With this toot the thread of Word Weavers ends, well at least for January 2024.
If you would like to follow my other answers, you can find the collection for wordweavers, pennedpossibilities and the German phantastikprompts here.
The new links to the new answers will je added to this thread too.
1 year ago, at the urging of an online friend and with a great deal of assistance, I joined Mastodon. It has been a journey of discovery, and plenty more, where I've met a great number of diverse authors and learned /so much/ about the craft and the experience of writing that my mind wants to explode. Along the way, I've met numerous artists—who I'm following as perspective cover artists, as well as for genuine inspiration—photographers, pundits, and other creatives. Every day has been fun. I've enjoyed answering your questions from my experience as a writer. As a shy introvert, who's somewhat #autistic, you've gifted me the opportunity to experience community very unlike my experience as an author, pre-Internet. I might not have burnt out and had to rediscover writing had I had you'all around.
So...
Thank you! ❤️
And to the 499 followers I've garnered, here's a special warm thanks: 💫 I don't award a gold star to just anyone! I hope I've entertained and inspired you along the way.
Any one want to be my 500th follower?
EDIT: @gryphonEschmidt got the honor, but you can still follow. 750 is the next target. 😇
#PennedPossibilites 121 — Who is your favorite character to write, and why is that person your favorite?
The Priest of Therdarjia, Azdermilane.
Azdermilane can be incredibly entertaining doing things nobody would expect boldly. One time the dear Priest willy nilly wandered on a battlefield performing peculiar tricks that distracted the fighting soldiers.
They tried to hurt him, but due to his nature, every attack failed to make contact. He stopped the battle with his well-meaning antics...
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Here you will find some of my writing stuff.
Note I'm not a professional writer, I barely finished any fanfiction & most of the time I creating backstorys for my NPCs & PCs in TTRPGs or Console/Computer RPGs.
That said I also love world building & working on a SciFi world & a SciFi Parody world for around ten years by know. Still i don't have any idea what storys to tell.
#PennedPossibilities 18 MC POV: Tell us about a time you had to let go of something you loved or wanted.
Kira: "Dad & mum as they died, my dad as he died. I lost contact to my mum. Tanja as she went away. Anika as she went M.I.A. No I don't think she is dead.
It feels different more like with mum not with the others. I know it in my guts."
A.S.H.L.E.I.: "Commander the facts paint another picture & your guts aren't scientificly proven. I am sorry."
*Somwhar are a species that has a strong resemblance to Terran Cats despite being bipedal Humanoids. Basically the main reason for joining the Alliance & the Union was because of Terran Cats. So their Scientists could study them free & easily. According to them Cats are a curious case of Alien Convergent Evolution.
Kira's Partner was a male soldier she encountered but after 6 months they broke on friendly terms. They have occasionally contacts. #pennedpossibilites 183 Extra #Worldbuilding
Just discovered #PennedPossibilities so starting at 5
What is something your MC deserves but doesn't currently have?
This puts me in mind of the greatest aphorism of all time, "you can't always get what you want."
What Cathy wanted was John. Or Richard. Possibly both. At her epiphany, she saw that she deserved neither. By giving up John's love, she gained his friendship and that of his new partner.
In the words of Jagger: "But if you try sometime, you'll find you get what you need."
#pennedpossibilites 31 — Is the world in which your WIP takes place worse or better than when your MC's were children?
Each book has a dual timeline. The series multiple, joined by reincarnation. As Eimear explains, "the world is the sum of its parts, and we are the parts. If we can not be better than last time, then what hope is there for the planet?"
"There are periods when things get worse."
"Sometimes they have to, to get better."
#pennedpossibilites 34 MC POV: What is one phrase that you would really like to hear right now?
I am watching Richard cry. I thought he was dead. I even went to his funeral. Now he's back asking for a DNA test to prove Peter is his son. He says he has changed and wants to try again, be a father to Peter.
What I really want is for him to flip, call me a stupid gullible bitch, knock me about a bit and try to rape me. Then I'll use the self-defence I have been learning and get rid of him for good.
Cathy likes her tea strong. She carries a Yorkshire teabag loose in her pocket, especially when visiting Eimear. The old lady drinks herb tea. As far as Cathy can tell, this is a cup of hot water that may, or may not have been introduced to a stray leaf or twig from her garden. Cathy slips her teabag in the cup Eimear gives her, then spends the rest of their meeting picking out bits of fluff. #TheWomanWhoFoundHerself