#ScribesAndMakers Sep 18
If you write novels, do you strive to have your chapters a consistent length?

I used to, because I was releasing my stories as serials which needed a roughly consistent length for each episode. These days i don't really worry about chapter length until I'm done writing. Then I go through and look for what feel like good points in the story to slip a chapter break in.

#ScribesAndMakers Sept 17. If you have creative parents, do you read what they write/appreciate their art or craft, or keep out of it altogether?

Neither of my dads had a creative bone in their bodies that I ever saw.

Ima was a threadcrafter who mostly did spinning and knitting. She made some really beautiful things before her hands got too bad.

Mom... the few times I saw my mom do anything creative, it was when she was helping me with some school project. She did some good stuff, and I kind of got the impression that she had been more creative at some point and something took that from her. Like she felt like she could only use her creativity if it was 'useful' or something, because she took real joy in it when she did something, but never made any effect to create just because. I've always thought it was kind of sad.

#ScribesAndMakers what makes your work unique?

Tagging my girl @ljwrites for this b/c like her, I don't think I write completely unique things, but it can come off as unique to the modern reader.

I also write #historicalfiction, but even my #sff employs the same philogical methodology that #Tolkien does. For example, my MC in my vampire novel does not fully understand the language of the world she's in.

I also base a lot of my worlds on medieval #Arab #CentralAsian and #Chinese societies.

#ScribesAndMakers what makes your work unique?

Tagging my girl @ljwrites for this b/c like her, I don't think I write completely unique things, but it can come off as unique to the modern reader.

I also write #historicalfiction, but even my #sff employs the same philogical methodology that #Tolkien does. For example, my MC in my vampire novel does not fully understand the language of the world she's in.

I also base a lot of my worlds on medieval #Arab #CentralAsian and #Chinese societies.

Should I be? Everything I do has been done and is being done by others, thank goodness, but the combination may be unusual. The philology/linguistic reconstruction work was inspired by #Tolkien and made possible by the incredible scholarly work of Korean historical linguists; I center female and queer characters as inspired by other female and queer writers; I write in #HistoricalFiction which is a well-established genre; the language I write in is English but the subject matter is usually East Asian/Korean.

Should I be? Everything I do has been done and is being done by others, thank goodness, but the combination may be unusual. The philology/linguistic reconstruction work was inspired by #Tolkien and made possible by the incredible scholarly work of Korean historical linguists; I center female and queer characters as inspired by other female and queer writers; I write in #HistoricalFiction which is a well-established genre; the language I write in is English but the subject matter is usually East Asian/Korean.

Yes, by all means, send help. I haven't been writing much lately, and the quality of what I have been writing is disappointing.

Creativity is going okay. I had a bit of a lull when depression hit last week, but I think I'm back on the horse now. Making solid progress on the Clan Lună sequel and slow progress on Meadowsweet.

Not looking for critique, per se, but wouldn't mind picking up a few more ARC readers/reviewers for Last Lady of Lună (why choose vampire romance novella) and I'm about ready to start looking for ARC readers/reviews for Planting Life in a Dying City (found family/polyamorous original world fantasy with trauma recovery and fucking the status quo novel)

If either of those sound interesting, feel free to drop me a DM!

Yes, by all means, send help. I haven't been writing much lately, and the quality of what I have been writing is disappointing.

September 14 is here! And we have another Talk To Me Day.
Today we welcome @span grahamefleming as our featured creator.
I'm sure it will be another good day with interesting questions, enlightening answers and a lot of laughter.
As usual, please tag @span grahamefleming and our two hashtags directly, copy/pasting them doesn't work. But you all know that already.
Have fun everyone and here is my question:

How did you become a ghostwriter?

#ScribesAndMakers#TTMD

September 14 is here! And we have another Talk To Me Day.
Today we welcome @span grahamefleming as our featured creator.
I'm sure it will be another good day with interesting questions, enlightening answers and a lot of laughter.
As usual, please tag @span grahamefleming and our two hashtags directly, copy/pasting them doesn't work. But you all know that already.
Have fun everyone and here is my question:

How did you become a ghostwriter?

#ScribesAndMakers#TTMD

I adore the self-promotion days. All of us promoting a piece of our selves, our work, our creativity, our hearts. In a world being swamped with soulless things, it’s a beautiful rebellion.

So, behold! various clickable pieces of my shiny self/soul/spirit: https://lydiavvinters.com/

#writingcommunity #art #illustration

Here's my weird little collection of queer books. I was once accused of odd genre mashups, which I've got no bones with.

Also a good time to show off the cover for an upcoming book, the second in the Early Adopter series. It'll be out on the 21st.

https://books2read.com/ap/xdwWOJ/Sienna-Eggler

Here's my weird little collection of queer books. I was once accused of odd genre mashups, which I've got no bones with.

Also a good time to show off the cover for an upcoming book, the second in the Early Adopter series. It'll be out on the 21st.

https://books2read.com/ap/xdwWOJ/Sienna-Eggler

I adore the self-promotion days. All of us promoting a piece of our selves, our work, our creativity, our hearts. In a world being swamped with soulless things, it’s a beautiful rebellion.

So, behold! various clickable pieces of my shiny self/soul/spirit: https://lydiavvinters.com/

#writingcommunity #art #illustration

All of the above! Researching via books and internet is always a good thing, even on topics I have personal experience in. I also love consulting with people in the fields I'm researching--and sometimes they're even the inspiration for the stories.
(Weaving In The Ends came into existence thanks to friends who are knitters & weavers, f'rex)

All of the above! Researching via books and internet is always a good thing, even on topics I have personal experience in. I also love consulting with people in the fields I'm researching--and sometimes they're even the inspiration for the stories.
(Weaving In The Ends came into existence thanks to friends who are knitters & weavers, f'rex)

Little bit of all of the above.

I am least likely to reach out to specialists bc anxiety and shit, but I have done it a time or two.

Often it's a mix of personal knowledge and research. My research, when I do it, often starts with websearch and branches out from there. I like to use academic papers and first person descriptions. And since I tend to constantly researching this-or-that for my own personal interest, the line between 'own knowledge' and 'research' can be blurry.

A good example of that is Bound by His Oath, where the concept was partly inspired by my pre-existing knowledge of Norman England shortly after the conquest and learning a bit about the prior Kingdom of England under Alfred the Great, which led to me doing intentional research specifically for this project.