nebulos#WritersCoffeeClub: Which phrase, paragraph, or page are you most proud of writing this month?
Just happened to reread this this month, but it's been stuck in my head: "Thunder murmured violently"
the #empathAndAugur ebook is almost done (minus the cover art. still working on that). I thought all that's left is to make the scene breaks accessible, which TIL is best done using a <hr /> element, via this excellent resource: https://www.accessiblepublishing.ca/common-epub-issues/
but looks like I have some more accessibility items to tackle, namely differentiating between <em> for emphasis and <i> for formatting.
kind of "between" creative projects in that the current task for #EmpathAndAugur is getting my ebook formatted, which is mostly programming.
Have decided to make custom svgs for my scene dividers for each act tho, which is less creative and more me engaging in a battle of wills with the pen tool.
#AmWriting(ish)
it's been long enough that I no longer have the entirety of #EmpathAndAugur loaded into memory. my brain absolutely does not wanna do the work of loading it either.
gonna write some code instead, cuz that's easier. never let you think salary => difficulty
#amWriting (or not)
The astute eyed would recognize this tree showin up all over the place on https://nebulos.space but that's more of an #EmpathAndAugur thing.
I generally go for ice and fog as my motif. I think if I were to go for an object it would probably be a glass knife, with a lens in the blade. And or a white dandelion.
ScribesAndMakers Has your art/craft/writing changed over the years? If so, how?
I'm writing a lot about stuff more external to myself these days. #EmpathAndAugur is very much a story about "who/what/why am I", and most of my short stories from that time are as well. Lately though I've been finding a lot of stories drawn from the external world and how I relate to it, the tech industry especially - sometimes explicitly, sometimes in the attitudes that are common within it. Now that I have my shit (mostly) figured out, those are the things that draw my attention - how we can survive/fight/deprogram/liberate ourselves from the ideas that got us into this mess.
How accessible is your work?
All my work (at the moment) is available for free on my website (which I've done my darndest to follow web accessibility best practices (if you have accessibility suggestions I'm always looking for em!)). Previously two stories have been unavailable because they were accepted at anthologies, which I have somewhat mixed feelings about - they come back eventually so it's fine, but it's odd to have stories in a place where nobody can find em unless they have the physical object. When my books are out, I will be charging money for em, but mostly because not charging money isnt something every author can afford. But there'll almost certainly be some way to get em for free - eg messaging me and asking for it lmao.
Anyone else find a mildly prophetic bent to their creative endeavors? I don't think it's very surprising - there are reasons certain topics or arcs call to us - they often echo situations in our real life, and putting such effort and intention into those echoes often makes things you bring with you into real life as well. Like #EmpathAndAugur is extremely trans, and #witchpunk is about organizing, neither of which I was thinking about while I wrote it, only to get *very* deeply into it while editing.
I managed to catch one of your human diseases, so I only finished up #inktober last night.
#vacant (though more like ransacked) - a "set" from #EmpathAndAugur - tried something different, conveying lighting through quantity of detail? went...okay
#award - very cute, for a last prompt. At some point Maya gets a reward for her services in Rumregn's liberation. Did a bit of fun vexillogy for the baby republic - the holes for the chain of craters that most of the population lives in, a big 4 pointed star for the "debris fields" where ancient tech falls from the ring of the nearby moon.
#ScribesAndMakers 24. Do you have a favorite pen, pencil, or other writing implement? What's special about it?
Embarassingly, I am the kind of person that a really nice pen inspires to write. Specifically a flexy vintage fountain pen that I got at the latest fountain pen show in san francisco. I'd post a pic but I think our image uploading is misbehaving at the moment.
#WritersCoffeeClub 25: Does 'destiny' have a role in modern fiction?
A major theme in #EmpathAndAugur - but not played straight. The eponymous Augur has a bone to pick with it. Not quite sure why it might be passe in the modern era? I suppose that "it's destined" just doesn't hit the same as a motivation anymore, which yeah, true. You'd think "chosen one" woulda died with it, but no such luck, eh? Any ideas why not?
Apparently it's been over a year since I made any #EmpathAndAugur fanart. Didn't quite accomplish everything I wanted with this painting, but still like how it turned out.
anyways, high recommend designing an elaborate dress for your male protagonist.
