#writerscoffeeclub 02/05/2024 Have you had an idea part way through a project that requires extensive rewriting of what you've already done?
Erie was initially a spy in disguise at the Chamberlain service, with serious witchy and warrior skills. I rewrote her for R. Leblanc contest in 2023, making her far less badass. She is now just a young leonine, without much trump cards in her hands, trying to get out of her condition.
#writerscoffeeclub 04/05/2024 What's the worst thing about being a writer artist?
According to Les Etats généraux de la bande dessinée (General States of the Comics), 33% of the comics artists were living below poverty level in France in 2017. Things didn’t change for the best since
#writerscoffeeclub 05/05/2024 Is there a certain kind of story or arc that is easier for you to write as a short story than others?
Until now, and with the exception of the initial story, all Inktober have been prequels about the youth of a character:
⁃ 2020: Youth of the Chamberlain
⁃ 2022: Youth of Erie
⁃ 2023: Youth of Esther
#writerscoffeeclub 08/05/2024 When writing technical or scientific detail, how much is plausible versus imagined?
That’s why I don’t do Hard Sci-fi, I don’t want someone who comes to explain me that this very small detail that appears only in one panel is not accurate.
#writerscoffeeclub 09/05/2024 What's the minimum time you can work on your writing? Do you need a long, clear period?
Luckily no, because I never have such periods. I mostly work by microperiods (but thanks to the two days off, I have 2 long periods of… one hour for starting working on the chapter 2)
#writerscoffeeclub 13/05/2024 When does AI cross the line between helpful tool and problematic tech for writing and publishing?
AIs using LLM raises several problems :
⁃ legal: it steals illegally content for training
⁃ environmental: it requires looooooots of energy
⁃ social: it relies on cheap mass labour
[Illustration: some tests with Esther, done with Dream up — Deviantart AI — from the most recent to the oldest]
@sfwrtr Once I attended a conf by Denis Bajram (a quiet famous French comics artist) who said that he was writer, dialogue writer, storyboarder, costume designer, decorator, lighting designer, FX manager, stuntman, all jobs that are handled by different people in a movie but in comics, you have to do all by yourself (for the minimum wage 🙃)
#writerscoffeeclub 15/05/2024 Have you ever attended a writer artist's fair / festival to promote your work? Would you?
Yes I already did 2 festivals for my artbook in late 2023/early 2024, and I am about to do another one this weekend to promote the release of the 1st chapter of Esther and Erie https://mamot.fr/@nautilebleu/112426746713216290
Having sexy heroines and villainess, I was thinking most of my readers would be (middle-aged) men. It appears that my audience seems to be mostly women 🤗 What did I expect?
#writerscoffeeclub 17/05/2024 Other than writing drawing, what's your go-to creative outlet
I voluntarily concentrate only on one artistic expression. I believe that in order to reach the quality I want, I must dedicate all my time and energy on becoming a better comic artist.
#writerscoffeeclub 19/05/2024 Do you agree with Hillary Mantell, who said the best qualities for writing are self-confidence and arrogance?
An aspiring artist certainly needs a good dose of self-confidence and arrogance to go through the publishing industry and the critics. That’s one of the reasons I give up doing comics two decades ago. My personal life journey helped me to be stronger and more confident, and that’s why I restarted.
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