#PennedPossibilities 950 — Can your MC swim?

[sfwrtr@eldritch.cafe]

@floofpaldi The digits in the prompt number rearranged themselves. This happens to me all the time because I'm dyslexic—my imposterToot ought have been 967.1 not 976.1). Shouldn't 672 read 968? Didn't PM so you don't get a flood of people telling you the same thing.

[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

@sfwrtr No, no, that was one was on me, not you. Don't worry. You didn't mess up any of the numbers for yours. 968 was supposed to be the number, so I just fixed it. Thank you for letting me know. People will be confused, it's only natural, but I'll post about it later in the morning. Accidents happen. Thanks for letting me know because I probably wouldn't have noticed otherwise.

[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

#PennedPossibilities 969 — Do your stories have happy endings?

I always strive for a happy ending. Whether I achieve that or not is up to the readers and what they wanted said “happy ending” to be. Those two things might not jive.

You could describe my stories as having “angst with a happy ending.”

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[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

#PennedPossibilities 970 — MC POV: Have you ever experienced something that couldn’t be logically explained?

Alistair: I myself cannot be logically explained, so the answer to that one is definitely a resounding yes. The supernatural exists, and I’m immortal.

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[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

#PennedPossibilities 971 — Where does your SC feel the safest? Is there a particular person or object that helps them feel safe?

For Hati, it’s a particular person. Two, in fact. It’s either with Samuel (her husband) or with Alistair (her best friend). She’s easy to pin that way.

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[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

#PennedPossibilities 972 — Do you ever have to deal with “trolls” where your writing is concerned? Do you receive hate?

To be fair, and I'm knocking on wood while I'm saying this, I haven't dealt with any nasty bastards in a *long* time. It used to really bother me, until I realized that it wasn't actually a reflection on me but on them. It's not my problem. Things like that don't bother me anymore. I have bigger fish to fry.

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[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

#PennedPossibilities 973 — How do you select the names of your characters? For you, is there a method?

For me, it’s simple: the names come to me. Sometimes, I might have to open some sites for extremely Scottish first or last names, but hey. I’m sure I won’t be faulted for that.

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[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

#PennedPossibilities 974 — Does your MC become jealous? If so, to what degree? How does their jealousy manifest?

I think I’ll talk about romantic jealousy here for my post. Alistair does, but he would never say a word about it. He’ll keep it all inside. Fenella does, especially nowadays with Alistair, and it might manifest itself in short answers, easy aggravation, and heavy sighs. You know, the telltale signs of being peeved about something...

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[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

#PennedPossibilities 975 — SC POV: What did you get into trouble for the most when you were young?

Hati: Oh, I was always in trouble. I was such a rebellious little thing! I used to sneak out of the house and my mum would scream at me every morning for it! They’re *almost* fond memories now. I miss her, and I always will.

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[floofpaldi@mindly.social]

#PennedPossibilities 975.1 — Author / Artist POV: Sometimes we end up In the Zone. Do you work until you drop? Or to a stopping point? Can you do anything but sleep afterwards?

A great big "thank you" to @sfwrtr for this prompt.

I'm usually pretty good about this. I never "work until I drop," and I always feel like I know the stopping point. Having MS, I've learned to know my body pretty well. I know what I need. But if I still have ideas after I've stopped writing for the day, I'll jot them down on my phone. Sometimes, I'll be writing late at night and then head to bed right afterward. I'll be lying in bed, and I'm suddenly flooded with ideas. I'll just roll over, groan in annoyance, and reach for my phone to scribble things down for the following day or whenever.

There's no better feeling than being in the zone. When the muse comes a'knocking, we can't ignore it!

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