#WritersCoffeeClub (Sep) 1: Intro: Shameless Self Promotion.
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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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#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.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 1: International Workers Day. Which writer’s work blazed the trail for what you write today?
Emma Bull's and Teri Windling's. They were very much the progenitors of urban fantasy as the modern genre we know now. (There had been other, earlier things that qualified retroactively, but they're the ones I credit with really turning it into a recognizable genre, rather than just a thing that occasionally happened.)
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 1: International Workers Day. Which writer’s work blazed the trail for what you write today?
Emma Bull's and Teri Windling's. They were very much the progenitors of urban fantasy as the modern genre we know now. (There had been other, earlier things that qualified retroactively, but they're the ones I credit with really turning it into a recognizable genre, rather than just a thing that occasionally happened.)
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 2: How much research does your setting require?
Tons. It's a recognizable, current-day, real-world setting, and millions of people either live there now, or have done so in their lives and have good memories of it. I'm going for a high level of detail and accuracy, and if I mess things up, I'm pretty sure it will get noticed. Even teensy things like if someone tells a story about going to Restaurant X in 2006, but the place actually didn't open until 2007.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 2: How much research does your setting require?
Tons. It's a recognizable, current-day, real-world setting, and millions of people either live there now, or have done so in their lives and have good memories of it. I'm going for a high level of detail and accuracy, and if I mess things up, I'm pretty sure it will get noticed. Even teensy things like if someone tells a story about going to Restaurant X in 2006, but the place actually didn't open until 2007.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 3: World Press Freedom Day. How has journalism influenced your writing?
My fantasy writing? Not much, to be honest. I'm not trying to give an accurate account of actual events, I'm sure as hell not going to use inverted pyramid format in a novel, and I'm also not concerned with telling "both sides" of this story.
Journalism has its place. "In a novel" is not it.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Day 3: World Press Freedom Day. How has journalism influenced your writing?
My fantasy writing? Not much, to be honest. I'm not trying to give an accurate account of actual events, I'm sure as hell not going to use inverted pyramid format in a novel, and I'm also not concerned with telling "both sides" of this story.
Journalism has its place. "In a novel" is not it.
#WritersCoffeeClub Day 5: Have you ever worked through a bad experience by writing fiction?
No, and I doubt I will.
Gli ultimi otto messaggi ricevuti dalla Federazione
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#Meloni, i ministri del suo governo, gli AD di Leonardo e altre aziende italiane produttrici di #armamenti vedono le immagini dei circa 20mila bambini massacrati da #Israele a #Gaza, come le vediamo tutti.
#Meloni ha una bambina piccola: come dorme la notte?
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Bella intervista al sindaco di #Budapest
Dessimo una mano a questi, invece di fare sparate populiste.
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"Il governo italiano è complice del #genocidio di Israele. [..] l’Italia è ancora coinvolta nelle esportazioni militari", ci ha detto #OmarBarghouti,co-fondatore del #BDS in tour in Italia per @BDSItalia
Il governo #Meloni intende rispondere?
https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/09/19/barghouti-bds-israele-palestina-oggi/8132727/
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@gmarcosanti anch'io lo uso raramente, e quando lo uso, spesso lo uso sotto sforzo e il 3000 si fermava facilmente
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@ulisse62 il vecchio Partito Radicale ha un certo punto ha sostituito l'attivismo degli attivisti con la leadership carismatica e il personale retribuito. Non è stato sicuramente un bel modello ma lo ha fatto Perché gli attivisti Nei banchetti litigavano più che fare propaganda punto. Per il resto sono totalmente d'accordo con la tua analisi dei dirigenti di sinistra
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Manco hanno cominciato...
"Piacere, piacere. Ddoi ore pi i spartere"https://andream94.wordpress.com/2025/09/19/gran-bretagna-problemi-nel-nuovo-partito/
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Queste sono le iniziative che mi piacciono. #controlaviolenzasulledonne
