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#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 …

#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…