#ScribesAndMakers May 2: When you finish a project, do you tend to feel that you have everything just the way you want it, or is it more like 'good enough'?

"Good enough." A project is done when I can't think of anything else to improve and when I've done a reasonable round with beta readers. I figure, someday, if I ever have an actual editor, there will be a couple more passes, but I'm a hobbyist.

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#ScribesAndMakers May 3: When you see the word 'read', is your first instinct to read is as present tense or past tense?

I just heard it in the present tense when I read that prompt, so there you go.

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#ScribesAndMakers May 4: How many songs are there where you know all the lyrics by heart?

So many. I was one of those kids who loved memorizing songs.

Most of them by Weird Al Yankovic.

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#ScribesAndMakers May 7: When did you think of the idea for your current project?

I was contemplating the implications of the Force in Star Wars, and it occurred to me that it's basically a curse. You have to wrestle with psychopathic urges for the REST OF YOUR LIFE.

The Jedi aren't heroes. They're a holding pen for potential monsters.

Monsters that can be exploited.

To kill the monsters you don't abduct and force to learn to be killers.

Oh wait. :)

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#ScribesAndMakers May 8. Leviathan?

I'm good. I had a big breakfast.

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#ScribesAndMakers May 9: How likely are you to embrace changes to language usage?

It's a push/pull thing for me. I love innovations like "y'all," and the English language is far from perfect, but stuff like "wanna" and "gonna" bugs me because it seems like we're transcribing people phonetically instead of acknowledging that it's a slurring of words: want to, going to. Ultimately, I'm not in control of the language, though. English will never ask my permission to change, and that's *good*.

#ScribesAndMakers May 10: If your project will be part of a series, do you know that before you start?

I think if something's going to be serialized, yes, you should think about it when you construct the story. Although I'm sure happy accidents happen all the time, too.

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#ScribesAndMakers May 11: Which of Shakespeare's plays do you like best?

Why would you make me choose!?

Sigh.

Okay, OTHELLO is kind of a masterpiece, although I don't blame anyone for not wanting to experience a story where the climax is spousal murder.

HAMLET is a conglomeration of brilliant moments that make a magnificent mess.

But nothing beats MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM in performance. On paper, it's nothing. On its feet, it's *magical*.

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#ScribesAndMakers May 12: Our next featured creator is a Table Top Role Playing Game designer. Do you play, or have you played, TTRPGs?

God yes. They're a huge influence on me. Probably too much! I think in "encounters."

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#ScribesAndMakers May 18: If someone were to write a character based on you, how often would exclamation marks be warranted in your dialogue?

Depends on the someone. I habitually PROJECT, so that might sound like shouting to others. (It comes from a lifetime of teaching.)

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#ScribesAndMakers May 19: You get locked in Ikea for a week. What will you build?

A comfortable bedroom and office, I guess? There's a kitchen on the premises, and loads of bathrooms, so somewhere to sleep and somewhere to write.

If I knew I was getting rescued, sounds a bit relaxing, honestly.

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#ScribesAndMakers May 21: What medium would you choose to depict a visual image of a lake?

I have no drawing ability, and you've implicitly ruled out text, so I'd try to get a good picture.

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#ScribesAndMakers May 22: Which book world would you like to live in for a week, and why?

The Culture. But I would very much like to stay for more than a week. :)

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#ScribesAndMakers May 23: If you were going to tell a story about a cryptid, which would you choose?

Maybe a couple of fuckwits chasing after some local urban legend and revealing themselves to be conspiracy-brained bigot misogynists in the process?

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#ScribesAndMakers May 24: Warp?

Nope. I haven't decided what kind of acceleration they use in my WIP. I toyed with the idea that it's conventional rocket fuels, because you can't pollute *space*, but they wouldn't have the acceleration to get to Jupiter. I might switch to ion drives. I might just leave it vague. :)

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#ScribesAndMakers Day 26: Who's your favourite vampire?

Nandor the Relentless.

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