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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 19: Do some stories resonate as a call to action, like “do something like this, but in a different way” or “adapt this for the screen”?
I haven't had that happen yet, no. Not going to rule it out, but it seems unlikely.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 20: How commercially minded are you? Would you object to selling a hundred thousand books?
No, I would not object at all! 🤣 I'd be delighted! (Also, very surprised.)
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 20: How commercially minded are you? Would you object to selling a hundred thousand books?
No, I would not object at all! 🤣 I'd be delighted! (Also, very surprised.)
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 21: Did you grow up with creative people? Artistic, crafts, writing etc?
My mother was, and still is, a painter and photographer. I remember her painting still lifes and things when I was in grade school. Now she has a serious, professional art career and some of her stuff hangs in galleries and gets bought.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 21: Did you grow up with creative people? Artistic, crafts, writing etc?
My mother was, and still is, a painter and photographer. I remember her painting still lifes and things when I was in grade school. Now she has a serious, professional art career and some of her stuff hangs in galleries and gets bought.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 22: Is there a book you wish you’d written?
The one I'm working on. And the ones I have ideas for.
I don't want to write anyone else's books. I want to write *my* books.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 22: Is there a book you wish you’d written?
The one I'm working on. And the ones I have ideas for.
I don't want to write anyone else's books. I want to write *my* books.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 23: What is your favourite mistake encountered when editing?
I guess "the kind that's easy to fix"? Simple typos or the occasional dropped word.
I mean, I guess. 🤷🏻 I haven't done a whole lot of editing yet (though it's more than zero! A couple of vignettes, totaling just shy of 10,000 words, are at second-draft stage!), so maybe as I do more, I'll find more types of mistakes that I like better.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 23: What is your favourite mistake encountered when editing?
I guess "the kind that's easy to fix"? Simple typos or the occasional dropped word.
I mean, I guess. 🤷🏻 I haven't done a whole lot of editing yet (though it's more than zero! A couple of vignettes, totaling just shy of 10,000 words, are at second-draft stage!), so maybe as I do more, I'll find more types of mistakes that I like better.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 24: Do you avoid specific genres or styles?
I have no interest in Westerns or Christian works, and I don't care whether the question meant this as a writer or a reader.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 24: Do you avoid specific genres or styles?
I have no interest in Westerns or Christian works, and I don't care whether the question meant this as a writer or a reader.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 25: Do you read outside your era, country or language?
I read a lot of science fiction, much of which is set in the future. Is that "outside [my] era?" Or my country, especially if it's set among the stars?
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 25: Do you read outside your era, country or language?
I read a lot of science fiction, much of which is set in the future. Is that "outside [my] era?" Or my country, especially if it's set among the stars?
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 26: Did your childhood affect the way you write / what you write?
If it did, I can't see how. I suspect probably that means it didn't.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 26: Did your childhood affect the way you write / what you write?
If it did, I can't see how. I suspect probably that means it didn't.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 27: Post an image which reflects the tone of your WIP.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 27: Post an image which reflects the tone of your WIP.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 28: Has a Writer’s Club prompt / prompt response affected how you write or inspired you?
Absolutely. More than one. I can't recall the specific ones right now, but I know there have been a bunch that got me thinking about things, and even helped me resolve problems or flesh out characters in ways that I know will make it onto the page and into the book.
And for that, big thank-yous to @johnhowesauthor for starting this and running it for so long! We'll miss you, John!
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 28: Has a Writer’s Club prompt / prompt response affected how you write or inspired you?
Absolutely. More than one. I can't recall the specific ones right now, but I know there have been a bunch that got me thinking about things, and even helped me resolve problems or flesh out characters in ways that I know will make it onto the page and into the book.
And for that, big thank-yous to @johnhowesauthor for starting this and running it for so long! We'll miss you, John!
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 1: How did your WIP’s premise take shape?
It was a long, gradual process. It started with me loving cities, and how magical and alive they are. And then I started thinking about what it would be like of people could hear the City's voice.
And then I had to start coming up with those people, and the things they wanted, and the ways they might have different ideas about what the City's future should be.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 1: How did your WIP’s premise take shape?
It was a long, gradual process. It started with me loving cities, and how magical and alive they are. And then I started thinking about what it would be like of people could hear the City's voice.
And then I had to start coming up with those people, and the things they wanted, and the ways they might have different ideas about what the City's future should be.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 2: How accurately does the first line represent your style and voice?
I haven't actually written the first line yet. But I do know what the first phrase, at least, will be. I'm going to try to make it a good introduction to the novel and the world it portrays.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 2: How accurately does the first line represent your style and voice?
I haven't actually written the first line yet. But I do know what the first phrase, at least, will be. I'm going to try to make it a good introduction to the novel and the world it portrays.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 3: How can your current writing routine be improved?
If I knew that, I'd already have done it.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 3: How can your current writing routine be improved?
If I knew that, I'd already have done it.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 4: Do your projects start with a sense of new life or new beginnings?
Don't all projects? Isn't it pretty standard that when someone starts something new — practically anything — they have a sense of new life and new beginnings about it?
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 4: Do your projects start with a sense of new life or new beginnings?
Don't all projects? Isn't it pretty standard that when someone starts something new — practically anything — they have a sense of new life and new beginnings about it?
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 5: What writing-related tools or resources have you found most effective?
Honestly, I've gotta go with the one I wrote for myself, that graphs my progress. I initially only wanted it so I could see how I'm doing, but putting a 7-day exponential moving average track on it as well turns out to have been the most motivating thing I've done so far. 1/2
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 5: What writing-related tools or resources have you found most effective?
Honestly, I've gotta go with the one I wrote for myself, that graphs my progress. I initially only wanted it so I could see how I'm doing, but putting a 7-day exponential moving average track on it as well turns out to have been the most motivating thing I've done so far. 1/2
A single day of zero progress just looks like the graph bops down and touches the x-axis, but the exponential moving average line winds up with a 7-day-long gap in it, and *that's* really noticeable. And really annoying.
Wanting to avoid that gap has gotten me writing way more than I'd like to admit. It's been effective as all hell. 2/2
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A single day of zero progress just looks like the graph bops down and touches the x-axis, but the exponential moving average line winds up with a 7-day-long gap in it, and *that's* really noticeable. And really annoying.
Wanting to avoid that gap has gotten me writing way more than I'd like to admit. It's been effective as all hell. 2/2
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 6: How do you feel you can further develop as a writer?
By doing a ton more writing.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 6: How do you feel you can further develop as a writer?
By doing a ton more writing.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 7: What’s the first thing you do when you sit down with a new project?
I've only had this one project so far, so I can't really say I have a routine or a standard for how I start them. And this one didn't really have a solid "start" that I can point to; it's more like it just crept up on me.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 7: What’s the first thing you do when you sit down with a new project?
I've only had this one project so far, so I can't really say I have a routine or a standard for how I start them. And this one didn't really have a solid "start" that I can point to; it's more like it just crept up on me.
But something my partner said recently comes to mind. We were talking about mass vs. niche appeal, and about writing to satisfy one's own desires and those of the few people who will "get" what you're doing, as opposed to deliberately making your work extremely accessible at the cost of diluting it. 2/4
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But something my partner said recently comes to mind. We were talking about mass vs. niche appeal, and about writing to satisfy one's own desires and those of the few people who will "get" what you're doing, as opposed to deliberately making your work extremely accessible at the cost of diluting it. 2/4
And my partner said, "So you'd rather be Rosemary Kirstein than Dan Brown." And that put their finger on it precisely. Would I like the *level* (albeit not the *type*) of fame, and the amount of money, that Dan Brown has? Sure! But would I sacrifice my work for it? Hell, no! Given that, I'd MUCH rather have the kind of situation and audience that Kirstein does. 3/4
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And my partner said, "So you'd rather be Rosemary Kirstein than Dan Brown." And that put their finger on it precisely. Would I like the *level* (albeit not the *type*) of fame, and the amount of money, that Dan Brown has? Sure! But would I sacrifice my work for it? Hell, no! Given that, I'd MUCH rather have the kind of situation and audience that Kirstein does. 3/4
That said, if you like SFF? Seriously, check out her _Steerswoman_ series! It's unlike anything else I've ever read. I can only hope she'll finish the final 2 books really soon. Try not to learn too much about it before you start; there's a big secret that, when you discover it yourself, is a major part of the fun. https://www.rosemarykirstein.com/ 4/4
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