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#WordWeavers Do you have any fight scenes in your work?

Nearly every one of my stories ends up having fight scenes. My current WiP, *The Ground Never Lies*, has a lot.

"You know your mother doesn't want you to fight," her father said.
"If the boys would leave Liz…" She paused midword, then continued. "If they'd leave me and my friends alone, I wouldn't fight them," she said. "Are *you* going to tell me not to fight them?"
"No," her father laughed. "No. I'm going to teach you how to win."

I was grumpy this evening, so my wife talked me into going up to Berkshire Brewing Company to get a glass (or two) of Foxglove. I'm still grumpy, but now I'm grumpy and kinda drunk.

#ScribesAndMakers Talk about the book that got the fewest votes in yesterday's poll, or share something about all three.

The book that got the fewest votes was *Treasure Island*, a classic young-man's adventure story. *Revin's Heart* is by no means a pastiche of *Treasure Island*, but it did give me the idea. In *Treasure Island*, the pirate, Long John Silver, escapes while Jim goes back to his old life. I always wondered what would have happened if Jim had, instead, gone off with Long John…

From *Devishire!* an unpublished sequel to *Revin's Heart*. You can receive updates when it appears through my monthly newsletter. https://author-sdbrewer.micro.blog/subscribe/

"What did you talk about?" Revin pressed Lidja as they walked to the stables. 
"Oh, stuff," Lidja said, with a little bounce in her step. "Girl stuff."
"You can tell me, can't you?" Revin persisted. 
"You're not a girl, are you?" Lidja asked, archly.
Revin scowled and Lidja hugged him. #wss366

We watched the first two episodes of *With You and the Rain,* which is the anime for *Ame To, Kimi To*. They really captured the atmosphere of this gentle slice-of-life story and the animation is gorgeous. https://youtube.com/watch?v=TUd3sDJOipY

Sunset over #UMassAmherst.

I wrote some reflections on running a dealer table in the bookstore at #Readercon34. https://stevendbrewer.com/readercon34-bookstore/ #readercon