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#WordWeavers #WritingCommunity 22nd Mar 2026. Is there a subject that's represented poorly in media that you'd like to cover in your work?Irish paganism. I'm on it.

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#WordWeavers 17. Did you ever receive formal education in creative writing?No.However, I received a lot of training in _scientific_ writing, which does help. And I am not just talking about my knowledge of #TeXLaTeX .

@FlashMobOfOne As a fellow dungeon/game master, I highly approve of this. Love it.

#WordWeavers 14 selling 2/I decided that creating worlds and stories did not require publishing (or income on its own account) before I retired.

@Gillinger Thanks for sending that to me! Hope to read it soon.

#WordWeavers 11. Give an example of brilliant writing. What's special about it?a short one:'Life was rough, cheerless, and disappointing. A whole year of days would pass fruitlessly in dreary business, like dashes of rain on the window-pane.'this is from an essay by #VirginiaWoolf called 'The Pastons and Chaucer.' in two strokes she gives us the essence of her subject's bleak fifteenth century existence. (he finds escape by reading Chaucer.)the whole thing is here, and it reads more like a story than an essay: https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300031h.html#C01

#WordWeavers 3/6 If you have several stories, which one should a new reader start with?I have four series starters (all free):1. A Wolf's Quest - if you like Wolf Shifters without the alpha nonsense and no spice.2. South Breaks - epic fantasy, meso-American vibes, MC changes from book to book, 7 of 9 books out.3. Dorelle's Journey - dragonriders! 4.5 books with a spin-off series.4. Decoy - very spicy, violent colony SF, poly, completed series.#WritingCommunity #Fantasy #SF

#WordWeavers 3. Introduce your MC without telling us their age, gender, job and who they are to others (e.g. friend, parent etc.)these are all major parts of who they are, though. neither of the MCs' plot arcs make sense if you obliterate gender, for instance. (gender plays a pretty significant role in queerphobia, anti-witch hysteria, and who is considered worthy of education.) these characteristics influence their overall place in society, which determines what power they have to overcome the various obstacles placed in their way.this is like asking me to introduce someone without referring to any of the characteristics that make them interesting.

#WordWeavers March 5: What's the most supportive/uplifting thing you heard related to writing?"Dude, this short story *is a novel*. Write a novel."#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace

@AnnaSaultron @AlinaLeonova So many great questions! Thanks, Anna!

@amPennyfeather 🥹 It's not weird. I get it.

#Wordweavers 2/28 Would you like to meet any of your characters? Would you tell them who you are?I would definitely love to meet my Wolves, as well as my Winds and Pillars. They are all good people.I also don't think they'd hate me. I mean, yes, I put them through a lot, but I also gave them happiness at the end. I hope they will forgive me for the pain and instead enjoy that they exist.#WritingCommunity #EpicFantasy #WolfShifter

#WordWeavers 2/24 Tell us something about your MC that seems unimportant but really is crucial.Sara has always felt that something was off with her mother, that she was behaving strangely. When she dared to voice her suspicion once to her father, he laughed at her.That little fact will become really important in Book 3 (Trials of Power).Steps of Courage, Twin Worlds 1PS: This will be Book of the Month in March, with a coupon in my store.#WritingCommunity #YAPortalFantasy

#WordWeavers 3.1 — What is your greatest fear about your characters?That people might (or already do) find them bland and boring, or even too tropey. Admittedly, I know that's just the little devil on my shoulder speaking, but it's still a thought that sometimes comes to mind and I can't quite shake it. #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #WingsOfQuietLonging #ParanormalRomance #Fantasy #Victorian #Gothic #Vampires #Werewolves