Art of Goulwen RIntroduce your writing to a stranger using just 5 words.
Victorian horror mistress maid doctors
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#wordweavers 2025-09-01
Look at 3 random responses from yesterday and see if there's a story you'd like to read. Share it.
@melodyeverall âFun times with live-in housekeeperâ ĂriĂ© definitely approves
@kagan âSan Francisco ensemble urban fantasyâ Iâm extremely curious about this one
@petealexharris âStupid ideas masquerading as stories.â Stupid ideas can make good stories
#wordweavers 2025-09-02
Do your protagonists deserve a happily-ever-after? Why/why not? Will they get one?
Both Esther and ĂriĂ© would certainly deserve but they wonât get one đ«€
#wordweavers 2025-09-03
Compare your MC in the beginning and the end of the story. What changed? What's the same?
Esther will gain freedom (and superpowers).
#wordweavers 2025-09-04
Have you made eleventh hour additions to your cast? Who was it, and what led to that decision?
I add Raymond-12, a Moreau bat based assistant. Why I need him would be a spoiler
#wordweavers 2025-09-05
[Illustrations: Moreau introduces Raymond-12]
Describe the most unusual/intriguing marketing opportunity you've encountered.
It may just happen currently but I canât tell until Iâm sure it will effectively be. Iâll edit this toot if it has a successful outcome. Cross fingers for me! đ€đ€đ€
#wordweavers 2025-09-06
MC POV: What can't you accept?
Esther: âUnfortunately, I tend to accept a lot of things. I'm probably like those frogs who are put in cold water, and then the temperature rises slowly enough that they don't realize it and end up getting cooked.â
#wordweavers 2025-09-08
Do you have a favorite among your cast of characters?
No surprise, I prefer the trio Esther, Erie and Lady DâArcy over the doctors and Sir James.
#wordweavers 2025-09-09
Share a snippet with an animal in it.
Do Moreauâs creatures still animals or already humans ? I guess it depends of who answers to the question !
#wordweavers 2025-09-10
[Illustrations: Dr Moreau introduces Raymond-12 to ĂriĂ©]
If you had to show that a character is a good person within one scene, how would you do it?
A good person is someone who acts egoless, ready to risk themselves to help others.
#wordweavers 2025-09-11
[Illustrations: Draft of Erié accepts to go visit Dr Moreau ]
If you had to show that a character is a bad person within one scene, how would you do it?
A bad person is someone who never cares about others and making them uncomfortable in order to pursue their goals.
#wordweavers 2025-09-12
[Illustrations: Draft of Dr Moreau asking for being allowed to perform some experiments on ĂriĂ©]
How much does your SC fear death?
Erie: âDeĂ€th I dĂžnât fear; I learned yĂžung that lĂŹfe can brĂŒtally end and that Ăžne shĂžuld lĂŹve everyday lĂŹke ĂŹf the last ĂŹtâll beâ
#wordweavers 2025-09-13
[Illustration: Excerpt from Inktober 2022]
Does any kind of spirituality play a role in your story?
Itâs Victorian times, people are supposed to be Christian. That said most people in my story arenât very religious.
Lady DâArcy used to setup a dark cult, nothing spiritual for her, just a way to manipulate people
#wordweavers 2025-09-14
[Illustration: Excerpt from Inktober 2020]
Do any of your characters create any form of art?
Esther is an harpist
#wordweavers 2025-09-15
[Illustration: Esther playing harp to relax]
Share a snippet with a color in it.
Yesterday I needed to draw EstherïŒafter being away from her for a while because of the We Love Vintage market. And even more, I drew her traditionally and in colours. I think itâs not too bad for a first time in years.
#wordweavers 2025-09-16
[Illustration: Esther but traditionally]
What is your SC wrong about?
Erie has been raised and trained by Lady dâArcy for a few years. Because of this, she lacks of many of the social benchmarks and her moral standards are biased.
Also her senses are often more sensitive than humans, especially her smell.
All this can lead her to misinterpret signals and suggest wrong answers to Esther
#wordweavers 2025-09-17
[Illustration: Erie suggesting wrong activity to Esther]
Does your antagonist have any specific fears?
Lady dâArcy fears of ageing, she did everything she could (surgery, dark magic) to delay it. Thatâs why she was so happy to find a way to rejuvenate effectively when she had been exiled, ironically.
#wordweavers 2025-09-18
[Illustration: Lady DâArcy when she had been exiled and later when she met Esther]
Is there anyone your antagonist misses or longs for?
ĂriĂ©: Lady dâArcy misses her maid, and one of her goals is to grab her back.
#wordweavers 2025-09-19
[Illustration: Erie helping Lady DâArcy to prepare]
How does society think about nature and its protection?
Victorian era saw the beginning of the concept of nature protection. That said, in Esther and Erie universe, United States doesnât reach West Coast and thus, the Yellowstone park hasnât been created in 1872.
#wordweavers 2025-09-20
Would your MC contribute to any discrimination in their world?
Itâs a complicated topic: Esther is less bad than most people, but she wouldnât consider EriĂ© as her equal, both racially and socially. A layered society is normal for her, just it shouldnât be enforced by violence.
Sheâs a suffragette who strikes for womenâs voting rights but in her mind it should be reserved to people who pays tax
#wordweavers 2025-09-21
Is there gambling in your world? Do any of your characters participate in it?
Yes and yes: Estherâs father started his career on Great Albion sidewalks playing some gambling games. In fact he always saw life as a gamble, and has often won⊠until he loses nearly everything.
#wordweavers 2025-09-22
If anyone in your world has imperfect vision what, if anything, can they do to correct it?
They can put glasses on
#wordweavers 2025-09-23
[Illustration: Drs Joyce and Jekyll both wear glasses]
Just for fun, share a 5 minute sketch of your MC. Stick people are fine.
#wordweavers 2025-09-24
[Illustration: 5 minutes bust view of Esther]
#wordweavers if you enjoyed todayâs prompt, you may be interested in doing #Inktober (thatâll start next week)
Iâll do it again with a story about how Esther and Erie discovered each other while coming back to Great Albion
How is information preserved in your world? Oral tradition?
Libraries? Hard drives? Other?
Libraries as temples of knowledge
#wordweavers 2025-09-25
Does your character pay particular attention to any aspect of their appearance? Why?
Her appearance is extremely important for Esther: as a lady of the Victorian era, she can change six times a day
#wordweavers 2025-09-26
Has your MC had any amusing injuries?
Injuries never be amusing for Esther, but highly traumatic.
#wordweavers 2025-09-27
Is your MC more likely to fight, flee, or talk their way out of trouble?
Estherâs decision to come back to Great Albion is a flee, sort of.
#wordweavers 2025-09-28
If you could treat your characters to a meal in our world, what would it be?
A tiramisu
#wordweavers 2025-09-29
What author, from any time, would you want as a mentor?
Donât know, Iâm not even sure Iâd want one
#wordweavers 2025-09-30
Ray InglesI always admire those who can actually draw/paint/etc. Something I wish I could do but, given hours I couldn't do what you did there. đ
@ringles thanks! As I always say, itâs the result of countless hours until I can get that result in a few minutes. The thing is, I enjoyed those countless hours while most people wouldnât
TheLashuntaFromCastrovel@art_of_goulwenr My MC/narrator deals with a similar dilemma.
Lady Vaeol, as a Damaya female in the Lashunta Matriarchy and an outrider-officer, enjoys pretty much the pinnacle of her society's entitlement. She has accepted minority and non-normative members (a korasha female and a male Korasha who rides Shotalashu) into her flag-pod, and has also stood up for minority cross-clade rights. She is wholly aware, however, that the more impactful these things become at a social level, they begin chipping away at her entitlement.
@Reid_Sisson those changes take times (typically it needs 3 generations for that something non-normative can become the new norm)