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I voted for one of the two Ignore-Climate-Change parties, but I never thought climate change would destroy *MY* house!

The problems are systemic, but the suffering is individual.

Sour soup instant noodles for lunch. Very spicy!

Revin went down to the archives in Ravensbelth. He planned to look for any mention of the people that had minted the coins they'd found in the necklace. He'd never heard of them before, but he couldn't imagine that no-one had ever seen them. The archives were amazing. He loved them almost as much as the library — especially at night when no-one else was around.

#wss366 (from "After Campshire" the working title to a sequel to *Revin's Heart*.)

*Riva's Escape* is one of three "side quests" included only in the Collected Edition of *Revin's Heart* that tells the backstory of Revin's transition. The other two feature the pirate captain, Will: *Where There's a Will* that describes how he meets his first mate and *Curtains Rise* tells how he met the first-mate's father. https://waterdragonpublishing.com/product/revins-heart/

#EngenderedWriting Have you ever included sex workers in your stories? Why/not?

In *Riva's Escape*, Revin ends up at the Traveler's Inn and meets Tiny, a trans madam, and her girls. Tiny has to explain to Revin what a brothel is — something his isolated upbringing had not prepared him to know about. The girls take a shine to Revin and they are the ones who set him on his path. In *Devishire!*, the sequel to *Revin's Heart*, we meet them again when they need Revin's help.

It's a terrifying orc! #OrcsOfMastodon

Curtains and Roughneck stood rigidly at attention flanked by Sergeant Baker.
The Commandant stalked up and down in front of them, face purple with rage.
"Leaving base without leave! Causing a riot! Disorderly conduct!"
"They saved a man's life tonight, Sir," Sergeant Baker said, stiffly.
"Hold your tongue, Sergeant. Or you'll likely lose a #stripe!"
"I accept full responsibility for our actions, Sir," Curtains said. "Cadet Wright and Sergeant Baker are blameless."
"We'll just see!"

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Hamu daisuki! #DogsOfMastodon

I was so happy when I discovered the setting that lets me turn off all content and sensitive imagery warnings.

That said, I'm still filtering on two or three things, so I get it.

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I wrote a summary of my presentation about setting up an author website. This is more descriptive of what I've done than prescriptive, but I preach a little. https://stevendbrewer.com/setting-up-an-author-website/ I also recorded the presentation. If anyone really wants to watch the video, lmk.

#WritersCoffeeClub What's your current project? How's it going?

As usual, I have several things I'm working on. During #WritingMonth I made a lot of progress on Ground Never Lies. Lately, I've been working more on my After Campshire novella. I took a break over the holidays and let them sit for a few days, but I've got good ideas for both of them that I want to implement. At the same time, I've been getting ready for Arisia and Boskone and delivered a presentation about author websites today.

Here's my lock screen.

"Hahaha!" laughed the villain via video link. "You'll never stop my plan!"
"Curse you, Dr. Slow!" Mr. Winkles said, standing beside the captain on the bridge and shaking his fist. "What have you done this time?"
"A #crate on this container ship contains an infernal device. Defuse it before it reaches its destination or it will destroy the world."
"You fiend! How long do we have?"
"It's a slow boat to China, Mr. Winkles. Take your time. Just don't take too long!"

#wss366

David Crockett Graham was a missionary and scientist in Sichuan Province China from 1911 to 1948. He left behind a vast number of records with unique cultural and natural history information. This small non-profit is supporting the preservation of primary source materials: https://www.davidcrockettgraham.org/

#PennedPossibilities How did you come up with the title for your WIP?

It took a long time to come up with a title for Better Angels: Tour de Force. The publisher and I batted titles back & forth for a couple of weeks until we found one we both liked. I was leaning toward "Better Angels: Sixteen Seriously Sweet & Significantly Sanguinary Stories Set on the Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy."
He said, "Well, it would save money on artwork because there wouldn't be room for any on the cover."

Read more about Bebe and the rest in Better Angels: Tour de Force, only at the Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy! https://truckstop.waterdragonpublishing.com/product/better-angels-tour-de-force/

"Our next show's on Volpex," David said. "Anything else we should do?"
"A picnic!" Lala said.
"The beach!" said Mumu.
"Bebe wants to go on this!" She pointed her device at the screen and a video played.
"Ride the LONGEST WATERSLIDE IN THE GALAXY!" It showed a couple climbing in. The #slide started up in the clouds, went down a mountain, and then through pools of lava. At the far end, the couple emerged as steaming skeletons.
"Um…" David said. "Maybe next time."

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#WordWeavers Has your writing process changed over time?

Yes and no. I've observed that I approach writing differently now than I did in the past: I was a pantser and then a plotter and now more of a plantser. But I don't really think of there as being a "writing process," in that I'm guided mostly by serendipity. To be honest, I approach writing to maximize my pleasure and satisfaction and don't really have any formal process at all. I am a leaf in the wind (he says right before… WHAM!)

I still remember when I first met my wife. She would sometimes read Cosmo and administer the personality tests to me. It was a whole different outlook on life I had never been exposed to. And she married me anyway.