As I write my next book about my experience of having worked 17 years in retail and the PTSD effects from it, I'm shocked to see the number of people online who describe the exact same weekly nightmare I have that I open the book with.
#WritersCoffeeClub 10/9. What are your thoughts on em dashes?
Probably third on my list, after semi-colons and ellipses, but I like them, especially in dialogue. All these things help to get closer to the really rhythms of speech. But I groan when writers use em-dashes instead of inverted commas to denote direct speech. That’s just the ‘I’m doing this differently so I must be cleverer than you’ fallacy. #writingCommunity#ThreeKindsofNorth#TheSunderingWall#writing#amwriting#mastobooks#books
📚 Pachinko, de Min Jin Lee, suit quatre générations d’une même famille coréenne au long du XXème siècle, à travers l’occupation japonaise, le ghetto à Osaka, puis dans un monde “libéré” devenu multiculturel mais où il est difficile de se situer entre origines coréennes, vie japonaise, influences et accointances américaines. D’autant que chacune de ces facettes vous assigne son lot de préjugés. Une vraie profondeur et de la subtilité 👍
On X, Bluesky, Masto, FB, I have a newsletter and a website-blog (which needs remodelling).
I sometimes offer paid services on them, it has rarely been harder to work as an author and if this offends, unfollow me please. I offer some advice and support free.
Nouvelle chronique en ligne sur mon blog ! Une petite visite via le lien en bio ou le lien plus bas ! Ça ne vous coûte que quelques secondes mais apporte de la visibilité à mon blog :)
#WordWeavers 29/1: Did you write stories when you were a kid?
Oh yes. I can’t really remember a time when I didn’t. The first thing I remember was when I was 7 or 8 and I wrote about a boy named Ajax who lived on a space station. Homage to the Kemlo stories of E C Elliott, long before I’d heard the term ‘fan-fiction’. #writingCommunity#ThreeKindsofNorth#TheSunderingWall#writing#amwriting#mastobooks#books
The first page of my "Fantasy/Attempted Comedy" story, The Last Philosopher.
I've been rewriting it again, but this first page still has some issues.
The question is would you keep reading? ☺️
#WordWeavers 28/1: On a scale of 1—10, how hot is your antagonist? Why?
I'm afraid I find this question vaguely distasteful, and I think that's because Perriad would be utterly appalled by it. She may be an antagonist, and pretty mean to Jerya, but I think to be considered as an object of sexual desire would be revolting for her. Cruel and unusual punishment. #writingCommunity#ThreeKindsofNorth#TheSunderingWall#writing#amwriting#mastobooks#books
#WordWeavers 26/1: Would you co-write a book?
I have done, in non-fiction. The 2nd edition of my Outdoor Photography book was co-authored with Chiz Dakin because her areas of expertise in the outdoors complemented my own. And my most recent guidebook, to Off-Road Cycling in the Lake District, was really a co-production with my partner, but she's too modest to want her name on the cover. #writingCommunity#ThreeKindsofNorth#TheSunderingWall#writing#amwriting#mastobooks#books