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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I wrote a story about the Moon going pay per view which seems even more relevant now.

https://stephencox.co.uk/the-last-day-of-the-moon/

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