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• Post #2271875

  #WritersCoffeeClub April 29: Share the best sentence you wrote this month. Came back just to answer this question because, frankly, I've been giggling off and on since I wrote this.

• Post #2271874

  #WritersCoffeeClub May 1: Workers' Day: What can we do to support and protect other writers, not only now, but in the future as well? As everyone else has already mentioned, boycott any and all AI generated art, including writing. Push other people to avoid it, too. But also, make sure you're letting your fav writers know that someone likes their stuff. Leave reviews, especially for indie writers--we're so algorithm driven right now that a couple of good reviews can mak...

• Post #2271873

  #WritersCoffeeClub May 2: Have you ever written a character making one decision, only to later revise them choosing otherwise? (Yes, I know what time it is, but I can drink coffee at night, too) Sure. That's what revision and editing are for. There's been many times where, in retrospect, a character has made the wrong decision for that character. Usually it's not too bad to rewrite the decision and then just add a scene or two to get the plot back on track, but sometime...

• Post #2271872

  #WritersCoffeeClub May 3: Do you write your works localis(^z)ed to the setting or to your background? How do you decide? To my background. When I'm writing horror, it's mostly taking place in the same geographical location that I'm in or know well anyway, and when I'm writing fantasy or sci-fi, there's not a real localization to that setting anyway, because the setting is made up. If I were to try and write like someone from a different background, I woul...

• Post #2271870

  #WritersCoffeeClub May 5: Have you ever taken inspiration from something which could have but didn't happen? Sure. As primarily a horror writer, a lot of the scariest things start with "what if these circumstances had been a little different." I mean, then they devolve into "and also what if there was a scary monster there," but the fear primarily comes from the plausibility of the situation. I also wrote a lot of historical fiction, but honestly tho...

• Post #2271869

  #WritersCoffeeClub May 6: Talk about something you've written which you expected would (or expect will) divide readers. Frankly, a thing I'm just personally tired of reading in the tragic queer life. There's enough stories out there about how miserable it is to be queer and just exist and deal with queerphobia and bigotry and hatred. I'm queer and I already live in the world where all that exists, so when I write I very rarely write about that. Like, yeah, maybe...

• Post #966273

  Through a series of unlikey events, I have had to determine how much Charon requires to ferry a dead soul across the River Styx. At current market value it's about $3.39 USD.

• Post #81766

  @cstross@wandering.shop Oh, good, I was worried I didn't have enough fears to keep me awake tonight.