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RS, Author, Novelist, ProsaistAll universities and significant colleges are reading a letter much like Harvard received, until now sent only those schools with pockets much more threadbare that could be terrorized by lack of federal funding. Time they band together and like Harvard and sue the ass off the Trump Administration on legal and constitutional grounds.Read the letter. Think about the constitution. Ain't America Great?<a href="https://www.harvard.edu/research-funding/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2025/04/Letter-Sent-to-Harvard-2025-04-11.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.harvard.edu/research-funding/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2025/04/Letter-Sent-to-Harvard-2025-04-11.pdf</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/boostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#boostingIsSharing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Harvard</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Columbia</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Economics</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/firstamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#firstamendment</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Education</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#University</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/College" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#College</a>

B. B. HartwichHey <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a>! 👋 Made the jump over here after some... unexpected account deletions on Facebook. Glad to find a new space!I'm B. B. Hartwich, an indie <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> crafting tales in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fantasy</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Harem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Harem</a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LitRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LitRPG</a>. With 47 books out in the wild, I'm excited to share my latest one with you:My Latest Book Title - Link Here: <a href="https://a.co/d/eFa1dsE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://a.co/d/eFa1dsE</a>Hope to find some fellow genre fans and authors here! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bbhartwich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbhartwich</a>

Bryan W. ConwayHappy Tax Day! 🤑 💸💰 ☹️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmWriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritersLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersLife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AuthorLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AuthorLife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieAuthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taxDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxDay</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FileYourTaxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FileYourTaxes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/April15" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April15</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TaxReturn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxReturn</a> (This image was crafted by artificial intelligence (AI) through a subscription service 😲😜)

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PennedPossibilities</a> 643 — How does your SC respond to the quiet? Do they take comfort in silence, or seek to fill the void with noise? </blockquote>Bolt, from the Reluctance Series during the Interstellar era, was blackmailed (framed for a murder) by the mob into being a messenger for a decade. She has wings. She had to be silent, sometimes a detective. It's not like she hung around mobsters, or wanted to be pulled in deeper. Nor could she confide in anyone, lest they get targeted by association. Worse, she never got paid much. Eventually, she found a camera that fell off the back of a wagon. She got into street photography. One time, when she happened to be where news happened (too often in her profession), she had taken a few photos when a reporter's camera got slammed into a wall.He asked if she'd sell him photos. Turned out she's pretty good.She often gets her photos into her world's version of The New Yorker and The New York Times and is also a part time stringer. As you can guess, she wanders the cold dank unfriendly streets when she can be free (makes it harder to be given "assignments"), and dispels the dangerous depressing quiet that might otherwise seep in.Her love affair with B&W street photography does not wane when she is freed from the mob, pardoned, and begins train to become a praetorian. Sure her subjects are different, and her wandering happens between trainings and bodyguard duties, but she has the knack of using a rangefinder without being noticed (think Leica).Edit: This actually gave me detective noir story idea...[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thriller</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#romance</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sf</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sff</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSstory</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSReluctanceStory</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 2504.14 — Who is your kindest character and how do they show it?</blockquote>Of my recent works, Wintereyes from Inklings (now on composition hiatus) is likely my kindest. She lives in my Townships and Wands universe, which is full of various magicks. I've a few sample stories posted in my pinned samples post. Her magic is… well, it's rather peculiar.She's is a very naïve girl when it comes to humans, and as a result is suddenly shy (like her author). She wants to be helpful and she likes to listen, and not be seen (like her author). She's quite kind; her demeanor. She wants to be friends, but raised on a farm at the edge of the Fell Forest, her opportunities for friends were… well, rather peculiar.But not limited! She befriends wolves, is adopted by them, and lives with the pack, running with them, hunting with them, and healing them. This did not make her cruel, even when she also befriends prey animals, too. Her ethics are… interesting.Oh, about befriending. Befriending is her sacrificing part of herself to become more like her new friend. For example, her most recent mess started when she befriended a wyvern (bat-dragon) because it had a cold and was burning up the forest sneezing. She wanted to find out how to treat its cold! How did she become more like the creature? Besides learning how to converse with it, when she concentrates on its language, she can breathe fire. (It's like a glottal stop.)But she'd never hurt anybody with it!The Warlord of the closest Township (actually a woman) takes a serious interest in Wintereyes, and her story begins. See image: This is how I imagine the wyvern. A face only a mother, or Wintereyes, could love. <a href="https://de.pinterest.com/pin/342344009165649564/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://de.pinterest.com/pin/342344009165649564/</a>[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/erotic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#erotic</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#romance</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSstory</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSInklingsStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSInklingsStory</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScribesAndMakers</a> 2504.14 — Would you enjoy living in a creative village/house/shared accommodation? Or do you already?</blockquote>The question did not ask if I had enjoyed living in a creative space (past tense). I did. I attended the Clarion Writers Workshop (Clarion West). It's for Speculative, SF, Fantasy, and (I think) Horror Genre writing. It's for professionals or professional wannabes. You have to submit work to qualify.It was literally (pun intended) the best six weeks of my life as an author.Don't get me wrong, selling is fabulous, but the feeling lasts only a moment (like sex). The sense of community and actually living the life of an author while attending the workshop cannot be beat. We lived together (except for a few locals) in the dorms of a college in downtown Seattle, cooked together, used the showers together, had our own floor to ourselves. We spent many hours in the common areas gabbing and blue-skying. Mostly, however, we wrote. Then read what others wrote. Then critiqued. Learned how to do that well, learned how to anticipate certain critiques from specific authors and to fix our stuff (assuming we thought we need to), learned how to have a hard shell by accepting criticism that helped us, and rejecting what didn't. Largely, we also helped each other through our fears. Week days we had a guest lecturer who was a professional writer or editor. One day a week, we attended readings, usually at Powell's, by a local writer, though once at an author's place (I think that was for Octavia Butler).The feeling of community and support was amazing. One time I wrote a 15,000 word novella in 15 hours for critique the next day. That was my max output per hour or per day ever. I never felt burnt out. Those six weeks seemed to compact six months of life into a short span. When I returned home, I barely recognized my surroundings or old life. Ask my spouse!Highly RecommendedPS: After reading other responses I want to qualify that I am cripplingly shy, introverted, and write fiction that doesn't go much with my persona. Nobody knew my gender despite an enormous email thread until I arrived, and I got the nickname Ambiguous Spice (and Oblivious Spice) for a reason. I warmed quickly because these were people like me. Kinda weird, some introverted, some extroverted. All in love with words and stories. 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RS, Author, Novelist, ProsaistSelf-promo time! Drop links to your creations, including writing, art and other media! What do you want to share with the <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writephant</a> crowd? <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> Mars Need Women is a hopeful yet deeply dystopian feminist SF web-novel (free-to-read on Mastodon) that leans heavily into Women's rights issues. It is a woman-centric adventure story of overcoming adversity while being female, with all the warts and frustrations, not as a man in disguise. Our wannabe engineer heroine May Ri escapes a disheartening life, faced with becoming little more than a housewife because she lacks "blessings," to help colonize Mars—if you can call being shanghaied escaping and being contracted to have children a benefit. (She does choose the gorgeous supportive guy to "work with," though, so that's a positive.) As she learns to make uniquely useful martian machines, she keeps putting herself at the center of a global martian dust storm as martian power shifts from being male-dominated to a predominately female 1st generation of martians. May Ri together with her five daughters, shape a world (Mars) the way unfettered women might imagine it. When the men of Earth take affront—of course they do—they learn that women don't fight like men, especially when their children's lives are threatened, and their wellbeing is at stake. <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSMarsNeededWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSMarsNeededWomen</a>Thread: <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/114088945266387178" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/114088945266387178</a>. I am expiring the thread on April 18th. If you start reading it now, add a comment or send a private mention and I'll delay expiration.<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a> and read more in <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AltText</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingCommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSStory</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, ProsaistA5. If you were to create a writing organization tomorrow with all the financial backing, what would your goals be? <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writephant</a> The spouse if the business person, and as a writer what I need (and I assume other writers need) first and foremost, is what it takes to 1) Get the story complete, and 2) Get the read for submission. That means a critique group of some kind. I don't know how to set up the business part.What I'd like to set up is something using the Clarion Critique protocols. I'd limit submissions to approximately two pages of copy, with maybe a paragraph of setup for context. Long pieces get truncated. That way people are encouraged to work on examples of what really needs help WHILE not taking up too much of everyone's time. If a group has 10 people, that's twenty pages. That's easily one day's writing time lost per participant. That's sufficient. As an organization, I'd like to also see genre writers, mainstream writers, and fanfic writers separated out into groups so that the authors are all on a similar page. Each have totally different criteria. Lastly, I want the meetings to be 100% virtual, whatever fee collected with each submission, half returned on participation, and no-show fees credited to this who participated. Even so, I'm not sure I'd overcome my shyness, but I think that would work for me.<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingCommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, ProsaistA4. Professional writing organizations can do more than provide moral support. They can also give access to resources, networking opportunities, and career building. Local communities can provide the same on a smaller scale. What do you hope to get out of any writing communities that you've joined? <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writephant</a>I mentioned SFWA. Until I begin publishing or planing on publishing in earnest, it's just a way to affirm to doubters that I am a professional.As for "Local Communities," well, you folks have been doing it for me, not just this hashtag, but all the others. The writers here are amazingly diverse, indie, traditional, self-pub, fanfic, queer, or just dang wonderfully weird, practically everything from essayists to poets of all stripes. The amount of "You are not alone" going around here boosts me every day and helps give me the energy to continue. And I need that energy. I do my best to help out and promote people's works when ever I can, and answer all people's reasonable questions from what I know.I am CONSTANTLY writing as a result, getting better at my craft as a result, and I am very thankful.<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingCommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, ProsaistA3. How about critique groups? Are you a member of a critique group? <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writephant</a>I have a crippling type of shyness. Until I get to know people (which I can do when the spouse or a friend mediates for me, it changes of course), I don't interact well. I also have a difficulty with criticism, even when it is kind… I kind of lock up. It may take me weeks to read it. Probably has to do with overstimulation as I am <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actuallyautistic</a>. That said, I knew some things are important for one's career. I took the Clarion Writer's Workshop. Baptism by Fire, right? For six weeks, I was a member of a very dedicated critique group, and we learned how to do it right, to be constructive, how to address the work without putting down the writer, etc. We were professionals and we became friends. Best six weeks of my writing life.Afterwards, I ran a few critique workshops at SF conventions. (Believe it or not, I was a tech support lead for a while. It's wondrous what you can do if you have permission to be forward and chatty. It's masking, however.)As for casual groups… You know, shy. Can't figure out how to find one and interface with one.There's also the gender issue. I don't reveal it, so how do I interact physically. At Clarion, I was called Ambiguous Spice.<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingCommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<a href="https://wandering.shop/@Priyajsridhar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Priyajsridhar</a> A2. Are you a member of other writing organizations? Examples can include big ones like SFWA, or smaller local ones in your state or city. If not, what would your ideal writing organization look like? <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writephant</a> [Sorry I keep showing up late to these.-RS]I am a SFWA member. To make sure the criteria didn't change on me after the first novel, I splurged and got a life membership to ensure I didn't unqualify or could not afford dues at some later point.I think they do a good enough job, but other than publications and attending a few Nebula banquets, I don't have much to report. Oh, and I do attend meetings at conventions to ensure a quorum.<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingCommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<a href="https://wandering.shop/@Priyajsridhar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Priyajsridhar</a> A1. Did you ever complete a NaNoWriMo challenge, to write 50,000 words in a month? Or a smaller goal? <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writephant</a>I don't get ideas that I don't jump on immediately, or that can be timed for challenges, so no: no November madness, not ever,However, late February this year, the hashtag <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writever</a> posted in French and English a set of 31 Women's Rights single word prompts for March, which is Mars in Français. Suddenly inspired, I made a pact with myself to write one toot length chapter each day for 31 days to create a web-novel. My toot-length minus hashtags is ~4,700 characters or 750-800 words. Though I admit I sometimes missed a day, I double-posted the next. The final novel chapters, the 31st, got post 12:20 AM April 1st. No fooling.I'm now revising it for publication, but it came out pretty good. It'll be available until April 18th. The link is in my profile (and I'll promo it again later).<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingCommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, ProsaistRe: Mars Needed Women Free-to-read version posted on Mastodon. I will expire the posts on this thread on Friday the 18th. If you are currently reading the story, either finish before that date or PM me. I'll delay if asked. Thanks a bunch!<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/114088945266387178" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/114088945266387178</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSMarsNeededWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSMarsNeededWomen</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sf</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingCommunity</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PennedPossibilities</a> 0.044 — What is the most altruistic thing your MC has ever done?</blockquote>May Ri is neither altruistic nor is she transactional. For a woman who is always fighting against the paternalistic rules placed upon her, she pretty much does what she is told (but not always!). Her choice of friends and her prior decisions shaped her actions, which greatly helped the initial generations of native martians. She's great at engineering design and is especially talented at reverse engineering tech if given plenty of electronic and optical scopes, and other tools.What she did for Mars will be noted as foundational as much as it was politically ancillary, except for the last thing. She often volunteered in the crèche domes taking care of 3-6 year olds, but she liked that. Having been oppressed and mistrusted as a girl, she let her five daughters make their own choices, which is arguably how they grew up to be a force in their own right. She mentored and apprenticed hundreds of young martian women (and a few boys) in engineering and design.[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sf</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sff</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSstory</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSMarsNeededWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSMarsNeededWomen</a>

Amber<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 04/14/25 - Who is your kindest character and how do they show it?That would probably be Rigel. He enjoys helping others and always puts everyone first before himself. His kindness is a major influence on Altair's personality and decisions.<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amwriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a>

Amber<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 04/13/25 - How dangerous is your MC?For Gamma, it's a little complicated. 99% of the time, he's the most harmless person you'll ever meet. However, he has a power within him that could potentially cause as much destruction as a super nova. Altair's dangerous if you make an enemy out of him. He's a space pirate captain and has great fighting skills and marksmanship. Yet, he's actually "nicer" than most pirates as he avoids killing victims/hostages. <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a>

Amber<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 04/12/25 - MC POV: Name 3 dangers in your world. How do you protect yourself from them?Gamma: There's danger?!?! D: Altair: Hm. Well, that would be liars, cheaters, and Corvus. And the best way to protect yourself from them is with a gun.<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amwriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a>

Neil BrownWhich reminds me: tonight, I'm re-reading "git commit murder", which is the first "whodunnit" book where I've actually been able to relate to the lead character:<a href="https://mwl.io/fiction/crime" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mwl.io/fiction/crime</a><a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, ProsaistSo how deeply does this person sleep?When I woke, I looked at my iPhone on its recharging stand. I quickly took a screenshot. Look at the time marker. This makes a blaring noise when it occurs. Very?<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a> and more in <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AltText</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Funny</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Humorous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Humorous</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Humor</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Sleep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sleep</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/iPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iPhone</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/USGS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USGS</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Earthquake</a>

Allan KrummenackerHere's a little insight into how my creative mind works. As an author, artist, and voiceover artist, I just love to create something special...<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/voiceover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#voiceover</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/voiceoverartist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#voiceoverartist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#creative</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosphy</a>

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