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 16: What's your target audience? Why?
People who like urban fantasy with diverse casts and themes of found family. "Why?" Because that describes my book! People who like that might like my book, and people who don't like that probably won't! 😂
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 17: Other than writing, what's your go-to creative outlet?
I don't really have one at the moment. I used to do fire-dancing, and DJing, and also I used to just go out to clubs and dance, but those have all fallen by the wayside for one reason or another. Right now, writing is my main and possibly sole creative outlet, and I'm okay with that.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 17: Other than writing, what's your go-to creative outlet?
I don't really have one at the moment. I used to do fire-dancing, and DJing, and also I used to just go out to clubs and dance, but those have all fallen by the wayside for one reason or another. Right now, writing is my main and possibly sole creative outlet, and I'm okay with that.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 18: Have you written sections where the action occurs against the clock? How did you do it?
Not yet, but I do have a plan for a situation where someone needs to get from Point A to Point B in no more than 15 minutes. Nobody thinks she can do it, but she assures her allies she *can* manage it. She'll be riding a motorcycle; I'm not sure if I'll let her have chances to snatch a glance at her watch along the way or not. (Also, I really doubt she wears one.)
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 18: Have you written sections where the action occurs against the clock? How did you do it?
Not yet, but I do have a plan for a situation where someone needs to get from Point A to Point B in no more than 15 minutes. Nobody thinks she can do it, but she assures her allies she *can* manage it. She'll be riding a motorcycle; I'm not sure if I'll let her have chances to snatch a glance at her watch along the way or not. (Also, I really doubt she wears one.)
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 19: Do you agree with Hillary Mantell, who said the best qualities for writing are self-confidence and a little arrogance?
Not quite. I think the *best* qualities for writing are a facility with words, and having something to say. But I would say self-confidence, particularly the self-confidence to put some of your heart and soul into your writing, without holding back and trying to play it cool, comes close after that.
Arrogance? I dunno. 🤷🏻
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 19: Do you agree with Hillary Mantell, who said the best qualities for writing are self-confidence and a little arrogance?
Not quite. I think the *best* qualities for writing are a facility with words, and having something to say. But I would say self-confidence, particularly the self-confidence to put some of your heart and soul into your writing, without holding back and trying to play it cool, comes close after that.
Arrogance? I dunno. 🤷🏻
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 20: When did you first know you wanted to be a writer?
Sometime around age 12. Then sometime during college, I lost that desire. And it became one of the many "roads not taken" in my life for a few decades, so in idle moments I'd think, "If I had become a writer, maybe I'd write something like X..." And then that eventually grew into where I'm at now.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 20: When did you first know you wanted to be a writer?
Sometime around age 12. Then sometime during college, I lost that desire. And it became one of the many "roads not taken" in my life for a few decades, so in idle moments I'd think, "If I had become a writer, maybe I'd write something like X..." And then that eventually grew into where I'm at now.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 21: Do you format as you write or do that at the end?
If I understand this correctly, if it means things like putting in emphasis and italics, I *have to* do that as I'm writing! When the character says "I think we *should* do it", or else says "I *think* we should do it", I need to put that emphasis in right then, or I'll lose track of it later.
The idea of going back to put in that stuff later is so foreign to me, I wonder if I've misunderstood the question.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 21: Do you format as you write or do that at the end?
If I understand this correctly, if it means things like putting in emphasis and italics, I *have to* do that as I'm writing! When the character says "I think we *should* do it", or else says "I *think* we should do it", I need to put that emphasis in right then, or I'll lose track of it later.
The idea of going back to put in that stuff later is so foreign to me, I wonder if I've misunderstood the question.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 22: If someone were to write your autobiography, who would you want to write it?
If it's my *auto*biography, wouldn't I have to write it myself?
If you just mean my biography... I don't know anything about any major biographers, except I've heard some bad stuff about Walter Isaacson, so not him. Aside from that? I have no clue.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 22: If someone were to write your autobiography, who would you want to write it?
If it's my *auto*biography, wouldn't I have to write it myself?
If you just mean my biography... I don't know anything about any major biographers, except I've heard some bad stuff about Walter Isaacson, so not him. Aside from that? I have no clue.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 23: What gets in the way of your writing?
Life. Distraction. Video games on my phone.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 23: What gets in the way of your writing?
Life. Distraction. Video games on my phone.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 24: Is there any work of fiction you could have written better? Don't be shy.
The _Star Wars_ prequel trilogy. Sure, not a high bar to clear. But once I saw boy Anakin, I was excited! It was a great chance to explore "How does an innocent become evil?"/"What is the source of evil?" And then the entire trilogy just *failed to deliver* on that, with a combo of "love makes you stupid" and pushing the source-of-evil out of Anakin and into Palpatine, where it's never explored.
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what's an example of a wiki editor?
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@informapirata @politica lasciamo perdere cosa è diventato il PR, l'ombra di sé stesso. Ho visto personaggi insulsi andare avanti per motivi molto lontani dalle loro capacità. Io stesso sono stato pugnalato alle spalle perché mi davo da fare mentre altri militanti di vecchia data non muovevano un dito, però a Roma erano tenuti in considerazione, così per invidia zac, una pugnalata alla schiena.
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@stefano I share with you the ORB Html preprocessor from 1996. This is how I used to build my sites until CMS took over.
https://github.com/OS2World/APP-INTERNET-ORB/blob/master/os2%2FORBMAN.TXT
Yes, it ran on OS/2.
There is also HTMLpp from the same time period - https://imatix-legacy.github.io/htmlpp/
Html preprocessors were a very popular set of early website tools.
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Più che altro quello che mi colpisce è la frequenza di campionamento.
Cioè, cosa diavolo ti fa cambiare idea di fondo sul partito, di opposizione o di governo, da votare a distanza di una settimana.
La dichiarazione del politico di turno ?
E poi oscilla, la volta dopo te la sei scordata ?Io mi reputo mediamente attento alla politica, leggo i quotidiani, ma i processi decisionali sono lunghi, faro' un bilancio di legislatura.
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ieri ho aggiornato un po di vm a trixie e ho scoperto da una differente versione del kernel che alcune hanno girato cosi' tanti computer e hypervisor che sono ancora a 32 bit 🙂
