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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 16: How do you like to end a story? Fully resolved? Bittersweet? Dark? What's your go-to?
I like to have things pretty well wrapped up, with little ambiguity about what's happened to whom or where they're going next. I like the ending to be mostly happy, but I can put a little bitter into that overall sweetness.
My WIP will not 100% conform to these things, however.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 17: Do you lose track of time while writing or editing?
If it's going really well, yeah.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 17: Do you lose track of time while writing or editing?
If it's going really well, yeah.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 18: Do you consciously apply show rather than tell in your writing, or do the cards land where they may?
I don't think I could *not* be conscious of that adage/directive as I write, and while I don't take it as a hard-and-fast commandment, I do usually think it's better advice to follow than not.
There are times when it's better to tell (it's often more direct and less wordy), but it's *usually* a good idea to show.
Anyway, I try to be conscious of which I'm doing.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 18: Do you consciously apply show rather than tell in your writing, or do the cards land where they may?
I don't think I could *not* be conscious of that adage/directive as I write, and while I don't take it as a hard-and-fast commandment, I do usually think it's better advice to follow than not.
There are times when it's better to tell (it's often more direct and less wordy), but it's *usually* a good idea to show.
Anyway, I try to be conscious of which I'm doing.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 19: Does the slash (/) have any place in fiction?
Much as I love it (see my use of it in my very last answer), I struggle to imagine good ways to use it in fiction, whether in dialogue or in narration. The best I can think of is if a character actually says "and/or", which is something I *could* see certain characters doing, but even then, it'd be awfully unusual.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 19: Does the slash (/) have any place in fiction?
Much as I love it (see my use of it in my very last answer), I struggle to imagine good ways to use it in fiction, whether in dialogue or in narration. The best I can think of is if a character actually says "and/or", which is something I *could* see certain characters doing, but even then, it'd be awfully unusual.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 20: Do you ever write in a café or bar? Give a shout out to your favourites.
Definitely more bars than cafés. My go-tos are:
Fritz in Fort Greene
Hollow Nickel in Boerum Hill
McMahon's Public House in Park Slope
And also the Center for Fiction, also in Fort Greene. (All of these are in #Brooklyn.)
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 20: Do you ever write in a café or bar? Give a shout out to your favourites.
Definitely more bars than cafés. My go-tos are:
Fritz in Fort Greene
Hollow Nickel in Boerum Hill
McMahon's Public House in Park Slope
And also the Center for Fiction, also in Fort Greene. (All of these are in #Brooklyn.)
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 21: Can one use arcane verbiage in one's prose, or must one's saga embody only elementary text?
Use the vocabulary you need to use.
Note: That doesn't mean "show off your vocabulary". Only use the words that are right for what you're trying to convey. But yes, sometimes the right word is a big one, or an obscure or archaic one. If it's right, use it. Readers know how to look up words if they don't know them.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 21: Can one use arcane verbiage in one's prose, or must one's saga embody only elementary text?
Use the vocabulary you need to use.
Note: That doesn't mean "show off your vocabulary". Only use the words that are right for what you're trying to convey. But yes, sometimes the right word is a big one, or an obscure or archaic one. If it's right, use it. Readers know how to look up words if they don't know them.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 22: Do you have a writer's totem, such as an old toy or a certain cup?
No.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 22: Do you have a writer's totem, such as an old toy or a certain cup?
No.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 23: Some people can't access literature due to social factors. Are we, as writers, doing anything to break down these barriers?
This is almost impossibly broad. "Social factors" could be anything from illiteracy to problems in the publishing industry to poverty combined with sustained right-wing attacks on public libraries.
Are writers doing anything to combat illiteracy? Honestly, *writing interesting literature* is one of the greatest things in that regard! 1/4
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 23: Some people can't access literature due to social factors. Are we, as writers, doing anything to break down these barriers?
This is almost impossibly broad. "Social factors" could be anything from illiteracy to problems in the publishing industry to poverty combined with sustained right-wing attacks on public libraries.
Are writers doing anything to combat illiteracy? Honestly, *writing interesting literature* is one of the greatest things in that regard! 1/4
JK Rowling has become a transphobic horror, but remember how much the popularity of the Harry Potter books drove interest in reading back in the early 2000s? Well, practically every writer is trying to do the same thing. We'd almost all love to get that popular, and have so many people clamoring to read our books! 2/4
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JK Rowling has become a transphobic horror, but remember how much the popularity of the Harry Potter books drove interest in reading back in the early 2000s? Well, practically every writer is trying to do the same thing. We'd almost all love to get that popular, and have so many people clamoring to read our books! 2/4
Problems in the publishing industry? We're generally *aware of* them, and have strong opinions, and *would love* to have things be different... but how much power do we have to make those changes? They'd require changes in society as a whole — much like the problems of illiteracy and poverty and right-wing attacks on libraries (and bibliophilia and literacy). 3/4
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Problems in the publishing industry? We're generally *aware of* them, and have strong opinions, and *would love* to have things be different... but how much power do we have to make those changes? They'd require changes in society as a whole — much like the problems of illiteracy and poverty and right-wing attacks on libraries (and bibliophilia and literacy). 3/4
I don't know of any writers who wouldn't *love* a world where people are reading lots more, and books are more easily available, and where reading is held in higher regard than it is right now. But expecting us to fix the whole goddamn world is a helluva burden to place on shoulders that I don't think are the right ones to target with this. 4/4
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I don't know of any writers who wouldn't *love* a world where people are reading lots more, and books are more easily available, and where reading is held in higher regard than it is right now. But expecting us to fix the whole goddamn world is a helluva burden to place on shoulders that I don't think are the right ones to target with this. 4/4
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 24: What does your narrator sound like in your mind?
A "fairly neutral" voice, which I put in quotes for good reason: *to me*, that means one that speaks in General American English, in a baritone or tenor register (or possibly alto — but either way, with fairly few gender clues).
The fact that my own voice is baritone, and my dialect is GAE, is not coincidental here. I'm not saying my narrator voice is *my* voice specifically, but it's… close.
[Edit: nope; this is 1/3]
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 24: What does your narrator sound like in your mind?
A "fairly neutral" voice, which I put in quotes for good reason: *to me*, that means one that speaks in General American English, in a baritone or tenor register (or possibly alto — but either way, with fairly few gender clues).
The fact that my own voice is baritone, and my dialect is GAE, is not coincidental here. I'm not saying my narrator voice is *my* voice specifically, but it's… close.
[Edit: nope; this is 1/3]
Actually, hang on, that's not *entirely* true. A lot of my writing is close 3rd person. And one of the reasons why is that the "narration" can take on some of the POV character's voice.
So in the vignette I wrote last night, from the POV of Jessie Nakamura back when she was in college, there are some parts that are italicized, literally her thoughts... but there are also some that are roman/normal, but still using some her vocal rhythms and vocabulary. 2/3
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Actually, hang on, that's not *entirely* true. A lot of my writing is close 3rd person. And one of the reasons why is that the "narration" can take on some of the POV character's voice.
So in the vignette I wrote last night, from the POV of Jessie Nakamura back when she was in college, there are some parts that are italicized, literally her thoughts... but there are also some that are roman/normal, but still using some her vocal rhythms and vocabulary. 2/3
Naturally, that doesn't happen all the time. Scene-setting, for example, is generally in my "neutral" narrator voice. And I think one of the strengths of close 3rd is precisely its flexibility: you can back off and be "neutral", *3rd* person, not 1st, but if you want to, you can also get really close to 1st person, with its intimacy and personality.
So I like that best-of-both-worlds flexibility, but it does also mean that "my narrator's voice" is *highly variable*. 3/3
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Naturally, that doesn't happen all the time. Scene-setting, for example, is generally in my "neutral" narrator voice. And I think one of the strengths of close 3rd is precisely its flexibility: you can back off and be "neutral", *3rd* person, not 1st, but if you want to, you can also get really close to 1st person, with its intimacy and personality.
So I like that best-of-both-worlds flexibility, but it does also mean that "my narrator's voice" is *highly variable*. 3/3
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 25: What are the top five things people say when you tell them you're a writer?
Honestly, it's almost all some close variant on, "That's cool/interesting. Tell me something about (the kinds of stuff you usually write/the book you're writing now)." So far, nothing has really wandered very far from that basic idea.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 25: What are the top five things people say when you tell them you're a writer?
Honestly, it's almost all some close variant on, "That's cool/interesting. Tell me something about (the kinds of stuff you usually write/the book you're writing now)." So far, nothing has really wandered very far from that basic idea.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 26: How much time elapses between your WIP's first and last chapter?
About 7½ months. (Maybe closer to 7 months and 3 weeks?)
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 26: How much time elapses between your WIP's first and last chapter?
About 7½ months. (Maybe closer to 7 months and 3 weeks?)
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 27: What's the longest period of writer's block you've suffered, or do you not suffer?
I guess I'd have to say I don't suffer from it. I've had a few stretches of up to 3 or 4 days where I didn't work on the book because I was busy with other things, or tired, or sick, but I don't think of that as "writer's block". Just as being tired sometimes.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 27: What's the longest period of writer's block you've suffered, or do you not suffer?
I guess I'd have to say I don't suffer from it. I've had a few stretches of up to 3 or 4 days where I didn't work on the book because I was busy with other things, or tired, or sick, but I don't think of that as "writer's block". Just as being tired sometimes.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 28: What audio/visual artistic work (TV, movie, play, painting etc.) has been the biggest influence on your writing?
I think it'd have to be noir and neo-noir cinema in general. Not any particular film, but the genre and its conventions and style as a whole.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 28: What audio/visual artistic work (TV, movie, play, painting etc.) has been the biggest influence on your writing?
I think it'd have to be noir and neo-noir cinema in general. Not any particular film, but the genre and its conventions and style as a whole.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 29: If a video streaming platform were to make your WIP into a series, what would the soundtrack sound like?
It'd range widely, depending on the particular characters and scene. Prominent features, though, would be: hard rock; techno and minimalism; cool jazz, à la film noir; and hip-hop.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 29: If a video streaming platform were to make your WIP into a series, what would the soundtrack sound like?
It'd range widely, depending on the particular characters and scene. Prominent features, though, would be: hard rock; techno and minimalism; cool jazz, à la film noir; and hip-hop.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 30: If you're a pantser, have you tried plotting and vice versa?
I *think* I'm kind of in the middle? I've definitely done a fair amount of plotting, and a fair amount of pantsing.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 30: If you're a pantser, have you tried plotting and vice versa?
I *think* I'm kind of in the middle? I've definitely done a fair amount of plotting, and a fair amount of pantsing.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 1. Front Cover> Do you know what kind of cover you'd like for your WIP, or do you only know when it's finished? Share an example if you have one.
There was a question about how you envision your book's cover in WritingWonders, back before it was renamed. I said (at https://wandering.shop/@kagan/110107052596945004) that mine definitely needed some recognizable San Francisco skyline or setting, but I wasn't sure beyond that. That answer hasn't changed in the intervening 15 months. 1/2
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@versodiverso @ulisse62 @politica
> personaggi di sinistra...che partono da proprie idee (non dati di fatto) e pretendono che siano dogmi, se controbatti ti denigrano e se chiedi spiegazioni si sbocciano e ti bloccano
Questi tipini (io li chiamo gli adepti) sono esattamente il carburante preferito dai capi e capetti dei partitini di sinistra: i capi offrono un ambiente in cui l'adepto ha sempre ragione, e in cambio ottengono quel minimo di sostegno che garantisce ai capi la sopravvivenza
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@dexter @lw depends how one defines "desktop systems".
I have a Talos II dual socket which hangs out around head height a few feet from my desk in one of the racks, which idles quieter than most gaming boxes. I only bring that up for comparison purposes because 144 cores of power9 doesn't limit its use to the datacenter — it requires a good understanding of airflow requirements and case design.
So, on that I will stand behind the statement that at least the scale-out series of IBM LC922 2U servers could be repurposed into a quiet enough 4U chassis with multiple 120-140mm 1.6-2K RPM PWM fans — ideally a supermicro case since IBM already contracted them to make the LC922, so the SMBus and PMbus connections would not need conversion — substantially simplifying the effort for desk use.
There are occasions when one finds them on eBay, sometimes even a few. Otherwise, I've only seen Raptor.
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@ulisse62 @informapirata @politica Secondo me, no. Il problema sono personaggi di sinistra che spesso incontro anche qui, che partono da proprie idee (non dati di fatto) e pretendono che siano dogmi, se controbatti ti denigrano e se chiedi spiegazioni si sbocciano e ti bloccano.
Queste persone esistono anche nel mondo reale ma sarà sempre impossibile dialogare, perché o è come dicono loro o nulla.
Servirebbe un pochino più di umiltà a sinistra.
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@memeorandum wtf
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Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/us/politics/tom-homan-fbi-trump.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250920/p71#a250920p71
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Even if the two of us are torn apart
I swear that I will change the world
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E ricomincia l'attesa...
