Anyone who follows my timeline knows I'm deep into underground Japanese Idols. Neck deep or deeper. Shows, livestreams, Cheki (small polaroid-type photos), bromides (larger photos), autographs, you name it.
I also do rough camping and hunt ghosts. I know some folks think I'm batty but I've had a couple of encounters with them.
So, I'm traveling a lot over Pentecost and will have time on the train. I can't quite decide which project to tackle first.
Whadda you think?
Final check of the translation of #OdysseyToThePromisedLand so that it gets done?
Start translating #TheMindOnFire?
Edit #TimeCurves in which those books will feature?
Or screw it and just read the books of the author I rediscovered on Patreon yesterday?
People like me, I guess. Because I always write for myself first.
So, people that love to read, don't like too much blood and gore, like some romance and don't mind sex, enjoy a happy ending or something akin, like strong female characters, don't like the alpha male crap or anything akin, like fantasy and history, don't mind people not being hetero, and enjoy if not the strongest and broodiest of 'em all gets the girl.
Was going to say my chronically ill often bedbound often in need of cheering up self and the one person who did more than open a tab when I sent the link, but I've just realised that my characters have become my 'target audience'.
In some ways, that's just saying myself and maybe I'm fooling myself but it feels like more than that.
Maybe it's about my values, how they're expressed through these characters and staying true to that.
The fourth chapter of Stardust: Labyrinth is out! After the minor setback in the third chapter, the group ventures deeper into the eponymous labyrinth, and the sheer scale of the complex becomes apparent...
My novels and short stories are science fiction and fantasy. Although I've never set out to produce literary fiction, two or three editors over the years have remarked that my writing is literary SFF. The tagline I came up with a long time ago and have stuck to because it's real, is: "I write what I love for readers who love what I write."
People who like cosy fantasy with Happy Ever Afters, but want Plot as well as Just Vibes, who enjoy or at least don’t mind open-door sex scenes, who are open-minded about queer characters, and who are a bit over massively long and overdramatic series about teenagers and their love triangles and just want a quick and fun stand-alone read.
#WritersCoffeeClub Ch 9 Nbr 15 — Have you ever attended a writer's fair / festival to promote your work? Would you?
I haven't.
I consider it if it were for the trade, that is for writers, publishers, and booksellers. If it were for the general public, considering that I feel knowing my gender could add a subtext to my stories I don't want, I'd have to think long and hard of the benefits of attending.
Hello everyone. I'm back from the almost dead. Follow my advice and avoid getting a throat/stomach infection plus a fall from the stairs combo because you might not like the wonderful things something like that can do to your body. Cool things like feeling so weak that you can't even sign something at the bank, or hallucinate with an "AI filter" =-|
Now, I'm not sure if being back is a good thing…>=)
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15. Have you ever attended a writer's fair / festival to promote your work? Would you
I haven't done so, though I might do this once I have a few more books under my table. Finding the right one is tricky, though - I live in Germany but write in English.
However, my cover artist is going to show off my books at the #ComicSalon in #Erlangen in a few weeks!
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Have you ever attended a writer's fair / festival to promote your work? Would you?
I'm just about to. I'll be at Continuum in Melbourne, Australia, this weekend. Mostly just to see what's what, but also walking around with a sign and a few books. I do want to give away some review copies, if I can find a good fit.
Most of my MCs are estranged from their parents, but alive and well elsewhere. I have killed off at least one (a father), but I prefer to keep them distant and cold.
I don't really expect anyone who isn't queer to enjoy my books, and less so for anyone who whines about the singular "they" pronoun. Or neopronouns, for that matter.
"Sapphic" is one of the terms I use to describe my books, as that's the demographic my MCs and most of the side characters fit in.
My wider audience includes those who like the paranormal, portal fantasy, and weird shit in general.
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 27 April Have you ever written a section and subconsciously plagiarised another work?
Not a whole section, just an idea. Do you recognise this?
‘Are you happy?’
It’s the only question she asks these days. I have never lied to my mother.
‘In our own way.’
She reaches out a thin hand. ‘You can’t be happy in your own way, only unhappy. I want to know about you.’
‘I am happy.’
It’s the first time I have ever lied to her. She smiles her disbelieving smile.
#WritersCoffeeClub 12/5: How do you market your work?
I give talks and do book signings in local cafes and bookshops. Local festivals are a problem because I am in France, but now I have translated #TheWomanWhoFoundHerself into French I have a French-language book to promote and can start going to those.
#WritersCoffeeClub 14 May
Do you have a sense of how much plot you need for how long a manuscript?
I write series, so how much plot to put in one book is no different to deciding how much to put in one chapter. Each book has a story arc, and a different protagonist which helps choosing when to start the next book.