The Final Fill
Grant Hope 177
https://www.granthope.net/p/the-final-fill
https://youtu.be/UlhQKtbR8BA

Who here follows book authors on social media or online in general? What do you find interesting about what they present, how they present it, and the media they use?

I have posted a new short story on my fiction blog: Make what you love. It's set in 2500 in the ultra-dense city of New Jozi in South Africa. Game designers are navigating resource limits to make what they love. There is also game of the other, wild kind. Enjoy!
https://judybackhouse.com/fiction/make-what-you-love.html
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#PennedPossibilities 652 — Do you ever use cliffhangers at narrative breaks and / or chapter endings?

Most of my chapters end with a cliffhanger or mystery of varying intensity. When I write something that feels like either, it's the truest indicator that the chapter is complete, and it's time to start another. However, I recognize the need for a cooldown period every so often, and throw in a slice-of-life chapter—the calm before the storm—or a handkerchief wringer where I calmly milk the emotional angst the narrative has built up.

A.K.A. and D.B.A. a "page turner."

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Herz Über Kopf
Von Windows zu Linux in 12 Kapiteln
Besser Mensch Sein

Alle Infos zu meinen Büchern:
https://www.christin-loehner.de/buecher

#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2504.22 — Earth Day! Who’s your most traveled character? Your least traveled?

The main Reluctance Series antagonist has probably been everywhere in the world and been most every profession, with mother having been her most repeated job. Immortality and always being 24 has its up and down sides.

Wintereyes has traveled all over the Fell Forest with the wolf pack that adopted her, but it's still a just a forest despite the size of the territory. Her parents' farm is just outside its border. Now that she's earned magical fame for befriending a wyvern (and arbitrating a dispute between a farmer, a sneezy so-called red dragon, and an exploded grain silo that had undergone undiscovered fermentation), she now attends a university in a Township—but she's two shy to explore the place because, well, all the people.

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Siren Warning
Grant Hope 176
https://www.granthope.net/p/siren-warning
https://youtu.be/SYlgj4YZGaU

Have you ever heard the song of the siren?
Many men who hear it would forget themselves and follow its melody.
It’s beautiful
mysterious
dangerous
deadly to the soul.
...

#WordWeavers 2504.23 — Do you plan your themes or do they arise from your writing and then get tweaked in edits?

My themes are pretty much the same from story to story: feminist with a dose of gender politics. Regardless, they do arise from my writing because I don't know the plot until I write it, and I definitely tweak the theme during revision. Thus, my answer is Yes.

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#WordWeavers 2504.22 — Would your story work in a vastly different setting?

Hehehe.

I tell stories about characters with rather universal issues. The story is a plot line and transmogrified characters from an earlier work in a vastly different setting. Shhhh!

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Remember that fancy Frenchie I kept posting for #WIPWednesday?

His #book is finally live on #Kickstarter ! THE POOCH SALUTE! is a cozy contemporary #fantasy with talking #dogs, Crock-Pot healing potions, and a Fourth of July parade no one’s ready for.

It's got warmth, wit, and second chances—for people and pups.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/daniellewiliams/the-pooch-salute-a-cozy-contemporary-fantasy-novel?ref=5nmgm7
Boosts appreciated!

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#PennedPossibilities 651 — Name one person that would willingly hold your MC back if they were ever in the “raving lunacy” stage of anger.

Mi and Mau, May Ri's twins Miriam and Maurine, do this for their mother in Mars Needed Women. The overwhelming rage they moderate is very reasonable for their mother to feel, but the emotion wrapped up in it could ruin what the woman needs to do about it. It's Mau who succeeds in averting Armageddon.

Streak Carryingaton starts Reluctant Moon by trying to stop Thorn Rose from doing something very much in her character but which common sense says she should not. It's the catalyst for the story. He fails in stopping her since she's the mission commander. At the end of the novel, it's him who tries to stop the main series antagonist who he knew intimately. It's his lot in life to moderate the women in his life.

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For ‍#WorldBookDay, here are some titles I've written: OCD-Free, by Eric Gordon, available here: https://shorturl.at/wiyIw ; Monstermon Cards, an early reading book, available here: https://shorturl.at/im9bA ; and Wellness While Incarcerated, available here: https://shorturl.at/h91G4

A New Google AI Strategy Could Disrupt OpenAI’s Dominance https://www.byteseu.com/946705/ #AIAgent #author #BoardGame #business #ChatGPT #ERA #google #GoogleAiModel #human #machine #OpenAI #paper #Reward #Silver #sutton #way

I write a little about how making better food choices is making me feel better.

https://philredbeard.com/2025/04/22/sweet-conflations/

I love sharing some of my author friends with y'all. Check out Jo Sisk-Purvis

Fantasy

Jo Sisk-Purvis is an eclectic, enthusiastic, jump-in-feet-first creator, which means “scattered,” but sounds more impressive. Her STEM-rich childhood led to a sensible three degrees in flute performance, with sides of composition, piano, and conducting. Jo has been a storyteller since she first learned that “Quack Quack knows ...

https://www.limfic.com/mbm-book-author/jo-sisk-purvis/

#AuthorSpotlight #Bookstodon @bookstodon #author

#WritersCoffeeClub April 22: Earth Day! Who’s your most travelled character? Your least travelled?

In the 'Everlasting Roaring Thunder' novel series, it's Arthur. He clearly wins.

Trolls, boogeymen and witches, oh my!
Just another day for a young wizard.

It all starts here: https://books2read.com/b/TrollSong

Heya #fediverse! I have a friend, #erotic #novelist TammyJo Eckhart, who actually approached - me to ask if I had a suggestion for what instance she should join, so I thought I'd ask the community for the perfect one!

She's looking for one that:

Welcomes #book #Author s and #Reader s

Welcomes #feminism and #queer / #lgbt discussions

Welcomes #AdultContent (discussion of #sexuality , some explicit materials, #kink, and #polyamory )

Welcomes social commentary (I think she means #leftist #politics )

She's never used Mastodon before, and is not particularly tech savvy (so no infosec-opensource-foss-whatever focused servers, please), but like most of us who ended up here, she's tired of the fascist censorship and coddling of mainstream social media platforms, and wants to find a place she can connect with others without having to constantly look over her shoulder for nazis and/or algorithmic censorship.

She also didn't mention character count, but as a writer (and person who enjoys engaging in nuanced conversation instead of screaming click bait headlines), something more than the default 500 characters would be nice as well.

Any servers she should check out? And potential follows she might be interested in connecting with?

If you'd like to get to know TammyJo a little more, here's an interview I recorded with her for my feminist topless equality video series Topless Topics: https://www.toplesstopics.org/tammyjo/

Boosts appreciated so I can find her the perfect fit!

#Journalists, ready to nail your next pitch? Join us for Display Narratives: Crafting the Perfect Pitch with Ruby Russell, non-fiction #author and senior #editor at @unbiasthenews. Learn how to pitch a story, not just a topic. Get hands-on tools, real examples, and peer feedback to sharpen your narrative hook. Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/display-narratives-crafting-the-perfect-pitch-tickets-1318785455799?aff=oddtdtcreator

So, what's happening with me?

-Turned 40.
-Finished the rough draft of Gray Tower, Book 6 (Finally).
-About 65% done with my 2nd draft of Gray Tower, Book 6.
-Disabilities are still disabling (gasp!).
-I'm tired.