#PhantastikPrompts 4.6. Beschreibe ein Vorurteil (fiktiv oder nicht), das innerhalb deiner Geschichte herausgefordert wird & wie das geschieht.
Ashleys Nachbarin ist eine alte Dame, die etwas wirr und konfus erscheint. Es ist ja nichts besonderes, dass Leute im Alter ein bisschen seltsam werden.
Aber Missy ist schlau und weiß genau, was sie tut - und sie gibt Connor den entscheidenden Hinweis, wie er Ashley retten kann.
#WordWeavers 5.4 — Antagonist POV: is it easy for you to apologize? Can you apologize to someone right now?
Sam Beechcroft: "Apologize? Whatever for? If anyone needs to apologize, it's my daughter and her despicable lover.
"They ran away, they set up a kidnapping with a ransom demand, they tried to undermine all my plans. They got everything coming to them - and it will be my pleasure to make their lives miserable."
They used to scare me. Most of my books do the fade-to-black thing.
And then I got adventurous (after reading a lot of Romance) and wrote an SF series with a LOT of bed scenes. Explicit ones. Yes, it was a challenge. And yes, since I had a male MC, I asked a friend to check those scenes. cue blushing
Because I have friends who will not read spicy, those books are published under Joanna Steenen.
@Firlefanz I don't think they do very much for readers who will be uncomfortable. Discomfort is an important tool for an author to implement. There are good reasons to be uncomfortable with some narratives and a content warning won't mitigate that. But a content warning will make a difference for a reader who have a trauma response to certain topics.
I don't have a lot, but West (West Flows) surprised me by declaring he was gay. I will admit I struggled with that, until I realized that love is just love. And he is very much in love with his Jeko.
I hope that more characters will come out as queer. I think my Moon might be. (She's the MC in the book after Sun Burns.)
No writing today, but that's okay. I'm still building the habit.
In very good news, I saw a preview of the cover for Sun Burns today - my awesome cover designer is at it. I nitpicked a tiny detail, and she'll fix it. I hope I can share it soon. (Can't wait!)
I also joined a climate march today (not that I marched far), and while I was a bit disappointed at the size of the crowd, I'm glad I went.
#PennedPossibilities 331 — Has your MC ever desired the feeling of a fresh start, or a better understanding of themselves and / or the world around them?
Connor's worst moment was when his pack fell apart. When his leader turned out to be cheater, when he turned against his own second, over a woman.
He does get a fresh start, ending up as the pack leader himself, albeit of a demoralized and injured few men. Still, he does the best he can.
#PhantastikPrompts 30.5.: "Was ist auf dem Cover deines Buches abgebildet? Wer hat es erstellt?"
Da ich gerade mit Connor spiele, der in meine Wolf Shifter Serie gehört, sind natürlich Wölfe auf dem Cover.
Aber meine beiden Hauptfiguren sind auch drauf, Connor und Ashley. Ich freue mich sehr, weil meine Designerin sie so gut getroffen hat. (germancreative auf Fiverr)
Das Kanu im unteren Teil kommt in der Geschichte auch vor. Ich hatte darum gebeten.
#WritersCoffeeClub 30/5: How do you achieve a sense of wonder in your stories?
Uh.
This is not something I plan and plot on purpose. I just go and explore the world and watch my characters run into trouble and try to survive it.
All of my worlds have some kind of magic in it (or science, which is close enough), and all of them have an element of discovery, of something hidden and unknown to be revealed.
I suppose that works for me, and I hope it works for the readers.
#PennedPossibilities 330 — How does your MC go about expressing or not expressing their sexuality?
Connor enjoys the occasional tryst, certainly. He's also confident about his looks, but so far has not considered a relationship.
Ashley would love to get some. She's impressed by her cousin's adventures, but doesn't quite dare to go there yet. Connor fascinates her and she wants to conquer him, but... he won't give in to her advances.
Wrote 700 words for Sun this morning. Very glad to slide back into building my habit.
Poor Sun said the wrong thing and got knocked out again. And yeah, things will get even worse from that - before they get better.
Also finished another batch of proofreading, cooked food, took a nap and played Valheim. Had a good conversation here on Mastodon. It's been a fine day.