@nemorosa@mastodon.nu#WritersCoffeeClub Day 11: What's a part of your process you'd give free advertising to?
The authors and readers around me that keeps giving advice, keeps reading, keeps being there for me.
There's nothing like people when you need a reality check. :heart_fuchsia:
@nemorosa@mastodon.nu#WritersCoffeeClub – 10th Sept. What's something you believe about writing which can't really be proven?
That your research, your knowledge, and your spirit shows in your writing. It shines through in the words you chose, the rhythm of your prose.
@nemorosa@mastodon.nu#WritersCoffeeClub Sep 9: What's your standard operating font, size, format? Or do you not have a standard?
TImes New Roman, 12pt, double line spacing, extra wide margins.
I'm lazy, that's what most publishers have asked for.
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot#WritersCoffeeClub #WritingCommunity
24th Jun 2026. Must you know the ending before you write the first line?
H'mmm. Rarely. My stories usually start from disturbing dreams, and are a process of exploring the story that could have led up to the scene in the dream, and…
@nemorosa@mastodon.nu#WritersCoffeeClub 9/8: International Literacy Day! Share a moment when a reading of your work surprised you.
My current WIP has been read by a few, and it surprised me what a difference a professional voice does to the text, when they read it back to me.
It sounded a lot more like a book and a lot less like whatever I've been writing.
I had a realisation then and t…
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social#WritersCoffeeClub July 14: How do you escape your comfort zone, writing-wise?
I'm a ho, I write what my audience demands. So whatever wins the polls (or is commissioned by a client) is what I'm gonna write and sometimes that includes new things I hadn't thought of.
Patrons can also make wishes that go into the prompt pool for my polls:
@nemorosa@mastodon.nu#WritersCoffeeClub Sept. 7: What's something you thought would help your workflow, but didn't work out?
Scrivener.
It vexes me. Somehow it manages to make my entire process about itself rather than the story I'm writing.
It turns writing time into binder-organising, metadata-tagging, corkboard-fiddling time. Instead of putting words on a page, I end up doing a…
@nemorosa@mastodon.nu#WritersCoffeeClub Sept. 6: If you work digitally, what keyboard or dictation do you use? If paper, what do you write with?
Logitech G815 Tactile for readability.
It's for the best.
My handwriting is appalling. And from my old school notebooks, I can tell - this isn't something I can blame the computers for. This was always the case. Even as far back as -78.
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot#WritersCoffeeClub 21 Jul
Do your works contain erotic elements? How far do you go?
Interesting question: what counts as 'erotic'?. I'm interested in relationships, often power relationships, between people. That they have sex and how they have sex is important character and narrative information.
So yes, almost all my stories have scenes in which people have…