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#ScribesAndMakers day 25: Our featured creator does "a bit of educational activism on the side." Do you do any activism through your creative work?

Some of my poetry explores dealing with neurodiversity (my husband and all 3 kids are on the autistic spectrum), chronic illness and depression. I want to show that we're talking about people, not just labels.

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#WordWeavers Day 26: How “high maintenance “ is your MC?

If you ask Jhana, she'll say she's pretty low maintenance. But actually, she has lots of wealth, servants, and indulgences, so...depends on how you look at it.

Tink prides herself on being low maintenance. Sometimes a little too low.

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from denmark hamlet brought silver

from denmark   hamlet brought   silver
speciedalers and cronin

and so he paid   to wear the black robe
and the recognition from the towns’ folk
that he was a student here

so he paid for admission
into these corridors of ignorance and revelation

admission to these classrooms
where both daydreams and fascinations were
brought to the table

for me he bought
memories of how he knelt
at his waking and at his bedtime prayers

memories of his voice when he sang hymns

but now   sure as i knelt beside his dying
he’s long forgotten what he paid
for a chair

for a place among the gathered
in the assembly hall

his understandings
of german   of latin
of philosophy   of theology

his ability to speak
in all these languages   to read

all these things he bought   he left   where

like all of us   occupants   temporary
his bed in the dormitory   was rented

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Highly recommending this no-strings-attached download of @susankayequinn 's A Recipe for Marketing Indie Books. https://dl.bookfunnel.com/mymy5izu1p It's focused on indie publishing of fiction book series and she speaks on the subject with the detail and authority someone who has Done That Shit.

It's distinct from a lot of other advice I've seen (sharp divide between KU/wide strategies, recommendation against click-through ads, total lack of reliance on social media as a marketing tool), the down-dirty nitty-gritty delivered in no-nonsense, rapid-fire style that makes for a brief but packed read. It's quite current with a revision date of January 2026, I definitely recommend a look.

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#Musk wants award-winning and highly-talented writers to take what he thinks will be the last job that any writer will ever have. Which scabs will do it?

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Timothy Karoff: A new #xAI job listing seeks decorated writers to refine the company's #AI model, #Grok.
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/musk-job-listing-novelists-22224801.php

So, I need to figure out a *methodology* for creating #ChapterBreaks. I have almost no intuitive sense of them.

I would love you all to tell me how *you* decide where to place chapter breaks?

It is moments of tension?

Does each chapter contain a narrative arc?

It is when you move to a different setting or POV character?

If it's "when it feels right," can you describe that feeling?

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#WordWeavers Apr 25: Is there any political or moral value that your MC and antagonist agree on?

Thus far, this is has been universally true across ALL my books:

Women's and Trans rights are human rights. No human is illegal. Love is love. Science is real.

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Chapter 43 of Princess of Kurg is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city

Kazic's surprise is revealed: he intends to dance the Pas De Deux with Nicole and she's completely overwhelmed with emotion.

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#WordWeavers 2026.04.24 —Do your characters have any “tells” when they are lying?

Let's get this out of the way. There are

Lies, damn lies, and statistics.

Most of my characters will hesitate, become quiet, look askance, or act more nervous than usual if they need to lie for reasons that would benefit themselves. The desire to lie is a situation that doesn't comes up much. On the other hand, if a situation puts life or limb at stake, or telling the truth is a bad thing (damn lies), a few of my characters will have no tell whatsoever. It's afterward they may breakdown from the stress (statistics).

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