#WordWeavers 11 Who supports your writing the most?
Ah, wow. This is a toughie. Most to least isn't how I measure. I heart all the supports, from my superhero Spouseman who alpha reads AND supports us both financially, to every reader who's ever bought my books & said something kind about them.
but NGL the most meaningful help comes from you fellow writers. You're there for me w/ideas &resources when I need 'em, & you just get it when I'm stuck & frustrated & need to vent.
#Wordweavers 12 12. Have you ever wanted to give up writing?
Nope. Sure there have been days (months/years) when I don't write, but I've never thought of those not-writing times as giving up, only...necessary pauses.
What keeps me going is a refusal to beat myself up over metrics like word counts, "daily writing" or speed of draft completion. Words are patient, I have found.
Professional & productive are not synonyms, even if capitalism wants us to believe they are.
#WordWeavers 14. Do you write characters with different sexual orientations and gender identities from your own? What guides your writing?
Welp. Yes. If I stuck to my own, my books would only have gender-nonconforming demi-bi women pairbonded with cis-het men...which, cool by me, but maybe limiting?
The further from my own experience I get, the more research & sensitivity checking I do, but I want to write realistic & relatable characters. Including sexual diversity has to be part of that.
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