#pennedpossibilities 803 Is there anything unusual in your MC's home? Tarragon found a few unrecognizable coins from a place she's never heard of before and she doesn't know it yet, but her mother has a few of those mysterious coins tucked away in her trunk too. #çatura

#wordweavers 04 Choose a holiday that people in your world celebrate. What gift would you give to your MC? I didn't get too creative, they celebrate the 8 pagan sabbats. Tarragon would love a new cloak for Yule. Hers has gotten tattered from so many secret trips into the forest to visit Geeta […]

A short piece I wrote about an awkward social situation I found myself in recently with my cat. For those who make it to the end: thanks, and which one would you rather be? #writersofmastodon #writing #writingcommunity #funny #cats #parenting #story

#wordweavers Oct 3 - If your antagonist had to live a week of your MC’s life, how would it affect them? Oof—a role switch would put my antagonists precisely where they want, most desperately, to be. And where would my protagonist be? In the antagonist's place? On vacation? Or right there […]

Page one of my detective noir short story series. Jasper “Jazz” Mallone has a vaping addiction, lives in a yurt behind the Lucky Strike bowling alley, and is the bartender at the Fourth Wall Lounge. Sometimes patrons come to him with a case to solve, sometimes […] [Original post on mastodon.art]

#scribesandmakers Oct 2. Are you harder on yourself or others when critiquing creative work? Why do you think that is? Myself, though I have been known to rip apart other works. Usually it's beloved classic literature, just for the thrill of challenging the unquestioned celebration of famous […]

#pennedpossibilities 801 SC POV: What requires your patience today? Geeta: mending the frocks and quilts. I had wanted to be outside foraging, but the weather has been rather uncooperative. Nevertheless, all this rain should encourage the mushrooms to grow. #Çatura

#writerscoffeeclub 2 Do you tend to include prologues? Why? Not really. The story begins precisely when I intend it to. I'd rather breadcrumb the background information into the narrative.

#wordweavers 02 What do your characters argue about? Mostly their country's politics. Which kind of magic is better. And which sports team is number one. #Çatura

#wordweavers 30/9: Which author, from any time, would you want as a mentor? Dorothy Boone Kidney. Getting sentimental here. I only met my great aunt Dot a few times. I didn't know she was an author then. She was kind and super fun. I was told she wrote children's books and read them. A few […]

#writerscoffeeclub 29 Sep: Speaking for yourself, what would make a work 'obscene'? If the work was unreadable due to profanity, lewdness, gore, cruelty and violence. Like, when you have to put the work down and genuinely wonder if the author is actually okay.

#writerscoffeeclub 28 Sep Have you ever added to a work after it was ‘finished’? I made some Christian themed art when I was a church kid. Received many compliments on them: "oh that's powerful" "reminds me of my favorite Psalm"... After I went through a difficult divorce from the church, I […]

#wordweavers Sep 28: Is your MC more likely to fight, flee, or talk their way out of trouble? Probably talk. I'd say Tarragon definitely has a fawn response to danger. Survive first. Anger later. Then regret. #catura

#writerscoffeeclub 27.How do you support your fellow writers? I try to like, share, comment online and attend a local writers' group once a month. Sometimes the library hosts a local author book talk and I try to attend if I can. Usually I buy used copies of books. But if the author happens to […]

#wordweavers Sep 27: Has your MC had any amusing injuries? The head cool has only reminded Tarragon half a million times that the kitchen stairwell is nota her personal shortcut to the stables. But Tarragon doesn't listen. Once, she missed a step and sprained an ankle trying to get out of there […]

#pennedpossibilities Have you had to cut anything significant from your WIP? Yeah, I started writing a short story at a novella pace. I had to chop quite a bit of part 1 to make it fit in my 3-part, ~2k word format

#pennedpossibilities 787: How does your MC view the gentler, daintier things in life: as things worth preserving and caring for, or things only bound to wither and disappear? MC Tarragon has an evolution in this regard throughout the story. She starts out not caring, things are disposable, only […]

#wordweavers #WordWeavers 18 September 2025 Does your antagonist have any specific fears? Nothing normal like spiders or heights. They fear mediocrity, and being forgotten or not memorable.

#writerscoffeeclub 18th of September: Have you written something blasphemous?😈 As a queer ex-evangelical atheist pagan, how can I not? Irreverence in general is in my writing, religion is not an exception. I've written a few papers on the erroneous nature of biblical scripture, as well as my […]

#wordweavers Sep 16: Share a snippet with a color in it.

#scribesandmakers 16 Sept: Which part of your work makes you unique/different from anyone else? My works are unique because they were written by me. No other writing in human history was written by me. It was all authored by someone else. So that's what makes my work different. Facetiousness […]

#writerscoffeeclub 16 September: What was the hardest writerly lesson for you to learn? Or unlearn? That even the most wildly celebrated authors throughout history were not perfect. They made mistakes. Their writing could have been better in places. The lesson: stop comparing myself to other […]

#pennedpossibilities 785 If you could give a piece of advice to any of your characters, what would it be? To my MC, Tarragon: Stop waiting. Your story begins when you start being. #Çatura

Stop scrolling! I started a Wordpress blog! This is the first of my 1950s housewife domme series, Milford Dispatches. So far I've written 3 of these—plenty more little stories planned for Evelynna "Mistress Eve" DeLancy and Chief Tom "Pet" DeLancy. My goal is to write each one in about 2k words […]

#pennedpossibilities 783 Who should the readers be “rooting for” in your WIP? I do a little switcheroo in my first book- readers may be rooting for the MC to help the antagonists before they realize who the antagonists are. And it's likely that readers will realize this pitfall before my MC does.

#scribesandmakers - 11 Sept. You've found a device that can doodle on the moon, in a way that is visible from earth. You have 10 minutes, what do you doodle? Credit: Lydia Vvinters "YES" so small you'll need a telescope to see it. (A recreation of Yoko Ono's 1966 "Ceiling Painting") I'm proud […]

#pennedpossibilities 781: Antagonist POV: If you had a “do-over” button, what one event in your life would you like to have a second chance at? Izanme and Izanya are more interested in generational reclamation. They would require a Time Machine for their "do-over". And I don't do the time […]

#wordweavers 11 Sep: If you had to show that a character is a good person within one scene, how would you do it? I would describe what that character does in a scene with no other characters in it. -Maybe they have to make a moral decision that no one will find out about yet they still choose […]

#writerscoffeeclub 9/11 If you could banish one trope for a century, which would you choose? I try not to read others' answers to these before I respond. But today I did and I agree with @Supermouse The trope where the hero's journey ends with a female "prize" for completing the quest can go […]

#writerscoffeeclub 9/9. What incorrect assumptions might a reader make about you? About me—the author? Awe shucks, I'm usually answering these for one of my characters. Uh, not used to the spotlight being on me 😅 I pretty much spilled everything out in my #memoir. A reader might incorrectly […]

#wordweavers 9 Sept: Do you have a favorite among your cast of characters? I sure do. My favorite is Tarragon's mentor, Geeta. Call me one of those eccentric writers if you will, I felt jealous of my other characters, so I wrote myself into the story under a cameo just to interact with Geeta as […]

#pennedpossibilities 9, MC POV: Do you think you have any idiosyncrasies? Tarragon: I don't accept the answers adults give me, if that's what you mean. I'm not different- everyone else is. #Çatura

#wordweavers Sept 8. MC POV: What can’t you accept? "No". In Tarragon's world, every individual can do magic after they spark, between the ages of 8-14. 12-year-old Tarragon is continually told to be patient. She doesn't have time to wait. She'll find her own way to pass her magical exams—with […]

#pennedpossibilities 778 — Does your antagonist enjoy reading? Tell us about the material they would choose to read. My antagonists, Izanme and Izanya Rajidka, prefer to read history books. And they read other people's personal diaries because they're lowlifes without morals.

#writerscoffeeclub 9/7 How much does your writing occupy your thoughts away from the keyboard? I'm a chronic story teller. I've been making up stories about Çatura since I was 7 and I enjoy mentally going there whenever I get bored or have a spare moment to think about what ever. #Çatura

#wordweavers 7. What is your MC's earliest memory? Probably running through the halls of Burnerry school where her parents both work. They have lived right there in the castle for as long as Tarragon can remember. #Çatura

#pennedpossibilities 777. SC POV: Describe a recent dream. (SC)Aíbinn: "It's always the same dream: I'm home in my native country of Alius, back in the barn. The barn is on fire. Sometimes I'm outside trying to get in to save my little brother. Sometimes I'm stuck inside and I can't get out […]

#wordweavers 9/6 Describe the most unusual/intriguing marketing opportunity you've ever encountered. I haven't ventured into marketing my writing much. But I'm also an artist. I was once asked to paint a shop window to advertise an upcoming hot air balloon festival. I got to collaborate with […]

#PennedPossibilities 776. Is there a particular scene/passage that you’re incredibly proud of (and maybe even want to share)? I am incredibly proud of completing my memoir. It's a 100k word archive of survival, 20 years in the making. It's too long to share […] [Original post on mastodon.art]

#writerscoffeeclub 9/6. Do you write daily? Why or why not? I write when the inspiration hits and writing sparks joy. I loathed writing assignments in school. If I tried to guilt myself into writing every day just to maintain it as habit, even when I don't feel like writing, it would feel […]

#wordweavers Sep 5: Have you made eleventh hour additions to your cast? Who was it, and what led to that decision? If possible, I try to pull an existing character back into a chapter, maybe give them a few editing tweaks or a new role. A new character late in the game should feel intentional […]

#pennedpossibilities 775 — MC or SC POV: What do you do for a living? Are you self-employed, or do you work for someone else? (SC)Aibinn: I earn my living teaching fairytales. But here in #Çatura, those fairytales are non-fiction. Don't tell anyone, but I have no real credentials. I'm not even […]

#writerscoffeeclub 9/5. How much should a writer read? Depends on what you're reading. Garbage in, garbage out. Written language is food for thought. Consume wisely.

#writerscoffeeclub 9/4 How do you handle nudity/sex in your writing? Subtly, graphically, or not at all? Sex in my memoir: Scorched earth. Neither erotic nor grotesque. Just unflinchingly honest. And in my YA fiction: I think not. But in my BDSM short stories: well, 😏

#pennedpossibilities 773 — SC POV: Describe your first kiss. Silly. Geeta(SC) was 14 when it happened. Her best friend was beautiful and always by her side. "Do you think we should practice? You know, for kissing boys, of course." #Çatura

#writerscoffeeclub 9/3/25. Have you ever based a character on yourself? If not, would you? A piece of the author embeds a tiny piece of themselves in each character, however big or small that piece may be. I make a cameo appearance in my YA series as a passing character—a merchant selling her […]

#wordweavers September 3: "Do your protagonists deserve a happy-ever-after? Why? Will they get one?" Does anyone really deserve H-E-A? Who gets to define "happily?" That's generally a fairytale genre trope. So if you're a fairytale writer. Then yes. I certainly wish for readers to feel like my […]

2/2 #wordweavers 2/9:3 responses from yesterday... Rachel A. Rosen @youseeatortoise "Political satire with speculative characteristics" Satire is the best way to digest the news. What's your spin? Coll McCutcheon @collmccutcheon "A wholesome transmasc BDSM romance" Wholesome and BDSM in the […]

1/2 #wordweavers 2/9: Look at 3 random responses from yesterday and see if there’s a story you’d like to read. Julie Liddell Whitehead @JulieLiddellWhitehead "Southern Gothic with a twist" What's the twist? I'd love to find out! Christina Anne Hawthorne @CA_Hawthorne "Broken woman who saves […]

#writerscoffeeclub 9/2: Describe your aesthetic. Eclectic chaos in Roy G. Biv.