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• Post #4292818

  #Wordweavers 26 Jul 'If you were to metaphorically assign your non-culinary creative work a flavour, what would it be?' machine oil - it's delicate, refined, scientific, and most assuredly purposeful #scifi #SlenderWolf #engineering #STEM

• Post #4292817

  #ScribesAndMakers 27 Jul 'Do you feel your creative work leans more towards reflecting life as it is or as you would like it to be?' wholly as I imagine it ought to be (without the #pirates obviously) #scifi #SlenderWolf #demiPsychic #romance #LoveStory #philosophy #classics #psychology

• Post #4292816

  #Wordweavers 28 Jul 'If you couldn't write, how would you tell your stories?' I can remember poetry that I wrote at school more than 50 years ago. And some dreary songs I composed. My memory is weird. So to answer the question, "verbally". #scifi #SlenderWolf #poetry #orator

• Post #4292815

  #ScribesAndMakers 28 Jul 'How difficult is it for you to write characters whose taste in art/books/music/television etc are vastly different from your own?' I'm not much of a landscape artist (but Kayt is). I'm more into portraits (like AngryBard). But Kayt is going through her landscape phase, influenced by OddSox. So I am having to learn more in order to write authentically about the emotions (and the paintings). #scifi #SlenderWolf #WetPaint #romance #LoveS...

• Post #4292814

  #WipSnips 30 Jul 'Do the people close to you find your writing surprising?' Surprise #1 I did not start writing fiction until I was in my early sixties. I have been writing ad hoc non fiction on personal interests for over 15 years. I started freelance journalism for a motoring magazine 40 years ago. Nobody expected that I would write a novel (or plan a series of six). Surprise #2 I am in training for my 4th marathon. #scifi #SlenderWolf #IndieAuthor #dystopia #RunnersO...

• Post #4292813

  I have questions Like what did the *dark* cocoa powder actually do? answers on a postcard please, to the usual address #writingcommunity #suspense #mystery #indieauthor

• Post #4292812

  #ScribesAndMakers 30 Jul 'Smol?' They're together in #Douglas. Kayt discussing her life as a 6 year old. BTW AngryBard is smol, i.e. not as tall as his girlfriend. They’re talking to the little people ( #Manx - #MooinjerVeggey ) #scifi #SlenderWolf #romance #bookSky #LoveStory #IsleOfMan

• Post #4292811

  #Wordweavers 31 Jul 'Does your MC have a role model they look up to? If so, who?' HayWire and MaxChaos both admire BarmyWaffle, one of a small cohort of people in Wolfland with a Diplôme Supérieur They were experimenting with home made explosives, and were introduced to the engineer at the Garrison. Max likes him as a father figure in place of the father he never really knew. HayWire wants to invent stuff ... and study for a Diplôme Supérieur #scifi #SlenderWolf #Lancaste...

• Post #2319905

  SlenderWolf Conflicts and Alliances instalment page 116 today Chapter 15 A Barrel of Laughs If people want butter, they buy it on the day that they need it, because ordinary homes have limited access to electricity and nobody has fridges. Hence Saturday is cake day. https://www.slenderwolf.com/novels/2026/05/06/chapter-15-a-barrel-of-laughs116/ #SlenderWolf #freebook #serialisation #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor

• Post #2319904

  #writersCoffeeClub 6 May 'Talk about something you've written which you expected would (or expect will) divide readers.' In 2451AD there is no religion. Shanti and Rishi run the Indian Restaurant in #Ulverston. They explain to KristalClear and NutJob that there are no restrictions on meats, and how religion is now a historical curiosity. #scifi #SlenderWolf #UKeduChat #writingCommunity #Indian #cookery

• Post #2319903

  SlenderWolf Conflicts and Alliances instalment page 117 today Chapter 15 A Barrel of Laughs “OpenMike Night” is the city’s biggest multi purpose event, a variety show, with song, dance, music, stories, magicians, comedy skits or anything really. https://www.slenderwolf.com/novels/2026/05/07/chapter-15-a-barrel-of-laughs117/ #SlenderWolf #freebook #serialisation #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor

• Post #2319902

  #writersCoffeeClub 7 May 'Do readers need to understand a character's motivations to understand the story?' #SlenderWolf is a 10,000 piece jigsaw puzzle with 4 main characters, 20 secondary ones, and another 60 tertiary ones It helps to have a patient mindset, because there is a lot of social cohesion going on Understanding who the characters are and what they want makes it a lot more interesting! #scifi #IsleOfMan #CriticalThinking #wolves #horses #pirates #IndieAuth...

• Post #2319900

  Oil crisis (Iran Crisis) means polyethylene is in short supply Japanese hospitals report shortage of syringes https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/supply-chain/iran-war-exposes-japan-s-dependence-on-medical-supply-imports https://www.dw.com/en/asias-plastic-makers-grapple-with-oil-supply-shocks-and-higher-costs/video-77031410 #oilcrisis #hormuz #japan #Iran

• Post #2319899

  SlenderWolf Conflicts and Alliances instalment page 118 today Chapter 15 A Barrel of Laughs It was, without argument, the event of the week. Though, truth be told, it was the only event of the week, unless one counted Mrs Longbottom’s ongoing feud with the seagulls, which most did not, since the seagulls were still winning. https://www.slenderwolf.com/novels/2026/05/08/chapter-15-a-barrel-of-laughs118/ #SlenderWolf #freebook #serialisation #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor

• Post #2319897

  #writersCoffeeClub 8 May 'What experience can you identify as having made you the writer you are today?' In 1973 when I was aged 11 my school had us study #Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream Not a good idea! AngryBard shares my lack of enthusiasm for Shakespeare. He needed to say sorry to Kayt so wrote her a letter. I write for teenagers in plain English. #scifi #CriticalThinking #romance #UKeduChat #IndieAuthor #LoveStory #Lancaster #literacy

• Post #2319895

  SlenderWolf Conflicts and Alliances instalment page 119 today Chapter 15 A Barrel of Laughs Sending her prized cabbages skyward like cannon fire. That made her really angry, because that’s a simile not a metaphor! https://www.slenderwolf.com/novels/2026/05/09/chapter-15-a-barrel-of-laughs119/ #SlenderWolf #freebook #serialisation #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor

• Post #2319894

  MAGAs Are Fuming After Email Confirms They Will Never Get Their $500 Trump Phones or Deposits Back https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-mobile-t1-phone-scandal-1795914 HT @VeroniqueB99 #Trump

• Post #913032

  #ScribesAndMakers 31 Mar '31 Are you satisfied with how your creativity went this month?' Fastyr Mie! AngryBard has gone to visit Kayt (who's caring for grandpa) on the Isle of Man. The only part of the British Isles with Mooinjer Veggey. A long 6,300 word chapter which was fun to write (just now), but needs editing and needs to be two chapters. Image files too! Only completed last week! #scifi #SlenderWolf #romance #writing #writingCommunity #LoveStory #Douglas #Ma...

• Post #913031

  SlenderWolf Conflicts and Alliances instalment page 74 today Chapter 10 Bronze Silver and Gold Cargos of wool and sheepskin regularly move from Conwy to Douglas, and high quality rum and Manx tea travels in the opposite direction. Occasionally the ships carry gold going north, and zinc or lead or silver on the return trip. https://www.slenderwolf.com/novels/2026/04/01/chapter-10-bronze-silver-and-gold074/ #SlenderWolf #freebook #serialisation #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor

• Post #913030

  #writersCoffeeClub 1 Apr 'What arrangement of plots do U have?' Eleventy Billion plots! A collection of 5 romantic couples & friends debating ethics, education, government, & raising their own kids in a mildly dystopian world after we nearly destroyed the planet, & 2 wolf families, some pleasant horses & police dogs, 1 chatterbox Maltese lapdog & a wizard who looks like a Goldfinch! So nothing too complex Oh & pirates A 100,000...

• Post #913028

  #PennedPossibilities 973 How do you select the names of your characters? For you, is there a method? DustyOldFossil says he would also like to know! And the two wolf cubs who were named today . . . ThisSideUp and RoughAndTumble . . . are just happy to be alive! FullyCharged and SkippyNightmare think that Rochester is just looking for an element of humour! #scifi #SlenderWolf #wolves #writingCommunity #SillyNames #Lancaster

• Post #913027

  for the past two hours and continuing nada on #bluesky desktop and mobile versions

• Post #913026

  SlenderWolf Conflicts and Alliances instalment page 75 today Chapter 10 Bronze Silver and Gold Captain BlackCloud steps forward a few paces. A wiry little man, he stands barely taller than 1 metre 60. He’s accompanied by his fat, ill tempered, ugly first mate, BlackDog. https://www.slenderwolf.com/novels/2026/04/02/chapter-10-bronze-silver-and-gold075/ #SlenderWolf #freebook #serialisation #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor

• Post #913025

  SlenderWolf Conflicts and Alliances instalment page 76 today Chapter 10 Bronze Silver and Gold The Brittania Bridge is now history and the remaining railway line operates only two locomotives between Fflint and Bangor. Hence domestic produce in Meirionydd is often moved around by ship. https://www.slenderwolf.com/novels/2026/04/03/chapter-10-bronze-silver-and-gold076/ #SlenderWolf #freebook #serialisation #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #NorthWales

• Post #913024

  #Wordweavers 3 Apr '4. Choose a character to invite to a party. What kind of party is it? Does it have special rules (dress code, bring alcohol, etc.)?' Mr Collins [Yay! Insert rapturous round of applause here.] Every year when the Noble Coliseum hosts the pyjama party he turns up in his pyjamas! You have to bring your pyjamas and your teddy bear! #scifi #SlenderWolf #Artemis #space #teddy #STEM #UKeduChat #writingCommunity #Lancaster

• Post #913023

  #ScribesAndMakers 3 Apr 'How do you answer if someone asks you what you do? Is your answer different in person than it is online?' I'm a retired teacher who writes writes novels for teenagers aged from 9 to 99. IRL and online. https://www.scottrochester.com/scott_rochester_author_novelist_science_fiction_dystopia #scifi #SlenderWolf #STEM #UKeduChat #writingCommunity

• Post #711318

  #ScribesAndMakers 20 Mar 'Self-promotion day. Shame optional.' SlenderWolf Conflicts and Alliances After polishing and fine tuning it's on Amazon Paperback and eBook https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1068550910 It's being released daily online too, a slow drip feed! Free! https://www.slenderwolf.com/novels/2026/02/01/chapter-1-connectedness001/ #scifi #SlenderWolf #FreeBook #writingCommunity #IndieAuthor #LoveStory #Lancaster #climatechange #sustainabil...

• Post #651208

  #writersCoffeeClub 11 Mar 'Does your work reflect your morals? How so?' Absolutely, that's the whole point of an ex-teacher writing a novel intended for teenagers. Chapter 4 starts here: https://www.slenderwolf.com/novels/2026/02/22/chapter-4-in-philosophical-mood027/ #scifi #SlenderWolf #writingCommunity #LoveStory #Lancaster #writing

• Post #651207

  #ScribesAndMakers March 11. Our featured creator does 3D printing. Have you ever? (Share a pic) In June 2013 I bought a £500 RepRap kit and was planning to build one and use it it's a lot harder than you think, and the plastic components (printed on a RepRap) were brittle and kept breaking I gave it to my school, explaining that you need a decent workshop and tools to even assemble one of these things. #RepRap #3Dprinting

• Post #651206

  The novel SlenderWolf Conflicts and Alliances is being serialised page 47 now available Chapter 6 Incursion About two hours ago the lieutenant at the outpost in Ormskirk put out a call for urgent assistance. https://www.slenderwolf.com/novels/2026/03/12/chapter-6-incursion047/ #SlenderWolf #freebook #serialisation #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor