#wordweavers if my love interests in #blindtrust were writers, what would they write?

Edgar's already a poet. He wishes he wrote like Rilke or Whitman but in actuality he's like a more queer and sensitive Bukowski. It's complicated.

And for Scott, his favorite stories are The Odyssey and The Witcher series. He likes heroes. Probably fantasy. It makes sense to him.

#writerscoffeeclub I was actually unaware people used full-on emojis in prose. I've read basic emotions in more tech-centered books, but like how would you even use it outside of a text? And how would you say 🥸 when reading a book out loud?

Also even emojis as basic as the 🥹 have a real different vibe depending on the OS. Completely changes intent in an already weird scene.

I have two people reading my Beta of #blindtrust so far. Some insights:

- my chapter titles referencing different types of musical compositions make no sense

- I forgot to change Edgar's name from his original placeholder name, like, a few times

- I have a few sentences that end in the middle and I don't remember what they say

- people do not know what the Sing Sing Correctional Facility is and I do not remember why I do either

Hooray for the process!

#amWriting #writingcommunity

#wordweavers 18. Does my antagonist eat healthy?

I'm toying with if Cassus would have an interest in food if given the obligation of eating to sustain a physical body. I feel like it would enjoy the current of a soup with a thin broth. Miso would be nice, maybe egg drop. Or like a really fluffy, fresh piece of bread.

Or like liquid cleaners. Mainly Tide Pods and drain cleaner.

#writerscoffeeclub 18. Pain from writing. Oh no.

Back in high school when I was doing full NaNoWriMos in the fetal position, I ended up rocking two hand braces from the double carpal tunnel. Still a bit of a pain sometimes. I also gave myself tendonitis twice working on the first book of #blindtrust.

This is not smart. I am not proud of this.

#wordweavers embarrassing things the #blindtrust crew has done to celebrate the first book being finished:

- Edgar has his first King's cake when he moved to NOLA and accidentally ate the baby Jesus figurine and panicked.
- Scott had a phase where he tried to learn sleight of hand magic and he sucks so hard at it
- Katy had to delete TikTok because she used a bangs hack on herself and it was very bad.
- I'm pretty sure Tenzin has a dakimakura but I don't know of who. It's weird though.

#blindtrust is DONE!
THREE MONTHS, 179K WORDS. LIKE 45K OF REWRITES FROM DATA CRASHES. I AM TIRED.

I'm drinking a mocktail to celebrate. Time to take (tbd) days to relax and let things settle before I start on stake two and the plot actually sets in. Hope people like the thought of a muddled asexual love story between two traumatized witches who forgot they're already in love!

Shit is about to get FAR MORE INTENSE.

#writerscoffeeclub What is my field of expertise? What am I good at?

I wrote like ten novels before the age of 21. Wrote and produced three live productions with the youth theater troupe I put together - even worked out a deal for one of them to be performed INSIDE A BUILDING.

I'm a good cook, even though my wife only needs pasta and canned tomato sauce. I can paint something and have it look like that thing. I know the ukulele but I learned it backwards. Improv, but I don't practice enough.

#wordweavers Where does my antagonist feel safe?

There's no "where" for Cassus since it's a living dimension. It IS the where. But it probably felt the best in the stretch of time before mankind came to exist only to feed off its life essence. Now it comforts itself with thoughts of destroying every parasite latched onto it.

Or maybe it also likes warm, enclosed spaces. Like being wrapped in many blankets. But I can't elaborate too much on that.