NaraMoore

NaraMoore, 26 days ago to writing

#PennedPossibilities #Writing 316 — Does your MC or SC have a hard time connecting with others?

Kaori repeatedly relates her difficulty connecting to people.

Shiomi also has difficulty. It's Shiomi against the world.

fujiwara, 26 days ago to random

Nothing helps calm me down more than cuddling my Chika plush. I'm so happy I have her.

NaraMoore, 26 days ago (edited 26 days ago) to writing

#wordweavers #Writing 16. If your characters were in a museum, how would they act?

Politely.

Shiro and Kao would find a private corner and misbehave because the risk of getting caught is what turns Shiro on.

Ume, Tomo, and Shiomi would leave as soon as was polite.

Saeki likes learning so she would explore thoroughly and Arisu would go along because Saaki was enjoying herself.

No body is buying season passes though.

NaraMoore, 26 days ago (edited 26 days ago) to Writers

#writerscoffeeclub #Writing 16. What's your target audience? Why?

Fans of yuri
Queer woman interested in queer romance

Why? Because that is what that's what I like. I have no great mission beyond entertaining other people who love yuri.

ixtlidekami, 26 days ago to random

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…>=)

#WordWeavers #WritersCoffeeClub #PennedPossibilities #TimeTravelAuthors #VisualWritingPrompt

NaraMoore, 26 days ago to random

#JIdol I filled one of my cheki albums last yesterday. 128 Hima cheki. I have a "Moon Kami" album on order. I'll use it for the 2shot and those autographed with my name. The current one will be for Hima cosplay and basic autographed cheki.

NaraMoore, 27 days ago to random

I am so tired. I was up at 3:00 AM for an online cheki session and then went to see my chief beta reader.

NaraMoore, 27 days ago to writing

#writerscoffeeclub #writing 15. Have you ever attended a writer's fair / festival to promote your work? Would you?

Are there writer's fair / festivals for yuri writers?

Wait! I would happily accept an all paid invitation to display at Comiket in Japan.

NaraMoore, 27 days ago to writing

#wordweavers #Writing 15. Who are your most and least gullible characters?

Tomo: "Ume. I had to talk her out of investing in a maid cafe in Hanno and not paying some scam publisher to look at her stories.."

Ume: "All true. But least gullible sounds like a good thing. Tomo wouldn't believe me about Mikawa being a ghost even after she tried to kill me and Shiomi several times. Mikawa literally had to knock on our door before he would believe me."

#KonbiniIdol

NaraMoore, 28 days ago to writing

#PennedPossibilities #Writing 314 — Has your MC ever felt as though they were reborn in the mental / emotional sense?

Kaori the LI in my second novel starts the novel off feeling this way. She sees her destined romantic partner and allows her to turn her life around.

Shiomi/Shishi has this moment at the end of volume one of Konkini Idol. But I'm not saying any more about that since it is the whole driving issue and climax of that volume.

NaraMoore, 28 days ago to random

#wordweavers #writing14. What role do other writers have in your writing life?

Beta readers and sense of community.

NaraMoore, 28 days ago to writing

#writerscoffeeclub #Writing 14. Do you have a sense of how much plot you need for how long a manuscript?

Starting point, Ending point. and some ideas of major landmarks. That comes out as 10 to 12 bullet points, character sketches for the major characters, and probably one or two scenes written. I invest far more time in the characters than the plot.

NaraMoore, 28 days ago to random

Weird, Bizarre, and Scary News From Japan April 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q453Le3MSwE

NaraMoore, 28 days ago (edited 28 days ago) to random

#WritersCoffeeClub #Writing May 13: When does AI cross the line between helpful tool and problematic tech for writing and publishing?

I am an active luddite and do what I can to sabotage AI.

When does it cross the line?

1. When steals training material.
2. When it plagiarizes or mimics others.
3. When they utilize immoral terms of service. i.e looting social media that have implemented "legalized theft."
4. When it attempts to substitute itself for real individuals.
5. When it attempts to pass itself off as human output.
6. When it attempts to imply it is "intelligence."

In other words, everything that currently labels itself as AI. "Deep Learning" tools could be acceptable but not as they are currently implemented and run.

Oh forgot when it uses "sweatshop" labor.

Shanmonster, 29 days ago to linguistics

I was very briefly in a discord group for writers that I’d been invited to join. Someone posted something which included the word “bullshit,” and the discord host said there was no room for such language as it was a “family-friendly” forum, something that was definitely not mentioned before I joined up. I quickly left the server, as I use words much more salty than that, and do not write “family-friendly” fiction.
#WarningContainsLanguage #language #bullshit #WritingCommunity

CA_Hawthorne, 29 days ago to writing

#WritersCoffeeClub 13
AI crossing the line

It never crosses the line.

Humans using it cross the line.

If it tells the writer a sentence is wrong, that’s fine. If the writer substitutes the sentence AI provides, that’s the line crossed.

And that's just the little stuff.

I shouldn’t have to explain this.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Writing

NaraMoore, 29 days ago to random

#PennedPossibilities #Writng 313 — Is your MC or SC one to confess romantic feelings early on, or to conceal them for long periods of time?

Traditionally: My narrative character takes a long time to confess romantic feelings and the LI is all over it right from the start.

In my WIP the characters are Disaster Lesbians so they are having a great deal of trouble confessing their feelings.

NaraMoore, 29 days ago to writing

#wordweavers #Writing 13. Describe a place that has a special significance in your story.

Muko - The Shadowland is a space existing all around us, though few can see it. It is where supernatural beings exist, some ancient and others sparked by recent legends and stories. It is also where souls that can't pass over become stuck. Descriptions of it vary depending on the observer and how deeply they penetrate it. This is not a place meant for living humans.

The uninformed view it as hostile but that is a misunderstanding. It is alien and its and its inhabitants' desires are different than our own Sometimes they harm humans in the mundane world and sometimes bring benefit.

NaraMoore, 29 days ago to random

#PennedPossibilities#Writing 311 — What is a memory that makes your SC swell with pride?

From: "Konbini Idol"

There was a long silence, broken only by the sound of the heater and the rattle of the car, then a soft reply. “A book about Fukitsu? I would love that, but no soppy ending. Let her wear her misfortune proudly till the end.”

“No soppy ending,” she repeated. “You don’t think I understand the irony of my existence. I am Fukitsu, the Kami of Misfortune, and misfortune has followed me all my life. Without singing and dancing, all I have left is tragedy. Without tragedy, I am nothing more than a poorly educated girl working in a dead-end job.”

benetnasch, 1 month ago to random

#WritersCoffeeClub 5/1—OMG! What happened to your MC's parents?

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.

NaraMoore, 2 months ago to Horror

#FridayKiss Mistake

It's not mistake:

Instead of letting me go, she said, “You shouldn’t. That’s a graveyard and she’s dead.”

Everyone said that, but it was a mistake. I had seen Mikawa, and she was definitely alive. Why wouldn’t Ume let me go? All I wanted to do was be with my girlfriend. Did this damn bitch think I would go with her when I had Mika?

“Fuck you,” I said and tried to get away. “She’s waiting. Mika is waiting.”

In serialization at:
https://yuribynaramoore.yoshino.garden/konbini-idol/
https://archiveofourown.org/works/52770025
https://www.pixiv.net/novel/series/11417104

Art: @Maisensei #Horror #romancelandia #ParanormalRomance #KonbiniIdol #Yuri