What's that? Things are going well for your characters? Not anymore! Murphy's Law. Because what's a story without everything going wrong at some point? What will befall your characters? https://twp.ai/NTZL6I #WritingPrompt #amwriting #writers #DnD
I am at the final stages of writing a book and am now looking for suggestions and recommendations for self publishing.
Preference is for smaller, more simple personal solutions rather than complex big tech ones, but at this stage I just need some ideas.
Jess Mahler
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#WritersCoffeeClub Dec 14: How do you tackle a first round of revisions?
I don't tackle them. I talk to them gently, make them a cup of tea, ask them how they're feeling, like really feeling. I listen a lot. I sympathize. I mean, we have a lot in common. Eventually, if I've earned their trust, we go somewhere private, and we make something beautiful together.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Dec 14: How do you tackle a first round of revisions?
I don't tackle them. I talk to them gently, make them a cup of tea, ask them how they're feeling, like really feeling. I listen a lot. I sympathize. I mean, we have a lot in common. Eventually, if I've earned their trust, we go somewhere private, and we make something beautiful together.
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Jess Mahler
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#WordWeavers Dec 7 What bad habits does your MC have?
She blurts out what she *really* thinks of how adults treat her and her fellow youths. It gets her into trouble.
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#WordWeavers Dec 7 What bad habits does your MC have?
She blurts out what she *really* thinks of how adults treat her and her fellow youths. It gets her into trouble.
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hypebot
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#Writers from #Canada #UK and #Australia, What are your biggest book fairs? Where do you have the most success setting up a stall and selling? I'm looking to travel and combine it with some promo for my books. Please boost for reach.
Mentioned NovelWriter https://novelwriter.io/ to a friend, and the fact that it was #OpenSource. Given how non-trivial of an app it is, my friend figured it was probably collaboration of a bunch of folks. I suspected not because the intersection of python developers, and folks who need serious long form #writing apps, and have time & motivation to contribute to open source is a pretty small slice.
Turns out, yup it's ALLL @veronica 's doing.
#Writers from #Canada #UK and #Australia, What are your biggest book fairs? Where do you have the most success setting up a stall and selling? I'm looking to travel and combine it with some promo for my books. Please boost for reach.
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Hello, everyone!
I'm Mihaela — writer and political scientist exploring Tolkien studies. I write about politics, culture, literature and the ways ideas shape our world.
I joined Mastodon to find a quieter, smarter corner of the internet, where thoughtful people still read, think and talk like adults.
Looking forward to meeting kind and intelligent humans here.
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Hello, everyone!
I'm Mihaela — writer and political scientist exploring Tolkien studies. I write about politics, culture, literature and the ways ideas shape our world.
I joined Mastodon to find a quieter, smarter corner of the internet, where thoughtful people still read, think and talk like adults.
Looking forward to meeting kind and intelligent humans here.
#introduction #writers #academia #politics #Tolkien
Alex, the Hearth Fire
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To #writers of fiction set in more historical times, do you use words from that time period that may have more recently taken on different or negative connotations or do you substitute a more modern word that is anachronistic? I try to avoid words that sound too modern or appeared in English usage long after the time I'm writing about, but how strictly do others adhere to that rule?
Specifically, I'm puzzling right now about using a word like "buddies," which first appears in the 1800s, in a story set in the 1600s. At the earlier date "comrades" or "confederates" might have been used, but the modern reader might add unwanted baggage to those words. It seems as though "pals" might not have appeared until the 1700s. "Brothers" might imply a family connection.
Am I over thinking this?
To #writers of fiction set in more historical times, do you use words from that time period that may have more recently taken on different or negative connotations or do you substitute a more modern word that is anachronistic? I try to avoid words that sound too modern or appeared in English usage long after the time I'm writing about, but how strictly do others adhere to that rule?
Specifically, I'm puzzling right now about using a word like "buddies," which first appears in the 1800s, in a story set in the 1600s. At the earlier date "comrades" or "confederates" might have been used, but the modern reader might add unwanted baggage to those words. It seems as though "pals" might not have appeared until the 1700s. "Brothers" might imply a family connection.
Am I over thinking this?
Jess Mahler
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#WritersCoffeeClub Nov 12: How can writers ensure the focus is on the work & not the writer? Or should they?
I have no idea how to ensure anything when it comes to writing, and writers have to build themselves into "brands" in order to survive, so unless they're already financially supported, they probably shouldn't. I suppose you could tamp it down if you never write a series, only standalones?
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