#WordWeavers 2406.04 — Antagonist POV: Is it easy for you to apologize? Can you apologize to someone right now?
If I made a mistake or bumped into somebody? Of course. Many people recognize me, or take a look at me, and something between awe and stupidity sets in. I account for that. I've survived the fall of civilizations; I can be charming. What I won't apologize is for doing things I must do, whether it simply upsets you or ends up killing people you knew, and all the permutations in between. My role in this miserable life that never ends is ensuring humanity survives. Nobody apologizes to me for saddling me with that responsibility. You know what really ticks me off? Questions like this one. Sorry!
#PhantastikPrompts 4.6. Beschreibe ein Vorurteil (fiktiv oder nicht), das innerhalb deiner Geschichte herausgefordert wird & wie das geschieht.
Ashleys Nachbarin ist eine alte Dame, die etwas wirr und konfus erscheint. Es ist ja nichts besonderes, dass Leute im Alter ein bisschen seltsam werden.
Aber Missy ist schlau und weiß genau, was sie tut - und sie gibt Connor den entscheidenden Hinweis, wie er Ashley retten kann.
"Artists are people who are not at all interested in the facts—only in the truth. You get the facts from outside. The truth you get from inside." –Ursula K. Le Guin
Given that I'm not having as much success with WARSONG on Kindle Vella as I'd like, I'm returning to THE SCARLET JANE FILES. Proofed the third story tonight for (eventual) anticipation of sending it to my second set of eyes, and (re)started story #4.
#WordWeavers 5.4 — Antagonist POV: is it easy for you to apologize? Can you apologize to someone right now?
Sam Beechcroft: "Apologize? Whatever for? If anyone needs to apologize, it's my daughter and her despicable lover.
"They ran away, they set up a kidnapping with a ransom demand, they tried to undermine all my plans. They got everything coming to them - and it will be my pleasure to make their lives miserable."
They used to scare me. Most of my books do the fade-to-black thing.
And then I got adventurous (after reading a lot of Romance) and wrote an SF series with a LOT of bed scenes. Explicit ones. Yes, it was a challenge. And yes, since I had a male MC, I asked a friend to check those scenes. cue blushing
Because I have friends who will not read spicy, those books are published under Joanna Steenen.
#WordWeavers 2406.03 — Who is your most creative character?
In the sense of one of my creations being uniquely different? I have one who character who interacts with the spirits of a few people and aliens who have died over the course of the two SF novels, but in the end it's difficult to decide whether the spirits were "real" or if the shaman is simply insane. In another set of novels, the main POV is able to rewrite reality (but not history) by application of will, but doesn't really understand the process or the implications. It takes a couple of books for her to fully understand she's being used, then she has to fix what she's been tricked into doing.
In the sense of the character being a creative? Being creative isn't often important in my stories, but my characters have things they do beyond what is necessary for the stories. Almost all my characters cook, and at least one of them cooks for a party that proves pivotal to the story (the shaman above). Caramelo in Inklings is a "spirit" photographer. It's important for the story as the MC wants to get him a job because she finds his work amazing. His artistry allows me to add a visual component to how the magic flows in the story.
I include CWs if the publisher or host requires them (Mastodon does) keeping to the spirit of the requirement. Beyond that, I refuse to impose my opinions on the matter upon any author, other than to point out that you dismiss this topic, and its implications for finding and retaining an audience for you work, at your own personal risk.
#PennedPossibilities 335 — Do you use metaphors in your writing? What are some examples?
Yes. But it took a question like this to think to quantify it: A lot less than I thought. Going through three different stories (recent works), I found that I rely on simple description and simile most of the time. After 10 minutes, I couldn't find anything suitably florid or particularly interesting to relate.
The Dribble Drabble Review published my drabble “Past the Windows” (p. 48). Download the issue at this link or view it online. They always do such a beautiful job in this publication! It’s full of bite-size stories from around the world: https://shorturl.at/aJilD