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#WritersCoffeeClub Oct 14. Who do you wish you could share your work with, but can't?
A dear friend who passed away a little over a year ago.

#WritersCoffeeClub Oct 13:
What writerly weakness do you overcorrect for?
I don't know. If I did know, I would try very hard to avoid overcorrecting and probably undercorrect instead. Maybe it's better I stay ignorant. Let's find out in editing instead.

#WritersCoffeeClub 11 Oct: What's a turn of phrase you've 'inherited' from someone else?
My brain is like a tombola. Stuff goes in, gets tossed around, and something falls out that may look familiar. I rarely know where it came from, I just fall in love with something and adopt it. After overusing it, it will either move into my permanent vocabulary or get stuffed in …

#WritersCoffeeClub 10. Do you have a guiding principle as a writer? What is it? (Or why not?)
I don't think I've consciously formulated a guiding principle, but looking at how I write, perhaps it's this: trust the reader.
I don't want to explain everything, tell people what to feel, or insist they interpret a character the way I do. And if I can make them laugh …

#WritersCoffeeClub 9. How does your own sense of mortality influence what you write?
I am writing the human condition, strictly from my POV. Life is finite, this ride is going to end one day? Absolutely a part of the story.
Death, as grim as it is, has a presence. I am, after all, not immortal. No need to pretend otherwise.
But I don't see any reason to spend my ti…

#WritersCoffeeClub 29/10: Pass along a book which came with a personal recommendation.
A friend of mine recommended "The Witches of Woodville" by Mark Stay because it had magic in it, and I read fantasy. That was all the convincing I needed.
Turns out it's a whole series, and I've found every book just as charming as the first.

#WritersCoffeeClub Oct 28: Do you hide 'secrets' in your works?
I don't know. Please let me know if you find any.

#WritersCoffeeClub Oct. 27: As a writer, what do you need right now?
Quiet.
No pressure.
No requirements.
No adulting.
Just me, my notebook, and silence.

#WritersCoffeeClub Oct 23: How do you make sure you deliver on your writerly promises?
I don't make promises lightly. When I do, whether to myself or someone else, I take them seriously.
What matters isn't necessarily the exact wording, but the intention behind the promise. I can be flexible about how I fulfil it, but not about whether I intend to keep it.
Barring…

#WritersCoffeeClub 15 Oct What's the last thing you read to really impress you, prose-wise?
I reread 'Neuromancer' recently, and I just adore Gibsons style. The way he just marches on, not explaining because why would anyone explain anything in the world they live in? You either figure it out, or it doesn't matter to the story. Either way, you're not bogged down …