#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?

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Do you do any "problem solving" when you write? What kinds of problems have you had to solve? What kind of problems are you trying to solve now?

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Today's #WritersCoffeeClub got me thinking, I have two scenes in two books that aren't set at a particular time - even though the books are strongly sequential, in these scenes I deliberately never clarify when and why these scenes happen. In fact, you could cut em from the work and everything would still make "sense" - but they're there for emotional catharsis.

Anyone else have similar scenes, that are somehow disconnected from time? Why do you have em? Why do they (or don't they) work?

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Do you have a favorite "trick" when it comes to your writing or poetry? Discuss in the replies!

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#Writing discussion: Magic and "systems"

Lots of people, when they sit down to introduce magic into their story, think about it from a "system" point of view, implying things like rules, predictability, etc. But magic/the supernatural in our world is often very vibes based and unpredictable. Which does your story's "magic" lean towards? Do you think one works better than the other? In what situations and why?

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I don't do word counts because they yuck my low-focus yum. I do checkpoints. My #WritingGoals for Project Mega are:
Herd A-story characters to X part of the story; bonus points if you also get the B-story character to Y part of the story. Triple bonus if you get certain marked characters away from A-story and B-story into C-story. Think of ways to weave in B-story-subplot-A and B-story-subplot-B if vibes.
I blame George R. R. Martin for this nonsense.

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#writersCoffeeClub APR-21 Do you agree with Rose Tremain, who says you shouldn't plan a book's ending; it must be earned?

Similar to how I think, that theme is not enough to write a self-contained story, and you need plot for it, knowing the ending in some shape or form is needed to know the direction, which in return lets you gauge whether writing the story makes sense. However, that doesn't necessarily mean, the ending can't change.

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#WritersCoffeeClub APR-09 Do you use a dedicated proofreader, or is one provided by your publisher?

For my German stories that I used to publish at Queerpoint.net, @Arokh did a fantastic job at not only proofreading, but also copy as well as line editing all my stuff 😍

For my English stories, I haven't found a proofreader or editor yet.

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