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#WordWeaver 3/12 What's the best thing about the world of your story?

Love answers all problems.

It's messy and dangerous, but if you love someone enough, everything comes out okay in the end.

Whatever

“Read us another story!” Grandpa Charlie’s three grandchildren demanded.

"Whatever," he said, waving a hand at the bookshelf. His tone made it clear that he was bored and wanted to take a nap. Three stories should be enough. But grandkids are grandkids, and there would be no napping until they left with their dad.

The oldest, Nancy, brought over an old, green book. Its cover was faded, and the cloth over the torn binding exposed the spine below. “What’s this, Granddad?”

“That was your mother’s when she was a little girl. He ran his finger over the nearly vanished gold-lettered title, ‘The Big Book of Stories.’” His tone had softened, and he gently opened the book to a random page.

A red poinsettia leaf pressed into a homemade bookmark drifted out. Written in a childlike hand was “To Dad.”

The bookmark settled in his lap, followed by a gentle tear.

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#WordWeavers 2/12: What does your MC’s home smell like?

The dominant smell would be tobacco with three smokers in the house. Next to that would be the smell of good food.

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#PennedPossibilities 861 — Has your MC ever committed a crime? If so, what have they done?

Not the current batch. But the MCs from my first incomplete novel, who show up as side characters in my WIP, have committed multiple felonies, chiefly violations of Japan's weapon laws, plus assault, battery, and any number of crimes of violence.

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#writerscoffeeclub 12/2 Hatecas reader - avoid as writer.

OP characters
Queer angst
Cardboard characters
Blue screen text
Dystopian plot
Gameification
Preaching

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#ScribesAndMakers 1 What creative projects do you hope to work on this month?

Konbini Idol, of course. But I also hope to produce at least 15 stories for #PIXIVCharitySanta, beating my previous record of 14.

PIXIV Book Santa

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#eroticMusings Week 27 (November 30-December 6) Craft When it comes to reflecting on and assessing your own work, how do you practice self-kindness?

If I am feeling judgmental about something I wrote, usually because I think it's boring. I remind myself it always turns out pretty good in the end.

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#SundayLit prompt is: Games

{Snip Konbini Idol](https://www.pixiv.net/novel/series/11417104)

At night, we wrote and presented poetry. We all took part, but Shishi came alive when performing. On stage, she rived Sarah Bernhardt herself. Once or twice, Kan-chan’s critiques offended her, especially as our internment wore on.

We also played endless rounds of Go. We briefly bet smokes, and Tomo consistently won my daily ration. Shishi played like a wizard when cigarettes were on the line. Otherwise, she couldn’t be bothered. When we smoked on the veranda, she would graciously let me bum one. I happily switched to betting coins after Shizuka gave them to us.

Our Go tournaments became so successful that the servants even spied on them. Then, with enormous delight, they penned satirical poems about my playing and “accidentally” recited them where I’d overhear. Fortunately, they made a greedy move one night.

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#WritersCoffeeClub 11/30 Share something good about your creativity this month.

I turned out a lot of good flash.

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#SundayLit Q2. Does your world building include games? What purpose do they have in the story?

I research and use games with cultural or historical significance. I don't so much world-build as explore the world as it was.

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Q1. Which games do your characters play as a pastime?

Several card games are mentioned, an early form of backgammon, poetry contests, sutra knowledge contests, Go. And matching humorous wit.

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#WordWeavers Nov 30:
#PennedPossibilities 859,

I never write with juvenile characters because of antis and the pedo hysteria in the West. I have counseled and watched too many creatives get branded and burned at the stake. (And I don't mean the rich white dudes and media stars that bribe and blackmail their way out of trouble.)

I don't avoid queer, non-Christian, antifac, anticap, poly, kink, or most other subjects that would get me banned if I were popular enough that anyone noticed.

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#PennedPossibilities 857.a: One of your characters yells, "Turkey!" What happens next?

Ume is the only one who would know the word. So is she yelled it, the others would look puzzled and ask what was going on.

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#WordWeavers Nov 29: When writing gets hard, what keeps you going?

Since I write serials, deadlines.

And if the deadline is far enough off, I take a break and let things percolate.

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#WordWeavers 28. Your MC gets a free bag of candy corn. How do they react?

Ume: "I had these when I studied in the States. I'd offer them to my friends but warn them they taste like sugary wax."

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#WritersCoffeeClub - 28 Nov. In what ways do you see yourself reflected in your own work?