#WritersCoffeeClub 5/5. Have you ever worked through a bad experience by writing fiction?

I shall just say - a bad marriage that lasted far too long... and leave it right there!

Although, in some ways, I should be grateful for all the time I was able to "steal" to escape to my other worlds!

#ScribesAndMakers 5/5. What word(s) always trips you up when writing? Common misspellings or mis-usage.

Few enough for me not to be able to recall the last time I swore at myself for making such a mistake - and yes, I do swear quite profanely at those times.

Trypos and mispronts abound though they hardly count as tripping up...

I leave the misuse of words to the characters - like Brick, but he's one whom I, and many others, will forgive his errors.

#PennedPossibilities 662 — Imagine This: Would your MC be a sore loser or a sore winner?

Sore loser? Only to those who win by playing dirty in whatever manner is necessary to achieve their victory.

Credit is given to those who play fair, and still win!

Sore winner? Only when it is so obviously not a real victory, but a concession to give the illusion of victory...

Victory celebrations are minimal, usually muted.

#PennedPossibilities 660 — What is your MC’s relationship with their family like?

Non-existent.

Father is lost in the farthest reaches of space aboard an experimental craft that wasn't fully up to spec.

Mother committed suicide when she couldn't stand living without her husband any longer.

#ScribesAndMakers May3. What does the word creativity mean to you?

Taking what was imagined from theoretical to as close to physically existing as possible.

And it could be anything - even creating a mess! (Not that a mess would have a huge following - except... no I won't say it!).

#WordWeavers May3. If your MC was approached by a street interviewer, how would they react?

That would depend on the interviewer and the subject matter. If it's all about what a "hero" he is... he'll (hopefully hold his tongue) and walk away shaking his head.

Tommy got a rep, his shuttle having survived when two other shuttle crews died in the defence of Temeria.

He's an "I'm just doing my job" kind of person.

If it was purely sociable - he'd probably goof about.

**** FALLS OFF MY CHAIR IN AMAZEMENT ****

Just abandoned discord after reading some smug individual declaring he was producing code using chatGPT...

Can't trust chatGPT, nor can I trust anyone so proudly lazy/stupid...

I think I'll find my own answers rather than ask someone who just might be a chatGPT junkie!

AI? No... very definitely, no thank you.

It **may** have been sarcasm... but it's not a good attitude.

#PennedPossibilities 659 — MC POV: Tell us about your idea of a perfect day.

Which one... they may be few and far between, but they're never the same.

A day with my partner (in our cabin with no interruptions. 😳

A victorious battle with my two escorts Brick and Surak at my side. 💪

The day I was told I was to be a father (also terrifying... but in a good way). 😅

#ScribesAndMakers 5/2. If you paint, do you have “recipes” or tricks for mixing colours, or do you eyeball it?

Paint? No! I'd just make a mess (even with water colours... as a kid I did (see previously produced anecdote about primary school).

I do doodle though - that's as close as I'll ever get to declaring myself an artist in the visual sense.