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Genres of my WIPs

The sequel to the Crooked Medium's Guide to Murder is also a spooky Victorian mystery

The novella is a heartfelt human alien SF romance set in contemporary London.

Works thinking about or have done substantial work on are all over the shop.
They are all in a broadly similar space of bad stuff exists but some hope and humour; recognisable people even the non humans; relationships important; valuing difference

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#ScribesAndMakers 18Apr—Do you ever read aloud, either to yourself or others?

I regularly read work aloud at the writing group because that's what we do. It is good for some things and not others. Great for first impressions, clumsy language - not so good for picking up some subtleties in what is read.

Several people I respect read the whole work as an editing tool. I don't, as I go through too many drafts as it is.

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Starmerzugzwang

is the term for a leadership crisis all outcomes of which will be worse for ordinary people.

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#WordWeavers Apr 16: If your MC lived in our world, would they have good financial credit?

If Mrs Ashton appeared in our world - she comes from Victorian London - she would have none of the information financial institutions or the state expect. Assuming she travelled with an emergency stock of jewellry, she would not be absolutely without resources but she would more than ever be thrown back on her spiritual powers and her confidence trickster skills.

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#PennedPossibilities 985 — How long have you been writing or when did you start?

Since primary school. Secondary school largely discouraged creativity. I threw myself into roleplaying games, wrote stories here and there, and had a big outpouring after a writing workshop. Then kids. in 2012 I used a sabbatical to write a novel and ain't no stopping me now

"Wanting to be a writer" and "doing stuff to make you a writer" are quite different

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