Has anyone gone to the #solarpunkConference this weekend?

How was it?

Did you learn anything interesting?

Which was your favorite panel?

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Although I'm in the midst of writing a new friendship in a new world, it doesn't mean I forgot the friendship that "started it all" and survived it all (namely, 4 books!) too—Kamira and Veelk never lie to each other and they always have each other's back.

Get first book free: https://bf.authorjm.com/ByThePact
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https://t.co/16X4AieSzX The story of #oil #profits in all the gory details.

Chapters 23 and 24 of "A New Faith" are up on the website at https://tinjar.ghost.io

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#ScribesAndMakers Jun 22 - If things don't go well with your creative project, do you give up or persevere?

I am fairly ruthless about discarding old ideas that never went anywhere. I've probably binned a few stories / scripts that I should have persevered with.

In programming. I was always keen to develop new ideas, and inevitably learn a new language to make it happen. The ground behind me is littered with those projects.

#ScribesAndMakers 6/22: If things don't go well with your creative project, do you give up or persevere?

I'm still here after two books, nearly 29K into the third.

#ScribesAndMakers when things aren't going well do I give up or persevere?

I cast aside. Right now I haven't had a solid creative thought since 2018, and I've made my peace with the idea that this might be the end. But in the flip side, in 2014 I started a series based off an idea I shelved in 1997, so I'm not writing anything off entirely.

#ScribesAndMakers 22. If things don't go well with your creative project, do you give up or persevere?

I've shelved several things. Sometimes the approach isn't working but I don't see a better one. Sometimes I'm just not the right author to do the topics justice.

Doesn't necessarily mean it's abandoned forever, new ideas can arise or new experience can be gained.

#ScribesAndMakers 22. If things don't go well with your creative project, do you give up or persevere?

It depends. For my erotic romance I'm taking a break because I'm sure there's a lot more to it than "the characters just aren't talking to me".

Otherwise, I persevere .

#ScribesAndMakers June 22. If things don't go well with your creative project, do you give up or persevere?

It depends. I'm not sure I've ever 100% given up on a project, but I have shelved some because now wasn't my moment for them. I try to gauge whether I'll be better served by taking a break or by pushing through. I'm better at figuring that out than I used to be.

If things don't go well with your creative project, do you give up or persevere?

My basic premise:

The only way out is through.

Usually by the time I get more than 20k into a story, it has its hooks in me. Before that, it's just a suggestion. A possibility without commitment.

That said, I put projects out of my misery more than once in my past. I might do it again.

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#ScribesAndMakers 22. If things don't go well with your creative project, do you give up or persevere?

Mostly I persevere but here's a few things I let go: I gave up quilting after I cut out a bunch of pieces but never put them together. I gave up learning to crochet early in the pandemic. A friend came over once a month to teach us, which was a hard way for me to learn.

I gave up sewing years ago and I've picked that up for my next embroidery project. A friend is a professional seamstress and a good teacher with a ton of patience. She helped me make a sample bag and she's talking me through preparing the bag I'll embroider one step at a time.

I organized part of my craft closet yesterday. I still have to finish the mosaic section, which is mostly a bunch of pebbles in containers. I want to start another pebble mosaic but maybe it'll be less daunting after everything on that shelf is accessible.

#ScribesAndMakers 22. If things don't go well with your creative project, do you give up or persevere?

It really depends on the project and why it isn't going well.

There have been several writing projects over the years that I realized too late included some nasty tropes I didn't want in my writing. I think any author who is committed to growing as a person will find this happens from time to time.

Persevering with those projects would have been the absolute wrong thing to do.

Other projects I've hit a 'I don't know what to do with this' point and put it away to bring it out again later and fiddle with it.

But as a general rule, if I can see a way forward and am healthy enough to keep going, I'll persevere.

#ScribesAndMakers 22. If things don't go well with your creative project, do you give up or persevere?

I tend to persevere. If I created the problem with something I wrote in the project, then I should be able to solve it myself. I may give the project a rest for a bit to let my head clear, but I try to keep going, no matter what.

#ScribesAndMakers June 22. If things don't go well with your creative project, do you give up or persevere?

I don't give up on projects so much as put them aside until they come back around or until I can strip them for parts.

Don't waste anything.

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#ScribesAndMakers June 22. If things don't go well with your creative project, do you give up or persevere?

Probably give up. Start afresh with a new project. Doesn't happen that often. So maybe I do persevere, after all. 🤷‍♂️

#WritersCoffeeClub 22. What’s the best piece of writing advice you ever received?

As a kid I read an essay by Clive Cussler, advising aspiring writers to pursue other careers in order to have lots of things to write about. That resonated for me and I went into biology, then healthcare. No regrets.

#WritersCoffeeClub 22. What’s the best piece of writing advice you ever received?

Rewrite.

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#writerscoffeeclub June 21: Which facets of your writing only work in the language in which it was written?

A lot of words and concepts I translate from German don't really have an English-language counterpart. Which is why I have such a high number of footnotes.