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A Writer’s Ask Game

Send me an ask with the number(s) you’d like me to answer!

The Basics 1.     Do you listen to music when you write? 2.     Are you a pantser or plotter? 3.     Computer or pen and paper? 4.     Have you ever been published, or do you want to be published? 5.     How much writing do you get done on an average day? 6.     Single or multiple POV? 7.     Standalone or series? 8.     Oldest WIP 9.     Current WIP 10.  Do you set yourself deadlines?

The Specifics 11.  Books and/or authors who influenced you the most 12.  Describe your perfect writing space 13.  Describe your writing process from idea to polished 14.  How do you deal with self-doubts? 15.  How do you deal with writer’s block? 16.  How many drafts do you need until you’re satisfied with a project? 17.  What writing habits or rituals do you have? 18.  If you could collaborate with anyone, who would it be, and what would you write about? 19.  How do you keep yourself motivated? 20.  How many WIPs and story ideas do you have?

The Favourites 21.  Who is/are your favourite character(s) to write? 22.  Who is/are your favourite pairing(s) to write? 23.  Favourite author 24.  Favourite genre to write and read 25.  Favourite part of writing 26.  Favourite writing program 27.  Favourite line/scene 28.  Favourite side character 29.  Favourite villain 30.  Favourite idea you haven’t started on yet

The Dark 31.  Least favourite part of writing 32.  Most difficult character to write 33.  Have you ever killed a main character? 34.  What was the hardest scene you ever had to write? 35.  What scene/story are you least looking forward to writing?

The Fun 36.  Last sentence you wrote 37.  First sentence or your current WIP 38.  Weirdest story idea you’ve ever had 39.  Weirdest character concept you’ve ever had 40.  Share some backstory for one of your characters

The Rest of It 41.  Any advice for new/beginning/young writers? 42.  How do you feel about love triangles? 43.  What do you do if/when characters don’t follow the outline? 44.  How much research do you do? 45.  How much world building do you do? 46.  Do you reread your own stories? 47.  Best way to procrastinate 48.  What’s the most self-insert character/scene you’ve ever written? 49.  Which character would you most want to be friends with, if they were real? 50.  [Other question—ask me anything]

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Reading a book about slavery in the middle-ages, and as the author sorts through different source materials from different eras, I am starting to understand why so many completely fantastical accounts of "faraway lands" went without as much as a shrug. The world is such a weird place that you can either refuse to believe any of it or just go "yeah that might as well happen" and carry on with your day.

There was this 10th century arab traveller who wrote into an account that the fine trade furs come from a land where the night only lasts one hour in the summer and the sun doesn't rise at all in the winter, people use dogs to travel, and where children have white hair. I don't think I'd believe something like that either if I didn't live here.

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Always the writer, never the reader.

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Reason to Live #10539

  Whipped cream and fruit sandwiches. – Guest Submission

(Please don't add negative comments to these posts.)

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annie steg gerard

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René Lalique’s 11-eyed blue-glass flacon for Canarina, 1928.

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WIP: Farewell Vesperos

One sentence synopsis: in a Victorian inspired world of eternal night, a young transman is ordered by a vampire hunting prince to solve the murder of the man protecting a lost heir.

Vibes: flickering candlelight, dusty furniture, mysterious noises in the dark, boots on wet cobblestone, blood pooling on wooden floors, black feathers, wicked grins, leather gloves, old lockets,

Features: Gay villainous love triangle - evil vampire hunters and vampires - fallen noble families - intelligent, compassionate protagonist - class differences - goddess worship - diverse cast - queer accepting society -

Characters:

Owen Rosedown

Prince Aurum Von Domini

The Scarred Man

Lawrence Rhyne

Caroline Asphodel

Locke Hepatica

Nora Brassman

Father Gideon Valentine

[eventually you'll be able to click names to see information on them!]

Playlist:

Phantasmagoria - Ashbury Heights

Flashback - The Birthday Massacre

Once Upon a December - Invadable Harmony

Nothing's Impossible - Depeche Mode

Undying Love - Nox Arcana

More to come

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I've gotten so many new followers since I made that poll--

Hi new people! I'm Coffee! It's nice to meet you! I hope you read my pinned post 😅 I'm currently not doing great but seeing some new faces makes me smile. Feel free to send me an ask or DM if you want to talk or have a suggestion or request. I hope the rest of your day goes easy on you!

#from coffee

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real life cartoon character

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I just discovered foodtimeline.org, which is exactly what it sounds like: centuries worth of information about FOOD.  If you are writing something historical and you want a starting point for figuring out what people should be eating, this might be a good place?

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Poetry

I am not a flower, I'm a weed. Growing in places unwanted, plucked, wilted and resilient. Daffodils have their beauty, Roses their thorns, And strawberries their fruit to harvest. But I am merely trying to survive in a world ripe with exploited purpose.

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True Name worldbuilding is such an inescapably fascinating thing. You can’t have True Names in your setting without deciding to some extent which Names are True. There are people who I would say know me, who know me only as Tuesday - does that make it a True Name? Do I think of myself as Tuesday enough for it to be a True Name? Is my deadname a True Name? If not, when did it stop being one? When it stopped being the thing you should shout if I was gonna get hit by a bus? When exactly was that? Once I had a violating experience and when I got home I took off the clothes I’d been wearing, curled up under a blanket, and addressed myself by my deadname when comforting myself. It wasn’t not an attempt at name magic. If Tuesday is a True Name, does any moniker I offer to one of the Fair Folk risk becoming a True Name if I interact with them long enough? Do I have to carefully maintain it in my mind as an alias, lest it slip? Are there creatures who play the long game, not trying to find out your True Name but trying to build you one? Can they use the process of building you a new True Name to shape you?

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The Panama Canal

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i love dropping my pen putting my glasses on my desk and rubbing my face like an exhausted divorced academic in the 1980s who is greying and sexily tousled and has been up for hours digging through the yellowed pages of old obscure treatises about etruscan pots

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Restarting this post for a couple reasons

We're two disabled trans women (and a cute cat) who have been strung along for almost a year and told that housing and education would be covered, this has not happened and has no indication of ever happening at this point. I am going to drop all of my projects at this point and seek aid. There will be no more Ricky, no more PierMesh, no more Y232 until we can get at the very least our housing secured. You can help us here:

Cashapp: $cmder

Venmo: agief

PayPal: https://paypal.me/agieocean

$1750/$1750 raised Covered thank you all!

If you know of any person or organization that can help us with stabilizing housing please let us know we're desperate

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my apologies if this has already been posted here but im sharing this. here is what someone said on twitter along w this image:

the central image text reads: “@everyone I HAVE BEEN RELIABLY INFORMED GUARDIAN JOURNALISTS ARE SNOOPING AROUND ASKING FOR TRANS PEOPLE TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT DIY HRT. THEY ARE PARTICULARLY LOOKING FOR UNDER-18S DOING DIY. SHOULDN'T NEED TO BE SAID, BUT DO. NOT. ENGAGE. SPREAD WIDELY. DO NOT ENGAGE. WE NEED THIS NOTICE SPREAD OUT VIA EVERY GRASSROOTS SUPPORT GROUP AND SOCIAL CIRCLE IN THE COUNTRY.

URGENT. IF THEY GET EVEN ONE TO TAKE PART IT BECOMES A NATIONAL CONVERSATION. TOP ALERT.

Guardian journos are apparently asking trans people about DIY. Trans followers: DO NOT SAY ANYTHING TO THEM. NOT A WORD.

I also know I’ve got cis mutuals who have written for the Guardian. Please know I’ve always thought less of you because of that.

- https://x.com/TownTattle/status/1781045092049928551

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international people start calling our country aotearoa instead of new zealand challenge