#WritersCoffeeClub 14 What's a service or skill you'd like to offer your fellow writers?
I'm generally happy to chat about publishing stuff with folks, and to tell them about my experiences and tidbits about how various sites work. (Like "Draft2Digital distributes to most book retail websites, but not to Google Play Books and not to sites like itch.io, that are relatively small and do not have epubs as their main product").
I'm not looking to make a side hustle or hobby out of helping other writers, though. I have enough hobbies already. 😊
#WritersCoffeeClub 15 How human are your protagonists? What about your antagonists?
Most of my characters are human-like in behavior. I have some nonhuman characters (dragons, elves, goblins, centaurs, etc.) and many more shapeshifters, but they're sapient and generally relatable.
My most inhuman characters are the demons from The Demon's Series. They're sapient but not social, and their natural drives aren't the same as animal ones, leading to pretty alien behavior.
#WritersCoffeeClub day 16: Name a non-anglophone writer who has really lit you up.
BK_Moon wrote The Greatest Estate Developer; I read it as a manwha adapted by Lee Hyun Min (https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/the-greatest-estate-developer/list?title_no=3596). The story has a mix of action, heart, and humor. I love the way many problems are solved by civil engineering. The main character, Lloyd Frontera, personifies the tumblr alignment of Evil Good (full text here: https://avithenaftali.tumblr.com/post/185704522059/invalid-dd-alignments). Highly recommended.
#WritersCoffeeClub day 17: What’s frustrating you, writing-wise?
I just don't want to.
Hopefully at some point my life will be less full of grief and chores and I will muster energy for writing again. But now. I don't want to.
#WritersCoffeeClub 18 Jan: Are you comfortable making your readers uncomfortable? How far will you go?
I generally write cozy, upbeat, romance-heavy stories, so I'm more likely to bore readers than make them uncomfortable.
Some of my books have grisly or grueling scenes, though. A main character in the Demon's Series fed by torturing people, so the book has some gruesome depictions of that because I felt it was important to show it and not just have it as part of the backstory.
#WritersCoffeeClub 19 Talk about something (even if very small!) from your own life which made it onto the page.
One protagonist in "A Game to You" (not yet published) is a grandmother who plays MMOs with her grandkids. This was inspired by my own mother, who used to play WoW with her grandson.
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I'm sorry. That's a rough place to be in. I hope this year gets better for you
