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Walter Thinman @saposcat@indieauthors.social · Jul 06, 2026

Last call for Talk To Me Day featured creators. After this month, we have one person who will be featured in August, and then we plan to retire it unless anyone else is interested. PM @gahlearner@sunny.garden @willelm@indieauthors.social or @saposcat@indieauthors.social if you would like to be featured. #ScribesAndMakers #TTMD

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Quasi @QuasiTemporal@wandering.shop · Jun 08, 2026

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#ScribesAndMakers 7: #TTMD with @Nisaa@sfba.social I see your medieval reenactments on your photography page are labelled "Time Travel". Would you ever want to literally visit those times yourself? How do you think you would fit in? For that matter, any other particular time period you'd like (if there was a TARDIS)? And per usual, was there a question that wasn't asked which you would like to answer, or anything else you'd enjoy talking about that didn't come up?

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Quasi @QuasiTemporal@wandering.shop · Jun 24, 2026

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#ScribesAndMakers 23: #TTMD w/ @EmpyClaw@mastodon.social Saskatchewan! Made popular by Chappell Roan. Have you lived there all your life? Anyway. How easy is it to write about individuals with parts we don't have? (Horns, extra arms, etc) I suspect I'd have someone wear a hat and only three scenes later go "wait, darn it..." Related, how do their tailoring businesses work? And as always, was there any question you hoped to be asked or anything you didn't get to talk about and wanted to? Also, happy birthday!

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Quasi @QuasiTemporal@wandering.shop · Jul 03, 2026

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#ScribesAndMakers 2: #TTMD with @ElyseMGrasso@wandering.shop Seems to me you've experienced a lot of major setbacks in life, from your house to dairy to who knows what else. Do you have any tips or techniques that help you through such rough times, and has any of it worked it's way into your writing or character backstories? And as always, was anything else you wanted to talk about or had hoped to be asked? Finally, happy birthday, hope positive things happened today!

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@EveHasWords@toot.cat · Jul 02, 2026

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#ScribesAndMakers July 2: Talk To Me Day Featured Creator Elyse Grasso @ElyseMGrasso@wandering.shop No real questions. Just writing to wish you a happy birthday! #TTMD

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Julie Bihn @juliebihn@mastodon.social · Jul 02, 2026

#TTMD #ScribesAndMakers for @ElyseMGrasso@wandering.shop Do you consider yourself a "plotter"? "Pantser"? Something else?

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Elyse M Grasso @ElyseMGrasso@wandering.shop · Jul 02, 2026

Replying to @juliebihn@mastodon.social

@juliebihn@mastodon.social I seem to be mostly a pantser: if I try to plan things out in detail ahead of time, either the story dies completely (because it has already been told) or the story as written diverges strongly from the plans. However, the stories initially arrive as summaries of what happened, without details about how or why or sometimes even what. Vol 3 started (more or less) with me generally knowing the starting state, the end and a few major event points in between. #TTMD #ScribesAndMakers

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Will Elm @willelm@indieauthors.social · Apr 26, 2026

#ScribesAndMakers April 26. Talk to me day. #TTMD Today's featured creator is: @JessMahler@indiepocalypse.social What is a common trope you both love and hate (or hate that you love) and why?

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Jess Mahler @JessMahler@indiepocalypse.social · Apr 26, 2026

Replying to @willelm@indieauthors.social

#ScribesAndMakers April 26. #TTMD What is a common trope you both love and hate (or hate that you love) and why? ---- I’ll give you two: Omegaverse. I have such mixed feels over this. It started as a werewolf thing, and I was reading all the werewolf romances around the time it became popular, so I found it pretty quick. I’ve seen some really good and interesting things done with the trope, but so, so much of it is ‘we want to have our sexism but make it gay.’ And then people started piling ‘fated mate’ trope on top, and I just… yeah, noped out for a few years. I’ve recently started reading a bit of it again, most in platonic fanfic that emphasized the family/pack aspect without the romance. The Good King. I have a whole essay about the problems with this one: https://jessmahler.com/the-good-king-makes-a-good-fantasy/ At the same time, I admit I love the stories where the rightful heir returns or the true king faces down the great evil. I think the appeal is ultimately the same as with superhero stories – the idea of people in power doing something good with it, and the ability to project ourselves as the people with power doing the right thing. @willelm@indieauthors.social

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Walter Thinman @saposcat@indieauthors.social · Apr 22, 2026

Our next featured creator Jess Mahler You can join us in asking questions by tagging them @JessMahler@indiepocalypse.social and adding the hashtags #scribesAndMakers and #TTMD or follow along. You can check out their website here: https://jessmahler.com/

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Walter Thinman @saposcat@indieauthors.social · Apr 12, 2026

Thanks to everyone who asked questions or followed along for #ScribesAndMakers Talk To Me Day #TTMD and a big thank you to @orionkidder@writing.exchange for talking about your work!

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Walter Thinman @saposcat@indieauthors.social · Mar 03, 2026

#ScribesAndMakers @QuasiTemporal@wandering.shop hasn't come in to "officially" close out #TTMD, but I'm getting ready for bed, so thanks to everyone who joined in today. Mythpunk definitely generated a lot of interest, and as always, there were plenty of great questions and fascinating responses. Thank you @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe for spending your birthday with us and talking with us about your creativity!

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Walter Thinman @saposcat@indieauthors.social · Mar 02, 2026

Is the genre you like reading best also the genre you like writing best? @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe #ScribesAndMakers #TTMD

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Walter Thinman @saposcat@indieauthors.social · Mar 02, 2026

When and how did you discover Yuri? @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe #ScribesAndMakers #TTMD

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Walter Thinman @saposcat@indieauthors.social · Mar 02, 2026

Does your writing style stay the same across genres you write, or does each genre have its own style for you? @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe #ScribesAndMakers #TTMD

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Will Elm @willelm@indieauthors.social · Mar 02, 2026

#ScribesAndMakers Mar 2. Talk to me day. #TTMD Today's featured creator is: @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe What was the first Light Novel you ever read? And what is your favorite?

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Walter Thinman @saposcat@indieauthors.social · Feb 25, 2026

On Monday the second of March, join us in helping @NaraMoore@sakurajima.moe celebrate her birthday as the featured creator for Talk To Me Day. She writes a variety of work, including Yuri*, Mythpunk, & surreal Urban Fantasy as well as Fan Fiction. Some of her work can be found here: https://www.pixiv.net/novel/series/11417104 and here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/52770025 If you would like to ask a question, @ mention her and add the hashtags #ScribesAndMakers and #TTMD or feel to follow along and wish her a happy birthday. *Yuri (百合) is a Japanese genre that focuses on intimate relationships between women, encompassing romantic, emotional, or platonic connections in manga, anime, and associated media. (From Yuripedia)

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Walter Thinman @saposcat@indieauthors.social · Feb 21, 2026

@Firlefanz@writing.exchange Where did you get your idea for your first fantasy series? #ScribesAndMakers #TTMD

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Walter Thinman @saposcat@indieauthors.social · Feb 21, 2026

@Firlefanz@writing.exchange Does your experience as a therapist affect your writing? If so, how? #ScribesAndMakers #TTMD

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Hannah Steenbock @Firlefanz@writing.exchange · Feb 21, 2026

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@floofpaldi@mindly.social 2/2 I do my best to base their “wolf” behavior on actual wolves. That means, a pack is basically a family, and their hunting is also realistic. Many wolves eat a lot of mice and rats, it’s not all a glorious hunt. As Alice finds out in Book 5, eating rats is not always safe, however... Wolves of the South (Book 1 is free in all stores) https://books2read.com/WolvesSouthQuest #ScribesAndMakers #TTMD #WolfShifter

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