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#WritersCoffeeClub Oct 3: How do you feel about spoilers?
Some things are meant to be revealed at the moment you read them; otherwise, it's a ticking clock (entirely different—and useful—technique).
Preferably, I want the reader to look back after a reveal and see a wholly different pattern than before. I want the reveal to matter: to affect the reader and change their rel…

#WritersCoffeeClub Oct 1: What are you hoping to achieve this month?
Can I dream big? Yes? Typesetting is done, I find no spelling mistakes or errors, the cover fits, and I don't have a nervous breakdown when I see the final result.

#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…

#WritersCoffeeClub 29 Sep: Talk about something with your work this month you're really proud of.
There will be a book. The very thought scares me, and I am proud, but also terrified. I've taken steps now that I can't take back. I'm proud that I did that.

#writersCoffeeClub 9/28: Could you work without the internet? What would change?
Do you mean like I did before the Internet? I'd be a regular at the library again.
And yes, younglings, I realise I just made myself sound ancient.

#WritersCoffeeClub 27/9: How much time passes between sitting down to write and actually writing?
I am one of those unholy ones who writes in my head, not entire chapters but dialogue and short paragraphs. I try them out, see if it fits.
Which means that I can sit down and start writing before my behind has fully settled on the chair. Other times, it turns into an editing proce…

#WritersCoffeeClub - 26 Sept.: How does your faith feature in your works?
I'm not religious, so faith doesn't feature in my writing in that sense. But if faith includes hope, trust, or the belief that understanding ourselves can make even the darker parts of being human a little less frightening, then apparently it features quite heavily. I write about neuroscience and psycho…

#WritersCoffeeClub Talk about a communal writing project you worked on. How did it go?
I haven't. I'm apparently a literary hermit.
I love discussing writing, exchanging ideas, getting feedback and helping other writers untangle their stories, but when it comes to the actual writing, I work alone.
I'm not entirely sure what would happen if another author tried…

#writersCoffeeClub 9/24: Do you write primarily for yourself or a reader?
I wrote 'Management Apologises for the Inconvenience' purely for myself because it made me laugh until I cried.
To discover that it actually made others laugh too was a complete surprise. We always think we're alone in our weirdness, don't we?

#WritersCoffeeClub 23. What "little thing" really helps you write?
My husband. Though I wouldn't classify him as small. Or a thing.
No, seriously, without him, I'd get nothing done. I'd still be trying to get the dishwasher to cooperate and yelling at the washing machine.

#WritersCoffeeClub Sep 22: What's the latest in the writing process you've found a mistake?
Proofreading.
That's where I am now with 'Management Apologises for the Inconvenience'.
I hope I won't find any at later stages.

#WritersCoffeeClub 9/21: What can a reader know to be true about you from your work?
"The trick is to keep moving, even when it is really dark." — You, The Management Apologises for the Inconvenience
#thementalmansion

#WritersCoffeeClub Sep 17: Do you try to have a regular writing goal? Why or why not?
200 words/day
It's a very obtainable goal for me that allows me to feel satisfaction every day.
In ten days, that's 2 000 words.
In a year it's 73 000 words.
Everything counts, though it's harder to keep score in the notebook. And some days I don't write…

#WritersCoffeeClub Sep 13 - What do you need to do before you sit down to write?
Not much. My mug, tea or coffee depends on time of day. My playlists with mood-music (I am easily affected by music). I've got a goal, 200 words/day, to reach and that's doable even on a bad day. And on a bad day, the 200 words is enough. A good day can produce significantly more. But I allow my …

#WritersCoffeeClub 12 Sep: Who do you share snippets of your WIP with?
Husband, first. Then author friends that I hang with. Newsletter readers of course. Sometimes my blog.
It varies on my mood.

#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:

#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.

#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.

#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…

#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…

#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.