Someone smarter than me said that when you're writing about people who are different from you, a good guide is to think of the people who sit at your kitchen table. Those are the people you can feel comfortable representing in your books.

Does anyone know what quote I'm talking about and who said it? I want to refer to it in a blog post and attribute it properly if I can.

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Someone smarter than me said that when you're writing about people who are different from you, a good guide is to think of the people who sit at your kitchen table. Those are the people you can feel comfortable representing in your books.

Does anyone know what quote I'm talking about and who said it? I want to refer to it in a blog post and attribute it properly if I can.

Please boost! Thank you!

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At the moment, i have 3 pieces of writing I am working on - this is generally a good thing for me, because I am in different stages with each one, and they are quite different. But I also have another 4 pieces I know I want to write.

And the last think I want to do it have 7 pieces at once - I am only a part time writer, having a 4-days a week job. So what do I do with these? Or rather- how do other people cope with things they know they want to write (or create or whatever), but may be years before they have a chance to start on some of them.

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#PennedPossibilities 760 — MC POV: Describe who you are in your group of friends. Tell is if you’re the motherly / fatherly type, the funny friend, the serious one, etc.

Friends, Friendship. Teammates. Buddies. Partners in crime†. Frankly, I don't get it. I do the job and make sure everybody comes back. I train them until they drop in a sweaty heap, but then they insist on group meals and singing, that stuff, and won't let me pay. Sure I have everybody's back in a fight, or with clients, or the boss, but that's the right thing to do. I am responsible for them. They ask me for advice, too. Sometime weird. I ended up punching the cheating husband when he made a pass at me, which was actually sort of fun. At times they won't leave me along to be quiet with my books, which is really all I want out of life. I am really the wrong person to ask such a question to.

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† Literally.

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#PennedPossibilities 760 — MC POV: Describe who you are in your group of friends. Tell is if you’re the motherly / fatherly type, the funny friend, the serious one, etc.

Friends, Friendship. Teammates. Buddies. Partners in crime†. Frankly, I don't get it. I do the job and make sure everybody comes back. I train them until they drop in a sweaty heap, but then they insist on group meals and singing, that stuff, and won't let me pay. Sure I have everybody's back in a fight, or with clients, or the boss, but that's the right thing to do. I am responsible for them. They ask me for advice, too. Sometime weird. I ended up punching the cheating husband when he made a pass at me, which was actually sort of fun. At times they won't leave me along to be quiet with my books, which is really all I want out of life. I am really the wrong person to ask such a question to.

=-=-=-=-=-=
† Literally.

[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]

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#gender #fiction #writer #author
#mystery #thriller #romance #sf #sff #sciencefiction
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#RSdiscussion
#RSstory#RSReluctanceStory
#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory

It's not so much "refuse" as "just don't want to." I will probably never write something where the protagonists are cops or soldiers. I'm bored with that perspective, and it's hard to avoid it being propaganda. Not interested.

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It's not so much "refuse" as "just don't want to." I will probably never write something where the protagonists are cops or soldiers. I'm bored with that perspective, and it's hard to avoid it being propaganda. Not interested.

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To elaborate - Patreon is testing the waters via survey to see how much pushback they might get if they tried rolling out AI (again, IIRC). These were sent randomly to some creators, but not all. The link works for anyone that has a Patreon so….if you hate AI (uncommon as that is in creators) this is your chance to shine.

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Yes. She's aware of it but hasn't resolved it. She lives in a society where worker collectives are the cornerstone, but she knows a huge portion of the world doesn't enjoy the level of wealth she's surrounded by. So she's raised to think like an anarcho-syndicalist but quite aware that she's of the moneyed class by world standards.

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To elaborate - Patreon is testing the waters via survey to see how much pushback they might get if they tried rolling out AI (again, IIRC). These were sent randomly to some creators, but not all. The link works for anyone that has a Patreon so….if you hate AI (uncommon as that is in creators) this is your chance to shine.

Please bump/boost/retoot

https://patreon.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9sjIUT9LuK5gzoq

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"Sim's head whipped from side to side, wanting so much to find someone he could righteously kill. His mouth hung open. He was bearing his teeth while making twin weapons, one for each hand. A rapier and a basket-hilted dagger. History's most perfect dual weapons. They made him feel invincible. It was called Florentine. He'd looked it up."

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I'm on a roll! I am almost finished my draft, and I'll need beta readers soon. I have a couple of friends in mind. If anyone wants to volunteer, I'd be open to a draft exchange!

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I'm on a roll! I am almost finished my draft, and I'll need beta readers soon. I have a couple of friends in mind. If anyone wants to volunteer, I'd be open to a draft exchange!

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The Jedi academy from a youngling's point of view, only it's a paramilitary cult (but then, it always was...).

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Essentially, she has the force and can manifest a light sabre at will. She's also spent a couple of decades studying the Indian martial art of kalaripayattu. That counts?

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