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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 1: Can you foresee any circumstance where you might use AI to compose part of a story?
Maybe if someone held a gun to my head.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 2: Is there a person in your life who encouraged you to write?
My partner *does* encourage me to write, present tense (and continuative or even habitual aspect).
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 2: Is there a person in your life who encouraged you to write?
My partner *does* encourage me to write, present tense (and continuative or even habitual aspect).
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 3: Do you agree with George Orwell, who said you should never use foreign, scientific or jargon words and phrases?
Absolutely not. Hell, individual people sometimes use any or all of those *in their daily speech!* My techie characters wouldn't sound right if they didn't occasionally mention a server or a code repository. My multilingual characters will use phrases from languages besides English.
The important thing is to make sure the reader can understand anyway.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 3: Do you agree with George Orwell, who said you should never use foreign, scientific or jargon words and phrases?
Absolutely not. Hell, individual people sometimes use any or all of those *in their daily speech!* My techie characters wouldn't sound right if they didn't occasionally mention a server or a code repository. My multilingual characters will use phrases from languages besides English.
The important thing is to make sure the reader can understand anyway.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 4: What else competes for your time, and what strategies do you use to secure time for writing?
Work or the job-hunt, a little. Much more: Desire to goof off and watch videos or play games.
The strategy that seems to work best for me: sit down with a nice, big Manhattan at my side, plus a shot of Irish whiskey, turn on my writing playlist, and do what I can. The drinks make me feel like, "Hey, since I took the time to make that, I'd better actually write!"
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 4: What else competes for your time, and what strategies do you use to secure time for writing?
Work or the job-hunt, a little. Much more: Desire to goof off and watch videos or play games.
The strategy that seems to work best for me: sit down with a nice, big Manhattan at my side, plus a shot of Irish whiskey, turn on my writing playlist, and do what I can. The drinks make me feel like, "Hey, since I took the time to make that, I'd better actually write!"
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 5: If AI created a genuinely good story, would you read it?
Probably not. I have way too many things by humans that I want to read and not enough time. It would be almost impossible for something AI-written, regardless of quality, to jump the line and get ahead of all those other things on my TBR list.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 5: If AI created a genuinely good story, would you read it?
Probably not. I have way too many things by humans that I want to read and not enough time. It would be almost impossible for something AI-written, regardless of quality, to jump the line and get ahead of all those other things on my TBR list.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 6: In your writing, what location has inspired you the most?
San Francisco. My WIP is entirely about San Francisco.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 6: In your writing, what location has inspired you the most?
San Francisco. My WIP is entirely about San Francisco.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 7: In your writing, what is the best thing you've done (or might do) to a reader's state of mind?
Open their mind to new ways of thinking, give them joy and hope, and lift their spirits.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 7: In your writing, what is the best thing you've done (or might do) to a reader's state of mind?
Open their mind to new ways of thinking, give them joy and hope, and lift their spirits.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 8: Authors love to show off a book stack. Post an image of your stack or a collage of your digital work.
I haven't completed anything yet. 😢
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 8: Authors love to show off a book stack. Post an image of your stack or a collage of your digital work.
I haven't completed anything yet. 😢
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 9: In your work, do you include short sections in languages other than the primary language?
Some of my characters are multilingual, and sometimes speak in languages other than English.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 9: In your work, do you include short sections in languages other than the primary language?
Some of my characters are multilingual, and sometimes speak in languages other than English.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 10: What's your favourite summer read for a getaway/holiday/vacation?
I've got to be honest, when I go on vacation, I'm generally scheduled up to my eyeballs. I don't have any time left over for reading. So, after a bunch of trips where I came home and said, "Wow, those books were a waste of luggage space and weight allowance," I don't bring them anymore.
(Fallback answer: whatever's already in my Kindle account and hence accessible on my phone.)
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 10: What's your favourite summer read for a getaway/holiday/vacation?
I've got to be honest, when I go on vacation, I'm generally scheduled up to my eyeballs. I don't have any time left over for reading. So, after a bunch of trips where I came home and said, "Wow, those books were a waste of luggage space and weight allowance," I don't bring them anymore.
(Fallback answer: whatever's already in my Kindle account and hence accessible on my phone.)
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 11: Do you consider any of your work to be unfilmable?
Not really. I'm trying to keep it kind of filmable, actually. That may or may not be the best idea; I've pondered on it occasionally and considered that I certainly could lean into the ability of the written word to convey non-visual ideas. But it's hard for me not to try to picture everything in my mind's eye, which makes it a little more filmable.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 11: Do you consider any of your work to be unfilmable?
Not really. I'm trying to keep it kind of filmable, actually. That may or may not be the best idea; I've pondered on it occasionally and considered that I certainly could lean into the ability of the written word to convey non-visual ideas. But it's hard for me not to try to picture everything in my mind's eye, which makes it a little more filmable.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 12: Someone asks permission to use AI to write a book in your style outside your usual genre. Do you allow it?
When I first wrote my answer, back at the end of last month when the questions came out, I just said, "I don't think I would, no."
After seeing so many other people's excellent replies, though, I think I have to rewrite that to: Holy flaming fuckballs, absolutely not!
(Also, I think I've gotta stop being so kind and mild about these AI questions.)
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 12: Someone asks permission to use AI to write a book in your style outside your usual genre. Do you allow it?
When I first wrote my answer, back at the end of last month when the questions came out, I just said, "I don't think I would, no."
After seeing so many other people's excellent replies, though, I think I have to rewrite that to: Holy flaming fuckballs, absolutely not!
(Also, I think I've gotta stop being so kind and mild about these AI questions.)
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 13: Would you ever serialize your work? Have you done it?
I have no strong objection to it, and might be open to trying it. I'd want to research what other authors think about it, if there are any pitfalls or challenges I should be aware of.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 13: Would you ever serialize your work? Have you done it?
I have no strong objection to it, and might be open to trying it. I'd want to research what other authors think about it, if there are any pitfalls or challenges I should be aware of.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 14: Have you helped other writers on their journey, or is it every person for themselves?
I'm a newbie myself, so there's a limit to what I could possibly have done to help others. I have answered a few things on r/writers and r/writing, which I hope helped some people. That's about it.
I definitely don't feel that it's "everyone for themselves"; I do want to help other writers when I'm better situated to do so.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 14: Have you helped other writers on their journey, or is it every person for themselves?
I'm a newbie myself, so there's a limit to what I could possibly have done to help others. I have answered a few things on r/writers and r/writing, which I hope helped some people. That's about it.
I definitely don't feel that it's "everyone for themselves"; I do want to help other writers when I'm better situated to do so.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 15: Have you used any form of AI to help in creating your work? Do you have a red line? Where is it?
I have not, I do not plan to, and I actively plan not to. My red line is that I won't use it, and am not interested in doing so.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 15: Have you used any form of AI to help in creating your work? Do you have a red line? Where is it?
I have not, I do not plan to, and I actively plan not to. My red line is that I won't use it, and am not interested in doing so.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 16: In a maximum of 500 characters, can you write us a short story, poem, or words of wisdom?
Afternoon rain
doesn't break the heat —
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 16: In a maximum of 500 characters, can you write us a short story, poem, or words of wisdom?
Afternoon rain
doesn't break the heat —
but leaves drip.#WritersCoffeeClub Day 17: What was your motivation for choosing past or present tense?
Past tense is more standard, and there was nothing about this story that seemed like it would gain from breaking that convention. (I'm already doing enough other non-standard stuff, so I figure it's good to stick to standards and defaults where possible.)
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 17: What was your motivation for choosing past or present tense?
Past tense is more standard, and there was nothing about this story that seemed like it would gain from breaking that convention. (I'm already doing enough other non-standard stuff, so I figure it's good to stick to standards and defaults where possible.)
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 18: Coolness, humour, strict necessity. How do you balance them in your work?
By paying attention to how much of each one is present, and whether it needs to be increased or decreased. And then doing so.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 18: Coolness, humour, strict necessity. How do you balance them in your work?
By paying attention to how much of each one is present, and whether it needs to be increased or decreased. And then doing so.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 19: What are the top five things you've learned on your writing journey?
I don't feel like I've learned that much in any big, important sense. Okay, I've done research on lots of things, but that's just to get details right; I'd be hard-pressed to consider things like "Thai names are really quite diverse and each one is nearly if not completely unique" or "the SFPD's 'inspector' rank is basically obsolete" to be "top" or anything like that.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 19: What are the top five things you've learned on your writing journey?
I don't feel like I've learned that much in any big, important sense. Okay, I've done research on lots of things, but that's just to get details right; I'd be hard-pressed to consider things like "Thai names are really quite diverse and each one is nearly if not completely unique" or "the SFPD's 'inspector' rank is basically obsolete" to be "top" or anything like that.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 20: How would you react if a fan had a tattoo of one of your characters?
I would be very impressed that I'd touched someone so deeply. I'd be honored. And I would try very, very hard not to be at all bothered by the fact that their image of the character would probably not quite match my own.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 20: How would you react if a fan had a tattoo of one of your characters?
I would be very impressed that I'd touched someone so deeply. I'd be honored. And I would try very, very hard not to be at all bothered by the fact that their image of the character would probably not quite match my own.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 21: To what extent does politics play a role in your work?
A fair bit! My book is about (among various things) the way that San Francisco is at a crossroads, and about people trying to influence its future. That necessarily gets into politics.
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@EdwinG so, why did you say no?
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Tim could you post a screenshot? I’d love to see.
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@ParadeGrotesque 🤣🤣🤣
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@macfranc ecco, ricordavo che fosse "accanto" al mio. Ma era prima, non dopo. Scusa.
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Now, you have done it! I'll start posting pictures of food and tag you every time. 😄
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@dal oh, thank you! Surely a wrong cut and paste. I'll fix it tomorrow.
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@ParadeGrotesque it is. Or, better....it was 😉
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@Linkshaender grazie!
