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#WordWeavers 26
fight scenes?

Few. You DO NOT want to read my stories for fight scenes.

They typically fall into 3 categories, sometimes with overlap:
• Secondary to what’s really happening
• Brief in duration
• Comedic in nature

Comedic is a favorite. One of those occurs near the end of Book1. Another gem is the “confrontation” in Book2—between Gliss & Riparia (ladylike Gliss has a temper). I pulled out all the stops for the ballroom scene in Book7.

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#ScribesAndMakers 26
3 classics—again

Descriptions are in Wikipedia. What the choices meant to me & my writing:

LOTR, a fantasy, has someone insignificant performing a righteous act. Friendship is a strong theme.

Green Gables is heartwarming, mixing innocence & idealism with the harshness of real life. I adore Anne’s personality!

Scarlet Letter is a feminist tale that also examines being an outsider, the weight of a secret, bravery, cowardice, & self-esteem.

#WritersCoffeeClub 26
sensory difficulties

Far too often—taste. I struggle with it, probably because I was raised with a narrow palate. It widened over the years, but has narrowed again.

It’s less of an issue in the Kovenlore Chronicles where sit-down meals seldom occur. Descriptions of food that I can relate to are difficult to come by.

The irony here is that I love to write dinner parties. If not careful, my characters would always consume the same food.

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#WritersCoffeeClub 25 (pt2)
misunderstood plot hinges

For a moment, I thought I’d done this in The Mistaken Arrival, a Pannulus Mystery. Then I realized that what happens is a misinterpretation of slang.

Ametha drops into Pannulus from the astral plane, unaware of where she is. Overwhelmed, & chased down an alley at night, she slips through the backdoor of a shop, overhears a plot, & witnesses a murder.

The true story, though, is about her self-discovery.

#WordWeavers 25
most difficult character

It depends on perspective, so I’ll just choose one.

Gash.

He enters in Book2. A member of Tarn’s crew, my vision for him went sideways & his voice became demon Greeze (Book1).

Ahh!

Trying to fix him, I ran into “character block” & made it worse.

I found him via his voice. I read aloud & acted his parts. It’s sinister humor, his personality indifferent caring. He’s this strange guy who’s creepy-quirky, yet endearing.

#ScribesAndMakers 25
3 classics

Limiting this to three was oh so difficult so I’m using three that could easily represent three sides of my writing.

• “Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien

• “Anne of Green Gables” by Lucy Maud Montgomery

• “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne

• “None of the Above” by NoOne Nobody

#WritersCoffeeClub 25
misunderstood plot hinges

I try to avoid hinging a plot on a misunderstanding. It feels a little too much like a contrivance that’s stands-in for a real plot, but I will use misunderstandings in a the story. They are real life, after all.

For instance, in Book1, Riparia misunderstands Maniff’s intentions, but the plot is about uncovering a conspiracy, & discovering herself.

My earliest writings relied on misunderstandings too often.