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#PennedPossibilities Where does your villain prefer to sleep?

In a bed.

#WordWeavers Is your plot linear or not?

Typically yes, although I have two stories (*The Tanner and the Tree: A Bitter Lesson* and *Curtain's Rise*)that use framing stories. And *An Exchange of Services* has a series of flashbacks in the first half of the story that provide context to explain current events.

Lidja and the Queen looked at Revin, then looked at each other and smirked. 
"Agreed," they said, shaking hands. 
Revin did not like the sound of this at all. 
"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.

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#WritersCoffeeClub Authors love to show off a book stack. Post an image of your stack or a collage of your digital work.

Revin's Heart was originally serialized as seven novelettes that have now been collected together in a "fix up" that includes the original novelettes, interludes that connect them, three original "side quests," and a sneak preview of Devishire! https://waterdragonpublishing.com/product-category/book-series/revins-heart/

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Tim Walz makes sure she comes first.

#PennedPossibilities How does your SC view their mother? Their father?

David looked up at Revin, eyes glowing with adulation.
"I can't begin to tell you. I love this so much. You *understand*!"
"I don't think you give your mother enough credit. I think she understood too. You saw what happened when she tried to support you."
David's expression hardened and his eyes blazed with anger. "You've no idea what she did," he spat. "For years. I don't think I will ever be able to forgive her."

We saw even more fungi on our walk in the Lawrence Swamp: Smoky Spindles and Purple Coral Fungus. #WesternMass

The rain brought out the bird's nest fungi!

"Okay," Rory said. "Anything else I should know?"
"I expect afterwards there will be things you wish you knew, but I think it's actually better you just go without preconceptions. You #trust me, do you not?"
He looked at her, trying to imagine how he could express the depth of his trust and his love for Tseluna. She smiled to acknowledge that she perceived his earnest struggle & patted his head.
"Good boy! Go to sleep now. We'll go first thing tomorrow morning when you're fully rested."

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#WordWeavers Tell us about an influential group from your story. How do they affect the plot?

In the Better Angels, the "Hod Followers" are religious fanatics who are led by the HodFather. They are attempting to foment division and hatred against the groups they want to see marginalized.

#WritersCoffeeClub In your writing, what is the best thing you've done (or might do) to a reader's state of mind?

It depends on the work. In the Better Angels, I'm aiming for a "gap moe" effect. The Angels are cute anime girls who do cute fluffy things except when they turn on their soldier modules and become cold-blooded killers. That "gap" is what I'm going for there.

But in much of my writing, I'm just aiming for a warm, "Awwww!" when characters get their happily ever after.

#PennedPossibilities How does your MC react if / when their life is spiraling out of control?

Revin looked at the journal he'd been writing and wanted to scratch or tear out everything he'd just written. His throat closed up and he felt his gorge rise. He closed the journal, put away his pen, and sat on the bench staring at the ground. His mind stopped working for a while.
(from *Rewriting the Rules*, Part Seven of *Revin's Heart*)

I am also a best-selling author and Donald Trump is in prison.

In another universe, I have boarded the aircraft to fly to Scotland and am sipping a mimosa waiting to push back from the gate.

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I'm having Blue Cosmos for cocktail hour with @philipbrewer and Jackie.

After afternoon naps, we are almost to the point of proceeding to consider getting ready to mosey toward heading out to the patio. And, in due course, to have cocktails.

I checked the radar and, although there is rain north and south of us, there is a band of no-rain aimed right at us!

#WritersCoffeeClub In your writing, what location has inspired you the most?

Indisputably, the location that has provided the most inspiration is the Caribbean island of St. Croix. Until he passed away, a colleague and I did mongoose research there & I visited more than a dozen times over many years. But I have traveled very widely over my lifetime. Those experiences inform all of my writing: from megacities like Sao Paulo to the desert southwest & tidy New-England towns, they're all there.

You can read more about the Better Angels in *Better Angels: Tour de Force* available from Water Dragon Publishing. If you purchase a signed copy directly from the publisher, you'll also receive a 'zine with snapshots and descriptions of each of the Angels including their vital statistics and "three measurements." https://water-dragon-publishing.square.site/product/better-angels-tour-de-force/354

Tau snorted. Another approached and he snapped at it. Then he began to leap in the air snorting and snapping at the bubbles.
The Angels began laughing uproariously and came out from where they were hiding, and began to shriek and dance around in the cloud of bubbles with Tau.
"Sheesh! I just got it for the performances," muttered David shaking his head.

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