#PennedPossibilities 967
What level of education do your characters have?

In the current WIP, Maggie & her human science team friends have PhDs, except for one medical doctor.

The mages don't have anything like that. They are primarily educated at home, with nobles later attending their elite academy. Many join a guild. It works for their needs as their social system is very different. Mastery of a discipline comes with practice.

#ScribesAndMakers Mar 25. Do you use music as a storytelling tool? Give an example.

I wouldn't describe it as a "tool." My trilogy MC is a singer/songwriter in a band so I included songs in there.

My Dragon Age books make fun of how royals have minstrels singing their songs like old-time propaganda. Each chapter begins with a line from Jade's glorious song, which is shown to be less on the mark as the reader sees how events actual played out.

#WordWeavers Mar 25
What do you feel thinking about the last scene you wrote?

Kind of excited. I am currently doing a rewrite after getting the book back from my editor. There were problem areas I knew about when I sent it to her, for various reasons, &, as always, she did her stellar job of suggesting how to make things better. I tend to have fun with revisions cause I can see how the story just snaps more to life.

#WritersCoffeeClub Mar 25
What do you feel when a loved one reads your work?

Depends who they are. My youngest son was my alpha reader for my first books & that was fun. We share a love of fantasy.

My husband's insistence he must read my book annoyed me. It was pure obligation on his part. He doesn't like, nor understand, the genre, & all I got was a bunch of confused questions where I was expected to explain & define every story element. Thank goodness he never got past Book 1.