But what I'm now thinking is that I'd like to find a way to "hack" the way my brain works. As in: how can I make that "state of flow" happen? There's got to be literature on this. If you have suggestions, I'd love to hear them, but mostly I'm using this post to organize my thoughts. :)
Thanks to inspiration from an online conversation with @emmaByrneAuthor , about a couple of the wonders of Sir Terry Pratchett's #Discworld , I have now reshaped the world of my comic fantasy novels from the original boring old globe concept to something much more bizarre.
And I'm having a lot of fun with this idea!
#PennedPossibilities 764 — Do you have any SCs who later become MCs in your WIP?
Oh, of course. I'll give a few examples. It's Trick, hands down. This happens over the course of the first novel. In the second one, Dante is actually the MC while Trick and Alexios take the backseat.
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But what if your character wasn't special and didn't stand out in any way?
I have been notified that my current instance will go away in a couple of months, so I need to look at migrating to a new instance. Considering that I just wrote a 7 post thread for #WritersCoffeeClub, it should probably be one with a character limit a bit higher than 500.
I've completed the first draft of my next novel, Out Of Time. Now it needs to go to proofreading and editing.
Also, it'll need a cover.
I'd still like to find a good human book cover artist to work with.
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#ScribesAndMakers 2025.08.23 — How many pixies can fit on the end of a paintbrush? Does it matter which end?
In Photoshop, you can make a one pixie brush, but whether you spread single pixies across your drawing or not is dependent on whether your paint is fairy opaque.
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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2025.08.23 —Do you tend towards writing personal or universal cataclysms? Why?
My stories tend to focus on slice of life that for circumstances scales up as events warrant. It is somewhat dependent on character. The current WiP is tightly focused on escalations in the everyday life of a woman who is a messenger for the mob against her will. However, the main series antagonist—who has a cameo part in the WiP—is facing a universal cataclysm: the extinction of humanity; her stories scale radically downward from universal to personal.
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#WordWeavers 2025.08.22 — If money wasn’t an issue, where would you arrange a #WordWeavers writing retreat? #ScribesAndMakers 2025.08.18 — Which of these would you like best for a weekend creative retreat: lake house, mountain cabin, city apartment, or oceanside hotel? Alone or with others?
Something like this image. Me. To the minute. Trying to write, trying to be mesmerized by the story not the sea. More in the #AltText.
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The books can contain prejudice, ofc. Women, POC, queer ppl would find it unconvincing if they didn't, as far as I can tell. But if the book itself seems to *endorse* that prejudice or present it as if it's just normal, then I'm excluding that reader from experiencing my text. I'm telling them they're not welcome. I refuse to do that.
#ScribesAndMakers Aug 23: How many pixies can fit on the end of a paintbrush and does it matter what end?
As many as they want.
#WritersCoffeeClub 8/23 Do you tend toward writing personal or universal cataclysms? Why?
Both. Large-scale cataclysms affect people. Fiction is really good at looking at their reactions.
#PennedPossibilities 763 — What is your antagonist’s greatest fear? Explain.
Loss of control. She "needs" to control everyone around her, to make sure they follow orders, or else... something something horrible fear. She has a kind of anxiety disorder. That inability to let go of control means she does hideous cruel things to children. (No sexual assaults! Not that kind of book.)
If your book club is #Reading my book 'Drystone – A Life Rebuilt', I’d be glad to join you for an hour’s Q&A, online or in person (if hyperlocal). No fee, just a chance to talk about the book and your questions.
It’s always interesting to hear how 'Drystone' lands in different lives, and I’d love to be part of those conversations.
If this is something that would work for your club, drop me a message/email.
ever had just one scene which is really cool but no way to scaffold a plot around it to create even a short
