#ScribesAndMakers ∆ 2026.04.12 — Create a poll with three words that appear in your WIP and one that doesn't. Ask people to guess the one that doesn't.

The following words occur in the SF novel Reluctant Courier (for the Mob). All except one! Choose which one does not occur.

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#WordWeavers 2026.04.12 —Your MC has 2 1/2 days of spare time, time to...

The facts of Bolt's life are that she finds a blue envelope, or is given an item, and she delivers it to the addressee. She has no regular work hours or workplace. She finds coins somewhere in her path when she's done her job. She works for the mob, and when they tell her to do something like shadow someone through the city? She. Does. It.

If she were told she had 2 1/2 days of spare time, she'd likely freak out, worried she'd done something bad and that the boss about to torture her.

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I'm all about COZY, and have an extensive collection of onesies and robes to lounge in! I love translating that warm and fuzzy feeling in my artwork!

What's your favorite way to get cozy?

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#PennedPossibilities 983 — MC POV: If you had been able to choose, would you rather have been an only child or part of a very large family?

[Bolt, a day angel woman:] If I'd had a big sister, maybe my mother wouldn't have been so controlling. Had I had a good relationship, maybe I'd not have done the bad things I did. Any girl with a conscience would want more brothers to help care for her children†, but now, unable to return home or even to send word of my fate, I feel bad for my baby brother: Young men are so sure in their teens that they understand their freedom that they almost always say they're so happy if they haven't a sister; when they're my age, they get sappy about other guy's nieces and nephews. Since I'm unable to ever return home (don't want family involved with the mob like me) it feels selfish to think of that I might have wished for a large family. Most women are happy with one healthy child††. I can't imagine wishing to be an only child!

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†Brothers take care of their sisters' children in Bolt's world. More brothers mean more help divided amongst more hands.
††Humans are significantly infertile in this era, and with an extremely hot climate that drives up child mortality, the population is consistently declining. That Bolt has a sibling who's not a twin beats the odds.

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#WordWeavers 2026.04.11 —What would be the most unappreciated social event a character of yours could be invited to?

Bolt is not shy. Ask the many boys she went to high school with. A bit of a wild daredevil. Shy? No. So why would she not appreciate being invited to any social event?

Bolt works as a courier for the mob. Blackmailed, so it's involuntary. She would not even considering hanging out with the punks. Not happening! Nor would they invite her, the punks. As for the lieutenants or the boss? Really? You need ask?

However, thanks to being discovered as a talented street photographer, she's made friends that she likes but for which she knows that associating with her is dangerous. She can't tell them the truth. She finds it hard to refuse her new friends, she's been so lonely the last dozen years, so she really dreads when they get friendly as she'd feel terrible if they got hurt.

Spoiler: They do.

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