❄ somehow I seem to have fans. I think accurately that they are the best people/machines/objects on Earth and/or very distant space. as the interactive fiction girl of fedi my relationship to my readers is an interactive one, their choices shape Ætherglow into what it is. but Antifascist Fantasy is my story to tell so there’s been minimal fan involvement. I aspire to have a relationship more like a prophet and her fanatical cult but we’ll get there in time.
Ugh! I found someone had scanned and uploaded a copy of my book to the Internet Archive, without my permission. When wanting to find a review to recommend a book to someone, I found that copyrighted book there, so looked for mine. I still own my copyright. This interferes with me creating an author-preferred edition (instead of the publisher's vision) as planned.
In their terms of service, you will find:
While we collect publicly available Internet documents, sometimes authors and publishers express a desire for their documents not to be included in the Collections (by tagging a file for robot exclusion or by contacting us or the original crawler group). If the author or publisher of some part of the Archive does not want his or her work in our Collections, then we may remove that portion of the Collections without notice.
You can only contact the Internet Archive through email as their telephone number is voicemail. AFAIK their website doesn't list take down procedures.
I have emailed them a takedown demand, with their identifier for my novel, and left the same message on their voicemail.
Please boost so your circle of followers will see this, especially if they are authors.
PS: Yes, they consider themselves a library. I don't mind if they loan an original paperback from Del Rey in paper form. I don't give them permission to scan and then display, or display someone else's scan of my book.
#wordweavers Jun 5 Do you have fans/people who enjoy your writing? What’s your relationship to them?
I don't know most in person, but there was this one fan who bought all my English books until last fall. I saw on Twitter when #OfElvesAndWolves came out (she posted the paperback version) and asked her if the quality of the books was fine in the US. We chatted for a bit. She even asked if she could meet me in person.
Unfortunately, she disappeared last fall on Twitter.
Well. So did I.
#WordWeavers 6/3
Who is your most creative character?
Definitely the minstrel, Shawmelle. She sings, plays a lute and writes her own songs. Her father was a minstrel, as well, and was the one who taught her to play.
She's also very lucky, in that one of the kingdom's squires takes a liking to her. 🙂
#WordWeavers 4 Antagonist POV: is it easy for you to apologize?
The ghost of King Armand:
I am the best at apologizing. I am so incredibly humble, more humble than anyone else. But I am never really wrong on anything, so it doesn't come up too often. But when I do, I express sincerity like no other, and everyone accepts it instantly. I am an expert in managing my own ego. It never gets in the way. My ego is the best ego a person could have. It is very well crafted.
#WordWeavers Day 3 - Who is your most creative character?
Collectively, the opera crew in Mistella, but they won't show up for a few volumes. In the WIPs, it's arguably Franz-Karl: the factions in the Palace who tried to prevent him from receiving proper training in the use of Elderkin Gifts and Bindings may have made a serious mistake... he tends to improvise based on things mentioned in old stories. Which can be about as safe as improvising high-energy physics or the scary kinds of chemistry.
All my LI's are creative people. Some write poems. Kao wants to be an author and Ume is an author. In terms of creative material that appears in my novels Kao and Shiro are tied with several Hiaku appearing in the text. Plot wise Ume is the most creative. Konbini Idol is her telling the story of Fukitsu, Tomo, Kan-chan, and herself.
Currently, Ume is busy writing three ongoing stories, "Konbini Idol," "The Handmaiden's Tears," and ghostwriting "My Undersea Harem."
What I like is the unexpected creativity. Various characters are raised to be fighters. The men in the kingdom are solely applauded for their martial skills, so I like it when Lazarus writes poetry while commanding an army, Dionysus draws funny animals as he is competing in a tournament, and Sabre, who was raised to be an assassin, uses his shadow magic to illustrate bedtime stories for his daughter.
#WordWeavers 3/6: Who is your most creative character?
Define ‘creative’. Conventional associations with art, music, etc, seem too narrow to me. Consider the early pages of ‘Vows and Watersheds’, where Jerya and Hedric bond over the idea of measuring the distance to the moons; is that creative? Why not?
I don’t yet have a character in print who is seriously into art, but if you can hang around for Books 5 and 6… #books#writing#TheShatteredMoon
#wordweavers Jun 3: Who is your most creative character?
Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven feature in #TheMindOnFire, but they aren't truly mine. So, of my original characters of that story, it's probably Nicolette.
My characters don't tend to engage much in creativity. That is something to keep in mind...
"Hey, Tseluna," Rory began. "Usually on Wednesdays, I have game night with my friends."
"And you want to play 'Demon Quest' with your friends tonight?"
Rory looked at her hopefully.
"Can I play too?"
"You want to play?" he said, in shock. "A girl? And aren't you a little too old to play?"
Tseluna transformed, like she had at the festival, into a young, black woman who looked about Rory's age, wearing an unfamiliar school uniform. She twirled around, lifting her skirt.
#wordweavers May 31 — Do your MCs enjoy games that are more physical or intellectual?
Katja would be up for both, if she has the headspace and time to play. She might argue that she's not up to the task, but she would not back down from a challenge.
Max, main SC, would definitely prefer the physical ones if asked.
#WordWeavers 30. Are you comfortable writing from a child's POV? Written any?
I'm not very keen on children. I don't have any and don't spend much time with or thinking about them. I'd rather interact with animals. In fact, I'm the awkward person at any family gathering who is squatted down next to the dog bed so I don't have to oo and ahh over the latest toddler antics.
So, no. I'm not comfortable writing from a child's POV. 😂
#WordWeavers May 30: Are you comfortable writing from a child's POV? Written any?
I wouldn't say comfortable, but I have written a couple.
One that comes to mind is "Imaginary", about a boy with a bunch of imaginary friends who are all alternate versions of himself. The story follows him and his alternates as he grows up and grows older. It was an interesting exercise, writing a POV short story that spans a lifetime.
#WordWeavers 30May- writing from the POV of a child? Written any?
Very comfortable.
Cory the alien boy in Our Child of the Stars and its sequel. He is childhood turned up to 11. Enormously empathetic, curious, friendly, and able to enjoy even the simplest moments of life. And also, weird powers and he has to hide. I also did chapters than didn't make the book in the voice of his friend.
I have an idea in which there are two POVs, the child living it, and the adult she becomes.
#wordweavers Are you comfortable writing from the pov of a child? Written any?
A number of my books start with the protagonist as a child - Black Ships, Hand of Isis, The General's Mistress - or have flashbacks - Stealing Fire, The Marshal's Lover - so yes, I'm comfortable with it and I've done it.