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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 14: International Moment of Laughter Day! What’s the funniest thing you’ve ever written? Read?
I haven't really been trying to write any funny moments, yet. They'll come, but they're going to be organic moments within the book, not something I'm planning ahead of time.
The funniest thing I've ever read? 🤔 I recall the first time I read the script to the "Who's on First?" routine, it had me on the floor laughing... and I hadn't even seen it performed yet!
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 15: World Art Day! What visual artist is most present in your work?
I think that'd be Jessie Nakamura. When the book starts, she's in Rincon Park on the Embarcadero, painting the Norton Bridge. She continues to do more visual art throughout the book.
She's not the only one, but definitely the most prominent in the story.
(OK, if I answer the question properly: too soon to tell, since I have so much yet to write, but probably Ruth Asawa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Asawa)
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 15: World Art Day! What visual artist is most present in your work?
I think that'd be Jessie Nakamura. When the book starts, she's in Rincon Park on the Embarcadero, painting the Norton Bridge. She continues to do more visual art throughout the book.
She's not the only one, but definitely the most prominent in the story.
(OK, if I answer the question properly: too soon to tell, since I have so much yet to write, but probably Ruth Asawa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Asawa)
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 16: How present is music in your work?
Very. Aside from the basic fact that people listen to music, and they'll go out dancing at some point, I have a fair number of uses of specific music within the plot. 1/3
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 16: How present is music in your work?
Very. Aside from the basic fact that people listen to music, and they'll go out dancing at some point, I have a fair number of uses of specific music within the plot. 1/3
One is that,when a San Francisco urban wizard is about to leave the City boundaries, they'll often sing the chorus from the song "San Francisco", except with the final lines altered to say that they will return. Then when they get back, they'll do it with a different lyric alteration. 2/3
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One is that,when a San Francisco urban wizard is about to leave the City boundaries, they'll often sing the chorus from the song "San Francisco", except with the final lines altered to say that they will return. Then when they get back, they'll do it with a different lyric alteration. 2/3
Others are various cases where specific characters quote particular songs, generally as ways of relating to each other. In each case, the particular lyrics involved help with characterization of the person or people who use them, and also relate to some of the themes of the book. (I don't want to say more here, naturally; I want to actually write the scenes and let youse experience them for yourselves!) 3/3
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Others are various cases where specific characters quote particular songs, generally as ways of relating to each other. In each case, the particular lyrics involved help with characterization of the person or people who use them, and also relate to some of the themes of the book. (I don't want to say more here, naturally; I want to actually write the scenes and let youse experience them for yourselves!) 3/3
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 17: Do your real-world tastes show up in your writing?
Yes, definitely. One big way is that I've given two of my villains my own taste in fine dining. If Adrian Hardesty or Travis Winter goes to a restaurant, you can take that as my personal recommendation and seal of approval.
Also, Angel Castillo's tastes in cocktails are mostly mine, with some influence from my partner (who has even better taste in cocktails than I do).
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 17: Do your real-world tastes show up in your writing?
Yes, definitely. One big way is that I've given two of my villains my own taste in fine dining. If Adrian Hardesty or Travis Winter goes to a restaurant, you can take that as my personal recommendation and seal of approval.
Also, Angel Castillo's tastes in cocktails are mostly mine, with some influence from my partner (who has even better taste in cocktails than I do).
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 18: Do you write under a pen name? Multiple? How did you choose?
Nope, I'm writing under my own name. The only debate I still have is whether to include my middle initial (D) or not.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 18: Do you write under a pen name? Multiple? How did you choose?
Nope, I'm writing under my own name. The only debate I still have is whether to include my middle initial (D) or not.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 19: How do you feel about using real people as look-alikes for your characters?
I'm really trying not to; if I know anything about the person, it gets in the way of my "image" of the character — by which I mean my understanding of *what they're like and who they are* (my "internal image"?); I wind up just using the real person (or my limited understanding of them). 1/2
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 19: How do you feel about using real people as look-alikes for your characters?
I'm really trying not to; if I know anything about the person, it gets in the way of my "image" of the character — by which I mean my understanding of *what they're like and who they are* (my "internal image"?); I wind up just using the real person (or my limited understanding of them). 1/2
This is actually giving me some real trouble right now with one character; I somehow wound up picturing him in my mind as a guy I used to know, and it's making it hard to write him fluidly as *himself*. I'm seriously considering commissioning an artist to do an illustration of him just to give me a fresh mental image. 2/2
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This is actually giving me some real trouble right now with one character; I somehow wound up picturing him in my mind as a guy I used to know, and it's making it hard to write him fluidly as *himself*. I'm seriously considering commissioning an artist to do an illustration of him just to give me a fresh mental image. 2/2
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 20: What rôle does religion play in your writing?
Wait, in *my writing* rather than, say, "my characters' lives"? Because, I mean, it plays a definite role in at least some characters' lives (Carlos is a devout Catholic; Angel was raised Catholic and rejects it *hard*; David is a semi-observant Jew; etc.), but that's not quite what the words in the question mean. 1/2
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 20: What rôle does religion play in your writing?
Wait, in *my writing* rather than, say, "my characters' lives"? Because, I mean, it plays a definite role in at least some characters' lives (Carlos is a devout Catholic; Angel was raised Catholic and rejects it *hard*; David is a semi-observant Jew; etc.), but that's not quite what the words in the question mean. 1/2
I'm hard put to identify the role it plays in *my writing*, except insofar as many of the same values that led me to Paganism are also present in my writing style. (One quick example: I'm a polytheist because I love multiple points of view and value many things in different ways; you can see how this goes along with my multi-POV, ensemble story.) 2/2
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I'm hard put to identify the role it plays in *my writing*, except insofar as many of the same values that led me to Paganism are also present in my writing style. (One quick example: I'm a polytheist because I love multiple points of view and value many things in different ways; you can see how this goes along with my multi-POV, ensemble story.) 2/2
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 21: In honor of @john, who doesn’t really like coffee: what “established” writerly traits don’t really apply to you?
I'm not into kvetching and whining about how hard writing is? 🤷🏻
Edit: John's own post, https://mastodonapp.uk/@johnhowesauthor/114374951883315601, has a few other great ones that also apply to me, incl.: no writer's block; use adverbs; no pets (though I don't consider cats evil); no office; don't use Scrivener. Nice!
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 21: In honor of @john, who doesn’t really like coffee: what “established” writerly traits don’t really apply to you?
I'm not into kvetching and whining about how hard writing is? 🤷🏻
Edit: John's own post, https://mastodonapp.uk/@johnhowesauthor/114374951883315601, has a few other great ones that also apply to me, incl.: no writer's block; use adverbs; no pets (though I don't consider cats evil); no office; don't use Scrivener. Nice!
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 22: Earth Day! Who’s your most traveled character? Your least traveled?
Most traveled is probably Travis Winter. As the CEO of a multi-billion-dollar investment firm, he often has to fly off to other cities for business, conferences, and so on. (He's not very happy about that; leaving San Francisco doesn't feel that great for a City shaman.) 1/2
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 22: Earth Day! Who’s your most traveled character? Your least traveled?
Most traveled is probably Travis Winter. As the CEO of a multi-billion-dollar investment firm, he often has to fly off to other cities for business, conferences, and so on. (He's not very happy about that; leaving San Francisco doesn't feel that great for a City shaman.) 1/2
Least traveled is a toss-up between Kevin Wingard, Angel Castillo, and Deonte King on the one hand, and Van Martinez on the other. All 4 are born and raised in San Francisco; the first 3 attended UC Berkeley and then came back, while Van attended USF within the City, but nowadays she travels down the Peninsula to Mountain View for martial arts training once a week.
Which counts more, living across the Bay for a few years, or traveling a similar distance, routinely, now? 2/2
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Least traveled is a toss-up between Kevin Wingard, Angel Castillo, and Deonte King on the one hand, and Van Martinez on the other. All 4 are born and raised in San Francisco; the first 3 attended UC Berkeley and then came back, while Van attended USF within the City, but nowadays she travels down the Peninsula to Mountain View for martial arts training once a week.
Which counts more, living across the Bay for a few years, or traveling a similar distance, routinely, now? 2/2
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 24: How comfortable are you with ambiguity as a reader? As a writer?
As a reader, I appreciate when it's used deliberately as a technique for "having it both (or more than two) ways". Very cool.
As a writer, I want people to understand what I'm saying.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 24: How comfortable are you with ambiguity as a reader? As a writer?
As a reader, I appreciate when it's used deliberately as a technique for "having it both (or more than two) ways". Very cool.
As a writer, I want people to understand what I'm saying.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 26: What kinds of conflict do you find the most compelling?
Ones where both (or all) sides have a point, but they each think their own point is stronger. Ones where the various sides have given at least _some_ thought to doing what (one of) their opponent(s) is/are doing, but ultimately rejected it...
...and they're still not 100% sure they made the right choice.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 26: What kinds of conflict do you find the most compelling?
Ones where both (or all) sides have a point, but they each think their own point is stronger. Ones where the various sides have given at least _some_ thought to doing what (one of) their opponent(s) is/are doing, but ultimately rejected it...
...and they're still not 100% sure they made the right choice.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 27: What does a session of writing look like for you?
I sit myself down in my comfy chair with a drink at my side, or else I'm out in some bar or something, and then I write a lot on my ever-present laptop. Sometimes I get up and pace around while muttering to myself. 1/2
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 27: What does a session of writing look like for you?
I sit myself down in my comfy chair with a drink at my side, or else I'm out in some bar or something, and then I write a lot on my ever-present laptop. Sometimes I get up and pace around while muttering to myself. 1/2
That part usually works better at bars than at home, as barstools are way easier to get up off of than my comfy chair. People do give me the occasional glance, but I live in New York City, so, seeing that I'm obviously not hostile or causing a problem, they just shrug and go back to whatever they were doing. 2/2
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That part usually works better at bars than at home, as barstools are way easier to get up off of than my comfy chair. People do give me the occasional glance, but I live in New York City, so, seeing that I'm obviously not hostile or causing a problem, they just shrug and go back to whatever they were doing. 2/2
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 28: International Workers’ Memorial Day! How important is class or caste in your writing?
Pretty important, although more as a backdrop or underpinning than something explicitly examined in the text. But my solidarity is very definitely with workers — while my heroes range from "child of poor, working-class immigrants" up to comfortable middle-class, two of my villains are full-on billionaires (one the child of hereditary wealth) and 2 more are upper-middle.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 28: International Workers’ Memorial Day! How important is class or caste in your writing?
Pretty important, although more as a backdrop or underpinning than something explicitly examined in the text. But my solidarity is very definitely with workers — while my heroes range from "child of poor, working-class immigrants" up to comfortable middle-class, two of my villains are full-on billionaires (one the child of hereditary wealth) and 2 more are upper-middle.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 29: Have you ever written anything that didn’t age well?
None of my writing has had the chance to age yet.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 29: Have you ever written anything that didn’t age well?
None of my writing has had the chance to age yet.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 30: International Jazz Day! Do you participate in ‘writing jams’ with other writers?
I haven't yet. I'm not sure what's involved, so I can't even say if "I might in the future" or "no, that's not for me", but I suspect maybe the latter.
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@Linkshaender grazie!
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@kkarhan no, from a local pizzeria
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@82mhz oh, it didn't 🤣
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@Bastacosi il termine antisemitismo si è affermato storicamente come sinonimo di antiebraismo, anche perché in Europa i soli semiti erano gli ebrei quando ancora l'immigrazione da parte degli altri semiti non c'era.
Ma ciò dimostra a maggior ragione che i palestinesi sono i veri discendenti degli abitanti originari di quei territori, che si convertirono prima al cristianesimo e poi all'Islam. E forse l'odio degli ebrei nei loro confronti si spiega in parte col fatto che li considerano rinnegati?
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@filippodb @prealpinux @spettacoli E io che ancora pascolo tra i torrenti...
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Ne sono consapevole, anche perché purtroppo ci lavoro (accolgo volentieri suggerimenti su come cambiare lavoro in direzioni più etiche).
Tendo però a concentrarmi, stoicamente, su quello che certamente posso fare (nel mio piccolo, come spesso argomentato in questo thread) e il costo è stato unicamente dovermi cancellare da due app di dating (e anche solo il fatto che un'app di dating usi un tracker mi fa schifo) e da una per la palestra.
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It is soooo satisfying to continue ditching/purging enshittified Microsoft, Adobe, etc. products for high quality open-source software without missing a beat. Things like LibreOffice, Gimp, OmniTools, etc.
And to be clear, I’m a LaTeX person. I’ve never seriously used that weird thing called Word.
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@marcoboh si dichiarano semiti ma semiti sono anche gli arabi, quindi il termine antisemitismo, nell'accezione che gli danno non ha senso.
Sarebbe più corretto parlare non di popolo ma di comunità, Israele era una tribù.
Trovo anche agghiacciante che la comunità ebraica di Roma protesti per la decisione del Comune di far sventolare la bandiera della Palestina sul Campidoglio.
Da vittime a peggiori carnefici è stato un attimo
