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#WordWeavers 2504.06 — SC POV: Are you capable of killing a person? CW: Spoilers

[The Onēsanue, Reina Īto from Mars Needed Women:]

These men were threatening women's lives and terrorizing them and their children. Why? Because of some biblical rights that may have been applicable centuries ago on Earth, but on Mars? Then they were going to take over the space station in an effort to destroy all the progress we'd made as women on Mars. If you mean, could I kill someone like a samurai with a sword were I trained? Probably not. I did ask my friend to see if she could repurpose some technology to knock a shuttle out of the sky. That would have washed my hands of it—but when she said she couldn't do that, I reprogrammed some flight software. I guess the answer is yes.

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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2504.06 — Do you edit while writing, or go wild and fix it later?

I edit while writing, sometimes when I pause for a breather, sometime when I've finished composing for the day, and often just before writing the next bit. I also fix it later.

Since @NaraMoore and @CaraBruar brought it up, I do versioning in the sense that Scrivener on the Mac makes both backup copies each time I open it and there is a "snapshot" feature. I've almost never needed the old versions, but you never know.

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#ScribesAndMakers 2504.06 — Talk To Me Day. Featured creator: Lydia VVinters ( @HeliaXyana ) #TTMD

It's now April 6th in London, so here's my question:

I see a lot of imagery on your website (lydiavvinters.com). How to you characterize yourself as a creator? A poet? An Artist? What do you focus on?

Also, is your last name intentionally a double-V so it looks like a W (double-U)?

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#ScribesAndMakers 2504.03 — Would you like to form a writers/creative group? Share what you're looking for to see if anyone would like to join you.

Me? Form one? Shy. Not likely.

Were I to join one, I would hope for one with a Clarion ethic towards critique, and one that's strictly limited to 1 or 2 pages per person. Can't be writing if'n I am critiquin'.

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#ScribesAndMakers 2504.02 — What do you want to work on this month?

  1. Now that I've completed Mars Needed Women, I'm going to turn it into a book. I've already figured out how to create an ePub for my beta reader. The web version will disappear, so if you haven't gotten to it, you've got until about April 10th. So far, I've added material to almost all the chapters, and a glossary. Since it's only 25k, I am thinking of adding some writer's processes appendices. Since I was restricted to 5,000 words for each of the 31 chapters, 350 of which were hashtags, I had to practice samarai concision, becoming hyper focused on word choice, and ellipse such that the words implied what needed to be said but couldn't be included. The prose is sometimes too sparse. I'm also correcting some science errors and fixing foreshadowing faux pas.
  2. I am returning to writing Reluctant Moon.

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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2504.05 — Sum up your current WIP in five words.

Daemon astronaut angel's best lover.

Okay, it's a kick in the head, innit? Actually a fair summation of plot lines in Reluctant Moon. This one should go with it:

The moonshot novel is SF.

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#WordWeavers 2504.05 — What’s the most important thing about world-building for you?

That it supports the stories I want to tell. It's the chicken that hatches from the egg. Put another way, it's should be the deus ex machina you can't see. (Keep in mind I write future SF and Fantasy.)

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Zeborah Lambert’s life drastically changes when her fiancé, musician Alan Winter, dies in a car crash just weeks before their wedding. Overwhelmed by grief, she ultimately channels her pain into pursuing her degree in New York City.
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W.D.L Diamond · Zeborah LambertZeborah Lambert's life drastically changes when her fiancé, musician Alan Winter, dies in a car crash just weeks before their wedding. Overwhelmed by grief, she ultimately channels her pain into pursuing her degree in New York City. There, she builds "Club Tranquil," a sanctuary for artists, fulfilling her dreams while honoring Alan's memory.
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