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#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
#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
#WordWeavers 25/1: What's the least likely relationship between characters in your WIP?
Obviously if Jerya and Perriad suddenly fell on each other declaring undying love, but that’s never going to happen…
There’s one in Book 4 that might qualify, between a girl from a gentry background and a slave, but that isn’t out till August and details are still subject to change. #writingCommunity#ThreeKindsofNorth#TheSunderingWall#writing#amwriting#mastobooks#books #MerryChristmas
#WritersCoffeeClub 25/1. Writing outside your gender/sexuality/race etc?
I do this a lot, especially in terms of writing female characters. I started #ThreeKindsofNorth intending that Jerya and Rodal would be equally prominent, but she claimed more of the limelight, and she’s the backbone character of the whole series. It’s her doing, not mine.
Some time soon I aim to do a Substack post going into this in more depth. #writingCommunity#TheSunderingWall#writing#amwriting#mastobooks#books
#WordWeavers 23/1: If your book was a movie, what would it be rated and why?
It would depend how the director handled the sex scenes. It isn't possible to leave them out entirely—but there's really only one that matters (F/F) in #ThreeKindsofNorth. No need to be too explicit. I guess it would be PG on the UK rating system but I wish it could be U. #writingCommunity#TheSunderingWall#writing#amwriting#mastobooks#books
#WritersCoffeeClub 22/1. Have you ever used storyboarding?
Not in fiction, and I have no intention of using any other plotting or outlining tools either.
I've done all sorts of planning for non-fiction books, some mapped out page by page, which is pretty much like storyboarding. I can’t do it in fiction and no longer have any inclination even to try. #writingCommunity#ThreeKindsofNorth#TheSunderingWall#writing#amwriting#mastobooks#books
📚 Belle affluence pour l’intervention de Pierre François #Souyri chez Atout Livre (#paris 12e) sur l’histoire du #Japon. Très plaisant et intéressant à écouter. On le sent encore passionné après plusieurs décennies consacrées au sujet. Assez tenté par son #livre « Des chasseurs-cueilleurs à Heian ». #mastolivre#vendredilecture#mastobooks#lecture#histoire
#WordWeavers 19/1: If your SC were a parent, would they be a good one? Why/why not?
You know this is a major plot point in Book 2, don't you? To find out how Railu's relationship with her son develops, check out Book 3, 'Vows and Watersheds', coming on the 8th of next month. And there's more in Book 4, to follow six months later. #writingCommunity#TheSunderingWall#writing#amwriting#mastobooks#books
#WritersCoffeeClub 18/1. On BookTok?
No. I’m suspicious of the security and other concerns. I left Twitter after Musk took over and don’t want to stumble into another toxic space. Besides, I really have no idea how I’d use the medium to promote my books. My experience of video tells me it takes a disproportionately long time to produce anything decent. Time I need for writing and the rest of my life. #writingCommunity#ThreeKindsofNorth#TheSunderingWall#writing#amwriting#mastobooks#books