Sigmoid Social

Dr Pink<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> related <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wikipedia</a> article created 20 days agoChloe Michelle Howarth<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloe_Michelle_Howarth" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloe_Michelle_Howarth</a> Chloe Michelle Howarth (born July 1996) is an Irish novelist based in Brighton. Her debut novel Sunburn (2023) was shortlisted for a number of accolades<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Irish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writers</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 2025.07.16 — SC POV: What do you do to calm down when you’re angry?</blockquote>[Bolt closes her eyes in obvious emotional pain. As tears gather in her eyelashes, the day angel wraps her upper body in her wings to hide as she talks:] My friend calls it anger management; 'parently I keep on inflicting "life lessons" on myself. As a dumb, stupid, ignorant fledgling, I didn't calm down; I acted out. Rarely listened, got myself into fun trouble that was still trouble all the same, flew with hunky guys who were no good, and generally made my family regret I'd been born. Haven't tried to contact 'em since I threw that brick through the Hauler Guild's window 'fer rejected me, and rolled that pretty van down a hill. Ya could say I got to the point of calming down by breaking things and people's trust in me.Running from the law has the effect of ya losing the privilege to be protected by that same law. I… [coughs] Okay, bad things happened and I lost control of my life, including the bein' able to fight being controlled. Not a child no more. How did I calm down? Turned it inward. My friend calls it "apathy." A-pathy: means "not feelin'." Got to the point where I ceased remembering my life, worked through criminal things I had no choice but to do, and, well, felt so very little I'd've been happy ta have suddenly died. I lived to 27 years surprisingly fast feelin' surprisingly numb, most days (surprisingly) blacked out from memory.Friends changed that. They pointed out the good things I also did, and helped me find new dreams beyond my restrictions. Now, surprisingly often, I find that I cry. [She has lowered her blue feathered wings as she's talked, and you see tears streaming down her cheeks.][Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thriller</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#romance</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sf</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sff</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSstory</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSReluctanceStory</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/flashfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flashfiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/tootfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tootfic</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/smallstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smallstory</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 2025.07.15 — How emotionally intelligent is your MC?</blockquote>Referring to the definitions below: The devil-girl is very emotionally intelligent, or not emotionally intelligent at all. She is intelligent enough to understand that her logical and mathematical intelligence doesn't cut it, which isn't at all helped by her being somewhat autistic. She knows she fails definition 1 below. However, she is very well trained, and has been trained from the age of five to be so, when she lost her family and ended up being raised by a guardian (a proxy for the main series antagonist)—until she ran away. She could (and chooses to) convincingly act the part of definition number 2, including managing her own emotions no matter how infuriatingly stupid, stubborn, or vapid the vast majority of people she has had to deal with have turned out to be. Her internal dialogue is hilarious in this respect. What she likes is being skilled, earning praise, and being challenged into learning something. What had been indoctrinated into her is that other people are like her, feel like her, and want normalacy like her (albeit differently), which is why she's unerringly willing to choose to "have the backs" of those she becomes responsible for. She's very skilled at putting herself in other's shoes.Don't confuse this with empathy†. She occasionally toys with people, or acts with deadly logic. She doesn't tolerate continued stupidity for long. The "good" she has done thus far is by choice. Her choice. Forced to interact with people, she reframes the situation as being fun, or learning how to make it fun for herself.emotional intelligencenoun<ol><li>Intelligence regarding the emotions, especially in the ability to monitor one's own or others' emotions. </li><li>The ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups.</li></ol>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= † There's the empathy she demonstrates (the reader gets to decide) and the empathy she'll admit to (which is none). If you practice something long enough it becomes reflexive. She may or may not get this.[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thriller</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#romance</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sf</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sff</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSstory</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSReluctanceStory</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritersCoffeeClub</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WCC</a> 2025.07.16 — How often do you raise questions in your writing without intention to answer them?The keywords are "without intention." How often without intention? That would be never intentionally. However, I do intentionally raise questions in stories that could lead to a sequel (or prequel) where I would (I hope) answer them. I may do this early on, or add threads that are only apparent in the epilogue. I sometimes raise questions unintentionally, bits of worldbuilding or plot or a fanciful side character that nevertheless gets baked into the workings of the world. I can think of at least one instance where a reader called me out on this, causing me to write further stories as a result.However, I prefer to find and fry up my red herrings—with onions, salt, and pepper, and enjoy a meal of kippers.[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PennedPossibilities</a> 728 — Write about something your antagonist <del>(or villain)</del> frequently forgets.</blockquote>Rainy Days frequently forgets how difficult and painful giving birth is, especially when she's distracted in the moment.[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thriller</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#romance</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sf</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sff</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSstory</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSReluctanceStory</a>

Orion (he/him)<a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PennedPossibilities</a> 728 — Write about something your antagonist (or villain) frequently forgets.Humanity. Compassion. Nuance. Ambiguity. That sort of thing.<a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writers</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmWriting</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scriberspace</a>

Dilman DilaThe life of a writer! Here I go, very excited, to submit my novel to a publisher that is accepting unagented submissions, and I start to type the email. Then something whispers, check if you already submitted, and I check, and yes, I sent this same novel, to this very publisher, in 2019. The book has gone through a substantive re-write since then, but well, still the same book, same story, and there was a personal note on the rejection. Damn.<a href="https://mograph.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a>

Nick East (Indie Writer)Yup 😂 Also, one of the worst things about writing is it takes some of the joy out of reading because you've seen "how the sausage is made" 😁 <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@writers</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writingcommunity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writing" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@writing</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/humour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@humour</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@indieauthors</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/authorindiespeak" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@authorindiespeak</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WritingMemes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritingMemes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Memes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Author</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/IndieAuthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/IndieBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndieBooks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmWriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Writerdons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writerdons</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Writinglife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writinglife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a>

Orion (he/him)<a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PennedPossibilities</a> 727. MC POV: Do you remember your 21st birthday? Can't remember what hasn't happened yet. ;)<a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writers</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmWriting</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scriberspace</a>

Orion (he/him)The image would disappear before you could get a real look at it, and you'd have to wait for a whole minutes before it came back.Eventually, you'd pick out her, looking like a shadow of her happy, cheerful self, as well as a dark-skinned boy with a hint of madness in his eyes, an earnest but terrified white hippie girl, and a big Asian boy with raggedy black hair.2/2 <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writers</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmWriting</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scriberspace</a>

tj (i make it past the end)did not have nearly enough time to do a great job for it (learned about it last week) but applied to the <a href="https://fsgfellowship.com/apply/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">FSG Fellowship</a> if youre a writer and you can throw together either 8-12 pages of poetry or 40-50 pages of fiction or nonfiction together and a 500 word statement of purpose by tomorrow you should do it! (youd get $15k spread out over two payments. theres also something about mentors and publishing and stuff but i was focused on the money part lol) <a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writers</a> <a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/Poet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poet</a> <a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/NonFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NonFiction</a> <a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/Submission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Submission</a> <a href="https://diaspora.im/tags/Application" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Application</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PennedPossibilities</a> 727 — MC POV: Do you remember your 21st birthday? Describe it as best you can. </blockquote>The devil-girl pretty much spilled the beans about her age in The Wanted Poster in 1st person POV, which is pinned to my profile. Consider reading the 540 word tootfic for a taste of her autistic deadpan humor and the situations she fervently doesn't want to get into but does because she has the back of people she's responsible for, to a fault. As for her age, these two paragraphs set up and provide her answer. <blockquote>[I] read [the wanted poster] further, "Wanted for questioning in regards to the Old Harbors Post Office and the Three Forks Bridge explosions. Suspected of transporting illegal goods and wanted persons, assault, racketeering, attempted murder, and terrorism. Goes by the name Gelding and other aliases. Aged between 15 and 35."I muttered, "A two-decade range? I'm not even two decades old." I really worked on disguising myself, and it paid off.</blockquote>She doesn't remember her 21st birthday, yet…PS: The age of majority in her world is 24. The Wanted Poster: <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110136451462609798" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110136451462609798</a>[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thriller</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#romance</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sf</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sff</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSstory</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSReluctanceStory</a>

ElizabethAmberLoveDECLASSIFIED! Who Lives in Cheeks Moretti's Rock Fortress? The Winchester-Nabu detectives, Ollie & Gus, solved the mystery! <a href="https://www.catdetectivecases.com/year9-casefile09/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.catdetectivecases.com/year9-casefile09/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cats</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CatSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CatSky</a>

eyreaI just tried exporting a story I'm working on from <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LibreOffice</a> to an ePub file, and it worked beautifully. It used to be that you had to get a plug-in to do this, but now it's built right into the app. I even added metadata and some random image as a cover, just to see what would happen, and it worked perfectly.I cannot figure out why more <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a> don't use LibreOffice. Every single time I go to do something in it that I want to do for writing either fiction or nonfiction, it's way ahead of what you can do in Microsoft Word, and definitely way ahead of what you can do in Google Docs. Yeah you have to learn the app, but it's not like that's too difficult for what most writers need to get going.

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScribesAndMakers</a> 2025.07.14 — Self-promotion day. Show us what you're proud of. Let's boost away.</blockquote>What I'm proud of today, I'm going to title Savory Soup. It features both my writing and cooking skills, is 502 words, and provides a good insight into the character of one of my women MCs—from what may yet turn out to be a cozy (yet spicy) romance fantasy (it has dragons) novella. Best of all, the excerpt is posted here on Mastodon. It ought bring you a smile, so please give it a read.Savory Soup: <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/114814396383680088" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/114814396383680088</a>[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a> and <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/CommentingIsCool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommentingIsCool</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> photographer chef cooking <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#romance</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sf</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sff</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSstory</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSInklingsStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSInklingsStory</a>

Charlie McHenryIf you’re a writer like I am, you may be interested in a local alternative to Grammarly that respects your privacy. This privacy-first app is a step in the right direction imo. <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/ContentDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ContentDevelopment</a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/WritersOFMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritersOFMastodon</a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritersCoffeeClub</a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataProtection</a> <a href="https://refine.sh/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://refine.sh/</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 2025.07.14 — What’s your favorite format to release your work (ebook, paperback, audiobook, etc.)? Why?</blockquote>I'm going to be obtuse and answer that if I could find an easy and accessible path to traditionally publishing my stories and novels, I'd take it in a hot second. I'd rather let the publisher and agent hash formats out.I suspect I won't find that.[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 2025.07.12 2/2 — Are you comfortable promoting your own work [in person]?</blockquote>GAH! Okay, having reread this prompt, I realized I attended an SF and Fantasy convention (BayCon / WesterCon 41) over the July 4th weekend. Do I like promoting my work? Again, I repeat, GAH! I am a shy person and the amount of mental energy necessary to roll that boulder up the hill and over the crest is Sisyphusian.But.I did it!!!Strangely, turns out, as a number of you writer-author folk pointed out in your replies to me (thank you!), other writers, authors, artists, readers, and fans are or have been in situations that have made them supremely anxious, too. I was surprised at how many people asked questions or led me into conversations. I talked a lot that weekend, and asked questions that let me listen to also sorts of wonderful things about craft of writing, and living that life. My palms did not betray me and remained dry when I shook hands. I did talk about my view on gender and feminist fiction, and my works, and shared about Mastodon. I even ended up pitching a small press about Mars Needed Women (not actually realizing that I was) and got instructions how to submit even though they are not accepting submissions until next year. I'm hoping the beta readers give me enough feedback that I can make it acceptable before open submission time…Wow. Okay, I won't say I was comfortable. It was work, and I burnt out for an hour here and there, but not in front of anybody I wanted to talk to. I. Did. Not. Blather, either. It was gratifying. I should work on having a higher opinion of myself and a kinder opinion of others.[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSMarsNeededWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSMarsNeededWomen</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSStory</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 2025.07.13 — Do you regularly write reviews of others' work or promote them?</blockquote>I regularly boost author books, articles, and art on Mastodon, and state as much on my profile. I need to see the post to do so. I prefer posts that include links: I am lazy and presume others are, also; links on your profile are insufficient in my opinion, especially since Mastodon shrinks links so they aren't full length. I don't boost repeated instances that are too close together as I don't want to spam my followers. You can PM me and I'll look for the public post, but nobody has taken me up on that offer, yet.I will likely end up boosting everybody's <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScribesAndMakers</a> self-promo post for July 14, 2025.If I've read you book or article, I may post about it. When I see nice art by the artist, I may review it—or critique it if I think it needs a little more to become a masterpiece. I use hashtags, and suggest that you do, too. I am more regular about art since it takes a lot less time than reading.To be clear, I don't boost work promoted other than by the artist's own account. If you are promoting your own work as well as others, I will boost that.[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sketch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sketch</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fineart</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/photographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photographer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/watercolor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#watercolor</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#painting</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a>

Kristine Kathryn RuschMy new Patreon Post went live. It deals, yet again, with moral rights. (Sigh) <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23writers" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23writing" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23publishing" target="_blank">#publishing</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/immoral-rights-134075210?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/posts/immora...</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/immoral-rights-134075210?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Immoral Rights | Kristine Kath...</a>

Recent searches

Search options

Administered by:

Server stats:

#writers