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#WordWeavers 29 Sep: Is your character more likely to enjoy a sunrise or sunset, and why?
Which one of them? Because this question could start a fight in The Mansion: Hippocampus stands by the sunrise and Ventral Striatum by the sunset, and Herr Cingulate, Anterior Division, has enough conflict monitoring to do for today.

#WordWeavers 28 Sep
Tell us about your MC’s religious or spiritual beliefs
Prefrontal Cortex is about as spiritual as a Rolodex. They believe in protocol, order, and procedure. In their opinion, everything can be solved by thinking things through and consulting the clipboard.

#WordWeavers 27/9:What interesting quirks do your characters have?
The Manager likes rules and proper procedure. What makes them shine for me is their tenacity. The Mansion can be crumbling around them, they'll still be standing with their clipboard, trying to follow procedure and keep everyone doing their jobs. Their rigidity can be ridiculous, but the same trait becomes admirable und…

#WordWeavers Sep 26: Authors talk about how smart their MCs or villains are, but have you ever written a slow-witted character?
This sits a little ill with me, because someone can be ‘slow-witted’ in one area and bloody brilliant in another. I'm probably rather dimly lit compared with plenty of people in plenty of ways; everyone I meet is, in some aspect, my better. So no, I don't …

#WordWeavers 8/7 What part of your world-building came together almost effortlessly?
(Talking about fantasy novels, here: real world novels, world building is just checking maps, news reports, weather records, history)
The shape of the world came pretty quickly from the idea that (in the fictional world) there really is a real god, who has at least significantly shaped the geograph…

#WordWeavers Sep 25: Do illicit drugs or alcohol play a role in your story?
That depends... do you consider massive doses of chocolate and dopamine illicit drugs?

#WordWeavers 24/9: If your MC made a grand entrance, what fitting song would accompany them?
'Baby Shark'. I'd put it on only to annoy them.

#WordWeavers 22. 1f you wrote a memoir on your writing journey so far, what would it be called?
My favourite title, 'Management Apologises for the Inconvenience', is taken, but 'The Art of Breaking Down' is not too bad either.

#WordWeavers Sep. 23: Have your characters' journeys affected your own life? If so, how?
In a manner of speaking, yes. I would like to think I've realised, through them, how short a life really is, and how valuable it is.
Each and every one of us brings something to this world that nobody else can. A light that is unique, and once it's gone, it's gone forever. It is p…

#WordWeavers 21. In your current WIP, which character do you relate to the least and why?
I relate to all of them on some level, or I couldn't write them. But the least... the one farthest away from me... might be The Hamster, the indomitable, unstoppable golden hamster. I don't have that kind of tenacity.

#WordWeavers SEP 17: By the end of your story, how many injuries has your MC had?
None actually.

#WordWeavers Sept 13: Share a line of dialogue that sounds innocent without context but absolutely isn’t.
Plenty of conversations in my books are not what they seem, but I will let the readers themselves decide where they want to be, what interpretation they would like to believe.
This is from my upcoming book “Management Apologises for the Inconvenience”.

#WordWeavers 12 Sep: If you removed one supporting character from your story, whose absence would change the plot the most?
The Librarian, for sure. The entire plot would fail without them. There would be no story.

#WordWeavers Sep 11: What does your MC believe about themself at the beginning of the story that turns out to be completely wrong?
That they are the boss around The Mansion.
They will learn... Oh, they will learn.

#WordWeavers 10/9: Share a description from your WIP that establishes atmosphere without explicitly naming the emotion.
This is a passage from my upcoming book, “The Management Apologises for the Inconvenience”.
Welcome to #TheMentalMansion

#WordWeavers Day 9. What secret would cause the most damage if it were revealed in your story right now?
Considering that the story of my WIP operates on the premises that the damage is caused by misunderstandings and being wrong, not secrets as such ...Or do you mean a secret about my WIP, not inside the story?
I don't think I understand the question?

#WordWeavers SE 08: "Which character would be the worst person to get trapped in an elevator with?"
The security office in The Mansion, for sure. She's hypervigilant and suspicious of everything, even shadows, and she's not very nice about it either.

#WordWeavers Sept 7: Describe a moment when one of your characters realizes they’ve made a terrible mistake.
The protagonist is so afraid of making things worse, of ‘rocking the boat’ or disturbing anything, that their refusal to act almost brings the whole house down on their heads. Problems do not go away just because you want them to. You can't solve things by ignoring them.
T…

#WordWeavers Sep 6: What is your protagonist hilariously bad at?
Making the right call.
Being passive didn't help, but taking action worsened it because they didn't stop to consider what was the correct course of action — buying into the lie that any action is better than none. That can backfire spectacularly. When they take action, it looks right at the moment because they …